Inmate Father and Son Reunion Marks Prison Visit Declares End
A human interest feature chronicles a father and son meeting in the state prison system as a dramatic final chapter unfolds behind the gray walls. The piece follows their emotional encounter and the implications for family ties within the correctional setting.
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Gray Wallis
State Prison
Ohio Penitentiary
Fred Lawson
Cleveland
Henry Robinson
Lawson
Robinson
Henry
Ravenna
Ohio penitentiary site decisions near
Columbus governor and D.A. Donovan report inspectors will test 35 mile radius sites for a new state penitentiary with 250000 available, 200000 for land. Health water soil and timber tests will guide selection. Prison labor to run farm aims to reform inmates and supply state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Cox
State Board of Health
State Experiment Station
Forestry Department
State Medical Board Backs Crackdown on Dope Prescriptions
The Ohio State Medical Board announced at its quarterly meeting a pledge to cooperate with the state sericultural commission in enforcing narcotics laws. It will not tolerate furnishing morphine cocaine or allied drugs by prescription except for legitimate medical use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Medical Board
Ohio
State Sericultural Commission
School Closed by Strike Leaves Empty Desks in Ohio Township
In Westland township Guernsey county a remote school sits unused while teacher continues to teach and draw a salary after a strike by parents and pupils who deem her unqualified due to lack of proper education. The dispute centers on the teacher's qualifications and the pupil absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Westland Township
Guernsey County
K. Mardis
Ohio Club Women Honor Federation Founder at Chi lli cothe
In Chillicothe Ohio the Ohio Woman's Federation hosted 100 delegates at Ellis hall for a Century club love feast. The event highlighted Mary Bookwalter and featured tributes from Addison Broomhall Anna Johnson William Murdock and Samuel Sneath. Edward Bookwalter announced a $5000 endowment and a $100 gift per $400 raised for a memorial. The session included an address by Mrs Howard Huckins and officers' reports. Ohio Federation membership shows 7500 active and 900 associate in 89 societies. 45000 to 50000 Ohio women are interested in the organization.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Ohio Woman’s Federation
Century Club
Ellis’ Hall
Second Street
James R. Hopley
Bucyrus
Addison Broomhall
Troy
Anna B. Johnson
Springfield
William Murdock
Akron
Samuel Sneath
Tiffin
Mary Bookwalter
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Edward L. Bookwalter
Women's Federation
Howard Huckins
Oberlin
Ohio Federation
Penitentiary entry blocked by typed commitment papers
Willi Smith from Logan county traveled to Bellefontaine hoping to enter the Ohio penitentiary for up to 20 years. Officials refused admission after a county clerk’s typed signature on his commitment papers invalidated them, and he spent a night in the county jail awaiting properly signed credentials.
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Smith
Bellefotaine
Willi Smith
Logan County
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Criminal Court
Tobey Elected President of Miami University Board
Hamilton O W T Tobey publisher of the Daily Republican News and manager of the Republican Publishing Co was elected president of the Miami University board of trustees in Oxford. Tobey long served as vice president and is a self made publisher known for his work with Graphic Arts and Crafts Year Book.
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W. T. Tobey
The
Republican News
Hamilton, C
Miami University
Daily Republican
Tobey
Hamilton Daily News
Republican
Daily Republican News
Graphic Arts and Crafts
Engraving and Printing and Allied Industries
William McKinley
Yale
Five Timothy Varieties From Cornell Reach Ohio Tests
The College of Agriculture received five improved timothy varieties from Cornell after years of experiments. The aim is to adapt these strains for Ohio hay and pasture, with tests planned on college plots to improve the state hay crop through selection and breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
New York State
Ohio
Cornell
Timothy
Unusual Suit Filed Over Infant Death Caused by Mosquitoes
Joseph Diée filed in common pleas court a $10,000 damages suit against the city of Xenia alleging autoinfection from mosquito bites in Shawnee creek. He claims the creek, an outlet for sewage from the city plant, polluted waters bred mosquitoes that entered the home and caused the death of his nine month old daughter Mildred Dice.
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Kenia
Little Mildred Dice
Shawnee Creek
Joseph Diée
Common Pleas Court
Xenia
Shawnee
School survey shows teachers’ time split with duties
Ohio state school survey commission finds superintendents in village special district and township schools devote little time to supervisory work due to teaching duties. The survey shows four percent of superintendents allocate only one eighth of their time to supervision.
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Oxford
Ohio State School Survey Commission
Sandles May Face Jailed Contempt Over Refuse Maladministered
Columbus health official says A P Sandles head of the Ohio agricultural commission may be rearrested for failing to clear refuse from the state fair grounds. He was previously arrested and convicted for violating city health laws and could be sent to a workhouse if re-arrested for the same offense.
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Beriah KE. Williamson
State Tax Commission
Internal Revenue
Columbus
Williamson
H. W. Miller
Jefferson Club of Columbus
Pomerone
Karle
Franklin County Democratic Club
Canton
Willis G. Rowland
Cox
Tax Commission
Gov. Cox
J. Henry Goeke
Wapakoneta
T. T. Ansberry
Defiance
Charles C. Marshall
Public Utilities Commission
John O'Dwyer
Toledo
Ansberry
France
Franklin County Election Board
Graves
Franklin County Common Pleas
A. P. Sandles
Ohio Agricultural Commission
Louis, Kahn
Sandles
Jay Sandles
Ten Heroes Perish In Wall-Crushing Fire Tragedy
Fire at the Goodyear Rubber Co. store on East Water Street in Milwaukee killed ten firemen and seriously injured twenty others. Eight bodies were recovered. two more were thought trapped under debris but died after rescue. A notable act of heroism came from Father Murphy who crawled into the ruins to give absolution to dying firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Milwaukee
Wis
Goodyear Rubber Co
East Water Street
Wisconsin
Father Murphy
St. John’s Cathedral
Sheriff Uses Auto to Cart Indians to Jail
Marinette Wisconsin Sheriff Jorgenson of Crandon Forest County uses his car to transport hostile prisoners from the Northern woods area. Last week he arrested three Indians for drunkenness and drove two men and a squaw to Crandon. The trip sparked an uptick in minor crimes as word spread, and the sheriff says the next prisoner will walk to jail.
Lowell Brings Cotton Freighter Fire Battle to Halifax
The American freighter Lowell, from Savannah to Havre, arrived at Halifax with a fierce fire in her forehold. The iron hull steamed hot forcing a fire department response. Crew battled flames as Captain Evans steered toward port and hatch covers were sealed to contain the blaze.
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Halifax
N. S
Lowell
Savannah
Havre
France
Evans
Cincinnati Market Prices for Grain, Livestock and More
The page lists daily market quotes across agricultural commodities including corn, hay, oats, wheat, eggs, poultry, cattle, hogs, calves, sheep and lambs. Prices cover multiple grades and qualities for corn, oats, wheat, hay timothy and clover, plus livestock bids such as shippers, steers, cows, bulls, hogs, pigs and lambs with ranges and averages.
Auto Owner Electrocuted In Peculiar Repair Incident
Stewart Hahn of North Bethlehem, a 30 year old contractor, was electrocuted while fixing his automobile in South Bethlehem, Pa. He ran a wire from the house to the car to work beneath it, forming a circuit between damp ground and an uninsulated wire. The accident knocked out all incandescent lights in the neighborhood.
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South Bethlehem
Stewart Hahn
North Bethlehem
Hahn
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Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Ohio University
Carey Boggess
George D. Strayer
Columbia University
New York
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Lancaster
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