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Newspaper
Akron Daily Democrat
Location
Akron, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
11
The weather and Saturday shoppers influence early holiday buying. The Boston Store highlights profits from early shopping, offering a wider variety of boat stock patterns and styles, with low prices and abundant gift options for customers.
A Victorian-style advertisement lists wool fabrics by yard with colors and weights, including black gray and navy Venetians and serges. It promotes men’s shirts undergarments, women’s vests and aprons, kids gloves, dolls, and picture frames with various sale prices and special offers.
The store markets a wide range of presents including mufflers, shirts in white and color, wool or cotton undergarments, hosiery in plain or fancy fabrics, hats in various styles, neckwear, night robes, vests, collars, cuffs, handker chiefs, suspenders, pants for men boys and children, suits and overcoats, all in festive abundance. The tone promises something for every shopper and occasion.
The jury found Lie State v. Prank Hiskou guilty of shooting with intent to wound and sentenced him to the Mansfield Reformatory. Other prisoners who changed pleas received brief terms and fines including Frank Wheeler 40 days and $1 costs Artie Sprague 10 days and $20 costs Low Nigh 40 days and $25 costs and August Simovetts 40 days and $25 costs.
A fragmentary item suggests Frank Hamilton, accused of murdering Millionaire Day, may never face trial as indications point to Hamilton having risked his life during the incident.
Citizens of Mit wall protested in Washington against Hawaiians representative Robert Wilcox. They claim his political and private character disqualified him for a seat in the Police and question the election’s legitimacy. Local reports note immediate reactions and calls for review.
Fragmentary OCR segment shows garbled names and places. Content mentions licenses, occupation, veterinary terms, and individuals but readability is too damaged to extract coherent events or entities for a proper summary. No verifiable facts to anchor a concise news item.
Fragmentary text references Sitp and Mr Prank W. tution, a boy Linself, Indies Wools, and a group called Men of the Merchants Bervice. Statements touch on a boy's sacrifice, memory of middle aged men, and ship treatment. Narrative coherence and identities are unclear.
An excerpt reflects on youthful abuse and harsh discipline aboard a ship. The narrator recalls a brutal training method using a rope end and notes a boy’s death, mentioning a lone shipboard survivor who endured repeated violence and fear. The tone is critical and somber about past mistreatment.
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