Trade policy in the Baltimore Sun critique
The Baltimore Sun attacks free trade and forecasts danger to American industry. The piece argues Europeans rely on US goods for essential needs and would resist self sufficiency in grain and meat, supporting protectionist policies to keep domestic production profitable. It cites European incentives and urges maintaining high duties to foster national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Cobden
United States
Europe
Sun
Atlantic
San Francisco Chronicle
Gorman Tariff Fight Sparks Democratic Debate
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes how ex-Senator Gorman reshaped the Wilson tariff of 1894, splitting the Democrats and drawing sharp attacks from Cleveland. It details Democratic resistance, potential GOP gains, and the party’s search for a unifying issue amid anti imperialism and silver debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorman
Wilson
Senate
Maryland
House
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Congress
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Political Ghoulism and Hamilton’s Legacy
An Indianapolis Journal editorial denounces attacks on Alexander Hamilton, arguing his push for a strong government and pivotal role in the Constitution’s adoption. The piece condemns modern critics as political ghoulish, noting Hamilton’s wartime service, advocacy for independence, and leadership in the Federalist Papers.
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Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
George Washington
Jefferson
Great Britain
Washington
Constitutional Party
New York
France
Federalist
Treasury
Indianapolis Journal
Bryan and Democrats Battle Over Party Unity
A compilation of editorials discusses William Jennings Bryan’s stance on Democratic unity, opposition to Mr Bryan from Hill factions, and the risk to Bryan’s influence and Commoner circulation if 1904 candidacy falters. It notes reformers faces a hard task and cites reactions from Indianapolis News Cleveland Leader St Louis Globe Democrat N Y Sun Philadelphia Inquirer Troy Times.
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Bryan
Democratic Party
Indianapolis News
Ind
Cleveland
David B. Hill
William J. Bryan
Hill
St. Louis
N. Y. Sun
Ohio
Troy Times
Nash Issues Labor Day Proclamation in Ohio
Columbus Aug 7 Gov Nash designates Monday Sept 2 as Labor Day urging Ohioans to set aside work duties and celebrate the thrift and industry of laboring classes in a day devoted to their interests and recreation.
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Nash
Columbus
Ohio
Lorain Fed Steel plant likely to stay open amid union tension
Lorain workers believe the Federal Steel Co plant will continue operations while Amalgamated agents seek to organize. Company officials monitor movements to prevent a local union as higher wages, longer hours, and newer equipment distinguish the Lorain mill. Some veterans of the Homestead strike fear new labor conflict.
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Lorain
Federal Steel Co
Trust
Amalgamated
Attorney to seek receiver for Cleveland loan company
Columbus Aug 10 Special counsel in the attorney general's office Smith W Bennett said he will apply to Judge Davis of the supreme court at Marion today for the appointment of a receiver for the Guarantee Savings and Loan Co of Cleveland. Ouster proceedings began in the supreme court Thursday. The move signals a statewide campaign against certain building and loan associations whose conditions do not satisfy the state inspector.
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Columbus
Smith W. Bennett
Attorney General’s Office
Davis
Supreme Court
Marion
Guarantee Savings and Loan Co
Cleveland
Local Incorporations Include Davis Dry Goods and Bailey Drug
Columbus papers note incorporation of the Davis Dry Goods Co Cambridge with capital stock 10000 and the Bailey Drug Co Zanesville raising capital from 75000 to 100000. Also Albert M Gugenheim & Bro Distilling Co Cincinnati authorized with capital 10000. Lake Shore Electric Railway Co Cleveland formed to build and operate an electric line to Toledo via several counties.
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Columbus
Davis Dry Goods Co
Cambridge
Bailey Drug Co
Zanesville
Albert M. Gugenheim & Bro. Distilling Co
Cincinnati
Lake Shore Electric Railway Co
Cleveland
Toledo
Cuyahoga
Lorain
Huron
Erie
Sandusky
Ottawa
Wood
Lucas Counties
Faith Healers Face Murder Charge In Gasoline Explosion Death
Humane Officer Smith swore out warrants for Sylva and Leota Bishop on man slaughter charges after their daughter died July 31 from a gasoline explosion they did not treat with a physician. Bishop jailed on bond default. Mrs Bishop detained in Greenville Ohio with warrant issued.
