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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
2
Nellie, a young mother, frets over heavy duties while husband Charley works carpentry. A minor dispute over buttons escalates into strain, but a scaffold accident injures Charley. Nellie tends him and, amid fear, learns patience and self control, ending in reconciliation.
The piece argues that true protection for domestic labor requires exclusive duties, while reciprocity in competing products undermines domestic production. It condemns the idea that duties can both protect and promote foreign trade, labeling reciprocity as incompatible with genuine protection and warning of foreign competition’s appeal to American workers.
The piece extols unprecedented national prosperity with strong labor demand from coast to coast. It notes harvest season, plenty of work, rising industry, and urges citizens to capitalize on opportunity. It comments on political calm and urges adherence to the prevailing party era.
In Marshfield Massachusetts on August 22 Congressman McCall argued prosperity rested on maximum production and matching consumption. He cited high employment wages and steady money markets as today’s safeguards, warning that trade agreements and anti business rhetoric threaten stability.
The article notes that the U S Cuba trade reciprocity for the year ending June 30 1907 harmed the United States. It cites a trade deficit near 50 million dollars, a tariff rebate of 20 percent on 98 million in imports, and annual treasury losses of 15 to 20 million dollars. It concludes the policy benefited others financially, not the United States.
An editorial argues the ship of state must keep its chart and compass to navigate risks. It warns against leaders discarding long held guidance after a decade of prosperity.
The article argues that tariff policy will not dominate the campaign and warns against drastic changes. It notes strong support for protectionism as the basis of industrial power and suggests fears of industrial decline if policy shifts. It also mentions partisan debates and a Pineville paper calling reformist aims cardinal to the Democrats.
Nelsonville, Ohio 18 year old Nelson Wendell was shot in the abdomen during a late night disturbance near a shanty occupied by widow Maria Cullison and her 15 year old daughter Ruby. Ruby surrendered to authorities in Athens and faces an October 7 hearing while Wendell was taken to Columbus for surgery.
An explosion in the Interurban Railway and Terminal Co. power house near Amelia ignites a fire with about 30000 dollars in damage. The roof is blown off and nearby homes burned. postmaster James R. Hicks is knocked down but unharmed. Firefighters and locals saved adjoining property. Loss to railway about 25000 dollars. Mrs. McKenzie loses 1000 dollars in cash and household goods. The blast was heard five miles away.
Leroy Fowler the Dayton murderer in the annex will likely receive another stay as the state board of pardons nears its October 17 meeting. The Supreme Court previously denied a ruling, and the board may request a further delay to allow a full investigation before the October 18 electrocution.
The body of E. H. Brake a Harrisville West Virginia banker was found floating in the Ohio river at Chambersburg after the yacht disaster off Gallipolis Island. The bodies of Postmaster Fiddler and J R Simmons also of Harrisville remain missing.
William Clemmer prosperous farmer died at his supper table when a bullet from an unknown shooter entered through a window. He collapsed beside his wife and six children as family members witnessed the tragedy in Jamestown Ohio. In Columbus Ohio Mrs Lucy Kelly died after taking carbolic acid during a mourning event for young Howard Rhoades who drank the same poison.
Three miners perished in separate Ohio mining accidents. George Childs, 32, was killed at the Raymond mine by a fall of stone. Petchila Aurego, 24, an Italian, also died after attempting to board a coal car at Ramsey's tipple. George Ewing, 34, was killed by a fall of stone at the Stewartsville mine.
Mrs. James Law rence of near Lakeview was ringing the farm bell for dinner when laborers found her dead with the rope in her hand and the heavy bell fallen, breaking her neck.
In Marietta Ohio a Sterling Oil Refinery fire destroyed the plant outside the city limits. Pumps failed and workers could not drown the flames. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars, insured. Fire consumed hundreds of barrels and fourteen tanks, many exploding and raining oil on onlookers. Archibald Mann jumped into a pond to help extinguish the blaze. Origin of the fire remains undetermined though a workman hints it may have come from the retort. No serious injuries reported.
In Upper Sandusky a 10 year old was promoted from sixth to seventh grade despite board opposition. Judge Babst granted a writ of mandamus enabling the promotion. The board plans to fight the case. Other items note cane rush abolition at Ohio State University after a freshman’s injury, a Put-in-Bay hotel arson motive, a fatal street car incident in Marietta, a large Trinity Cathedral dedication in Cleveland, a governor commuting a robber’s sentence, and a tentment fire in Salem with suspected arson.
Mrs. Marthe Cooper, 37, of Cuyahoga Falls, tied cloth soaked in chloroform over her nostrils during a night before an operation for a tumor. She was found dead in bed by her husband when he woke. A separate report notes Mia Jane Hil, a longtime resident, died in a bed fire caused by a lamp explosion at home in Gallipolis, Ohio.
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