Canada favors subsidized ships and immigration shifts
A dispatch from Ottawa reports Canada backing a faster sea link, with subsidies debated and lines like Allan and Elder Dempster eyed. Crop prospects in the Northwest look strong, attracting 20 000 workers and emigrants to central depots in Winnipeg. French Canadians and French families plan returns and new settlers. Japanese immigration faces legal barriers amid rising anti opium sentiment and crime concerns in Montreal.
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Commercial Tribune
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Wilfred Laurier
London
Allan
Dempster
Northwest
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Winnipeg
West Voice
Manitoba
Dominion
Holyoke
Mass
Father Bruneau
Quebec
Temiscamingue
France
Jean Jaques Ouvrard
la Gironde
Gaspe
Baie de Chaleur
California
British Columbia
Great Britain
Oka Indian Chief Fights Land Claim Over Seminary Lands
Chief Kennatesse Gabriel leads the Oka Indians in a renewed land dispute claiming three leagues around the Trappist monastery. After cutting timber on leased land he fled arrest and sought safety in Boston as negotiators plan meetings to resolve the claim with the Montreal Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennatesse Gabriel
Oka
Montreal
England
Edward
Tracey
Altho
Boston
Mayor Jones's Som To Marry Actress
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Marion C. Cullen of Boston and Percy Jones of Toledo. The ceremony is set for August 19 at St Peter's Church Dorchester with Rev Peter Rowan officiating. Miss Sadie Cullen will be bridesmaid and a West Point graduate will be best man. Marion Cullen stars as Helen Barry in Shore Acres. Jones is a son of Toledo mayor Golden Rule Jones. They plan to live in Toledo.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Marion C. Cullen
Percy Jones
Toledo
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
House Hill
Dorchester
Peter Rowan
Sadie Cullen
West Point
Marion Cullen
Bishop Walden Fills Three Dayton Pulpits
Bishop Walden of Cincinnati preached at Grace M. E. Church in the morning and at St. Paul M. E. Church in the evening in Dayton Ohio on July 27. He led services at the Woodward Avenue Mission this afternoon as plans began for the corner stone laying of the Woodward Avenue Church Monday evening. Grace M. E. Church seeks a new pastor, with Rev. Dr. McGruder as the favored successor to the late Rev. Dr. C. W. Gullett.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Walden
Cincinnati
Grace M. E
St. Paul M. E. Church
Woodward Avenue Mission
Woodward Avenue
Grace M. E. Church
C. W. Gullette
McGruder
Woman Slashes Throat in Suicidal Insanity Case
At Avondale near Coshocton Ohio, Mrs Arbogast was found with her throat cut ear to ear in a stairway pool of blood after her husband Phillip Arbogast returned to find her. neighbors rushed to help but she was dead. Temporary insanity is cited as the cause. The couple had earlier lost an infant to suffocation in February after an outing.
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Commercial Tribune
Coshocton
Philip Arbogast
Avondale
Arbogasts
Suspect Superintendent Ames Said Ready to Surrender
In Minneapolis and St Paul police and family report Superintendent Fred W. Ames may surrender. Indictments could not be served for over two weeks. A friend greeted him in a railway station and he appeared with his secretary R. E. Wheelock but was not located by midnight. His wife says he will appear to face any pending warrant tomorrow.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Fred W. Ames
St. Paul
R. E. Wheelock
Open air services grow in Millcreek Valley
Millcreek Valley churches report increased Sunday attendance as open air services continue. Lockland Protestant churches plan outdoor worship through the hot weather. Carthage group forms to oppose removing the Carthage Fair Grounds and will nominate a ticket of Hamilton County Agricultural Association members for the fall directors election. Reading Council meets next Wednesday to decide on a Millcreek Valley Street Railway franchise, while Mayor Cooper and police resolve grievances at the council amid a tenth extra session in a month.
