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The readable text mentions a sea farm land area and a reference to three pills and a south advantage in the southwest. Details are garbled and the main event or identity is not discernible.
29 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
1
The readable text mentions a sea farm land area and a reference to three pills and a south advantage in the southwest. Details are garbled and the main event or identity is not discernible.
Ohio State provides a briefing of ongoing campus events and developments. Highlights include updates from faculty, student activities, athletics, and campus services, reflecting current priorities and upcoming opportunities on campus.
In Dannemore New York on August 23 a mob of 320 inmates at the State Hospital for Criminal Insane attacked guards, wrecked dormitories, and attempted mass exit. Isaac Dubois was killed after shots were fired. guards and local volunteers reclaimed the building, the first such outbreak since 1900.
Fire swept the Views Manufacturing area bounded by Hunt street and Broadway along East Court and the Norfolk tracks, causing an estimated $1.5 million in losses across Eagle White Lead Co Morison Snodgrass Co and other firms. In Springfield Ohio Capt Amaziah Winger's will probated valued at $365000 bequeaths $10000 to the Y M C A later revoked by codicil. executors named George W Winger.
Camp Berry Ohio riflemen swept the field in the trophy match for interstate competition. Ohio leads with 1,513 points, Massachusetts 1,483, United States Army 1,476, Navy 1,475, Marine Corps 1,447. High Ohio score 208 by Lieut. South. Maj. Winder 200. They tied 68 at the thousand butts. Victory centered on thousand yard targets.
In Canton Ohio Pontius, a milk dealer, was arrested for selling milk not meeting standards, pleaded manndeni. He received a $50 fine plus costs. Joseph Berger faced harsher penalty for alleged formaldehyde use in milk, with a $75 fine plus costs after an offer to Deputy Food Inspector Shaffer for a milk sample.
The Ohio Horse Traders association meets in Cardington with about 100 traders. A herd of horses is present and swaps are being conducted, the event conceived by Harley Singer of Cardington.
Mrs Howard Mus grove of Philo near Zanesville was released on a trial visit from the Columbus state asylum. She fashioned bread and cake in the forenoon then suddenly seized a butcher knife and slashed her throat. Fifteen stitches were needed to close the wound.
The National Harness Manufacturers association re elected officers at its Columbus meeting. President Charles Gibbs of Rochester NY vice president D D Lauder of Cincinnati secretary Gus Sherz of Cincinnati and treasurer Hiram C Slabaugh of Columbus. The next convention will be in Kansas City in 1908.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who levied the monumental fine on Standard Oil, wired the local committee that he will attend the Fighting 35th O. V. I. reunion in Camden on September 19. His father served as surgeon of the famed regiment.
Sylvester Adams, 50, intentionally stepped in front of a Big Four passenger train in Sidney and was killed instantly. Police believe he attempted suicide, noting a similar act days earlier that was halted by the train stopping in time.
The Toledo Press, established 18 months ago by Hiram P. Crouse, was sold by Receiver Robinson to G. W. Dun of Columbus for $9,000. Dun will take over the plant and assume all equipment indebtedness totaling $27,000.
A fire raged at the planing mill of Streeton Lumber Co. south of Columbus, destroying the mill and nearby lumber. The loss is estimated at 20,000 dollars. The blaze origin is unknown and no injuries are reported.
Differences between the United Mine Workers and Superior Coal Co. have been submitted to arbitration. Peter Clich, whose discharge caused the trouble, will be allowed full pay pending final adjustment.
Secretary of State Thompson is sending copies of the election laws to precincts statewide. The materials cover conduct of elections and duties of officers.
Rural mail deliveries by automobile have begun in Lima and Hardin counties. Carrier Del Ellis of Alger started the motor route, followed by Max Thomas from McGuffey. The two cylinder runabouts handle heavy roads, cutting traversal time by over sixty percent as more carriers plan to switch to autos.
Welborn Snyder, a postal clerk, sues Lake Shore & Michigan Southern for $50,000 alleging exposure to insufficient heating on travel between Cleveland and Toledo caused a cold, pneumonia, and ultimately consumption. The case is cited as Ohio’s first suit of this kind.
In Dayton Ohio, after choosing Niagara as the next meeting place, officers were elected: Dr R W Sheldon of Albany New York named commander in chief, F W Spear of Bennington Vermont senior vice commander, and W G Reeder of Dayton Ohio junior vice commander.
John L. Vance, president of the Ohio River Improvement Association, voiced satisfaction with the engineers' survey and report appointed by the government following the August 12 Pittsburg hearing.
Gov Harris extends invitations to every state’s chief executive to appoint three delegates for a national conference in Columbus, Ohio, on November 12 under the National Tax Association.
