Through Car Service Opens on Wheeling and Lake Erie Route
The line from Toledo to Bowerston is now open connecting with the Pennsylvania System for all points East. Through car service runs between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta and extends to Akron Youngstown and Pittsburgh with service to Chicago.
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Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
The Boastful Hare and the Tsar of Persistence
A fable vignette by Old Asop retold in dialect contrasts a boastful hare with a steady tortoise. It argues that rapid fame comes from quick lures, but lasting renown comes from steady work, discipline, and humble effort over time.
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Asop
Alweys
Tortoise
Genesis Of A Gem In A New York Bookshop
An elderly, shabby visitor arrives at a New York bookshop seeking to sell rare prints. The arguing bookseller dismisses the request, offers meager sums, and finally accepts two silver dollars for the portfolio, leaving the man in despair.
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New York
Joseph
Jiim
Chicago
Ihlis
Ilis
Tle
Delmonico’s
Europe
Belleville
Paris
Marseilles
Surat
Pucelle treasure sparks transit through Drybunkie sale
A New York bookseller haggles over a rare Pucelle with Rothschild arms, passes through a Paris bookbinder scene, and tracks a Drybunkie auction scuffle that ends with the gem in a collector’s hands amid skeptical chatter.
Peculiarity of American Eyes in War Glasses Issue
The War Department seeks a stronger field glass but finds American eye spacing makes European designs unusable. The standard double glass is five to six powers, too weak. a single spy glass lacks breadth. Some colored troops might adapt, but white soldiers cannot. Germans’ best field glass is noted. adoption blocked by eye-spacing. The department investigates solutions.
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War Department
Europe
Department
Philadelphia Ledger
Wolf saves safe after early-morning burglary at Sludsonville store
A Sludsonville Michigan merchant, L M Wolf, believed his safe not burglar-proof. He posted a please do not blow open card and woke to the word Thanks. The thief stole 76 dollars and 38 cents in cash and papers valued at 1 500, but the safe itself was saved.
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Mackenzie
Berlin
Jomen
Frederick
William
William II
Victoria Augusta
Humbert
Italy
Werner
Immigrant Population Count Sparks Debate in U S
A historical article notes that about 300,000 Chinese immigrants reside in the United States, prompting discussions on policy, labor, and assimilation across communities and government agencies.
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United States
Fires devastate East Rawdon village and claim lives
Hallifax Nova Scotia reports forest fires destroying East Rawdon gold mining village in Hunt County. Twenty dwellings and a mill plant were wiped out with families displaced and a woman and two children dead. Firestorms from Hall's Bay and a southwest gale worsened the disaster.
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Hallifax
N.S
East Rawdon
Hunt County
Newfoundland
Hall's Bay
Carpenter
Cuicaco
J. G. Lobstein
West Twentyfirst Street
W. Henson
Coldwater
Mich
C. W. Johnson
Beekeeper Dies After Bee Swarm Attacks
Tim Williams, a 76 year old Lebanon hermit, was found dead near his hut after climbing a tree to escape a swarm from his largest hive. The bees covered his body, stinging him hundreds of times in a fatal attack.
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Norwich
Conn
Tim Williams
Lebanon
Garfield Kin Tie the Knot in Mentor Memorial Room
Miss Mollie Garfield wed J Stanley Brown and Miss Belle Mason tied with Harry Garfield at the Garfield family home. Rev W V W Davis officiated in the memorial room aided by a Worcester pastor. A special train ferried Cleveland guests and a city caterer supplied the menu. The newlyweds plan tours in Northern New York and Europe with Hayes and ex-Postmaster General James among noted attendees.
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Mentor
Mollie Garfield
J. Stanley Brown
Belle Mason
Cleveland
Harry Garfield
Garfield
New York
West
Europe
Hayes
James
Severe Storm Strikes Minwavkes With Damaging Wires
A severe electric storm hit Minwavkes Wisconsin on June 15 causing widespread damage to trees and power lines. A three hundred wire telephone cable was burned, halting city telephone service and damaging the police and fire alarm systems. An employee at Badger Illuminating Co suffered a severe shock while a testing box. In Lyn don Sheboygan County farmer John Cooper was killed by lightning.
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Minwavkes
Wis
Badger Illuminating Company
Lyndon
Sheboygan County
John Cooper
Western Coal Dealers Change Dues and Elect Officers
The Western Coal Dealers Association reduced annual dues to four dollars with a possible five dollar per capita assessment later. Officers elected for the next year include C. A. Dean of Detroit as president and D. M. Clark of Elyria as treasurer, with vice presidents from multiple cities and countries. A Gar fields monument visit, lake excursion, and banquet closed the program for visiting delegates.
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Cleveland
Western Coal Dealers’ Association
C. A. Dean
Detroit
D. M. Clark
Elyria
R. M. Baker
Adrian, Mich
L. R. Doty
Columbus
George H. Howard
Ontario
Canada
J. W. Lowe
Chicago
A. M. Beyer
Indianapolis
H. F. Smith
New York
F. R. Layng
Pittsburgh
Garfield
Naval Appropriation Bill Allocates Cruisers and Vessels
Washmetron June 15. The Naval Appropriation bill closes with total about 23 million dollars. It provides for two steel cruisers of 3 000 tons at 19 knots costing 1 200 000 each and one steel cruiser of 5 200 tons at 20 knots costing 1 800 000. Also one gunboat of 7 500 tons cost 3 500 000. Armament funds 2 000 000 and 4 000 000 for uncompleted ship. 550 000 set aside for League Island dry dock Philadelphia.
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Washmetron
League Island
Philadelphia
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Old National Ank
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Troette & Tannehill
Sam’s C. Ludcock
Ofice
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Main Street
W. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Washington
Guernsey County
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Boots and Shoes
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John Moss
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Steubenville Street
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Public Square
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Mill Street
Cambride, Ohio
Physicians and Surgeons
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Providence Hog
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D.C
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Dels
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Arcade Hotel
Cambridge, Ohio
W. A. Gill
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
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Zanesville, Ohio
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Franklin Square
N.Y
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Hallet & Co
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Maine
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Carnes
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Main
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Grand Hotel
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