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Millcreek Valley
Lockland
Carthage
Carthage Fair
Hamilton County Agricultural Association
Reading Council
Millcreek Valley Street Railway
Cooper
Socialists Nominate Full Clark County Ticket
Springfield Ohio July 27 Socialists of Clark County hold first county convention nominating a full county ticket led by Probate Judge Howard E Randall Sheriff Henry Lucas Auditor W S Tibbetts Treasurer P D Grube Clerk of the Court E T Hendrickson Recorder J F Bradbury County Commissioner Hugo Bickel Infirmary Director C A Baldwin Ralph Howell of Hastead chosen as Congress candidate for Seventh District.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Clark County
Howard E. Randall
Henry Lucas
W. S. Tibbetts
P. D. Grube
E. T. Hendrickson
J. F. Bradbury
Hugo Bickel
C. A. Baldwin
Ralph
Kentucky man held for disorderly conduct in Hamilton
Special Despatch reports Henry Neal of Scott County Kentucky was celebrated in High street last midnight when officers detained him for disorderly conduct. He remains in custody under arrest.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Henry Neal
Scott County
Kentucky
High Street
Res young author accuses plagiarist of stealing ideas
In a Chicago Post excerpt a young writer accuses a renowned author of borrowing ideas. The plagiarist defends himself saying the assistance he gave to a great man should satisfy the accuser’s ambition. The exchange highlights tensions between originality and influence.
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Chicago Post
Crawford Old Men's Outing Scheduled in College Hill
The Crawford Old Men's club announces its annual outing on Friday August 1 at the home in College Hill. Organizers aim to exceed prior years with this year’s event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Old Men's
College Hill
Crowell Family History Effort Seeks Long Lost Relatives
Dayton Ohio July 27 Henry Crowell real estate agent seeks Mrs Sarah M Crowell Beville last of 14 siblings and former physician aged 76. Crowell hopes to locate her within a week to obtain valuable family history and trace Crowell descendants from Virginia to Ohio and England.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Henry Crowell
Center Street
East Dayton
Crowell
Crowl
Sarah M. Crowell Beville
Mr. Crowell
Beville
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Ind
Germany
Virginia
Rachel
Botetourt County
Maryland
George
William
Elizabeth
Mary
Susannah Crowell Bousman
Nancy Crowell Fraim
Adam Bousman
Wm. Fraim
Ohio
Preble County
England
Crowells
Reading tastes in an age of hype and speed
A critic laments modern book marketing that drives readers toward popular titles. Publishers push campaigns to shape taste while readers chase fame rather than enduring works. He urges patience, returning to Emerson and classic authors to judge books by merit, not buzz.
Republicans Name Delegates At Lawrenceburg Engine House Meeting
In Lawrenceburg a large Republican meeting at Engine House No 1 selected delegates for county and judicial conventions on August 6. Key names include Max Nowlin Philip Stein Richard C Waring Philip C Braun and others with alternates listed for county and judicial posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engine House No. 1
Henry Koektemeyer
Max Nowlin
Philip Stein
Richard C. Waring
Philip C. Braun
Charles Cunningham
Carl Marshall
Louis J. Wade
James Walker
John M. Fichter
James Isherwood
Mack Hollister
S. H. Collins
A. J
Harry Hayes
Omer T. Ludlow
Harry Wamford
George Elder
Ezra P. Hayes
Demaree
Geo. Ketcham
Pat Brendel
John Roehm
Geo. Taylor, Sr
Geo. Reed
Charles M. Walser
Thomas Winegardner
Hosea B. Herrick
Geo. Colt
Robert Blackmore
Jacob C. Wiles
Fred Pfalzgraf
Peter Pfalzgraf
Peter Endress
Henry J. Beese
Clifford Vaughn
Henry Ginter
R. Moore
Wm. Ritsman
Ed Evans
Wm. Kuhlman
Lou Hammond
John Stross
Joe Warburton
Frank Naehls
Chris Ullrich
Stephen Ludlow
Geo. Schuetzer
al Dietrich
Samuel Marshall
Charles McKee
Isaac B. Hayes
L. R. Swift
Picnickers Fight Endangers Hyde Park Walkers
William Slohn aged 18 of 2045 Dunlap Street and Daniel Kuhn aged 21 of 2038 Elm Street fought after a Jackson Club picnic in a grove near Hyde Park. Firemen separated them at Madison Road. Kuhn later assaulted Slohn and his father on Dunlap Street, heavy blow with a fence paling. Kuhn sought medical aid and police were notified.
