Political Anomaly And Demands Of The Nation
A collage of items lists political figures and topics including Harold Frederic’s Cable-Letter and John H Chapman. It covers Democrats against McLean, tariff delays, free Cincinnati suburb mail, McKinley’s return, miners’ strike, heat deaths, Labor issues, and foreign affairs. The page catalogs society notices, markets, sports, culture, and local items with scattered headlines and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Frederic
John H. Chapman
Silvers
Mclean
Homeless Millionaire Educating Daughter in Europe
A Jackson Ohio dispatch reports Horace L. Chapman, a plutocratic candidate for governor, away on Fourth of July weekend as his hometown hosts fireworks and parades. The piece questions his absence during a city celebration and suggests he may be attending to mining interests, not politics, while the Democratic press portrays him differently. The author notes the contrast between public jubilation and the lack of formal welcome for Chapman.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Horace L. Chapman
John R. McLean
Columbus
Chapman
Mr. Chapman
Sam
Ehipwd
Pete
Wanderer
Jackson County
Cincinnati
Pike Street
Mr. Chapmen
Association of
Preacher Sued for Divorce as Wife Seeks Separation
Special Dispatch reports from Wabash Indiana that Rev Milo Netpercutt pastor of the Christian Church at Andrews ten miles east had offered his resignation after his wife left him. The congregation declined the resignation and he sued for divorce but was refused. Now Mrs Netpercutt files for divorce on statutory grounds. The church has accepted the minister's resignation.
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Tian Church
Andrews
Netpercutt
Work for Tinplate Men in Elwood Settlement Reached
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Elwood Indiana reports a three day shutdown at the American Tin Plate factory ended with a wage scale settlement. The mill will restart Monday with 24 mills operating and about 1,000 workers returning. The new scale grants a promised increase close to 15 percent after the Mill Committee ratified it and workers who left were told to return at once. The main plant will begin operations at 5 o'clock Monday.
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Commercial Tribune
Elwood
Ind
American Tin Plate Factory
Cost of nominations show Bushnell spent nothing for nomination
July 3 report from Columbus lists GOP nominees at Toledo convention filing expense statements under Garfield law. Governor Bushnell reports no funds spent to secure nomination, with small personal costs including hotel, decor, cigars, and carriage. Others itemize travel, hotel, streetcar, postage, printing, and telegrams.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Toledo
Kinney
A. W. Jones
Monnett
B. Campbell
Jacob F. Burker
Supreme Court
C. A. Goddard
State Board of Public Works
Lewis D. Bonebrake
Veteran cuts his throat at Soldiers' Home Dayton
Frederick Vanderhoff, 81, was found near the dairy at Dayton Soldiers' Home with his windpipe severed, a razor and a penknife in hand. His wounds are fatal. He entered the home in 1890 and was admitted in 1890. His nearest relative is Mrs. Caroline Nienhauser of Loveland, Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Frederick Vanderhoff
Caroline Nienhauser
Loveland
Gordon ends political bid for Georgia governorship
General John B. Gordon declares after a Chattanooga lecture that he will not seek governor of Georgia or any other office again. He says his political career is ended and he will devote his remaining days to teaching love between the North and South.
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Lexington
John B. Gordon
Chattanooga
Georgia
North
McLean Defeat Deepens as Democrats Nominate Slates
In Columbus on July 3 John R. McLean refused to acknowledge a Senate candidacy and tried to steer clear of the issue. His bid split his party, with Democrats and rival factions rallying against him as they nominate multiple contenders for the Senate. Several figures including Paul Sorg Allen Smalley John W. Bookwalter A J Warner and Ulric Sloane are named as potential challengers to McLean with further opponents hinted.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
John R. McLean
McLean
Benator
Paul Sorg
Allen Smalley
Upper Sandusky
John W. Bookwalter
Campbell
Nonce
A. J. Warner
Thurman
Ulric Sloane
Chicago
Hough
How To Treat Sunstroke Cases
Sunstroke has two forms heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Heat exhaustion has pale cold skin feeble pulse and potential recovery with cooling rest and removal from sun followed by gentle fluids. Heat stroke is life threatening with red hot skin and high fever requiring immediate medical help and cooling with ice on head and spine.
Chicago Sees Record Heat as City Swelters
Chicago endures the hottest July day in ten years with a peak thermometer reading near 97 degrees and street temperatures up to 107. Dozens of prostrations, several deaths including an unknown lodger and James Cudahy, and multiple serious cases flood police and hospitals. A scorching south wind, blazes on sidewalks, and a steeple climber collapsing atop Twenty-fifth Street are noted amid warnings of further heat and possible thunderstorms.