Col umbus Ohio Gen H A Axline announces candidacy for the republican nomination for mayor. He has the support of Foraker loyalists. Axline previously served as adjutant general under governors Foraker and Bushnell.
Hamilton Ohio Mayor William F. Thomas said he will not reveal his plans to seek re election until the date of the Democratic primary is announced. There is widespread discussion that he may run as an independent.
Springfield, Ohio reports a local firm received an order for two bronze caskets for President William McKinley and Mrs. McKinley. The caskets will cost 3000 dollars and their bodies are to be transferred to the new containers.
Dr Ray Reelhorn a Kirkerville dentist was arrested and held on $300 bond to appear before Justice Miller charged with causing the death of Miss Minnie Gunder who died after a street fall in Kirkersville last December.
The central conference of the German Methodist Episcopal church, oldest and largest in its denomination, will hold its meeting at Emanuel church in Covington Kentucky from September 18 to 22.
Fire of unknown origin started in the upper story of the Mooreton Truck and Storage building a four story brick structure at 232 234 Hu ron street. First estimates place the loss between 150000 and 200000 dollars. Local fire crews battled the blaze through the night but the building was left a total loss.
A tornado devastated a tiny locality near Woolsfield. Samuel Bartimus's home was wiped out, an 18 month old child was killed, and the mother with three other children were mangled and seriously injured.
The Potter County Agricultural Society authorized the secretary and treasurer to pay off $1,000 of bonds due September 1, 190%. This payment reduces the fair’s indebtedness to $14,000.
In Sharon Pennsylvania on August 24, the Rotunna family faced brutal Black Hand intimidation culminating in Mrs. Anna Rotunna being shot in the breast and head while defending herself against extortion. Her husband Sylvester Rotunna was wounded as Giuseppe Colletto fled. Colletto was captured after a chase.
Dr Arthur B Moulton reports 90 typhoid fever cases, 12 epidemic cerebro spinal meningitis, and 16 infantile paralysis cases in Ridgeway Pa The typhoid source has been located and measures are underway to halt further spread as the incubation period passes.
In Eufaula on August 23 Mrs. Levi Cade, a two month bride, killed her husband with a shotgun after he harshly scolded and struck her. She waited till he slept, claimed a voice urged the act, and fired. No arrest reported.
In a fit of jealousy Lewis Koplinsky shot and killed Miss Lillian Mallett at the Mallett estate in Tashua Hill. He tried to conceal the crime by setting fire to the shed where the body lay, according to reports from Trumbull dated August 23.
Viola Brackett widely known as Queen of Chinatown due to her marriage to a wealthy Chinese man was discovered dead in San Diego with a bullet wound and multiple knife wounds about her body neck and head according to reports from California authorities on August 23.
Augasta Ga Aug 23 Georgia Passenger Train No 28 from Atlanta wrecked 17 miles away. D T Hubert express messenger and W H Carry colored postal clerk reported fatally injured. Five coaches derailed. Cause unknown.
In Denver on August 23 a five-snap squad shot from 20 yards at the Grand Western Handicap and broke 198 of 500 flying targets, setting a new world mark.
In Charleston Missouri on August 23 Miss Annie Willard 19 shot and killed her stepfather N Wattly who attacked his wife in their home. She used a shotgun to defend her mother and surrendered to authorities.
Topeka Kansas Aug 23 Gov Hoch says in a letter to the state board of railway commissioners that unless a two cent fare is ordered soon he will urge a special session of the legislature to act on the matter. The note signals mounting pressure over fare policy and potential legislative action.
Cannonsburg Pa Aug 24 A bold ambush targets Coroner Sipe during an inquest as a revolver round zips past his head. A posse of miners searches the woods for hours but finds no trace of the would be assassin amid Black Hand fears in Western Pennsylvania.
In Greensboro and Durham areas moonshine raiders clashed when both sides, misidentifying rivals, fired on each other during a raid. Deputy Collector Henry and two possemen were seriously wounded while Commissioner Capers ordered full medical care for the injured.
A tenement fire in Boston on August 24 killed five people. The deceased are Margaret Cooper, 25, John D. Wagner, 65, uncle of Mrs. Cooper, and three children Margaret 6, John 5, Theresa 1. Two others were overcome by smoke.
San Francisco report says the Tillie E Starbuck sailing from New York to Honolulu was abandoned at sea. No details given. crews reported safe completion of the voyage and rescue.
John F. Gaynor, the Syracuse contractor convicted of complicity in the Savannah frauds, is critically ill in jail. Physicians say he cannot live unless removed from confinement.
