United States Cigar Co forms from midwest mills
Short notes report a Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia cigar makers forming a limited liability group with a Delaware charter worth seven and a half million dollars. Other items include a Chicago man saved from fire after his clothing ignited and a jury acquitting Lizzie Madaus in a potato knife case.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Delaware
United States Cigar Co
Robert Hayes
Chicago
Hayes
J. P. Morgan
New York Museum of Natural History
John Willis Baer
Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Carnarsie
L. I
Neptune Skidmore
Brooklyn
New England
Colonial Box and Lumber Co
Recorder Golf
New York City
Lizzie Madaus
Recorder
Chaffee
Philippines
Suez
Cannelton
Ind
Arthur Derrett
Board of Trade of
Lynn
Mass
United States
Germany
Richard Bassler
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Bassler
Pittsburg Traction Combine
Red River Valley
Grand Forks
N. D
Manchuria
Inku
Kharbin
Erie
Elwyn F. Larson
Universal Casualty Co
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Insurance Commissioner
Wetaskiwin
Northwest Territory
Canada
Luge
Russia
Virginia
North Carolina
Norfolk & Western
Sauk Center
Minn
Haif
Lake Michigan
Musconetcong
New Jersey
Mine Disaster at Park City Wrecks Daly West and Ontario
At Daly-West and Ontario mines in Park City Utah an explosion at the 1200 foot level of the Daly-West triggered severe gas exposure. Thirty five men were reported dead and many more rescued in a dazed state as gases spread to the Ontario shaft.
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Daly-West
Ontario
Park City
Utah
John Burgy
Burgy
Taft Vatican talks on Philippines friars end in dispute
London reports say Judge Taft’s negotiations with the Vatican over sale of friars lands and withdrawal from the Philippines failed due to orders heads, notably Cardinal Steinhub er. American officials in Rome condemn Vatican treatment, while Taft sails for Manila in a week if terms are not agreed, otherwise negotiations suspend.
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London
Rome
Morning Post
Vatican
Washington
Gov. Taft
Italy
Manila
Philippines
Cardinals’ Committee
Chicago Freight Handlers Strike Ends in Railroad Victory
After ten days of strife the Chicago freight handlers' strike ended with an almost unanimous vote to return to work. Workers left wage and other issues to be settled between men and roads while hundreds applied for old positions and teamsters resumed duties. Freight resumed flowing to railroads by noon.
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Chicago
Turbulent Incident Near Koweit Reported Abroad
Vienna dispatches say Koweit region tribes massacred a caravan under Turkish escort and seized 40000 pounds destined as tribute to Basra. Warriors then attacked the Elagier garrison and civil authorities. Sultan to potentially dispatch troops to punish the marauders.
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Vienna
Koweit
Turkey
Nejed
Basra
Elagier
De Windt Arrives in Dawson With Siberian Party
Harry De Windt of Paris travels with Viscomte Des Clinchams Belgrade George Hardin and Stephen Rasterguyer to Dawson after a Siberian expedition. They left Paris December 19 and report harrowing cold and hunger on the journey.
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de Windt
Dawson
Seattle
Wash
the Times
Harry de Windt
Paris
Globe Trotter
Siberia
Viscomte Des
Navy orders Isla de Luzon to San Francisco
The Isla de Luzon, a captured Spanish gunboat attached to the Asiatic squadron, is ordered to San Francisco as part of the program to reduce the Asiatic squadron. The fate of other small vessels captured from Spain remains undecided. they were offered to the Philippine commission and refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Isla de Luzon
Asiatic Squadron
San Francisco
Department
Spain
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Jeffries Favorite in Big Battle Amid Seat Boom
In San Francisco on July 17 there is growing confidence in James Jeffries and Robert Fitzsimmons camps with odds leaning to Jeffries. A record seat sale for the anticipated bout surpasses any in local pugilistic history.
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Jeffries
San Francisco
James Jeffries
Robert Fitzsimmons
Senator Patterson's Wife Dies in Denver
Mrs. Thomas M. Patterson wife of United States Senator Patterson of Colorado died last evening in Denver Colorado from nervous prostration.
