Thaw trial tale heavy with Nesbit testimony
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified in defense of Harry K. Thaw recounting her European confession about Stanford White. The trial heard alleged threats by White and Iris of motive, while jurors weighed insanity defenses and cross examination by District Attorney Jerome.
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Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Paris
Harry. K. Thaw
Delphin M. Delmas
California
Thaw
White
Madison Square Garden
Cafe Martin
Jerome
C. C. Wiley
Harry K. Thaw
Europe
Harysmel
No Settlement Yet in School Muddl e
Both sides presented their views amid a schooling dispute. The case remains unsettled as hearings continue with no agreement reached.
San Francisco Mayor Seeks Agreement With Roosevelt
After a Whit House conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, Mayor Schmitz states the talks aimed to modify views to reach a presidential agreement on Japanese labor. He notes no treaty or Congressional bill yet decided and says a cabinet review will determine the path forward, with California public opinion guiding any concessions.
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Marysville Editor Gaumer Weds Miss Kirby in Ohio
Bruce B. Gaumer editor of the Marysville Journal married Miss Mary Kirby daughter of A G Kirby Sr dry goods merchant in Marysville The ceremony was at the Presbyterian church performed by Rev Mar shall Harrington The bride’s attendant was Miss Clara Maude Liggett and best man Frank C Gaumer editor of the Champaign County Democrat Out of town guests included Assistant State Insurance Commissioner John Brooks and wives Misses Mable Margaret Moore and more relatives from Urbana Middletown Mansfield and Columbus
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Mary Kirby
A. G. Kirby
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Presbyterian Church
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Frank, C. Gaumer
Urbana
Champaign County Democrat
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Mable
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Columbus
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Frank C. Gaumer
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Middletown
Charles Gaumer
Mansfield
Wilcox Denies Taft Connection On Washington Visit
Maj C B Wilcox and ex Governor Hetrick spent days in Washington and returned denying any link to a Taft boom or talks to secure Ohio for Taft in 1908. He says the trip had no political significance, no bargains, and involved only informal political discussion with no official aims or appointments sought.
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B. Wilcox
Hetrick
Washington
Ohio
Taft Tor
Toledo
Agreement Reached To Ease Fassett Bill Passage
Sandusky Ohio secretary William H Rheinhart of the National Wine Growers association announced a deal with the American Wine Growers association to eliminate certain features of the Fassett pure wine bill and remove obstacles to its passage. The National Wine Growers association had fought the Fassett bill for over a year, arguing it would discriminate against midwest wineries and threaten some classes of producers.
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Bond issue dispute fuels Toledo council debate
George H Gardiner representing Hayden Miller Co Cincinnati protests a $103793 bond issue as Solicitor Northrup demands the company refuse bonds and pay a $5200 guarantee check. The finance committee presses, insisting on the $2787.56 premium and notes an unusual five year term with semi annual maturities, first due August 1908.
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Frem
George H. Gardiner
Hayden, Miller & Co
Cincinnati
Council
Northrup
California Delegation Debates School Question Stance
Members of the California delegation in congress voiced ignorance about the basis of the settlement proposed to the president regarding admission of Japanese laborers. The discussion touched on the school question and immigration, reflecting political discord over policy.
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Congress
Higher Up Are More Guilty Ones In Ryan Sentence
In Cleveland Ohio Judge Babcock sentenced Michael I Ryan former deputy state fire marshal to 30 days in jail and one year in the penitentiary at hard labor for primary election fraud. The judge said the guilty ones "higher up" and noted this as the first conviction under the election statute.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michael I. Ryan
Babcock
Gov and
Vicarious Suffering Phrase Raises Ethical Debate
A fragment from an opinion piece frames intention as making the author a victim of others suffering. The line gestures toward ethical questions about shared burden and responsibility in commentary. Authorities or organizations are not named in the readable text.
