Akron and Ohio town notes amid burglaries and accidents
In Akron William Myers and Ralph Newmasters were bound over on burglary charges after Myers confessed. Cincinnati reports Leonard Rosenbaum 18 killed by Elmer Hamm 15 while frog hunting at a city infirmary pond. East Liverpool outlines a rail plan from Pittsburg to Cleveland via Lisbon and Niles with Erie follow. Columbus notes 0.5 million automobiles in Ohio and 1000 more tags expected. Dayton records Joseph J. Pater elected Catholic Knights president. Herman J. Scheckelhoff re-elected VP. Canton reports a grave robbery scare, a ballplayer run over fatally, and a wreck near Sherrodsville with no injuries. Youngstown cites seven lightning strikes and a major barn loss. Canton woman Riske Sturm, 35, sighted living in fields with cash and bank books. Findlay reports a drowning swimmer. Toledo city water plan discussed by City Solicitor Schreiber.
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Akron
William Myers
Cantom
Ralph Newmasters
Cleveland
Warwick
Clinton
Summit County
Myers
New Masters
Cincinnati
Leonard Rosenbaum
Elmer Hamm
City
East Liverpool
Crucible Steel Co
Pittsburg & Lake
Erie Railroad. Co
Pittsburg
Beaver
Lisbon
Midland
Wellsville
Erie
Niles
Dayton
Ira
Willoughby
Reibold
Columbus
Ohio
J. H. Shearer
Joseph J. Pater
Hamilton
Catholic Knights of Ohio
Pater
B. Fischer
Smith
Fischer
Nelsonville
John Robinette
Hocking Valley
Zanesville
EB. S. Keene
Frank A. Durban
Youngstown
Miller Bros
Canton
Riske Sturm
New York
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Wheeling & Lake Erie Road
Wheeling
Toledo
Sherrodaville
Morris
William B. Mark
Deardorff Avenue
Mark
Findlay
Earl Anthony
Schreiber
Fire and casualty groups clash over auto policies under law
Columbus sees enforcement pressure as Superintendent Moore warns insurers to follow current statute on auto mobile coverage. Fire firms accuse casualty firms of issuing collision and tornado policies while casualty firms counter fire firms issue theft policies. Officials foresee possible law changes but pledge current rules will be upheld. Ohio municipal bonds face uncertain pricing as investors await tax rule impacts and new issues.
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Columbus
Moore
Ohio
American Gas and Electric to Acquire Fostoria Plant
The American Gas and Electric Co. has completed a deal approved by the public service commission to buy Standard Light and Power Co. of Fostoria for 82500. The plant will be modernized and expanded, with one circuit serving Fostoria, Tiffin, and Fremont and power sold to these cities at lower rates.
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Ohio
American Gas and Electric Co
Ohio Service
Standard Light and Power Co
Fostoria
Public Service Commission
American Company
Tiffin
Fremont
State board to pursue $150000 saving across 18 institutions
The state board of administration plans a further $150,000 saving across 18 state institutions, citing a recent $260,000 rise in maintenance expenses for the year to August 15. Funds would lapse back to the general revenue, unused by former boards.
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State Board of Administration
A. W. Thurman
Boards of Trustees
General Revenue Fund
Hocking Valley Railroad Reports July Gains
The Hocking Valley Railroad shows a 14 percent rise in operating revenues for July over 1911. Freight traffic up 17 percent while passenger traffic falls 5 percent. Total gross revenues reach $690,035.75 and net revenues $260,063.28, up 14 and 22 percent respectively.
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Hocking
Speak-easie Tax Receipts in State Reach Millions
Aiken saloons taxed for six months ending June 30 totaled 4 424 442 82 with 8 643 saloons statewide. Of this sum 1 329 809 05 was certified to the state treasurer by State Auditor Fullington. Municipalities and counties received 3 094 633 77. Some counties owe for liquor-law prosecutions and will settle, increasing total revenue from the saloon business.
