Ohio Library Association Pushes Worker Education Drive
Ohio Library Association delegates approve an aggressive statewide campaign to broaden library book circulation for workingmen in trades and sciences. They seek cooperation from boards of trade chambers of commerce and manufacturers with private gifts and municipal appropriations to fund expanded book access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Library Association
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Dayton Public Library
Chamber of Commerce
Dayton
Robert H. Jeffrey
Multiple Unfolding Incidents Across Ohio Towns
A crowded slate of brief local notices from various towns reports poultry losses, fatal accidents, suicides, robberies, and crimes. Notable items include turkeys killed by a train in Huntsville, a 50 year old man killed in C M V yards, a store fire and a self-inflicted wound in Springfield, a Kansas City death mystery, a fatal railway collision near Youngstown, and a wife and child killed in Bellaire with the husband severely wounded.
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Bellefontaine
Thomas Schott
Huntsville
Washington D. H
Samuel Price
Percy Primrose
Lancaster
Crooksville
Main Street
Herman Rothman
Springfield
Everett Senseman
Dayton
Joseph Senseman
New Carlisle
Upper
Sandusky
James Bremer
Kansas City
Bremer
Youngstown
George M. Shommer
Archie Billie
G. P. Mullett
Lake Shore
Curtis Brewer
I. Curtis Brewer
Annette Fitch Brewer
Bellaire
Charles Barker
Barker
Lima
George Dyer
J. C. Linnemann
Woman's Federation
W. E. Clapton
Eda Ballard
Business Woman’s Club
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association
Wooster
Wooster University
Presbyterian Synod of Ohio
Carnegie Foundation Fund
Akron
Harry Sheetz
Sherman Barr
West Park Iron Co
Cleveland
Doyle
Common Pleas Court
Anthony Welch
Second National Bank
Wapakoneta
William Trego
Edna Trego
Here
Canal Dover
Jennie Crescio
Cooper
Senator Dolliver Dies Quietly After Heart Checkup
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver died at his residence during a heart examination by a physician. The death followed an acute stomach trouble affecting the heart and was due to dilation of the heart. He laughed at the idea of a successor, noting locals would pick one while alive. The physician counted beats aloud, Dolliver commenting on counts before the heart ceased.
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Fr. Dodge
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Senator Dolliver
Dolliver
SQUANDERED BIG LEGACIES And Gerke Now Meditates in a Cell
Fred Gerke of St. Louis faces a cell after his wife asked for his arrest. He spent nearly all of a $3,000 inheritance on a two day party with champagne, lamenting his squandered fortune while awaiting his fate. He had earlier received $2,200 last spring and saved little of it.
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Gerke
St. Louis
Fred Gerke
Havana
Oh You Kid Outrage Ends in Fatal Shot in Atlanta
Mrs G H Lambert and N H Bassett were strolling when Bassett shouted Oh You Kid at her. Lambert drew a pistol and shot Bassett in the neck, fatally wounding him. He surrendered and was released. The incident occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, amid civil strife and local business ties.
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Atlanta
G. H. Lambert
N. H. Bassett
Atlanta Railway and Electric Company
Bassett
Lambert
Heroic section hand sacrifices to save fast train
In Muncie Indiana William Bottsfield a section hand sacrificed his life to save the Southwestern limited on the Big Four railroad from wrecking. He rode a handcar and pulled to remove an obstruction from the rails and had just cleared the track when the train struck and killed him. About 250 passengers were aboard and a disastrous wreck was averted by his actions.
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Muncie
Ind
William Bottsfield
Southwestern Limited
Bortsfield
Drowning After Ferry Car Slide on Muskingum River
Alexander Wagner, 61, of Zanesville Ohio, drowned in the Muskingum River when his buggy on a ferry backed off into the water. He was in a carriage drawn by a team aboard the ferry when the mishap occurred.
