Impeachment Motion Filed Against Ashland Judge Devor
An impeachment and disbar motion was filed in Ashland Ohio charging Judge William T. Devor of the common pleas court with misconduct amid three indictments over allegedly illegal claims filed by attorney R H Gwinner. Gwinner, once a Lutheran minister, alleges Devor insulted him at arraignment to ruin his reputation, citing prior life. Gwinner has a history with the court including removal as stenographer after disputes over rulings and elections.
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Ashland
William T. Dever
Ashland County Common Court
R. H. Gwinner
Gwinner
Common Pleas Court
Judge Devor
Ghost Haunts St Bernard's Church in Springfield
Electrician John Herzog reports a white female ghost in St Bernard's Catholic church in Springfield. He saw the figure descend the aisle then ascend to the choir loft, with past events including a past burning of the pipe organ recalled by church members.
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Springfield
St. Bernard’s Catholic Church
John Herzog
Herzog
Fire Claims Man in Youngstown Home Mystery Unfolds
Mrs. Edward C. Hawn returned home to heavy smoke and found her husband dead in his bedroom chair. Fire spread to the chair but died before firefighters arrived. Clothing burned from his body and suicide theory is dismissed by the wife as a mystery remains.
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Youngstown
Edward C. Hawn
Hawn
Death of Fred F. Lyons on Tennessee Pass
Fred F. Lyons known as Shorty, died while learning dispatching duties for the Denver and Rio Grande at Tennessee Pass Colorado. He slipped while boarding a freight train and was dragged five miles after grabbing a rod to save himself.
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Kent
Fred F
Shorty”) Lyons
Tennessee Pass
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Hospital Staff Resigns in Mahoning Valley
Staff at Mahoning Valley hospital resigns claiming the institution is not run according to their ideas and that patient care is improper until the hospital loses local prestige. The dispute is long standing and involves physicians.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Valley Hospital
Bolters Claim Socialist Plot Behind Labor Split
Toledo witnesses the bolters faction of the Ohio Federation of Labor declare the split with the American Federation of Labor is part of a Socialist movement to undermine AFL unity.
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Toledo
Ohio Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Bolters
Body of Unidentified Man Found After Freight Train Incident
The body of a man killed near the C. A. freight line lies at the morgue. The deceased is unidentified with a pair of gold rimmed glasses and a tattooed dancer figure on his left arm. A stranger and companion were last seen nearby.
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Akron
Joe Barberton
Gete Damages From City Over Spring Common Viaduct
In Youngstown Ohio James M McKay and others sued the city for damages totaling 110000 for the Spring Common viaduct project. Verdicts total 11000 with McKay to receive 9000 for his Anderson hotel property and the remainder for other nearby losses.
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Youngstown
James M. McKay
Spring Common
McKay
Anderson Hotel
Youngstown Official Benjamin J. Conway Dies at 69
Benjamin J. Conway, longtime member of the township trustees board and noted Youngstown resident, died at age 69. A pioneer iron worker, he was among the city’s best known figures.
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Youngstown
Benjamin J. Con- Way
Ohio county salary law cost state $17 121 71 last year
A Columbus report to the state auditor shows Montgomery county grossed 17 121 71 from the new county salary law. The piece notes high fee office income, dry Muskingum county saloons, and legal actions in Hardin and other counties. It also covers school law opinions and a Thanksgiving program proposal.
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Columbus
Montgomery County
John W. Edwards
Muskingum County
Zanesville
L. H. Brelsford
Aiken Law
J. J. Boone
Mount Victory
Common Pleas Court of Hardin Courtty
William P. Henderson
H. J. Ritter
Finance
House
Zeller
Attorney General's Department
County Teachers’ Institute Committee
Capital Notes and Ohio Developments in Ballot and Industry
The Democratic ticket must be printed first column on Ohio ballots next month by order of Secretary Thompson after the governor’s win last fall. Ohio plans broad manufacturing expansion with convict labor for state institutions. The Cleveland–Akron canal segment reopens next Tuesday with state officials and Cleveland business leaders traveling by canal boat from Cleveland to Akron.
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Ohio
Thompson
Board of Penitentiary Managers
Ohio Canal
Cleveland
Akron
State Board of Public Works
John A. Alburn
Paul Howland
James Cassidy
B. Baxter
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Canneaut's Pumpkin Solution Reflects a City’s Turnabout
In Conneaut Ohio Andrew Carnegie abandoned a million dollar yearly plan but gave 25000 for a library. The town found relief by canning pumpkins to supply 90 million people. Farmers sent produce statewide and trains carried the pumpkin gospel to Chicago and San Francisco.