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William Slohn
Dunlap Street
Daniel Kuhn
Elm Street
Jackson Club
Hyde Park
Madison Road
Kuhn
Stohn
Jacobs
Sateames
Butler Warming Up Politically in Butler County
Hamilton Ohio July 27 The Democratic primary next Saturday centers on the County Treasurer race with two leading contenders James B Carson and C M Semler. Harry Engle is a background candidate. A second contest between Colonel M Thomas and Henry Tabler for Infirmary Director also draws attention. Central Committee fights split along Mason Gray and Schwab factions. Republican nominee L M Larsh faces no opposition in county treasurer race.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Butler County
James B. Carson
Schwab
Meson-Gray
C. M. Semler
Board of Control of
Harry Engle
Lemon Township
Carson
Semler
Colonel M. Thomas
Henry Tabler
Tabler
Thomas
Ed H. Jones
Henry Kehm
T. D. Sharkey
L. A. Dillon
Middletown
Martin Elser
Mason- Gray
Reily
Butler
Mason-Gray
Central Committee
L. M. Larsh
Surrender to fear in Turkish quake debate over army officers
A Turkish quake episode sparks debate on punishment for cowardice and courage. Critics cite Napoleon and Chalons incidents, arguing extreme discipline may harm readiness, while the Sultan punishes officers for fleeing danger. The piece warns of blurred lines between cowardice and prudent action.
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Turkey
Paris
la France Militaire
Napoleon
Chalons
South Africa
Washington
Braddock
Girl in gender disguise returns to female life in West Virginia
Mabel McElhaney aged 18, who spent a year posing as David Kyle in men s clothing, was captured by Benwood police and sent to Wheeling, with plans to place her in a state institution. She consented to resume female attire after arrest and described working as a cabin boy, painter, mill laborer, printer feeder, and hotel waiter. Her father reportedly knew of her decision.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Mabel McElhaney
David Kyle
Benwood
8. O. Boyce
Atria Standard
Mosquito Jokes Highlight Bellefield Bloomfield Exchange
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph quotes Bellefield and Bloomfield in a humorous exchange about mosquitoes acting as good collectors, with Bellefield quipping that the mosquito’s bill is liqui dated on the spot.
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Pittsburg
Knockers magazine from Sioux City packing house shocks readers
A bizarre Sioux City publication titled Knockers is described as printed bound and mailed from a local packing house. It features a real blood scent a curing smokehouse process and gruesome verse about workers including David Mann James Howe and Charles Lennon.
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Sioux City
E. E. Sweetland
F. C. Heusner
St. Francois
Fire destroys two frame houses in West Covington
A lighted lamp explosion started a blaze on River road in West Covington destroying the two story Benton dwelling and the neighboring Foy residence. The Ludlow fire crew could not fight the flames due to hose limits. a bucket brigade checked the spread. Mrs Benton’s daughter Hazlewood was carried to a neighbor on a cot. water came from cisterns as the town has no water system.
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River Road
West Covington
Nancy Benton
Foy
Ludlow
Benton
Local Singers Attend Convention in Chicago
Rev Henry Tappert leads a delegation of local singers to the seventeenth convention of the American Catholic Cecilian Society opening in Chicago. The Mother of God parish choir from Covington Kentucky will sing master works at St Pauls Church with Rev Tappert directing. Clergy from the area include Rev P Raphael O S B and Rev William Tappert.
