Ohio State Briefs Highlight Knapp Trial and Local Strikes
Statewide items report Indiana strangler Alfred A. Knapp’s murder trial set for Hamilton. Gallipolis boards walkout over wages. Columbus outlines Bar association meeting dates at HoTel Victory. Lima reports smallpox quarantine end after eight months. Coshocton egg shower disrupts temperance speech. Toledo editor plans talks with Hearst on a Democratic paper. Marietta river bridge sections completed. Hamden moves to curb saloons with 8 PM close. Canton troop rotation from McKinley tomb guard duties. Glouster Sunday vices spark a Township Law and Order league.
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Lima
Jones
Coshocton
John Billman
Billman
Toledo
M. P. Murphy
Courier-Journal
New York
Detroit
William Randolph Hearst
Marietta
Ohio River Bridge
Hamden
Canton
United States Army
President McKinley
Fort Thomas
Fort Wayne
Mich
Glouster
Suanday
Trimble Township
Wanted Testimonies for Favorite Prescription Probed
An advertisement by the WORLD's Dispensary Medical Association seeks women who suffered female complaints and did not improve with Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. A $500 reward is offered for any uncured case and $3,000 forfeited if signatures cannot be verified. The piece includes a Massachusetts testimonial praising the remedy and a note on the new Wabash railroad progress and various local notes.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Massachusetts
Carrie P. Hannaford
Hale Street
Beverly
Mass
Order of the Eastern Star
Common Sense Medical Adviser
Ad . V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
President James Laments Few College Grads Regret
President James addressed Northwestern University seniors noting that only five or six graduates among hundreds he knew regretted attending college. He urged students to choose wisely and valued persistent effort as the path to fulfillment.
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James
Northwestern Univerisity
Demented Woman Found by Athens Man in Parkersburg
P L Fagin of Athens Ohio arrived in Parkersburg to locate his demented mother Mrs Margaret Fagin aged 68 who had wandered the country for two months. She was spotted on Juliana Street near the First M E church by Mr Fagin who summoned Chief Smith. At police headquarters she said she feared her husband and son would kill her and wished to go to her sisters in New York. She was returned to her son and may be placed in the state hospital at Athens from which she had been released about fifteen years ago. Marietta Register
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Parkersburg
P. L. Fagin
Athens
Ohio
Margaret Fagin
Juliana Street
M. E
Smith
New York
Fagin
State Hospital
Marietta
Chamberlain remedies advertised for stomach and diarrhoea
An old ad column promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted, pleasant solution especially for summer diarrhoea in children. It cites McKee's Drug Store as seller and includes a note on Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets improving appetite and stomach vigor. The page also parodies a quip about a man turning gray and his apologetic reply about family hair color.
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McKee’s
Chamberlain's
McKee’s Drug Store
Reverend Sheak Joins Robinson Circus As Chaplain
The Rev William H Sheak a United Brethren minister from Peru Indiana will join the Robinson circus before it leaves Louisville He will lecture on the animals in the menagerie act as chaplain and oversee travelers spiritual welfare He is thirty six born in North Manchester married a prolific naturalist and is compiling a catalogue of the animal kingdom Mrs Sheak will travel with him in Peru the circus will exhibit on July 4 in Louisville.
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William H. Sheak
United Brethers
Peru
Ind
Robinson Circus
Louisville
Sheak
North
Manchester
United States
Jackson Under Martial Law Over Bribe Allegation
Jackson Kentucky placed under martial law after reports that a chief witness against Curvis Ett alleged a $5000 bribe. Authorities moved to restore order as the bribery claim unfolded in the case against Ett.
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Jackson, Ky
Curvisett
What Are Humors And How They Affect The Body
Humors are vitiated fluids coursing in the veins affecting tissues. They arise from defective digestion or heredity and manifest as skin eruptions such as eczema pimples boils and general weakness. Hood s Sarsaparilla expels them and builds up the ailing system, claimed as the best medicine for all humors.