Earthquake-like Blast Levels Woolwich Arsenal Area
A massive explosion at the Woolwich arsenal chemical research department and cordite magazine created a huge ground hole, shattered buildings for miles, and sent shockwaves felt forty miles away. No fatalities reported, but widespread panic and damage marked the event on February 12 in Woolwich, England.
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Chemical Research Department
Woolwich Arsenal
Made Her Steal Pleaded the Shop Lifter and She Was Freed
In Cleveland police court Mrs. Mary Stanch a mother of 11 was freed after pleading insanity flash and testifying of past asylum confinement. She said momentary brain disorder led to concealing items she took. Jon was dry while Lewisville voted dry for the first time. Monroe county now has two wet spots Woodsfield with seven saloons Milton sburg with one saloon. if declines continue Monroe may become dry next year.
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Jon
Lewisville
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Miltonsburg
Monroe
Two Wet Spots Vote Dry In Monroe County Totals
Local option elections in Clarington and Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, produced dry results. Clarington voted 109 to 57 and Lewisville 49 to 28, marking the third dry outcome in Clarington.
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Monroe County
Clarinngton
Lewisville
Clarington
Wreck at Mingo Junction Burns Steubenville Laborers
In Mingo Junction a freight wreck left Steubenville O. Twenty C. and P. railroad laborers trapped in flaming debris after a stove in their car overturned. The engine derailed at high speed, stopped short, and struck the car, demolishing it and sending it over a bank. Brake man John Cuygningham and George Fox were severely burned before extraction.
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Mingo Junction
John Cuygningham
George Fox
Fat Boiled Over Tragic Fire Claims Allentown Family
In Allentown Pennsylvania Edwin Reidnauer a baker and his four children died in a house fire caused by fat boiling over from frying doughnuts. Mrs Reidnauer survived. The blaze erupted while the family slept in an upper room and the husband perished trying to wake them before firefighters arrived.
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Edwin Reidnauer
Reidnauer
Family of Mice Rode in a Lump of Clay
Workmen in Bucyrus Ohio testing clay from California found half a dozen mice scampering from a large clay lump. The mice had been spaded up in California in a nest and traveled undisturbed to Bucyrus by express for testing by the American Clay Machinery Co.
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Bucyrus
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American Clay Machinery Co
Shroud of Doeskin for Bloomingdale Man Carefully Kept
Edward Hodg-Dean a wealthy Sandusky resident died wearing a doe skin suit made in London 68 years ago. The attire, never worn in life, was kept for funeral garb over decades and used at his funeral, preserving a quirky relic of his wealth and taste.
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Edward. Hodg- Dean
Bloomingdale
London
Eng
Iron Ore Pile Collapse Kills Four Slavs at Labelle Works
At the Steubenville docks a hundred foot high iron ore pile toppled during dynamiting at Labelle Iron Works. Four Slavic workers were buried. Nichola Dragovich, 22, died from suffocation after two hours of digging. Stani Dragovich, Mike Osman and John Ewan were rescued fatally injured.
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Stani Dragovich
Mike Osman
John Ewan
Fire destroys Chicago Coliseum annex injuring five firemen
A fire at the Chicago Coliseum annex destroyed the structure and endangered the main building. Five firemen were injured by a gasoline explosion but none seriously hurt. The incident caused an estimated loss of 75000 to the annex and to exhibitors at the Chicago hardware show starting Thursday.
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Coliseum
Linthicum new trial motion denied in Napoleon Ohio
Judge Cameron of Defiance overruled the motion for a new trial for J R Linthicum convicted of criminal libel of Mrs Mary Donnelley wife of Circuit Court Judge Donnelley. Linthicum was fined $100 plus costs and will appeal to the circuit court.
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J. R. Linthicum
Mary Donnelley
Donnelley
Cameron
Linthicum
Infernal machine found in Count Witte's house chimney
A special dispatch from rovee in St. Petersburg reports an infernal machine discovered accidentally in a chimney of Count Witte's London residence. The device was timed to detonate after the family had retired for the night.