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Henry Tappert
Chicago
American Catholic Cecilian Society
St. Paul’s Church
Mother of God’s Parish
Covington
Wil
Mr. Tappert
J. Singenberger
P. Raphael
William Tappert
F A Brooks Stricken and Dies After Apoplexy
F A Brooks wealthy grain dealer owner of two grain elevators at Yellow Springs Ohio and large Clark County landholder died after apoplexy yesterday afternoon at five o clock He was well known among farmers across the region of the state
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F. A. Brooks
Yellow Springs
Clark County
Gasoline stove explosion injures saloon owner in Covington
Firefighters were called to Herman Meihaus's saloon at 649 Madison Avenue where a gasoline stove exploded. The fire was put out with about 25 dollars in damage. Meihaus sustained severe burns to his hands and arms while attempting to extinguish the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Meihaus
Madison Avenue
Meihaus
Sleepy man falls from window in West Dayton
Michael Kirou 19? years old sat in a hot room window at 417 North Summit Street, West Dayton, fell two stories to the yard, spraining his neck. He was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital and later returned home with medical care by Dr Tachauer.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Michael Kirou
North Summit Street
West
Michael
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Tachauer
Alcohol dispute ends with fight and leap from window
Lizzie Weeney and Lush Finney, both colored, argued over a nickel at Lizzie's Sparrow alley Covington home. A scuffle led Finney to be cut on the arm and breast and he fled by leaping from a second story window to Scott street where Dr. Kelly treated his injuries. He then vanished and the woman fled to Cincinnati across the Suspension Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Weeney
Lush Finney
Lizzie
Sparrow Alley
Covington
Lush
Finney
Scott Street
Kelly
Suspension Bridge
Cincinnati
Miss Katie King Injured in Madison Pike Runaway
Miss Katie King of Sedamsville Cincinnati was struck by a runaway horse on Madison pike south of the Covington line while walking with Miss Carrie Dressman of Covington. Dressman escaped unhurt. King was knocked unconscious and taken to the Madison avenue street car barn where Dr. Allen treated her for head injuries and possible internal damage.
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Katie King
Sedamsville
Cincinnati
Madison Pike
Covington Corporation
Carrie Dressman
Kendall Street
Covington
Miss Dressman
Miss King
Madison Avenue Street
Republicans Name Delegates to County and Judicial Conventions
Center Township Republicans met at Council Hall on Saturday to appoint delegates and alternates for the county convention and judicial convention both set for August 6. Delegates include Clark Canfield Lawrence Fowler John D Curtis George Miller Charles Scharf George Tyrrell Harry Strayer Harry Day and many others with a long slate of alternates and a separate list for the judicial convention led by Henry C Spaeth R J Wynmiond Fred Opperman Fred Schmuette W H Hathaway and Lewis W Cobb.
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Center Township
Council Hall
Lewis Hill
John Stier
William Conaway
Frank B. Shutts
Clark Canfield
Lawrence Fowler
John D. Curtis
George Miller
Charles Scharf
George Tyrrell
Harry Strayer
Harry Day
Chas. Smith
George M. Stedman
H. H. Dil
W. H. Hathaway
Lewis W. Cobb
Elijah Stewart
Charles Thompson
Henry Knippenberg
Ed Schulz
Will Hiséy
Thomas Haynes
Bear in Mind an Estimate Prize from the Commercial Tribune
An estimate placed with the Commercial Tribune before August 1 could win a reader a prize of 11 000 dollars. The notice frames the contest as a chance for participants to submit estimates and claim a cash award.
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THE
Commercial Tribune
Multiple Atlantic arrivals and departures listed by ports
Shipping notices from MARINE, LIZARD, SCILLY, QUEENSTOWN, GIBRALTAR, MOVILLE, SEE, SOUTHAMPTON, and NEW YORK record arrivals of vessels including Astoria Cevic Minneapolis Cymric Lahn Aller Laurentin Mesaba Grosser Kurfurst and Le Antwerp plus sailings for Southampton Liverpool New York Genoa Naples and Glasgow with progress details and destinations.
