Alcohol from corn byproduct eyed as new industry
Washington reports a Department of Agriculture project turning corncobs and stalks into alcohol at low cost. Experiments in Hoopeston Illinois show potential yields around 100 pounds of alcohol per ton of stalks and 11 gallons per ton of green cobs, suggesting a profitable distilling plant with byproducts from canneries and waste ears.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Hoopeston
Ill
Generals Bell and Lee Exchange Ranks in Generous Move
Brig. Gen. J Franklin Bell the army chief of staff gave up a major general promotion to allow Br. Gen. Jesse M. Lee to retire with the higher rank. Lee, a Civil War veteran, is to retire early next January, after refusing to let friends push his promotion.
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J. Franklin Bell
Army
Jesse M. Lee
Corbin
MacArthur
Bell
Washington
Gen. Lee
Gen
Lee
Bells May Be Suppressed In National Capital
District commissioners consider whether church bells in Washington should ring freely or be restricted. Commissioner MacFarland pushes tighter noise rules, noting many churches have dropped steeple bells and curfew has not rung for years. The lone fire alarm bell remains. churches may be asked to conform to ritual limits.
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Paradise
Washington
MacFarland
Stevens' Unappreciated Punctual Canal Advocate
John F. Stevens, chief engineer of the Panama Canal, wins approval to proceed with his advocated canal design after prior political limelight. His rugged, decisive image stands out, though a cowboy episode near a western grocer is recounted as a humorous aside reflecting his calm under pressure.
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John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
Apital
Tha Uins
City Beautiful Plan Totals Over Fifty Million For Washington Structures
Washington plans exceed fifty million dollars in public buildings and bridges with a projected twenty million more. The senate and house office buildings crown the plaza east of the capitol, bounded by marble facades and granite structures. The Capitol and Library of Congress complex costs and future Supreme Court building placements are outlined, aiming to create a world class civic center.
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Washington
Senate
House
Capitol
See la
Banda
Delaware Avenue
Ite
The Century of Improvement in Paint and Life
The author praises nineteenth century progress from railways to telegraphs and paints. He argues modern life is richer, safer, and more comfortable due to widespread knowledge and industry. He highlights ready mixed paint as a symbol of affordable quality and the product of chemists and factories shaping daily life.
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Methusalem
George Washington
Coat of Paint Saves Bank in Run
A bank facing a run to restrict withdrawals delays closure by painting its front doors and walls overnight. The painted surface slows customers, making them more careful and extending the bank’s 24 hour window. The episode illustrates how odd tricks can avert bank wrecks during runs.
Evangelists Torrey and Alexander Planned Winter Meetings
Evangelists Torrey and Alexander are engagement to conduct meetings next winter in Nashville Omaha Winnipeg Buffalo Pittsburg and Montreal.
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Torrey and
Alexander
Nashville
Omaha
Winnipeg
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Montreal
White Diamond Found Near Kimberley
A digger at Karreepay near Kimberley discovers a white diamond weighing 149 percent karats and sells it for 14 465 dollars.
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Karreepay
Kimberley
Grape-Nuts Claimed to Strengthen Teeth and Nerves
A Ontario consumer testifies that Grape-Nuts improved health and reduced loose teeth after two years of use. She says the cereal supports digestion and nerves, aiding sleep and appetite, with notable weight gain and happiness since starting.
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Ontario
Postum Creek
Mich
Learn Lessons in America from British Factory Visits
London correspondents note a rising British admiration for American factories and machinery. The piece argues that American methods, simplification, and division of labor, with female operatives earning eight to fifteen shillings weekly, make British output competitive. It claims American manufacturers often overlook selling simplified machines abroad.
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America
England
London Cor. N. Y. Herald
Denver laundry tale sparks Kansas City link to a missing husband
Clerk Gardner recalls a Denver laundry visit where a Kansas City shirt bundle led to a bold demand. A woman, exposing drama from Gardner's hometown, urged him to locate a bartender named Smith and to convey a vengeful message to her husband, a deserter, with threats implied.