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Chicago
Auditorium Tower
Jones
Clark Street
Mary A. Evens
West Sixty-third Street
James Cudahy
Thomas Bailey
Olaf Olson
Alonzo Weber
William Gibbons
M.’.N. Seehans
A. W. Effort
Otto Gaston
Thomas Madella
James Trainor
Adolph Grossman
Hans Ditchman
Twenty-fifth
Leavint
Snow on July Fourth changes mountain celebrations
Denver July reports snow across Colorado towns as Endeavor travelers meet with cold weather. Leadville trains halted for snowballing. coal shortages left coaches cold. Telluride Ouray Silver Cliff Gunnison all saw three to eight inches of snow forcing camps to replace fireworks with ice palaces on a small scale.
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Commercial Tribune
Denver
Col
Colorado
Leadville
Telluride
Ouray
Silver Cliff
Gunnison
Lightning Strikes Miners In Shamokin Mine
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports four miners Charles Rutz Eli Dreher William Black and William Rutz struck unconscious by lightning last night 1000 feet underground at the Reliance Mine Shamokin. The bolt followed the rails to the face of the gangway illuminating the dark chambers as men feared a gas explosion. All were stiff and sore but escaped further injuries.
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Commercial Tribune
Shamokin
Charles Rutz
Eli Dreher
William Black
William Rutz
Reliance
Ruth
Dreher
Hunting Spook Treasure in Defiance Farm
W P Sanford spiritualist and Allen Noe Populist leader have held a year of services where a long-dead pioneer’s spirit names an $8,000 gold treasure buried on Sanford’s 160 acre Defiance County farm. He digs a twenty acre plot with a deep plow and four horses, claiming the treasure is one foot deep.
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Commercial Tribune
Defiance
W. P. Sanford
Allen Noe
Defiance County
Sanford
Wife Missing as Husband Held in Akron Disappearance
Akron O July 3 M C Wilton night clerk Busy Bee Restaurant North Howard Street held without bail on suspicion of knowing more about the disappearance of his wife 45 who vanished last Monday night after she left with a note from him asking to meet immediately. Wilton refuses to discuss and wife previously attempted suicide by poison.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
M. C. Wilton
Busy Bee
North Howard Street
Wilton
Thermometer peaks at 145 in Portsmouth Brick Works
July 8 Portsmouth C government thermometer shows 101 degrees. Fifteen heat prostrations reported, none serious. At Portsmouth Fire Brick Works main building reached 145 degrees before thermometer burst.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Campbell Divorce Petition Follows Elopement in 1894
Mrs. Irena B. Wright Campbell filed for absolute divorce from Donald M. Campbell in Columbus Ohio. The petitioner notes the 1894 Covington Kentucky elopement and references the actress Meg Campbell as an actor. The petition cites the couple's estrangement and listed causes.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Irena B. Wright Campbell
Donald M. Campbell
Marshal Shoots Lawyer In Clay City Street Killing
Stanton Ky July 3 H M Brown a young attorney and store keeper for the Lexington Revenue District was shot and killed by Clay City Marshal during a street altercation at a picnic. He had recently married in Elliott County Ky and moved to Stanton.
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Commercial Tribune
Stanton,ky
H. M. Brown
Lexington
Clay City
Elliott County
Stanton
Young Man Fends Off Suicide in Oarville
In Oarville on July 3 Nicholas Dresser aged 20 tried to cut his throat with a razor but the physician saved him. Once wealthy, Dresser fell on hard times and has been troubled by financial ruin and sharpers pursuing him.
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Commercial Tribune
Oarville, O
Nicholas Dresser
Dresser
Rindi Bee Taie
Heat Prostrates Six Dayton Traction Workers
Six workers for the Dayton and Cincinnati Traction Company on the Seven Mile Pike near Burk's Spring collapsed from heat. They were carried to a willow patch as medical aid arrived. The shade temperature was 102 degrees at 2 pm.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Dayton and Cincinnati Traction Company
Heat Breaks Records With 100 Degree Reading
Louisville July 3 A 100 degree shade temperature at 12 30 pm set a new all time high breaking records for years The heat wave across the area caused extreme conditions with officials noting the prolonged heat and its impact on daily life and activities.
