Death of ex Speaker Thomas Reed Shocks Nation
The Athens Messenger reports the death of ex speaker Thomas B Reed in Washington DC. Reed served 22 years as a congressman from Maine 1st district and presided as speaker for six years. His recording of yeas and nays curtailed minority power, and he later practiced law in New York. He sought the 1896 Republican presidential nomination but did not win. Reed was a strong, honest, decisive leader with a prominent national role.
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Thomas B. Reed
Washington D. C
Congress
Main
House
Reed
New York
The Messiah at the university choral society concert
The choral society of the university presents Handel s Messiah Friday under local talent. Celebrities Corrine Moore Lawson Oscar Ehrgott Walter Ernest and Cincinnati’s best musicians assure a leading performance. The university bears major expense hoping for public patronage.
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Musi Oline
Handel
Bach
Graun
Beethoven
Sphor
Rossini
Mendelssohn
Henry Leelie
Corrine Moore Lawson
Oscar J. Ehrgott
Walter
Ernest
Cincinnati
Athens
Death of Joseph B Eckley at 76 in Athens Township
Joseph B Eckley died Sunday night at his home two miles west of Athens after a short illness. He was 76, a longtime Athens County farmer and former stone mason foreman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. Survived by wife Minerva Francis and five children. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at his residence, conducted by Rev. L G Matheny, with interment in the new cemetery.
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Joseph B. Eckley
Athens
Bright
Athens Township
Eckley
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Athens County
Noble County
Minerva Francis
L. G. Matheny
New Cemetery
R. W. Eckley
Athene
Joseph H. Eckley
Council Grove
Kansas
Nettie Woodworth
H. M. Garnett
Elma Eckley
Osawatomie
Garnet
Republicans Push Trust Legislation and Oklahoma Statehood
The article describes Congress moving to shape anti trust legislation as urged by the president with a 1 percent tax on stock excess over paid up capital and annual corporate returns. It notes Senate leaders backing reforms and Oklahoma singled out for statehood in the omnibus territorial bill amid broader Philippines tariff and gold standard talks.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Roosevelt
House Committee On Judiciary
Littlefield of
Main
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Representative Hepburn
Attorney General
Senate
Hoar
Fiense
Massachusetts
Lodge
Philippines
Root
Taft
Cuba
Luke B. Wright
Beveridge
Oklahoma
O Hara Trapped by Inspector Oldfield at Athens Hotel
Inspector Oldfield arrests fugitive O Hara at the Hotel Berry in Athens after a staged parlor trap. O Hara, posing as J R Simms, and his supposed wife are detained while a mystery attorney Tucker vanishes. O Hara is taken to Columbus for federal processing. the case involves a long-running mail fraud lottery scheme.
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Ohio
Oldfield
Baltimore
Parkersbarg
O'Hara
Athens
Parkersburg
Berry
Hotel
O’ Hara
J. R. Simms
Chicago
Simms
United States
O Hara
United States Court
Linscott
O’hara
Columbus
Lifiscott
Hocking Valley
Cincinnati
W. F. Tucker
Tucker
Pettibone
Marriage License Notices in Nelsonville Athens and Surrounding Areas
The list records marriages license applicants including F L Young and Mary E Sargent of Nelsonville. Frank Farrell and Glenna Davis of Athens. Frank E Bennett and Nellie B Wolf of Neesonville. John Wilson of Athens and Edna Barrett of Coolville. William A Mays of Parkersburg and May Congreve of Hockingport. Fred Ball of Morgan county and Mamie Martin of Amesville. Jester J Clark and Bertha Sutton of Athens.
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F. L. Young
Mary E. Sargent
Nelsonville
Frank Farrell
Glenna Davis
Athens
Frank E. Bennett
Nellie B. Wolf
Neesonville
John Wilson
Edna Barrett
Coolville
William A. Mays
Parkersburg
May
Parisian Musicians Bar Play By Boisterous Conductors
A Chicago woman pianist faced interruption as Parisian union musicians attempted to block her Saint Saens selection. The incident highlights tensions between art and unionism and the miscalculation of underestimating Chicago women.
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Chicago
Saint Saens
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad with Frank J Cheney oath
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn December 6 1806 notary A W Gleason. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally acts on mucous surfaces Send for testimonials F J Cheney Co Toledo Sold by Druggists The Hall's Family Pills are the best Toys at Sloane's Department Store
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Prisoner escorted to train by inspector in notable arrest
A well- dressed man weighing over 200 pounds with thrift evident was quietly escorted to a train Monday morning by Inspector Oldfield, described as a shrewd 120 pound official who secured a major capture for the country.
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Gue
Sfis
Inspector Oldfield
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Calicoes
Sam Summer
Stewart
W. H. Farrell
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Pabst Milwaukee Beer
W.H. Farrell
West Union Street
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