Taft Wins Ohio Delegation Battle At State Convention
At the Ohio Republican state convention Taft forces win control of the Big Six. Burton re-elected state chairman as Taft delegates secure 39014 to 36214 for the Taft slate. Roosevelt forces fail to gain the minority report on resolutions and the temporary organization is made permanent.
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Walter Brower
State Central Committee
Aes
Columbus
William Howard Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Committee On
Cuyahoga County
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Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
Harry M. Daugherty
Warren
Stark
Sig
Committee On Resolutions
J.warren Keifer
J. Meade Massie
Chillicothe
Taftman
Cuyahoga
Lucas County
Walter Brown
Foledo
Montgomery County
Hamilton County
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Lawrence County
Crawford County
T. E. Burton
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
Poet Margaret Sangster Dies at 74 in Maplewood
Margaret L Elizabeth Sangster longtime poet and author died at her home in Maplewood New Jersey at age 74 after an indigestion attack. Born in New Rochelle New York she married George Sangster in 1858 and built a half century career as a contributor editor for major American magazines.
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Newark
N. J
Margaret L Elizabeth Sangster
Maplewood
Sangster
New Rochelle
N. Y
George Sangster
Sidelights on the Republican Convention in Chicago
Report highlights photographers chasing Senator Dixon and Roosevelt’s aides at the 1912 Republican gathering. Delegates and staff, including Taft supporters and bellboys, mingle in the Congress hotel as conversations, jokes, and political stories unfold amid crowd chatter.
Ohio constitutional convention adjourns to August 26
The Columbus convention completed work on a state constitution and adjourned at 11 oclock June 7 until August 26 unless called sooner. The 42 proposed changes were engrossed and signed by 118 delegates, with Nelson W Levans of Scioto County abstaining over taxation provisions.
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Nelson W Levans
Sciot
Pion
General Assembly
Galbreath
Bigelow
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
Dayton Canal Abandonment Drive Gains Steam
The Central Improvement association of Dayton launched a campaign to classify the Miami and Erie canal as a nuisance and push for its abandonment by the board of health citing pestilential conditions and disease risks.
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Miami and Erie Canal
Central Improvement Association of Dayton
Board of Health
Ohio to deploy 88 county experts for farmer crop help
Ohio will place resilient experts in all 88 counties to guide farmers on crop optimization. The Ohio Experiment Station at Wooster and the U S Department of Agriculture fund the state leader and seven district supervisors who will supervise the program starting around July 1. County agents will be partly funded by county interests and supporters of agriculture.
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Ohio
Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster
United States Department of Agriculture
New York Coal Co Wins $75,000 in Lease Dispute
Ruling reverses circuit and sustains a $14,296.14 verdict for the New York Coal Co against New Pittsburg Coal Co. over short mine output. The decision sets a precedent for about $75,000 in pending suits claiming contract-based royalties when annual output falls short of the minimum.
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Supreme Course
New York Company
New Pittsburg Coal Co
Pittsburg
Bigger
Supreme Court Clears Burial Insurance Influence on Undertaker
A Supreme Court ruling held that when a man buys burial insurance for his wife the insurer cannot dictate which undertaker performs the funeral services after her death. The decision limits insurer control over funeral arrangements.
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Bond Offer For Traction Firm Is Rejected
The Columbus Kenton and Toledo Traction Co failed to win approval to increase capital by 50000 dollars and to sell 1385000 dollars in bonds to extend its line into Columbus, the application being turned down.
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Columbus, Kenton & Toledo Traction Co
Columbus
Ohio Pensioners Dying Off Fast and Widows Counted
Ohio pensioners dying off fast as Columbus agency reports 740 Civil War widows, 6 Mexican War widows, and 1 War of 1812 widow. State Auditor Fullington announces state tax rate at four hundred fifty one thousandths of one mill, allocated to sinking fund university and common school fund.
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Fullington
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State Fair Introduces Passiess Admission Policy
A. P Sandles of the state board of Agriculture announces the next state fair to be held the last week in August will be a passiess fair. Exhibitors must pay daily to exhibit their wares as all fair privileges have been let and little spree remains to dispose of.
Farmers Grain and Seed Co of Henry County
Ohio State University representatives investigated The Farmers' Grain and Seed Co a stock company of over 200 farmers owning an elevator. Capital stock 8000 dollars with eight share limit. Elevator cost 10000 dollars left 2000 debt. First grain received August 7 1911 dividend 5 percent declared December 1. Projected annual handling about 500000 bushels. Grain sold mainly at four terminal markets Toledo Buffalo Baltimore Pittsburgh. Ten similar Henry county ventures formed seeking operation soon.
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Farmers’ Grain & Seed Co
Henry County
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
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Buffalo
Baltimore
Pittsburg
From Farm Back to Forest in Ohio Man Plants 60 Acres
An Ohio farmer plans to reforest 60 acres once farm labor costs exceed profits. He has 35 000 Norway spruce planted on about 11 acres with 8 to 10 feet spacing. After spruce harvest, Chestnut seedlings will replace spaces, with catalpa black locust elm box elder and sycamore also planted. The goal is to convert the entire 60 acres to forest within five to six years.
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Ohio
Christie Tees
Cetone's Trial Delayed To September Term
Columbus report says State Senator George K Cetone of Dayton is ill delaying his bribe charge trial to the September term. Representative George B Nye's trial is tentatively set for June 17.
Prison labor to work on joint county state road projects
Plans call for 150 penitentiary prisoners to be moved to Carroll County to labor on a road built jointly by the county and state. Tents will shelter the men and a camp will be pitched at the work site. An equal number will later be sent to Stark County for a similar cooperative road project.
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Stark County
Ohio Happenings Reflect a Busy, Turbulent Day
Police believe a professional gang looted the Ohio soldiers and sailors home of stamps and cash, with entrances through a rear window. City upheaval follows a major fire destroying 17 business houses and six residences, prompting insurance questions and rebuilding concerns.
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Cleveland
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Pearl Dobson
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Brady
Rebecca Jacobson
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Cambridge
Mary
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