Kings of Sailor Town Fall as Irvington Rises
The piece recounts how boarding masters and shipping kings of Irvington exploited sailors, shanghaing crews, and skimming wages. Legal action staggered by abroad cases, while local outrage and economic harm pushed the town to crack down, ending the Sherman brothers' reign.
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Sailor Town
Jack Tar
John
Peter Sherman
Irvington
Pacific Coast
Upper Irvington
Jack
Pete Sherman
New Northwest
Europe
India
Horn
Sailortown
Brown
Carmarthaenshire
England
Carmarthenshire
Jack Sherman
Captain Brown
Law
Péte Sherman
Kings
Efe
Dogs of Justice
Streatin
Goa
Sherman
Greenhorn
Pete
Jimmy Hunter
Yale
Black
Hunter
Shipping Commissioner's
The
Good Hope
Captain Black
Dunkirk
France
United States
James Hunter
Uncle Sam
Greenbacks
London Town
Seven Seas
United States District Attorney
Charlie Marsden
Sherman Boys
Upper
Kings of
Bucko
Railroads
Fragments of Dialogue Show Class Tension in House Scene
A young man asks for water and the young lady dismisses him with superior tone. She insists the request must wait until mother comes down and cannot be taken to the kitchen. The dialogue reveals social boundaries within a domestic setting.
Ohio to Host First Conservation Congress at State Fair
Governor Harmon calls Ohio to actively address natural resource conservation. The congress will run January 30 to February 11 in Columbus alongside the national corn exposition at the fair grounds. A. P. Sands, C. E. Thorne, H. C. Price, C. H. Stevenson, and B. H. Harmon named as arrangements committee.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harmon
Ohio Conservation Congress
Conservation Congress
A. P. Sandies
State Board of Agriculture
C. E B. Thorne
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
H. C. Price
Agricultural Department
Ohio State University
C. H. Stevenson
B. H. Harmon
Lorain Combats Leprosy Case In Italian Youth
Lorain health officer reports Saverio Marvelli a 19 year old Italian youth tied to a leprosy case in New York. He lived three years with cousin Samuel Catanzariti and was ill for some time. Family quarantined room and burned bed clothing while the house was fumigated.
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Lorain
Saverio Marvelli
New York
Hug
Marvelli
Samuel Catanzariti
Diocesan Convention Ends Over Kenyon Nonsectarian Change
The thirty sixth annual convention of the central and southern Ohio diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church finished in Piqua with a vote against making Kenyon College nonsectarian. Amendments to the constitution failed after a long acrimonious debate. The move aimed to secure the Carnegie foundation funds. President Pierce urged the change.
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Piqua,_O
Central and Southern Ohio
Protestant Episcopal Church
Kenyon College
Carnegie Foundation Fund
Pierce
Rockefeller Pays Twenty Cents Tax to Ohio
John D. Rockefeller via the Ohio Oil Co deposits a check for fifteen thousand dollars to Ohio. The oil company’s capital stock is about fifteen million dollars and the tax due was fourteen thousand nine hundred ninety eight dollars and eighty cents. The secretary of state will accept the two cents as a surplus in the payout.
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Rockefeller
Columbus, CO
John D. Rockefeller
Ohio Oil Co
State of Ohio
Archbold Re-Elected President of Ohio Oil Co
John Archbold of New York head of Standard Oil Co was elected president of the Ohio Oil Co at the annual meeting in Findlay Ohio The firm also approved several repairs and improvements in the northwestern Ohio field and voted to raise wages for Ohio field workers from 7 to 10 percent before adjournment
Fire Damages Kenton Residence as Sparks Spark Curtain Blaze
A pipe smoking incident by G. W. Stevens caused a fire at his Kenton home. Sparks ignited lace curtains in the rear, unnoticed until his wife spotted flames and alerted others. Firefighters battled the blaze, saving the residence from total destruction after a hard fight.
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Kenton, O
G. W. Stevens
Police Chief Kohler Suspended In Cleveland Controversy
Cleveland authorities suspend Police Chief Fred Kohler as Mayor Baehr names Capt. John Schmunk acting chief. Kohler hires attorney William H. Boyd to defend against charges filed by A. C. K. Schoeneman and P. J. Brown. Trial expected next Tuesday with Civil Service Commission to set a hearing date.
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Cleveland
Fred Kohler
Baehr
William H. Boyd
A. C. K. Schoeneman
P. J. Brown
Lfe
Meanti Kohler
Kohler
John Schmunk
Y.estonday
Schmunk
Boyd
Samuel H. Holding
Civil Service Commission
Holding
M. P. Mooney
Republican campaign targets Governor Harmon in Ohio
The publicity bureau of the Republican state committee begins a series of attacks on Governor Harmon overseen by Wade H. Ellis. George A. Bossardt of Cincinnati is set to lead the campaign as Ohio voters face the issue of what Harmon has done.
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Columbus
Republican State Committee
Harmon
Wade H. Ellis
George A. Bossardt
Cincinnati
Ellis
Ohio
Convicts Strike Over Suspected Diseased Meat at Ohio Prison
In Columbus 150 convicts at the penitentiary belt shop and bolt works refused to work after an alleged diseased meat scare. Prison officials separated strikers into squads and moved them to cells as a meat contract supply was rejected last week. officials say none of it was served to inmates.
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Columbus
Hby
Prisom
Graft Cases Revived in Columbus Treasury Probe
Attorney General Denman announced revival of graft cases against former state treasurers W. McKinnon and I. Cameron. Depositions to begin next week with Cleveland banks among first to be examined. Immediate actions expected on handling of state funds during Walter D. Guilbert's 12 year tenure as state auditor.
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Columbus
Attorney General’s Department
Treasury
W. 8. McKinnon
I. B. Cameron
Denman
Cleveland
Walter D. Guilbert
Wright’s Father In Airship Flight Demonstration
Dayton reports reveal Orville Wright making five flights with one reaching 2700 feet. He landed in 1 minute 28 seconds, at over 20 miles per hour. For the first time in 82 years, Bishop Wright joined Orville in an ascent, reaching about 300 feet before entering the aircraft.
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Wright
Dayton, O
Orville Wright
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Ohio State
Conservation Congress of State
Chicago
Lima Girl
Lima
Charles Stanford
Charles Harter
Nellie Bell
Owlrs
Ina Bell
South
Jackson Street
Stanford
Miss Bell
Toledo
Kenyon
Carnegie Fund
Archbold
Republican Publicity Bureau
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