Harmon appoints Wirmel to chief examiner of stationary engineers
Governor Harmon names Charles H. Wirmel of Cincinnati as chief examiner of stationary engineers succeeding William E. Haswell and assigns a $4200 salary plus $1200 for the post. Wirmel will take office immediately as Haswell becomes secretary of the new state board of administration. John J. McKnight is named member of the state board of accountancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harmon
Charles H. Wirmel
Cincinnati
William E. Haswell
Bucyrus
Wirmel
State Board of Boiler Rules
Haswell
State Board of Administration
John Woll
Zanesville
Ohio Federation of Labor
John J. McKnight
State Board of Accountancy
Certified Public Accountants
Notable Ohio Notables and Accidents Across Cities
Prominent lawyer T. H. Gillmer dies at City hospital of heart neuralgia. in Ravenna Mrs. Heckman dies after learning of a car crash that involved neighbor and Miss Julia Wentzell. Cleveland reports three men smothered by chlorine gas at Grasselli plant. Sidney votes wet by 56 in 1960 style tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Prichard
Main Street
Grasselli Chemical Co
Independence
S. E. Sidney
Sidney
Clinton
Berea
Lila Wernecke
Bellefontaine
Quincy
Blanche Douglass
Arthur
Blanche
Elmer Douglass
Columbus
State Tax Commission
Lorain
Eli Braski
E. Twenty-eighth Street
Oakwood Avenue
Braski
Ashtabula
Hubbard Electric Hardware Co
Cook
A. J. Richardson
Charles F. Brotherton
Brotherton
Toledo
George Keller
Washington Township
Michael Russell
August Reid
Miami and Erie Canal
South Street
Russell
Massillon
Bert Shilling
Akron
Silver Lake
Frank Ogle
John Budish
Barberton
Prisoner Kept Inside Walls After Murder Sentence
William Bayless, serving a life term for murder, is ordered to stay inside the prison and work within the walls rather than drive a carriage for Warden T H B Jones. Governor Harmon acted after Bayless’ relatives feared for their safety when he could travel the city. The report notes related instruction on election reporting and hunting season expectations from state officials and General J C Speaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bayless
State Penitentiary
T. H. B. Jones
Bayless
Harmon
Initials to Be Tabooed at Ohio State University
A student says OSU is not the proper name for the school and urges using Ohio State, the State University, or Ohio State University. Beginning with the current year the old appellation is tabooed as insulting to the institution. Faculty and students alike agree on the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
D. W. Elson
Ohio University
Athens
Elson
Athens County
Franklin County
George W. Knight
Ohio State University
United Constitutional Committees
Department of State
Enos
Guernsey County
Byesville
Board of Commissioners
Fullington
Ohio State
The
State University
Ohio Real Estate Activity Shows Strong Volume
Department of the secretary of state records indicate during the past year Ohio saw 1,482,696 acres change hands across 91,575 deeds with total considerations of 177,600,169.98 dollars. Agricultural land accounted for 1,406,886 acres sold at 60.42 dollars per acre, totaling over 86,007,170.43 dollars in agricultural sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Department of the Secretary of State
Year starts Sept 25 define county officials pay
Attorney General Hogan interprets the compensation law for county commissioners taking office on the third Monday in September 1912. He says the year 1912 means the official year starting that September, and compensation should be based on that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bureau of Inspection
Hogan
Columbus
State Accounting Bureau
Articles of incorporation listed for several firms
Incorporation filings show Aull Sides Klean Co of Cincinnati with capital of $15 000 led by C J Anil and others. National Smelting Co of Cleveland with $10 000 led by Max Statter Samuel Well William Weill A Metzenbaum M P Goodman. Seabayin Manufacturing Co of Hamilton with $1 500 led by Carl Bartels and others. Pioneer Motor Car Co of Marietta with $18 000 led by F B Bosworth and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aull Sides Klean Co
Cincinnati
C. J. Anil
National Smelting Co
Cleveland
Max Statter
Samuel Well
William Weill
A. Metzenbaum
M. P. Goodman
Seabayin Manufacturing Co
Hamilton
Carl Bartels
Pioneer Motor Car Co
Marietta
F. B. Bosworth
Laurier Defeated as Conservatives Win Canadian Election
Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Liberal government suffers a crushing loss as Conservatives secure a majority of over 50 in the new Parliament. Borden to become prime minister with a strong working majority. Fielding and Paterson fell in Nova Scotia and Ontario respectively. Liberal votes collapse across Ontario and Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privy Council
Montreal
Quebec
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
United States
Dominion of Canada
Laurier
Fielding
Paterson
Washington
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
Robert L. Borden
Conservative Party
American Congress
Wilfrid Laurier
Saskatchewan
Bootlegging arrest breaks model town record
In DeGraff Charles Dolph was seized on bootlegging charges ending two years without arrests in the town once celebrated as a model community. The report notes other regional incidents including a Lisbon administrator case and a fatal accident in Shanesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
DeGraff
Charles Dolph
Youngstown
Lyman H. Miller
Lisbon
Margaret Holliday
Miss Holliday
Miller
New Philadelphia
Augustus Duxa
Shanesville
Here
Charles Aubihl
Aubihl
Frank Mizer
Duxa
McCullough
Toledo
E.,d. Whitlock
First Methodist Church
Fremont
Brand Whitlock
Flower Hospital
Cleveland
Charles Fields
Lakewood
Columbus
Ohio
Edward W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
Pomeroy
Ohio River
Lorain
William Bell
Los Angeles
C. W. Recard
Canton
8. M. Davidson
Beach City
P. M. Camp
Beach Grove
C. H. Nichols
Bowerston
W. A. Hevlow
Denison
L. B. Dear
Easton
J. J. Wagner
Cambridge
C. Cc. Slater
East Palestine
H. A. Shafer
Farmerston
Hoffman
F. W. Tyler
Lake Fork
William Whitechair
Louisville
W. W. Moody
Leon
G. W. Grubbs
Limaville
Lordston
A. E. Waterman
Mount Pleasant
R. B. Meek
Muskingum River
Licking River
Twenty Die as Hurricane Strikes Naples Province
A hurricane ripped through Naples province on Sept 23 killing twenty people and causing massive property damage. Hundreds are missing with many more feared dead. Resina was nearly wiped out and five people drowned at Torre del Greco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
Resina
Torre de Grecq
Glass Arm Henry and the Hopeful Gambler Epigram
The note recalls Ella’s pitcher friend with a fragile arm and Stella’s surprise at his call. It also cites John W. Gates’s stubborn optimism and a famed epigram from the Chicago Stock Exchange about nursing vain regrets and foolish hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella
Stella
John W. Gates
Mr. Gates
Chicago Stock Exchange
Teddy Seeks Yes No With Baseball Bat
Teddy visits his mother who is ill and instructs her to nod for yes and shake for no to confirm if she has seen his baseball bat. Aunt Alicia sits by the bed as Teddy asks the question and the scene ends with a hopeful gesture of communication through nodding or shaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy
Alicia
Lippincott’s
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Labor Commissioners
J. J. McKnight
F. E. Baxter
Savings
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
E. H. Moore
Prohibition Party
Charles H. Graves
Buckeye
Trusty
State Graves
Graves
Denman
J. C
Ohio Fish and Game Commission
New
Borden
Cincinnati Police Department
Y. M. C. A. Automobile School
Walnut
Cincinnati, Ohio
Winters
DR. Winters Pome Remedy Co
Thompson
Howell
Powell
Natural History
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Lad
Battle Creek, Mich
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