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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1906
Page
7
Cleveland authorities investigate reports that 12 year old George Fein was beaten by teacher Miss Whelan at Case Wood and School. Described injuries include bruises and unconsciousness after the teacher used multiple rulers and a brass edged instrument. Officials and parents call for accountability as a board probes the incident.
In Springfield five people were involved when a Big Four engine collided with an automobile carrying Mrs Peck, her husband E Beck, and their three year old daughter Paulina from Columbus toward Shelbyville. The car struck a telegraph pole and was hit again by the locomotive. Mrs Peck and Paulina were among those trapped. Paulina walked away with minor scratches while Mrs Peck, severely hurt, was taken to a hospital.
Freshmen and sophomores at Ohio Wesleyan Medical College fought in the dissecting room. They threw chunks of human flesh at each other after a disparaging remark about a student named Allen. A piece of flesh and thigh bone scrapings were used in the altercation and a clash between groups ensued.
Gov Harris pardons Otto Free from a life sentence for murder after prison doctors cite tuberculosis. His mother had long campaigned for release, amid claims of his "soap eater" habit hindering medical aid. Free’s pardon follows a prior rejection by the pardons board.
At Woodlawn cemetery in Deshler mourners gathered for George Omer Crouch's funeral when Coroner Walter Manhardt interrupted to conduct an inquest. He swore witnesses and ruled Crouch died of gastritis induced by lead poisoning from the painter trade.
A dynamite blast wrecked Meinerding's hardware store in Ft Recovery Ohio causing the mid town to collapse. Five killed four workers and two missing. Fire followed the shock. fire crews from nearby cities saved the town from total destruction as windows burst and injuries spread among bystanders.
Coroner finds Wilber D Moody of Sharon Pa responsible for the Lake Shore Electric crash near Vermilion that killed Frank Smiley of Lima and two others. Moody disobeyed Lorain orders and allowed passengers in the car vestibule. Lake Shore Electric Co found guilty of contributory negligence for crowding beyond seating capacity.
Canton, Ohio Secretary Hartzel of the McKinley National Memorial association issued a statement showing the organization has paid all expenses since its founding and earned a profit of over 9,000 from interest. Total receipts amount to 630,627 with 178,886 expended and 451,740 on deposit.
Harry Jewell of Philadelphia fell thirty feet when the balloon drifted into the Colonial three-story apartment. He struck his head, sustaining a fractured skull and internal injuries. Spectators panicked and several women swooned amid the accident scene.
Columbus report shows 61,900 births in Ohio for the year ended June 30, 1906, with 1,804 deaths and 44,417 marriages, compared with 41,212 marriages the previous year. It notes 1,503 naturalizations, 216 boys and 97 girls sent to industrial schools, and 9,072 committed to insane asylums.
In Paris Ohio Murray T Snyder and wife welcomed a fourth set of twins, bringing their total to nine children. Snyder, 40, is manager for the Postal Telegraph Co. in the city.
At the state meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy a resolution deploring the death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis was adopted. The resolution will be sent to Mrs. Hayes, daughter of Mrs. Davis.
The article tracks a split in tariff views among Taft and Shaw with Cannon weighing in. It notes Maine and Illinois proponents urging protection, while North Carolina defends limited export discounts. It argues the disagreement centers on whether a small export price advantage merits immediate tariff revision to curb foreign undercutting versus maintaining full domestic employment.
The Cleveland Leader notes that several Democrats who supported Bryan abroad now risk the full effect of the phrase buyer beware in politics.
An advocate argues that the Dingley tariff gave durable protection, not a setup for reciprocal reductions. The two year limit on section 4 shows the measure was tentative and not meant to enable free trade, countering claims that Dingley intended to mark rates up to mark them down later.
President James R. MacColl argues at the Lake Champlain convention that reciprocity would require sacrificing one industry to aid another. He cites nine years of tariff gains, saying reducing duties to boost exports risks reducing home production and harming the nation economically and morally.
Train numbers 23 24 25 26 201 and 206 will arrive at the Pennsylvania Lines station located at Pearl and Butler streets in Cincinnati.
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