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Denver
Col
Thomas M. Patterson
United States
Patterson
Colorado
Train Robbery Halts Rio Grande Narrow Gauge West of Denver
Four masked bandits stopped the Denver and Rio Grande train at Mill Switch near Chester at 8 50 Monday. They blew two safes in the express car but reportedly secured little money. Passengers were ordered off and relieved of valuables, many discarding goods along the canyon. Suspects pursued by sheriffs and posses. engineer Ruland injured.
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Salida
Col
Denver
Marshall Pass
Herbert
Express Company
Ruland
Floods hit Iowa and Kansas causing extensive crop and rail damage
Keokuk Iowa reports eight foot river rise with levee breaks flooding 3000 acres of crops including cucumbers tomatoes and corn. Losses exceed 40 000 with danger of more in Clark county. Skunk river damage in Marshalltown Iowa disrupts rail service as tracks wash out and bridges unsafe. Kansas floods ease with river fall near Topeka but drownings and washouts cut rail lines between Lawrence and Kansas City.
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Keokuk
Keokuk Canning Co
Canning Company
Clark County
Given
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Iowa Central Railroad
Skunk River
Nugent
Ohio
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Here
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas River
Campanile of St Mark’s Collapses in Venice
The detached Campanile of St Mark's in Venice collapsed Monday, crashing into the piazza. The 98 metre tower stood opposite the cathedral, with a history dating to its founding in 888 and restorations in 1329 and 1417, crowned by a 16 foot angel statue in 1517.
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Venice
Italy
St. Mark’s
Cathedral of
General Chaffee Relieved, Davis Succeeds in Philippines
Washington July 15 Gen Chaffee is relieved of command in the Philippines and reassigned to the Department of the East by order of Secretary Root Gen George W Davis succeeds Chaffee in command in the Philippines
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Washington
Chaffee
Philippines
Department of the East
Root
George W. Davis
Terribly Fatal Collision in Straits of Malacca
A night collision on June 6 in the Straits of Malacca between the Teutonia and a Chinese junk sank both vessels. Of 106 aboard, 68 were saved.
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Singapore
San Francisco
Straits of Malacca
Teutonia
Gen Wheaton retires at 64 ending long military service
General Lloyd Wheaton closes his military career at age 64 with retirement on Monday. Brigadier General Bates takes over, now commanding the Department of the Missouri, filling the vacancy created by Wheaton's retirement.
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Wheaton
Washington
Lloyd Wheaton
Bates
Department of the Missouri
Bankruptcy Petition Filed by Umetead in Galveston
Frank A. Umetead formerly of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio has filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Galveston Texas listing liabilities of 970466 dollars with no assets. He is named maker in the filing and seeks relief under the bankruptcy code amid creditors in various states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Frank A. Umetead
Cuyahoga Falls
Windward Sails Finishes Loading For Arctic Voyage
The Windward, under Peary, completed loading Monday and sailed. It will call at Sydney for coal then proceed to the Arctic region. Mrs Peary and her daughter will join at Sydney.
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New York
Peary
Windward
Sydney
C. B
Arctic
Trade Unions Support Timber Unloading Strike in Cienfuegos
Twenty two unions in Cienfuegos including longshoremen stevedores cooks cab drivers and bakers strike in sympathy with timber unloading workers.
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Havana
Cienfuegos
Vast Mississippi Flood Devastates Missouri Farmland
Keokuk July 21 report describes the flood’s reach from Keokuk to Hannibal with losses in the tens of millions. Crops are ruined, hundreds of farmers go destitute as water fills fields, towns, and cities, with levees failing and islands submerged across a widening river lake.
