Anti-Saloon Crusade Leaders Hear Motives and Methods
In Coshocton the anti saloon league showcased speakers led by Rev A Baker and Dr Cherrington at Grace M E and other churches. Baker argued saloon decline is slow but real and urged moral inventories, unity, and steady funding to overthrow the rum shop statewide.
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League
Rum - State
A. Baker
Cherrington
Judd
Grace M. E
Baptist Church
Ing
M. P
U. d -Hleventh Street
Coshocton
Grace
M. E. Church
Perley A. Baker
Ohio
Prohibition Party
Christian Church
Fatal Plunge of Fast Train at Virginia Trestle
Telegraph from Danville Virginia reports nine killed and seven seriously injured as a fast Southern railway mail train leaped a 75 foot trestle on a sharp curved section. Engineer Brody and fireman were among the dead, with mangled remains found in wreckage.
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Danville
Southern Railway
A. G. Brody
Saitsville
J. T. Clapp
J. T. Blair
JL. Thompson
Washington, D. C
W.W. T. Chambers
Midland
D. T. Flory
Nokesville
P. N. Ardanwright
Mount Clinton
J. Moody
Louis W. Spiers
Manassas
Frank E
Southern
Turkey Gobbler Hatches Gourds in Nest near Warsaw
Frederick of near Warsaw owns a turkey gobbler with a mania for setting. He found gourd nest eggs and refuses to abandon them despite efforts to remove him. A hog tacked the nest but the gobbler repelled it. Last spring the turkey hatched a real hen egg but killed the chick in affection.
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Frederick
Warsaw
Bold Lincoln kidnap attempt for revenge on governor
A man attempted to abduct Governor Mickey’s year old daughter at dusk in Lincoln Nebraska as four children played near the executive mansion. The girl cried out and resisted while siblings and bystanders pursued and the kidnapper fled with a companion from a waiting buggy.
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Lincoln
Neb
Mickey
Executive Mansion
Tragic Youngstown double murder suicide shocks town
A. Bruce Brownlee a prominent Youngstown citizen shot and killed his wife Henrietta then killed himself after returning home drunk. The couple’s son Bruce Jr 17 witnessed the tragedy as Brownlee wounded himself with three bullets. An infant son was born to the Wood family on Walnut Street earlier that day.
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Youngstown, O
Brownlee
Bruce Brownlee
Youngstown
Henrietta
False Faces and Umbrellas Defy Dresden Saloon Rule
A quirky test of a new anti screen ordinance in Dresden shows residents disguising themselves with masks and umbrellas to drink privately. Five saloons removed barriers, prompting townsfolk to stage masked entries and exchange umbrellas at the bar while some patrons avoided the glare of lights, yet the ordinance is believed to curb drinking and revelry overall.
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Dresden
Commissioners Fined for boodling in Wayne County case
Judges of the fifth circuit affirmed fines against two Wayne county commissioners for taking a take-off from Canton Bridge company. One was fined 350 dollars and the other 75 dollars. The ruling may go to the supreme court. The report notes County officials and a bridge firm in Wooster last week.
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Fifth Circuit
Voorhees
Wooster
Wayne County
Canton Bridge Company
Supreme Court
Ohio Anti-Saloon League formed at Oberlin in 1893
The Ohio Anti-Saloon League organized at Oberlin on September 6, 1893. It faced a hard start but grew into a strong organization employing seventy three workers, with thirty three devoted full time. In the past fifteen months it has helped close 635 saloons.
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Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Oberlin
Roosevelt Returns to Washington After Sagamore Hill Vacation
President Roosevelt comes back to Washington with family and staff, work resumes, cabinet meeting anticipated Tuesday though attendance may vary. John Mitchell of United Mine Workers to join luncheon, with Miller case not to be discussed as a conference. The president’s stance in letters to Secretary Cortalyou remains unchanged.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Asa
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Mitchell
Mine Workers
W. H. Miller
Government Printing Office
Miller
Cortalyou
Twenty Five Extra Policemen To Patrol Town at Night
Oberlin, Sept. 2. Authorities suspect arson after four fires in twenty four hours caused only small losses. The fire department did not incur major damage. the school building burned for $15,000. Twenty five extra policemen were sworn in to patrol downtown. A suspect fireman was cleared by examination. State Fire Warden Hollenbeck arrived to investigate, believing a demented fan with fire-starting mania is behind the incidents.
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Oberlin
Fire Department
Hollenbeck
Bitter Strife at Kansas City Convention Over New Yorker
Kansas City factions of the Iron Workers press for alternate leadership as Pittsburg Cleveland and others plan to withdraw from the International Association amid Parks and Buchanan forces. A Parks led caucus seeks early convention adjournment while Donnelly claims 58 votes pledged of 102.
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Kansas City
Kaneag City
Iron Workers
Sam Parks
Buchanan
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Wheeling
International Association of Structural Iron
Bridge Workers
Dom Nanes
Samuel Parka
New York
Michael Plaherty
Parke
Parks
Iase Aa
Buchaans
H.F. Donnelly
Albanyia
Donnelly
Parka
Sesason
Committee On
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the Age
Joseph Garfield Wood
Walnut Street
Wall Street
Iron Workers Union
President Roosevelt
White House
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Stanley 'S
Toledo
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Patrick Gilday
District 2
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Softena
Pennsylvania Company
Gilday
Compan
Amsbry
Cambria County
Chicago
United States
Chicago Federation of Music Lang
United States Marine Band
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