Tornado Sweeps Western Virginia and Delaware Two Towns Destroyed
A Bristol Tennessee report describes a tornado that struck Western Virginia destroying Gale City and Big Stone Gap. Wheat and crops were damaged as debris and ruined dwellings injured none. an aerial carriage formed from a buggy is noted in the Delaware attack with barns torn down and a near nine mile path of damage.
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Bristol
Tenn
Virginia
Gale City
Big Stone Gap
Delaware
Joe II
J. J. Maines
Jerome Clough
Maine
Clough
Consolidation Talks for American Strawboard Interests
Chicago June 18 Directors of the American Strawboard Co will hear a report on ongoing negotiations to consolidate strawboard interests nationwide. The matter is said to have reached a more advanced stage than ever before.
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Chicago
Sply
American Strawboard Co
Forgery charge against Wooster insurance agent
Wooster, June 18. Lest Moyer, an insurance agent who came here from East Liverpool, is jailed on a charge of forgery. It is claimed he has been forging notes for small suits, securing loans for about half the face value, and leaving the notes for security.
Postum Coffee Cure Promises Relief From Coffee Ailments
A Milford Indiana man recounts quitting coffee after trying Postum Food Coffee, noting the return of health within weeks. He cites improved stomach and heart, relief from water brash and headaches, and credits Postum with curing his coffee related issues. He mentions Mrs Tonerhin Kelly of Elkhart who quit coffee and grew healthy, and Thomas McDonald who also recovered with Postum. The ad urges readers to boil Postum long enough to extract flavor and value and states it is available at grocers.
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Milford
Ind
Mra
Tonephin Kelly
Elkhart
Bays
Milford Speater
Thomas McDonald
Doubling Prices Hit Kentucky Coal Mine Venture
Louisville reporters note that promoters of a proposed Kentucky coal mine combine claim prices have doubled since news broke. Meetings planned in Chicago were postponed to early next week to secure more options. An option covers 25,000 acres in Laurel County and 80,000 acres in Tennessee. Promoters say many prices have been doubled on them.
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Louisville
Combine of Coach Mines of Kentucky
Chicago
Laurel County
Tennessee
Complete list of Republican state convention nominees
Columbus outlines a complete list of announced candidates for the Republican state convention. George K. Nash of Columbus seeks governor, John A. Caldwell of Cincinnati lieutenant governor, Thaddeus B. Minshall of Chillicothe supreme court judge, W. B. Crew of Morgan County, J. L. Price of Lima, A. Russell of Pomroy, Josiah B. Allen of Athens clerk, A. S. Oritchfield of Shrovetown, Newton Miller of Delaware, Lawson Hermerson of Clarksville, W. T. McLean of Sidney, Horace Crow of Urbana, John M. Sheets of Ottawa attorney general, J. B. Cameron of Lisbon treasurer, Washington G. Johnston of Akron board of public works.
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Columbus
George K. Nash
John A. Caldwell
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Thaddeus B. Minshall
Phillicothe
W. B. Crew
Morgan
J. L. Price
Lima
A. Russell
Pomproy
Harmony Foraker Factions Clash Over Cuyahoga Convention Control
Columbus June 18 Spl harmony between Paratiter and Hanna factions fractures as Hanna asserts his side should mold the Cuyahoga convention. L Kurtz accuses Hanna of causing trouble in Cleveland and dictating nominations. State convention expected to be the warmest on record next week.
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Columbus
Paratiter
Hanna
Cuyahoga
L. Kurtz
Paraker
Mnd
Cleveland
W. B. Crew
McConneilsville
New York City Wreck Injures Several and Wrecked Vehicle
A city incident in New York involved multiple injuries as several people sustained wounds and bruises. The caller states a wreck occurred while they were riding, with one person severely hurt and others minor injuries.
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New York City
Rosenean
Czarina Delivers Fourth Daughter at St Petersburg
The Czarina gave birth this morning to her fourth daughter, a disappointment to the Czar and to those who hoped for a male successor. The grief contrasts with traditions of succession and public expectation in St Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Lightning Fatality Recovered After House Rescue
During a June electrical storm James Scot was fatally struck while plowing near Ashland. He was rushed into a nearby house for dead, then revived and survived. Local authorities investigated but initial reports indicated a severe accident during field work.
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Ashland
James Scot
Worss
Knights of St John to hold 23rd convention in Cincinnati
Delegates from nearly every section of the country will attend the 23rd annual Knights of St John convention in Cincinnati. The event runs June 23 and 24 and is expected to draw forty thousand Knights and their families. A street pageant featuring twenty thousand mice in fine is planned.
