Nat Bright finds diamonds in old ruin and saves aunt
Nat Bright, a fourteen year old, rescues a man injured in an old well on his aunt Ruth Singleton’s farm. He discovers a tray of diamonds lost by Hudson the jeweler. Tom Adams helps expose the thief, and Nat receives a reward, securing a better life for himself and Aunt Ruth.
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Mrs. Singleton
Bright
Nat
Ruth
Nathan Bright
Squire Gouge
Ruth Singleton
Singletons
Mr. Singleton
Nathan
Jack
Aunt Ruth
Tom Adams
Old Gouge
Nat Bright
Morocco
Hudson
Hudson's
Tom
Law
Ohio News Roundup Notes Local Happenings
Columbus fines man for dynamite fishing. Wooster public schools count 1,978 youths amid talks to cut fire department costs and expand volunteer units. Ohio Forestry group finds a giant elm near Lancaster. Burglary at Green town mill yields 500. Cadiz birth with extra finger amputated. Mansfield man smothered by lime. Cranberry Prairie reports largest Ohio gas well. Carrollton accident scalp and leg injuries. Logan farmer declared insane to be sent to asylum. Toledo fatal fall from window. Medina hotel safe robbed of 300. West Hartford drowning. Repub lic cheese poisoning. Dayton and Soldiers Home events. Several legal and crime items from Columbus to Akron. Municipal and prison notes. Idleness at times, executions and pardons. Local curiosities from Columbiana and Fort Hall Idaho appointment. Four-legged chicken at Barnesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan RiciArps
Columbus
Wooster
Ohio State Forestry
Lancaster
T. Schumacher Milling Company
Greentown
Lizzie Brooke
Cadiz
Henry Gramerine
Mansfield
Gordon
Bowers
Henry W. Bierpaver
Toledo
Medina
Eocenne War
West Hartland
Republic
Hlon
T. W. Brorarrton
Dayton
Twelfth Ohio Infantry
Soldiers’ Home
Grand Army Brigade
J. W. Donavin
Ohio
M. L. Hapary
Quaker City
Newark
John Alexander
Edison
Arcadia
Gustav Zeller
Cincinnati
John Sterling
Sterling
Wn. Bostrox
Tiffin
Lima
Fred Weis
Labor Department
Jor Amos
Utah
Howard L
Homer Harroff
John M. Cone
Canfield
Board of Pardons
Harry Propasco
U.S
Gnadenhutten
Columbiana County
John Y. Williams
Fort Hall
Idaho
Heap
Barnesville
Local note on a bill due from a brief departure
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a man who, after stepping out of his Seitz block office, found a note on the door reading Gone out back in five minutes. Upon return, he found a second note asking readers to wait because the writer has a year-old bill against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat
Seitz Block
Detroit Free Press
Hidden Silver Advice in Harper's Bazar Mock Dialogue
A brief quoted exchange from Harper's Bazar offers a casual tip on storing valuables while away. The humor centers on placing silver in pockets of dresses in the closet. The snippet reflects domestic irony rather than a news item.
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Harper’s Bazar
American woman sentenced to death for murder in Liverpool case
Mrs Maybrick, an American resident in England, was found guilty of poisoning her husband James Maybrick and sentenced to death. The dramatic Liverpool courtroom scene showed her collapse and resistance as the judge prepared to impose the penalty. Witnesses said she tampered with medicines and plotted to rid herself to be with a lover. supporters urged a stay amid new medical evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Maybrick
Liverpoon
Stephen
Brierly
Laybrick
Lonpoy
London
Times
Home Office
Mchael Maybrick
Mysterious Tragedy in Montana Five Bodies Found Shot
Helena Montana August 8 reports the discovery of five dead bodies in Corvallis Butter Root valley Western Montana. Orlie Jones his wife and two others were shot in the back. A young girl shot in the hip was found on Big Hole mountain. No clew and telegraphic facilities are lacking. Jones wed Missoula three weeks ago and was en route to his ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Helena
M. T
Orlie Jones
Corvallis
Butter Root Valley
Motana
Big Hole
Robbers Force Passengers on Modoc Train to Surrender Goods
A Rio Grande western train named the Modoc was held up near Crevasse Tuesday night. The robbers forced the fireman to breach the express car door but failed to open the boiler-iron door and fled with $90 and twenty watches. Passengers hid most valuables. a posse pursues the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Modoc
Crevasse
Arbitration sets coal price at seventy-two and a half cents a ton
The Coal Run mine dispute near Streator ends with an award of 72.5 cents per ton, higher than the miners victory but short of a 77 cent demand. J. B. Williams and Lyman J. Gage sign the decision, with J. EF. Williams dissenting. The ruling relies on coal exhaustion, costs beyond wages, and current market price. The miners are expected to honor the award and broader northern Illinois mine peace may follow.
