Why She Did Not Send Her Picture
An account notes a woman did not send a photo due to a disfiguring skin eruption. It promotes Resinol ointment and soap as treatments for eruptive skin diseases and other conditions, with testimonial from Miss Opal Lilley of Camp Creek, W Va. The product is sold in opal jars priced fifty cents and one dollar by Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Lilley
Camp Creek
W. Va
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Witnesses Refuse Testimony in Bribery Probe
Six of eight witnesses defied subpoenas in the Ohio senate bribery inquiry, leading to warrants for editor J. E. Cook and attorney Charles J. Pretzman. Both posted $500 bonds and were released. The probe also touched the Ohio administration board plans, central purchasing, and state institution control.
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Columbus
Senate
Todd
J. E. Cook
Columbus Citizen
Charles J. Pretzman
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Burns Detective Agency
Justice of the Peace
T. H. Hennessy
Cook
Pretzman
Auction Room Antics in Edinburg Brisk Bidding
A London Telegraph tale recounts a large Edinburg auction where a stout broker class woman seated herself in an arm chair and won a table. A tired man claimed the chair and used a slip of paper to prove ownership, prompting her to yield.
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Edinburg
London Telegraph
Paxton Toilet Co Promotes Paxtine Antiseptic
Advertorial note praising Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic, recommended for fresh breath and clean mouth. Claims deodorizing effects, superior to other antiseptics and peroxide, with prices of 25 and 50 cents a box and free samples offered by The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Feathered hat delights a child with her own view
Looking out for Number One, Sydney admired a discarded millinery. She trims a hat so a long red ostrich plume hangs over the brim and down her baby face. She insists the feather stay to see it herself, noting adults often see feathers others miss.
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Sydney
That Liberal Congress Debate on Police, Laws
Washington requests one hundred extra policemen while Congress plans to pass a hundred new laws. The exchange highlights frustration with legislative priorities and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Pugilist Admits Confidence Shifts Before Loss
The quoted exchange shows a boxer acknowledging a bad trim and admitting prior confidence in the result. The backer questions the outcome while the fighter concedes he expected defeat.
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Backer
Puck
Ohio governor signs bribery law and education measures
Gov Harmon signs a bill making bribery by public officers a penitentiary offense with ten years possible and closing fines. The measure targets solicitation, acceptance, or offering bribes and does not affect current legislators. He also signs three other acts including agriculture exams for rural teachers, juvenile law codification, and a prohibition on brass knuckles sales.
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Columbus
Harmon
Tod
Mahoning
Senate
House
Warnes
Gotschall
Stone Quarries to Start at State Penitentiary
The board of penitentiary managers said work on state stone quarries would begin within a month. About 200 prisoners are expected to be employed, with machinery being installed. Stone quarried and crushed on site will serve state needs and may be sold publicly, reflecting strong demand and reducing idle labor.
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Ohio Board of Adminisration
W. Thuroan
Columbus
A. F. Shepard
Dayton
Toledo
Thurman
Minnesota
Illinois
West Virginia
Treasury
Ohio
Central Purchasing Agency
Cetone
Conference Committee
Board of Penitentiary Managers
Attorney General Hogan calls saloon law unconstitutional
The opinion by Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney Ralph A. Beard argues the Dean saloon law violates the federal constitution by denying due process and equal protection. Lower Ohio courts disagree, upholding the law as police regulation despite alien, felon, gambling, or minor sale disclosures.
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Hogan
Ralph A. Beard
Mahoning County
Ohio
Beard
Valuations Increase Across Several Ohio Counties
The state tax commission certified back to the Montgomery auditor a total valuation of 109,694,157 dollars for Dayton. Portage, Seneca, Gallia and Perry counties show increases or adjustments, with rent rises noted in some areas. Tiffin, Fostoria, and New Strastaville are mentioned in withholding or exception contexts.
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Dayton
State Tax Commission
Montgomery County
Portage County
Ravenna
Tiffin
Fostoria
Seneca County
Gallia
Perry County
New Strastaville
Shippers Win Victory in Car Demurrage Rules
The railroad commission approved new demurrage rules aligning with interstate commerce standards. Shippers requested 7 hours free unloading for cars over 66 000 pounds but did not receive it. The rules allow 42 hours for unloading, 24 hours for reconsignment switching and similar delays, with reasonable time for vessel transshipments and a $1 daily demurrage after free time, plus weather delay allowances.
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Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Shaffer Celebrates Reformatory Signatures
Senator Bill Shaffer of Paulding county proclaims happiness after Governor signed the women's reformatory measure he championed. He notes three of four pledges on his campaign letters have become law, with the fourth being the public utilities measure pending conference committee.
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Harmon
Shaffer
Conference Committee
Attorney General Files Condemnation Over Put-in-Bay Land
Special Counsel Frank Davin represents Ohio to seize property in Put-in-Bay for a Perry centennial memorial project. The commission offered 4,000 dollars but owners asked 22,000. Governor Harmon orders Attorney General to file suit to compel a reasonable price.
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Hogan
Frank Davin
Put-in-Bay
Harmon
Abttorney
Cyclones Follow Intense Heat Across Midwest
Heavy rains and cyclone level winds struck Illinois Missouri and nearby areas injuring at least twenty and damaging crops and property. In Pekin Illinois Clyde Lakers and Frank Wooley both 16 died in an icehouse collapse as winds toppled the structure. In Granite City Illinois a tornado wrecked the Madison County Baseball Park injuring twenty people including thirteen from the visiting team.