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St. Petersburg
Loveland Express Kills Two Pedestrians on Track
An east bound Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern express struck and killed Harry Switzer and Martin De Villa as they walked on the track at Loveland. The men, reportedly not hearing the train, stepped onto the rails and were fatally struck. Authorities investigated the incident for details.
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Harry Switzer
Martin de Villa
Woman plans $20,000 memorial building for Caledonia
A secret-named Marion woman informs the Caledonia town council of plans to erect a $20,000 memorial building. She says the structure will serve as a Young Men's Christian Association facility to curb boys lingering on street corners.
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Caledonia
Ashtabula Victim Dies From Christmas Street Car Crash
In Ashtabula O Matti Makki dies in hospital marking the second fatality from the Christmas grade crossing street car accident. Claire Gardner is released from hospital as the last of the injured to go home.
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Matti Makki
Claire Gardner
Frozen man found with hands on lamppost in New York
John Lenahan, 54, of 551 First avenue, was found unconscious on Thirty-fourth street and Third avenue after his hands froze to a lamppost and his legs became stiffened as if petrified.
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John Lenahan
First Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Third Avenue
Berger Disappears After Leaving West Hotel Job
Sandusky report says Frederick Berger, chef at the West hotel earning $100 a month, quit his job and disappeared rather than pay $5 weekly child support arranged by a friend following his wife’s death a year ago.
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Frederick Berger
the West Hotel
Milford Council Reaches Lighting Pact With Traction Co
Milford Ohio council nears final agreement with the Cincinnati Milford and Loveland Traction Company on terms to light the town and public buildings. The deal outlines street and building illumination responsibilities and funding arrangements.
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Cincinnati,Milford & Loveland Traction Co
Kalamazoo Bans All Boxing Contests After Riot
Kalamazoo Michigan on February 12 reports the city council ordered banning all boxing contests including exhibitions after a riot last Wednesday night required police to prevent possible murder. The decision follows clashes that led to multiple officers needed at the ringside.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
First National Bank Tops Bond Auction in Portsmouth
In Portsmouth Ohio the First National Bank bid highest at 15 600 dollars for four percent 25 year school bonds. The premium offered totaled 443.50 dollars. Nineteen other bids were received in the sale.
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Portsmouth
First ‘National Bank
Immunizing Ordinance Ties Death of Local Conductor
In Cleveland Ohio an ordinance mandating immunization with diphtheria serum led to the death of Otto G Hindermister, a 21 year old streetcar conductor, who died fifteen minutes after receiving the serum. The event raises questions about the policy and its immediate lethal outcome.
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O.C
Otto G. Hindermeister
Snow Grips Mexico City Streets in Unprecedented Chill
Snow fell on city streets in Mexico City for the first time in years causing disruption and cold conditions. Residents faced travel slowdowns and unusual weather hardships as crews worked to clear main arteries and restore normal activity.
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City of Mexico
Mexico City
Glove Factory Accident Kills 14 Year Old in Findlay
Miss Bessie Moses, 14, employed at a Findlay glove factory, dropped a bobbin and was pulled into the belt shaft while trying to pick it up. Her hair became wound around the machinery, causing a fatal scalp injury.
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Miss Bessie
Moses
Schimansky Appointed As Ohio Tax Commissioner
Columbus Ohio Attorney General Wade H Ellis announced Otto F Schimansky a Cleveland resident has been named to the Ohio tax commission chairmanship in a formal appointment notice.
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Columbus
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio Tax Commission
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Cleveland
Wessiet
Finish in Marion match as Mon Tour wins by forfeit
The wrestling bout in Marion ended with Mon Tour the Indian wrestler taking a forfeit over Chicago Sandow after 35 minutes on the mat. Sandow claimed dirty tactics and unfair play.
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Mon Tour
Chicago
Sandow
Magi
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