A Christmas Night Reunion in a Shared House
On a frosty Christmas Eve a mixed crowd of tenants in a double house share a final night before new beginnings. Miss Nellie, the beloved little maid, reunites with Guy Holbrook as he returns from the West, revealing a long-repressed romance that transforms her lonely life into a family-filled future.
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Grace L. Robertson
Nellie
Guy
Lucifer
Holbrooks
Mr. Holbrook
Nurse Piggins
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa
Claus
Miss Nellie
Wise and Weighty Reflections on Honesty and Duty
A compact aphoristic essay urging honesty without boastfulness and warning against prying into others affairs. It argues happiness comes from duties fulfilled, knowledge of duties is key, and warns that power loses impact when overused or sneered at. The tone is genteel and period style.
Chicago Lawyer Henry Crawford Accused of Large Scale Fraud
Indiana lawyers Lew Wallace Jr and A W Hatch filed charges against Henry Crawford of Chicago accusing him of buying the Midland Railway Company of Indiana for 40000 then floating bonds for 10000000. They claim 260000 was misappropriated with further funds diverted to officers and a loan company seeks repayment. Judge Gresham ordered notice before any seizure of books.
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Henry Crawford
Cuicago
Des
Indiana
Lew Wallace, Jr
A. W. Hatch
Grand Pacific Hotel
Wallace
Chicago
Messrs
Wallace and
Hatch
Loan and Investment Company of
New York
Crawford
United States District Court
Indianapolis
Gresham
Loan and
Midland
Henry Crawford, Jr
Henry Crawford, Sr
Mormon leaders deny hostility to government in manifesto
Wilfred Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon church issue a manifesto denying charges from Judge Anderson's recent hearing. They state church doctrine reveres the Constitution and demands obedience to laws in pursuance of its provisions. The signers condemn aliens' exclusion and citizenship denial as political overreach and urge the press and public to withhold condemnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wilfred Woodruff
George Q. Cannon
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
Anderson
United States
Confession in Leuth Murder Trial
In Cleveland on December 14 the confession of Otto Leuth, a sixteen year old accused killer, was read to the jury. He describes luring Maggie Thompson into the house on May 9, striking her with a hammer, disrobing her, concealing the body, and moving it to a cellar burial site. He says the motive was to have intercourse with her.
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Otto Leuth
Maggie Thompson
Cleveland
Leuth
Merchant Avenue
Otrro Leuth
No trace of Dillon in sea search near New York harbor
The missing young boating clerk Dave Dillon is not yet heard from after a sea disappearance. Searches within fifty miles of New York harbor yielded no sign of him or the boat blown out to sea. A tug reported no sighting near the Sandy Hook lightship and pilots or outbound steamers are his only potential safety options.
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New York
New York Harbor
Dave Dillon
Dillon
Sandy Hook
Tdillon
Missing cashier linked to escalating cash loss in Michigan
Granp Rapids Michigan December 14. Charles J Toot the missing cashier of United States Express Company has not been heard from. A $1000 currency shipment to Washington vanished after being received by Toot. No record shows the package ever reached Washington. The total missing now stands at about $2009 in cash and diamonds valued at $700.
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Granpv Rapids
Mich
Charles J. Toot
United States Express Company
National City Bank
Washington
Toot
Express Company
State and Local News Highlights From Ohio Cities
A sum of 500 dollars was stolen from Jeromeville post office. Wm B Norton, a deaf mute printer, was killed by a car near Steubenville. Kelley shot in Canton while escaping. A large gas well struck near Bloomdale. Prof J W Knorr of Tiffin named to State Board of School Examiners. Thomas Woop injured by cars at Hillsboro. Charles L Crippen leaped to his death at Lancaster. Torpedoes exploded in a Mt Vernon school room amid unrest with the principal. A stranger drank sulfuric acid at Akron Mills. Brocky SsirH confessed to Cincinnati murder but pleads insanity. Cincinnati opposes canal abandonment. Hollway settles $50,000 Damages for $5,500. Standard Oil building four brick shops at Lima. Amos TremMBo caught burglarizing in Fostoria. George Mason arrested. Wooster sentences two teenage girls for burglary. Coroner’s confession in Maggie Thompson murder case. Osporn of Licking County sentenced for government warrant theft. Ourland of Bellefontaine assigns for creditors. Horticultural Society officers named in Columbus. New fourth class postmasters named statewide. In U S Court George Horton pleads guilty to obscene mail matter. fined and jailed. State Printing cost reported at $32,741.30. Governor Fooraker pardons Wanamaker of Youngstown. Boiler repair accident at New Philadelphia Paper Mill. Brocky Smith suspected in Byrons murder. Pattie Leslie bound for burglary. Several local court actions and appointments noted across Holmes, Hamilton, Coshocton, Stark, and Scioto counties.
