Government experiments urge diet to alter weight
The agricultural department funds nutrition studies at the University of Maine and Knoxville to advise how to gain or lose weight. Tips urge fat people to eat and drink heavily and sleep long, while thin people should eat more, drink more, and nap after meals. A social rebuke also headlines Mr Belmont being rejected from Chevy Chase Hunt Club amid New York society tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Woods
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
E. C. Waite
Taft
Belmonts in Divorce Links Across Clubs and Paris Ties
The Belmont family figures in a tangle of club memberships and a Paris trip tied to divorces. Perry Belmont is president of the Allied Hunt club with Chevy Chase as a subordinate member, and Mrs Belmont, formerly Mrs Henry T Sloane, had a divorce in 1899 after marrying Belmont the decree day. A baby was born after the divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jockey Club
Reading Room
Newport
Paris
Perry Belmont
Allied Hunt Club
Chevy Chase
Belmonts
Belmont
Henry T. Sloane
Sloane
Sarah Whiting
Wrong Man Pleases Himself With Medicated Cigar Joke
In a city government office a pair of men with similar sounding names exchange medicated cigars via a druggist. One man, visiting for a box, learns the cigars are medicated and a misunderstanding leads to a lighthearted office joke. RS. Ida M. Von Claussen travels from Stockholm to appeal to Uncle Sam’s diplomats, seeking a formal inquiry into her sanity after a White House and state department encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrh
Ida M. von Claussen
Stockholm
Sam
Graves
Oscar
Wiesbaden
White House
Loeb
State Department
von Claussen
New York Woman Ready to Return to Sweden
Mrs. Von Claussen declares Minister Graves lied about invitations to be presented to King Oscar. She says she had credentials and a cablegram from President Stires confirming her invitation. She hints Mrs. Graves may have been jealous of her gowns and access to the royal audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Graves
Oscar
von Claussen
Stockholm
Stires
New York
Two Big Questions in Purchase Decisions in 1906
The article argues two tests for shoppers: moral obligation to support home merchants and whether ordering from catalogues pays. It warns catalog prices may mislead and urges readers to compare local and catalogue costs carefully before buying, balancing duty with dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred C. Clark
Market Access and Rural Town Interdependence
A speaker argues that local markets raise land value and sustain rural towns. He contrasts home-town markets with distant mail order houses, warns that reliance on catalogues harms communities, and stresses the need for nearby hubs to preserve services, schools, and transportation links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Beef Trust
Ohio to tax foreign firms for hidden Ohio property
Special Counsel Medaris will investigate foreign corporations qualified in Ohio that filed false Willis law returns. Eight companies were found underpaying and paid about 27000 to the state treasury. further cases may raise permanent tax receipts as more holdings are uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Department of State
Ohio
Medaris
Attorney General's Office
Ellis
Emerson Escapes One Charge In Embezzlement Trial
Columbus Ohio former supreme court clerk Lawson E Emerson was acquitted of embezzling 266 dollars. Five witnesses testified and the jury took about an hour for the verdict. Two similar indictments remain and prosecutor Karl Webber plans quick trials. Emerson resigned after irregular quarterly reports and later repaid the funds. Emerson's home is St. Clairsville.
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Columbus, C
Lawson E. Emerson
Supreme Court
Karl Webber
Emerson
Grand Jury
Bureau of Public Accounting
Missing Will in Goodenow Estate Shocks Ontario County
Marion district attorney Short of Ontario county New York filed a draft for 90000 left with local bank tied to mortgages and notes of the late Josephus Goodenow millionaire stockman. Depositions show two wills. the first destroyed and the 1905 will missing. The disappearances may shift inheritance from six heirs to a wide circle of poor relations in Ohio.
