Through car service to East via Toledo to Bowerson line
Road now open from Toledo to Bowerson connecting with the Pennsylvania System for all points East. Through car service between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta and onward to Bowerston Akron Youngstown and Pittsburgh. D Woodford and James M Hall, general manager and general passenger agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Bowerson
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Bowerston
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Peacemaker Among Mountain Folk Feud Ends in Truce
A traveler recounts meeting Hi Skivens and Robinson amid a Tennessee feud near Athens. After a tense standoff with rifle fire and a siege in a log cabin, the two men broker a late night truce. The women and children witness, then the pair share a pipe line and plan a hunt for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Jen
Robinson
Skivens
Allus
Hull
Athens
Pearl
Jim
Quad
Detroit Free Press
Freaks of Nature Salaries in Dime Museums and Music Halls
Cassell's Saturday Journal notes that human freaks command high salaries in America and Britain. It cites Miss Millie Christine earning £150 a week, an ambassadorial level £7,800 yearly, and Mrs Tom Thumb also at £150 weekly, with giants Bates and wife once paid £125 weekly plus expenses.
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America
Kingston
Millie Christine
Tom Thumb
Thumb
Europe
Bates
Pocket telephone novelty stuns New Orleans journals
On All Fools Day a New Orleans paper details a pocket telephone invented by a young city electrician. The spoof article, written as a joke, was taken seriously by several scientific journals and prompted wealthy firms to send agents to negotiate for the invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Harrison and Morton Nominated for President and VP
The National Republican Convention finishes its work naming Benjamin Harrison of Indiana as presidential candidate and Levi P Morton of New York as vice president. Delegates assemble in Chicago amid rising excitement as sixth and seventh ballots settle on Harrison and Morton. A committee is named to notify nominees and set up party operations with headquarters planned for New York.
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Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Levi P. Morton
New York
Sstee
Dr. Edwards
Boutelle
Maine
Blaine
Edinburg
Manley
Boutele Anil Manley
Chicago
J.G. Blaine
Aleer A v. Allison
Gresham
Harrison
Sherman
Forakers
Fred Grant
Mel
Inley
Alger
Allison
Foraker
Lincoln
McKinley
Haymond
Mr. Chandler
Mississippi
Moore
Morton
Phelps
Bradley
B. K. Bruce
W. I. Thomas
Denny
Kentucky
Senator Sewell
New Jersey
Farwell
Estee
Husted
National Committee
Alaska
Republican Party
Hiscock
Hastings
Arkansas
Powell Clayton
J. Sloat Pussett
Tennessee
W. W. Murray
Virginia
James D. Brady
Nebraska
William M. Robertson
Republican National Committee
Grand Pacific
J. S. Clarkson
Samuel Fessenden
Mr. Clarkson
ColumBus
Allen G. Thurman
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Kansas
Maryland
Missouri
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Arizona
New Mexico
Judge Thurman
Collins
Great Council
United States
Charles D. Jacobs
Louisville
Senate of the
St. Louis
Democratic Party
Republic
Harrison Nominated as Republican Candidate at Chicago Convention
The convention commends Harrison amid strong Ohio support and cheers. Delegates debate vice presidential picks with Bradley, Phelps, Morton and Moore named as contenders. a recess is taken as roll calls resume and nominations continue.
Kentucky’s Defaulting Treasurer Indicted
The Franklin circuit grand jury indicted former State Treasurer James W. Tate on four counts of embezzlement totaling 404,085.85 dating 1878 to 1886. Bail set at 10,000 as the fugitive faces possible prison time while authorities note forgery charges were not supported. Reports also cover recent flood disasters in Mexico with hundreds dead and towns like Leon and Silao devastated.
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Louisville
Grand Jury
Franklin Circuit
James W. Tate
ISI6
Tate
Commonwealth
St. Louis
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Leon
Paso del Norte
City of Mexico
Mexican Central Railway
Silao
Here
Zacatecas
Centrail
Ad Be
Guananjuato
Heavy artillery units arrive at Gertystone to join Gettysburg veterans
Two batteries of United States heavy artillery under Colonel Langston arrived from Port Mellenry at noon. Three more heavy batteries and light battery C from Washington barracks followed later with Major Turnbull, a Gettysburg veteran. Cavalry from Fort Meyer and staff officers also joined, with New Jersey troops camping on the wheat field. The forces proceed to camp at the Springs Hotel on East Cemetery Hill under Major General Sickles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Sickles
Stewart
Williams
Pennsylvania
East Cemetery Hill
New Jersey
Wheat Field
Flood Devastates Central Illinois Crops and Towns
A historic June flood drenched Central Illinois on Wednesday. Ten thousand acres of corn remain under water across the county as rivers overflow and towns like Urbana Hillsboro Tolono Nokomis and Monticello report heavy damage. Families relocate as streams surge and crops suffer widespread harm.
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Tuscany
Illinois
Bloomington
Hillsboro
Ill
Irving, Witt
Nokomis
Here
Tolono
Urbana
Monticello
Syngamon
Fire destroys pattern shop at Delaware iron works
The pattern shop and bending mill of Morris, Taster & Co. at New Casrite Delaware burned Wednesday night after benzine and coal tar paint mixture ignited. Patterns worth 40 000 to 50 000 were ruined. building loss 5 000. Insurance partially covers the losses.
