Sherman Will Opens Vast Ohio Estate With Bequests
The will of ex secretary of state John Sherman filed in Richland county probate court provides $5,000 to Kenyon College and Oberlin College each and $5,000 to Sherman Heineman Park in Mansfield. The estate, valued at $2.5 to $3 million, largely consists of Mansfield and Washington real estate. Mary McCallum and others receive large bequests. the document sets up trusts, biographical provisions, and duties for executors with two-year payment windows. Hearing set for November 15.
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Mansfield, O
Roaliff Brinkerhoff
Richland County
John Sherman
Col. M. M. Parker
Washington, D. C
Congresman
W. S. Kerr
Mansfield
Sherman
Anson G. McCook
United States Senate
M. L. Smyser
Wooster
Congress
Elisha J. Babcock
Mr. Sherman
Henry A. Yale
United States
State of Ohio
Cecilia Stewart Sherman
Mary Stewart Sherman
Wiss McCallum
Elizabeth Reese
Gen
William T. Sherman
Sampson P. Sherman
Hoyt Sherman
Des Moines
Street Railroad Company
Chas
T. Sherman
James Sherman
Fannie B. Moulton
Susan B. Bartley
Hoyt McComb
McComb
Julia Huggins
Wm. McComb
Hoyt
Katie Willock
Julia Willock
Kenyon College
Gambier
Oberlin
Strike Declared Off In Anthracite Regions
Hazleton and Wilkesbarre districts report end of coal strike where companies complied with miners demands. Union officials predict remaining operators will concede by Monday. Crowd cheers as districts map fortification meetings and leaders head to New York and Indianapolis.
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Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
G. B. Markle & Co
Markle Company
Chanel
Sertich
New York
Cigar Makers’ Union
Indianapolis
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Pittston
Pennsylvania Coal Co
Susquehanna Co
Nanticoke
Shamokin
Cameron
Paul Klinger
Joseph Klinger
Miles Dougherty
London War Office Says Roberts to Return Home by Mid November
The war office announces Lord Roberts hopes to leave South Africa for home about November 15. Gen. Lord Wolseley has consented to continue duties as commander in chief of the army until the end of November.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Lord Wolseley
Kentucky Sails for China Station After Gun Fixes
Washington October 26 The battleship Kentucky sailed from Tompkinsville on the voyage to the China station. Adjustments in her gun mechanism proved entirely satisfactory. She touches first at Gibraltar.
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Washington
Kentucky
Tompkinsville
China Station
Gibraltar
Montague White Sees Enduring Peace If English Flag Flies
San Francisco reports Montague White a friend of Kruger and former Transvaal consul in London arrived. He asserts true peace in the Transvaal would endure only while the English flag remains hoisted there.
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San Francisco
Montague White
Kruger
Transvaal Republic
London
Transvaal
Railroading, malaria nets, luggage and tramps in rail lines
Last year Italian rail lines provided station houses with mosquito nets reducing malaria. English railways will allow extra luggage free of charge by class. Missouri Pacific uses a wheeled petroleum spray to light coal, and a roadmaster proposes planting 500 fruit trees per mile of right of way. The US tramp issue grows with 10 000 on trains nightly and 10 000 waiting to ride. Pennsylvania RR hires a police force to curb trespassing though farmers oppose due to harvest help.
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Italy
Sicily
Missouri Pacific
Westinghouse
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Prince of Wales sanctions first Lord Roberts lodge in London
In Europe courts report the Prince of Wales approves a warrant to establish the Lord Roberts lodge of Freemasons in London, the first lodge with this title in England. Meanwhile czar of Russia criticizes public speech, and royal family news notes the Netherlands queen receiving a jeweled tabatiere once linked to Queen Victoria. Eight Russian detectives move with the empress on her visits, four stationed at Fredensborg and four at Copenhagen.
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Prince of Wales
Lord Roberts Lodge of Freemasons
London
England
Czar
Russia
Duke of York
Sips
Netherlands
Queen Victoria
Osborne
Paris
Fredensborg
Copenhagen
Ill formed OCR fragment prompts brief item summary
Fragmentary OCR text from Chicago Daily News mentions breakfast advice and a doctor with unclear context. Details are unreadable, names and events are not identifiable.
Pioneer Skin Lotion Claims Success for Pimples
Fragmentary 1900 advertisement quotes C S Bahney of Plantation Ankona praising a facial lotion after years of trials and repeated failures. The strange pitch invokes philosophic timing and a New York contact for the product, illustrating early 20th century marketing tone.
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C. S. Bahney
Plantation
Ankona
Earl Street
New York
Cascarets Official Cathartic Ad Warns Against Imitations
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a genuine laxative for gut relief and headache prevention. It warns readers to beware of imitations and notes each tablet contains C. C. C. and promises health restoration.
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C. C.C
Home seekers urged to act on low rates for round trip
The notice invites readers to contact the Western Agent for information on home rates and to address F. H. Lord of 113 Adams St Chicago for details. The sale window covers October November and extending to early December with a $2.00 round trip fare valid for return within 21 days.
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United States
Chicago
F. H. Lord
Adams St
The Dashing Explorer Panel Draws Reader Poets
A fragmented OCR item mentions a playful title The Dashing Explorer and a dash for the poem theme. It references Beltiraore American and asks readers for naming a new dash influenced explorer product or character. The readable bits suggest a literary or contest mood from a periodical.
The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever Claim
An advertisement touts Grove's TasTreLess CHILL as a tasteless iron and quinine remedy for chills and fever with a no cure no pay offer. The copy emphasizes simplicity and price terms in a short promotional claim.
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Grove
Atchison Man Refuses New Furniture As Worn Out
An Atchison man refuses to buy new furniture claiming it is not worn out. His wife and three nephews were involved as guests and left without the purchase being made.
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Atchison
Norristown Herald
Cure a Cold in One Day and Other Advertisements
An advertisement fragment promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a 25 cent price and a money back claim if not effective. It notes humorous weighings of bricks and cites slogans for Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Tooth Drops, Carter's Ink, and a cooled dispatch of a mad dog incident in Pittsburgh.
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Hale
Pike
Pittsburgh
To Mothers of Large Families Appeal for Help from Mrs Pinkham
Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Mass urges women with large families to seek free advice and use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The message emphasizes relief from menstrual distress and the ability to perform daily chores, highlighting a testimonial of renewed strength to do housework.
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Lydia E
Noted Knight Templar Shares Health With Peruna Legend
A Chicago jeweler and lodge member Colonel T P Moody credits Peruna for curing lifelong catarrh and stomach trouble after years of failing remedies. The letter extols Peruna as a universal cure, praising wife’s bronchial recovery and urging readers to seek the remedy. Ad from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus, io.
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T. P. Moody
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Masons
Colonel Moody
Oriental Consistory Masons
Michigan
Moody
Southwest
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
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