Franchise Tax Battle Ends In Senate Vote Split
In Columbus Ohio a lengthy Senate debate defeated a franchise tax bill championed by Senator Ireland. Two Democrats Harper and Denman voted with Republicans against the bill, while Boehmfer and Carter failed to vote. The measure sought to tax corporate franchises based on earning capacity, aiming to recover millions in evaded taxes. The measure faced lobby pressure and constitutional concerns over valuation rules and executive review. A separate measure related to railroad and public utility taxation faced scrutiny. other bills passed or scheduled for next week, with adjournment dates tied to Republican primaries. Separately, an epidemic of measles in Pittsburgh prompted new rules for funeral homes to bury measles deaths within 36 hours. total measles cases reached 1,424 since year start.
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Columbus
Howe
Itor Howe
Wertin
Aga
West
Tax Commission
Beng
Rose County
Senate
Drake
Sites
Atwell
Cincinnati
House
General Assembly
Sailors Suffered Terrible Hardships
Survivors of the American ship Eclipse, which foundered on January 11 while home from New Castle, Australia, to Sar eluco, arrived in Honolulu Thursday and were taken to a hospital. They faced severe injuries and exposure. three men died after the sinking, and one boat capsize incident left others in distress.
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Saliors
Honolulu
Jan
Eclipse
New Castle
Australia
Sareluco
Urgent Deficiency Bill Advances in House Defense Budget
Washington January 11 The urgent deficiency appropriation bill moves through the house and carries a total of 24 064 dollars. Aldrich reports from the committee and announces consideration for the Westher at Inhpeming Michigan January 31 a team of two below zero.
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Congressional
Waabington
Jan
House
Cosmist
Mather
Westher
Inhpeming
Jag, Mich
Burr Robbins Dead at 71 in Chicago
An elderly American man, Burr Robbins, died in Chicago at age 71. Reports from the era note various global events, including a fire in Big Stone Gap Virginia damaging the business district, a large steel plant planned in Hankow by Chinese capitalists, and a London wrestling match result.
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Burr Robbins
Chicago
Big Stone Gap
Hankow
China
George Hackenschmidt
Joe Rogers
London
Hampton Roads
Magdalena Bay
Buenos Ayres
Punta Arenas
Smith Predicts a Long Fight at Union League Club
Herbert Knox Smith commissioner of corporations warned at the Manufacturers' Association banquet in Brooklyn that a generation fight is needed to correct wrongs in corporate management. He said T. Roosevelt is the best friend of business justice as the country.
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Smith
New York
Herbert Knox Smith
Union League Club
Brooklyn
Ttnonevelt
Businewa
Mauretania Rescues Stranded Crew After Barge Sinks
The Mauretania saved the Fall River crew after their coal barge broke from a tug in a January storm. Captain Taylor, engineer Nankin, and deckhand Coffin were aboard, and 600 starving men later begged for food at West Seneca while the poorhouse struggles escalate as the colony of 3000 laborers nears resource exhaustion.
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Muauretania
Taylor
Buffalo
West Seneca
Defense outlines policy in suit over furniture contract
Harrisburg Padan reports that John Hi Sanderson did not recharge items for furniture supplied under his contract for the new capital project. The defense in the lawsuit against Sanderson Spyder Mathuce and Bhinnaker, now in optical here, was developed by proke examination Thure day of Stanford B Lewin, Huston’s architect assistant during construction and equipment.
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Harrisburg
Padan
John Hi. Sanderson
Rapitel Ag
Sanderson
Spyder
Mathuce
Bhinnaker
Stanford B. Lewin
Huston
Asssistant
Refusal to Disclose Bank Deposits in Columbus
State Treasurer McKinnon refused to provide the house with a list of banks allowed or refused to deposit public funds. The request, made by Mr Stockwell of Cleveland, sought detailed information for a committee, but he declined to share the data.
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Columbue
Trenurer McKinnon Vno
House
Stockwall
Cleveland
Bearer Conference Stumbles Over Muddled Message
Fragmentary OCR reads like a hastily garbled report from a New York gathering. It references a bearer conference, Sta Men, and unnamed reporters, with unclear phrases suggesting theft, Bethlehem, and a distorted list of names or roles. The text is incomplete and difficult to interpret.
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Sta! Men
New York
United States
Bethlehem
Referendum Bill to Be Amended by Senate Committee
Columbus Jan 8 The judiciary committee of the senate decided to recommend amendments to the Atwell Initiative and referendum resolution. Changes include extending the measure to county municipal and township affairs and correcting a voting provision to allow for votes for or against. Signers required for a referendum petition were raised from 10 to a percentage of voters.
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Columbus
Senate
Smith Agricultural Coal Co. blocked from full annual report release
A common pleas court judge issued a temporary injunction restraining the Ohio State Board of Agriculture from publishing in full its annual report. The restraint centers on an alleged analysis of samples of fertilizer manufactured by the Smith Agricultural Coal Co of Columbus, claimed to be taken without permission of the complainant.
