Tax Restrictions Debate at Hamilton County Meeting
Allen R. Foote argues Ohio must revise constitutional taxation limits to match other states. He cites New York inheritance and mortgage taxes and Wisconsin income tax as models, and urges lifting the state debt cap of 750000 to ease funding of permanent improvements for Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
United Constitution
Hamilton County
Allen R. Foote
Ohio
New York
Foote
Wisconsin
Oregon Should Return To Representative Government
The piece argues against Oregon's initiative and referendum system, claiming it invites irrational laws, distrusts voters, and erodes representative government. It warns of abuses from various groups, praises traditional representation, and calls for vigilance to defeat radical reforms while supporting a return to established representative rule.
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Oregon
Adullam
Referendum critics question direct legislation push in Ohio
The Cleveland Leader questions advocates of direct legislation in Ohio for avoiding a referendum on the referendum itself. It asks why supporters refuse to put their principles to a direct vote and asserts the people deserve to judge the direct legislation plan openly rather than by stealth.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Campaign may harm push for Ohio constitutional delegates
McArthur Tribune argues the campaign for delegates to Ohio’s upcoming convention is overcrowded and risks derailing the effort. It urges separating questions to allow voters to decide each reform on its merits rather than risk a fall rejection of the entire measure.
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Ohio
McArthur Tribune
A Good Constitution But The Convention Must Be Real
The forthcoming constitutional convention will be a genuine working gathering not a packed body to game the fundamen tal law for pay. The people’s interest has been aroused and will drive serious deliberation toward a sound constitution.
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Todedo Wado
A Word to the Wise on One Idea Delegates
The Akron Times argues the upcoming constitutional convention risks dominated by many one idea advocates from Ohio’s eighty eight counties. It proposes preventing harm by avoiding single idea delegates or voting each idea separately, while acknowledging the need for broadly agreeable provisions for general welfare.
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Ohio
Akron Times
Daly Thought. A malicious truth often does more harm than an Innocent lie.
The saying notes that a deliberate truth can cause greater damage than an innocent lie, reflecting on the impact of truth when used with ill intent.
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Daly
Reprieve for Scott as Rum Tax Flaw Clarified
Secretary of State Graves explains a clerical error in the Canfield act that mislisted repeal of the liquor tax section. The intended repeal was 6086, not 6085, preserving liquor dealer taxation and not nullifying state revenue from rum taxes. The error prompted speculation but is deemed a typo with court precedents protecting the law's intent.
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Columbus
Graves
State House
Board Savings Reported Across State Institutions
State board members say complete reports from state institutions show monthly savings of thousands. The school for the deaf saved 2021.58 dollars, the school for the blind made a similar saving, and the penitentiary reports 770.98 dollars net savings over the first two months of the board’s control.
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State Board of Administration
School For the Deaf
School For the Blind
Steve Scott Reprieved from Death Row in 1910 Murder Case
Four times in six months Steve Scott, a Black man, faced the electric chair for the 1910 murder of an Italian railway laborer in Miami County. Gov Harmon telegraphed a reprieve from Raleigh, saving his life again as he awaited execution since April 26, 1910.
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Steve Scott
Harmon
Raleigh
N. C
Scott
Annex
Miami County
Ohio to Locate Major State Farm Between Ashtabula and Jefferson
F. B. Blood of Conneaut announced that one of the most complete state experimental farms will be built midway between Ashtabula and Jefferson. Blood serves on the board of control of the Ohio agriculture experimental station.
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Ashtabula
Jefferson
F. B. Blood
Conneaut
Blood
Board of Control
Ohio Agriculture Experimental Station
Governor Harmon Portrait Not Accepted Under Governor's Office Statement
The legislature’s $500 portrait of Governor Harmon, painted by Hungarian artist G. L. Linek, will not be accepted as stated by the governor's office officials. The decision centers on disagreements about the artwork and its suitability for the state’s official display.
