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Newspaper
Akron Daily Democrat
Location
Akron, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
4
Fragmented notes reveal National Prohibition convention backing absolute prohibition but with scattered political chatter. Reports from Cleveland and Chicago mix with city governance quarrels over enforcement and the chief of police role. The piece references McKinley Harrison and Me Bryan endorsements, plus odd localities and teachers associations amid a chaotic, partially legible column.
A deadly stove explosion in Kentucky yesterday corrects the record of the event. Mrs Jore Barnes aged about Mi of No 15 Kentucky was fatally burned when a stove exploded at the Batylock ale. She died at the Advanced Hospital while being conveyed to medical aid. The incident occurred Saturday evening resulting in her death.
Springfield Wisconsin June 45 The Denveratic State convention reconvened to adopt a platform. Delegates and alternates to the National Convention were read and approved. Mayor Harrison of Chicago read the platform praising imperial policy and home rule while opposing Cuban and Philippine interventions.
Ramwel Short and Jane Wis enter a county jail cell, accused of breaking a wind door fork and stealing, with Gallagher and Casten facing charges for burglary and larceny. They allegedly escaped through a window already damaged, aided by prior tampering and a prior sowed rear of wheel bar.
Letters from women describe relief from menstrual pain and female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonies from Mia Axon Pescaten of Michigan, Mel Ohana Stirnen of Nebraska, and Mrs. B. F. Curtin of Wisconsin recount previous suffering and subsequent recovery with the product.
Columbus June 28 The papers in the proposed ouster against Director Bell who is charged with violating Garfield law reached the attorney general's office yesterday. Hearing before Judge Sheets will determine next steps and which party will sue. Charges cover primaries and election issues with alleged improper appointments and campaign funding ties.
At the Ohio Christian Endeavor convention in Toledo the big issue is a leadership shakeup. President Miller will not seek reelection, prompting calls for new blood and possible constitutional changes to add past presidents to the Board of Management. The meeting features speeches by Rev. John Hammond and others, a college chapel service, and a formal alumni banquet pledging significant endowment funds.
The trustees of Kennyon college met in Akron yesterday. Rev George F Smyrype of Bridgewater was elected in the chair of Latin. Luc Whittaker resigned. A dormitory safety pledge was discussed and Miss Mather of Cleveland was appointed supervisor. The board pledged to raise 100000 dollars in the year. A reunion of the trustees followed with Goove Curtis of New York acting as wages manager.
Train wreck west of here left the engine and mail and express cars overturned and two passenger cars ditched. Mail clerk Burt Johns and express messenger FP Bt Hill were badly bruised. Engineers Parks and Purcell uninjured under the engine’s wrecked frame. All passengers escaped with severe shaking. ALB and C line cars are being transferred via Wellington.
Oliver Taylor was found dead in a wheat field near his Hartville area home in Ganton county. The body lay face down with a bullet wound in the temple and a revolver gripped in his hand. He lived with his wife and three children on the Lineke farm, two and a half miles southeast.
Edna Benson of 12 Woogier Ave praises Doan's Kidney Pills for relief from kidney trouble and urinary discomfort in her childbearing years. Lampitter & Co. drugstore supplied the product, with Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo listed as sole agents in the United States. Remember the name Downton's as a commonly misused substitute.
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