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Keokuk
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Missouri
Hannibal
Des Moines
Alexandria
Gregory
St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad
la Grange
Silver Crescent
Quincy
Holton
Illinois Bluffs
Missouri Bluffs
Four Deaths From Broome County Cloudbursts In New York
Four people died and two were seriously injured as three cloud bursts within Broome County and nearby washed out mill dams and railroad structures. Property losses expected around $200,000. The deceased include James Cook and his wife and their child at Afton, and Michael J. Ryan of Binghamton.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Broome County
James Cook
Afton
Duel on the Street Leaves Metropolis Man Dead
In Metropolis Illinois on July 19 Ben Faughn was shot and killed by Jasper Abbott of Rock Illinois after a hotel incident. Abbott fired twice after they walked 40 yards. Faughn wrested the pistol and wounded Abbott. Faughn died after walking a short distance. Abbott is jailed amid intense excitement and threats of lynching.
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Metropolis
Ill
Ben Faughn
Jasper Abbott
Rock, Ill
Abbott
Faughn
Lightning Kills Three Near Millstadt Illinois
St Louis reports a lightning strike near Millstadt in St Clair county Illinois killed Fred Weishbrod 80 and the children of Jacob P Muskopf aged 14 and 15. The same stroke killed two horses hitched to the wagon they rode in.
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St. Louis
Fred Weishbrod
Jacob P. Muskopf
Millstadt
St. Clair County
Illinois
Coronation set for August 9 in London
London announces the coronation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra will be held August 9 by the king's command. The official notification was issued Friday and confirms the date for the royal ceremony.
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London
Edward
Alexandria
Wages Boost Planned for Cambria Steel Workers
From Cambria Steel Co official it is learned that about 6,000 of the 12,000 employees will participate in a roughly 10 percent wage increase effective July 1.
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Johnstown
Cambria Steel Co
Morosini’s Gift to Rebuild Venice Campanile
Giovanni Morosini, a Venice descendant and New York City banker, donates 100000 to assist in rebuilding the Campanile. The gift reflects ongoing efforts by Italian patrons to restore the iconic landmark.
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Morosini
Venice
Giovanni P. Morosini
New York City
Campanile
John W Mackay Dies Last of Bonanza Kings in London
John W Mackay of San Francisco died in London after a bout of heat prostration and pneumonia complications. He, with Flood O'Brien and Fair, formed the Bonanza kings and built a vast mining empire on the Comstock Lode. Mackay, who arrived in California in 1851, amassed wealth in Nevada and California real estate and mines worth millions.
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Bonanza Kings
London
John W. Mackay
San Francisco
Mackay
Flood
O’brien
Fair
Mr. Mackay
California
Panama
American
Downieville
Virginia City
Nev
Comstock
Kentucky
Gold Hill
O’brien and Fair
Bonanza
Ophir
Sharon
Nevada
Grosbeck Denies Smith Issued Kill and Burn Edict
Col Stephen W Grosbeck formerly judge advocate in the Philippines arrives in San Francisco en route to Chicago to take a new post. He says no such order was issued by Gen Smith and criticizes the handling of the Samar campaign noting prudent limits could have averted disaster. He defends Waller and other officers while criticizing the retirement orders and endorsing the water cure as misused by inexperienced officers.
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Col. Grosbock
Gen. Smith
San Francisco
Stephen W. Grosbock
Division of the Philippines
Manila
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Col. Grosbeck
Maj
Waller
Jacob H. Smith
Samar
Smith
Balangiga
Ninth Infantry
Wailer
Grosboeck
Sunday Ball Sparks Riot After Nebraska City Arrests
Rioters clash with Sheriff Brower after the Law and Order league arrests four players at the Nebraska City baseball grounds. A rock strikes Rev. C. M. Sheppard as pastors escort players to safety. The incident follows a long dispute over Sunday ball and a recent community vote in favor of it.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska City
Law and __ Order league
Brower
Justice’s
C. M. Sheppard
Methodist Church
League
Fatal head on collision near Hope Hospital
Rochester New York July 21 A fatal head on collision between two Lehigh Valley trains near Hope hospital last evening killed one person and seriously injured 19 others. Both trains were speeding. an engine and coach were hurled from the track into the Erie canal feeder and wrecked while the other engine was demolished.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Hope Hospital
Fatal Head-on Train Collision Near New Castle
One man died and seven were seriously hurt when southbound train No. 216 from Oil City collided head on with northbound train No. 211 at East Brook on the Western New York and Pennsylvania division, four miles north of New Castle, Pennsylvania, Saturday night.
