Reform and conflict echo in Ohio and Cambridge
A collection of editorial observations reports on Ohio and Cambridge reform efforts and political tensions. It notes a rushed Republican convention in Columbus, rumors of cross-party efforts against Pattison, the Mayor's crackdown on speak easy operations, and the impact of inside bank robbers in Ohio with criticism of legislative corruption and weak bank inspections. The piece cites naval news from the Orient and cautions about public order and accountability.
Open to Suspicion in Ohio Campaign Leadership
The passage exposes Republican leaders in Ohio showing anxiety over home rule and state local affairs. It argues this unease questions management of home and local government, hints at public doubt, and notes long series of events provoking suspicion of stewardship. It contrasts interests of leaders with honest men and questions motives.
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Ohio
Les Sored
Panic Stricken Pleas ant City Bank Run Ends With Depositors Paid
Citizens of Pleasant City rushed to the Bank of Pleasant City fearing insolvency after regional bank failures. Cashier Bierley stated the bank was sound and able to pay all claims as deposits were drawn, with over 50,000 withdrawn by Saturday and Monday. The bank, led by President Markley of Mineral Point, pledged readiness to meet demands, and a legal holiday on Tuesday offered a breathing spell for officials.
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Pleasant City
Genie Markley
Pleasant City Bank
Ufder
Mineral ‘Point
Barberton
Canton, Q
Bierley
People’s Bank of
Markley
Mineral Point
uMicuis
A Party of False Promises in the Ohio GOP Platform
In Columbus Ohio on May 29 a skeptical note is struck at the Republican State Convention. The piece accuses party bosses of graft and a harmful fee system that enriched county officials, questions the promised reforms, and charges decades of misdeeds from 1890 to 1904. The author contends honest Republicans must resist the bosses and their touted reforms.
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Gsolumbus
Specia
Sinai
Ohio
Noble county Republicans nominate county ticket at convention
Noble county Republicans held a county convention nominating a county ticket after a mass meeting to choose delegates to the state convention. The report notes a contentious scene with resistance to Berlex's nomination and a quiet, silent opposition observed during the proceedings in Guernsey.
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Noble County
D. Guilbert
Noble
Herrick
Pis
Berlex
Fon Govarack
Guernsey
Corerac
Gulibert
Dows
Little Noble and Endeavor to Patch Up a Truce
The text notes attempts to reach a truce with Little Noble but expects silence from the Governor. If any speech occurs it will likely echo Mark Hanna’s line about knowing their business. If Little Noble lacks political savvy, other communities may fear further clashes.
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Iittle Noble
Mark Hanna
Cambridge High School Baccalaureate Service Held at M F E Church
An evening service crowded with students and parents featured the Cambridge High School senior class processional, musical offerings by Miss Harris and the union choir, a sermon by Rev. Winters, and reflections on education and moral living. Dr. W V Milligan blessed the graduates, and Mrs. Medill and others contributed performances, concluding with Mendelssohn.
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M. FE
Cambridge High School
Winters
Moses
Longfellow
Yarlisle
Snuwraz
Gaa
The
Heavenly
God
Abraham
Isaac
David
Jesus Christ
Christ
W. V. Milligan
Union Choir
Mine Accidents Spur Demand for Ohio Mining Law Reforms
Guernsey county sees rising mine accidents fueling alarm among miners and officials across Ohio. Debates focus on whether Cambridge basin No 7 coal is unusually dangerous and if current laws adequately address mine bosses and fire bosses. Calls rise for enforcing Section 6871 and clarifying authority to assign competent roles, improving safety and accountability for miner families dependent on worker safety.
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Guernsey County
Cambridge
Mining Department of
Ohio
Elther
Rao
Bas
Memorial Day Exercises Honor Deceased Soldiers
Memorial Day services were held Tuesday morning with G A R Post members leading a procession on Wheel ing avenue joined by West End Central and South Side school children. Graves at the city cemetery were decorated by a Post committee and services conducted before the march returned to the G A R Post hall.