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Conneaut
Andrew
Carnegie
Thomas
Philippines
Chicago
Frisco
College Freshman Hazing At Mt Union Prompts Punishment Threats
Mt Union College officials vow severe penalties for upperclassmen in a hazing incident involving freshman Foster Whittin. Whittin was tarred and feathered in a woods near the college after his room was raided at Miller Hall. He was bound, stripped, hair partially shaved, and coated with tar and pillow contents before escape.
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Miller Hall
Hazers
Whittin
Elegant new church for Caledonia memory of local matron
Mrs Anna Harkness of New York City widow of Standard Oil magnate Stephen V Harkness donated a 100000 dollar Methodist Episcopal church to Caledonia Ohio population about 600 in memory of her mother Maria Underwood who lived there all her life. The church was dedicated October 10 and is said to be among the state’s finest and most costly in a town of its size. Harkness spent her youth and marriage in this town. Three Sisters Become Sister In Laws. Hast Liverpool Ohio three sisters have become sisters in law and three brothers in law as Miss Stella Pugh daughter of Beaver County Pennsylvania court crier married B D Makall of Georgetown Pa. the brides two sisters had previously married the groom’s two brothers.
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Caledonia
Anna Harkness
New York City
Stephen V. Harkness
Standard Oil
Florence Harkness
College For Women
Cleveland
Maria Underwood
Liverpool
Stella Pugh
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
B. D. Makall
Georgetown
Drops Dead On Street In Wooster Village
Charles A. Mellen, 66, longtime newspaper man and health officer of Crestoin village, collapsed and died while en route to fumigate a house with a contagious disease, on a Wooster street.
Grapes Go Into Vinegar In Sandusky This Year
Hundreds of tons of Lake Erie island grapes of the Catawba variety will be used to make vinegar instead of wine this year due to insufficient ripening.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie Island
Violence Claims Two Lives In Ashtabula Incident
In Ashtabula DL C Noderer was killed when he was caught by a shaft on the Hulet fast ore machine. Warren Sparrow aged 12 was struck by a Lake Shore train at Dornet and died in a local hospital.
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Ashtabula
DL. C. Noderer
Ofler
Warren Sparrow
Lake Shore
Dornet
Oxford Negro Voters Back Full Public Office Ticket
In Oxford Ohio the approximately 200 black voters support a full slate of candidates for public offices amid a town with about 400 eligible voters. The move reflects organized political participation by the Negro community in the college town.
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Field
Hamilton, O
College Town
Oxford
Fire destroys three stores and post office in Maynard
Fire swept through Maynard, Bridgeport, burning three stores and the post office. Estimated loss stands at 10090 dollars with incendiaries suspected.
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Postoffice
Bridgeport
Post Ofice
Maynard
Peary challenges Cook's North Pole claim with Eskimo testimony
Commander Peary releases sworn statements from two Eskimo boys who accompanied Cook in 1908 1909 alleging Cook did not reach the pole. The narrative details their route from Anoratok to Jones Sound and back, and argues the pole would be physically impossible to reach in the dates claimed.
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Cape Sheridan
Nerke
Cape Chalon
Etah
Eskimos Told Me, In A General Way, Where Dr. Cook
Jones Sound
Utah
Dr. Cook
Peary
Bartlett
McMillan
Borup
Henson
Cook
I-took
Rice Strait
Buchanan Way
Francke
Anoratok
Flagler Bay
Bucharah Bay
Bilesmere Land
Sverdrup
Bay
Ellesmere Land
Nansen Stralt
Nansen Strait
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Koolootingwah
Inughito
Commander Peary
Cape Thomas
Hubbard
Crown Prince
Gustav
Heiberg Land
Norwegian Bay
Graham Island
Hid
Hell's Gate
Simmon
Cape Vera
Cape Sparbo
Cape Boarbo
Cape Tennyson
Clarence Head
Broad Bight
Cadogan Fiord
Cape Isabella
Com
New England clergyman's wakeful sermon quip quoted
A passage from Lucy Fitch Perkins recounts her great grandfather a New England clergyman who used humor to wake a sleepy church. He paused during a sermon to remark that building a new church seemed unnecessary since the sleepers in the old one were all sound.
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Lucy Fitch Perkins
New England
Baby Eczema Cured by Cuticura for $1.50
A mother recalls her two and a half month old son suffering watery eczema on both cheeks. After costly doctor visits and ineffective treatments, she used Cuticura remedies costing $1.50 and reports complete clearing with no scars. Boston firm Potter Drug & Chem Co. promotes an 1908 testimonial from Burnt Cabins Pennsylvania.
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W. M. Comerer
Arctic Explorer Overslept Due to Long Arctic Nights
A humorous exchange explains why the explorer arrived late at the pole. He notes that the arctic region endures extremely long nights, which caused him to oversleep.
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North Pole
Arctic
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John B. Gibson
First Kentucky Cavalry
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Eskimo Boys
R. E. Peary
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