Clemency Denied for Murderer as Governors Board Refuses Ten Applications
Governor Harmon rejects clemency for Steve Scott and hears the appeal of Thomas Davis. Davis and co conspirators face electrocution and life sentences after gang killings in Piqua and a rival camp robbery. Board also refused to reopen old cases but considered fifty two new ones and urged emergency aid for hog cholera outbreak across Ohio. Dr. Paul Fischer seeks state funds to boost veterinarians to protect swine herds from the disease.
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Columbus
State Pardon Board
Steve Scott
Harmon
Piqua
Meeker Terweliger
Thomas Davis
Davis
Paul Fischer
Springfield
Fischer
State Emergency Board
Hungarian artist completes Harmon portrait for state rotunda
In a Cleveland studio on Superior avenue Lajos Linek finishes the Governor Harmon portrait to hang with other governors in the state house rotunda. Linek has painted monarchs and emperors including King Edward VII King Oscar and Emperor Franz Josef. E T Hahanyi, editor of a Hungarian paper in Cleveland, arranged the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon
State House
Lajos Linek
Superior Avenue
Cleveland
Linek
Edward
England
Oscar
Sweden
Franz Josef
Austria-Hungary
Milan
Servia
E. T. Hahanyi
State Board Awards $58,000 in Contracts for Reynoldsburg Farm
The state board of agriculture awarded over 58 thousand dollars in contracts for construction at the state serum farm near Reynoldsburg. Moor Bros. received the bid of 41 thousand eight hundred twenty six dollars for a laboratory and test pens. All winning bidders were local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsburg
State Board of Agriculture
Moor Bros
State agency starts statewide effort to aid blind residents
Charles F. Campbell executive agent of the Ohio State Commission for the Blind begins a statewide hunt to locate all blind residents. Headquarters for the commission and a workshop for the blind men of the state will be set up within the next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Campbell
Ohio State Commission For the Blind
State Board Told Patients Cannot Be Detained In TB Hospitals
Attorney General Hogan informed the state board of health that patients cannot be kept at county and district tuberculosis hospitals against their will. District hospital officers at Lima complained patients would not stay as long as doctors desired to achieve real benefit. The attorney general ruled there is no authority for detention since either the patient or the infirmary directors of the county are charged a weekly fee for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
State Board of Health
Lima
Tients
Limits on State Board of Health Enforcement
Attorney General Hogan issues an opinion limiting the state board of health by saying it must enforce sanitary plumbing provisions of the state building code except in municipalities with a building inspector. He also rules the state plumbing inspector has no jurisdiction in those municipalities. Delaware Senator W BE Haas is confined to his home by a severe tonsillitis attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
State Board of Health
State Board
Delaware
W. BE. Haas
Ohio Legislature Ends With Big Price Tag and Crop Report
The 190 session ran from January to May and cost Ohio $303,997.65 with $153,000 in salaries for 119 House members and 34 Senators. Clerks and assistants totaled $64,213, while journal and calendar printing reached $7,439.64. Potatoes drop to 52 percent of normal. apples and fruit crops show strength. Crop report cites 125 percent normal yield overall. corn products 91 percent. Wheat production 31,092,382 bushels. oats about 1,045,321 bushels. Wheat quality 94 percent, oats 88 percent, rye 95 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State of Ohio
Fullington
House
Senate
State Board of Agriculture
Ohio
Ohio Horticultural Society Sets Marietta Fruit Show
The executive committee with C P Dyer and J W McLaren representatives from Columbus and the Marietta board of trade met at the state agriculture office to plan the annual fruit show. It will occur in Marietta the week of January 28 with a prize fund over $1 000 and expanded to include farm products. Special attention will be given to southern Ohio apple growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Horticultural Society
C. P. Dyer
J. W. McLaren
Columbus
Marietta
Noble Man Phanto Towns Last Reward
Washington and Baltimore reports on the death of Associate Justice John M. Harlan of the U S Supreme Court from acute bronchitis after a long federal tenure. Details cover his age illness, family, and his record among long-serving justices. The Baltimore catechesis notes a cardinal’s jubilee and cathedral service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Washington
John M. Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan
Brewer
Supreme Court
Fuller
Marshall
Stephen J. Field
Field
Justice Story
Malvina F
John Shankin
Evansville
Ind
Ohio And Other Areas Report Varied Local Incidents
Reports from Lorain West Jefferson Youngstown Columbus Akron Mansfield Athens Cincinnati Zanesville Lima Dayton and other areas describe cases including a bound over for shooting with intent to kill a rabbit hunt victim, a fatal train collision at a crossing, forged money orders cashed in multiple cities, railroad labor strike avoidance, a burglary with theft of 570 dollars, a 30 day vagrancy sentence for a self-styled hoboes king, a fireman injured in a locomotive incident, a child killed by a tram, fatal horse kick, a collapsed viaduct and burned warehouse, school closure in Butler-Perrysville, gas explosion injuries at a millinery mill, a local option election date, a large skyscraper permit, hospital fire damage, a pair of similarly named suspects in petty larceny, receivership of a factory, a bartender near-fatal hiccoughing spell, and a banker indicted for embezzlement tied to a prior restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Martin Donala
Grand Jury
Donala
Franz Schroeder
Conrad Schroeder
West _ Jefferson
Harry Armstrong
Armstrong
London
Youngstown
Earl Reese
American Express
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Wheeling