Swift’s satire on abbreviating words in poetry
The text notes Dean Swift railing against poets shortening words to fit meter. He cites drug’d and disturb’d as offenses and argues such clipping harms prose and erodes etymology. He also condemns the belief we should spell as we speak, warning it maims language.
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Roosevelt
Dean Swift
Swift
Parson Proposes Bright Button for Offerings
Parson Whangdoodle tells his congregation he plans a special button fund to support offerings. He urges certain members to band together and adopt the new badge as a uniform emblem.
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Parson
Society's Conversation Gossip From London Today
Gossip columns discuss racing stocks politics chiffons and ballooning with current chatter on marriages deaths debts and divorces among London society figures and acquaintances.
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London
Not Excusable Insanity vs Criminal Idiocy Remark
A fragment quotes a judge or observer debating insanity defense. The dialogue cites Lance observing a rowboat rocking with several women and children, labeled as criminal idiocy rather than insanity, implying a controversial legal or literary exchange.
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Lance
Fortunate Tales from MeveenMar for Mattar
A fragmentary line from Tales from MeveenMar notes luck in love and cooking, mentioning a long stay by a cook and a lasting marriage. The tone is reflective and nostalgic, preserving a personal vignette rather than a broader event.
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Bettina
MeveenMar
Mattar
McKinley Memorial trustees tour monument site in Canton
The McKinley National Memorial association trustees met in Canton with Vice President Fairbanks and posts to review construction progress. They visited Monument Hill, praised work, and discussed landscaping plans with G B Sudworth while Secretary Hartzell and contractor Magonigle filed reports.
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Canton, O
McKinley National Memorial Association
Fairbanks
Cortelyou
Cornelius N. Bliss
New York
William McConway
Pittsburg
E. W. Bloomingdale
Franklin Murphy
Newark
N. J
William R Day
William A. Lynch
Canton
Magonigle
Harrison
McKinley
McKinley Monument
Hartzell
Suspect Arrested in Piqua for Altering Checks and Drafts
In Piqua Ohio police arrest a man sought by postal authorities for months for altering checks, drafts, and money orders. He tried to cash a $70 draft at Harry Nickler's store, but the owner alerted police. The draft, drawn on a State bank at Auburn Indiana, originally was $7. On his person were acids and chemicals used for altering documents. The suspect gave the name J S Moore and has aliases James Hart Thomas Smith James Smith and Thomas Kennedy. postal authorities hold him.
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Piqua
Harry Nickler
State Bank
Auburn
Ind
J. S. Moore
James Hart
Thomas Smith
James Smith
Thomas Kennedy
Medical Registration Board forms temporary group leaders
Columbus Ohio state board of medical registration and examination elected a temporary organization with Dr. H. H. Baxter of Cleveland as president Dr A Ra vogli of Cincinnati as treasurer Dr S M Sherman of Columbus as vice president and Dr G H Matson of Columbus as secretary.
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Columbus, O
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
H. H. Baxter
Cleveland
A. Ravogli
Cincinnati
8S. M Sherman
Columbus
G. H. Matson
Shaw Outlines Tariff Policy At Newark Speech
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw spoke for over two hours before a full music hall audience in Newark Ohio. Congressman Smyser opened with a short address, with Attorney Carl Marpell presiding as chair. The talk centered largely on tariff policy.
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Newark
First Presbyterian Church Issues Detachable Coupons
The congregation of First Presbyterian Church in Sandusky Ohio authorizes detachable coupons to track attendance at services, noting waning turnout among some of Sandusky’s early congregants.
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Sandusky, O
First Presbyterian Church
Sandusky
Toledo First Day Registration Slumps In Year
Toledo Ohio reports the first day of registration for the year was lower than last year with 2,592 registrations from 67 of 138 precincts. If the same pace continues the total would barely reach 6,000.
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Toledo
Eva Winitisky Seeks Divorce to Remarry
Miss Eva Winitisky of Cleveland announces she wants a divorce from Adolph V. so she can marry again. The admission stands out as uncommon in divorce cases.
