State Tax Conference Seeks Old Mileage Basis for Taxes
Ohio officials and railroad leaders including E W Booth of B and O and John Hurst of Pennsylvania meet the state tax commission to consider paying excise taxes on intrastate business under the old mileage basis. The July book-keeping change prompts scrutiny of valuations and proposed 1911 timing for reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Tax Commission
E. W. Booth
John Hurst
Pennsylvania
W. J. Brenneman
Big Four
Commission
Norfolk & Western
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Frank A. Davis
Scioto Valley
L. P. Stephens
D. J. Ryan
Columbus, New Albany
Johnstown
W. F. Thompson
Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Railroad
Troley
Insurgent wins in Illinois GOP primary gains momentum
In Illinois Republicans favor insurgent candidates in three of twenty five districts led by Frederick H. Gansbergen over Henry Boutell in the Ninth. Col Ira C. Copley wins the Eleventh insurgent bid while Foss, Cannon and Browne secure renomination.
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Chicago
Illinois
Henry
Boutell
Congress
Frederick H. Gansbergen
Gansbergen
Washington
Copley
Col
Ira C. Copley
George W. Conn
Howard M. Snapp
John C. McKenzie
Reuben R. Tiffany
Tee
House
George P. Engelhard
Frederick C. DeLang
Joseph G. Cannon
Henry B. Downs
Beveridge urges federal control of railroads in speech
In Evansville Indiana Senator Beveridge urged national regulation of railroads mirroring bank oversight. He argued bank directors are held to strict accountability and said railroad directors should face punishment when railroads fail to comply with the law and capitalization should be regulated by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio National Guard
United States
Ohio
Silas Craig
Groveport
National Corn Association
Columbus
Edwin James
Glen Roy
F. M. Lyon
Fredericktown
Evansville
Ind
State Bankers’ Association
Beveridge
Doctor Rucker Held for Trial in Milwaukee Case
Dr. W C Rucker health commissioner was charged with a statutory offense by Catherine Hels hoff, a 27 year old domestic. His case was continued until December 14 and bail was set at 1000 dollars.
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Milwaukee
Catherine Helshoff
W. C. Rucker
Doctor Rucker
Pilot Larsens perilous Niagara rapids trip in a motor boat
Capt Klaus Larsen piloted a motor boat through the whirlpool rapids near Niagara Falls showing extraordinary skill but the vessel and crew suffered heavy damage. About forty thousand spectators watched as the boat battled Devil's Hole and the bends, narrowly escaping rocks before drifting ashore and being boarded by Roy Rockwell. Larsen planned to continue but stopped at Lewiston and vowed to try again.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Klaus Larsen
Lewiston
Larsen
Devil’s Hole
Roy Rockwell
Peter Nissen
Chicago
C. A. Percy
Old Soldiers Attend 44th Grand Army Encampment in Atlantic City
Veterans fill hotels piers and boardwalks for the forty fourth G A R encampment. Commander Vansant and Gen Hilary A Herbert address the crowd as they urge North and South unity. Gen Sickles is escorted to the platform amid cheers as a band plays Dixie.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Grand Army of the Republic
Vansant
Hilary A Herbert
Alabama
Herbert
Grand Army
Union
Daniel E. Sickles
Robert E. Lee
Statuary Hall
Washington
Gen
Sickles
Autoist Found Dead in Peculiar Traction Wire Incident
Robert E. Morrow a 30 year old automobile salesman was found dead tied to a live traction line pole west of Indianapolis. He apparently grabbed the electric wire while plunging into a creek after a mishap during a heavy rain. Two bystanders were shocked while freeing him before a patrolman removed the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert E. Morrow
Morrow
Girl Shot By Mistake In Uniontown Neighborhood
Anna Cole was shot by neighbor Charles Kindrew who mistook her for a burglar as she drank from a lawn hydrant. He fired after hearing burglars in the night, striking her abdomen. doctors doubt her recovery.
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Uniontown
Anna Cole
Charles Kindrew
Kindrew
Kindew
Minister Edward Warren Virgin Dies at 74 in Dedham
Boston report states Rev. Edward Warren Virgin, noted author editor and Methodist clergyman for fifty years suddenly died at his Dedham home aged 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edward Warren Virgin
Dedham
Statue of Juarez Unveiled at Juarez Opposite El Paso
A statue of Benito Juarez, called the George Washington of Mexico, was unveiled in Juarez, Mexico, opposite El Paso. The pedestal reaches 190 feet and the statue is 14 feet tall.
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Juarez
Paso
Benito Juarez
George Washington
Mexico
Mex
Embezzlement case and assorted Ohio notices
Dayton police release 18 year old Ralph Musser who surrendered on embezzlement charges involving 6000 from his grandmother Annie Feeley. He denies the charge and is released on his own recognizance. The day’s items also report a Wheeling treasure dispute over 25184 found by contractor W. J. McClain, and other regional incidents from Youngstown Toledo Akron and Circleville.
