Man in Wagon Works Wheel Department Threatens Suicide
August C Boegert, a Turnbull Wagon works finisher, was found at Riverside cemetery unable to cope with grief after his wife’s death. He admitted intent to kill himself but later said he spilled carbolic acid on his hand and would not live apart from hope of burial with his wife. He was adjudged insane and taken into custody.
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C. Boegert
Turnbull Wagon Works
Riverside Cemetery
John McCarty
A. Behringer
S. A. Hull
Boegert
Geo. K. Beatty
Turnbull’s
George
Geo
Perry Helpman
James Hunter
Martin
A. J. Mangas
Avenst C. Boegert
Rev
Spannuth
Monster Republican Parade Stuns Cincinnati in 1863
Col A C Sands of Logan recalls the Brough Vallandigham campaign parade, 1863, with as many as 100000 people marching from the Carthage Pike to Carthage Fair Grounds. The event featured a massive procession, cannons firing, and a subsequent huge political meeting at Carthage.
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Col
A. C. Sands
Logan
Republican State Committee
Gibson Hotel
Brough-Vallandigham
Ohio
Col. Sands
A. L. Vallandigham
Dayton
Burnside
Vallandigham
Geo. FE. Pugh
Wm. M. Corry
United States District
Leavitt
Sands
Marshal Sands
Washington
Nashville
South
Canada
John Brough
Emocrate
Brough
Carthage Fair Grounds
Benjamin F. Butler
Salmon P
Chase
Dennison
William Wiltsee
Carthage Pike
Fair Grounds
Carthage
Equality in Taxation and Republican Stand on Corporate Franchises
A party platform argues Republicans lead fair taxation of corporate franchises and oppose Democratic proposals to widen burdens on railways and other corporations. It asserts state tax laws favor equalization, constitutional limits, and a cautious path to reform, warning Democrats could unsettle essential enterprise. The piece stresses preserving the constitution, avoiding radical measures, and maintaining fiscal stability.
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Republican Party
Auditor of State
Wee Court
Ohio
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Pa. Sas
Democratic Party
Peace in the Philippines and Ohio politics in 1901
The piece argues that the Ohio Democratic platform echoes failed imperial aims and mocks their opposition to U S authority. It asserts many Ohio Democrats support the flag and patriotism, citing past and upcoming elections and predicting a larger margin for Governor George K Nash.
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Philippines
United States
Ohio
Cuba Advances Toward Freedom and U S Promises
The piece argues Cuba moves toward full freedom under Republican rule and cites Porto Rico as proof. It questions whether Ohio voters will repudiate the Ohio President’s steadfast safeguarding of U S interests while delivering agreements to the islanders.
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Cuba
United States
Porto Rico
Ohio
Critics Question Ohio Democrats Tax Reform Record
The piece argues that Ohio Democrats, despite claiming to favor tax relief, failed to enact measures during their time in power and challenges them to pass a real reform that eases taxpayers' burdens.
Ohio Tax Reform Credits Linked to Parties
The piece argues that every tax cut in Ohio history was passed by Republicans against Democratic opposition, framing the analysis as the decisive fact behind the 1901 platform's stance. It emphasizes partisan dynamics in state tax policy.
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Ohio
Trust regulation urged by President Wetmore at ABA meeting
President Edmund Wetmore of New York told the American Bar Association in Denver that anti trust laws have risen while consolidated capital grows. He warned trust power threatens constitutional rights, noting regulation or prohibition may come with a broad public demand and possible constitutional amendment. Farmers would feel duty cuts on exported farm products under a traditional Democratic policy.
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American Bar Association
Denver
Edmund Wetmore
New York
Barley Export Duty Debate Tied to Tariff History
The passage argues for removing the barley export duty as Democrats demand, recalling a past period when Democratic tariff policy led to Canada exporting 11,000,000 bushels of barley, while U S farmers produced 24,000,000 bushels for export last year.
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United States
Canada
Free Trade Debate Shapes Ohio Democratic Platform
The Ohio Democratic platform for 1901 advocates abolition of protective tariffs and a tariff for revenue, sparking a campaign clash over whether free trade remains a core party doctrine. Proponents warn of harm to workers and industries, recalling 1893 panic and McKinley’s 1896 rise as proof of the policy’s risks.
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Ohio
United States
Ohio Democracy
Dérocrats
Harrison
Cleveland
William McKinley
Ohio Democrats demand free list of farm products
The text argues for farmers to determine products to export on a free trade list under Democratic policy. It claims duties on cattle, meats, barley, fruits, vegetables, cheese, butter, and eggs should be removed to spur imports and lower prices paid to U.S. producers, warning of ongoing harm to Ohio farmers.
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Ohio
Ohio Democrats
United States
Tax reform framed as business issue in local debate
Debate centers on whether tax reform should be nonpartisan or led by a party. Critics accuse Democrats of demagoguery and question why reforms were not pursued when their party held power in Ohio.
