The Great Prize Fight and Moral Debate in San Francisco
The week featured the Jeffries Corbett prize fight in San Francisco drawing vast sums and public fascination. The piece argues boxing embodies a blood craving seen across civilizations, contrasts past and present champions, notes Saratoga races, Keene family fortunes, and hints at a new New York opera house as theater bleibt.
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San Francisco
Central Park
Stock Exchange
James J. Jeffries
James J. Corbett
United States
Jeffries
Corbett
Anclient
Rome
Growth of Our Railroads and Local News Notes
From the early wooden track of 1829 rail lines now span vast networks, never mind. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters proclaims fifty years of cures and urges trial with a private neck stamp on the bottle. Miss Anna Poland and Mr Charles Ritchission wed in Plainfield and the Coshocton pottery venture shifts to Columbus per Mr Bradford.
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United States
Poland
Ritchissin
Anna Poland
Plainfield
Charles Ritchissln
Columbus
Coshocton
Bradford
The Age ads bring good recutts
An Australian newspaper item notes improving advert revenue and reader engagement as sections are updated. Readers see cleaner layouts and more targeted notices. Officials urge continued support for local commerce through timely advertisements.
Ohio State Fair at Columbus Promises Five Grand Days
Five full days of attractions at the Ohio State Fair Grounds Columbus feature extensive exhibitor buildings and free special attractions daily. Emphasis on dairy, machinery, carriages, merchandise and the women’s building with lakes, lawns, and shade. Livestock halls host best breeds while musical bands and grand displays cap the experience.
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Columbus
Columbus i
United States
Ilwaya
Magera
Centennial Jubilee Ohio fair opens in Columbus August 31
The greatest state fair and Industrial exposition opens in Columbus on Monday morning August 31 and runs five days. Every department will display the best produced in orderly classification with daily free attractions. Railways offer half fare tickets for the week and many excursions, ensuring a continuous program from opening to closing.
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Ohio
Columbus
Babe from Willowbrook Tops Willowbrook Races In Matinee
A large Thursday crowd watched Babe owned by Mr. Austin of Willowbrook win the first race. Ted driven by Rol Barnes set a track half mile record in the third heat with a 1 69 time as Castleton and others chased in the event. John Bater of Cleveland was named section foreman on Wheeling and Lake Erie after Simon Renner resigned.
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Babe
Mr. Austin
Willowbrook
Grover Cleveland
J. M. Adams
Castleton
Rol Barnes
Ted
Hhe
Heike
A. H. Thompson
Charlies
Ball
Mr. Austin A
Aed
Gray Crook
E. P. Hack
Grayone
W. M. Smith
R. Barnes
Charlie Russel
C. Cochran
Fannie E
H. Wisenburg
John Bater
Cleveland
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Simon Renner
Grand Army Names Ohio Man At Encampment Vote
The Grand Army of the Republic chose Boston for the 1904 encampment and elected officers led by Commander-in-Chief General John C. Black of Illinois and senior vice commander Colonel C Mason Keene of California. The only contested post was chaplain with two ballots. Belgian hares and other live stock displays were announced for the St Louis World Fair.
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San Francisco
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
John C. Black
Ilinois
C. Mason Keene
California
Harry Kessler
Montana
George A. Harmon
Ohio
Winfield Scott
Arizona
St. Louis
England
Livestock Department
Floyd West Dies of Typhoid at 25
Floyd West son of Mr and Mrs Edward West died at his Hay avenue home Friday morning after a brief typhoid fever. He was a miner at Morgan Run mines and leaves a young wife, two children, his parents, a brother and two sisters. He was 25 and a member of the Senior Order of American Mechanics. Funeral services were Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Hay avenue home with burial in South Lawn cemetery.
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Floyd West
Edward West
Hay Avenue
Mr. West
Morgan Run
West
Order of American Mechanics
South Lawn Cemetery
Seventeen Year Old Girl Refuses Return Home After Running Away
Mabel Gromo, seventeen, stays at a Hickory Street boarding house in Coshocton after leaving East Liverpool seven days ago. She explains she came for work in pottery, met a young man connected with the Layton carnival, and chose independence over home life. She insists she is behaving herself, has ten dollars left, and will remain to earn a living rather than return to her mother and father who she says are unaware of her whereabouts.
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Frohman
New York
India
Eoset
Mabel Gromo
Mise Groimo
Hickory Street
East Liverpool
Layton Carnival Company
Coshocton
Porch Party Forms Neighborhood Club in Walnut Street
A Wednesday porch party at Mr. and Mrs. George A. Caton on Walnut street gathered Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Hack, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hay, Dr. and Mrs. Jease McClain, Mrs. Lewis Smith, and Mrs. Philena Peck. They organized as a neighborhood club and plan weekly picnics at the fair ground.
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George A. Caton
Walnut Street
B. P. Hack
H. P. Hay
Jease McClain
Lewis Smith
Philena Peck
Fair Ground
Reservoir Farm Gathering Honors Clark Glover Family
At Reservoir Farm Mr and Mrs C H Glover hosted a social for their son Rev Clark Glover and his family and Mr Mason of Shorts ville N Y The guests included Mr and Mrs W Y Knight and children Mr and Mrs George M Gray Mr and Mrs Joseph Clark and Rev Mr and Mrs Lafferty of Pittsburg.
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C. H. Glover
Reservoir Farm
Rev
Clark Glover
Mason
Shortsville
N. Y
W. Y. Knight
George M. Gray
Joseph Clark
Lafferty
Pittsburg
Express Mail Daily Express Taaly Ex Snn Sun
The fragment shows a dated postal or newspaper item with unclear context. It mentions Express Mail and a taaly ex snn sun line with numbers 21 28 83, but readable facts are minimal. The readable segment signals a brief postal schedule or ad snippet without a coherent event.
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Express Mail
Daily Express Taaly
Snn
Sun
Panhandle Time Table Shows May 1903 Train Changes
Panhandle schedule outlines May 24 1903 changes for Pennsylvania Lines with Coshocton station timings. Eastbound and westbound trains listed by number and approximate times, including daily and Sunday service notes. W. H. Kipp coshocton ticket agent listed for details.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania
Coshocton Station
W. H. Kipp
Coshocton
Dally
Sunda
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