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Cincinnati
The
Knights of St. John
Embassy Views Split Over Vatican Envoy Idea
Rome June 18 Cardinal Gibbons opposes Cardinal Rampoli on pressing President McKinley to name a special envoy to Rome. He argues against forcing the appointment and favors a different approach to relations with the Vatican.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Rampoli
Mckinley
Promotions at Akron firm reshape leadership lineup
Mr J W Seidel is named general superintendent of the Ak ronins Co plant succeeding B K Late who resigned. Lane departs for New York to take a position while Meg James Motts will lead the company office. Seidel and Motts are long time company with 16 years service noted for Seldell.
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J. W. Seidel
Neautaefining
Akronins Co
Lane
New York
Meg James Mots
Seldell
Mota
Strike settled at NCR factory in Dayton
National Cash Register Co. employees reach a settlement and will return to work Wednesday morning after a labor dispute in Dayton. The June 18 dispatch notes the factory’s labor issue is resolved and production to resume promptly.
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National Cash Register Co
Dayton
British advance planned as Kitchener joins Orange River forces
London reports General Kitchener in the Orange River colony, signaling a forthcoming British move against General De Wet, the noted Boer raider who has troubled British operations. The note emphasizes a strategic shift and potential new offensives in the region.
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DeWet
Orange River Colony
London
Kitchener
DeWett
Street Car Wreck Injures Four in Buffalo Intersection
Four people suffered injuries in a Buffalo street car collision at the Main and Virginia streets corner late yesterday afternoon. The injured include Mrs. Sarah Sisser of Milton Tennessee with a broken leg and Mrs. Kinsey. The scene described as serious but not fatal, with emergency crews responding promptly.
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Buffalo
Main and
Virginia Sts
Misa Sarah Sisser
Milton
Tenn
O, Kinsey
Harvard Won't Confer Degree on McKinley This Year
President McKinley will not attend Harvard College commencement to receive the degree of TL. The college will not confer the degree in his absence. President Eliot affirmed that the degree will not be conferred unless the recipient is present, as the custom has been to grant only to those who attend in person.
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Boston
McKinley
Harvard College
Washington
Eliot
Alarvard
Dr Uram of Boston to Visit Akron for Vitalizing Treatment
Dr Uram, a 35 year experienced healer now in Cleveland at 888 Cuscave, offers vitalizing cures. He will visit Akron by request on Wednesday and Thursday, June 19 and 20, with weekly visits possible if sufficient inducements are offered. Free consultation at Buchtel hotel with Akron references provided.
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Uram
Ate
Boston
Cuscave
Cleveland
Akron
Ab Buchtel Hotel
Vatican envoy sparks Protestant outcry over American government
A fragmentary note claims Thet Stites emissey of the Vatican is impossible and undeniable and warns that an envoy would provoke protest and be imprudent. It suggests such an envoy would be needless and costly.
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Vatican
Suicide note ends in Kirby Dunn tragedy at Alexandria
Alexandria Ind June 18 Kirby Dunn twenty his age killed himself with a revolver last night He left a letter stating he could not save money nor quit gambling and that life had beaten him He asked to be buried beside his mother indicating despair over debts and gambling troubles
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Alexpatria
Ind
Kirby Dunn
Millst Street Pavement Settlement Prompted Teleco Order
The Central Union Telephone Co. has been ordered to relay the pavement of Millst near College where its conduits were laid. The pavement along there and elsewhere has settled due to poor replacement, prompting the order to repair.
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Central Union Co
Central Union Telephone Co
Millst
College
Sooners and Miners to Be Expelled From Government Lands
Orders received by Captain Warrand Sayers to mobilize cavalry for two weeks to remove Sooners and miners from Kiowa Comanche and Wichita reservations. Proclamation anticipated once reservations are cleared, undermining speculation on land opening lotteries.
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Sooners
Anadarko
Inventory Sale Offers Deep Piano Discounts
A July inventory sale promotes pianos and organs at unusually low prices to cut insurance costs. It lists brands like Ahlstrom Kimehall Balls and Royal, with hundreds of units available and trade‑ins offered for future purchases. Also featured are new organs secondhand instruments music boxes phonographs records guitars violins mandolins piano stools and more, urging immediate visits and purchases.
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Ime
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Aeriel
Strawboard Industries
Pople
Kentucky
Foraker
Cuyahoga Convention
Russia
Farmer
Knights of St. John’s
Cardinal Rampolis
United States
President McKinley
Roanoke Hotel Co
Buffalo, N. Y
C.h.martin
Hamilton
J. Koch & CO
Akron Security & Loan CO
Howard St
A. B. Smith
S. Main St
S. Market St
Canton
West Main St
Massilloh
Peoples
Peoples Telephone Co
Akron People's Telephone Co
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