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Zanesville, O
Alexander Wagner
Muskingum River
Fifty Six Bodies Recovered From Colorado Mine Disaster
The total 56 bodies of miners entombed in a Colorado Fuel and Iron company mine after the October 8 explosion have been recovered at the Starkville Colorado area site.
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Starkville
Colo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Multiple Ohio town items report varied local news
In Bellefontaine a pair, Maggie nine and Walter six, were found asleep in a box near a business block. they later explained their absence to a policeman and returned to their father Moffet Brown. Lorain reports a 1910 population of 28 888, up 80.2 percent from 1900. Hamilton shows 35 279 residents, up 11 365 since 1900.
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Bellefontaine
Maggie
Walter
Moffet Brown
Brown
Lorain
Hamilton
Wapakoneta
Fred H. Quelhorst
New Bremen
Toledo
Bellaire
Martins Ferry
Bridgeport
Standard Oil
St. Clairsville
Anton Hammer
Belmont County
Conneaut
Gillett
Monroe Center
Columbus
H. C. Rutter
Hilda Helen Vernon True
Cleveland
Charles McLean
Howard Crose
Akron
Lakeside Hospital
Hogan's Ambulance
Steubenville
Holy Name
Holy Name Church
J. J. Hartley
Hamden
Scioto
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Marysville
Tillie Hastings
C. L. Wilson
Marion
Lima
Harmon M. Colvin
Colvin
United States
Canton
H. W. Harter
Common Pleas
Kate Manz
Massillon
Ohio
Jeannette Whiting
Summit County
Supreme Court
Con- Co
Terrible Suffering Ended for Mrs Schwabe in Michigan
Mrs Robert Schwabe of Allegan Michigan narrates rapid decline due to Brights disease with bloodlike kidney secretions and night voiding. After using Deans Kidney Pills she improved and claims cure. Ad cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and price 50 cents.
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Robert Schwabe
Allegan, Mich
Bright
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Childlike Ignorance and a Brooklyn Stage Visit
Laura Jean Libbey comments on audience ignorance in topics of love and marriage while touring Brooklyn. She shares a joke about a girl who mistakes Solomon for someone fond of animals and cites a biblical oddity about 500 porcupines as explanation.
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Laura Jean Libbey
Brooklyn
Solomon
Who Scratched the Bathtub
A porcelain bathtub suffers enamel damage after being washed with a harsh yellow laundry soap. The ad promotes Easy Task Soap, claiming it cleans dirt without harming the tub and offers a money back guarantee if not as represented.
English Lord Dines Amid Odd Dinner Scene
A fireside father raises a boy to hate England. during a party a genuine English lord dines in the room while adults pause to a child’s taunting rhyme. The boy’s view spills into the scene as the nobleman overhears the chant from the kitchen dumb-waiter. The era's note ends with a remark on the word tired being overused.
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England
Coffee to Postum Cure Ad Claims Health Reform
A testimonial describes switching from coffee to Postum after a doctor warned of health risks. The speaker says nerves steadied, sleep improved, and overall well being returned, claiming complete recovery from nervousness and sickness through the change.
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Library Association
Penitentiary
Statehouse
Deaf and Dumb
Institution For the Blind
State Hospital
City Prison
City Hall
City Library
Carnegie
Goodale Park
Schiller Park
Franklin Park
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Grant Hospital
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Masonic Temple
St. Francis Hospital
Starling-Ohio Medical University
Trinity Church
Internal Revenue
Washington
Wheeler
Haskins
Ohio State Dairymen’s Association
Ohio State Exposition
Clarence ‘Hoskins
State Dairy and Food Department
Hoskins Haw
Ar Ng
Crookesville
Muskingum County
Zanesville
Morgan
Howard Cooper
Black
Nebraska
Charles H. Bancroft
Will
Buckeye
Warden Jones
Ohio Penitentiary
Jones
Sag Y
Tax Commission
Fullington
Tax Commission of
State News
Iriita
Zee Ak Die
Postum
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