Ohio Items of Interest: Husband Boasts Revenge at Mantua Bank Case
In Portage County jail, Sherman Winemiller awaits sentence for possessing burglar tools and plotting to loot the National Bank of Mantua. A Barberton spectator named Edward Curren loudly celebrated the guilty verdict, saying he sought revenge for his wife three years ago and called the scene his best entertainment.
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Ravenna
Sherman Winemiller
Portage County
National Bank of Mantua
Edward Curren
Barberton
Seni
Bachelor Looking for Wife in Midwest Farm Prospect
Beloit Wisconsin resident H A Hardy a wealthy bachelor seeks a wife and offers to marry through Enon Ohio mayor T J Montgomery if reelected at a dollar ceremony. Hardy plans a farm life and asks for a good natured plump woman aged 28 to 40 weighing 150 to 200 pounds willing to meet halfway for the union.
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Springfield
A. H. Hardy
Clinton Avenue
Beloit
Wis
T. J. Montgomery
Enon
Wisconsin
Montgomery
Ohio
Hardy
Standard Oil to Develop Wells in Sandusky Region
Standard Oil Co plans exploration in Wildcat territory near Ceylon Junction eastern Erie county close to Lorain county. The first well on George Otto’s farm may reach 5000 feet, well deeper than Ohio and Indiana field averages of 1800 feet. Multiple Erie county leases recently recorded by Standard agents indicate strong drilling potential and control of vast farmland if oil is found.
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Sandusky, O
Wildcat
Ceylon Junction
Standard Oil Co
George Otto
Erie County
Lorain
Ohio
Indiana
Standard
Matron Grace Green Saves 15 Babies in Belmont Nursery Fire
Grace Green matron at Belmont county children's home nursery woke to fire and carried 15 babies to safety. She alerted others and led children in fighting the flames in a wing causing loss under 500 dollars. Niles Deforest Steel Co plans to open sheet iron and tin plate mill October 15 on open shop terms except rollers.
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Tacoma
Grace Green
Belmont County Children’s Home
Niles, O
Deforest Steel Co
Geauga Cattle Breeder Knapp Dies at Barn
A. B. Knapp of Claridon dropped dead in his barn after going out to milk. When he failed to return to breakfast his family found him. He was widely known as a breeder of cattle in Geauga County.
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Geauga
Dog Bite Costs Buy a Leg in Painesville
Floyd Brewer, nine year old son of Freeman Brewer, lost his right leg above the knee after a bulldog bit him in the calf ten days ago in Painesville Ohio.
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Painesville
Floyd Brewer
Freeman Brewer
The Tragic Train Yard Death in Toledo
An unknown well dressed man about 40 was found kneeling in front of a Lakeshore passenger train in Toledo yards and was ground to pieces. Police and railway officials investigated the incident as a fatal accident with unclear identification.
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Toledo
Ohio Bank Resources Grow as Trusts Report Rise
State Bank Superintendent B B Seymour releases combined bank and trust company resources totaling 450 173 331 75 based on September 1 reports, up from June 13 by 8 248 008 30. Ohio officials address varied issues from lib essay to corporate governance and railway dealings with Hocking Valley and Sunday Creek Coal Co.
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Columbus
B B. Seymour
R” Society
Vincent Decker
Cleveland
Harmon
Decker
Illinois
Illinois Reformatory
Maud Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Hocking Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Hocking Valley
Sunday Creek Co
Ohio
Hocking
Hocking Valley Railway
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Kanawha & Michigan Railway
Milk Sickness Claims Two in Clyde Area
In Fremont Ohio two siblings from the Lepard family die of milk sickness after the boy, 12, falls ill first and dies. The sister, who was at the funeral, then becomes gravely ill. Doctors trace the illness to ptomaine poisoning from white snake root.
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Fremont, O
Clyde
Clyde Lepard
R. G. Lepard
Tries to Die When Work's Gone
Chicago Junction Charles Wood attempted death by cutting his throat after losing his job at Logan Gas Co. The act followed his recent discharge and his motive was said to be the loss of employment.
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Chicago Junction
Charles Wood
Wood
Logan Gas Co
Traveling salesman dies after fall at Linton hotel
Cincinnati authorities report J. Enhoven of New York was found dead in a Linton hotel room with a fractured skull. It is believed he fell against a steam pipe, causing the fatal injury.
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Cincinnati
J. Enhoven
New York
Linton Hotel
Ashtabula Plans Big Growth and Ship Hub
Ashtabula visions a future of growth with a $1 million shipyard by Great Lakes Engineering Co employing nearly 2,000 workers, five new steel vessels, a coal port expansion handling 3,000,000 tons, a Franklin-Clearfield railroad terminal, a Twentieth Century Limited stop, lake passenger vessel terminal duties, and a $5 million outer breakwater project.
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Ashtabula, O
Ashtabula
Cleveland, O
Greater
Ashtala
Great Lakes Engineering Co
Great Lakes
Franklin- Clearfield
Twentieth Century Limited
Jealousy Leads to Murder in New Philadelphia
Louis Parsons, 45, a painter and Republican candidate for assessor, shot and killed his wife Alice, 38, after a quarrel and then fatally shot himself. Neighbors said jealousy followed her visit to friends. A boarder, J. C. Briggs, said the quarrel began when Parsons proposed packing up to visit east, prompting Mrs. Parsons to ascend and respond quietly. Four shots were fired. the first killed her, the remaining three ended Parsons.
