Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Seeks Annulment of Marriage
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Harry Thaw face an annulment action in New York County. Daniel O'Reilly, counsel for Mrs Thaw, says papers will be served on Harry Thaw’s counsel for the lawsuit alleging insanity at the April 4 1905 marriage. An early trial is expected with Thaw to defend and the couple to remain apart pending result.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
New York
Daniel O’reilly
Mr. Peabody
Harry Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
New York County
Evelyn
Thaw Denies Insanity and Seeks Dismissal in Nesbit Suit
Harry K. Thaw and his counsel filed an answer to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's annulment suit. The document denies insanity and requests dismissal. The papers were delivered to Mrs Thaw's counsel, with the case slated for trial next week in the Supreme Court. Thaw’s lawyer Russell Peabody vows a resolute contest.
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Harry Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Daniel O’reilly
Russell Peabody
Eight Killed by Gas Explosion in Hatche z Mississippi
Eight are dead and one missing after a gas explosion in a five story Hatche z Drug Co building at Main and North Union streets. The blast wrecked the rear wall, crushed an adjoining tenement, and caused a fire fanned by strong winds that set 18 residences ablaze. Names listed include Cleve Laubat and Uriah Hoskins among the deceased. a property loss is estimated at 200000 dollars.
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Hatchez
Miss
Tt.asatchez Drug Company
Main
North Union Streets
Cleve Laubat
Ketteringham
Luella Booth
Lizzie Worthy
Carrie Murray
Inex Netterville
Restores Motto on Coins in House Session
Washington March 17 The house devoted the session to bills under suspension of the rules. Several measures passed including restoring the motto In God We Trust on American coins and increasing the efficiency of the army medical department.
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Washington
Medical Department of the Army
Refugees Allowed to Leave Island under Nord Alexis Decision
Paris dispatch reports President Nord Alexis agrees to let refugees in the French legation depart the island. Rebels seeking refuge in consulates will be removed by force if they do not surrender.
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Paris
Port-Au-Prince
Nord Alexis
Markets Report Across Markets With Cattle And Hogs Prices
Buffalo cattle and calves with varied prices from cattle, steers, butchers’ cattle, heifers, cows, bulls and calves. sheep and lambs with mixed prices. hogs and pork products across multiple cities including Chicago Pittsburg Cleveland Boston Cincinnati New York and Toledo. figures show wide ranges for each commodity and category.
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Chicago
Castile
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Calvean
Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Delagne
Indiana
Kentucky
Cincinnati
New York
Toledo
Multitude of 1900s News Snapshots Across Cities
A wide range of incidents reported include George W Whittington of Gloster Miss dying after leaping before a car in Cincinnati. Lancaster County Farmers League appeals to unemployed to seek country work. Pacific Northwest rainfall causes floods with washed bridges. United Irish societies CT protest arbitration treaty. Raymond Hitchcock acquitted in NY case. Russian warships seize Turkish armed vessels in Black Sea. American torpedo boat flotilla reaches Panama from Callao. Train wreck near Bristol Oklahoma injures several. Tobacco barn arson in Kentucky. Denver jail escape attempt by Giuseppe Alla. Davenport lumberman loses 37500 in New Orleans scam. Baltimore Wallpaper plant fire causes 35000 damage. Belmont era: Hollois shoots wife in a dream. slavery crusade wagon destroyed in Iowa. German S-12 torpedo boat sinks after collision. chief engineer dies. Walsh sentenced to five years. Gaveau Brothers Paris factory fire. Lowell cotton factory wage cuts posted. Oskaloosa Iowa husband shoots wife then himself. Kansas Populists nominate delegates to St Louis. Pottsville hangings and insanity defense for Warzel. Taft backed by Oklahoma Republicans. Teagle dies in Cleveland. Boston finishing school shooting. demented Miss Weed involved. Bavarian expulsion of American Mormon missionaries ordered. Birmingham police killed and wounded in ambush. Jackson Mississippi jury deadlocks. Wilkinsburg PA fire injures eight. $125000 damages. Navarre Ohio bride Daisy Mitchell killed by husband. Augusta negro college fight injures a dozen. Woodford Ala Bennett shot wounds. Niigata Japan fire destroys 100 homes.