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Hamilton
Smith
Sylva
Leota Bishop
Bishop
Greenville
Girl Killed by Train in Cleveland
Minnie Cottrell of White's chewing gum factory was crossing Nickel Plate tracks on Pennington street when she failed to notice an eastbound freight. The engine struck her, hurling her 15 feet, causing a fractured skull, multiple injuries, and her death shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Minnie Cottrell
White’s Chewing Gum
Pennington Street
Mills Ordered Non-Union at Canal Dover Plant
The American Sheet Steel Co. directs its Canal Dover sheet mills to reopen as non union starting Monday morning. The local Amalgamated Association met to plan action and voted to place pickets to keep non union workers from filling positions if possible.
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Canal Dover
American Sheet Steel Co
Amalgamated Association
Four-robber diamond theft from Mrs Seidenstocker’s store
In Hamilton yesterday four men stole a tray containing $2,000 worth of diamonds from the display window of Mrs A Seidenstocker’s jewelry shop. Two used open newspapers as screens while a third distracted the clerk and a fourth seized the tray before fleeing.
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Hamilton
American Bicycle Co Sends Steam Automobiles to Cape Town
Toledo reports the American Bicycle Co has shipped three high power steam automobiles to Cape Town for the British army officers in the South African colonies.
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Toledo
American Bicycle Co
Cape Town
South Africa
Electric line planned for Toledo Columbus Springfield Cincinnati
The Toledo Columbus Springfield and Cincinnati Railway Company was incorporated yesterday by the secretary of state with capital stock of 100000 dollars. The project aims to build an electric line connecting Toledo, Columbus, Springfield and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Toledo, Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati Railway Co
Mills threaten move as steel firm weighs headquarter shift
An American Steel Hoop Co official said idle mills since July 1 may be moved from Youngstown to Pittsburgh to cut labor risk. The company would sign the wage scale agreed with the Amalgamated Association and restart mills immediately or relocate if not.
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Youngstown
American Steel Hoop Co
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
State Moves to Stop Stream Pollution in Three Counties
Attorney General Sheets sent instructions to Champaign Highland and Stark county prosecutors to act immediately against pollution from strawboard plants and a Highland county distillery. The move follows numerous complaints to the state board of health and the fish and game commission about polluted streams in Stark Champaign and Highland counties.
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Columbus
Sheets
Champaign
Highland
Stark Counties
State Board of Health
the Fish and Game Commission
Stark
Highland County
New Yorker Found Dying in Freight Car in Lima
James Coyne claiming to be a New York molder was found in a Lima freight car Thursday with a fatal knife wound. He said he was stabbed by a black assailant who attempted to rob him. Several suspects are in custody.
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Lima
James Coyne
New York
Coyne
Typhoid Epidemic at Hiram Linked to College Well
Secretary Probst of the state board of health finds 45 typhoid cases in Hiram Ohio. The outbreak is attributed to water from the well on the Hiram College campus.
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Columbus
Probst
State Board of Health
Hiram
Hiram College
If Robins and Flowers Speak of a Cold Morning
A poetic meditation on seasonal gloom where robins hearing dead worms and flowers sighing reflect a world worn by cold winds. The mortal heart bears a constant ache, asking others to share in sorrow and quiet sadness of the earth.
Thunder To Order Illusion From Twine Ear Trick
A New York Herald inspired experiment shows how to create a thunder like sound by placing twine behind the head and ears while an assistant pulls and releases the cord. Pressure and knots amplify the effect producing peals of sound.
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N. Y. Herald
Pilgrimage to Mecca Through History and hardship
The article traces the pilgrimage to Mecca from Mohammed’s era, noting Mecca’s modest size and sacred sites including the Kaaba. It describes the risks for outsiders, guard duties by local sheiks, disguise by Christian visitors, and the harsh toll on pilgrims with famine and deaths among the routes.
