Special Session on Cincinnati Boards Convened by Governor Campbell
Ohio House and Senate held a long extraordinary session over Cincinnati Board of Public Improvements reform. Governor Campbell urged a nonpartisan four member board appointed by the mayor with a plan to elect successors next April, while Republicans and Democrats debated power, home rule, and potential investigations in Columbus.
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Columbus
Senate
Campbell
House
Claude Meeker
Geyer
Board of Public Improvements
Sinking Fund Commission
Robeson
Cincinnati
Ovse
Republicans
Gaumer Bil
Cincinnati Board of Public Improvements
B. & O. Southwestern
Hamilton County
Beileontaine
Schuler
Crawford
Gulion
Winger
Dill
Fairfield
Forbes
Laviin
General Assembly
Mstead
Ohio
James E. Campbell
Judiciary Committee
Sutton
Brown
Pattison
Corcoran
Board of Public Improvements of
Moennot
Stark
Hearn
McMahen
Messrs Forbes
Gilliland
Goldrick
Hagerty
Pennell
To-Morrow
Yeas
Mallon
Hamilton
Dresbach
Coshocton
Lowry
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
House of Representatives
Galton
Manchester
Adams County
Monroeville
Huron County
Richards
Committee On Municipal Affairs No.2
Sinking Fund
Board of Equalization
Sesson
Flouse
Pumphrey
Bellefontaine
Big Four Railroad
Schuyer
Gzlion
J. McDermott
McDermott
Senate Nonpartisan Board of Public Improvements
House Journal
Gaumer
Gaumer and Richards
Coorcoran and Morison
van Cleaf
Oren
Ryan
Shaw
Sixty Ninth General Assembly
Hodge
Wizeins
Ross
Hysell
Muskingum
Priigument
Paunding
City
Messrs
F Montgom McDermott
Musim
Sanford
Summit
Swindler's Plot Fails In London Conspiracy Case
George Johnson, an artist, and John Phillips, a dealer in pictures, were arrested and charged with conspiring to forge letters of credit payable at Drexel Morgan. Treighm testified to meeting Phillips in Rotterdam and observing the forgery in London. The scheme reportedly spans Europe with accomplices in Liege, Madrid, and Marseille to be held for extradition.
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London
George Johnson
John Phillips
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Treighm
Phillips
Rotterdam
Europe
Johnson
Liege
Madrid
Marseilles
Fire destroys Leighton Bros shoe factory and nearby buildings
A Friday morning blaze in East Perret Mass starts in the Leighton Bros shoe factory and spreads to seven stores, three residences, and a block of boarding houses. Nashua aids with trucks and crews. losses mount to about 399,009 dollars as several hundred workers lose their jobs and the town faces distress.
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East Perrerert
Mass
Leighton Bros
Nashua
Beefore
Gale on the Coast Hits Chesapeake Bay
A fierce southeasterly gale of sixty miles per hour battered Chesapeake Bay on October 25. The Bay Line steamer Virginia endured massive waves washing over decks and wrecking the pantry as passengers wore life preservers and begged the captain to beach the vessel. Telegraph lines along the coast were blown down.
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Norfo.k
Chesapeake Bay
Old Point
Bay Line
Virginia
Bay
Bohannon
Grave Robbing Mystery In Union Cemetery
Kansas City reports two graves at Union cemetery were robbed on Thursday night. Detectives recovered the bodies the same evening and reinterred them. The missing graves were those of Robert Taylor and a man named Brown. Holes were dug to the coffins and the bodies pulled out by a rope around their necks then replaced.
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Kansas City
Union Cemetery
Robert Taylor
Brown
Stricken Dead by a Man's Fist in Delaware Bar
In Wilmington on October 24 John Jarra a livery stable keeper and James Devine a Hudson New York factory worker died after a bar room altercation at the Pennsylvania Hotel Farra struck Devine in the mouth and he fell dead either from the blow or the fall Parra surrendered to the police
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Wilmington
Del
John Jarra
James Devine
Clapp & Jones Manufacturing Company
Hudson, N. Y
Pennsylvania Hotel
Farra
Devine
Parra
Peculiar Infatuation and Acts of Friendship Across Borders
A fragmentary roundup discusses love between men and women, citing cases such as a New Jersey marriage where the husband was a woman, and men who give their lives for friends. It notes Meriden Connecticut resident John Y Preston who credits Warner’s Safe Cure for kidney and liver troubles after years of illness. The piece includes brief quips about college education and practical use, with a New York Weekly flavor.