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George W. Whittington
Gloster
Miss
Cincinnati
Farmers’ League
Lancaster County
Pacific Northwest
United Irish Societies of
Connecticut
United States
England
Raymond Hitchcock
Blanchard
New York Supreme Court
Black Sea
Hutch S. Cone
Callao
Francis Leo Heinrichs
Denver
J. E. Kavanaugh
Davenport
New Orleans
Baltimore Wallpaper Company
Baltimore
Hugh Hollis
Treasury Department
Washington
Hollis
Louisville
John Brown
Iowa City
Elbe
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
United States District
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Gaveau Brothers
Paris
Lowell
Mass
Lee Grubb
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Kansas
St Louis
Thomas Watson
Charles Warzel
Pottsville
Mattie Bolins
Birmingham
Ala
W A. Smith
J J Byars
John Abner
James Cockrell
Jackson
Wilkinsburg
Joseph Mitchell
Navarre
Daisy Mitchell
Walker Baptist Institute
Augusta
Woodford
Brown Bennett
Niigata
Japan
Hanra
Ohio Senate votes mix as bills pass and fail in session
In Columbus on March 17 the Senate rejected a bid to add Senator Mather to the bipartisan committee investigating the state treasurer’s office. The panel remains two Democrats and one Republican. Remarks include Patterson’s wish for bipartisanship and Lamb’s cross-party vote. The House and Senate advanced bills on railway ticketing, school service funds, boards of education, and liability laws. The murder penalty bill faced changes, with Brandt preserving capital punishment for first degree murder. Ervin’s funding for auditor and state offices was debated with a $5,000 open-public-investigation provision.
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Assembly
Columbus
Senate
Hypes
Springfield
Mather
Summit County
Howe
Cuyahog
Drake
Erie
Patterson
Ash
Prie
Son
Yeas
Lamb
Toledo
House
Crist
Schmidt
Boards of Education
O’rourke
Lucas County
Metzger Railway
State Pardon Board
Brandt
Ervin
Meigs
General Assembly
Harris
Auditor’s Office
State Bureau of Inspection and Accounting
Auditor's Office
Judge Shot on Train Near Augusta
Former Judge O W Buchanan of Winnsboro South Carolina was shot through a train window between Ward and Augusta while traveling to visit his ill niece. The bullet struck his right side. he was taken to a sanitarium and operated on and remains in critical condition.
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Augusta
O W. Buchanan
Winnsboro
B. R. Tillman
Columbia
Judge Buchanan
Southern Railway
Wards
S. C
Public Printer Stillings Resigns Amid Inquiry
Washington March 17 Public Printer Stillings resigns after government printing office probe ordered by the president. W S Rossiter census chief clerk led the inquiry and the report is at the White House. Apparent deficit of 562399 dollars due to equipment overspending and inflated production costs for the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Stillingsa
Government Printing Office
Mr. Stillings
W. S. Rossiter
Census Office
Liberal Candidates Sought by Ohio Liberal Groups
The Columbus German American alliance urges Democratic nomination of a liberal candidate for governor. Resolutions criticize Governor Harris for backing the Rose county local options bill and call liberal citizens statewide to influence the nomination. The alliance reportedly has about 50,000 members.
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Columbus
German-American Alliance
Harris
Rose County
Alliance
Taft Delegates Lead With 116 Uncontested Seats
In Columbus on March 16 delegates loyal to Secretary Taft hold 116 undisputed seats in the Republican national convention. An additional 30 Taft instructed delegates have disputed seats. The Taft bloc spans 13 states and the Philippines with Oklahoma and Nebraska delivering the first complete state delegations, both solid for Taft.
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Taft
Columbus
Philippines
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Last of the Platts: Gen A Saunders Platt Dies at 86
Bellefontaine Ohio March 17 General A Saunders Platt 86 died at his home near the city He was the last of the Platt family a brother of the late Donn Platt He served in the civil war organizing Ohio s first company of zouaves and had a distinguished military record He was also a writer contributing to major magazines
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Platts
Bellefontaine, O
A. Saunders Platt
Donn Platt
Ohio
Democratic state meeting set for March 25 in Columbus
A conference of prominent Democrats from Ohio will gather March 25 at the Southern hotel in Columbus. Tom L. Johnson and Harvey C. Garber are slated to attend along with other leaders as party policy is outlined and decided. A formal call will be issued soon.
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Conference of Democrats
Columbus
Southern Hotel
Tom L. Johnson
Harvey C. Garber
Pumping Station Wrecked in Gallipolis Boiler Blast
The Gallipolis waterworks pumping station boiler house was blown up wrecking the plant and leaving the city vulnerable to fire. Debris injured Mrs. Anna Stead nearby, breaking her arm as the blast was heard ten miles away.