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New Castle
East Brook
This City
New York & Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lines
Oil City
Two workers die from furnace gas at Lorain Steel
John Murphy and John Brandt employees of Lorain Steel Co were killed by noxious gases while working at the furnaces. The incident occurred yesterday at the Lorain plant and is being investigated.
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Lorain
John Murphy
John Brandt
Lorain Steel Co
Major Roebling plant fire in Trenton inflicts heavy loss
A section of the John A Roebling's Sons Co plant in Trenton New Jersey burned last night and caused an estimated $100000 in losses. A single building over 200 feet long that housed telephone wire insulation work was destroyed, leaving about 300 workers unemployed.
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Richmond
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Block Island
R. I
William W. Reisinger
Philadelphia
Panama
San Francisco
India
German New Guinea
Whitelaw Reid
United States
King Edward
Choate
Reid
Malone
N. Y
Park City
Utah
Daly-West
Plattsmouth
Neb
Alaska
United States Signal Service
Fort Gibson
Bates’ Rapids
George G. Corey
Patterson
England
France
Corey
Emma H. King
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Miss King
George D. Barnet
Brooklyn
Army
Rosecrans
Cape Town
Steyn
Orange River Colony
Europe
de Lamagne
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Arab IV
James Devlin
Pennsylvania Steel Co
Steelton
Devlin
Iowa
Northwest
United States Steel Corporation
Citizens’ Committee
McKeesport
Archbishop Feehan
Col
Gaynor
Capt. Greene
Savannah
Caron
Quebec
Jacksonville
Fla
Building Trades Association
Root
Chickamauga
Louis N. James
Glenview
Eben M. Byers
Allegheny Golf Club
Pittsburg
Union Traction Co
Cyrus S. Simon
the Traction Co
W. J. Gallagher
Chris Miller
John W.brown
C. W. Voorhees
Trenton
John A. Roebling’s Sons Co
Garment Workers Strike Expands in New York
Twenty five thousand East Side garment workers walked out yesterday with an additional fifteen thousand expected to join in the near future. The strike signals broad labor action across the city as workers press for improved wages and conditions.
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Garment Workers
New York
East Side
Nash undecided on special elections for three vacancies
Gov. Nash has seven days to decide if he will call special legislative elections to fill the deaths of Janson and Bell and the appointment of Holliday as consul. Law requires 30-day notices, and the governor, at Newark for the national guard encampment, remains undecided whether to proceed. If he acts as he wishes, there will be no special elections.
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Columbus
Nash
Janson
Cuyahoga
Bell
Licking
Holliday
Clinton
Santiago
Garber Named Democratic Nominee in Fourth District
In Wapakoneta on July 17 Harvey C. Gerber of Darke county won the Fourth district Democratic nomination for Congress on the 1 147th ballot after a prolonged deadlock. Early tallies showed Garber leading Adkins Loree and Goeke with shifts from Allen and other counties pushing Garber to a unanimous nomination. The convention erupted in wild confusion as Garber secured the party’s endorsement.
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Wapakoneta
Harvey C. Gerber
Darke County
Garber
Adkins
Loree
Goege
Allen
Aulaize
Goeke
Darke
Mercer
Shelby
Hahn Is Released on $10,000 Bond in Habeas Case
Mansfield July 19 The Hahn extradition case before Judge Campbell ended with Hahn granted habeas corpus relief and released on a $10,000 bond after a continuance to August 15 depositions in Cleveland and New York could not be secured.
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Hahn
Mansfield
Campbell
Nash
G. M. Skiles
Cleveland
New York
Man in West Union shoots wife in mistaken burglary claim
West Union on July 18 reports Joseph Mendenhall shot his wife after mistaking her for a burglar. Coroner Purdy ordered his arrest and an investigation will follow. The couple heard a noise. he fired from a front window after seeing his wife at the opposite window, killing her instantly.