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Coal Run
Streator
Curiaco
Arbitration Board
Chicago
J. B. Williams
Lyman J. Gage
Coal Run Company
William P. Read
J. EF. Williams
Board of Arbitration
Colonel Tend
Mr. Williams
Inois Eal
Death in a Yacht Silent Blaze Kills Five in Buffalo
A horrific explosion and fire at a boat-house in Burrato New York near Ferry Street destroyed the naphtha fueled Cedar Ridge. Three Crocker children Leonard Lemuel 9 Ethel 8 and 30 year old John Kugenstein plus Mr Crockers son perished. Miss McLean and Charlotte 14 survived. The blast appeared caused by gas ignition during naphtha fueling. The wreck left only debris and a total loss.
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Buffalo
Burrato
N. Y
Ferry Street
L B. Crocker
New York Central Stock Yards
Cedar Ridge
Caleb Tolsma
Miss McLean
Mr. Crocker
Charles Schweigels
Schweigel
John Kugenstein
Leonard Lemuel
Ethel
Charlotte
Resolutions Adopted at Waterways Convention in Wisconsin
West Superior Wisconsin Aug resolutions adopted after J G Keith of Chicago compared government land grants for rail routes to Duluth with funds for Lake Superior outlet improvements. Dr Edwin Ellis presented measures urging surveys, extra safety funds, a twenty foot ship canal and rapid harbor deepening to accommodate twenty foot watercraft.
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West Superior
West Superion
Wis
J. G. Keith
Chicago
Duluth
Lake Superior
Edwin Ellis
United States
Congress
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania Republicans Nominate Boyer for State Treasurer
The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention met here yesterday and nominated Henry K. Boyer of Philadelphia for State Treasurer. The platform applauds Harrison’s and Governor Beaver’s administrations, celebrates Harrison’s victory, and expresses regret at General Simon Cameron’s death.
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Pennsylvania
Harrissone
Henry K. Boyer
Philadelphia
Iss
Harrison
Beaver
Simon Cameron
Incendiary Fire Destroys Three Buildings in Lerma Cal
An incendiary fire Tuesday afternoon destroyed three buildings in Lerma California, housing thirty business firms, with a loss of 75000 dollars, insured for 52000. The heavy fire walls of one structure saved the entire business section from total destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerma
Cal
Gougar Hints Return to Congress in Prohibition Rally
Mrs Helen M Gougar spoke at a national prohibition camp meeting in Decatur Illinois on Six Months of Republican Protection and Temperance Rule She denounced the Republican party and said she expected to live to sit in a prohibition Congress with St John as President
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Decatur
Helen M. Gougar
St. John
Not Sure Tate Identity in Scottsboro Arrest
In Birmingham on August 8 a man arrested at Scottsboro remains not positively identified as the missing Treasurer Tate. One detective who helped arrest him has also been jailed on an old burglary indictment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Scottsborouh
Tate
Atalantas Defeat Bradfords in Eight Oared Contest
Cutcaco Aug 10 regatta day brought several records in the Pullman regatta. The eight oar race saw the Atalantas of New York beat the Bradfords of Cambridgeport by half a length after a tight finish, time 7:41, breaking the Boston St Charles river record.
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Atlantas
Bradfords
Cutcaco
Pullman
I. L. Kilby
Ottumwa Oarsmen
Ottumwa
Union Boat Club
Chicago
Toronto Rowing Club
Toronto
Don Amateur Rowing Club
Argonaut Rowing Club
Argonauts
H. Seaton
Excelsior Club
Lee Carette
Columbia Club
Mississippi Valley Amateur Association
Union Boat Club of
Troquois Boat Club of
Athletic Club of
Aurora
Pullman Crew No
Minnesota Club of
St. Paul
Argonaut Club
Minnesota
J.B. Lovell
Dennis Donahue
Garfield Beach
Salt Lake City
Winnipeg Rowing Club
Manitoba
Atalantas
New York
Cambridgeport
Metropolitans
Bay Sides
Lyman B. Glover
Pilkinton
Standish
Lyon
Salt Lake
Osborne
Weber
Farraguts
Callins
Ravenswoods
Mets
Don Amateur
Winnipeg
Catlins
Winnipegs
Delawares
Gastrick
Torontos
New York Athletic Club
Sid
Bradford Boys
Bradford
Atalanta
St. Charles
Boston
Watkins, N. Y
Two More Bodies Recovered In Johns Town Sand Collapse
In Johns town Pa on Friday two corpses were removed from the sand with one identified as Alexander Hamilton Jr a leading local resident. Officials say many more bodies lie in cellars and other dirt piles as the search continues for victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Alexander Hamilton, Jr
Glassware Trust Forming in Pittsburgh Area
A Pittsburgh dispatch reports a large trust to control table glassware is forming with major Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia factories to join. Pittsburgh manufacturers are said to have signed on, with headquarters in Pittsburgh.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Two Drowned in Sudden Squall Near Laxe Buurr
J. T. Dunn a boatman and George White were drowned when their small boat capsized in a squall Friday afternoon about half a mile from shore. Howard White swam ashore.