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New Casrite
Del
Delaware Iron Works
Morris, Taster & Co
Philadelphia
Rich silver find sparks miner jubilation near San Pedro
Miners and prospectors in Albuquerque celebrate returns from a San Pedro area discovery with ore valued at 115 dollars per ton in silver. Assays show high grade mineral nearby. Shafts reach twenty feet with ore on the dump. The San Pedro grant, long in court, now permits any to locate a nine on the grant.
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Albuquerque
N. M
San Pedro
San Pedro Grant
Magdalen of Correggio School Found in Nashville
An aged African American once in President Jackson’s circle, George W. Chambers, director of the Nashville School of Fine Arts, declares a Magdalen of the Correggio school to be an original by Correggio or a follower. The piece traces back to Warne, a painter and Jackson associate who died at Jackson’s home, leaving a collection of valuable works.
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Nasavne
Tenn
Correggio School
Jackson
George W. Chambers
Nashville School of Fine Arts
Correggio
Warne
Glass assets reveal 373,616 liabilities and 41,146 assets
D W Glass the stationer who failed submits a statement to creditors valuing liabilities at 373,616 with assets 41,146. He says a forced sale would net about 20,000 and offers to continue business at forty cents on the dollar in three, six, nine and twelve months. Paul Goettche in Crocker divorce case says King and Kretzinger drugged him to obtain retracting deposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Goettche
Crocker
Chicago
King
The Cincinnati Centennial Electric Display
Cincinnati notes that the Centennial Exposition will feature an unmatched electric display. Since 1876 electric light and the telephone have transformed society, and electricity now powers industry and serves hygienic needs as a vital modern force demonstrated at the event.
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Cincinnati
Drunken man at farmhouse nap leads to sheep brawl
A inebriated man at a farm house nods off in the doorway. A yard sheep interprets the nods as a challenge and charges, throwing him to the floor. The preacher and crowd laugh as the sleeper vows to "lick the feller" who threw the rock, adding to the merriment.
Schoolgirl Letters Reveal Boarding Life Rules
A boarding-school girl writes home about breakfast being oatmeal or homily, forbidding group conjugations near the dining-room door, and a demerit for reading Dickens Picnic Papers in study hours.
Onward and upward Maxim for new paper
The editor stated the paper would follow the motto onward and upward. It held true for a brief three months before the publication advanced further, rising in status and reach.
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Harper's Bazar
Dynamite Accident Kills Two in New Park Wellsville NY
An accidental detonation of dynamite at New Park Wellsville New York killed Thomas Prentice and Patrick Rooney and seriously injured Henry Millback. Workers clearing trees used dynamite cartridges. one exploded prematurely during a picnic near by. Miraculously no bystanders were harmed.
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Braptorp
New Park
Wellsville
N. Y
Thomas Prentice
Patrick Rooney
Henry Millback
Arkansas Marshal Killed in Moonshine Raid Fight
A clash near Black Springs Montgomery County Arkansas left Deputy U. S. Marshal Trammel dead and Internal Revenue Collector Fry requesting reinforcements after a raid on three distilleries by a posse and moonshiners. The report cites a desperate ambush and a regular battle following the raid.
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Arkansas
St. Louis
Little Rock
Ark
Post-Dispatch
Black Springs
Montgomery County
Internal Revenue
Fry
United States
Trammel
Collector Fry
Fort Smith
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Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Ohio
X. W. Mathews
W.8. Meade
Attorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
C. Steele
Marquis
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Old National Bank
J. M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
S. A. Dickson
ORTIO
Troette & Tannehill
Sam’s C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
V. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Washington
Guernsey County
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Aplo
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
M. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D.C
Hutchinson's Block
Joseph Morton
Epee Eagle Hotel
B.S. Herring
Apls
BROWN
George McCleary
Arcade Hotel
W. A. Gill
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Gmaire Bouish
Erner Market
Fourth Streets
Mm. Kirk
Mar
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Farmers Hotel
Dainey Bien
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher House
Col. Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Mart Tf
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Police Gazette
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
John Harris, JR
Wall’s Drug Store
Hallet & Co
Portland
Zanesville
Chandlersville
Cumberland
Belle Valley
Sarahsville
Summerfield
Woodsfield
Bellaire
Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railway
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Teee
Bellaire, Captina
Belle Valley Cumberland
Dees
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J. H. Burgoon
T. M. Hobart
C.D. McLieod
Carnes
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Main
E. McPeen
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Aply
John Moss
City All
Breabenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Davis Poe
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R
Oak Harbor
Fremont Clyde
Bellevue
Monroeville
Norwalk
Wellington
Creston
Friese Landing
Liv
Valley Junction
POR Mebios
Nie
Massillon
Peter Dd
Dan
WORT
Bens Sd
Loror FS
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Boos
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Suorguecs
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Leesville
Canal Dover
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Macksburg
Aableak Wood
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CIA
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DDR
Milan
Tae
Huron Division
D. Woodford
James M. Hall
O. B.S
Phebe
Druther
Pheeb
Las
Lawsey
Sartain
Old Harry
Neether
Dassent
A. W. Bellaw
Howe
Pop
Nancy
Harrison and Morton
Ben, Harrison
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Levl P. Morton
Depew
W. O. Bradley
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Warner
Houk
Locke
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Atkinson
Sewell
William Walter Phelps
William W. Phelps
Patrick Egan
Colonel Dolliver
Iowa
Warner Miller
Sage
Hollowell
Oliver
South Carolina
Marsh
Ilinois
Chalmers
A. McEinee
William BR. Moore
MEXCO
Thurman
A. W. Thurman
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