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West Union
Joseph Mendenhall
Purdy
Mendenhall
Tramps Attack Woman In Middlepoint Home
In Delphos on Monday evening two masked men, one black and one white, entered the home of John Hollowell near Middlepoint and criminally assaulted Mrs. Howell. Her husband found her unconscious on arrival. she did not regain consciousness until the next morning. The assailants fled.
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Delphos
John Hollowell
Middlepoint
Howell
Col Wick Resigns as President of Local Iron Works
Col George D. Wick retires from the presidency of Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Co due to ill health while in Europe. Stockholders plan to meet next week to elect a successor for the Mahoning valley’s largest independent industry.
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Col. Wick
Youngstown
George D. Wick
Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Co
Mahoning Valley
Europe
Put Crew's Name on the Ticket
Columbus July 17 The republican state central and executive committees met in joint session and placed in nomination W B Crew long term nominee for the short term on the supreme bench to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Williams' death.
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Crew
Columbus
Republican State Central and Executive Committees
W. B. Crew
Supreme Bench
Williams
Trains collide near Newark killing two B&O workers
In Outville near Newark on Tuesday a Baltimore and Ohio freight struck from behind a Pan Handle freight. Engineer J A Little and Brakeman Orin Ditter, both of Newark, died from scalding injuries. The Pan Handle flagman in the caboose was badly hurt and the crew injured.
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Newark
Baltimore & Ohio
Outville
J. A. Little
Orin Ditter
Did It Loaded Gun Kill Farm Hand in Tiffin
In Tiffin on Thursday night Charles Feasel a farm hand employed by Farmer Rosenberger was shot and killed by Rosenberger's son Omar. The authorities say the revolver was not loaded and the incident is being treated as an accident.
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Tiffin
Charles Feasel
Rosenberger
Omar
Man shoots wife in suspected home burglary near Peebles
Jesse Mendenhall of near Peebles fired two shotgun blasts through a window at his wife late Tuesday night, killing her when he thought she was a burglar.
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Peebles
Jesse Mendenhall
Hankey Former State Senator Dies in Bowling Green
Hon. John R. Hankey a former state senator and notable Republican leader died at his Bowling Green home on Friday. He was widely known in local and state political circles and had served for a lengthy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Hankey
Bowling Green
John R.hankey
Tragic Steelplant Accident Claims 23YearOld Worker
Stanislaw Gepinski aged 23 died at the Newburg plant of the American Steel and Wire Co when a ladle 12 tons of molten metal spilled from an overturned overhead cable. He leapt to warn others but was struck and burned instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Stanislaw Gopinski
Newburg
American Steel and Wire Co
Gepinski
Derrick Collapse Claims Cleveland Worker
Part of a derrick fell on Frank White, employed by Garry Iron and Steel Co., while building for Cleveland Steel Casting Co. on Bessemer Avenue. White was pinned under the heavy timber and died en route to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frank White
White
Garry Iron and Steel Co
Cleveland Steel Casting Co
Bessemer Avenue
Fatal Heat Proves Deadly in Cincinnati Heatwave
In Cincinnati a deadly heatwave follows two days of oppressive heat with thunder storms. Eight or ten people collapsed from heat and one man, Michael O'Neil, a roofer, died after being taken to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Michael O’neil
Tenn. Worker Dies After Conveyor Accident
Canton July 19 Warren Stermer aged 17 was crushed to death at the Diamond cement works plant in Middlebranch after becoming caught in a screw conveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Warren Stermer
Diamond Cement Works
Middlebranch
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Chas. J. Thompson
Latty Bldg
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Defiance
Weenmly
Northwestern Telephone
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Attorney AT Law
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J. G. Lever
M. D
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Dando Bidg, Philz
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Chas. Torrence
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Lima
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Springfield
Detroit
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Hainbridge
Columbus Grove
Ottawa
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Malinta
Detroit, Mich
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Patie
Nervita Medical CC
Inton & Jackson Sts
Chicaco, Ill
M. Lewis
Defiance, Ohio
Ayency
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Cllll & Ci & Co
Wastington
Webster
Frisco
Mississippi
John MacKay
Ohio Field
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