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Fullington
Milk inspection chaos prompts Ohio cities to seek uniform rules
State Dairy and Food Commissioner Strode warns that inconsistent milk sale regulations across Ohio cities threaten supply and worsen as inspections continue. At Marion, the Central Ohio District Tribe of Ben Hur held its twelfth annual convention with 800 attendees naming officers and electing Wapakoneta as the 1918 meeting site.
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Ohio
State Dairy and Food
Strode
Ben Hur
Central Ohio
Marion
Wapakoneta
Harriet Gavin
Piqua
W. Springer
St. Mary's
George Bauer
Anna Hammond
Columbus Grove
J. W. McCormick
Findlay
R. G. Herman
Ohio to Relocate Women’s Reformatory to Marysville
Attorney General states the reformatory cannot be built by prisoners from the penitentiary due to state building laws. The board had planned to supply labor and materials but is advised against using inmates. Constitutional amendment may change Grand Jury size and indictment percentage, taking effect January 1. Current Grand Jury consists of 15 members with 12 needed for indictment.
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Marysville
State Building ‘Commission
Board of Administration
Ohio
Naval apprentices lose lives in Lake Michigan wreck
Eleven youths from the Naval Training Station at North Chicago and 24 apprentices sailed in a cutter. A squall overturned the boat off Lake Forest as waves ran high. Five bodies recovered and identified. others missing. Gunner's Mate M. N. Negis led the party aboard.
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Chicago, Ill
Lake Michigan
United States Navy
North Chicago
M. N. Negis
Lake Forest
Negis
Gunmen Remain Silent In Rosenthal Murder Case
Mrs. Harry Rosenberg and Mrs. Harry Horowitz, wives of two alleged gangsters, were arraigned as material witnesses after their husbands were moved from police headquarters to the Tombs Prison. They were held on $1,000 bail each. Police and the District Attorney have not elicited any statements from Gyp the Blood and Lefty Lou, as investigators wrap up the Rosenthal murder roundup.
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New York
Tombs Prison
Herman Rosenthal
Harry Rosenberg
Lefty Louie
Harry Horowitz
Gyp
Feinberg
Lefty
Lou
Herman Rogenthal
Lillian Russell Might Be Next Ambassadress
Cleveland reports that Lillian Russell now Mrs. Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburgh could become Ambassadress at the Court of St James if Colonel Roosevelt is elected president. The claim comes via Pittsburgh sources.
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Court of St. James
T. R
Cleveland
Lillian Russell
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Clans of Boyces and Sneeds Gather in Amarillo
Amarillo Texas residents report that the Boyce and Sneed clans have gathered after the sensational killing of Al Boyce by John Beal Sneed. Al Boyce’s brothers Lynn Will and Henry have arrived and wired for more relatives and friends to come to Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Texas
Boyces
Sneeds
al Boyce
John Beal
Lynn
Will
Henry Boyce
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Across Commodities
Market report lists wheat corn oats and hay prices by grade, with cattle hogs and sheep values split by quality. Prices cover No 2 to No 4 grades and by live weight for several livestock categories, noting steady movement from prior close.
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Timothy
Bologna
Cardinal Gibbons to Dedicate New Wichita Cathedral
Baltimore notes Cardinal Gibbons travels by special car with Archbishop Keene and Bishop OConnell to Wichita Kansas for the dedication of the new Catholic Cathedral. They will stop first in St Louis before continuing to Glenhon with Father Keteln of the Indian Bureau.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Wichita
Kan
Keene
Duluth
O’connell
Richmond
Ketehtn
Atholic Indian Bureau
Washington
St. Loula
Eareer
Glenhon
Rates of Taxation for Clermont County 1912 Levy
I J B Turner treasurer of Clermont county Ohio gives notice that the mill levy per dollar of property listed for taxation in Clermont for the 1912 tax year is as follows.
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Batavia
Ohio
I. J. B. Turner
Clermont County
J. B. Turner
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Michiigan-Ohio-Indiana Coal Association
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