Panama Canal Rivalry and Ohio Politics Stir Public Opinion
President Roosevelt endorses M Bunau Varilla as Panama envoy while Panama's sovereignty advances. Colombian troops move toward the Isthmus, but the U S promises to prevent landings, securing canal negotiations as Panama gains international recognition. Ohio Governor-elect Herrick delays housing, faces budget limits. health measures urge sanitation and smallpox vaccination.
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United States
Republic of Panama
Roosevelt
M. Bunau- Varilla
Hay
Parama
Panama
Colon
Friends of
Language and pronunciation shifts cited at sea and in service
A fragment discusses English usage revealing how pronunciation varies by time and place. It notes ships changing vowels at sea, military routes becoming rows, and cavalry misnaming terms, illustrating practical language drift.
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London
Prisoners Arraigned and Trials Reset in Nelsonville
Legal docket reports arraignments for inmates in Nelsonville with a dissociation of cases including Garmeges dismissals at plaintiff cost and a December 1 trial reset for Laura Spencer guardian against Lewis Price. Other actions include Joseph Mainufey versus New Pittsburg Coal Co and P Welty & Co versus Al Bust.
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Nelsonville
Garmeges
Laura &.Spencer, Guardian
Lewis H. Price
Joseph Mainufey
New Pittsburg Coal Company
P. Welty & Company Aga
Ty. E. Dodds
C. W. Lawrence
E. ‘J Wilson
G. Ji. Steenrod, Jr
Jos
Eine Ben. Gil Clark
Tha. Level
Ok. Bridges
J. W. Mersonwld
OG Geester
Gy. H. Clark
Heroic Physician Lays Down Life In Plague Siege
In Marseilles a plague rages and doctors fear inquiry. A renowned physician volunteers to dissect a victim to save others. He enters the home at dawn, records findings, and burns his notes to prevent infection before dying twelve hours later.
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Hershc
Marseilles
Ife
Liere
Beggar Impostor Quizzed by Naval Man at Mansion House
At the Mansion House police court a man claiming to be a sailor was charged with begging. A real naval officer tested him by asking how many yards of canvas on the mainsheet, and the man conceded. The officer explained the mainsheet is a rope, not a sail, and the impostor was convicted.
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Probst
State Board of Health
Hamet
Athens
Board of Health
Mansion House
Liuejacket
Peanut Sprouts As Indoor Beauty Plant
A florist describes growing peanut plants indoors during winter. Plant in a warm room with loose soil and moderate moisture. The kernel germinates into a handsome, branching plant with paired leaves that rise together as weather changes and showers approach.
Tone and tongue clash in Voltaire language lesson
A student struggles with English pronunciation of foreign words finding "plais" for plaisir and "ague" for age. Unable to reconcile the mismatches he throws a childish fit and quits studying the language.
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Voltaire
Fragmentary OCR Note Reflects Confused Dialogue
Incomplete text shows a garbled quote about a girl and attention, with disjoint phrases and misspellings. The readable parts indicate a discussion of attracting notice and a dramatic statement about a grand department larder and a hat, but the fragment lacks coherent context or identifiable subjects.
Health and Clothing Habits from Early Advice Piece
The article promotes good health fashion through bathing and dress. It notes skin care after bath, avoiding heavy clothing, and breathable fabrics. It highlights raw silk as ideal wash cloth material and Turkish cloths as alternatives. Borax and salt are suggested to soften and invigorate bathwater while ammonia removes odor.
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Benner
Marietta Visitors Attend to Business and Celebrations
Alexander of Marietta Brokerage, W E Daker of Marietta Stone Co, and others visit local towns for leases and business. Mr and Mrs B C Robinson mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary with relatives present. A small school furnace fire occurs. Mr Thomas Johnson remains gravely ill. Miss Irene Gibson hosts a thirteenth birthday gathering. Miss Mattie Pugh visits Little Hocking.
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Alexander
Marietta Brokerage Company
Melvina Shriner
Bollivar
Missouri
Baith
Lucy Danbar
BM. Dunbar
Parkersburg
Mds
M. T. Wilcox
Murray
W. EE. Daker
Marietta Stone Company
J. A. Moser
Sharpsburg
Thomas Johnson
B.C. Robinson
John Bardin
Athens
James Cray
Hebbardsville
Charles Cray
Irene Gibson
Jane Bryson
Rachel Dille
Dr. Ames
Belyre
Mattie Pugh
Little Hocking
BR. B. Trenry
Wagn erian Conductor Zumpe and Ghostly Inspiration
Anecdotes describe Germann Zumpe as a spiritualist who believed dead composers guided his conducting. He reportedly told a fellow conductor that Berthiven’s spirit attended a symphony performance and exclaimed with delight after the first movement. The other conductor quipped Beethoven erred about the finale.
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Zumpe
Achlje
Berthiven
Beethoven
Deafness cure claim and Ohio farm for sale
An advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Care with a $100 guarantee for catarrh related deafness and notes a Toledo business. It also lists a 167 acre farm for sale in Hopswell township, Muskingam county Ohio with a two story frame house, barn, granary, orchard and a year round water supply, offered by John A. Kerns of Amanda Ohio.
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Hall
F. F. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tae
Halls
Hopswell
Aluskingam County
John A. Kerns
Amanda
Ohio
Appointment as Administrator for Edward Russell estate
Notice dated November 10 1908 appoints and qualifies Charles D Hopkins as administrator of the Edward Russell estate Ath gus county Ohio with filing by November 12 13. Also includes help wanted for general house work wages 33 per week at 1388 Fair Ave Columbus Ohio and house rentals near Lubrig and Pratt street Athens.
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Edward Russell
Athgus County
Ohio
Charles D. Hopkins
F. McDonnell
Fair Ave
Columbus Ohio
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