01 Jun 1916
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Newspaper
Wilmington Daily News
Location
Wilmington, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
1
The Daily News reports rising interest in a Clinton county contest managed impartially by the A H Prine Company of Lansing. Nominations continue daily at noon with emphasis on hustling supporters to secure subscriptions and votes. An extra vote offer is highlighted as the best chance to gain bonuses, urging prompt action.
Fragmentary list shows contestants and locations including Midland Ohio Martinsville R R 1 Morrisville and Wilmington Ohio with scattered surnames and marks, but the text is garbled and lacks clear outcomes or scores.
Marion Lambert and Will Orpet stand accused in a death case as principals. The article details charges and ongoing proceedings involving the two students.
Theodore Roosevelt spent a busy day in St. Louis delivering three speeches denouncing the German American alliance as anti American. He called its leaders morally treasonous for attempting to coerce public officials. He declined to engage on Bryan or Ford, praising them privately while avoiding a public dispute.
Paris reports French forces counterattacked and retook a fortified German position on the Meuse west bank. The assault secured 220 German prisoners after hours of heavy fighting despite shell fire. German gains near Cumieres were checked by a French counterattack. On the Italian front Austrians claim fresh advances and 31,082 Italian soldiers captured with 298 cannons.
Chicago notes tension within the Progressive board led by George W. Perkins as delegates arrive for a two day plan while many Roosevelt loyalists push for a one day convention. Roosevelt remains the preferred nominee over Hughes or Johnson. Mexico City reports a 12000 word government note demanding immediate U.S. troop withdrawal.
Dry air is described as an excellent insulator. a gap of one inch requires about 10,000 volts to leap. The note highlights the strength of dry air against electrical breakdown and the properties of insulating gaps.
The text outlines that votes depend on subscriptions to the Daily News. Votes count as New subscriptions or Renewals and Back Payments. A scale assigns values to each type of vote in the contest.
A housekeeper reads newspaper ads and buys only advertised packaged foods, especially in hot weather and fly season. Following ads is presented as protecting family health and safety with guaranteed products behind the dealer.
Carlos Cameron and Earl Nye both pleaded guilty in Athens common pleas court to criminally mistreating Mary Frazier an Ohio University co ed of eighteen. Judge J M Wood sentenced them to the Mansfield reformatory and they were taken away to begin terms. They were charged with kidnapping Frazier and confining her in a closed automobile in the country for several hours.
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