Electricity cures when drugs fail and operations kill
An advertorial touts electricity as a direct, safer cure for many diseases. Dr. C F Hermann leads the Electro-Medical Institute in Cincinnati offering free consultation and an illustrated booklet by mail. Address 2911 Vine St Cincinnati Ohio.
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Rugs
Cincinnati
C. F. Hermann
Hermann
Electro-Medical Institute
Vine
Clifton
Mill Creek
Mt. de 4
Zoo
A Strange Situation in Harper's Weekly
A dialogue in Harper's Weekly features Binks the Philosopher and a discussion on humor. They ponder why English jokes land best when seen, noting that most people cannot easily see an English joke. The exchange ends with a remark on keen vision.
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Binks
Harper’s Weekly
Getting Friendly. Tom Presses Suit For Miss Millyan
Tom asks about progress in his suit for Miss Millyan as Dick recalls her father once kicked him out when he called. Dick notes slight improvement since then.
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Tom
Feed Young Girls Right Food During Growth
A historical notice urges proper nutrition for girls as they reach adolescence to prevent long term illness. A testimonial extols Postum as a healthful coffee substitute improving headaches nerves and general vitality after adjusting to its use.
Senate Passes Winters Utility Bill in Senate Vote
The Winters utility bill cleared the senate by 23 to 8 after defeating seven amendments. Supporters say it mirrors lobbyist wishes on mergers stock and bond rules and rate regulation. It returns to the house where leaders expect amendments to be rejected. Freibolin’s illegitimate children law revision measure was moved to a report next year.
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Senate
Winters
Stockwell
Cleveland
Public Service Corporation
Elson
Langdon
Freibolin
Registration of Lobbyists in House Passes Russell Bill
The house passed the Russell bill after Crist of Delaware opposed it. It requires registration of all persons employed to advocate or oppose legislation and fines violators from 100 to 1000 dollars. The dairy bill canfield pure cream bill faces senate committee and opposition from big milk companies with lobbyists.
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Crist
Delaware
House
Secretary of State
Dairy and Food Department
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Ohio bill to put initiative referendum and recall to voters
A Crosser introduced bill in the Ohio House to allow voters this fall to decide whether the constitutional convention should adopt initiative referendum and recall. The questions will be submitted to electors as for constitutional amendments to instruct delegates to the constitutional convention.
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Ohio
Aid in Gas Controversy Bill Aims to Let City See Company Books
A bill introduced by Jones would let Columbus city councils inspect the books of electric light gas and water firms within a year of franchise expiration. The measure authorizes production of papers, requires detailed cost and revenue data, and seeks a fair rate for franchise renewals. It targets East Ohio Gas in a major gas rate dispute and would have allowed Cleveland to review the company’s records last year.
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Jones
Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Co
Columbus
George S. Marshall
Senator Haas Bill Fails in Senate on Sex Hygiene Teaching
The bill to compel sex hygiene instruction in public schools died with 12 votes in favor and 20 against. Support came from Andrews Crawford Dean Green Haas Holdren Hudson McGuire McKee Reynolds Stockwell and Yount. Women’s groups backed the measure while critics warned it opened a dangerous field.
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Haas
Senate
Andrews
Crawford
Dean
Green
Holdren
Hudson
McGuire
McKee
Reynolds
Stockwell
Yount
Rabies Damages Bill Clears Senate Despite Opposition
The bill by Representative Lowry to compensate for livestock killed or injured by rabid animals passed the senate 22 to 4 amid Senator Bader’s opposition. Senator Reynolds’ fire drill bill for city chiefs also passed, prompted by the New York factory disaster.
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Fred Bader
Hamilton
Lowry
Henry
Senate
Bader
Reynolds
New York
Employers' Liability Bill Faces Constitutional Kinks
Senators Green Dittmer and Bader will chair the senate committee to thrash out constitutional kinks in the employers liability bill. House members Kimble Cathon and Lowry of Henry will join. A new constitutional question arose and another AG opinion may be needed before final determination. Green believes ratification votes on the conference report are in sight in both houses.
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Green
Dittmer
Bader
Senate
House
Kimble
Cathon
Lowry
Henry
State canal and tax bills outlined in brief
The Huffman canal bill authorizes 30000 for surveying eastern and western canals to support a deep waterway from Cleveland to Marietta and Toledo to Cincinnati. The Johnson bill taxes bank deposits as credits rather than cash. The Hudson bill proposes a cheap lodging house registration system to address registration evils.
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Cleveland
Marietta
Toledo
Cincinnati
Harmon vetoes Morris bill on dairy and sanitation powers
Governor Harmon vetoed the Morris bill which would give the dairy and food commissioner authority to issue sanitary dairying instructions. He argues the measure creates duplicative duties since other departments already handle the subject.
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Harmon
Morris
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Liability Measure Delayed Over Unconstitutional Provision
Attorney General Hogan ruled a provision in Senator Green's workers compensation bill unconstitutional. The section exempting employers with fewer than four employees will go to a conference committee. The Senate declined to concur in amendments, and the House plans to join in requesting a committee.
