Vast Ocean of Silver Strikes Campaign Funds for Lawmaking
Coal magnate Taylor launches a ten cent campaign fund with aims to flood committee rooms with dollars. The piece notes dramatic potential influence in political finance and voter reactions.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1897
Page
1
A Fair Response Would Net $127000
A local analysis or letter notes a proposal or plan expected to raise or net about 127000 dollars. The item highlights community funding potential and civic impact, referencing regional groups and economic expectations tied to a public project or event.
Still Cry Extravagance Democrats Display Their Consistency
Ohio politics heats up as a ten cent appeal allegedly authored by Colonel W A Taylor aims to fund a Democratic campaign. Analysts compare the projected $127,500 fund to the Republican tally of the previous year. Boxwell seeks Speaker as DeWitt notes GOP gains in Paulding and surrounding counties amid a likely Republican House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus,co
W. A. Taylor
Taylor
Ohio
Bryan
Republican State Executive Committee
Kurtz
John R. McLean
Chapman
Great Southern
Allen O. Myers
Chamber of Mystery
Boxwell
Eager for vengeance shadows over expected British success
The report warns that the drive for revenge is intense and unsettled by doubts about immediate British victory. It notes grim expectations and heightened tensions as the conflict persists.
Plot to Blow Up Block In Portland Arson Attempt
John Rinker a Red Key druggist and Charles Crandle were jailed in Porter County for attempted arson after police say a plan to burn and blow up the Odd Fellows Block store failed. Crandle confessed. Rinker pleaded guilty at preliminary. bond set at 2000. Coal oil and nitroglycerin found in the cellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Portland
Ind
John Rinker
Charles Crandle
Red Key
Rinker
Odd Fellows
Crandle
Electrician Dies of Hiccoughs in Lexington
O L Garron, an electrician, died in Lexington after a week's illness caused by hiccoughs. He carried letters from A W Garron & Co of Philadelphia and formerly lived there. He had bought a farm at Flint River, Ga, which tied up his capital, and he came to Lexington as employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
O. L. Garron
Hiccoughs
A. W. Garron & Co
Spring Street
Philadelphia
Plint River
James F. Watts
Odd Fellows
Squire Gresh
Pius Gresh
Bundy Failures at Naval Cadet Exam Highlight Racial Tensions
Fifty five candidates failed in mathematics for naval cadetship on September 4 at Annapolis. Bundy, a colored applicant, failed in algebra and arithmetic after a prior spelling failure. The successful cadets named include Byron Long and Ernest King. Bundy plans to decide soon whether to retake the exam, saying national attention weighed on him and he was treated fairly by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Annapolis
Tennessee
Ernest J. King
Ohio
John P. Jackson
New Jersey
Adolphus Andrews
Texas
William Morris
Pennsylvania
Burrell C. Allen
Kansas
Bundy
Academy
Hurd Found in Phoenix Halted by Creditors Claim
A. T. Hurd former Kentucky marshal office chief clerk and former private secretary to Dr. Hunter arrived in Phoenix three days ago. Mary R. Haff of Frankfort identified him on the street and, claiming a several thousand dollar debt, attached his trunk preventing his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
A. T. Hurd
United States Marshal of
Kentucky
Dr. Hunter
Louisville
Mary R. Haff
Frankfort
Hurd
Butchered His Wife in Haughville Razor Attack
A young German, August E Kistner, attempted to kill his wife with a razor in Haughville Indianapolis. He escaped injury but slashed her throat and inflicted many wounds before bystanders stopped him. She may recover. he was arrested at the police station.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
E. Kistner
Haughville
Kistner
Geo. Diggs
Brumback Shot by Horseman Remains Critical in Ky
FRANKFORT Ky Sept 4 J N Brumback the man shot by horseman James or is alive tonight but is very low with chances against his recovery Dailey was released on
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
J. N. Brumback
James
Dailey
President McKinley and family reach Canton home
President and Mrs. McKinley arrive in Canton to rest over Sunday at Mother McKinley's home. Citizens greet the train by the thousands, a serenade follows, and a brief address is given. Church attendance is planned for Sunday with a quiet day ahead. George B. Cortelyou remains with the president.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
Akron
Mother McKinley
William
George B. Cortelyou
White House
Twichell Promoted to Kentucky Chair Factory Superintendent
S. T. Chamberlain, longtime superintendent at the penitentiary chair factory, was removed by the Sinking Fund Commissioners. R. A. Twichell was promoted to the superintendency at a salary of 1800 dollars per year, amid secrecy over the reasons for Chamberlain's dismissal and potential disclosures about a lumber shortage at the penitentiary last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Sinking Fund Commissioners
R. A. Twichell
Brothers Accused of Arson in Marion Barn Burns
William and Edward Shafer of Van Buren were arrested in Marion charged with burning Joshua Strange's barn. Strange had three barns burned in ten months, and the Shafers are charged with burning all of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
William
Edward Shafer
van Buren
Joshua Strange
Strange
Shafers
Dr. Vickers Regains Control of Portsmouth Schools
In Portsmouth Ohio on Sept 4 the Dr Vickers faction wins a board majority after anti Vickers member Knowles is absent. Acting Superintendent Hudson asks to be relieved and Dr Vickers is named acting Superintendent. Schools to open next Tuesday with notices to ignore Dr Vickers withdrawn.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Dr. Vickers
Vickers
Knowles
anti-Vickers
Friends of
Hudson
Bullet Against Bowlders In Kentucky Tragedy
In Glasgow Kentucky on Buck Creek Frank Bishop 25 was killed by his brother in law Wilson Lawrence 18 after a rock attack. Lawrence surrendered to authorities saying the shooting followed a family dispute and confrontation on the road.