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Mohammed
Mecca
Arabia
Beit Allah
Paradise
Hurgronje
Holland
Effendi
Holy City
Burton
Frog as teacher of swimming in a family tale
An editor recalls learning to swim by watching a frog in water. His father, an excellent swimmer, used the creature to show how to move the hind legs. the lesson discouraged upright treading and promoted frog like kicking.
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Father
Outlook for Novelties mentions Justice Harlan presidential bid
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes chatter about Justice Har lan as a possible presidential candidate. It contrasts his habits, noting he chews tobacco and plays golf, with a joking line about oddities if the order were reversed.
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Justice Harlan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
100 Pound Snapper Turtle Bites Man In Elizabeth Restaurant
Phillip Emmons of Garwood fought a 100 pound sea snapper turtle at William Wussler's on Broad Street. The turtle clamped his calf before being killed by an ice pick. Emmons suffered a deep bite and was hospitalized. he threatened to sue for damages.
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Phillip Emmons
Garwood
William Wussler
Broad Street
Elizabeth
N. J
Emmons
Wussler
Train service details for routes to Chicago and New York
No. 5 and 6 Royal Blue Limited offer solid vestibuled service from Chicago to New York with Pullman drawing room sleeping cars and a parlor observation car from Pittsburg to Washington and Baltimore. No. 7 and 8 N Y and Chicago Express run vestibuled through to destination. FS Bowley and BN Austin as ticket agents. G P A Chicago, D B Mart N manager passenger traffic Baltimore.
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Chicago
N. Y
Pullman
Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
FS Bowley
BN Austin
D B Mart N
Mgr
Columbus Lima Milwaukee Timetable Note
A historical timetable snippet lists connections and flag stations under supervision by MO W LUTZ with routes including B O and Wabash, New York Oa S Le, and T St L W. It mentions daily Nos. 1 and 2 except Sundays and references several rail lines and companies.
Diverse early real estate listings across town and county
A long list details numerous properties including dwellings on wards and streets, farms of 40 to 80 acres with improvements, exchanges for land or farms, and prices ranging from 600 to 4500 dollars. Notable items include brick livery barn, fine residences near college, streetcar line access, and rural routes with water and timber.
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Fostoria
East Defiance
First Ward
City
Good Pike Road
Weil
Highland Township
Pike Road
Ottawa
Lima
Ohio
Midland County
Michigan
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Chas. J. Thompson
Latty
Court ST
Defiance
Northwestern Telephone
George K. Nash
Franklin County
Carl L. Nippert
Hamilton County
James L. Price
Allen County
Lawson E. Emerson
Belmont County
Isaac B. Cameron
Columbiana County
John M. Sheets
Putnam County
Board of Public Works
M. G. Johnson
Lorain County
Common Pleas Court
3D Judicial District
John M. Killits
Williams County
Chad
Central States
Detroit
Dayton
Indianapolis
C. H
D. Ry
D . Edwards
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Buffalo &S
Kansas City
Chigaes
Rockford
Dubuque
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
LC. R. R
A. I. Hanson
Mangas
Clinton Street
Chas. Torrence
Ohio Democrats
Philadelphia Inquirer
Dem
Ohio State News
Will
Clara J. Denton
Ladies’ World
Frog
Porto Rico
Island
Juan
Isabelle F. Bowker
Chicago Record-Herald
Tron
Baltimores. Quo Railroad
Owen Wenn
Deshler
Mansfield
Newark
Wheeling
Seers
Washington DC
Philadelphia
New York City
Neshler
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Tiffin
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Cove
Akron
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Athens
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Pomeroy
Jackson
Wab
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Milwaukee
H. G Baker
MO. W. Lutz
N.Y
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Millop
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Mentley
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Continental
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North Ima
A . & D. Yards
Wabash
Tim
Defiane
Eastern Mail
Express
West BO
Ft Wayne Ac
D. E. Dozer
Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Co
Trapve
Fitton
Communica
Moediet
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All Newsdeaiers
Washington. D
City Property
Pilton
Turnbull Wagon Works
Hopkins Street
Fourth Ward
Second Ward
Will Exch
Court House
War Wert
Grant County
Arkansas
Missouri
Mssissippi River
Good Pike
Swais
Dozer @ Co
Singer
Grocery Store
Defiance, Ohio
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