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G. A. R. Post J
Adam Broom
Drug Corps
Wheeling Avenue
7Th
G A. R
Silent Memorial for Unknown Children of Guernsey County
A century hence tribute to anonymous departed schoolchildren. The notice to S S Superintendents urges Sunday Schools in Guernsey County to contribute to the organized S S work. It notes about twenty five dollars needed to cover annual expenses and a few more to bridge the year. Only forty one schools have contributed since June 1904. a financial statement is to be published.
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Guernsey County
S. S
No Dessert More Attractive Ice Cream Powder Ad
In a concise ad style a household product promises quick two minute dessert prep. It touts Joll-O Ice Cream Powder with all ingredients included and suggests flavors like Lemon Raspberry Chocolate and Cherry. Sold at grocers two packs for two shillings.
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Praia
Avarytiog
Lexnexous
Atall Grocers
German Syrup Promises Cure For Consumption Warnings
An advertisement claims Dr Huschee's German Syrup can cure consumption in all stages, urging early use upon persistent cough, bronchial congestion, and lung weakness. It touts success in "thousands" of cases and offers trial bottles at 25 cents and regular bottles at 75 cents, sold at The Temple Pharmacy.
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Huschee
Sunday School Convention Officers and Talks in Guernsey
The Guernsey county Sunday School Association held a convention with songs and scripture, followed by talks on The Christians Assurance and Teacher Training. Officers were elected including Rev J M Shirer as president and Miss Anna Calvin as secretary, with resolutions thanking departing leaders and praising Mrs Curtis and the host church. The afternoon featured devotions, Sabbath observance remarks, and closing benediction by Rev RB Wilson.
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W.ick
McMunn
The
Christians Assurance
Phebe A Curtis
State Tome Department
Tome Department
Curtis
J. M. Shirer
Pleasant City
W. H. Wilson
Byesville
Anna Calvin
Guernsey
W. L. Bedeun
Cambridge
Home Department
J. B. Ferguson
W. R. MccMunn
Antrim
Annie B. Will
Quaker City
J. M. Amos
J.M. Shafer
W. H Wilson
W. L. Boden
Anna Colvin
C. E. Sheppard
W. B. Winters
W. S. White
W. L. Oliver
W. O. Moore
J. A. Craw
A. B., Dickey
Kimbolton
County Association
B.B. Wilson
Cumberland
Church of Goal Center
T. D. Edgar
Guernsey County
State Home Department
Phebe A. Curtis
M. E Church
H. F. Wharton
Washington
Catherine Rosemond
RB. B. Wilson
Winterset Displays National Colors At Cemetery Memorial
Town honors fallen and returning servicemen as Old Glory is raised and cemetery decorations reflect the nation’s dead in a wartime commemorative backdrop. Citizens recall battle losses and the costs of war as local events unfold amid partial garish flags and muted remnants of observers.
Memorial Services for Cambridge G A R Post at M E Church
Memorial services for the Cambridge G A R Post and Women’s Relief Corps were well attended. The Post and WRC members traveled from the Post hall to the church, where an opening hymn “America” was sung. Rev J J Jackson offered prayer, Rev W B Winters read scripture, a quartet sang “Strew Flowers,” and Rev Dr McFarland delivered the Memorial sermon receiving strong attention.
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Cambridge
G. A. R. Post
M. EB
Post
W. R. CG
America
J J. Jackson
W. B. Winters
Medill
McFarland
Successful Boxwell Applicants Class List Honors
Twenty eight pupils passed the Saturday May 13 examination with eleven boys and seventeen girls. The class includes Ella Bendure Floy Decker Mary Gibson Jessie Hawthorne Mary Hawthorne Bertha Leonstd Ora Miller Winnie Monroe Cecil Patterson Violet Patterson Helen Pettit Lela Patterson Pearl Palmer Isi Robins Clara Sarehet Laura Woodward Jennie Yarnell Carl Archer Ralph Brown Ralph Castor G R Cummings Willard English Guy Gibson Paul Gillespie Herald Neeland Ernest Taylor Alarrisen Wy koff Herbert Wolfe. The county commencement will be held Saturday June 24.