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New
Philadelphia
Louis Parsons
Alice
Parsons
J. C. Briggs
Engine Runs Wild in Street in Youngstown
A Pennsyl vania line passenger engine 215 derailed after being struck by cars from a steel plant. Fireman Kent Stafford is near death, engineer B F Cummings is badly hurt, and switch engine engineer Charles A Simpson is seriously injured. The passenger riders escaped unharmed as the engine crashed through two miles of city street and into the Carnegie Steel Co upper works area.
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Youngstown
Pennsylvania Road
Kent Stafford
B. F. Cummings
Carnegie Steel Co
Charles A. Simpson
Millionaire Becomes Evangelist
Findlay D. James Corbin of Findlay, once reputed to be near a million in oil, has left all business to preach. He explains that on the night of November 28, 1907 his wife died and he vowed to meet her in heaven, a pledge guiding his new path.
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Findlay
James Corbin
Old Soldier Dies in Home Bed At Siegler’s Boarding House
Samuel F. Herrick 70, an inmate of the Soldiers' home in Sandusky D, was found dead in bed at Siegler's boarding house near the city limits. An empty whisky bottle and a half filled morphine phial suggested death by self act, reporting a personal crisis in the veteran’s life.
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Sandusky
Samuel F. Herrick
Soldiers’ Home
Siegler
Oil Fields Change Hands in Bremen Offer
Lancaster O H Ruff of this city has arranged a deal making the Chili cothe men owners of 7,500 acres of Bremen oil fields. W R Todd Co of Cincinnati finances the new company with a capitalization of 1,500,000 dollars.
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Lancaster
L. BE. Ruff
Chillicothe
Bremen
W. R. Tood & Co
Cincinnati
Penny and Penny Name Newborn Boy Peary Cook Penny
Dayton D U reports a newborn boy named Peary Cook Penny after a parental dispute over who discovered the pole. The child weighs 16 pounds and was born recently, with both parents agreeing on the name.
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Dayton, D
Penny
Peary Cook Penny
Train Kills Wakeman Woman in Norwalk Collision
Mrs. Bara J. Poase, lifelong Wakeman resident, was killed by a Lake Shore passenger train in Norwalk as she went to meet Mrs. Mary A. Reid of Cleveland who was to deliver a lecture.
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Norwalk
Bara J. Poase
Wakeman
Lake Shore
Poase
Mary A. Reid
Cleveland
Nurse’s Experience Points to Dean’s Kidney Pills
A Oklahoma nurse credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with rapid health improvement after a run-down condition and kidney pain. She states five boxes rebuilt her strength and urges others to try the remedy sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
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Minnie Turner
St. Anadarko
Okla
The Danger Signal Extract
The fragment presents a dialogue with Freddy stating he is sick and restless, unable to sleep except at night, voiced in a tense, unsettled tone. It hints at a personal crisis and insomnia, suggesting a dramatic confrontation or inner turmoil.
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Freddy
Secretary Hails Ambulance Mixup After Late Night Calls
After a long night answering questions about Peary and Dr. Cook, a secretary at an arctic club receives a call insisting an ambulance is needed. The secretary denies ordering one and threatens to send the caller in the vehicle, prompting a tense exchange.
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Peary
Dr. Cook
Quaker Oats Suggested For Farm Hands Breakfast
A farmer's wife recommends Quaker Oats porridge as the best breakfast to fuel farm hands for long days. She praises its sustaining quality and economy and notes large family packages available with or without china.
Chocolate Confession Sparks Dramatic Breakup
In a heated exchange the young woman admits love for chocolate after the man accuses her of not loving him despite consuming 66 boxes of chocolates he bought over the past year. The dialogue centers on affection for sweets rather than romance.
Resinol Proves Effective in Broad Skin Disease Use
A. F. Volkman of Baltimore Md reports six months of prescribing Resinol for acute and chronic skin diseases and chronic ulcers with very great and unvarying success. He calls it reliable and notes prompt, pleasing action.
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A. F. Volkman
Baltimore, Md
A Work of Supererogation
Henry dislikes baths and argues with his mother over his four year old anatomy. One night he pleads to skip his stomach noting no one sees it, in a humorous exchange cited by Judge's Library.
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Henry
Judge'’s
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Sanam
An old advertisement cautions against catarrh ointments containing mercury and urges safe use to protect mucous surfaces. It mentions Toleden and F. J. Cheney & Co selling a product and promotes taking a pill for constipation.
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Toleden
F. J. Cheney & Co. Price
The
Per Bottia
Barber recalls hair restorer bottle’s benefit
Dialogue notes a customer testifying that the product prevented further waste of money on hair restorers, confirming its usefulness.
Economy lesson from a clerical family maid search
A New York Tribune note recalls an employment agency matron who asked 14 maid applicants if they had worked in ministers families. She explained she needs servants who know how to economize and has found clergymen’s households teach that skill.
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New York Tribune
Cuticura Ointment Fame and Other Odd Notices
A stitched collage of cutline items includes a sensational claim that a child ate an entire box of Cuticura Ointment on crackers with no harm and a Boston company ad. It quotes a New York friend praising purity. Other bits include bank panic dialogue, a Chinese bridge project, egg farming tips, and a Goldsmith quip about female loafing.
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New York
Cuticura
Atlantic
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Bostom
Honest men keep clear of politics, says old saying
A pithy old adage notes that integrity protects a man from political entanglements. The remark underscores the value of honesty in public life and suggests caution to those drawn toward office.
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