Guernsey County Fair Draws Big Crowd and Notable Events
Washington reports brisk attendance at the Guernsey County Fair with the Byesville Band performing and premium awards for fine stock. Races feature 2.2% trot winner Fay and 3:00 pace led by King McGregor. Cora Mack wins the free-for-all pace amid a dramatic balloon ascent. Remarks also recount Parkersburg coverage of political talk and gold rush reminiscences featuring Mr. White and partner Mr. Andrews.
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Washington
Byesville
Guernsey
Roughed It in the Gold Fields Visit Ends in Marietta
FE Andrews, partner of Hon. George White in the Klondike back in 1898, left Marietta yesterday afternoon for his Okmulgee home after a brief visit here and at nearby points.
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Gold Hill
Andrews
Dawson
Mr. Andrews
Alaska
Mr. White
Pittsburg
Fish Suffer Water Shortage On Ohio Rail Route
Dry weather hits railroads in Ohio with water shortages between Marietta and Cambridge. Duck creek and Caldwell pools nearly dry. trains run on limited water, and fish dieoffs accompany a growing stench along Duck creek as authorities forage for rain.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Marietta
Cambridge
Duck Creek
Caldwell
Belle Valley
Whipple
Edna Burris Injured In Steubenville Incident
Miss Edna Burris, injured when upset about an incident two weeks ago on Steubenville avenue, remains confined to her home as a result.
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Edna Burris
Steubenville Avenue
City Doctor Performs Two Adenoid Removals
Dr. H. A. Green conducted two adenoid removal operations yesterday in this city. The patients were Chas. Hardesty and Paul Secrest a nine year old boy from Pleasant City.
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H. A. Green
Chas. Hardesty
This City
Paul Secrest
Pleasant City
Brenan and Wilson Buy Temple Pharmacy
Carl Brenan and J J Wilson of a Central National Bank Building firm purchased Temple Pharmacy in the I O O F Temple from Dr J W Ringer and J A Bliss. Possession will occur after inventory around October 4 with one partner to run Temple Pharmacy and the other to stay at their bank building store.
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Temple Pharmacy
Bank
W. R. Frye
J. W. Ringer
Ringer
Bliss
Messrs
Brenan
Wilson
Cambridge
Marietta
Neilley Drug Co
Central National Bank
Difficulties in Securing Right of Way for Byesville Hartford Line
Officials of the Cambridge Power Light and Traction Co face heavy resistance from landowners along the Byesville to Hartford extension. While all parties acknowledge the line’s desirability, landowners resist the company’s terms and prefer routes over alternative, lower land requiring costly filling and trestle work. If an agreement fails, the company may abandon the Hartford plan and pursue a Cambridge to Lore City line as a possibly more profitable project.
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Cambridge Power, Light & Traction Co
Byesville
Hartford
The
Jeffersonian
Cambridge
Lore City
Hartford Belt Line Proposal Mentioned in Local Plan
The plan notes Hartford could run near the county road if built. If dropped, a Cambridge to Lore City line may be built and later a Byegville to Hartford connection could form a belt line through Lore City.
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Hartford
Cambridge
Lore City
Byegville
Oil boom sparks rush to complete Bird's Run stock offering
In Coshocton area excitement rises as Bird's Run Oil and Gas Co offers two thirds of its $10 000 stock after a million foot gas well on the George Clemens farm. Most stock is sold at par with about a dozen shares left. two new holes to be drilled form a triangle around the gasser while Buckeye Gas & Fuel Co seeks to buy the well.
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Coshocton
Newcomerstown
New Philadelphia
Otsego
Bird's Run
Frank McKee
Clemens Farm
Buckeye Gas & Fuel Co
Wall Avenue Boy Injured In Street Car Collision
The son of Mr and Mrs Ben Tyson of Wall avenue was badly injured when a wagon he rode in was struck by a street car on North Fourth street near Foster avenue The wagon rear was hit and the boy was thrown to the wagon bed cutting his upper lip and tongue He was taken home for treatment Clarence Bond Harry McElfresh and Fred Stewart attended the fair yesterday.
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Ben Tyson
Wall Avenue
North Fourth Street
Foster Avenue
Frank Blair
Mrs Frye to Return Home After Cambridge Visit
Mrs. Benjamin Frye has completed a six week visit with Cambridge friends and departs tonight for Bluffton Indiana to resume home duties.
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Benjamin Frye
Cambridge Friinds
Bluffton
Ind
Illness Keeps Hawthornes in Chillicothe
Mrs. Frank Hawthorne traveled to Chillicothe yesterday because of her husband’s illness. Mr. Hawthorne had gone there for a short visit and has remained ill since.
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Frank Hawthorne
Chillicothe
Mr. Hawthorne
Woman goes back to nature in street nude in Dayton
Mrs. Lulu Kreitzer a 40 year old widow in Dayton Virginia returned to nature by appearing naked in the street. Police summoned she fired two bullets into her stomach, set fire to her house and defied officers. After the door was broken down she lay in a pool of blood clutching a revolver and fired at police until empty. She is dying in hospital.
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Dayton, V
Lulu Kreitzer
Mrs Jemima Frazier Called Home in Birmingham
Mrs Jemima Frazier a respected Birmingham woman died at the hospital about 430 this morning from a complication of diseases. She had been ill for some time and was operated on for a tumor two weeks ago at Bairs ambulance transport. Survived by several children, she was about fifty. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the family home with interment in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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Jemima Frazier
Birmingham
Bair’s
Wu Ting Fang Recalled as Chinese Minister to Washington
Peking reports Wu Ting Fang will be replaced in November by Chung Men Yew, former Manila consul general, as Chinese minister to Washington. Tang Shao Yi, the emperor's special representative, has left Peking for the United States to join the mission.