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Columbus
Smith Agricultural Choicoal Co
Common Pleas
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Tan Bellon
Smith Company
Students Revolt at Bethany College Over Expulsions
Bellaire v. dum ot-maty-tveetu dente describes Bethany College students quitting classes Thursday in protest of 15 expulsions tied to a campus orgy. Faculty sent home six the day after a blaze, nine more joined later. Twenty five of the thirty Ritts remained absent as the rebellion grew.
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Bellaire, v
Dum
State to reimburse Lewistown reservoir losses for Logan farmers
Columbus January 31 findings by the commission state the state must pay losses caused by the Lewistown reservoir’s defective condition. Logan county farmers led by James M. Cloud sought redress for crop damage. 58 claims total 26726 dollars with 19271 dollars allowed.
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Columbus
Logan County
Lewistown
James M. Cloud
Child Murder Reported in City Slaying
Coroner Miller declares a child was murdered by a man with a weapon near the city. The body was found Thursday, fracturing the skull and leaving a partly identifiable scene.
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Loraie
Anna
Miller
Boy Drowned Near Zanerville In Terse Report
A brief item notes a drowning incident near Zanerville. Details are sparse with unreadable phrases. No names, dates, or locations beyond the town are clear in the fragment.
Waterlogged finances of Consolidated Steamship Co unfold
Boston, January reports reveal attempts to place the Consolidated Steamship Co in receivership as Willian A. Sultan of Wilmington filed four complaints in New York and Portland. The firm’s debts, bonds, and failures of fund for bondholders triggered scrutiny of Charles W. Mollie’s attempt to control multiple lines including Ward’s, Clyde, Mallory, and Porto Rico routes. The union of six lines under one holding company faltered as a crash and missing interest payments eroded support and sparked ongoing reorganization plans.
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Jan
Consolidated Steamship Co
Portaes
New York
Willian
A. Sultan
Yllington
Mass
Consolidated Wadalag
Vusstidiary
Masters
Metropolitan Steamship Companies
Ti Ik
United States Court
Oourts
Portland
Dankers Hore
Wix
Charles W. Mal
Bath
Mr. Molle
Mallory Steere Co
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co
Consolidated Steamelupy Lines Co
Maine Corporation
Ad Six Lines
Harvard
Yale
Jewelry
Waa
Ix Companien
Morse
Bis
Arash
Pines
Great Physiologist Promotes Digestion Tablets
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. It argues digestion requires rest and proper aid, claims the tablets increase gastric juice and prevent fermentation, and notes easy availability at drug stores. The copy invites readers to mail for a free sample from A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Michigan.
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Pel
Stuart
Tony
Addrenal
A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bidg
Marshall, Mich
Death of Herman Holmes in Medina Ohio
Medina January 31 Herman Holmes a well known northern Ohio man died Thursday at his home after a three week illness. He was 64 and for years served as travel agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. Earlier in life Holmes drove a stage between Columbus and Medina.
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Herman Holmes
Medina
Ohio
Tis
Holmes
Louisville & Nia | Railroad Co
Americans buy war relics at London auction
A Chesapeake war flag and the Balaklava bugle fetched high bids at a London sale of a collection once owned by T. Middlebrook. The flag went to an art dealer for 4240 dollars and the bugle for 1000 dollars. The dealer said the pieces were released for different American buyers, with rumors of representation for Cornelius Van Basile denied.
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London
Chesapeake
She i T
Middlebrook
Shannon
Grundy
Royal Navy
Fing
Igade
Baluklava
America
Thin le
Cornelius van Basile
Thin
Tribune
J. Vierpont Mar
Prohibition Debate Spurs County Vote On State Alcohol Plan
Night Riders raid a Mercersburg area store, pistol threats, and prisoners as proprietors allege unlawful whiskey seizure. Prohibition columnist notes divisions in county, with prior complaints of brewery control and political pressure.
Navigation of Ohio River Stope
Navigation of the Ohio River is stopped for three years due to heavy ice floes. Pittsburgh coal hopes to drift down with the stream once weather moderates, estimated 8,000,000 tons of coal at stake.
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Gallipolia
Ohio River
Pitteburg
Drummer Boy of Shilo Missed West Point Admission
President Grant met Colonel John L. Clem, famed as the Drummer Boy of Shilo, who sought entry to West Point. After Clem’s tale of wartime service, Grant gave an order that became a commission as a second lieutenant in the regular army rather than an academy admission.
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Grant
Shileh
John L. Clem
Shilo
West Point
Grants
Clem
West Pont
Clen
Chicago News
The Face in Illness and Cotton Spinning Feats
The article discusses using facial cues to gauge health, noting eyelid twitching and nose movements as signs of illness, and divides facial regions by body systems. It also recounts cotton spinning feats claiming a pound yields thousands of miles of yarn through experiments, illustrating impracticality but curiosity about textile production.
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Owith
Goa Island
Bugilly
Minchester
Loulwylie Coupal
Fragmented input yields unclear historical note
The readable text presents a jumbled mix of phrases and fragments with no coherent event, person, or location to summarize into a credible newspaper item. No identifiable entities or dates can be reliably extracted from the damaged OCR excerpt.
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