Defense Begins in Breathitt County Feud Trial
Breathing tense day as Jett and White take the stand in Jackson Kentucky. The defense outlines their case and questions key witnesses while the grand jury weighs arson and murder charges in the Breathitt County feud case. Ewen family destitution and possible bribe attempts loom over the courtroom.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Breathitt County
Joe Crawford
Ed Tharp
B. J
Redwine
Tom White
Curtis Jett
Dismissal of Mrs Dones at City Hospital Sparks Shake-up
The City Hospital dismissed Night Superintendent Ella B. Dones after nine years in the post. Dr. C R Holmes delivered the news effective July 1. The firing follows a long standing feud amid hospital scandals and personnel disputes. Miss Peddie, a senior nurse, will succeed her.
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City Hospital
C. R. Holmes
Ella B. Dones
Mrs. Dones
Bishop Issues Strict Picnic Order Over Dancing
Bishop Mc Clogkey of Louisville issues a ban on dancing and intoxicants at church picnics. The letter condemns the modern dance and urges adherence to Baltimore Plenary Council functions. The Catholic Knights of America picnic, set for June 20, has been canceled.
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Louisville
McClogkey
Baltimore
Catholic Knights of America
Newport Notes item on residents and funeral notices
Am Lohner, 23, died yesterday at his home 1 West Tenth Street after a long illness of typhoid fever. A widow and one day old child survive him. Aubrey Barbour is a candidate for Commonwealth's Attorney. The funeral of Mrs Minnie Bresey of 410 Eg net Newport was held yesterday at Corpus Christi Church with Rev Haeher Kolopp officiating and burial in St Stephen's Cemetery.
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Lohner
West Tenth Street
Minnie Brésey
Egnet
Newport
Gorpus. Christi Church
Haeher Kolopp
St. Stephen's Cemetery
Annexation Commissioners Sworn In By City Council
Levi Goodale James Templeton and William Hendiga were appointed Annexation Commissioners to arrange details of a prewarion with Winton Price Evanston Bond Mill and Hyde Park and were sworn in by City Clerk Hunt. They will meet next Tuesday.
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Levi Goodale
James Templeton
Willian Hendiga
Winton Price
Evanston
Bond Mill
Hyde Park
Adait Olty
Sollester Hunt
Goodaie Craipman
Evety
Board of Elections Announces New Election Officers
The Board of Elections at its meeting last night appointed election officers including Registrars and Judges for multiple wards and precincts. Democrats and Republicans named individuals in Ninth, Twelfth, Nineteenth, Fourteenth, Twenty-fourth wards and others for clerks and roles across several precincts.
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Board of Elections
Ninth Ward
Burton P. Hollister
Twelfth Ward
A. FE
Wagner
Henry Volk, Jr
Henry G. Wolf
Raymond le Count
Joseph Gardner
Terth
George Fraig
William Hoss
William Kyle
J. P. Bowen
H. W. Stratemeyer
Charles Heinlein
Simon Lemonck
Louis Roetti
William J. Gannon
George Beck
John G. Welling
B. D. O'Rourke
Henry J. Hamberg
Michael Hanlon
J. E. Broderick
George Grote
Thirteenth
Harrison
Fred Wischmeyer
George C. Shaw
Frank Fellers
Co. F. Klayer
Charles Ihnecht
Charles Prinz
Adolph Rosenberg
Thomas E. Dyer
Jacob Saslavsky
A. H. Burgess
Congress urged to investigate South voting rights
A.A. Humphrey proposed resolutions at the Republican Club meeting in New York calling on Congress to investigate conditions in the South and ensure every person black or white can vote for Presidential Electors. The report by the Committee on National Affairs reviewed South conditions and urged federal action on suffrage.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
South
Republican Club
Ciy
New House
West Fortieth Street
A. B. Humphrey
Committee On National Affairs
Congress
New Engineer Appointed at House of Refuge
The Board of Public Service will drop four or five staff at the House of Refuge. The key change is replacing the current engineer with William Allen who previously worked there and was discharged by the Fusionists. Allen has since been an engineer for Consolidated Coal and Mining Company. Also, Harry J. Fagin resigned from City Engineer Stanley's office after serving as rod man at zero salary.
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Board of Public Service
House of Refuge
William Allen
Allen
Consolidated Coal and Mining Company
Harry J. Fagin
United States
Viv J. Fagin
Stanley
Rodman
Hay
Kishineft
Root
Payne
Captured man who passed raised bills in Ohio and Cincinnati
Marshal Wardlow of Moscow Ohio reports the arrest of Dan Cooper in Moscow for passing raised currency from one to five dollars. A number of bills were found on him and investigators say he targeted Neville Ohio and other small towns. Secret Service Officer Bolan will return Cooper to Cincinnati for further action.