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Frank Bishop
Glasgow
Buck Creek
Wilson Lawrence
Bishop
Lawrence
Door slams crush engineer and injures crew in railroad wreck
At Chillicothe Ohio on September 4 a switch misplacement caused a collision on the C H D railroad. Engineer Harry Climer and Conductor C P West were aboard the east bound No 256 and ten passengers were injured while baggagemaster Butler Harrison died from skull fractures. The switch had been found locked for the siding after the wreck.
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Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
Harry Climer
C. P. West
Dayton
Harper
Butler Harrison
Wellston
Robbery Steals Earrings From Sleeping Woman
Belewod Indiana September 4 A sensational robbery occurred last night. A thief entered the sleeping apartment of Mrs Minnie Hartman and removed her diamonds from her ears while she slept. The earrings valued at $1000 were a gift and there is no clue to the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Belwood
Ind
Minnie Hartman
Consul Lee Quits Cuba on Leave to New York
General Fitzhugh Lee United States Consul General sails from Havana to New York aboard Seguranca stating his departure is a State Department granted leave of absence. He bids farewell to Weyler and Marquis Ahumada before departing.
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State Department
Weyler
Havana
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Ward Line
New York
Cuba
Lee
Marquis Ahumada
Washington
General Lee
Congress
Two Explosions Ravage Broad Ripple Gas Disaster
Indianapolis area report details two natural gas explosions at Broad Ripple near the city. Six killed and up to eighty wounded as flames destroyed the town’s business district and several structures.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Broad Ripple
Pius Gresh
Jacob Darling
Charles Yount
Henry Ernest
John Porter
Albert Hayworth
Edgar Weets
Emuley Johnson
F. W. Heaton
Orville Heady
Anderson Plummer
Frank Morris
Will E. Privette
Ed Morris
Frank Marval
Clare Whittaker
Oakland
Harry Bolton
Frank Featherstone
Charles Roberts
James Mitchell
New Augusta
John Doaks
Finton Reckettle
Farmer plans suit over 58 cent wheat sale tied to Bryan
Anderson Ind Sept 4 Farmer James Shuman of Lapel sought legal grounds to sue William Jennings Bryan alleging his warning on silver caused wheat prices to fall. After election he accepted 58 cents a bushel for this year's crop from Lapel dealers, delivering fifty bushels the next day and losing hundreds of dollars. He discovered recovery against Bryan was unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Anderson
Ind
James Shuman
Lapel
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Indianapolis
Shetterlys
Madison County
President McKinley Leaves Columbus for Canton and Cleveland
President McKinley and party departed Columbus at 11 30 for Akron. The President and Mrs McKinley went to Canton while Secretary Alger and Senator Hanna headed to Cleveland. He will continue to Somerset Pennsylvania for two weeks starting Monday.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
McKinley
Akron
Canton
Alger
Hanna
Cleveland
Somerset
Goodspeed
Converse Without Saloons In Indiana Town After September
Converse will become a dry town after September 20 under the Nicholson act. With a population around 2,500 the Miami Wabash and Grant county town previously housed two taverns but faced remonstrances from 161 and over 200 residents respectively.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
Converse
Indiana
James Crook
Miami
Grant Counties
Grant
Buy Mexican Sheep Here Replenish Flocks
Ohio breeders hurry to restock flocks due to wool industry gains. Dispatch from Upper Sandusky notes flockmasters seek sheep from Mexico as agents scour the country to import stock and improve herds.
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Ohio
Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandwusky,co
Mexico
Elwood women form Alaska hopefuls club for gold rush
Thirty women of Elwood Indiana plan to travel to Alaska next March to seek fortunes and, if needed, wealthy husbands. They believe hard work and resilience will overcome travel risks and foresee others forming similar clubs nationwide.
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Commercial Tribune
Elwood
Ind
Alaska
Schoolroom Etiquette Resolutions from Morgan County
Mor gan County Teachers Institute passed resolutions condemning alcohol and tobacco use by teachers and criticizing male teachers who sit with hair parted in the middle and pants in boot tops. The body adjourned this week after voting on schoolroom conduct standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Institute
Clarksburg
W. Va
Morgan County Teachers’ Institute
Boy shoots brother in accidental farm house tragedy
In Marion Ohio on September 4 Roy Richards aged 14 discharged a loaded double-barreled shotgun into his brother Chester 16 killing him instantly at a Morral area farm. The boy did not know the gun was loaded and the parents were away at the time.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Roy Richards
Richard Richards
Morral
Chester
Farm Robber Vanishes After Selling Property
Geo L Morris of Rome Ashtabula County near Warren reportedly had 8600 dollars stolen after selling a farm and hiding the cash in his house. The money disappeared the following day leaving authorities to investigate the mysterious loss.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren, O
Geo. L. Morris
Rome
Ashtabula County
Warren
Fruit grower declines offer for sapple crop
Clark sburg September text reports Charles R Wood a fruit grower from Rappahannock County rejected a five thousand dollar bid for his sapple crop. The note implies a higher potential value and ongoing market interest.
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Commercial Tribune
Clarksburg
W. Va
Chas. R.wood
Rappahannock County
Faure and His Triumph in Russia and World Mobalities
English readers focus on India frontier crises Afridis and Orakzais remain in headlines while British policy in Afghanistan is debated. Paris and Berlin fret over Lorraine and Franco Russian alliance as Meline faces risk to his portfolio amid wheat and protection tariff tensions.
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Faure
Russia
America
Comercial Tribune
London
India
Ameer
Constantinople
Abdul Rahman
Afghanistan
India Office
Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Berlin
M. Meline
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