Dispatch reports the American ship John Currier grounded at Nelsons Lagoon. Crew is safe and the vessel is a total loss, carrying a cargo of salmon. Port of Portland observers note the incident remains under inquiry by maritime authorities.
Formal announcement states the federal government will erect and equip a quarantine station in Galveston Texas. The board appointed by the secretary of the treasury has approved the plans for the facility.
A touring car carrying Carl Hanna and eight friends crashed into a butcher’s cart near Seabright Asbury Park on the way home from a gala at Pannaci’s hotel. Five occupants were pinned beneath the wreck for half an hour. ten were injured including Hanna and Miss Ruth Sega. Others named include Cyril Carmichael Vivian Carmichael A Haas Wallace Robertson Charles Blake and A J Scott.
Wealthy Boston stock broker W Waldo Merrill and his chauffeur Eric Landstrom died when their touring car wrecked on a hill near Sanderstown at high speed. Mrs Merrill and Mrs Milliken and Miss Milliken, all of Milton Mass, were buried under debris. P F Collier of New York led the rescue as steering gear jammed and the car toppled, pinning Merrill and Landstrom. The surviving passengers suffered bruises.
Chicago police found no motive for the Saratoga hotel double murder suicide in Room 342. Charles A. Andrews shot Ethel Blaine and then killed himself, witnessed by vaudeville actor Christopher Richards and chambermaid Mary Williams. The couple registered as spouses Saturday. authorities report no clear motive and await reply from Andrews’s son in Elkhart.
Seattle dispatch describes the steamship Eureka sailing from San Francisco to Seattle. A blaze broke out in a hold packed with dynamite and explosives, whipped by hurricane winds. The crew’s heroic effort averted a total disaster, saving all aboard.
A report from Grand Junction Colo says the second section of Denver and Rio Grande passenger train No 6 bound east from Salt Lake to Denver derailed near Provo Utah. Several passengers were killed and a number injured as a severe storm hampers details.
In New York on August 26 a rabid former belonging to Ben Davis caused panic among women and children at Coney Island beach. Thirteen people were bitten by the animal during the incident.
Grave unrest erupts in Kursk province with farms of several wealthy landlords set ablaze, signaling wide based agricultural agitation in the region.
Investigations by Japan into the June 9 Pribiloff incident concluded that the Japanese fishermen offered no resistance and the firing by American guards was unprovoked Tokyo reports say investigators found no provocation from the fishermen and blame the guards actions.
Paris August 26 A wreck between an express and a passenger train at Contras France killed ten people and injured twenty five There were no Americans aboard the train.
Heavy floods swept central Japan with some villages submerged as rescuers assess the damage. Officials say the floods may be the heaviest in years and the full extent of destruction is not yet known.
Geneva August 26 A Swiss woman missing for twenty days was found in a gorge after a fall from a high altitude. She has lost her reason and is reduced to four skeleton.
Dalas Texas Aug 27 D B Herring a farmer living 18 miles west of Dallas walked into police and said he killed a man and wished to surrender He claimed upon entering his home at 1 am Monday he found Dr B S Schasper in a position that justified him in killing him He then took his wife to her parents and left her there The tragedy occurred across the line in the adjoining county of Tarrant and Herring was sent to Fort Worth The case is described as unwritten law.
Ludwig Szergiel of Chicago is held for the grand jury on charges of shooting and killing Stephen and Andrew Starzynski hotelkeepers of Pittsburgh. Francesco Sprow, the priest's housekeeper, is held as a witness and accessory after the fact for refusing to reveal information. Coroner’s jury rapid, taking about thirty minutes with a ten minute jury deliberation.
In Pittsburg on August 27 Joseph Abel 57 killed himself in his cellar, driven by months of depression about his son, who is serving a 20 year term for wife murder. He told the son he would never look on him again.
In Glencoe suburb a high speed electric car traveling about 40 mph collided with a wagon, killing motorman Frank Addison and wagon driver John Morrasick. The fatal crash occurred in broad daylight, leaving investigators to determine fault and circumstances.
Three men are dead and a fourth is dying after a boiler exploded at a lumber camp on the Havette farm timber tract about eight miles north of Hagerstown Maryland. Authorities described it as a tragic accident with workers at the site when the blast occurred. The incident occurred on August 27 as rescuers and investigators arrived to determine the cause and ensure proper safety measures for future operations.
In Scranton on August 27 a boiler explosion at Robbins Spemcer’s flour mill caused serious injuries to four workers and sparked a fire that destroyed the mill and the adjacent Armour & Co plant. The total loss is estimated at $80,000.
Detroit Michigan August 27 Governor Warner announced that in a special session of the legislature he has called for October 1 to take measures to stamp out lobbying in the legislature at Lansing.
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