Ohio Legislature adjourns after tense sessions in April
The Ohio Senate and House wrap a long session with bills passed on taxes bonds and railroads. Key debates center on asylum placement for counties, compensation for officials, and a one dollar per mile railroad tax. The Assembly adjourns sine die as members express thanks to Speaker Lampson and prepare to return home.
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Muskingum River
Stockport
Ohio National Guard
Commissioner of Railroads
City of
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Lyon
House
Massie
Assembly
Tompkins
Athens
Ohio
le Blonde
Lampson
Messrs. Poorman
Laylin
Hubbard
McCray
Sixty-seventh
Domestic drift and kitchen tips in a 19th centuryMenue
A collection of practical household notes including drink ideas Craxpenny jelly mixed with cold water a soothing beverage for the ill and Daisy Cake recipe using eggs butter sugar and flour. Also tips to remove lime from walls a cement paste for sealing bottles steamed celery and shell polishing guidance with nitric acid emery paper and polish putty.
Largest New York fire devastates riverfront warehouses
A blaze on April 20 along the East bank of the North River from Fifty-ninth to Sixty-fifth streets destroyed New York Central railroad docks, Vanderbilt elevators A and B, and Fairbank lard refinery. Losses exceed 3.25 million with four men feared dead or missing and multiple injuries. Fireboats aided but evacuation and containment failed amid extreme heat and collapsing walls.
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New York
North River
Fifty-ninth Street
Sixty-fifth Street
New York Central Railroad
N. K. Fairbank
Chicago
Vanderbilt
Sixtieth Street
Fairbank
Rossiter
New York Central
Fifty-ninth
Henry Benning
Gogic
Tenth Avenue
John Johnson
West Forty-second Street
Fairbank’s
Charles Brown
West Forty-third Street
William J. Noble
Edward H.ee
Lirewise
W. J. Wilcox Company
Sixtieth Streets
Fie
Water Front
Twelfth Avenue
Shy
Wilcox Company
Girl Falls From Ohio Capitol Dome in Tragic Accident
Five year old Mary Estelle Salivman toppled from an open Capitol dome window in Columbus while with her mother and uncle. A bystander caught her body twenty five feet below but she died from a crushed skull. Her uncle R M Hull, Senate clerk, leaped after her and saved himself from a fatal fall.
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Ohio Capitol
Angele
Columbus
Mary Estelle Salivman
State Capitol
R. M. Hull
Senate
Leading partner of Downs & Finch Fleeing to Canada
In New York rumors say D H Downs senior partner of the failed Downs & Finch firm has gone to Canada after the $500 000 collapse. He has not been seen since the day after the failure though his wife claims he is at Ocean Grove. An examiner notes Downs withdrew about 175000 since October with most going to his wife while she is listed as a significant creditor.
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New York
D. H. Downs
Downs & Finch
Canada
Ocean Grove
Downs
United States
Ya. Magee & CO
Lawrence
Mass
Death of a Pioneer Judge Prisby Frisby Dies in Milwaukee
Judge Leander F Prisby a well known Wisconsin resident died in Milwaukee after a brief illness at age 64 He served as Attorney General of the state and was a long time Republican leader He was a Republican delegate to national conventions in 1860 and 1872 and part of the firm Prisby Gison Wiliott attorneys at law He was a nominee for Probate Judge in the last election against Judge Mapn
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Leander F. Prisby
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Leander F. Frisby
Boos
Iss
Republican Party
Prishy, Gison & Wiliott
Attorneys-At Law
Mapn
Health and salt cure through kidney disease medicine
A moral tale leads to health advice praising Warner's Safe Cure for kidney disease and the need to purge poisoned blood. It urges avoiding stimulants and narcotics and promotes Liver Pills and Bitters for rheumatism bile and digestion while noting a patent ice device and a church fine anecdote.
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de Quincy
Bright
Warner
Market prices and goods listed in a New York 1805 record
An 1805 sheet lists prices for livestock and foods including sheep hogs butter cheese eggs potatoes oats and wheat. Entries reference markets in Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with varied figures and product categories such as flour lard and wool.
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New York
Westerm
Gaul
Cleveland
Minnesota
Ohio Dairy
Sia & Ad Giatp Ely
Timothy Eve
Santana
Hulk
Ceca Skas
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Philadelphi
Rei
Columbus and Cincinnati Midland R R Timetable
The timetable notes trains Nos 1 and 19 do not run in Canton on Sundays. Train 6 connects with P., Ft. W. & C. for Chicago. Trains 5 and 6 (Cleveland and Orrville Express) depart Orrville 7:00 a.m., Akron 7:55 a.m., Cleveland 9:35 a.m. Returns Cleveland 3:25 p.m., Akron 5:03 p.m., Orrville 5:30 p.m. Daily services. through Columbus to Cincinnati with no car changes. Sleeping car Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on the 3:35 a.m. Columbus departure. solid Cincinnati to Pittsburgh via Wheeling on the 7:10 a.m. Fast Express.
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Canton
Chicago
Northwest
Cleveland
Orrville
Akron
Wheeling and Lake Erie Timetable Effect February 20 1899
Central Standard Time timetable notice outlines eastward service with train numbers 5 7 and 9. Mentions Nels Ar sent and schedule reference. Compact historical rail data reflects period timetable formatting and routing details.
Train schedule notes for Panhandle Route through Steubenville
Central Standard time runs 37 minutes slower than Steubenville time. The document lists No 12 Local Express eastbound leaving Steubenville at 7 25 am arriving Pittsburgh 9 35 am No 11 Local Express westbound leaving Pittsburgh 2 45 pm arriving Steubenville 4 45 pm No 14 Steubenville Accommodation leaves Steubenville 2 50 pm arriving Pittsburgh 3 05 pm No 15 Steubenville Accommodation leaves Pittsburgh 5 55 am arriving Steubenville 6 05 am Express trains run from Steubenville to Wheeling at 4 53 8 45 am and 1 27 pm and reverse arrivals at 8 05 am 1 53 4 40 9 30 pm Cadiz and New Cumberland Branch connections noted with various No trains on weekdays Through coaches to Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis and St Louis Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars are run through on all through trains East and West.
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Town
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East Bound
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Erees
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Washington
Murrsville
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Wheeling
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Sabina
Wilmington
Midland City
Steubenville
Steuben Ville
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