Prizes, births, crimes and politics echo across states
The item counts a prize pumpkin named Grover Cleveland at a Kansas fair, a Cairo infant weighing 1.75 pounds born weeks earlier, and plans for a $70 million oil refinery in Pittsburg. It notes multiple crimes, accidents, political shifts in Georgia and Ohio, and regional events from Indiana to Washington Territory, Chicago to Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Grover Cleveland
Eastern
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Binghamton
N. Y
Michigan
John V. Baptist
Jacksonville
Ill
Miles Morris
Marion
Ind
Cascade Tunnel
Northern Pacific
Washington Territory
John Vaught
Science Hill
Murray Wilson
Chicago
Louisville Board of Trade
U. S. Agricultural Bureau
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J. J. McClellan
College of Physi
Cians and Surgeons
Will
Athens
Warren House
Dr. McClellan
Columbus
High St
O.ga
C. C. Farquhar
Zanesville, Ohio
Warren
Ohio
D* A. G. Reeves
Alfred, Meigs County, OH
Seldon Humphrey
Albert Humphrey
Athens County Court of Common Pleas
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Troy Township
Milton Humphrey
Wim. F. Pilcher
John H. Johnson
G. G. Greene
Fred Stalder
Charles Townsend
Eer
Grand Army
St. Louis
Mary Renner
Madison
Robert Ingersoll
Cairo, Ill
Cyrus L. Murch
Boston
People’s Publishing Company
Robert Lee James
Ed. Harris
Chattanooga
James Moore
Macon
Kentucky
Fanny
James A. Garfield
Quoddy River
New Brunswick
Wm. Hogg Woolsley Markham
Kansas City
China
Indianapolis Sentinel
California
House of Representatives
Georgia
Glenn
John
Cocky
Smith
Cincinnati
Bill Mears
Jacob Keifer
Ann Pfeifer
Findlay
John McElfresh
Millersburg
Governor Foraker
Cleveland
Loveland Camp
Anna Kraft
Bank Street
Ravenna
Newark
Republican State Central Committee of
W. 8. Cappeller
Zace Johnson
Marion Johnson
H. T. Ransom
Grand Haven
Mich
Austin McGlewen
Near Wooster
Matilda Weidrich
Willows, Col
J. W. H. Safford
Zanesville
Simon Welling
Here
Painesville
Wood County
Mrs. Jordan
McCoy
Portsmouth
Bing Counties
Washington
Washington County
Sell
Broad Circus
Marietta
Harvest Home
Newbury
Win. Coonts
Charles
Dudley Posey
Fultonburg
Philander Andrews
Lower Salem
Frank Hart
Hardy
Washington County Wood Grower's Association
Barlow
George Coffman
Tunnel Station
Charles Spindler
Rearing Township
Mary A
D. C. Blondin
John C. Paxton
Twing
Nebraska
John T. Berg
Lawrence Township
Havest
Vincent
William Glines
King’s Mill
Lowell
Wade King
Leroy D. Brown
Belpre
The
State University
Reno
Nevada
Frank
Led Davis
Richard Painter
Leath’s Run
Granview Township
Meigs
Bishop Guards
Middleport
Delaware
W. A. Flesher
John Gorby
Rutland
James Grapes
Langsville
Pomeroy
Racine Chester
Pageville
Albany
Masonic Hall
Harrisonville
Squire Simmons
Lebanon Township
James Ours
Clark
Nelson
Hager Keaterson
Henry Enoch
Daniel Enoch
Louisville
Meigs County
Prohibitioniste
W. H. Dutton
L. M. Higby
Joseph Lant
J. B. Smith
F. W. Baker
J. A. Campbell
Morris Sharp
Josiah Terrell
Ohio State Journal
Terrell
Hocking
Hocking Sentinel
Nathan Buchanan
Jos. Higgins
Nelsonville
Orbiston
Messrs
Nelson & Camp
Bloomingville
Hocking County
Lawrence Geiger
Wright
Bresman
Geiger
Gore
Gallagher
P. Phillip Bastian
Somerset
Rendville
George Green
Thornville
Sarah Lawrence
Charles Love, Jr
Croesus
Lazarus
Shawnee
New Lexington
Institute
McConnelle
Ville
Joseph Penrose
Penn Township
Hopewell
Meigs Township
Geo. W
Elizabeth Timms
Malta
Siler
MacConneleville
Gallia
John 5. Northrup
Gallia County
W. T. Northrup
Haverhill
Scioto County
Gallipolis
Gala County
Ridge
Auditor's Office
Ola
Robbins
Hooking River
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