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Missouri
Arkansas
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Louisiana
Texas
St. Louis
Thebes
Cairo
Memphis
EBW Labeaume
G. P
St. Louis, Mo
Freight train crashes into coal house near hardware store
A Wheeling freight train backed into a coal house at the rear of Benj. Coe's hardware store on Monday. The coal house sustained heavy damage as a box car penetrated halfway into it after the former bumper at the terminal of the track had been removed, amid several similar accidents since.
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Benj. Coe’s
Clemens Leaves C. M. Hay's Jewelry for New Castle Job
Fred Clemens, formerly employed at C. M. Hay's jewelry store, has accepted a position with a jeweler in New Castle Pennsylvania. Many friends in the city congratulate him while lamenting his departure.
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Fred Clemens
C. M. Hay
New Castle
Mr .Clemens
Dr Chase Nerve Pills Promoted For Vitality Recovery
An advertisement touts Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills as a cure for loss of energy and vitality. It cites Mrs J T Weeks of Coshocton Ohio praising regained strength in her daughter after using the medicine from C E Andersons drug store. The ad notes 50 cents per box and directs readers to Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY with the doctor s portrait and signature on every package.
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A. W Chase
J. T. Weeks
North Water Street
Coshocton
Dr. Chase
C. E. Anderson
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
A. W. Chase
M. D
Mrs. David Chapman Visits Fath er in Stone Creek Morning
Mrs. David Chapman travels to Stone Creek this morning to visit her father, details of the trip not provided.
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David Chapman
Stone Creek
Turbine steamship Queen sails Dover to Calais in record time
The turbine steamship Queen made a first business trip to France from Dover to Calais at twenty one knots, returning an hour after departure. A 500 strong party of business leaders and journalists accompanied the voyage, with notable figures including Mr Parsons, Col Denny, and Lord Stalbridge. The voyage showcased turbine efficiency promising coal and weight savings for future Atlantic liners.
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Age
London
Dover
Calais
France
Pier Head
Admiralty
Folkestone
Parsons
Col. Denny
M. P
Vincent Hil
Southeastern Railway
Lord Stalbridge
London & Northwestern Railway
Lord Allerton
Northeastern
Claude Hamilton
Great Eastern
Baron Eduard de Rothschild
Northern Railway
Arcadia Fire Threatens Findlay Area Here
A telegraph report from Arcadia near Findlay indicates a large fire destroying a hardware store restaurant and a residence as flames threaten the town. Fire departments from Findlay and Fostoria assisted as communications were disrupted by a storm with the blaze now reportedly under control and losses estimated in the thousands.
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Findlay, O
Arcadia
Here
Arcadia 18
Findlay
Fostoria
Haskins and Sullivan Seek Robeyville Strike Settlement
State Vice President Sullivan and State President Haskins travel to Adena via Wheeling to aid Robeyville miners in settling a strike. Discharged workers remain unpaid, and a company fight over reinstatement looms. Embezzlement charges against three local officers spark sensational courtroom claims by foreign laborers who say they misread documents.
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Sullivan
Miners’ Union
Wheeling
Adena
Robeyville
Haskins
Coshocton
Public Service Explains Streets Not Clean Yet
The board of public service explains that streets remain poorly attended due to budget limits. Board member Hutchinson cites a strained street fund, transfers to cover old debts, and a forthcoming tax levy of 2131.60 expected to ease finances by August.
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Public
Board of Public Service
Botanic Blood Balm advertised as cure all
An advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm claims to cure blood poison cancer ulcers eczema carbuncles scrofula and other conditions by rebuilding blood supply. It promises relief from pains skin eruptions and digestive or kidney weakness and offers free samples and medical guidance from the Blood Balm Co in Atlanta Georgia.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
E. Anderson
Forbes Block
Contracts for three brick factory buildings Let tonight
Contracts for the three new brick factory buildings for the West Lafayette Enameling plant will be let tonight at a board meeting in Dr McCurdy’s city office. The one story structures include two 50 by 150 foot buildings and one 280 by 159 foot building facing the railroad with a 246 foot frontage.
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West Lafayette Enameling
Rats and Tobacco in Cigar Store Anecdote
An old cigar man explains rats disdain tobacco, recounting a test where a rat reacted violently to tobacco smoke. He notes rats avoid tobacco, do not chew or smoke it, and are unsettled by its odor, concluding cigar stores rarely suffer rodent problems from tobacco.
Government reinstates miller amid nonunionism ruling
Washington July 21. William A Miller, expelled from the local Bookbinders union and removed from assistant foreman, is ordered reinstated by the public printer after Civil Service Commission inquiry. President Roosevelt cites the coal strike award guaranteeing no employment discrimination for union or nonunion members and urges all departments to follow the principle.
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Washington
Qbecause
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
William A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Miller
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Secretary Cortelyou
Willl
W. A. Miller
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
New Firm Opens in Old Edwards Grocery Corner Sixth and Main
Albert King and James Whitens form a partnership to run a modern grocery in the Rodgers building at Sixth and Main. King brings thirteen years with Snyder & Son's, Whitens comes from Meek & Beach leather department. Both are young, enterprising and expected to succeed.
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OLD Edwards Grocery
Albert King
James Whitens
PD D Edwards
Rodgers
Sixth and Main Streets
King
Snyder & Son's Grocery
Whiteus
Meek & Beach Company
Woman attempts suicide by carbolic acid in Walnut Street tragedy
Mrs. Charles Henry of Walnut street tried to end her life over a torn ring dispute with husband Charley Henry. After consuming carbolic acid she screamed in an out-house until Dr. Marshall countered the poisoning. The couple had been apart since a month and she bore severe burns to mouth and throat.
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Charles Henry
Walnut Street
Yellowstone Park
Nile
Marshall
Henry
Massillon
Meek & Beach
Water Street
Ball Park
Charley
Mane
Tuscarora
Henry T
Alice Deal
Burdell Mistaken for British Ambassador by Duluth Crowd
A Columbus financier William F Burdell was mistaken for Sir Michael Herbert British Ambassador in Duluth during a lakes cruise. His wife was called Lady Herbert by local papers and Dover staged the hoax to amuse Senator Hanna. The prank spread via local newspapers and set the stage for Burdell to visit in Columbus next week.
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Columbus
Ohio
William F. Burdell
State Savings Bank
Republican State Committee
Mark Hanna
Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
Hanna
Elmer
Dover
Mr. Fitch
Mr. Burdell
Duluth Se
the Lakes
W .F. Burdell
Sir
Michael
Herbert
Burdell
Edward VII
Colum
John R. Malloy
Happy Days at Last and Garden Pride in Indiana
William Ward, a Keteran book keeper at the Commer call bank, reports the first roasting ears of the season from his fine garden. Mrs. Nancy Fithen of Mingo Junction visits her niece Miss Leora Wilson en route to Warsaw, staying with George and James Wilson.
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William Ward
Commercall Bank
Ward
Nancy Fithen
Mingo Junction
Leora Wilson
Warsaw
George and
James Wilson
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Bradfield
Haskins and Sullivan
Hutchinson
Hosselt
New Orleans Times-Democrat
the Age
Ceresota
Wiles Grocery Co
J. A. Merchant
M. E
Preepert
Lipe Plant Co
Canton
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