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Harmon
G. L. Linek
Pen Warden Faces Quiz Columbus Probe Shifts
The Ohio penitentiary warden T H B Jones faces further inquiry into prison conditions as the attorney general examines managerial conduct. A protest letter from Jones claims unfounded charges and demands a fair hearing before the probe resumes likely late this week after the attorney general returns from Baltimore.
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Columbus
T. H. B. Jones
Ohio Penitentiary
Baltimore
County Not Responsible for Mt. Vernon Sanatorium Costs
Attorney General Hogan rules no law authorizes the county to cover expenses for sending tubercular patients to the Mt. Vernon state sanatorium. The response comes after a request from the institution superintendent.
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Mt. Vernon
Hogan
Phone Receipts Rise In Ohio Telephones Tax
Ohio state tax commission reports higher income from excise tax on telephone company gross receipts. Cuyahoga Telephone Co of Cleveland shows $869,553 in 1911 receipts up from $774,108 in 1910, boosting its tax by $765. Cleveland Telephone Co posts $1,440,556 receipts vs $1,165,484 in 1910, increasing its tax by $8,300.84.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Cuyahoga Telephone Company of
Cleveland
Cleveland Telephone Company
State Demands License Fee for Unlicensed Liquor Sellers
State dairy and food commissioners probing liquor law violations in Cleveland have uncovered about six houses selling toxicants without state license. Proprietors named to County Auditor Preston as owing the $1000 license fee. furnishings may be confiscated if payment is not made.
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Cleveland
Prestien
Public Service Commission Plans Scrutiny of Telephone Plant Sales
The state public service commission will require detailed property schedules from selling companies and have engineers verify valuations to prevent fictitious pricing. Additional examinations may occur if schedules reveal excess valuation to ensure fair rates and orderly sales.
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State Public Service Commission
State distributes carload of fish in Franklin county
The Ohio state fish and game commission began fall fish distribution by placing a carload of mature black bass and rock bass in Franklin county streams. Bass cannot be sold in Ohio, but may be caught with hook and line. A larger stock will be moved from hatcheries through mid next month.
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Columbus
State Fish and Game Commission
Franklin County
Lake Erie
Ohio
John C. Speaks
Unconstitutional Park Board Law Blocks Levy Authority
Attorney General Hogan rules the law creating township park boards unconstitutional. Prosecuting Attorney F R Hogue of Geauga county sought opinion on whether the one percent law bars a one mill levy for park purposes, a levy prevented if the park commission law is invalid.
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Common Pleas Court
Hogue
Park Commissioners
Ohio boards receive funds for repairs and roof project
The state emergency board approved three allocations totaling $11 936 for state institutions. The state board of administration gets 10 000 to replace the laundry building at the penitentiary and equip it. Buckeye Lake sanitary defects receive 1 000 from public works, Townsend Hall at Ohio State University gets 936 for a new roof. Requests for canal flood repairs at 25 000 and for 10 000 to hire needed legal assistants were deferred to next week.
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State Emergency Board
State Board of Administration
State Board of Public Works
Buckeye Lake
Ohio State University
Townsend Hall
State Liability Board of Awards
State sues Coshocton Gas for excise tax dispute
The state through Attorney General Hogan sues Coshocton Gas in Franklin County Common Pleas Court for 11122 plus a 178 penalty claiming excise tax on gross earnings. The commission certified 93552 as the companys last year gross, but Coshocton Gas fought payment and appeared in court likely to contest the tax illegality.
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Hogan
Common Pleas Court
Franklin County
Coshocton
Tax Commission
Law against trammel nets in Lake Erie argued unconstitutional
Attorneys for trammel net fishermen contended the ban on trammel nets is class legislation and unconstitutional while the state’s right to regulate fishing remains valid. The case seeks a writ to compel license issuance for Lake Erie net use.
