Dying Girl Accuses Doctors and Sweetheart in Chillicothe
On her deathbed in Chillicothe hospital Miss Mary Miller named Dr. Herbert Wilson of Greenfield with a punishable charge and implicated Charles Miller, a B&O switchman and her sweetheart. No arrests yet. autopsy findings expected to guide charges.
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Chillicothe Hospital
Mary Miller
Marcus Miller
East Fourth Street
Chillicothe
Herbert Wilson
Greenfield
Ohio
Charles Miller
Youth Gets Parole After Raporteled Brutality Probe
John Brown a 13 year old from Columbus was paroled from Roys Industrial school after a pneumonia illness linked to alleged exposure and torturous treatment in the correctional cottage. The parole followed a state board of administration inquiry into brutal whipping and indignities reported by inmates.
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Lancaster
John Brown
Columbus
Roy's Industrial School
Reform Farm
State Board of Administration
Young Brown
Misses Cleveland and Taft Sell Programs at Benefit
In New York a daughter of the president and a daughter of a former president aided charity by selling programs at a Titanic memorial committee benefit theater show. They proved popular sellers among society attendees, drawing notable interest and support.
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New York
United States
Helen Taft
Esther Cleveland
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Presses Reward Offer
An advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for an incurablecatarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Nat Bank of Commerce Toledo and mentions Sumpine’s pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Consumers Benefit From 5 Percent Interest and Flexible Loans
Depositors receive safety and five percent interest while borrowers gain advantages and the option to repay loans early. If a payment of $100 or more is made, interest stops immediately, a policy borrowers welcome.
Fire at Buckeye Carriage Body Plant Kills One
In Bellefontaine Ohio a blaze destroyed the Buckeye Carriage Body Manufacturing works. John A. Horn, 74, was killed while Henry Swiler and J H McPeek were badly burned. Several workers escaped using chains and ropes. Loss estimated above 40000 dollars.
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Bellefontaine
John A. Horn
Henry Sweiler
J. H. McPeek
Buckeye Carriage Body Manufacturing Company
Oil Leases Sold in Lima Trenton Field Deal
The Venture Oil company holdings, the largest independent block of Trenton rock leases outside Ohio Oil, were sold to George B. Blanchard for 250000. The property produces 275 barrels daily from 50 wells west of Lima.
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Lima, O
Venture Oil Company of
Lima
Trenton Rock
Ohio Oil Company
George B. Blanchard
Chicago
Good Roads Meet Ends
The sixth annual convention of the American Road Builders association closed in Cincinnati with the committee on resolutions urging nationwide road promotion. The report advocated a Maine to California highway and a Canada to Mexico route.
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Cincinnati
American Road Builders’ Association
Committee On Resolutions
Maine
California
Canada
Mexico
Rumor Links Dayton Mayor to Cox Secretary Post
In Columbus Mayor Burkhardt of Dayton, who visited the governor, declines to confirm or deny a bid to become Governor Cox's secretary. In Cincinnati a wealthy merchant Robert Doepke, while aiding an unconscious man injured in an accident, strikes and instantly kills James Goodnight of Newport, Kentucky.
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Columbus
Burkhardt
Dayton
Cox
Cincinnati
Robert Doepke
James Goodnight
Newport
Japan appoints Terauchi premier of Japan
Tokyo reports Lieutenant General Count Terauchi, governor general of Korea, appointed premier of Japan succeeding Marquis Saionji. The Asahi confirms the change of leadership in the cabinet amid ongoing political realignments.
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Japan
Tokyo
Roc
Count Terauchi
Korea
Saionji
Asahi
Taft Bill Debate Marks No Action in House
Washington December 7. Further consideration given to the legislative bill in the house. The measure went over without action. The debate featured a bitter attack on Taft for placing under the civil service commission 36 000 fourth class postmasters.
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Taft
House
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Treasury to reduce size of paper money with smaller dies
The treasury department begins engraving smaller dies to shrink paper money from 7 1-2 by 3 inches to 6 by 2 1/2 inches. The change aims at easier handling and cost savings, though the $1 bill will still appear large to others.
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Treasury Department
Ohio auditors back plan to reform tax assessment
Columbus Ohio December reports the Ohio Association of County Auditors endorses the Edwards bill. It would abolish personal property assessors, create deputy county tax commissions, shift taxation units from township to county, and end quadrennial real estate assessment.
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Columbus
Edwards
Ohio Association of County Auditors
Hartman
Patrick to pursue Rice will probate amid forgery ruling
In New York on December 7, Albert T. Patrick will start legal action to enforce the estate of William Marsh Rice. The 1900 will is deemed forged, despite warnings from John T. Milliken of St Louis who financed the defense.
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Rice Estate
New York
John T. Milliken
St. Louis
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Glencarnock Victor World Champion Steer Sells for 815
Glencarnock Victor named world champion steer at the International Live Stock Exhibit was sold to a Chicago department store for 815 dollars, about 50 cents a pound, weighing 1630 pounds. Owned by J D McGregor of Brandon Manitoba the steer joins the champion sweepstakes lot shipped alive to New York for 14 cents a pound, averaging 1189 pounds.
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Teer Grings
Chicago
J. D. McGregor
Brandon
Manitoba
New York
Defiant Governor Prefers Amortization Long Loans
The piece discusses European loan systems with 20 year averages and options up to 75 years, noting Governor Herrick’s proposition was endorsed. It also mentions Tango dancer Gabbi arriving in New York with companions to perform Argentina’s Tangos in Ziegfeld Follies.
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Herrick
Gabbi
Merc
New York
Der
Eloisa Gabbi
Buenos Ayres
Mile
Jose Biquiet
How To Conquer Rheumatism At Your Own Home
Advertising offer promises relief from rheumatism, kidney disorders, and uric acid buildup through a mail order treatment named Chronicure. Claims include blood changes and restoration of energy, with a social offer and mail-in trial from Mrs M Summers of 131 B Washington Avenue South End Indiana.
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M, Summers
Washington Avenue
South End
Indiana
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Marietta
Robert C. Henderson
Steubenville
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