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Cleveland, O
Eva Winitisky
Adolph V
Body of Baby Girl Found in Rocky River Scene
The coroner ruled the infant deceased and murder suspected after the body of a baby girl was found tied with rope to the central pier of the Scenic Park Bridge over Rocky River in Cleveland.
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Cleveland, CO
Rocky River
Scenic Park
Sedalia Mine Owner departs amid unpaid claims
Gloucester Ohio report says Sedalia mine owner Will Smith has departed leaving about $4,000 in filed claims. Workers who labored at the mine are said to be owed two weeks’ wagon due them.
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Gloucester
J. Will Smith
Sedalia
State board frees printing unit with sums for Johnson
The state emergency board lifted the strain on the Columbus printing department by granting Supervisor J. W. Johnson a total of 11,062 dollars for composition and 6,600 dollars for binding the work currently in his hands.
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Columbus, O
State Emergency Board
J. W. Johnson
Rigged Hanging Outfit Ends Tragedy In Ohio Barn
In Zanesville Ohio 12 year old Harry Charnetzky imitated a Wild West hanging scene from a circus. He rigged a noose in his father's barn and hanged himself while practicing. His death is ruled accidental as the rope was shortened by coils and twists, leaving his feet inches from the floor.
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Zanesville, O
Harry Charnetzky
Fatal Fall From Lake Shore Office Window in Cleveland
In Cleveland two clerks J W Bunts 30 and Harry Wilfred 17 died after falling from the fourth story window of the Lake Shore railroad office building during a quarrel. Bunts died instantly and Wilfred died en route to a hospital. They remained gripping each other as they plunged to the pavement.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore Railroad
J. W. Bunts
Harry Wilfred
Motive Power
Bunts
Wilfred
Shirked His Duty Colsumbus Judge Rules Military Law Prevails
Judge Edmund B. Dillon refused a writ of habeas corpus for Private Alfred Welsh of the Fourth Regiment C N G noting military law governs arrests for a reasonable detention without charges. Welsh had failed to respond to the call to suppress mining troubles in Jefferson county last June and was jailed by military officials. The decision holds civil process ineffective against military authority unless statutes or constitutional rules modify it.
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Columbus
Edmund B. Dillon
The
Common Pleas Court
Alfred Welsh
Jefferson County
Welsh
Dillon
Woman Throws Acid in Domestic Quarrel
Mrs. Lucretia Burbank, angered by a quarrel with her daughter, hurled carbolic acid at Mrs. George Heninger as she tried to force her way into Burbank's home. The acid burned the face neck and eyes and may endanger one eye.
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Warren
Lucretia Burbank
George Henninger
Froome Morris' Fine in Hamilton County Case
In Columbus Ohio the petition in error in the Salmon Jones v. Froome Morris case was filed in the supreme court. The defendant in error refused to enter a nolle prosequi to an indictment against William Utz and was fined 100 dollars plus costs.
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Columbus, O
Salmon Jones
Hamilton County
R. Froome Morris
Supreme Court
William Utz
Hill Exonerated in Gravel Billing Dispute
Athens County Commissioner 8 B HI was discharged by Magistrate Rose after Otto Barth accused him of padding a county gravel bill. Testimony showed the county received more gravel than paid for, clearing the official of wrongdoing.
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Athens
B. HI
Otto Barth
Rose
Leap Fatal in Columbiana Ride with Boyfriends
Archle Sitter was induced by his boyfriends to leave his brother and steal a freight ride. The pair tried to take him home but he jumped from the moving train and was killed instantly.
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Columbiana
Archle Sitter
Governor Harris Accepts Findlay Rally Invitation
Harrie Will Stump of Columbus reports Gov. Harris will speak in Findlay on October 12 at a rally in support of Congressman Longworth of Cincinnati. Both speakers are slated to address the same platform.
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Columbus
Harris
Findlay
Ole
Longworth
Cincinnati
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