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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
2
Notable 1900s Figures in Quirky Events Across U S
A mixed saga ties Louis A Gregori to a Dreyfus ceremony shooting incident and a leper escape in Iberville Parish. John Mouton found selling tickets at a New Orleans cinema. Bishop Spalding resigns for health. George Fitzgerald freed by Judge Chetlain over a Chicago treasury theft claim. Tolstoy receives letters. Parker declines NY governor bid. Billy Sunday wrecks printing plates. Lilley nominated for Connecticut governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis "A. Gregori
Maj. Dreyfus
Emile Zola
Dreyfus
John Mouton
Iberville Parish
New Orleans
John L. Spalding
Peoria
George W. Fitzgerald
United States
Chicago
Chetlain
Leo Tolstof
Alton B. Parker
New York
Billy Sunday
W. B. Conk Publishing Company
Hammond
George &. Lilley
Connecticut
Attempted assassination of New Jersey governor thwarted
Report of an assassination attempt on Gov. Fort of New Jersey foiled by a post office worker who found an infernal machine in the mail. Other items note public schedules by the national conservation commission aimed at eliminating waste, and various legal and violent incidents across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Fort
New Jersey
Post Office
National Conservation Commission
John Mitchell
Examiner Harper
American Federation of Labor
Bucks Stove & Range Company
Chicago
New York Express
Erie
Geneva
Fred Peterson
Springfield
Ill
Jewor Zboralski
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
Withold Bucaczkowski
Willie Bullinger
Lon Rader
Newton
N. C
London
New York
Saratoga Springs
Gov. Hughes
Dave Newton
John Buchtrin
Brookshire
Tex
W. H. Rogers
Milwaukee
Sholto D. Bowers Company
Ontonagon
Mich
Unfolding list of suicides and crimes reported in era notices
Summary of various incidents including multiple suicides by Frank V. Bennett of New York and Ella Isbester of Salem, Wis., a jail transfer in White Plains, a counterfeit-money arrest in Kansas, and broader crime and disaster items. Reports mention crop yields, forest fires in Michigan and Minnesota, a hurricane in Turks Islands, major aviation feats, labor strikes, and legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank V. Bennett
New York
FESO
George Grouch
Harry_K. Thawe
White Plains
Ella Isbester
Salem
Wis
George Sands
Kansas_ City
Kan
Grand Marais
Beaver Bay
Michigan
Minnesota
Turks Islands
Grand Turk
William
Vosges
Orville Wright
London
England
Roosevelt
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Cosmosdale Cement Company
Cosmosdale
Fles
Louisville
American Federation of Labor
Congress
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
Ponce de Leon
Atlanta
Alexander Macomb
United States Army
Detroit
United States
Indiana
United States Court of Appeals
English
Omaha
Neb
Charles E. Davis
Federick Austin
Fort Myer
Jacob Hernesniemi
Otter River
Calumet
Mich
A. Booth & Co
Chicago
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Noble State Bank
Patricia Egan
Maurice F. Egan
Denmark
Copen Hagen
Jerome Elmer P. Murphy
Los Angeles
Cal
Great Britain
Phyllis Gray
Maine election returns show Democrats gain in rural districts
With 468 of 519 towns counted, Bert M. Fernald Republican led Obadiah Gardner Democrat for governor by about 8 000 votes as Democrats gain overall. Republicans held all four congressional districts and expect a Republican legislature, while overall turnout neared 140 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Bert M. Fernald
Poland
Obadiah Gardner
Rockland
Gov. Cobb
Davis
Amos L. Allen
E. GC. Burleigh
John_P. Swasey
Charles L. Littlefield
Frank G. Guernsey
Gardner
Auburn
Augusta
Belfast
Hiisworth
South Portland
Trial resumes as Congressman's fate hangs on charges
Fremont Nebraska. The court hears moving arguments as Attorney Andrews seeks withdrawal of a motion to acquit the Congressman. The state is directed to specify the exact charge and transaction for conviction. Judge Richards nullifies the seventh count of the indictment for larceny, leaving two embezzlement counts active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaning
Fremont
Andrews
Stephen’ Young
Richards
Laning
Jarcény
Mills appointed to Gallia county elections board
Columbus reports Secretary Thompson named E. L. Mills to succeed A. S. Ripley on the Gallia county board of elections. Ripley was removed earlier. Two more vacancies will be filled soon and an injunction is anticipated after the new appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Gallia County
Thompson
E. L._Mills
Quarrel Over Cemetery Reaches Court
In Ashtabula Ohio the injunction by Howard R. Knox to stop trustees from altering Chestnut Grove cemetery is challenged. Owners protest grave relocations headstone removals and driveway closures fearing further grave mix ups. No trial date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Howard R. Knox
Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Startling Statement on Bank Diversions in Cleveland
