Tunnels and Bridges on Wabash Connecting Link
Five tunnels and twenty three bridges will span the 65 mile Wabash connecting Cumberland Maryland to Cherry Run. The route crosses the Potomac nine times the Chesapeake and Ohio canal seven times and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad three times. Maximum grade 3 percent and curvature under six degrees. Degnon and McLean plan start on 22 miles from Cherry Run west immediately. Work is in three sections aiming for 18 months completion.
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Cumberland
Wabash
Cherry Run
Potomac River
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Degnon & McLean
Fingers amputated in stamping machine accident
Edward Hankins, a former city police officer, had three fingers on his left hand cut off at the H. D. Beach factory. He was operating a stamping machine used for trays when his fingers were caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hankins
H. D. Beach
Mr. Hankins
New Bronze Fountain a beauty at Main and Chestnut
Erection of the new fountain at Main and Chestnut streets by Charles Feiman is complete and ready for water once an outlet sewer is added. The fountain shows a handsome appearance and an electric light shines from the top at night.
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Main
Chestnut Streets
Suicide by saloon keeper in Canal Dover
Elmer Smith a 42 year old saloon keeper from New Philadelphia shot himself this afternoon at his brother's house in Canal Dover in front of his visiting mother from Marietta. He had been drinking heavily and openly said he wished to die with his mother present.
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Canal Dover
Elmer Smith
New Philadelphia
Marietta
Smith
Head Cut Off By Train in West Yards
Michael Lynch a 45 year old married section foreman was killed in the west yards when a freight train and an eastbound yard engine on the opposite track collided. Lynch failed to hear the engine due to the freight’s noise and his head was severed from the body. The body was taken to J. W. Hicks and Sons undertaking rooms for burial.
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Dennison
Michael Lynch
A. Boyd
Lynch
J. W. Hicks and Sons
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Featured in Gratitude Letter
Mrs Laura Emmons of Walkerville Ontario writes praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ovarian troubles. She states five years of discharge weakness and faintness vanished within weeks, avoiding surgery and restoring health. She urges other readers to try the remedy.
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Mrs. Proxwax
Lydia E. Pinkham
Laura Emmons
Walkerville
Ont
Laura Bertie Coreman
Commercial Hotel
Nashville
Tenn
Public Opinion and Anti Scalping in Railroads
The piece discusses anti scalping efforts in St Louis with injunctions against brokers and counter actions aimed to October. It argues education of public sentiment will drive legislation to reduce fraud and enable lower rail fares for special occasions. It also covers the US League of Local Building and Loan associations meeting in Boston with notes on assets, membership, and state comparisons including Ohio Illinois Missouri and others.
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St Loui
Age
Boston
Mass
United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations
H. . Cellaring
Cincinnati
Building and Loan Association
Cellarius
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Illinois
Missouri
Mlinoia
Commercial National Bank charter received by county bank
The comptroller of the currency approves the organization of the Commercial National Bank with $100 000 capital fully paid in. Directors and officers remain unchanged and the bank will continue its policy as before under a national charter.
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Commercial Bank
William B. Ridgeley
Commercial National Bank
Comptroller of the Currency
First National Barn
T. G. Ricketts
Baxter Ricketts
Henry G. Herbig
Ricketts
Insect Banishment Tips From Old Household Remedies
A quaint list recommends sulfur in drawers to disperse red ants and pennyroyal tea to drive away fleas. It cites quick lime, cucumber peel, borax with sugar for water bugs, and copper mixed with whitewash for cellars as manly remedies to banish insects.
Cowboy Evangelist Draws Crowd in City Streets
Theodore Knowles, known as the cowboy evangelist, arrived Tuesday and spoke to a large street crowd. Though not book educated, his arguments are forceful and sensible and he may do much good here. Meetings will run with Billman’s, and the city hall is rented for that purpose.
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Theodore Knowles
John Billman
Billman
Billman’s
Ohio State Fair Opens in Columbus With Industrial Show
Fifteen state departments announce the Ohio state fair will start Monday morning August 31 and run five days. Exhibits must be in place at opening time. Every exhibit space is already filled with a general Industrial exhibition showcasing the latest inventions. The grounds feature park like grounds, ornamentation, lakes, drives, and 393 340 square feet of exhibition space inside fifteen grand buildings plus open ground for exhibits.
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Columbus
Elopement Ends as Annie Poland Returns Home
Annie Poland abandoned her elopement plan after discovering Burgess already had a wife in Indiana. She returned to Plainfield with hotel bills paid, declaring she will remain with her father. A rival romance tale claims Poland was once engaged to a local man, who reportedly reacted angrily to the elopement.
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Annie Poland
Plainfield
Burgess
Don Juan
Lochinvar
Durgess
Wheeling
Indiana
Poland
Miss Poland
Runaway on Keene road wrecks buggy and rigs
Advertising in Two Age pays. A runaway near Keene road involved George Arnold driving a threshing machine and a horse and buggy with Robert Graham. The paramedics said no serious injuries though the buggy and two horses were destroyed.
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George Arnold
Robert Graham
Keene Road
Arnoldi
Coshocton
Mr. Arnold
Mr. Graham
Illness updates from local Fountain store and bank staff
Miss Myrtle Shannon of the Fountain dress making department is confined to her home on Lo cust street by illness. Miss Mary C. Campbell has recovered enough from a recent accident to resume her position as stenographer at Coshocton National Bank. Mrs. M. J. Adams, long ill with appendicitis at her Main street home, is improved.
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Myrtle Shannon
Fountain Store
Locust Street
Mary C. Campbell
Coshocton National Bank
M. J. Adams
Main Street
Street Carnival Promises A Week of Local Amusement
Keystone Carnival of Chicago to run a six day street fair in Coshocton August 10 to 15 under city approval. Business leaders will inspect Keystone shows in Wellsburg West Virginia before opening. Ten percent of gross receipts to the firemen's fund with profits aiding the firemen's association.
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Keystone Carnival Company
Chicago
Coshocton
W. M. Mosely
Board of Public Service
J. P. Zerbe
Wellsburg
W. Va
Firemen’s Fund
Firemen’s Association
Mayor Johnson to Head Democratic Ticket in Ohio
Telegraph report from Cleveland notes Mayor Johnson is likely to top the Democratic state ticket this fall though he may not announce his candidacy. The plan aims to win the legislative fight with party leaders relying on his faction to rally, while defeating Hanna in the U S Senate race. Civil Engineer John Hanson reports completion of survey for a new Conesville to GW Cassingham mine track, with construction to begin immediately using the same switch to the David Davis mines.
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Age
Cleveland
Johnson
Commonwealth
Hanna
United States
Senate
Jafilinson
Cassingham
John Hanson
Conesville
David Davis
Gill’s Seat Sought by Steubenville Attorney Dunbar
Steubenville July 24 local attorney J Dunbar announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination to succeed Congressman Gill. He inherits backing from the anti Gill faction in the county directed by Congressman Dick.
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Gill
Steubenville
Hon
J. Dunbar
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressman Gill
Dunbar
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Miner
Jacob Ludy
Klondike
Board of Trustees
Public Library
Hart of Columbus
Messrs
W. A. Smith
J. C. Fisher
F .H. Pomerene
John Hay
M. Q. Baker
Mother
Steinway
Dreher
Piano House
the Arcade
Railway World
Ohio Great B. & L. State
Circleville
Tuscarawas
Republcan County Executive Committee
C JI Ackey
A. A. Stermer
P. 8. Cooper
William Minnis
Sandy Township
Tom L
Ticket
Ayers
Ayer
Rebecca E. Allen
Elizabeth
J.C. Ater
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