State Legislation Advances in Ohio Senate and House
Ohio lawmakers report multiple bills passing or advancing. Senate moves on teacher certification, school system unification, and county road widening. House handles mine safety, peddler licenses, and turnpike funding. March sessions note adjournment for quorum and a primary election bill aiding witnesses and ballot integrity.
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Ohio
Board of Regents
Dairy and Food
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Boxwell
House
Cuyahoga County
Circuit Court
Common Pleas Court
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Greene
Earhart
Richland
Equity
Clarence Middleswart
Washington
Divorce Suit Filed by Newark Woman After Honeymoon Desertion
Mrs. John O Gorman of Newark sues for divorce alleging desertion during their honeymoon over 25 years ago and failure to provide. The filing was reported on a Friday afternoon in Newark Ohio.
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Newark
John O'Gorman
Burglar Jim Anderson Captured After Months on Run
Cincinnati dispatch says Jim Anderson head of a gang terrorizing towns along the Ohio river was captured at Johnstown Pennsylvania after seven months on the run since leaving Columbus penitentiary He is alleged to have robbed post office safes across Ohio and will be taken to Columbus for trial Columbus notes his transport and denial of knowing fellow arrestees.
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Jim” Anderson
Ohio River
Federal
Johnstown
Columbus
Ohio
Anderson
Jim Anderson
United States Postal
Owens
Supreme Court rules Toledo bridge bonds local law
The Ohio supreme court holds that city specific legislation is special and only justified by an emergency. It reverses lower court rulings upholding Toledo bridge bonds and suggests many local laws may fail under review thus far.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Toledo
Common Pleas
Circuit Courts
Toledo Traction Co Tax Assessment Increase
County Auditor Godfrey added 3,140,390 to the tax duplicate for the Toledo Traction Co now controlled by Toledo Railways and Light Co. Returns show 246,000. Auditor relied on tax inspector inventory. traction firms offered no defense or evidence.
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Godfrey
Toledo Traction Co
Toledo Railways and Light Co
Ohio State Hospital overcapacity prompts probate judge alert
Lancaster March 21 Ohio state hospital superintendent Carpenter warns probate judges the facility is overcrowded. With 1400 patients and over 100 exceeding proper care, many inmates must sleep on the floor until the legislature funds new space.
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Lancaster
Carpenter
Ohio State Hospital
Columbus
Carnegie Donates 10000 for London Public Library
Andrew Carnegie offers ten thousand dollars for the London Ohio library on condition the city guarantees one thousand dollars annually for support and provides a site. Citizens cheer the gift as current funding stands at nine hundred dollars yearly and the additional hundred would aid a worthy cause.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Missing Springfield man sparks family distress at Clifton Ave
Springfield reporter notes A W Woodbury a mother missing since March 10 from 77 Clifton Avenue. His seven year old daughter mourns and prays for his return as investigation continues.
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Springfield
A. W. Woodbury
Clifton Avenue
Oberlin College President James H Fairchild Dies
Oberlin Ohio reports the death of President James H Fairchild on a Wednesday night. He led Oberlin College for 38 years and was associated with the college for 68 years, the longest serving official in the institution. Nearby reports note Mrs Leeva Needing of Wharton suffering a severe illness with uncertain prognosis and two other local incidents including a gypsy woman giving birth to triplets near Fredericktown.
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Leeva Needing
Wharton
Jac. H. Fairchild
Oberlin, O
Jas. H. Fairchild
Oberlin College
Herrs Mark Golden 50th Wedding Anniversary
Urbana Ohio March 20 Mr and Mrs Abraham Herr of Mingo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Tuesday. Mrs Elizabeth North and Mrs Joseph Miller who attended the wedding were present.
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Abraham Herr
Mingo
Elzabeth North
Joseph Miller
Peace Party to Blame in Philippine War Speech
Gen. Frederick Funston, guest at the Marquette club in Chicago, denounces the peace party and urges total suppression of the Philippine insurrection. He defends actions against insurgents, criticizes anti-imperialists, and argues the United States must stay until order is restored.
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Perplexed Democrats Clash Over Past, Present Leadership
In New York a Democratic gathering debated reviving Tilden era policies versus embracing new leadership. Critics note Tilden’s 1885 surplus policy shaped later Republican defense and navy buildup, while McKinley and Roosevelt partnerships echo that stance, suggesting Democrats offer little distinct national policy.
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Tilden
Rourke Cochran
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Buffalo
Mr. Whitney
Minneapolis
Mysterious Evanston case of Rogers and Ely puzzles police
A 14 year old Frank Ely Rogers and his aunt Miss Florence Ely vanished from Evanston on July 18. Despite dozens of search crews and reports of sightings in Chicago and towns such as Waukegan and Casselton ND, no reliable trace has emerged. A Christmas appeal and a chain-letter plea seek information and a large reward to restore or identify the missing pair.
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Miss Florence Ely
Ely-Rogers
Evanston
Frank Ely Rogers
Florence Ely
Chicago
Miss Ely
James C. Rogers
Hinman Avenue
Northwestern University
Rogers
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Frank
Kiy
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Ely
Milwaukee
Central Street
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ballin Winger
le Grand Hotel
Waukegan
Casselton
N. D
Florence A. Ely
Tlinman Avenue
Sen
Tames C. Rogers
N. Wb
United States
Disappointed Darky and a Melon Prank in Luray
A Forest and Stream writer recounts a Saturday scene on a Luray Virginia hotel porch. Black laborers, paid off, buy melons from a passing wagon. a young man breaks a melon on a curb to eat, his anger rising as he curses the farmer in a vivid, diabolical change of face. The piece ends with a Horace Greeley anecdote about a boy seeking work in a newspaper office.
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Mansfield
Hyde
Mae
Horace Greeley
Sonny
Mr. Greeley
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