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Ice House
Pekin
Clyde Lakers
Frank Wooley
Granite City
Ill
Madison County
Mexican Counter Plot Revealed Tied to Madero Authorities
Francisco I Madero alleges a well conceived plan to topple him and seize Mexico City using a counter revolution. Daniel DeVilliers of Mexico City was arrested in El Paso connected to the plot. An American, W F Dunn, was detained in Monterey after a detective traced him from El Paso. The scheme reportedly involved payments to Madero leaders, with Gen Madero allegedly informed and permitting encouragement.
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el Paso
Texas
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico City
Daniel DeVilliers
W. F. Dunn
Madero
Monterey
Mexico
Three Boys Die in Stable Fire at Kittanning
In Kittanning Pennsylvania Earl Jewart age 12 Jesse Jewart age 10 and Hugh Flannigan age 14 perished in a stable fire after spending the night there to frighten their parents. Twelve horses two dogs and the livery barn equipment were burned with losses estimated between 8000 and 10000 dollars. The fire’s cause remains a mystery as the youths had traveled to Pittsburg earlier.
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Kittanning
Penn
Earl Jewart
Jesse
Hugh Flannigan
Pittsburg
Sta Believe
Foreign crop prospects show mixed results abroad
Washington reports generally favorable crop prospects in foreign countries with only partial corn crop failure in Argentina and Uruguay and a backward season in Europe. A potential bumper wheat crop in Argentina depends on a good season.
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Washington
Argentina
Uruguay
Europe
Government Cruiser Kills Man Near Alexandria
The cruiser Dolphin struck a motorboat near Alexandria on the Potomac. Alexander Yellowbees was killed and two others were pitched overboard but rescued by the Dolphin crew. Miss Helen Taft was a passenger on the Dolphin.
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Washington
Dolphin
Secretary of the Navy
Alexandria
Potomac
Alexander Yellowbees
Helen Taft
British Warships Collision Norfolk Dockyard Shocks Navy
Portland reports a collision involving the battleship Bellerophon under Captain Trevylyan and the cruiser Invincible commanded by Captain Charles L. Napier. The Invincible sustained a seven foot hole below the water line, forcing damage assessments and possible repairs.
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Portland
England
Great Britain
Bellerophon
Trevylyan
D. W. Napier
Invincible
Charles L. Napier
Wisconsin Legislature Passes Women's Suffrage Bill
Both houses of the Wisconsin legislature approve a bill granting suffrage to women. The measure heads to voters for approval and, if endorsed, would take effect in 1918.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Ravens across winds tear church cross and lightning hits steeple
Torn cross on Ravenna olive church steeple, recently repaired, was toppled by high winds and then shattered by lightning. In Ohio news, Car Davis confessed to murder in Athens county within hours of capture and was sentenced to life. other items include robberies, pardons, and public notices across Canton and Akron.
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Ravenna
Ravenna Catholic
Portsmouth
Athens County
Scioto County
Car Davis
Frank Lair
Tick Ridge
Carl
Wallace Davis
Wallace
Minerva
The
Christian Church
Virgil Robart
Robart
Father Elder
Canton
Luitpold Sollmann
Sollmann
J. H. Wible
Akron
A. Z. Blair
Adams County
Colonial Theater
Liquor League
Youngstown
Mahoning & Shenango Railway & Light Co
Harrison Williams
Wall Street
General Electric Co
James Parmelee
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Newcastle
Sharon
Warren
Herrick and Parmelee
Sandusky
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors’ Home
Board of Trustees
Elmer Rogers
Seventeenth
U. S. Infantry
Louis J. Biehl
Fourteenth
Peter Mertes
U. S. Coast Artillery
Frank M. Freeman
C. Vo
Hugh C. Duncan
Nineteenth
H. D. Chamberlain
O. V
Redmond E. Ney
First
West Virginia Infantry
John J. Cleary
Neal Douglass
William Seigler
US. Infantry
Cincinnati
George 3B. Cox
Hamilton County
Cox
William E. Dickson
Court of Common Pleas
John McGuire
Brewster
James Ferrelle
Gebhart
Marshal Ferrow
Mansfield
Edward Schrock
Garfield Ted Endorsed for Liver Harmony and Blood Purity
If your skin bears pimples and liver marks, Garfield Ted is promoted to regulate the liver cleanse the system and purify the blood.
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Garfield Ted
Adven turous fans head home after Mexican excursion
The piece notes the aimless return of young men who sought real fighting in Mexico failing to find it, and jokes that they should now return home to confront the umpire.
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Mexileco
Miss Alice Receives Ferocious Garden Letter Substitute
A country household tale shows a sobering shortage of letters prompting a young boarder to lament with Melba the pet in her arms. The next day the dog brings a chip from the postman declaring no letters arrived and offers “free bix worms” to spare the garden wait.
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Melba
Miss Alice
Alice
Drawing Him On Edith Says She Will Run Away
Edith taunts Ernest about fleeing the parlor and he vows to catch and hold her as she prepares to attempt an escape.
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Edith
Ernest
Postum Proves Superior to Coffee, Manager Reports
A Wisconsin creamery manager credits Postum with restoring digestion and heart comfort after coffee caused stomach fullness and palpitations. He notes improved mental clarity and business performance after switching, praising Postum as the greatest table drink of the times. The letter is from Postum Co of Battle Creek, Michigan, urging readers to try it.
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Wis
Remwar
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Senator Shaffer
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United States
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Missouri
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Libby
Him
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