Falsehood Declares She Did Not Accuse Elmer Carr
Mrs Carrie Middlestetter retracts all claims linking Elmer Carr to the fire at her Middlestetter home and to the murders of Lizzie Fulhart and Mary Forschner. Prosecutor Lentz says the investigation is dropped after the voluntary statement and multiple contradictions.
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Middlestetter
Dayton
Carrie Middlestetter
Elmer Carr
Lizzie Fulhart
Mary Forschner
Lentz
Ohio fish and game reelect Gen Speaks chief warden
Ohio state fish and game commission re elected Gen John Speaks of Columbus as chief warden for a two year term. A major fire at the Columbus Sporting Goods Co building forced hotel guests on North High street into the street as flames were confined to the building despite high winds. In Dayton on May 13 arguments will be heard in the Ohio vs Hocking Valley Railroad Co ouster suit about stock ownership and contracts involving coal companies and bonds.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fish and Game Commission
John
Chittenden and Star
North High Street
Columbus Sporting Goods Co
State of Ohio
Hockings Valley Railroad Co
Franklin County
Dayton
Hocking Valley Railways
Kanawha & Michigan
Plant reopens boosting jobs at sheet and tin mill
Piqua and Zanesville multiple reports announce the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co will resume operations. The Piqua plant reopens next Monday creating work for hundreds of men after a two year shutdown. The Cambridge plant will resume May 5, restoring about 400 positions and notifying former workers to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
Piqua
Cambridge
Zanesville
Inventor Wooley Admits Insanity Over Gold From Silver Plan
L G Wooley, 63, seeking a silver to gold transformation, was committed to Toledo state hospital after failing to prove his process. The inventor claimed royalties from nearly 300 patents, totaling about 150000, were spent on what he believed would be his breakthrough. His theory relied on electricity rearranging molecules to turn silver into gold.
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Kenton
L. G Wooley
Toledo State Hospital
Wooley
Tornado Sweeps Through Ohio Towns Cause Large Damage
A tornado plowed a 20 mile path across this region yesterday causing about 100000 dollars in property damage. The destruction touched Piqua Sidney Houston Fletcher St Paris and Kirkwood with no loss of life reported.
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Piqua
Sidney
Houston
Fletcher
St. Paris
Kirkwood
Lake and Electric Railway Announces Boozers Specials
Fremont May 1 The Lake and Electric railway announced yesterday that boozers specials would be run this summer to provide accommodation for intoxicated persons returning home to dry territory from wet towns. Complaints by regular patrons about annoyance from drunks to responsible behavior.
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Fremont
Lake ‘Re
Annogance
Matron at Soldiers and Sailors Home Dies After Apparent Suicide
Miss Mert Ringer the matron at the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Xenia Ohio drank carbolic acid and died in her room after reporting a personal crisis and fear she would be forced to resign from a position she had held for about a week.
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Xenia
Mexico's irrigation subsidy spurs land reclamation boom
Mexico's government backs irrigation by subsidies and a new agricultural bank, paying 25 dollars per acre reclaimed and offering loans for projects under a concession. Applications surge as promoters push large, modern systems while many areas still rely on traditional water lifting methods by local workers.
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Mexico City
Republic
Agricultural Bank
United Staes
Woman Wireless Operator on Indianapolis Steamer
Mrs. R. H. Tucker of Spokane claims to be the world’s first woman wireless operator. She serves aboard the steamship Indianapolis, sailing between sound points with her husband, a Tacoma wireless station head, and makes four daily trips between Beattie and Tacoma. She is an expert in Morse and Continental codes and runs the airwaves with strong knowledge of wireless operations.
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Indianapolis
Tucker
Cupid
United Wireless
Tacoma
Beattie
Wireless Citiy Coast
Payne Bill Honest Chief Advocates Fiscal Reform
The Payne bill in transit to the senate is praised as an honest effort to carry Republican pledges, balancing protection with a maximum minimum principle. It argues for lower duties as U.S. industry grows, supports a federal inheritance tax, and urges the House to vote on key sections to shape taxation before Senate debate. New York Tribune calls the House debate serious and potentially more fruitful than Dingley.
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Payne
Senate
House of Representatives
Dingley
New York Tribune
Problem in Revenue Law and Tariff Politics
A Washington Star editorial discusses Republicans facing a tariff law dilemma for next year. It weighs a balanced revenue plan against business impact and voter sentiment, noting Bryan's push for a revenue only tariff and the risk to GOP gains if the law fails to satisfy producers, consumers, and the treasury.
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Treasury
Bryan
Democratic Party
Washington Star
Tariff Reform Called to Shift Tax Burden
Republican leaders in the senate are urged to serve the people party and themselves by shifting tariff taxes from necessaries to luxuries and by pushing a broad revision of the labor cost differential principle. The piece predicts public surprise at the Aldrich substitute tariff bill.