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Jeromeville
Wm. B. Norton
Steubenville
Kelley
Canton
Bloomdale
J. W. Knorr
Tiffin
State Board of
Thomas Woop
Hillsboro
Charles L. Crippen
Lancaster
Mt. Vernon
H. A. Weld
Akron Iron Company
Brocky” Ssirh
Byron
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Board of Public Works
Durbin W. Hollway
Akron
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Tit Standard Oil Company
Lima
Amos Treammbo
Fostoria
George Mason
Harvi £ Sana
Minnie Snyder
Wooster
Otto Leuth
Little Maggie Thompson
Cleveland
Thomas Osporn
Licking County
Ohio
F. D. Ourland
Bellefontaine
State Horticultural Society
Columbus
G. M. Campbell
Delaware County
N. A. Albaugh
Miami County
W. M. Farnsworth
Lucas County
N. Ohmer
Montgomery County
Hirsh
Fooraker
Samuel Wanamaker
Youngstown
Jacob Haney
Philadelphia
BripGet Byrne
Westville
Joan Koski
Nelsonville
Richard Howsg
Morrow County
Mt. Gilead
Ray Stanley
Murray Embry
Zanesville
Engleman
New Philadelphia
Portsmouth Council
Portsmouth
Gaylord
Bevy
Hamilton County
G. W. Matthews
Fairport Harbor
Lake County
S. J. Merrill
Thos. Riggle
Adam Riggle
Henry Hers
Sandusky
James Faut
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Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Mahaffey & Ogier
Eae
W. Mathews
Aattorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
Cambridge
Steele
Mairy Sate
Fred
Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond, ‘Attorneys-At-Law
Old National
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
Wv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
J. B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Aplo
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
M. D
Providence Hospital
Physicans
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D.C
Hutchinson's Block
Main Street
Hotels
Joseph Morton
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Jys
bin Hous
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Berwick
H. F. Hunt
Ler
Ga. D. Mil
G. W. Broom’s
James G. Johnston
Paipit
West Cambridge
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride
Ichard K. Fox
Franklin Square
N.Y
John Harris, JR
Wall's Drug Store
BE. McPrheee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
John Moss
City Bos
Papa
Major
Piggins
St. Nick
Guy Holbrook
Virginia
Pop
W. L. Falconer
Demorest
Maine
Campbell
Hawkins
Morton L. Hawkins
T. T. Dill
Mansfield
John L. Vance
Gallipolis
Telford Groesbeck
H. A. Hart
John W. Hill
Wyoming
Samuel W. Courtright
Circleville
Price McKinney
F. T. Huffman
Dayton
Chas. D. Hinman
T. F. Spangler
J. W. Denver, Jr
Wilmington
Brent Arnold
Frank Chance
Urbana
John A. Wilkin
Delta
Fulton County
John Kinnane
Springfield
Loyal Legion
Dill
Congress
Willam S. Groesbeck
H. A Hart
Pennsylvania
Samuel A. Courtright
Common Pleas Court
Hoadly
Stevenson Burke
James W. Denver, Jr
J. W. Denver
John A. Wilkins
Northwest
State Senate
Seventy-sixth
Seventeenth Ohio Infantry
F. ‘T. Huffman
Dayton Daily Democrat
Dayton Evening News
Charles D. Hinman
E. L. Hinman
S. S. Cox
General Young
Champaign County
Chance
Admiral Porter
Red River
K'anane & Wrenn
Ed. Hughes
Hamilton
William S. Creighton
Willington
Kenyon College
Robert B. Palmer
Charlie Palmer
D. H
Carter M. Riggs
Clermont County
Clifton
Wesleyan University
Delaware
First
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Shiloh
Chickamauga
State Arsenal
George McKinney
Edward Gilday
Herbert A. Clark
Joseph J. Huston
Newark
J. J. Edmondson
Fellefontaine
W. T. Morris
Woodsfield
Monroe County
Jacob G. Lawson
George C. Gumm
Gumm
State House
J. C. Rohr
H. H. Parry
T. D. McElroy
Ada
Hardin County
George N. Smith
John L. Windsor
Goshen
Illinois
Richard McCabe
National Soldiers’ Home
Jerry Conroy
J. C. Brelsford
Jacksonburg
James McGill
S. J. Hawkins
Williamsburg
James McMahon
Crawford County
B. ¥. Collins
Geo. Voll
Columbu
Hancock
Huron
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