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New York
Astoria
Glasgow
Moville
Cevic
Liverpool
la Gascogne
Havre
Lizard
Barbarossa
Southampton
Scilly
Minneapolis
London
Queenstown
Cymric
Etruria
Gibraltar
Bremen
Hampton
Parrot Demonstrates Language Imitation and Acting Skills
A letter recalls a gray parrot raised from Africa that died at nearly two years old after a three week illness. The bird spoke well for its age and showed intelligent word use, but its standout talent was acting with wood, mimicking a child and servants, and eliciting responses through simulated scenes.
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Africa
Colored camp meeting opens in Newport
The African M E Church camp meeting began at Nelson place Newport with crowds from Newport Covington and Cincinnati. The program included hymns invocations sermons by Rev William Curran Mrs Moore and Rev E G Garrison with performances by Miss Alicy Chinn and a Mount of Blessings Cincinnati singer. The evening featured an African choir of thirty six voices and a sermon by Rev E G Garrison.
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M. E. Church
Nelson Place
Newport
Covington
Cincinnati
William Curran
Alicy Chinn
E. Huggins
Moore
Brother Garrison
Mount of Blessings
Christian Endeavor
Mr. Curran
Garriso1oni
E. G. Garrison
Cora Linwood Freed After Prosecution Dropped
Mrs Cora Linwood released from arrest after charges of victimizing Newport attorney Horace Root were dropped. Newport police asked for funds to bring her to trial but were refused by Root and the Newport National Bank. Chief Smith ordered Ashland Chief Rye to release the woman yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Linwood
Horace Root
Newport
Ashland
Smith Wen
Root
Newport National Bank
Smith
Bai Chief Rye
Newport Lawn Fete Aids Clifton Sunday School
A lawn fete to benefit Clifton Sunday School will be held next Thursday evening on the Campbell County Protestant Orphans Home grounds. Miss Christina Long of Lexington is visiting Miss Mary Graham in Newport. George Horner of Newport takes a two week vacation in Central Kentucky. Mr and Mrs R A Miller of Augusta left after a pleasant visit with Mr and Mrs L W Miller of East Fifth Street Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Sunday School
Campbell County Protestan
Christina Long
Lexington, Ky
Mary Graham
East Fourth Street
George Horner
Newport
Centra
Kentucky
R. A. Miller
Augusta Ky
L. W. Miller
East Fifth Street
Surprise Twenty First Birthday for Newport Newsman Louis Norris
Louis Norris of Newport celebrates his twenty first birthday Friday night with friends at 125 West Sixth Street. He receives a gold watch and chain from his parents and an emerald ring from his sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Norris
Newport
West Sixth Street
Norris
Snake on lawn prompts dash to aid in Dayton
Mayor Kruchten heard a woman’s cries near Mrs Felsburg’s house, sister of Chief McClure, and found a four foot black snake on the lawn. He killed the reptile with a clothes-peg after a few strikes. Also noted is a line about $11,000 before August 1, 1902 in the Commercial Tribune contest.
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Kruchten
Sixth Avenue
Felsburg
McClure
Largest dipper dredge to be built for Montreal contractor
The Polson Iron and Ship building Works of Toronto will deliver the world’s largest dipper dredge to Montreal contractor J. Poupore on June 1. Costing 62600 dollars, the dredge can haul 60 loads per hour from depths to 50 feet, with a 96 foot length and 36 foot 8 inch beam. A twelve man crew will operate it under Montreal engineer L. A. Desy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polson Iron and Shipbuilding Works
Toronto
J. Poupore
Montreal
L. A. Desy
Poupore
Maisomneuve
Sorel
Tea table talk and scandal across Restoration and 18th century texts
The note traces the use of tea as a meal descriptor in Moll Flanders and The Vicar of Wakefield, cites Defoe and Congreve on tea table talk, and links Mrs. Millamant’s declared tea table authority to a recurring custom of post dinner scandal among ladies in 17th and 18th century literature.
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Wakefield
Moll Flanders
Defoe
Mirabell
le Font
Lottery contest offers $11,000 for correct total vote
A Commercial Tribune estimating contest offers a prize of $11,000 for the correct total vote. Entrants must submit exact figures before August 1902 with a deadline prior to July.
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