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Lake Erie
Circuit Court
Farm Study Big Saving Campaign Planned for Education
Four state supervisors of agricultural report to State School Commissioner Frank Miller that rural school agricultural study has saved farmers from $20,000 to $25,000 in several counties. They predict much larger savings as scientific farming knowledge is expanded statewide.
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Supervisors of Agricultural
Frank Miller
Imperial Army Defeated at Kwang Shui China
The main army of the Chinese government under War Minister Yin Tchang, about 20,000 strong, was defeated at Kwang Shui in Hu Peh. Li Yueng’s rebel force of 15,000 captured artillery and supplies and routed imperial troops abandoning their trains. Mountain passes near Kwang Shui are held by rebels, seizing control of the Hankow Pesing railroad.
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San Francisco
Yin Tchang
Kwang Shui
Hu-Peh
Chinese Free Press
Li Yueng
Hankow-Pesing
Queue cutting order amid Chinese upheaval in San Francisco
A Shanghai cable to Lau Kok Hall orders all Chinese residents in San Francisco to have their queues cut off under penalty of being labeled Manchu sympathizers. The National Association posts a bulletin demanding all Hans, distinguishing revolutionists from Manchus, to comply or forfeit citizenship in the new Chinese Republic.
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San Francisco
Shanghai
National Association
Lau Kok Hall
Lagro Presbyterian Women Husk Corn to Fund Church
Thirty women from Lagro Presbyterian church go to fields to husk corn to raise funds for church remodeling. They hired several farmers to husk at ten cents per shock and plan to work all week.
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Wabash
Presbyterian Church
Lagro
Bag of jewels valued at ten thousand missing from Mrs. Fairbanks
Chicago social leader Mrs. Warren Fairbanks reported to police that a jewels bag worth $10,000 disappeared from a Pullman car while en route from Boston to Chicago. She learned of the loss after arriving home.
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Chicago
Warren Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Boston
Treasury bars banks from advertising postal savings deposits
Washington reports a treasury department ruling forbids banks designated as postal savings depositories to advertise that status. The department says postal savings funds are private and banks holding such money may not announce themselves as United States depositories.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Postal Savings Depositories
Department
Postal
United States
Markets Record Cincinnati Grain and Live Stock Prices
The Cincinnati market reports wide ranges across grains and meats. Flour patents range 4.30 to 5.60 per unit, wheat No 2 red around 1.01, corn varieties from 0.76 to 0.78, cattle and hogs show varied bidding from lows near 1.25 for canners to highs above 6.70 for good to choice packers, and eggs, butter, produce, and fruits priced with locale figures for apples carrots celery lemons oranges and crates of pineapples and potatoes.
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California
Hamlet Offstage Laughs Steal Spotlight in Gravedigger Scene
A theater company amid illness substitutes a novelty performer for the Second Gravedigger in Hamlet. The clownish act of stealing waistcoats and ad libbed lines draws bigger laughs than the real performance, while the First Gravedigger dreams of better notices and pay.
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Vaughan
Sexton
Banquet Quip Highlights Madison Reputation Talk
Senator La Follette jokes about changing reputation at a Madison banquet. A tale contrasts a wicked Madison millionaire and two Good family figures to illustrate vanity and public perception.
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Senator la Follette
Madison
Thirdly
John H. Good
Sam Good
Differences Between Men and Hogs Spark Debate
A writer contrasts men with hogs, arguing pigs avoid actions that harm themselves while humans often pursue self interest. The piece uses pointed language to critique selfish behavior and reflect on moral choices.
Australia Embraces American Magazines Across Regions
Australia and New Zealand see rising popularity of American magazines as publishers expand presence. Readers engage with diverse formats and topics boosting cross Pacific media ties.
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Australia
New Zealand
SHIFT TO GRAPE-NUTS BRINGS HEALTHY CHANGE
A Philo woman reports longstanding fatigue and low spirits improved after using Grape-Nuts and cream. She says weight gain and brighter outlook followed within weeks, and credits the Postum Co. backed product with a total life change.
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Philo
Jonah
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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