Siege of Pekin and Tianjin Looms as Foreign Forces Unite
Reports from Che Foo and London describe large allied contingents forming around Pekin and Tianjin. British and Japanese signals note reinforcements and expected assaults, while Washington rejects a Chinese armistice request.
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Che Foo
Kempff
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Seymour
London
Terrible
Taku
Nanking
Liu Kin Yih
Carlowitz
Shanghai
Li Ping Neng
Shan Tung
Kang Ying
Yang-Tse
Hong Kong
Khuw Loon
Che Fou
Ning Hai Chou
British War Office
Amur
Russia
Japan
The
Times
Washington
Li Hune Chang
Yangtse- Kiang Valley
Thay
United States
Chee Boo Wlunme
John Kowler
Admiral Kempf
Lang Eh
Ohio State News Kinney Demands Coal Co Admission
The Pittsburgh Coal Co surrendered to Secretary Kinney’s demand to observe Ohio anti-trust law or stay out. New Jersey papers allowed it to buy into rivals and control them. Kinney refused a foreign certificate. after talks, a waiver limited Ohio activity to coal trading and the company was admitted.
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Kinney
Columbus
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Ohio
New Jersey
Trust
Cleveland
Deed to Children From Second Wife Considered Fraud on Spouse
The supreme court affirms a Richland county ruling in Clinton Ward vs Catherine Ward. A deed by a man to his children from a former wife, made after marriage, with only love and affection as consideration, is fraud on the forthcoming wife’s marital rights. If the wife did not consent, she gains dower upon the husband’s death.
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Columbus
Richland County Court
Clinton Ward
Catherine Ward
Supreme Court
Liveryman Frank Moore Dies After Suspected Strychnine Poisoning
Frank Moore a well known liveryman of Green Spring died Monday night after eating supper. He suffered convulsions and died minutes later with symptoms indicating strychnine poisoning. Moore was a familiar figure among northern Ohio stock men and often served as livestock judge at fairs.
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Green Spring
Frank Moore
Moore
Ohio
Politeness Tragedy On Street Car Ends In Death
In Cincinnati on June 20 Lizzie Matti 19 daughter of John Matti died after a street car jerked forward as she rose to let a passenger exit she fell and fractured her skull later dying en route to hospital.
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Cincinnati
Lizzie Matti
John Matti
Miss Matti
Marble theft rocks Fort Meigs graveyard in Toledo
About 300 headstones and marble slabs were removed from Fort Meigs graveyard near Toledo. Stones were found corded near the gate. a farmer used some for a corn crib and pavement. Endowment at Hiram increased by 235000. Hiram jubilee closes with pledges and a hoped total of 250000.
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Toledo
Fort Meigs
Hiram
Answers for the anxious gossip column
A Baltimore inspired Q and A column offers humorous, hyperbolic homemaker guidance. Readers submit personal questions from Westport Waverly Roland Park Highlandtown and Catonsville with tongue in cheek solutions from an unnamed column.
The Foolish Maiden and Other Humorous Snippets
A collage of brief quips and jokes from periodicals including a dialogue about love from Harper's Bazar, a London Chronicle anecdote on bathing by a river sentry, a Purist exchange from the New York World, and an advertised cold cure with a money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Bazar
Modder
London Chronicle
Prohibition and Democratic Conventions Tickets On Sale
The notice promotes the National Conventions with Prohibition in Chicago on June 27 28 1800 and Democratic in Kansas City on July 4 1900 with tickets on sale June 26 27 and July 2 4. It advertises Chicago Great Western Ry Maple Leaf Route with vestibuled trains free chair cars dining service and sleeping car accommodations. One fare for the round trip. Details at Chicago agents or F H Lord G P T A 113 Adams Street Chicago.
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Prohibition
Chicago
Democratic
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Ry
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams Street
Dining Al Fresco In A Friendly Note
A Baltimore American item recalls Mr T Erribleigh Snell asking a friend to dine al fresco. His stenographer notes the invite as a courteous supper at Mr Albert Fresco's home tomorrow evening, reflecting old fashioned politeness toward scenery and company.
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T. Erribleigh Snell
al Fresco
Libby
Albert Fresco
Erinbleigh
Baltimore American
Marquette as a Healthful Summer Resort on Lake Superior
The article endorses Marquette Michigan as a charming summer resort reached via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. It touts healthful location scenery and hotel amenities, claiming immunity from fever and promising health rest and comfort. It invites readers to obtain The Lake Superior Country with a mailed request and four cents in stamps to Geo. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marquette
Mich
Lake Superior
Copper Country
Patage
Geo. Heafford
Chicago, Il
Nine Muses in Court Patchup with Bluebirds Clash
In a brief exchange, a Richmond patch notes the nine Muses and the Bluebirds set for a clash, with a playful line about the Bluebirds seemingly overpowering the Muses in a recurring matchup.
