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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
1
A wide ranging summary notes Roosevelt's reply on Moyer and Haywood, San Francisco streetcar strike, anti graft probes in Pennsylvania, far flung accidents and murders, fires, suicides, and disasters. It records political, social and labor unrest alongside notable deaths and legal actions from cities across the United States and abroad.
A rare tornado swept through two Texas towns, destroying homes and severing communication lines. Emergency crews work through the debris as residents assess losses and await assistance. Local authorities urge caution and note no confirmed fatalities yet.
May 7 190? storm devastated Ridway and Birthright 40 miles west of Mt Pleasant Texas destroying Birthright city, injuring many and killing several including Mrs Brazel and baby Calvin Trammel and others. Caney settlement damaged, Cotton Belt train narrowly escaped. Rescuers from Sulphur Springs and Deport Lamar county town residents mobilized to aid injured and search for missing infant.
Elsie Delong sixteen wrote a goodbye letter to her sweetheart John Quick nineteen. Quick's arrest followed a note read by a clerk at the police station. The girl ingested carbolic acid but survived after stomach pumping and antidotes. authorities plan to push the couple toward marriage.
A collision between a limited and a local Toledo Urban and Interurban car a mile south of Bowling Green left about 50 injured, several fatally. The headlight failure and high speed caused the head-on impact, with cars telescoping half their length. Fire briefly threatened passengers as rescuers freed the trapped for an hour.
The Toledo C. fish hatchery at Putin Bay closes its spring spawn collection after harvesting over a half million eggs from Maumee bay and Lake Erie. Spawn collected since April 1, with about 50 percent hatching, may yield a quarter million pickerel by early June. Fishermen earned 40 cents per quart, with eggs cleaned, mixed with milt, and shipped to the bay.
In Blind River, Ontario, a widow left her three children alone as a heating stove fire consumed their home. Neighbors found the building ablaze and could not rescue the six month old, four year old, and five year old. The family recently moved to the area from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
In Findlay Ohio A J Steele will not file a petition for a common pleas injunction against Standard Oil Co and its subsidiary. Prosecutor David says the move would be too large an undertaking and could prejudice a case set for hearing the week beginning May 13.
Cleveland reports a Pittsburg traveling salesman C G Stickle tied a 50 pound iron bar to his neck and leaped from a pier. Fishermen recovered the body. Employers said his finances and health were good. In Ottawa ex Senator W W Sutton was sent to Toledo workhouse for drunkenness and disorderly conduct after inheriting a fortune and squandering it.
Reports from trainmen and negro passengers on the Southern Pacific recount that John Armstrong, hanged at Columbus Texas on April 19 for wife murder, revived in the coffin and, after delivery to his brother for burial at Sealy, received medical attention and is said to be alive.
Albany May 7 Gov Hughes approves the Page child labor bill urged by consumers league committees It bars any minor under 16 from factory work before 8 a m or after 5 p m The current allowed hours are 6 a m to 7 p m with a nine hour day The act takes effect January 1908.
Marietta Ohio reports Alexander Johnson a wealthy Fillmore county farmer vanished after telling wife he would mind cattle. Despite searches he is missing with fears he harmed himself after withdrawing money from Coolville bank. School children saw a naked man gnawing bark in nearby woods matching Johnson's description.
Six prominent Durant and Calbert merchants were arrested in South McAlester on May 7 for leading the mob that lynched Jim Williams, a Black man, at Sterrett on March 30. They face murder charges.
In Bellefontaine Ohio Frank Spencer a telegraph operator rushed from his office when eight year old Frank Laubis fell into a lake during fishing. Spencer waded in and after an hour of CPR-like effort brought the boy back to life and saved him from drowning.
Kansas City May 7 Santa Fe passenger train No 1 en route from Chicago to California derailed at Norborne Missouri. Ten passengers were severely injured needing medical aid and twelve more were bruised in the accident.