Cambridge Springs
Columbus
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad
D. K. Sullivan
State Board of Arbitration
Akron
F. C. Reed
Josephine Reed
Toledo
James J. Corbett
Chicago
Bellefontaine
Henry Vaulher
Big Four
Steubenville
Victor
Peter Monti
Massillon
Charles H. Miller
Miller
Cleveland, Akron and
Cincinnati
Mill Street
Butler
Perrysville
Mansfield
Risch & McCoy
Lydia Blummschenkel
George W. Colesworthy
Athens
J. M. Wood
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Chamber of Commerce
Barberton City Hospital
Dayton
August Petschaullet
August Petscha
Lima
Henry Richards
Wallace K. Davis
United States Grand Jury
Element
Davis
Ford Record Arrested in Iowa on Dayton Diamond Snatching Charge
Ford Record a former Ohioan is under arrest in Iowa and will be brought to Dayton to answer a charge of diamond snatching. Governor Harmon has issued his requisition for return. Record is accused of attacking and cutting off the necktie of Dr. J. H. McCassy of Dayton and taking a $250 stone. His accomplice is in Montgomery county jail awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Record
Iowa
Dayton
Harmon
Record
J. H. McCassy
Montgomery County
Tax Dodgers Face Big Loss For Columbus Delinquents
The state pursues 1,375 corporations for delinquent excise tax risking loss of charters and court action. Attorney General Hogan will review the matter this week as taxes due total 470,000 dollars with penalties raising the sum to 705,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hogan
Tax receipts show big increases for telegraph and express firms in Ohio
Telegraph and express companies reported higher gross receipts in Ohio under the Hollyinger law. Western Union and Ohio Postal each rise with intrastate gross receipts, while Put-in-Bay stays small. Express firms collectively add 4,288 in excise taxes on 2,333,326 receipts, led by American Express with a 118,685 rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph and Express
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Western Union
Ohio Postal
Put-in-Bay
Postal
Express Company
Treasury
American Express Company
Adams Express
Pacific Express
Southern Express
United States. Express Company
Wells-Fargo
Telegraph Lines Severed by Chinese Government in Rebellion
The Chinese government restricts telegraph lines to halt rebel communication. Messages are blocked to and from Hu-Pah Hunan Klang-Si Sze-Chuan Kwei-Chow and Yunan provinces. Hankow remains cut off amid the revolution.
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Peking
Hu-Pah
Hunan
Klang-Si
Sze- Chuan
Kwei-Chow
Yunan
Hankow
Disappearance of Judge Miller Triggers Creditors Meeting
In Bloomington Illinois a mass meeting of Miller's creditors was held to consider forcing him into bankruptcy. A petition was filed in federal court at Peoria Illinois listing known liabilities around seventy five thousand dollars. Details on Miller's whereabouts remain unavailable.
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Bloomington
G. L. Miller
Fulton County
Illinois
Federal District Court
Peoria
Miller
Cincinnati Market Summary of Grain and Livestock Prices
The Cincinnati markets report mixed commodity prices including flour patents from $3.30 to $5.60 per barrel and various patent grades. Wheat prices show No 2 red at 98 1/4 to 99 1/4 cents, corn No 2 white 75 to 76 cents, oats No 2 white around 49 to 50 cents. Cattle prices list shippers 5 to 6 dollars, butcher steers 4.40 to 6.00, cows 3.75 to 4.75, calves 6 to 8 dollars, hogs from 6.40 to 6.80, lambs 5.90 to 6 dollars, and poultry and eggs with hens around 12 to 14 dollars a dozen and eggs prime first 22 to 23 cents. Fruit and produce quotes include apples 7.5 to 8.5 cents, lemons 6 dollars, oranges 9.50 to 4.50 a box, and potatoes about 2.60 to 3.50 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
California
Backache Signals Kidney Disease Says Dr Derby Pills
An advertisement asserts backache is a symptom of kidney disease and promotes Dr Derby's Kidney Pills as a guaranteed cure. It claims kidney trouble causes many illnesses and that the pills will restore proper kidney function, urging readers to buy and try a package.
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Michigan
Bright
Derby
Dr. Derby
Senator Stevenson
Washington
Olympia
Ogy
T. Derby Medicine Co
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Fly chat in a livery stable hints at a comic Eden
Aly Paradise and a second fly discuss their season and living quarters in a livery stable. The pair describe a dull year, with the first fly recalling lush pastures, a flypaper feast, and three fat women who cannot swat them, ending with plans to return next summer.
Peculiar Industry in Spain Produces Sandals
A noteworthy Spanish industry centers on the manufacture of jute and hemp sandals. The craft stands out for its unique material and regional specialization.
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Spain
Dr Pierce’s Pellets Promote Digestive Comfort
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Pellets as small sugar coated tablets that regulate the stomach liver and bowels with easy intake and no griping. A separate thought notes a woman’s belief that a man is sensible if he says she is handsome.
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Dr. Pierce
Change in Woman's Life Rescue by Pinkham's Compound
A Graniteville Vermont woman reports relief from nervousness and other symptoms during the change of life after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits complete restoration of health and urges others to seek the remedy, noting its long record of cures for female ills and inviting letters to Mrs. Pinkham for free advice.
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Graniteville
Dia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
Cras
Lay
R.F.D
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American Indian Association
John Marshall Harlan
Highest Tribunal
Baltimore
Will A. Fletcher
P. C. Gavan
Archidiocese
Justice Harlan
James Cardinal Gibbons
Cincinnati Grain Market
Cincinnati Livestork
Aly Paradise
Williams
Gardner
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