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Ella Bendure
Floy Decker
Mary Gibson
Jessie Hawthorne
Mary Hawthorne
Bertha Leonstd
Ora Miller
Winnie Monroe
Cecil Patterson
Violet Patterson
Helen Pettit
Lela Patterson
Pearl Palmer
Isi Robins
Clara Sarehet
Laura Woodward
Jennie Yarnell
Carl Archer
Ralph Brown
Ralph Castor
G. R. Cummings
Willard English
Guy Gibson
Paul Gillespie
Herald Neeland
Ernest Taylor
Alarrisen Wykoff
Herbert Wolfe
Koob Telphone Co Hears Call for Better Lines
Farmers conclude the Koob Telphone Co line is essential and worked hard to finish it. They built a secondary line to J F Smith at no extra cost, enabling calls by ringing four rounds and one square.
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Cambridge Home Phone Co
Poys
J. F. Smith
Mr. Smith
Low Round Trip Rates to California on C N W Ry
Daily and year round sale of reduced air like rates from two points via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwest Line. One way colonist tickets March 1 to May 15 from Chicago at 83.00 with low rates from other points. Through Pullman tourist sleeping cars. Seven dollars double berth from Chicago. Send four cents for booklets maps and full information to W Kniskero P T M C and NW Ry Chicago.
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Chicago
Union Pacifi & North-Western
Muay 15Th
Pullman
W. &. Kniskero
N. W. Ry
Local Notes From Byesville And Nearby
Ds Master Freeman Oliver of Byesville visits friends along the route Roy Stage and Ed Loodman called on friends in Washington last Friday Miss Martha Barton will close a two months term of anchors at Slaughter Hill next Friday J E Brown called on his aunt Mrs Nathan Clfpioger last Sunday There will be an ice cream social at Slaughter Hill schoolhouse next Saturday night Geo Blazier has been ill with mumps and is convalescent Mrs H Garey spent Saturday with sister Mrs Ida Si and Jos Magzie Wilton from Byesville Monday
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Freeman Oliver
Byesville
Roy Stage
Ed Loodman
Washington
Martha Barton
Slaughter Hill
J. E. Brown
Nathan Clfpioger
Jane Ard
Geo. Blazier
H. Garey
Ida Si
Jos Magzie Wilton
H. B. Ver
Byeaville
Monaay
Grand Ride Visit and Salon Closure Notice
Fragmentary OCR reads Jenn visiting sister at North Salon from Saturday to Sunday. Ob will close his Summer Kase term of the night of this week with an early supper.
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Meer
Jenn
Bank Plans Major Vault Upgrade and Bankroom Expansion
The National Bank of Cambridge awarded The Diehard Safe and Lock Co a contract to install a chrome steel vault two stories high with a four ton door and advanced time lock, drill and explosive protection. The project includes a second story for files, safety deposit boxes, and a redesigned banking room to provide more space for customers and workers, with work to be completed by September 15 while avoiding business disruption.
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National Bank of Cambridge
Jet 4
Diehard Safe & Lock Co
Canton
Large Gifts to Charity and a Record Year 1904
The year 1904 saw nearly a half billion dollars in donations and bequests to charity, far surpassing Idi, which set a record at about 123 million. Ilostetter's Stomach Bitters is touted as the year’s leading medicine, claimed to restore weak stomachs, improve liver and kidney function, and ease indigestion, nausea, heartburn, sleeplessness, female disorders, cramps, and malaria. A private stamp is noted on the bottle.
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Donatus
Idi
Ilostetter
Ban on Sunday Citywide Restrictions Leave Shoppers Hungry
A disrupted excursion crowd in Cambridge finds all cigars, fruit, and many shops barred on Sunday by Mayor Smallwood’s sweeping order. Fruit stalls, shoe shines, ice cream stands, and sea water depots closed. meat shops spared for now but expected to join next Sunday. Citizens scramble for supplies Saturday eve as locals predict rising Sunday traffic.
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Aogier
Cambridge
Smallwood
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles Advertised Remedy
Piles cure claim offers Paris Medicine Co Ointment with 50c price and 5¢ stamps for order. Includes notice items from Court House News COMMON PLEAS and bank claim entries. Lists cases Annie M Jules vs William Woodburn et al and G Brown vs O G Tigner with sale, deed, and distribution actions.
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Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
Court House News
Common Pleas
Annie M. Jules
William Woodburn
Sale
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