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Hogan
Green
Senate
House
Legislature debates direct primaries for state offices
Preliminary house debate suggests the White bill will pass and require direct primaries for all state offices. Amendments add the state food commissioner, state school commissioner, and the supreme court clerk to the primary slate. Petitions drop from 2 percent to one-half of 1 percent. Also discussed are the McDonald marriage bill the Yount school book price bill and Gray bill fixing two year terms for the state board of agriculture.
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House
Representative White
Sandusky
Supreme Court
State Board of Agriculture
Prisoners to Work in Quarry at Penitentiary
Warden T H B Jones will put hundreds of idle convicts to work next week at the penitentiary quarry after a $30,000 legislative appropriation. The old stone quarry near the state hospital grounds will begin producing stone, raising surrounding walls about eight feet.
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Penitentiary
T. H. B. Jones
State Hospital
Sunday Basebill Becomes Law In Ohio
By inaction the measure allowing Sunday baseball became law as Governor Harmon offered no statement in Columbus. Cleveland ministers urged a veto while a strong lobby pushed for signing the bill, yielding a tense split among religious leaders and lawmakers.
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Greeves
Harmon
Columbus
Cleveland
Senator Yount Advises Higher Assembly Salaries
Senator Yount argues the bribery scandal stems from low general assembly salaries and urges pay raised to at least 2500 a year from 1000. He notes he is not a candidate for reelection.
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Yount
General Assembly
Dore Bill Aims to Avert Will Contests in Ohio
A proposed measure by Senator Dore would require proof of testaments during the testator’s life by notifying heirs that the will is filed in probate. No one sees contents. objections must be raised within a fixed period if undue influence or incompetence is suspected. The plan seeks to prevent posthumous challenges.
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Postum
Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
House
Dore
Senate
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
R. Y. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Senate Passes Kennedy Bill On State Bank Establishment
The senate reconsidered and passed the Kennedy bill granting the state superintendent of banking authority to approve when a new state bank may open in a community. Todd of Franklin and Gray voted against it.
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Senate
Kennedy House
State Superintendent of Banking
Todd
Franklin and Gray
Senator Bader Bill OK'd for Southern Railway Bonds
The measure by Senator Bader allowing trustees of the Southern Railway to issue bonds totaling 600000 dollars passed. Dean's accompanying bill to rearrange Northwestern Ohio judicial districts also cleared.
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Bader
Southern Railway
Dean
Ohio
Man Pleads Guilty in Ohio Lynching Case
Quincy Sutley 23 pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in the Carl Etherington lynching. Judge Nicholas to sentence Thursday. Of six tried, Louis J. Bolton is the only acquitted. prosecutors may accept similar pleas from 16 other suspects.
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Newark
Quincy Sutley
Carl Etherington
Nicholas
Louis J. Bolton
Phil Smythe
Chardon
Nancy
Eldredge
North Munson
Springfield
William Yeazell
Brighton
Cleveland
Julius W. Hopkins
First National Bank
Hopkins
Treasury Department
Washington
Columbus
Cincinnati Trust Co
National Bank of Ashtabula
Hough Savings & Trust Co
Hogan
I. B. Cameron
W. S. McKinnon
Charles C. Green
Chardon—M. L. Maynard
Ohio Typewriter Exchange
Maynard
Geauga County
Wooster
Ohio
Ohio State Agricultural Experiment Station
Cincinnati
J. H. Lundmaker
Public Service
Steubenville
John Kidd
Potter
Here
Edward H. Moore
Youngstown
Harmon
Charles C. Lemnert
Moore
Herman Elsner
George Gustin
Haselton
Mahoning River
Bridge Street
Struthers
Dayton
Common Pleas Court
Benjamin
Barnes
Cecil Hill
Pullman
Anderson
Ind
Pullman Company
Hill
Phrase Play Sparks Mixed Signals in Courtroom Talk
A puzzling remark about negatives and affirmatives surfaces in a court setting as attorneys debate interpretation. The exchange hints at linguistic nuance affecting testimony and legal perception.
Coffee Pot Cleanliness and a Soap Sales Pitch
A hostess explains to a visitor that the coffee tastes better because she uses Hewitt's Easy Task soap. She claims the soap is pure and affordable, and it keeps a nickel-plated coffee pot shining like silver, unlike the visitor’s usual soap.
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Hewitt
Not Particular and a Humble Wedding Hint
A fragment notes Freddy Fickle plans marriage to a chosen girl amid chatter. An ad touts Hamlin’s Wizard Oil as relief for rheumatic and neuralgia pains, urging immediate purchase to prevent inflammation. The piece closes with a cynical quip about poverty seen by a millionaire.
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Freddy Fickle
Allen's Foot-Base ad promises easier fit for tight shoes
An old time ad touts Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder to loosen tight or new shoes with a free trial offer addressed to Le Roy New York. A quip about street fights and home comforts contrasts with Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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