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Newspaper
Akron Daily Democrat
Location
Akron, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
3
A once celebrated beauty once adored by French nobility ends life in a shabby Paris garret as aid offers arrive too late. Once famed in Pavia and London for a stable of thoroughbreds, she declines after years of presumed romance and public adulation fade.
The text portrays Jennie Weiss a circus beauty loved by Baron von Baden and Russian officer Mo. She married, toured Europe, faced jealousy and fame, and later fell from grace as admirers faded. Blind and abandoned, she begs for death as Paris shows rare sympathy.
The Morgan party traveled by Northern Pacific lines from San Francisco to Tacoma and Seattle with rare delays. They reached Chicago after a rapid run from Detroit and Niagara Falls to Buffalo aboard a Central locomotive. The voyage included miner attire at Butte and a visit to the Pan-American exposition as part of a swift cross-country schedule.
A long scathing speech accuses the government of mismanaging the war policy while praising Churchill as the elder statesman. It notes German explosives supply plans at favorable rates and reports Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes in Paris and New York headlines about fashion and travel. Senator Spooner’s remarks at the Waldorf Astoria reference Midas and lavish hotel costs.
A Lakeville Connecticut lad known as Chinky, son of Justice Jerome, revels in his father William Travers Jerome’s election as New York County district attorney. He reads congratulatory messages, wanders outdoors with friends and two dogs Dike and Sap, and stays up late to hear returns with family and neighbors. His optimism and pride mark a small town portrait amid a big political win.
A massive Kloupter cottonwood, once the largest tree in the United Linden county area, burned on the Kloupter farm two miles west of Wilmette. The fire damaged the historic landmark on land owned by Michaal Kioupter after standing for centuries.
The article notes the Klotopfer tree a landmark used as a shelter by Potawatomi and its grand height. It reports the musk ox aboard the Beluga arriving in San Francisco from the Arctic, described as a rare curiosity from Captain Rentfish’s property. The piece mentions attempts to bring the musk ox to southern latitudes and its resistance to such relocation.
Consul reports in Yokohama on Japan's labor agitation and lack of protective laws for women and children. He notes expected diet discussions, divergent newspaper views, and factory conditions, including long hours and low pay, amid calls for foreign capital and skilled labor concerns.
Rev. Sheldon A. Harris, vice president of the Illinois State federation, elected as delegate to the American Federation of Labor convention in Scranton, Pa. He is the first preacher to attend the federation as a delegate. Harris was a journeyman woodworker in youth and later worked in Chicago while studying with Professor Graham Taylor. He joined Federal Labor union No. 302 in Dwight and holds a working card.
Railroad notices advertise one fare plus round trips to western points for homeseekersexcursions with selling dates Oct 1, Nov 5, Nov 12, Dec 17 and Dec 18. Details from H Seliven in Pittsburgh and St Paul Minnesota offices. Also mentions holiday travel low rates for Christmas and New Year with tickets on sale December 2, 28, and early January.
On Det 1th Ney, passengers may view 2901 and Westerh points with Kell Thotnreeookers on a Northern Poetic extension. Round trip fare listed at two dollars with various sections promising a Fond trip and further information available.
West and Southwest trips advertised with 22 day return option. Tickets and information available from C. D. Hondle at Union Depot Akron.
An extensive list of alarm calls and locations references numerous works and streets in the city including engine houses, rubber works, mills, furnaces, markets, and alleys such as Central Engine House Buckese Works Miller Rubber Diamond Rubber S Mary and Market 2 Engine House Sixth Ward North Howard East Market Spruce and many more with scattered mentions of businesses like Akron Stoneware Co Cereal Mills and Reaper Beewery.
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