Fragmentary Street and Landmark Place Notations
Incomplete OCR lists street intersections and addresses including Fifth to Wilign, Seventh and Chestnut, Thirteenth and Sycamore, and Sixteenth and California. Mentions Franklin, Washington, Chestnut, Union, and Reeves Pulley Works among other scattered landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teres
Jethien
Dacva
Ze Bath
Wadoeter
ji—Seserth
Jackson
Washington
Ji—Dasiel
Franklin
P— Beniteenth
Pearl
Sycamore
Reeves Pulley Works
Torth
Hutcbine Avenue
California
City Officials Names and Exposition Travel Notes
A long list of city officials is given, including Mayor W J Beck and Clerk John Suverkrooh with many others named by position. The piece notes great interest in the Southern Exposition and promotes Big Four Route train services to Cincinnati, Buffalo and beyond with various connections and special round trip rates for events and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Beck
John Suverkrooh
Nashville Tenn
Mar
Bic
Cincinnati
Dew Yark
Leste
Pitas
Caere
Columbus
Detroit
Toledo
Sandusky
Chyeage Benton Harbor
Louisville
Hummer ad offers 40 old items and circulars
An offer promotes a sample package with 10 cents postage and a descriptive circular. It claims a 60 percent agent commission and includes a 1 dollar/list price. The notice lists Romanza Agency at 719 Sycamore St Cincinnati as the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romanza Agency
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
Big Four Route Special Low Rates Convention Note
San Francisco hosts the YP and C E convention July 7 to 12. The Big Four Route offers special low rates from all points via Chicago St. Louis or Peoria. Through trains run from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St. Louis and Peoria and from Cincinnati and Louisville to Chicago. Information available from local agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Um Péoriia
St. Louis
Louisville
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Dapton
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
San Francisco
Chicago
Peoria
New York
Boston
Bic Four Route Planned Summer Trip to Milwaukee
The Bic Four Route will name special low rates for teachers and their heads for the annual meeting in Milwaukee. The line runs between Cincinnati Indianapolis Dayton Springfield Columbus and intermediate points to Chicago, promising the best facilities. Full information is available from any agent of the Bic Four Routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Dayton
Springfield
Columbus
Chicago
Great Benevolent Society
Louisville
Special Clubbing Offer From Columbus Morning Star
Columbus Morning Star advertises a break with Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal and Weekly Star, offering one year for 1.24 dollars to renewals and new subscribers paid in advance. The deal runs until July 1, 1897, with sample copies available and ship to Columbus, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier-Journal the
Weekly Star
Courier-Journal
ourier-Journal
Columbus Morning Star
Columbus
Ind
Kinney & Turpin
One Way And Round Trip Tickets to the South
Southern Railway offers one way settlers tickets from Ohio and Mississippi River points to the south at two cents per mile and round trip tickets at one rate plus two dollars. Valid first and third Tuesdays June to October. Information on schedules and special rates available from Wm. H. Tayloe Assistant General Passenger Agent Louisville KY. The line serves eight Great South States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Ohio
Mississippi River
Wm. H. Tayloe
Louisville
Great South States
Epworth League Convention Big Four Route Special Rates
The Big Four Route will name special love rates for the Epworth League convention and highlights its line from St Louis to Toronto via Cleveland Niagara Falls and Buffalo or via Toledo Detroit. Apply for full particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Leuis
Peoria
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Dayton
Springfield
Columbus
Cleveland
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Toledo
Detroit
Lighthouse tribute inside Whitkirk church to John Smeaton
A lighthouse statue built within the parish church of St Marys Whitkirk near Leeds honors civil engineer John Smeaton. The monument, placed in the chancel, bears a rock inscription recalling Smeaton's Eddystone lighthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Whitkirk
Leeds
John Smeaton
Eddystone
Abbott Simeon
Ely
Fens
Judge Roy Bean and the Frontier Justice Legend
Leslie's Weekly lauds Judge Roy Bean of Langtry Texas as the law west of the Pecos. A coroner inquest over a death on the Pecos bridge leads Bean to fine the deceased for carrying a loaded gun, illustrating his brisk frontier justice and hinting at forthcoming published decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Leslie
Roy Bean
Langtry
Pecos
Pecos River
Bean
Small Prince's First Painting Attempt Ends in Disarray
A London Chronicle account says the future Kaiser Wilhelm's first art experiment started with paints on an unfinished portrait of the Prince of Wales. Four-year-old Wilhelm smeared his face, wailed in pain when turpentine stung, and later vowed revenge by ruining the portrait, leaving Frith unable to finish an adequate likeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knackfuss
London Chronicle
Windsor
Frith
Prince of Wales
Mr. Frith
Lubec plans first hearse by voluntary stock donations
Citizens of Lubec Maine form a hearse corporation by one dollar subscriptions to fund a funeral vehicle. Stockholders may receive a rebate if the hearse is used within a set period, ensuring a first class funeral with full pomp for the subscriber if death arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubec
Lkely
Lewiston Journal
Hoodoo letter stalks ships blamed for wrecks at sea
A recent string of major maritime disasters is blamed on ships whose names end with the first letter A. Reports from the San Francisco Examiner note several British and passenger vessels lost or damaged near duties from Liverpool to Alaska, with drownings and wrecks linked to the hoodoo A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fran
Cisco Examiner
Telegraph
Androsa
Liverpool
Oreatia
Victoria
Freemantle
Wallops
Dora
Alaska
Colima
Umatilla
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Ted
Citizens’ Phone
J. A. Georges
Jas. F. Cox
Attorney-At- Law
Crumyp’n
Enat Court House
George’s
Washington Street
Treachiver
James Sibley
Marsh J
Wim
Schooler
W. F. Norton
John K. Lights
Councawatt Ward
Wim, Collina
Frank Cromp
Ben. Patterson
Herman Kost
W. W. Adama
Scott Henry
Ren, Walker
H. Sehoonover
Ith
al. Stevens
Komine
Hinoeck
C. Moore
Hoe
Bignerdd
Peed
Louis Cro
Germ
B. Mieven
Tayloraaille Raresxca
Stucker
Tayloreuille Dnion
Peter M. Daum
Columbquilly
W.N. Bradley
Newbern
Clay
Gus Miller
Northpaburg
J. V. Wright
Grammer
Sandcreek
W. KE. Springer
Wayne
Wm. Wiseman
Juneaville
W. A. Smith
Ogilville
Jickson
F. L. Moyes
Nsville County
J. A. Wade
Chattanooga, Tenn
Baptist Young People’s Unwn of America
Lia Four
L. & N.ity
Central Union Depot
Big Four
G.A
Bles Retneon
Minneapolis
National Educational Association
Wis
Courier Journal
Epworth League
the Kaiser and
Silverman’s
Silverman's
Alsetdia Lamp
Messinger
Veeder Cyclometers
Morgan & Wright
Reaves Seward
Wane Toorner
Menaber
Broom Factory
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