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Gallipolis
Anna Stead
Postal Official Charged in Embezzlement Case
United States Commissioner W H Marlet issues a warrant for the arrest of John Chapman deputy postmaster at Akron Ohio on a charge of embezzlement. An affidavit by Post office Inspector H K Cochran states Chapman’s defalcation exceeds $7 000.
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Cleveland
United States
W. H. Marlet
John Chapman
Akron
Postoffice
H. K. Cochrane
Chapman
Indictment Charges Murder in Van Wert Case
Special grand jury returns an indictment against Martin B. Brown for the willful murder of his wife by administering strychnine under a doctor’s powder prescription pretense. Brown to be arraigned before Judge Matthia Thursday morning.
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van Wert
Martin B. Brown
Brown
Matthia
Cut Throat in Cell in Piqua Jail
Harry Bowers attempted suicide in a jail cell in Piqua Ohio by slashing his throat with a razor loaned by Sheriff Gibson for a shave. He swallowed medicine but the cut was not deep and he is expected to recover. He is jailed on a forgery charge.
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Piqua, O
Harry Bowers
Gibson
Somnambulist's Fall At St Cloud Hotel
Albert Thorniley, a leading Marietta County farmer, was fatally injured after he, while sleeping, walked to a third story window at the St. Cloud hotel and toppled 40 feet to the ground.
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Marietta, O
Albert Thorniley
St. Cloud Hotel
Wealthy Montgomery farmer Frederick Shoup hangs self
Frederick Shoup, a leading Montgomery county farmer and 79, reportedly hanged himself after his wife died last week. He had expressed willingness to die, leaving a 72 year old widow.
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Dayton, O
Frederick Shoup
Montgomery County
A Cure For Lovesickness Told By A Yokel
Robert Barr recounted a dinner tale about a man in love seeking cures. A philosopher suggests astronomy showing insignificance, an alchemist offers philters, and a yokel finally reveals the cure: marry the girl. The story underscores love’s stubborn pull despite attempted remedies.
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Robert Barr
That Complex Question Deliberation at the Squire’s Tavern
Senator Clay cites a practical dilemma and recalls Marietta’s Squire Briggs who faced a tough farming dispute. A farmer asks to settle odds over land forces and cranberry bushes while noting windows doors and stones. The squire mulls the fair solution as debate continues.
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Senator Clay
Squire Briggs
Marietta
Blankson
Helfer
De Armond Seen In The House Visitor Exchange
A curious visitor met many congressmen during a House visit and finally met a slender voiced man who identified himself as De Armond. The exchange included a remark about the Williams De Armond incident, and the visitor admits she did not catch his full name.
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de Armond
Falr
House
Williams-De Armond
Washington Herald
Baby Stuart Portrait Said to Be Widely Reproduced
The London Express notes that Vandyke’s infant James II portrait, the Baby Stuart, is among the world’s best known images with about two million prints in American homes and widespread popularity in Europe. A proverb from the Atchison Globe remarks on memory favoring others’ mistakes over one’s own.
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Vandyke
James II
England
Stuart
Europe
London Express
Atchison Globe
Extravagance and creditors clash in tempers over debt
Mrs Wildman warns Mr Wildman that continuing extravagance will cost him someday. He retorts that creditors should share his faith in his intentions. The exchange contrasts London Telegraph’s moral admonition with Washington Post’s wry political quip about waiting.
Wife Corrects Husband on Smoking and Love
A husband admits need for his pipe but his wife argues he could quit smoking. She retorts that he could survive without it, recalling his prior claim that he could not live without Millie Perry before meeting her.
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Millie Perry
Blue Foot Fox in Nordic Folklore
The fox, though not as prominent as the hare in Ter tollic lore, is seen as a mystic animal across Sweden and northern Germany. In many regions the reynard figure is sacred to peasants, its name unspoken and referred to by euphemisms like blue foot or he who goes to the forest.
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Sweden
Germany
Reynard
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Buckeye News
Worcester Trust Company
Worcester
C. J. Ferneding
Dayton, CO
Dayton & Xenia Transit Company
Transit Company
Old Colony Trust Company
Columbus Auditorium
Goodale Street
Memorial Hall
Hart
Uprer
Sandusky
Stephen‘ J. Hart
A. O. Mart
J. D. Ewing
J. A. Smith
Real Estate and Insurance Agency
Clay Street
Carey
Pike
Myers
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