Road reopens linking Toledo to Bowerston and East
Through service restored on the Toledo to Bowerston route connecting with the Pennsylvania System for all points East. The line offers through car service between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta and extends to Bowerston with connections to Akron Youngstown and Pittsburgh. M D Woodford and James M Hall announce the company’s general manager and passenger agent posts.
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Fiscal year land sales rise and immigrant arrivals surge worldwide
Public land disposals reach 29,111,400 acres with Indian lands adding 716,627 acres, boosting receipts by 3,247,727 over the prior year. Immigrants to the United States in August totaled 87,808, led by Germany and England, while Consul Jernigan reports 34 Japanese railroads started with substantial foreign investment.
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C. C. Sympson
Senate
Lincoln
Washington
United States
James RB. Ricketts
Ricketts
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State Department
Japan
Fires destroy J R Thompson steel works in Jersey City
A large fire consumed the J R Thompson & Co steel works in Jersey City on the 20th, with losses estimated at $100000.
Emancipation Celebrations and Court Actions Across Regions
Dispatches report Emancipation Day celebrations among colored communities, York Pennsylvania's centennial parade with two thousand schoolchildren, and remarks on national business failures. Other items include a Lebanon Pennsylvania murder confession, the Alesia passenger cholera case, a Maine liquor conviction, a double murder suicide in Haverhill, and a Cooperstown murder sentence set for November 10.
Embezzlement Conviction and Industrial Disasters Reported
Will Strong former Louisiana Secretary of State convicted of embezzling about four thousand dollars from ticket papers. News notes rail wrecks Gumbo on Gulf division of Southern Kansas at Guthrie Oklahoma and Capitol disaster Wisconsin awards to heirs. Also: Wrecks, robberies, disappearances, and arrests across multiple states with victims named or tied to public figures and institutions.
Seventeen Years Jail and Fine for Prohibition Violator
Art a druggist clerk received seventeen years and four months in county jail plus 20800 dollars in fines and costs after pleading guilty to 3080 counts under the prohibition law. Herman, the proprietor, was not found and is believed to have left the country. This stands as the heaviest liquor-law punishment in the state. A Sanford bakery fire on the 22nd ruined most of the town’s business area, with losses near 800000 dollars and little insurance. Mrs A St Parsons, wife of a condemned anarchist, was arrested in Chicago on the 23rd for circulating her husband’s address. An explosion at Yellow Springs lime kilns killed engineer Benjamin Freeman. Attorney Grinnell argues the anarchist case cannot reach the Supreme Court. General Pryor expects to obtain a stay and take the case to the high court. Elisha A Robinson, Chicago grocer, returned 15090 dollars to Cook County for doodle ring losses and misconduct. In Marshall Michigan Judge Hooker ruled the Perrin Sibley suit awards reach 510000 dollars to Rochester heirs. Captain John Freer of the schooner Marsh was arrested in Chicago on the 24th, bail set at 4000 dollars. The Enterprise Company barb wire mill in Joliet burned on the 23rd, with a 25000 dollar loss fully insured.
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Government to enforce coercion bill suppression clauses
The Dublin Telegraph reports the government will enforce suppression clauses of the coercion bill and ban over two hundred branches of the National Irish League immediately.
Breeders Rams Free of Duty Amid Trade Shift
Treasury allows import of rams for breeding to enter duty free despite importer’s plan to sell. Kilpatrick remains delayed. General's body to arrive mid October. Anarchist case sheriff order issued for Cook County. Odd Fellows lodge in Denver closes its session. Gas tank explosion kills James H. Matthews in Cleveland while two workers injured. Over 100 Chicago divorce cases on docket across five courts. Knights of Labor official to host wage talks for coke workers. Lockwood chair factory and nearby houses burn in Rondout with $100000 loss. Union Ex-Prisoners elect Powell in Belleville as president and urge flag display and veterans relief. Indianapolis chosen for next meeting. Tenement fire in Cleveland mars, Robert Pine fatally injured. Internal Revenue plans beer tests to prevent tampering. frost harms Central Virginia tobacco crop. Lasters’ Protective Union treasurer Crospy flees Dover with $5000. accomplice Emma Lord leaves destitute family.
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East Ohio M E Conference appoints district preachers
The East Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference releases annual appointments. Doctors include presiding elders for Cleveland and Canton districts and lists numerous churches and assigned pastors across Akron Youngstown and other districts. The notice names presiding elders such as 8 F Minor and W H Locke and lists many church assignments.
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Chaplin Falls
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Chardon
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Diseases reported by Ohio Board of Health observers
The Ohio State Board of Health reports for the week ending Friday noon September 16 1917 from 56 observers across 37 counties. The items include anecdotes from towns and humorous clippings such as exchanges about burglars and a clergyman’s boast about building a church from his own head.
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Old Whaler recounts encounter with Confederate privateer Shenandoah
A veteran sailor tells how the Katherine of New London hooked with the Confederate privateer Shenandoah in the Arctic in 1865. The crew, largely non American, were captured, paroled, and the whalers burned as the Shenandoah torched seven vessels before boarding the General Ward for San Francisco.
Tragedy of the Crater Recalled in Petersburg Fight
Major W. H. Powell recounts the Crater explosion during the Petersburg assault. Union troops broke and reformed amid a massive dust cloud and debris. Soldiers advanced over works to reach a thirty foot deep crater filled with guns, timbers, and buried men, including a Second Lieutenant rescued and revived.
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Major W. H. Powell
Century
Civil War Flag Gift to Company H Mentioned
The Polo ladies presented a silk flag to Company H of the Fifteenth Illinois Infantry on May 24 1861. The flag accompanied the unit through Shiloh and Donelson where Lt Col Ellis fell. the old banner now ragged, bloodstained, and preserved by Captain Swift for its fading memory.
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