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Marshal Wardlow
Moscow
Dan Cooper
Neville
Secret Service
Bolan
Cooper
Cincinnat
West End
Brighton
Reis Tries Twice to End His Life in City
August Reis a baker living at Schmidt's boarding house Vine and Green streets attempted suicide twice yesterday. He first tried hanging himself but the rope broke. He then jumped from the wharf at Main street and was rescued by Captain Barney King of the Hercules Cartel. Wet and distressed he returned to his boarding house and was taken to the district police station as a suspect in a peculiar case.
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August Reis
Schmidt
Vine
Green Streets
Main Street
Barney King
Hercules Cartel
Ering
Reis
Officers Installed at True American Lodge No 2
Installation of Micers of the True American Lodge No 2 F and A M was held last night at its George Street hall near John. A large class was initiated. Luncheon followed. Officers installed include Worshipful Master F A B Hall Senior Warden Charles A Farmer Junior Warden William Welson Treasurer Joseph B Earley Secretary Osbert Earley Senior Deacon Jerry Guthrie Junior Deacon George Barnett Senior Steward Henry W Junior Steward A E Smith Tiler Bowen Chaplain Joseph Hunster Trustee A J De Hart.
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Micers
The
True American Lodge
F.j
A. M
George Street
John
F. A.B. Hall
Charles A. Farmer
William Welson
Josephb. Earley
Osbert Earley
Young Lawyer Wins First Case Amid Courtroom Tension
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt shows a young attorney celebrating a first victory as a judge comments on the jury’s reaction. The dialogue centers on the lawyer’s eloquence and the jury’s sensitivity to the plea.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Sflent
Kellogg Bills Drive East End Library and Huckster Reform
City council actions include passing a huckster license measure set at 150 dollars and moving a library site condemnation. An ordinance for track elevation superintendent terms and salaries was approved and engineers' office organization adjusted. Public Service Board to report sewer cost estimates for several streets.
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D. C. Keller
Brera Mee Hott
Werd
Board of Pubi Rvice Transmi
Kella
Denham
Tusculum
Claligt J. Eads Howe
Mittee
Kellogg
Board of Public Service Providing
Rimwood
Intentia
Theodore B. Armstrong
Philips Tweger
Charles Kracke
Armstrong
Board of Public Service
Porest Avenue
Ingleside Place
Moorman Avenue
Cleyton Avenue
Hackberry Street
Ohio Wesleyan Commencement Week Opens in Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University began commencement week in Delaware as exam period ended. President Bashford praised growth from 970 students in 1899 to 1 481 in the calendar year and urged maintaining a four year college course. Trustees voted to adjourn until Wednesday after hearing the president and noting new faculty hires.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Gray Chapel
Christian Associations
Effie Price Gladding
New York City
School of Music
Bashford
Ohio
Wesleyan University
Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons
Louisa H. Richardson
John W. Rice
Waldo E. Ayer
Divorce Suit Filed by Carrie Meyers Against Harvey Myers
Carrie W Meyers filed for divorce custody and alimony in Covington Circuit Court alleging abandonment for over a year and a half. The couple married October 6 1878 and have four daughters. Mrs Meyers and three daughters live in Covington. Harvey Myers a prominent Kentucky lawyer and former legislator is named with an estate valued above 100000 and annual income over 10000. Theodore Hallam previously represented him.
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Covington
Carrie W. Meyers
Harvey Myers
Algery
Garrard Street
Kentucky
Theodore Hallam
Myers
Goebel
State Senate
Th House
Kenton County
Gosbel
Riv
Abandons Palette for Church Pulpit
A. W. Van Loon will leave his Christian Church duties in the East End on September 1 to begin a two year ministry course at Bethany College, West Virginia. He, son of Mr and Mrs W C Van Loon, is an accomplished artist who turned to Christian service after conversion and will pursue formal study to qualify for the ministry.
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A. W. van Loon
Christian Church
East End
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
van Loon
W. C. van Loon
Hotel Belleclaire Opens Quiet New York Stop
Visitors to New York will find the Hotel Belleclaire at Seventy seventh and Broadway a quiet select hotel offered at moderate rates for travelers seeking comfortable lodging in the city.
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New York
Belleclaire
Seventy-seventh and
Broadway
Pressmen Hold Fifteenth International Convention in Cincinnati
The fifteenth annual convention of the Printing Pressmen and Assistants opened in Cincinnati with 300 delegates from the U S and Canada. The program included speeches, social events, a Cincinnati ball victory over Chicago by 15 to 1, a Cosmopolitan Hall smoker, and sightseeing. Chicago delegates threaten to challenge Hammond Indiana delegates over union rules and pay. The event includes visits to the United States Printing Company plant and Coney Island excursion.
