Michigan Delegates rally for Taft four year victory
Detroit Free Press reports Michigan Republicans at the state convention shout for President Taft. They praise his first term for Peace Progress Protection and Prosperity, noting improved wages and opportunities since 1893 and 1907 crisis memories.
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Detroit
Michigan
Taft
America
United States
Campus Martius
Republican Party
Great Assembly of Delegates
Detroit Free Press
Lincoln's Prophetic Words on Third-Term Ambitions
The article recalls Abraham Lincoln in Springfield predicting that a highly gifted yet ambitious leader would arise, requiring national unity and strong government to resist attempts to undermine it. It notes such figures often seek distinction, choosing to build up then tear down once opportunity passes.
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Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Labor in Great Demand Sparks Worker Support for Taft
A labor surge boosts wage talks and production across steel and other sectors. Plant capacity runs full, pig iron stocks shrink as railroads and buyers push demand. Workers reject Wilson or Roosevelt, backing Taft and the Republican era of prosperity.
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Taft
Republican Party
Wilson
Roosevelt
Bank Failure Triggers Vote to Exceed Tax Levy Limit
Ohio tax commission orders Knox county auditor that bank loss cannot justify exceeding the 1 percent tax levy limit. Gann corporation school treasurer faced a $520.85 shortfall after a bank failure and patrons released him from liability. Commission urges a public vote to cover the deficiency while upholding law.
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Columbus
Ohio Tax Commission
Knox County
Gann Corporation
Tax Commission
Commission
Federal judges join for Ohio tax case in novelty ruling
A new federal statute requires two circuit judges or a circuit judge with another district judge for cases on state law constitutionality. Judges John H. Warrington and W. L. Day sat with Judge John E. H. in a suit by Ohio River and railroads against the Ohio tax commission over fees and taxation provisions. The Ohio case marks the first direct federal challenge to an Ohio law’s constitutionality.
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United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
John EH
John W. Warrington
Cincinnati
W. L. Day
Cleveland
Ohio River & Western
Marietta, Cleveland & Columbus
Ohio Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Ohio
Akron Judge Files Nomination for Supreme Court Seat
Judge R M Wanamaker of Akron filed his petition with Secretary Graves to run for the supreme court on the nonpartisan judicial ticket. The petition lists 10 591 names. The Socialist Labor party also filed its petition on the final filing day, leaving six party tickets in the November ballot: Democratic Republican Progressive Prohibition Socialist Socialist Labor and nonpartisan judicial.
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R. M. Wanamaker
Akron
Secretary of State
Graves
Supreme Court
Socialist Labor Party
Mohican Gas rate hike raised for Ohio manufacturers
The public service commission cited Mohican Oil and Gas Co. officials led by manager H A Howland to appear October 14 to explain why gas rates to Akron Loudonville Orville and nearby manufacturers rose from 15 to 80 cents per thousand cubic feet. The Mohican company is among Hast Ohio Gas Co. properties being eyed for purchase.
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Akron
Loudonville
Orville
Ohio
Mohican Oil and Gas Co
Public Service Commission
H. A. Howland
Mohican Company
Hast Ohio Gas Co
Ohio glass industry to restart with wage boost
Fires burn beneath idle tanks in Ohio glass plants, signaling a restart on October 15 with a 15 percent wage increase across most facilities in the state. In Franklin County, funding for the November election remains unresolved as Prosecutor Turner and aides seek a solution and consider a bond issue to cover election costs.
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Ohio
Franklin County
Turner
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Non-Partisan Judicial Law
The Ohio Supreme Court rules the non-partisan judiciary law constitutional in two cases Mor ris J Weinberger and Ervin D Fritch. The decision maintains independent ballots without party labels for all judicial candidates from supreme court to justice of the peace. Justices Johnson Dendhue and O Hara concurred. Chief Justice Davis and Judge Schauck dissented. Judge Spear did not participate.
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Ohio
Supreme Court
Morris J. Weinberger
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Justice of the Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace
Johnson
Dendhue
O'Hara
Davis
Schauck
Spear
Motion Picture Reels Must Not Be Motorized Under Fire Hazard
Thomas E. Kearns chief inspector of workshops and factories orders strict adherence to a law banning motor or automatic turning of film reels to prevent fires from inflammable materials. The theater owners will be notified and prosecuted if noncompliant. The policy aims to stop reel ignition before flames are detected. Hand turning eliminates the danger, says Kearns.
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Thomas E. Kearns
Department of Workshops and Factories
Kearns
Mr. Kearns
Ohio Tax Commission Begins Appraising 700 Telephone Firms
The state tax commission starts appraising property of 700 Ohio telephone concerns at 150 firms daily. This is tentative. objections and hearings may follow. Water company valuations rise by 438,475 to a total of 4,990,580, with last year at 4,551,915 and 1911 at 300,000.
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State Tax Commission
Ohio
Dairy official cites short weight and adulteration as cost cause
Dairy and Food Commissioner Strode identifies short weight and measure by dealers as a key factor in rising living costs. He also cites the adulteration of food and drug products as a contributing cause.
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Dairy and Food Commissioner
Strode
Bond sale arranged for Zanesville railway bonds
Ohio Electric Co arranged with Drexel Co Philadelphia for Drexel to buy Zanesville Railway Light and Power Co bonds at 1024 on presentation at Central Trust and Safe Deposit Co Cincinnati.
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Ohio Electric Co
Drexel Co
Philadelphia
Zanesville Railway, Light and Power Co
Central Trust and Safe Deposit Co
Cincinnati
New Instructors Added to Animal Husbandry Dept
Three new instructors join the animal husbandry staff at the College of Agriculture Ohio University. They are Donald J. Kays, William Hislop and Gilbert Gusler, each with specialized training and substantial practical experience. Kays is a University of Illinois graduate, Hislop studied at Edinburgh University, and Gusler earned training at Ohio State University.
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the College of Agriculture
O. 8 U
Donald J. Kays
William Hislop
Gilbert Gusler
Kays
University of
Local Dialect Riddle on Counting Change
An archaic regional speaker muses aloud about scratching together forty cents and thirty three to reach a total. the fragment hints at a simple arithmetic thought expressed in dialect.
Vegetable Fiber for Shoes Patent Nears Shoe Use
A Haverhill Massachusetts shoeman has patents to make vamps and tops from a vegetable fiber he invented. The woven material is claimed as a good leather substitute, especially for warm weather, and is waterproof according to the inventor.
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Haverhill
Mass
You can curb catarah with Cole s carbon salve
Advice column style note touts Cole s Carbon salve as an effective cure with druggists carrying it for 25 cents plus Oc and promotes Ball Blue bluing as a thrift tip. It ends with a life wisdom line about turning forty and changing outlook.
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Cole
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