Anti-Saloon Leaders Rally Against Rum Trade in Coshocton
An anti-saloon league event at Grace M. E. Church and other venues in Coshocton featured speakers Rev A Baker Rev Dr Cherrington and Dr Judd. The meeting highlighted the league's ten-year influence on saloon presence and argued for continued moral inventory and unified church-led action.
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A. Baker
Cherrington
Judd
M. E
Erian
M. P
U. Eleventh Street
League
Coshocton
Grace
M. E. Church
Perley A. Baker
Elf
Baker
Ohio
Peple
Turkey gobbler nests on gourds near Warsaw owner says
B F Frederick of near Warsaw owns a turkey gobbler with a fixation for setting hens. He found gourds pretending to be eggs and the bird has stayed on the nest. A hog attempted to disrupt the nest but the gobbler drove it away. Last spring a real hen egg hatched a chick which he killed to show affection.
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B.F. Frederick
Warsaw
Bold attempt to kidnap governor’s daughter shocks Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska on September 28 an unknown man attempted to abduct Governor Mickey’s eight year old daughter from near the executive mansion. Four children, residents of the mansion yard, resisted. a gardener and a passerby aided, but the kidnapper seized the girl then fled with a companion in a waiting top buggy. The motive tied to the governor’s refusal to pardon a condemned convict.
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Mickey
Executive Mansion
Train wreck near Danville kills nine on Southern line
Nine people died and seven were seriously injured when a fast mail train derailed on a 500 foot trestle near Danville Virginia on the Southern Railway. The wreck uprooted the tied track, annihilating three cars and leaving a twisted wreck. Canary crates survived untouched among the debris. Official cause pointed to excessive speed on a sharp curve.
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Danville
Southern Railway
A. G. Brody
Saltsvile
J. T. Clapp
Percival Indenmayer
Washington, D. C
C. E. Reams
Culpenter
Jennings J. Dunlap
M. CG. Maupin
Charlottesville
J. Harrison Thompson
St. Juke
Brody
Southern
Tragedy in Youngstown as man kills wife then himself
A. Bruce Brownlee, a prominent Youngstown citizen, shot and killed his wife Henrietta after returning home drunk. He then fatally shot himself, dying from a bullet to the heart. Their son Bruce Jr, 17, was shattered by the news. Mrs Hollingsworth, wife of Mrs Brownlee’s father, was in a front room during the shooting. Brownlee’s act followed mental strain from drink.
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Youngstown, O
Brownlee
Bruce Brownlee
Youngstown
Henrietta
False Faces and Umbrellas Defy Dresden Anti Screen Rule
In Dresden five saloons tested a new anti screen ordinance by baring themselves of screens and patrons wearing false faces and umbrellas. Townspeople watched as disguises and umbrellas concealed individuals at the bars. Despite devices, proponents say the ordinance will curb drinking and carousing in the village.
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Dresden
Fifth Circuit reviews Wayne county bribery case in Wooster
Judges including Voorhees upheld fines against two Wayne county commissioners for accepting a take-off from Canton Bridge company. Lower court penalties of 350 and 75 dollars were affirmed. case likely heads to the state supreme court. The Age ads bring good results.
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Fifth Circuit
Voorhees
Wooster Thin
Wayne County
Canton Bridge Company
Supreme Court
Antisaloon League Organized at Oberlin in 1893
The Ohio Anti Saloon League formed at Oberlin on September 5, 1893, faced a hard start, grew into a strong organization with 73 workers, 33 full time, and reports closing 635 saloons in the past fifteen months.
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Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Oberlin
Roosevelt returns to Washington after Sagamore Hill vacation
President Roosevelt is back in Washington with family and staff. Cabinet work resumes with a routine meeting planned for Tuesday, though attendance may be light. John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers will join him for luncheon, a prior arrangement, with no intended focus on the Miller case.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
L. I
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Mitchell
Mine Workers
W. H. Miller
Government Printing Office
Cortelyou
Incendiary Fires Hit Oberlin as Officials Probe Cause
Oberlin Ohio authorities report multiple fires in the downtown area within 24 hours. Prompt fire-department response limited losses to small sums, with the school building incurring about 15,000 dollars. Police increased patrols, and a fireman briefly detained as a suspect was cleared. State Fire Warden Hollenbeck suspects a deranged arsonist. Toledo is mentioned in the officials’ notes.
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Oberlin
Hollenbeck
Kansas City Convention in Bitter Strife Over New Yorker
Rival iron workers factions hold secret sessions as Pittsburg Cleveland Buffalo and Wheeling delegates threaten to withdraw from the International Association of Structural Iron and Bridge Workers over Sam Parks and New York walking delegate leadership. Donnelly to be Parks opponent, with 45 pledged votes. potential early adjournment discussed amid tension. Also reports of a 15,000 miner threat in Altoona over Altoona scale and a looming 50,000 packing plant workers general strike unless demands met. Chicago authorities warn Marine Band participation at centennial celebration not allowed.
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Kanena City
The
Iron Workers
Sam Parks
Buchanan Lave
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Wheeling
International Association’ of Structural Iron and Bridge Workers
Samuel Parks
New York
Michael Flaherty
Parks
Buchanan
H.F. Donnelly
Albany
Sam Parke
Donnelly
Committee
Altoona
Patrick Gilday
District 2
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Company
Gilday
Amsbry
Cambria County
Chicago
United States
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