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Louisville
Copeland in Chicago Reward Offered for Missing Professor
Charles E. Copeland, a Delaware high school professor, has been located in Chicago after leaving Columbus. He cashed a $700 New York draft in Chicago and was identified by William B. Mann. I. B. Brookins, uncle of Copeland and VP of Piqua Insurance, arrives to help Mrs. Copeland search. A $100 reward is offered for locating him.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Charles E. Copeland
Chicago
Ill
Columbus
New York
William B. Mann
I. B. Brookins
Piqua Insurance Company
Water causes $20,000 loss on Little Kanawha
The Little Kanawha River tore through Parkerburg area flooding and washing away thirty eight lockages of Nicola Lumber Company fleet at 8 am. The incident caused about 20000 dollars in damage as river levels rose and then began to fall.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
Little Kanawha
Nicola Lumber Company
Great Day at the Fair Field Sports a Big Attraction
Nashville July 3 The centennial day featured a parade led by the Fifth Infantry Band and Major Miner. Field sports drew top prizes including a centennial season ticket, with Ft Thomas soldiers winning six of the eight awards. Winners included James J. Coll Band and Jas. J. Collier Band Fifth Regiment in various events. Visitors and locals gathered at the Cincinnati Building, with attendees from Cincinnati, London, Camden, Morristown, Louisville, Denver and many other towns and states.
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Ft. Thomas Soldiers
Commercial Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Fifth Infantry
Miner
Thurman
Capitol Avenue
Cincinnati
Ft. ‘Thomas
Jas. J. Coll
J. Sullivan
Jas. J. Collier
John? Henry
A. Hickenlooper, Jr
Nathanie Stephens
Albert Quarry
Smith Hickenlooper
Andrew H. Kennan
Wm. Blenger
Elisa M.bultman
M. Henley
Arthur M. Peck
W. Y. Eberhardt
J. D. Mutheron
Louise Mitchell
Difford Heller
J. E. Wing
Rosié Ewing
J. L. Truskins
Sophie Joseph
Denver
Hatties
Fredricks
Jeffersonville
Ind
A. Harrison
Hopkinsville
Margaret Yelton
Butler
C. A. Godard, Jr
A. M. Whittaker
Portsmouth
Lunn
Ripley
J. N. Crabb
Indianapolis
B. A. Rickering
Irvna
D. Rickering
Glouster
J. C. P. Lawson
Hamilton
Depot Fire Struck by Girls At Valparaiso Depot
In Valparaiso Indiana this July 3 the Grand Trunk passenger depot burned to the ground after girls lit firecrackers on the porch. Loss estimated at eight thousand dollars with five thousand insured. M L Baum who ran the restaurant there sustained a two thousand dollar loss with no insurance.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
Grand Trunk
M. L. Baum
Horse's Kick Produces Lockjaw Victim Dies
Gale Reed of Belmont was kicked in the head by a horse on Tuesday. He died yesterday from lockjaw after his skull was fractured.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Gale Reed
Belmont
Queen Rebuffs Balfour Riots and Poonah Fallout
The editorial warns that riots at Chitpur and the Poonah affair signal a dangerous spread of unrest. It accuses native drivers of aiding assassins and presses for swift action, criticizing the vernacular press and a neglected petition from Pune residents. It also covers naval praise for Britain at Spithead, French naval ambitions, and calls for a lighthouse on Socotra after wrecks.
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Chitpur
Government House
Poonah
Lord Lytton
Lord Ripon
Lord Sandhurst
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. L. Chapman
McKinley
Main Street Case
Fresh Air Fund
First Regiment
Sherman
Japan
Alex. Starbuck
Sault
DE Ste. Marie
Third Street
Lucky” Holt
Europe
ART and Artists
Ohio Valley Society
Shrewsbury
Mary Walker
Middletown
Harrison
Whitewater
India
Ohio
Preacher
Bushnell
Fred Ane
Gordon
Senate
Democracy
Washington
Alleghenies
New Democracy
Leutenants
Sloane
Allen W. Thurman
Rich Street
The
Weather Bureau
Christian Endeavorers
Flash
Covington, Ky
Actor Campbell
Marshal
Dayton Traction Company
Copeland
Major Miner
Ft. Thomas
Balfour
Naval Review
France
Chamberlain
London
Ayers
Bombay
Bombay Presidency
Plague Committee
Lord George Hamilton
Spithead
Socotra
Aden
Secotra
Great Britain
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