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State Board of Public Works
James R. Marker
Democratic
Harmon
State Canal Department
Bruce Watkins
Portsmouth
Marker
Thomas R. Wickenden
Toledo
A. H. Hinkle
Columbus
Ohio State University
Wickenden
W. 0. Lanzenbacher
Ohio
James M. Jones
Cleveland
J. H. Morrison
Akron
W. H. Wilson
Roscoe
C. W. Watkins
Waverly
Hugh Byrnes
Cincinnati
John O'Connor
Dayton
Frank C. Davies
Piqua
C. A. Lindall
St. Marys
G. G. McCoy
Delphos
H. W. Myers
Defiance
D. H. Hancock
Napoleon
J. H. Hancock
E. C. Booth
Middletown
Harry Meecham
Ralph Musser
Osborne
Musser
Europe
America
Annie Feeley
Bellaire
W. J. McClain
Wheeling
W. Va
McClan
Doctor Schuckhart
McClain
Schuckhart
Youngstown
John Kalbitch
East Youngstown
Kalobitch
Central German Methodist Episcopal Conference
William F. McDowell
North Ohio
Joseph Kern
J. R. Bodner
Allegheny
McKeesport
J. C. Guenther
Berea
Sandusky
Henry Pullman
Walnut Hills
Richard Preuddeman
Emmanuel
C. E. Severinghaus
Galena Street
George Mitter
Salem
Perrysburg
J. H. Holtkamp
Zion Church
John Mayer
Squire Welsh
Barbara Zulan
East Ohio
The
United Brethren Church
W. M. Weekly
Kansas City
C. F. Thompson
J. H. Patterson
W. S. White
Ashland
J. E. Comer
Alliance
W. B. Leggett
Barberton
A. M. Roby
Burbank
C. W. Birney
Barnhill
G. W. Grubbs
Beach City
P. M. Camp
Beach Grove
J. J. Wagner
Bowerstown
W. A. Hevlow
Canton
C. W. Record
Conneaut
Jennie Metzker
C. J. Fox
Chippewa Lake
F. A. Felton
Cambridge
W. C. Siffert
Coshocton
B. F. West
Chestnut Hill
G. W. Roby
Dennison
Ellen R. King
Easton
East Cambridge
C. C. Slater
East Palestine
H. A. Shafer
Farmerstown
W. S. Coder
Lorain
F. W. Tyler
Lake Fork
William Whitehair
Lowellsville
New Philadelphia
W. L. Fry
New Rumbey
C. E. Ross
Newcomerstown
P. J. Roby
Noble
0. M. Davidson
Nova
J. W. Hevlow
North Lawrence
J. M. Poulton
Navarre
W. W. Gans
Overton
Arnold
Otterbein
A. E. Fair
Paradise Hill
W. BH. Stewart
Phadanx
J. EB. Porlet
Rinards
J. C. Brandenberg
Sugar Creek
J. 5. Jones
Sterling
S. W. Lilley
Strausburg
Sager Tryon
Union Ridge
J. S. Howard
Warren
John Pringel
Circleville
Norfolk & Western Construction
Charles Otis
Cal Hegge
Hegge
Otis
Distinction Milly Teases Tilly About Father Look
A light exchange shows Milly asking if a picture resembles her father while Tilly says it does not, noting it resembles him when he has his portrait taken. The cartoon-like quip captures family likeness humor.
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Milly
Tilly
Puck
Piero's Appetite And Morgan's Mathematical Glory
The note recalls J P Morgan Sr as a hearty trencherman with a taste for corned beef and cabbage while suggesting he could have chosen a mathematics chair in Heidelberg over his Yankee dish. It highlights his past as a German university post graduate student who impressed Teutons with his math.
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Piero
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Teutons
Heidelberg
New York Press
Easy Task Soap Promises Purity for Bedding
A home care note extol a cleaning soap for sheets and pillowcases. It claims bedding washed with Easy Task Soap, made from coconut oil borax and naphtha, leaves beds feeling clean and fragrant, preventing stale odors and harsh textures.
Saucy Soldier Dash of Company A Recalled at Nashville Banquet
Col. Robert C. Carter recounts Dash of Company A, famed for sharp tongue, during a Nashville banquet tale. Private Dash forages on a rich estate and asks food of a grande dame in evening dress who refuses him, prompting terse exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Carter
Nashville
Dash
Company A
Cash
Wanted Gentlemen to Represent Us Financially in Readable Ad
Public Want Ads invite several nice old gentlemen to represent us financially with utter wise remarks and endorsement of dividend checks. Good wages from fifty to one hundred millions a year. A financier to guarantee half colleges and half libraries while we supply the other halves. No experience required. Palm Beach in winter Adirondacks in summer. A large number of stockholders to take charge of our food supply and keep us from eating too much. No regular hours. At once. A few select persons to represent us socially and do the things we haven't time for. No brains needed. All expenses paid. Success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Adirondacks
Puzzled World of Food Satisfaction by Grape Nuts
A Brooklyn mother touts Grape Nuts as solving a child’s weak digestion and picky eating. She reports her son improving after daily meals of Grape Nuts and notes other children with rickets recovered with proper nourishment. The ad closes with a plug for The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Brooklyn
Wellville
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
State Railroad Commission
Judson Harmon
Marshall
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
D. ©. Cain
C. O. Probst
State Board of Health
American Public Health Association
Doctor Probst
Canada
Cuba
American Association
National Playground Association
National Association For the Regulation of
Association
John Berry
Browne
Foss
Cannon
Lorimer
Lee O’neil Browne
William Lorimer
la Salle County
John Broderick
Sangamon County
Robert BE. Wilson
Speaker Shurtleff
Legislative Voters’ League
League
Republican
Democratic “Organization
Henry S. Boutell
Indiana
Dr. Rucker
State News
Munyon
Munyon’s ‘Homeopathic Homeomedy Co
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Jefferson Sts
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