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Sammy
Richmond Duispatch
Lane's Family Medicine Advertisement
A vintage advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement aids health and mentions doses of 25 and 50 cents. It references effects on the liver and kidneys and includes a line about headaches.
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Lane
Allen's Foot-Ease ad promises relief for sore feet
Do. Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress: Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Maud Muller Rainstorm Joke and Cure Adlets
A 1900 line from the Philadelphia Record jokes Maud Muller caught in a rainstorm with a pun about being Mud. A Norwich New York resident testifies Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved her life, dating February 17, 1900. An old Somerville Journal ad notes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced 75 cents.
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Maud Muller
Maud
Philadelphia Record
Quotations and quips from a bygone paper collage
A mash of aphorisms and jokes from multiple papers notes witty lines about pay equality, marriages, dyspepsia, dyes, artists, bachelors, and ads. It reflects casual humor and advertising snippets tied to period voices and personalities.
Consolidation Creates Cleveland Elyria Oberlin Railway Co
In Columbus on June 21 the secretary of state recorded the formation of the Cleveland Elyria Western Railway Co through the consolidation of the Cleveland Berea Elyria Oberlin Railway Co the Lorain County Railway Co and the Oberlin Wellington Railway Co.
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Columbus
Northern Ohio Electric Railway
Cleveland, Elyria & Western Railway Co
Cleveland, Berea, Elyria & Oberlin Railway Co
Lorain County Railway Co
Oberlin & Wellington Railway Co
Freight Handlers Strike Over Wages in Cleveland
Workers at the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co struck for higher pay matching the Buffalo union. They demand 25 cents an hour, railing against the current 17 cents. The walkout began Friday and centers on wage parity.
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Cleveland
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co
Buffalo Union
Carr Murder Case Delayed To October Trial
Akron June 20 Edward Carr of Copley will not face trial for Edward Hull murder until October. The jury that will try Gideon Carr cannot try his son. It will take three weeks to call a new juror. The case against the younger man will go over. Gideon Carr's trial begins next Monday.
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Akron
Edward Carr
Copley
Edward Hull
Gideon Carr
National Steel Co Plant in Columbus Suspends Operations
National Steel Co plant in Columbus Ohio with about 500 workers shut down Wednesday. Local officers say they do not know the cause of the suspension or how long it will last.
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Columbus
National Steel Co
Fetty
Jolliers' Strike Ends for Akron Stoneware Plants
Akron workers resume duties after a five week strike that idled all local stoneware plants. The jolliers returned to work on Friday, ending a labor stoppage that shut down production across the industry.
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Akron
Jolliers
Balloonist Drowns After Parachute Rope Breaks
Toledo reports Arthur Ledward died when his balloon ascension at Presque Isle ended with a fall into the lake after the parachute rope broke. In St Clairsville robbers blew the county treasurer’s vault, stealing stamps valued at 600 dollars and 125 dollars in cash, but the inner safe remained unopened exposing a potential 50,000 dollar haul.
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Toledo
Arthur Ledward
Presque Isle
St. Clairsville
Post Cffite
Beidler Canning Co Factory Burned in New Philadelphia
Fire destroyed the Beidler Canning Company plant in New Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. The loss is estimated at 10,000 dollars for building and machinery with about 3,000 dollars insured.
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New Philadelphia
Beidler Canning Co
Markets Report Brightens Across Grains and Livestock
New York June 26 Flour Winter patent 4 35 473 Wheat No 2 red 92¢ Corn No 1 473¢ Oats No 2 white ... Hogs firm at 4 60 5 50. cattle mixed with steers around 4 00 to 5 50. lambs around 4 00 to 5 50. Cleveland and Toledo report similar grain prices with varying cash values. Cincinnati Hog prices active at 4 80 to 5 45. sheep and lambs show modest declines and gains across markets.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Fast Dobert
Hest
Cincinnati
Town Topics Marriage Question Sparks Sudden Betrothal
A brief Town Topics note reports a sudden engagement between a couple with inquiry about parental consent. The exchange hints at decisive timing and resolves the marriage question with direct dialogue.
Letter Boosts Pinkham Remedy For Female Weakness
A testimonial from Mrs Annie Thromison of South Hot Springs Arkansas credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of leucorrhea womb and ovarian troubles. She describes restored strength sleep appetite and ability to perform housework after using ten bottles and Sanative Wash insisting others are also helped by following directions.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Annie Thromison
South Hot Springs
Ark
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