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Marion
Short
Ontario County
New York
Josephus Goodenow
Short Andi
Goodenow
Ohio
Governor Harris Pushes Assembly Tours of State Institutions
Governor Harris plans that every general assembly member visit state institutions including the penitentiary to gain first hand information before the next session. Senators Gayman and Brandt urged access, and the privilege was granted with Harris hoping all members follow suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Gov
Harris
General Assembly
Gayman and Brandt
Porterfield to contest charges with governor in Columbus
Sandusky Ohio January officer J C Porterfield formerly chief game warden says he will disprove every charge lodged against him with Gov Harris by Paul North president of the state fish and game commission. He is en route to Columbus from Cleveland where he has been examining court records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
J. C. Porterfield
Gov
Harris
Paul North
State Fish and Game Commission
Columbus
Cleveland
Crazy Passenger Fights Trainmen in Columbus Suicide
In Columbus Ohio a man identified as Frank M Thompson superintendent of the United States Geological Survey attacked Pennsylvania train crew during a ride from Logansport. He was taken to a police station where he committed suicide in his cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Frank M. Thompson
United States Geological Survey
Logansport
State board approves Eaton sewage disposal plant plan
Columbus Ohio state board of health approves the Eaton sewage disposal plant project while a large Greenville delegation seeks a three year extension to finish its disposal plant work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Board of Health
Eaton
Greenville
Fraud Charges Hit Akron Millionaire A R Barnett
James H Canston, once partner in the gold fields, files suit accusing Akron financier A R Barnett of fraud after Barnett sent $50 000 in gold nuggets to a local bank causing a sensational stir in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
A. R. Barnett
Niner
James H. Canston
Barnett
Baker Fred Myers Dies After Botched Shooting Attempt
East Liverpool Ohio. Fred Myers a baker aged 18 attempted to shoot his wife but drank carbenic acid and died within minutes. Family members saved the wife. Myers had recently been a patient at the Massillon asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Fred Myers
Myers
Massillon
Supreme Court ruling boosts police chiefs fees in state cases
Columbus Ohio. The supreme court issued a decision affecting municipalities statewide. Chiefs of police in cities without a police court are entitled to receive fees in state cases, a ruling with wide reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Supreme Court
Caties
Ferry Boat Capsizes as Wind Storm Hits Marietta
In Marietta Ohio a ferry boat capsized during a severe wind storm with electric display. Eight people were aboard and all were rescued.
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Marietta
Whitecaps Attack Husband in Bellewood Village
In Bellewood, Franklin County, residents report persistent whitecaps activity. Jackson Hartsook was beaten by masked men after neighbors allegedly defended his wife in a divorce case. Police details unclear but local farmers reportedly participated, leaving multiple bruises.
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Columbus, O
Jackson
Inhumanity Charged Against Senator Kinsman Farm
Humane agent William Cort reports neglect at Senator Thomas Kinsman’s farm in Kinsman. Justice C C Bubb summoned Kinsman to answer neglect charges after finding uncared for cattle, a broken leg, a dead sheep, and many other animals in dire condition amid a generally unsanitary farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corll
Mennonite group to establish new settlement in west
By order of the general church committee a party of ministers and laymen have gone to Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory to purchase land for a new Mennonite settlement. Fifty thousand acres will be bought and Mennonites will be given every advantage in locating in the new country.
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Columbus Grove
General Church Committee
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Millerburg man crippled after horse accident
Millersburg Ohio Franklin Arnold living west of town was badly crippled in both legs and had lost a hand in recent years. His horse ran away and threw him. He suffered a severely crushed hip and a torn lip along with other injuries.
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Millersburg, O
Franklin Arrnold
Here
Photographer Robert Terry Marries Misa Kellogg in Kentucky
After a two week acquaintance the photographer Robert Terry and Misa Vera Kellogg eloped to Cincinnati and wed in Kentucky. Terry is named official photographer for the Cincinnati Zoo and the couple will reside in Cincinnati.
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Hamilton
Robert Terry
Misa Vera Kellogg
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Terry
Strangled Peddler Found Dead in Marion Prison
James Leach, a shoe string peddler with both feet missing, was found dead in the Marion city jail. He appeared to have hanged himself using two pairs of shoestrings after praying in his cell all day.
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Marion. O
James Leach
Lia
Paper Mill Workers Walk Out Over Eight-Hour Shift
One thousand five hundred workers at Champion Coated Paper Co. plant in Hamilton Ohio strike for an eight hour day. The facility is claimed as the largest paper mill in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, O
Champion Coated Paper Co
Beaverdam Hit by Armed Robbers. Three Suspects Sought
Gunmen raided Beaverdam looting C. C. Keller hardware and J. C. Patterson general stores. They looted Winchesters and revolvers and are believed tied to the Sidney murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima, O
Beaverdam
C. C. Keller
J. C. Patterson
Sidney
Oil driller killed by lightning near Strain farm
Steubenville O Hike William Grant a 44 year old oil driller from Rimeraburg Pennsylvania was struck and killed by lightning striking an oil derrick on the Strain farm on the West Virginia side of the river local authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville, O
William Grant
Rimeraburg
Strain Farm
West Virginia
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