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Laxe Buurr
J. T. Dunn
George White
Mr. Dunn
White
Howard White
Davidson executor's estate faces $10,000 deficit after motor collapse
St Paul Minnesota August 10 Colonel J Ham Davidson an executor of Commodore Davidson estate signed Thursday night. Liabilities are said to total $10,000 while assets largely consist of St Paul real estate and will realize more than that. Failure attributed to collapse of the Prosser motor and its impractical operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Minn
J. Ham Davidson
Commodore Davidson
St. Paul
Davidson
Prosser Motor
Kidnapped Plantation Owner as Banditti Strike Havana Area
Pedro Sardina, a plantation owner near Havana, has been kidnapped by banditti. Nearby Meliton Martin was surprised on a plantation near Matanzas and robbed of $3,000.
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Havana
Pedro Sardina
Meliton Martin
Matanzas
Maybrick case provokes outrage over juror and calls for reprieve
Liverpool brokers sign memorial to Home Secretary for Mrs Maybrick's reprieve as public outrage grows over juror foreman comments. London reports claim jurors were biased by a one sided summing up. Movements seek further inquiry and Home Secretary consideration with new evidence from New York counsel.
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England
House of Commons
LiverPool
Home Secretary
Maybrick
Stephens
London
Charles Russell
Stephen
New York
Macklin
House of Lords
Explosion of Natural Gas Kills Two in Pittsburgh
An explosion on a South Side natural gas main testing by Booth & Flynn killed two men and seriously injured several others amid flying debris from a ruptured pipe. Dozens of workers and spectators were struck as braces and timbers were hurled into the crowd. The dead are John Miller 23 and John O Connor 25. Several seriously injured include John Greiner Henry Reich John Braney William Green James Hendrick.
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Pittsburgh
Booth & Flynn
Monongahela Natural Gas Company
John Miller
John O'Conner
John Greiner
Henry Reich
John Braney
William Green
James Hendrick
St. Louis
Death at Lafayette Woman Weighed 904 1/2 Pounds
Mrs Laura Wolford a 31 year old woman born in Maryland died in Lafayette Indiana hospital after three weeks illness. She was exhibited as a museum freak since last September gaining fame for her enormous size and weighed 904 1/2 pounds at her last birthday. Married at 13 she had seven children. only a boy survives. Catholic burial planned at German Cemetery. she died nearly penniless.
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Lafayette
Ind
Laura Wolford
Baltimore
Wolford
Overthrow Attempt at Honolulu Ends in Bloodshed
News from Honolulu via the steamer Australia reports that on July 30 two half white Hawaiians, Robert W. Wilcox and Robert Boyd, with 150 natives, seized the palace grounds and government house in an armed bid to oust the government. The Honolulu Rifles confronted them in a skirmish that left seven Hawaiians dead and twelve wounded before the rioters surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
San Francisco
Australia
Robert W. Wilcox
Robert Boyd
Government House
Double Tragedy in Brighton Court Yard
Christian Harder of Chicago shot and killed his wife after a quarrel in a Brighton courtroom, then killed himself beside her. The couple had earlier argued in a justice’s court where a larceny case against the wife was dismissed.
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Christian Harder
Chicago
Curiaco
South
Halsted Street
Brighton
Harder
Hey
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E. W. Mathews
Attorneys-At- Law
Hutchison Block
Cambridge
Notary Politic
A. Cc. Steele
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Attorneys-At-Law
Old National Bank
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
Orto, Apissott
Wv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Washington
Guernsey County
B. B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
Cambridge, Ohio
New Taylor Block
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
MM. D
Providence Hospital
Ational Medical Dispensary
Washington, D
Hutchinson’s Block
Mair Street
Oh10
J. M. Merring
Hartford
New York Sun
Rodney Dennis
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Colorado
Henry
Dennis
Hotels
Joseph Morton
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Irie Bousha
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Mar
Zanesville, Ohio
Farmers’ Hotel
Mill Btrest
Squa South
Wn, Baine & Son
Gatwendneke
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Fosse
Hotel Berwick
Cambridge, Chio
H. F. Hunt
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride
Jabeers
Ichard K. Fox
Franklin Square
N.Y
John Harris, JR
Wall's Drug Store
EE. McPeee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
John Moss
Breuben
Herald Office
Hawaii
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