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United States
Canada
Greenwood Hall
Martin P. Higgins
Prather
Cincinnati Union
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Hoosier City
Chicago
Norwood
Cosmopolitan Hall
Press Assistants’ Union
No. 17
John Weiler
Union
Dan Gal
Charles
Koehlke
Kuechler
Hammond Union
Coney Island
Jews of America Present Case to President
A speech recounts Jewish Americans appealing to President Roosevelt at the White House. It praises Russian leadership and urges measured action regarding atrocities, citing Longfellow and historic Jewish service to the nation.
Jewish Officers and Persecution Lessons from a Police Chief
The speaker recalls Jewish soldiers and officers who served with valor in the Spanish American War and the NYPD. He cites incidents of Jewish service, wartime leadership, and an incident protecting an anti-Semitic agitator with Jewish police. He argues that American unity rests on merit, not creed, and condemns persecution while stressing shared humanity.
Doctor Ensor Endorses Peruna For Catarrh And Tonic Use
Dr J E Ensor postmaster of Columbia South Carolina and former superintendent of the State Insane Asylum praises Peruna as an effective cure for catarrh and a strengthening tonic. Letters from O W Butts and others extol Peruna's benefits and advise readers to seek Dr Hartman for guidance if results are not prompt.
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J.E. Ensor
Columbia
J. E. Ensor
O. W. Butts
Congress
North Dakota
Washington,d. C
C. W. Butts
R. Robbins
Muskogee
I. T
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Palestine for persecuted Jews suggested by Chicago preachers
Chicago Methodist leaders adopt resolutions urging President Roosevelt to help relocate Jews to the Holy Land mirroring 1891 memorials. The appeal, signed by editors, financiers and clergy across major cities, cites past U S actions pressing Russia over Jewish massacres and Russia’s continued refusals.
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Chicago
Palestine
Roosevelt
Harrison
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Holy Land
Bulgaria
Servia
Russia
Commercial Tribune
Frelinghuysen
Hoffman
Congress
Secretary of State
Blaine
Smith
St. Petersburg
Couple Denied Marriage License Over Residency Rule
James Weed of Indianapolis and Anna Dudley of Cincinnati failed to obtain a marriage license in Dayton Ohio because the bride to be is not a county resident. The pair had planned to wed at the courthouse after meeting at a station. Weed is a traveling salesman. Dudley works at American Rolling Mills in Middletown and is linked to Walnut Hills society circles.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
James Weed
Indianapolis
Anna Dudley
Cincinnati
Weed
St. James Place
Walnut Hills
American Rolling Mills Company
Middletown
D.C
Crawford
Modern Woodmen to Open Convention Today
An antic administration meeting of the Modern Woodmen held in Indianapolis at the Claypool Hotel attracted nearly 200 attendees and lasted past midnight. Speakers attacked the administration and a resolution urged reviewing rate readjustments before officer elections. J G Johnson of Kansas was endorsed for Head Counsel and a committee to nominate opposition candidates was formed. Both sides claimed victory as a stormy scene was anticipated at the convention.
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Indianapolis
Indy
Claypool
J. G
Johnson
Kansas
State Bar Association Program Issued for July Meeting
Secretary Bennett released the program for the State Bar Association annual meeting in Putin Bay starting July 7. Ex Governor Wise of Virginia and other notables will speak. The agenda includes addresses by John W. Warrington and William P. Rogers, plus committee reports and a Memorial for William McKinley and Marshall J. Williams.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Smith W. Bennett
State Bar Association
Wise
Virginia
Putin Bay
John, W. Warrington
Cincinnati
John S. Wise
General Assembly
Edward Kibler
Edgar B. Kinkead
John L. Lock
W- E. Guerin, Jr
William P. Rogers
Cincinnati Law School
Edmund B. King
William McKinley
Marshall J. Williams
American Bar Association
First State Summer School Opens at Oxford
Oxford Ohio June 15 The first summer school ever run by the State of Ohio opened today at the State Normal College of Miami University. The six week session is led by Prof. F B Dyer who will become Cincinnati schools superintendent at its end. Prof H S Minnich assists. About 300 registered on day one with nearly 100 Cincinnati teachers in attendance.
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Commercial Tribune
Oxford
State of Ohio
State, Normal College of Miami University
F. B. Dyer
Cincinnati
H. S. Minnich
Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Promote Skin Health
Purported advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as the purest emollients for infant and adult skin humours. Claims rapid relief from eczema psoriasis head scalp acne ringworm and milk crust with permanent cure and economy, urging use despite possible failures of other remedies.
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Sford
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Longfellow
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