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Washington
Chung- Men-Yew
Peking
Wu Ting Fang
Chung-Men-Yew
Manila
Tang-Shao-Yi
America
Horse causes soldier's death at Camp Peabody
The first accidental death at Camp Peabody in St Joseph Missouri occurred when Private John H McCawl of Baltimore Troop M Fifth cavalry rode into Lake Contrary. He slipped from his horse and was kicked in the head by the animal and sank. He died before his body was recovered minutes later.
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St. Joseph
Camp Peabody
John H. McCawl
Baltimore
Fifth Cavalry
Lake Contrary
Blaine Elkins Sued for 100000 in Breach of Promise
In Philippi West Virginia W B and T W Maxwell filed a suit in the Northern District of West Virginia seeking 100000 damages for breach of promise by Blaine Elkins youngest son of Senator Stephen B Elkins against Louise Lonadale a New York actress A summons was issued for Blaine Elkins to appear at a formal hearing Also notes Miss Mary Petty of Barnesville was a guest and Mr and Mrs Fred Raymond returned from Cincinnati trip
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Philippi
W. Va
United States District Court
Northern District of
West Virginia
W. B
T. W. Maxwell
Elkins
Louise Lonadale
New York
Blaine Elkins
Stephen B. Elkins
United States
Mary Petty
Barnesville
Fred Raymond
Cincinnati
Bryan Speaks in Cincinnati on Square Deal Record
In Cincinnati Bryan argues for a practical square deal and contrasts his record with Taft. He criticizes the president for favoring a single Republican and stresses his own limited office history while claiming broad party support and multiple nominations.
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Taft
Train collision at Youngs Point kills twenty four
Northern Pacific passenger train No. 16 collided with a freight at Youngs Point near Livingston Montana. Twenty four people are reported killed including train crews.
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Livingston
Mont
Northern Pacific
Youngspoint
Post Office Rules Tighten on Mails Against Liquor Poisons Explosives
Postmaster Jas R Barr says an amendment to postal rules forbids using the mails to carry liquors poisons and explosives. The change aims chiefly to stop sending cocaine disguised as snuff or medicine through the mail.
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Jas. R. Barr
Post Office
Ohio Hardware Men to Hold Annual Convention in Columbus
Plans finalized in Columbus for the Ohio Hardware association annual convention to be staged February 23 to 25. Officers and executive committee met at the Great Southern hotel to map the program and set dates with a larger turnout than ever anticipated. Attending were A. L. Shearer Dayton president As M Glockner Portsmouth vice president C A Hutsinpillar Fronton treasurer F A Bare Mansfield secretary John F Baker Dayton chairman Homer Smith Ashtabula D L Williams Columbus W B Cosgrave Zanesville James McVicker Jackson O Thompson Cambridge W M Crumrine Salem W L Millikan Columbus and Albert Boebinger Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Ohio Hardware Association
Great Southern
A. L. Shearer
Dayton
M. Glockner
Portsmouth
C. A. Hutsinpillar
Fronton
F. A. Bare
Mansfield
John F. Baker
Homer Smith
Ashtabula
D. L. Williams
W. B. Cosgrave
Zanesville
James McVicker
Jackson
O. Thompson
Cambridge
W. M. Crumrine
Salem
W. L. Millikan
Albert Boebinger
Cincinnati
Mrs Marion Leeper Passes Away in Cambridge Area
Mrs Marion Leeper, a middle aged resident near Sene caville, died of heart trouble. She was married to a prominent local farmer and is survived by two sons and four daughters. Her death was reported to Mrs Clarence Nichols this morning.
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Marion Leeper
Clarence Nichols
Senecaville
Leeper
Cambridge
Guernsey County Fair Attendees and Local Notices
Deputy Probate Judge Charles Knowles attended the Guernsey county fair today. Messrs. Harry McElfresh and Frank Marsh attended the fair Thursday. Co E. Griffith of Division Passenger Agent H A French's office visits relatives in Fairview. Real estate dealer Do Cosgrove sold a Campbell's addition lot to Lee F Marsh for 495 dollars. Mrs Ethel Green and son of Akron visit Rev J R Green's family on East Wheeling avenue. A marriage license issued to Sacole Hammond and Mrs Ellen Heskett, both of Cambridge. Gillespie and McCulley exhibit a white squirrel and young in their West Wheeling avenue window drawing attention. Mr and Mrs Phillip Kendall of Colorado visit Cambridge friends and attend the fair. Kendall's first Ohio visit in 27 years. Dr and Mrs F A Pomeroy plan removal to Beverly to run a drug store. Since moving here, the narrator has made many friends who send best wishes.
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Charles Knowles
Guernsey Coumery Fair
Harry McElfresh
Frank Marsh
Guernsey
East Wheeling Avenue
Sacole Hammond
Ellen Heskett
Gillespie & McCulley
West Wheeling Avenue
Phillip Kendall
Colorado
Cambridge
Kendall
Ohio
F. A. Pomeroy
Beverly
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W. H. Hartley & Sons
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Craig's
C. L. McCulley
Legal Law
Swift Wind
Ashland Boy
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Mollie C
King McGregor
Trombone
Francis B
Cora Mack
Walter B
Kanawha Bell
Dr. Walker
Rouyel
Parkersburg
Congress
White
Messrs. Andrews and
Hon
Geo. White
Duck Creek Valley
Marietta Division
Marietta Register Leader
Brenan & Wilson
Bird's Run Oil &Gas Co
Lad
Clarence Bond
Fred Stewart
Dayton Street
Autres
Bryan
Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Hamilton
Judson Harmon
Finley
Philippines
Illinois
Nebraska
Ayer
Ayers
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Marr Qmue
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