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Hood
Special Teachers' Notice Moves Exams in July
A teachers examination advertised for Athens and Glouster on July 4 will be held at the same places on July 3. The saying about mechanics is quoted to emphasize that the greasiest clothes do not indicate the finest workman.
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Athens
Glouster
Startling Claims for Dr King New Discovery In Town
Fresh testimony pours in praising Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as unequaled A Virginia man claims three years of bronchitis cured by a few bottles Also touted are Cham berlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets with Mrs Sarah W Curtis of Lee Miss crediting them for relief and better appetite A local druggist advertises trial bottles and prices while a farmer s odd story about starving hogs adds a quirky closer
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Dr. King
T. J. McFarland
Benterville
W. H. McKee
Sarah W. Curtis
Lee, Miss
Chamberlain
McKee’s Drug Store
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Sold At Local Drug Store
A remote living family faces injuries and ailments from accidents and emphasizes keeping Bucklen’s Arnica Salve on hand. The ad touts the salve as best on earth and notes 25 cents at W. H. McKee’s Drug Store.
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Bucklen
W. H. McKee
Entomologist estimates insect damage at a quarter billion
A Minneapolis paper cites an entomologist who estimates U S insect losses at about 250 million dollars annually. Grasshoppers alone threaten 800 million in vegetation value, with Hessian fly at 50 million, cinch bug 10 million, potato bug 8 million, and tobacco worms moths squash bugs beetles and others making up the remainder.
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Minneapolis
General Grosvenor Opens Two Streets In East End Addition
General Grosvenor grades and shapes two streets in his east end addition with many vacant lots. The improvement extends east Dunn street and Grosvenor street and the town bears no expense for the work.
Marietta Columbus & Cleveland RB Route Listing
A notice for the Marietta Columbus and Cleveland railroad line outlines a short line route connecting Marietta and Columbus with Toledo Chicago and all points in Northwest. The entry emphasizes intercity rail connectivity across the region.
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Marietta
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Points
Northwest
Good connections at Columbus and Toledo for all plats in the west and northwest
Through Parlor Cars between Marietta Columbus and Toledo on train 7s the Comete Gen. Sapt E. E. FINCH, Gen. Pass.
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Columbus
Toledo
Marietta
Wanted Information Call or Address From Ohio Contact
A terse notice offers full information by contacting W. H. Connor, G. A., at 53 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, by phone or mail. The snippet implies a request for inquiries or employment details.
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Fast Mail
St. Louis
Limited Express
York and St. Louis
Ooorpbie Si Bai
New York
Ss Biobom
Parkersburg
Chillicothe
Songry riWleries
W. R. Moore
O. PP. McCarty
G.P A
Cincinnati
W. H. Connor
G. A
East Fourth St
Ohio
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Wright Medical CO
U. S
U.S. Patent Office
Washington,d.c
DeWitt
E.C. DeWitt & Co
Standard Oil Company
Bank of Athens
United
J. D. Brown
W. B. Golden
W. A. Hibbard
Undertaker
Narron
Postoffice
Dome Pobre
Belleohne
Tsrael M. Foster
Athens, Ohio
J. S. Basom, D. D. S
SovarTs Court Street
Roy P. Gillespie
Fulton’s
H. H. Haning
Fire and Life Insurance
Michigan
Ohio Central Lines
Moulton Houk, Hoe
P. A
Eledo
State News
Smith W.bennett
The
State Bar Association
Hotel Victory
Put-in -Bay
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Sayer Station
Sharpsburg
Cecil Gardens
Freemont
Sanduskyf County
Lancaster
John W. Jones
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Homer Price
Gallipolis
Crooksville
Elmer C. Smith
McConnelsville
Washington, D. H
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Green
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Ross
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Republican State Central Committee
Charles Dick
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W. F. Burdell
Marion
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St. Clairsville
Ohio Valley
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Barton
E Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
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Recuetyug
University of Virginia
Grover Cleveland
W. H. Sheak
Chaplain Circus
C. B. Henderson
Serene
Ieee Broadwell
Amesville
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