Findlay Ohio news reports the Ohio Jamestown exposition commission will set September 11 as Ohio day at the exposition. The decision comes after the Second Ohio Military Government reaches a plan to represent the state guard there by special permission of the adjutant general.
The Ohio state board of pharmacy plans a crusade against drugstore proprietors who run stores without a registered pharmacist. Reports show some owners hire assistants who possess only assistant pharmacist certificates, not full professional credentials.
Samuel Matterhoists fell from a Cincinnati Northern traction car in Middletown and suffered a skull fracture. He was taken to Mercy hospital at Hamilton and his condition was stated as critical with probable death.
Warsaw reports fire total destruction of the town of Tyszowce in Lublin province leaving three thousand people homeless. Local authorities assess damage and begin aid efforts as residents seek shelter and supplies.
Columbus Ohio Adjutant General under Gov Harris orders dismissing Captain Pearl Willis formerly of Company I Seventh Regiment Ironton for forging J Davidson s name on armory rent receipts. He is confined in the Ohio reformatory.
Officials of the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City say a teller cage robbery that stole $8,000 here last week was committed by someone inside the bank, not an outsider. The statement cites internal access and security lapses as key factors in the assessment.
In Cleveland Ohio workers demolishing the former Ohio City Inn uncovered a pot containing $1000 in twenty dollar gold pieces buried beneath a bone pile. The discovery occurred during routine wrecking of the site.
Michael Maginnis a 25 year old potter from Cincinnati was struck by a west bound Big Four freight train in Dayton losing his left leg above the ankle. He was taken to St Elizabeths hospital for treatment.
Pawtucket Rhode Island May 7 notices posted a 10 percent raise for 1600 carders at J and P Coates thread mills. At a strikers meeting the vote to resume work was unanimous.
Washington D. H. and Fred March, a young man shot by saloonist George Kirby in Milledgeville, have details. The shooter remains silent aside from stating he was drunk and remembers nothing about the incident.
Dr James H Farrel aged 56 dies of araemic poisoning in Marion Ohio. His son is near death in Goshen Indiana. A second son died recently. Mrs Farrel is prostrated by the double blow and sorrow.
May 7. Duncan I T. James Leftwich of Loco shot and killed T. J. Clark after long feed between them. Both men were armed but Leftwich drew quicker. Clark nicknamed the rival cattleman. Investigating authorities await details as the scene is probed.
Burglars sacked Lucas Drug Co. Martin & Flehr shoes Ketter Grocery Co. Baker Grocery Co. and R. H. Johnson grocer in Ironton Ohio. Loot valued at several thousand dollars.
Ohio State German American Federation President Max Henning announced the annual convention will meet in Toledo on August 3 and 4. About 4000 Germans from across Ohio are expected to attend.
In Cassville Missouri on May 7 Allie Beson a 16 year old girl was knocked unconscious by large hail. Ice balls described as two inches deep covered the ground as the storm hit and she remained unconscious late at night awaiting further medical news.
The monthly bulletin of the state board of agriculture reports Ohio wheat damage from freezing weather. May 1 condition stands at 74 percent of average, 13 points below April 1, indicating significant crop impact.
In Ironton Ohio Judge Corn of the common pleas court sentenced five saloon keepers to serve five days in county jail and pay 50 dollars each for selling to minors. The case underscores strict enforcement against underage alcohol sales in the area.
Bellefontaine Ohio Ridgeway district again votes dry by 14 majority. The town has been dry for two years. Next Tuesday Mt Victory, three miles away, will vote under the Beal law on the same issue.
Col J W Burke president of the National Millers Association received a message from Secretary Taft accepting the invitation to be the guest of the association in St Louis on May 30 and to make an address.
Granville Ohio resident Philip E. Smith, 80, vanished after traveling to Austin Illinois to dispose of property. He was last heard from when he called on his daughter, a student at the Hulk House Mission.
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