Thomas J. Holm den, the Farmers and Merchants' bank assignee, claims that within a day prior to the bank failure at least 200000 dollars in money and securities were diverted to improper uses. He discusses ten suits for 29726 dollars filed in common pleas court against Albert Koch, a teller, and eight bank depositors. Koch allegedly converted 16457 dollars of money and securities on the bank’s failure day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Thomas J. Holmden
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Common Pleas Court
Albert Koch
Teller
Koch
Methodist Denounce Uncle Joe at Canton Meeting
The Central Illinois M. E. Conference adopts resolutions condemning Speaker Joseph G Cannon for blocking a vote on the Littlefield bill. It calls for voters to use lawful means to defeat Cannon as speaker, urging the public to retire such politicians to private life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Canton
Ill
Ilinois M. E
Cannon
Joseph G. Cannon
Littlefield
J. G.cannon
House of Representatives
Taft to Confer With Boss Cox in Cincinnati
Judge Taft will meet with local Republican leaders named by Hamilton county central committee as a special campaign committee this week. A letter from Farst agreeing to the conference and seeking deferral until Mr Vory returns was made public Monday. George B Cox, chair, said arrangements would be completed after R K Hynicka returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Taft
Hamilton County Central Committee
Lettertrom
Farst
Vory
George B. Cox
R. K. Hynicka
Doubly Fatal Wreck Between Huron and Vermillion
A Lake Shore railway freight wreck near Sandusky left two Black men dead and one white man missing after a crash that tore through 14 freight cars. The dead were Oliver West of Oberlin Elmer Smith of Springfield and Albert Sheridan of Wheeling badly cut and bruised. A white man who joined them in Cleveland is unaccounted for as the four rode in a freight car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Lake Shore Railway
Huron
Vermillion
Oliver West
Oberlin
Elmer Smith
Springfield
Albert Sheridan
Wheeling
W. Va
Sheridan
Cleveland
Taft's Tour Arranged For Presidential Campaign
Chicago reports a ten day speaking tour for William H. Taft the Republican presidential candidate. A special train will depart from a Illinois point likely Chicago around September 25 and travel north to Fargo south to Kansas and west to Denver. He will return to Chicago to address the deep waterways convention on October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
William H. Taft
Iilinois Point
Fargo
N. C
Kansas
Denver
Taft
Springfield Firm Wins State Printing Bid
Columbus bids for the public state printing were opened Monday by the state auditor. Only two bidders. Springfield Publishing Co. of Springfield won the lowest bid on most items, with one exception won by a Columbus firm. Contract runs two years from the first Monday in November, totaling about $80,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Columbus
Springfield Publishing Co
Bryan Receives Ovation in Baltimore Newsrooms
William J. Bryan spoke in Maryland on Monday drawing large crowds. He opened at Annapolis and then addressed more than 25,000 people at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore receiving an unprecedented ovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Baltimore
William J. Bryan
Maryland
Annamolis
Fifth Regiment
Police Guarded Schools Open in Cleveland Collinwood District
Cleveland schools opened with guard police after threats by mothers who lost children in the Collinwood fire. Authorities feared an attack on janitor Hitter and possibly teachers. Mothers demanding Hitter's discharge gathered at the Clark school as it opened, but no demonstration occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Collinwood
Geard
Typographical Errors That Made Comic Effects in Print
The St. Louis Republic recounts hand set copy mistakes from an era before machines. Examples include phrases twisted by type such as His blushing bride to his blustering bride and an Irish district court from first district court, showing how proofs altered meanings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
St. Louis Republic
Love
Enoch
Shin Town
Land of the Shamrock
First District Court
Frank Geeks
Cape
Come Positor
Red Cross Society
Kingfishers with Phosphorescent Breasts Light Up Night
A nature student recalls rowing at night and spotting faint glowing lights along the shore. An old hunter explains the birds are kingfishers using phosphorescence on their breasts to lure fish, pressing the glowing chest to the water to attract prey.
Markets Report From New York and Other Cities
Financial notes from New York on September 15 show money at 1 percent, sterling around $4.8655 for demand, and government bonds steady. Grain and farm prices list Minnesota flour 5.30 to 5.70, wheat No 2 red 1.06 1/4, corn No 2 89 1/2, oats 52c, hay dull, cattle and sheep varied with steers 4.25 to 6. ae, veals 5.00, lambs 4.50 to 6.30, hogs 7.30 in Yonkers, and other city markets through Cleveland Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburgh reporting similar figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Also Mentioned on This Page
General News
Ripley
Boss Cox
York
Yonkers
Toledo
Ste
Gattle
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