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New Jersey
Meriden
Conn
John Y. Preston
R. ‘J T. Cook
Curtis & Cook
Warner
Japan Faces Frequent Earthquakes in April Report
The Japanese home department records eighty quakes in April felt on twenty six days. The 17th saw the highest activity with seventeen oscillations. The 16th quake affected twenty provinces but none were severely damaging. the main effects were cracks in ground doors screens shifted items knocked from shelves and stopped clock pendulums.
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Japan
Japanese Home Department
St. James
Old Stager’s Watch Keeps Time Untouched
The crowd hears a tale from the old Stager about a mantel clock bought forty years ago that has not varied a second since it was wound. The main spring supposedly broke at that moment and the clock has remained steady ever since. The crowd responds with light smoke and remarks about money and a groundhog joke.
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Washington
Favorite Prescription Proclaimed a Cure for Female Weakness
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a proven remedy for enfeebled women. It promises relief within a reasonable time and offers money-back satisfaction if there is no benefit. The copy urges widespread notice and female readers to try the product.
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Dr. Pierce
Bronson Chemical Col
Providence
Dr Pierce Pellets Promote Stomach Regulation for Headache
The ad claims the source of headaches lies in the stomach not the brain and promotes Dr Pierce’s Pellets as small regulators to cure the issue by regulating the stomach.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh. It claims a constitutional treatment taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces, and offers $109 to anyone it fails to cure. Testimonial lists are requested.
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Hall
F. J. Cuenny & Co
Toledo
Choice Health Ads and Wit From Old Listings
A collage of vintage notes praises Syrup of Figs as a mild diuretic and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills for headaches. It hints at luck and pluck, and touts Hale's Honey of Horehound for coughs along with Pikes Toothache Drops claimed to cure in a minute.
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Hale
Pikes
Dr. Tuttt
Dr. Tutt
F. R. Osgood
New York
Park Place
Wn.y
Quickest weekly wash with Dobbins Electric Soap
An advertisement urges using Dobbins Electric Soap for easy washing and to ask grocer for it. It notes 24 years on the market and warns against alternatives. The snippet includes various unrelated lines about pills, trout, and a hymn chant.
Fish Brand Slicker Ad Promises Weather Shield
Storms and rain are constant hazards in life and two thirds of illness stem from colds. The ad claims a Fish Brand Slicker protects for 24 hours in rain and wind, guarding health and life. It warns against imitations and offers free illustrated catalogues from A. J. Tower in Boston, noting a Paris Gold Medal in 1878.
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A. J. Tower
Bosto N
Mass
Paris
1878
Toledo to Marietta Rail Service Changes Announced
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad announces through tickets and revised schedules from Toledo west to Cambridge Marietta and beyond with through car service to Pittsburgh and Chicago. Train timings show delays and Sunday adjustments. service now connects Toledo to Bowerston Laureton and via Pennsylvania System eastward. A G Blair Traffic Manager and James M Hall General Pass Agent note changes.
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Toledo
Orrville
Kingsway
Bowerston
Laureton
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Newark
Zanesville
Zanesv
Sandusky
Wheeling
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
C. P. McCarty
Chas. O.scull
J.T. Odell
Cole
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Joseph WO P
Ford
Gen
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Nepigon
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Suleika
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O. O. Howard
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Naval Life and Adventure
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Warren, Pa
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Civil Service Gazette
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Broadway, N. Y
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Home Recipe Company
Burvalo
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Englewood, Ill
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Pension Bureau
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Cumberland, Blue Bell Oo. & M. Junction Point Pleasant
Bartford
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W. H. Stevens
J. W. Campbell
Webster
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C. Merriam & CO
Springfeld
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Fisburgh, Cininali Sh Louis
Pacific Express
Western Express
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New York Express
Fastern
Dennison Accommodations
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