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Senate
Champ Clark Ridiculed Over Payne Bill Moves
Hon Champ Clark showed brilliancy as minority leaders pushed a motion to recommit the Payne bill with instructions to render its success impossible. He hesitated to force a test vote on the gloves and hosiery paragraphs, wavering among his alleged followers.
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Champ Clark
Payne
Clark
Senate Rights and House Power in Tax Legislation
The Chicago Daily News argues the senate overruns constitutional bounds by altering tariff bills, while the house loses its primacy in originating revenue measures. The piece blames Senate patronage and Cannonism for weakening the house and urges bold appropriation withholding to force Senate and administration alignment.
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Senate
Chicago Daily News
House
Administration
Pittsburg Dispatch
Taft’s influence seen shaping tariff revision in Congress
The article argues against claims of fraud in tariff reform and asserts Congress is pursuing an honest revision. It credits President Taft’s quiet yet strong influence in steering both chambers toward a bill he would approve, suggesting public opinion and Taft’s veto power back a broad, general reform.
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Congress
Taft
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Knox Victory and Knox Envoy in Central America Talks
President Zelaya of Honduras faces a special envoy in Washington to settle G. O. Emery Company claims under Secretary Knox's ultimatum. Knox scores a diplomatic win praised as first success of his tenure, while Taft's choice of Knox for the cabinet is hailed as sound and effective.
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Zelaya
Washington
G. O. Emery Company
Knox
Central America
United States
Crockett
Coon
Mr. Knox
State Knox
Republica
Central and
South America
Europe
Asia
Nicaragua
Taft
A Tariff Bill That Pleases Everyone
The speaker argues that a universal tariff bill would signal the millennium and remove the need for tariffs, implying that broad consensus is impossible and perfection is unattainable.
Murine Eye Remedy Promoted for Various Eye Ailments
A vintage ad claims Murine relieves eye irritation from red or weak eyes and pink eye. It touts soothing relief for eye pain and scaly eyelids, says it is free of injurious drugs, and offers free eye books from The Murine Eye Medicine Co. of Chicago.
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New York City
Marine
The
Murine Eye Medy Co
Chicago
Early Experience with a Telephone Prank
A light tale recalls an office boy answering a telephone for the first time. When the bell rang he shouted hello who is there. The caller replied I am 105. The boy then heard it is time you were dead and urged the caller to go on.
Hall's Catarrh Remedy and Family Pills Ad
Deafness cannot be cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased ear. There is only one way to remedy the ailment. Catarrh deafness that cannot be cured by other means is claimed to be helped by Hall's Catarrh Remedy sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Allen's Ease Promises Relief for Aching Feet
A reader testimonial from Mrs. Maul Holtert of Providence praises Allen's Ease for tired feet. It claims quick relief and urges purchase from druggists for 2 cents, noting broad usefulness for anyone with worn feet. A humorous note from Harvard Lampoon contrasts driving with wreckage in a quip about auto enthusiasm.
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Allen
Maul Holtert
Providence
R. I
Cut Him Down For Particular People Ad
An editor orders trimming a long story about a hanging. The piece pivots to a tagline for Souders Vanilla Extract, touting Mexican origin and pure flavor. It promotes vanilla beans in 10 15 and 25 cent bottles and broad grocer availability.
The Sorrow of St Scribbles Jingleton Poem
The poem is praised for rhythm and beauty though Criticus deems its meaning lacking. The exchange highlights a contrast between lyrical craft and substantive content in contemporary verse.
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St. Scribbles
Jingleton
Criticus
Daily Fly Killer Ad Tries To Sell A Remedy
An old advertisement extols a fly killer brand and a tonic claim for liver and kidney relief. It urges readers to ask dealers or send 20 cents to H Somers in Brooklyn, promising seasonal persistence and self control after boasting.
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H. Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
When You Go Away From Home God Is Everywhere
Fragmented ad style note claims God is everywhere and promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children with colic wind inflammation. Mentions 25 cents per bottle and a proverb about a married man’s sins decreasing.
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Old Mexico
Mexico
R. H. Tucker
Spokane, Wash
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Ro. Tucker
Payne Bill Honest
Republican Organ
the East
Mean
Miss Bare
Harvard Lampoon
Yale
Dodds
Guari
Dr.d.jayne
W. NY
Cincinnati
Mona
H. Perm
B. 7Th St
New York
el Gura
L. C. Drake
Nicholasville
Crescent Mfg
Boatta
California
Western
Canada
Ht. M. Williams
Law
Toledo, Ohios
Cs Barish
W.l.douglas Rey
Eben Abalomserer
Halle
Douglas
National Lead Company
Trinity Building
Mayor Pub. Con
Springfield
SPOHN
Dloven
Goshen
Tad
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