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Democrats
Ohio
Governor Shaw Calls for Reciproc ity to Open Trade Channels
Governor Shaw of Iowa urged reciprocity to expand national commerce at Lincoln addressing the Nebraska League of Republican Clubs. He argued Republican policies earned mercantile independence and pressed for new overseas markets to absorb growing American production in agriculture and industry.
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Shaw
Iowa
Lincoln
Nebraska League of Republican Clubs
Ohio
Ameri Capital
Democratic platform cites sympathy with England in Boer War
The writer criticizes Democratic platform for accusing the national administration of sympathy with England over the Boer War. It notes the U.S. offered mediation at the war's start but was declined, leaving either intervention or neutrality as options. It argues Ohio Democrats do not believe war was the duty due to sympathy with the Boers.
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England
United States
Ohio
Bryan Voices Fall Political Visit Pressed for Republicans
The text urges Republicans to prepare for Bryan's state visit this fall. It contrasts his 1896 and 1900 anti gold standard prophecies with the prosperity claimed under McKinley’s administration and asks the silver advocate to explain the gap between theory and practice.
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Bryan
McKinley
Ohio Democracy shifts stance toward property owners agenda
John Billings notes that reputations can mend but public scrutiny follows the site of a fracture. The Ohio Democracy, once allied with Bryanites in a crusade against property owners, this year avoids repudiation of the Chicago platform while the public remains keen on the silver positions.
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John Billings
Ohio Democracy
Chicago
Democratic attack on trusts hits new setback in New York
Exposures reveal rapacious Tammany influence in Greater New York, where practices allegedly turned fever and thirst into dividends. The group supposedly favored silver but earned large dividends on a gold basis, illustrating entrenched corruption.
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Howl Against Trusts
Tammany Ie Trust
New York
Tammany
Traditional Democratic tariff policy urged against voters
The piece argues the 1893 financial panic depressed farm wages and that 1900 and 1901 will show gains unless the Democratic tariff for revenue policy returns to power. It warns farmers not to be deceived by humbug and reiterates opposition to protection that brings prosperity.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
United States
Ohio
Governor Shaw Quoted on Ohio Campaign Tariff Debate
The Iowa governor is credited for two sentences linking Republican policy to national commerce and prosperity. The quote suggests prosperity hinges on tariff policy as Ohio Democrats demand a traditional tariff for revenue, risking the commercial world conquest.
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Shaw
Iowa
Ohio
Reciprocity as a Republican principle in tariff history
The text traces reciprocity from Blaine through McKinley and notes Democrats repealed the tariff measure to remove reciprocity from law. It asserts only Republican control can make reciprocity effective.
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Blaine
McKinley
No Chance to Kick in Lake Resort Tale
In a Chicago Record-Herald excerpt Simpkins explains a lakeside farm house with boats, stocked lake, bathers area, and perfect air but notes prices were low yet there was no chance for a single kick, implying family contentment kept them away.
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Simpkins
Chicago Record-Herald
Why They Don't Speak
A private home receives a telephone, and Brown buys a new fox terrier. When Jones calls to invite the Browns to dinner the dog barks into the line. Brown yells at the dog and the incident makes Jones and the Browns avoid each other on meeting.
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Brown
Jones
Mrs. Brown
Begone, Dull Care! Barber boasts winning ten dollars
A barber jokes about layoffs and fines while finishing a shave. He says the shop fines workers one dollar for each cut and two dollars for an ugly gash, then revels that he has just won ten dollars.
Water from iron spring stirs stubbornness in husband
Mrs. Seldom-Holme jokes that her husband's obstinacy has risen since he began drinking water from an iron spring. Mrs. Nexdore wonders if the water is tinctured with pig iron, in a light Chicago Tribune style quip.
Birthday Dilemma Sparks Inlaw Idea
Miss De Mutt frets over gifts for her mother and Spoonamore suggests an unlikely solution a son in law whispered as a clue in Cincinnati Enquirer style discourse about family presents and social plans.
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Mamma
Miss de Mutt
Young Spoonamore
Cincinnati Enquirer
Questioning generosity in a father son exchange
A playful exchange from Smart Set features a father son conversation. The boy asks why giving is more blessed and the father replies that receiving obligates the recipient to give back threefold to show gratitude.
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Elmer
Papa
Professor Broadhead
Son
Weather Talk From Aunt Chloe and Uncle Eph’m
Quotation from a Chicago Tribune fragment shows Aunt Chloe predicting rain by feeling it in her bones and Uncle Eph’m replying with sarcasm about how people sense everything except their own trouble.
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Chloe
Eph
Dem
Chicago Tribune
Gotham-Watts Car Draws Praise for Sturdy Push
Yonkers States man notes Gotham-Watts automobile praised for reliability after power outage. The witness says the driver pushed the car to safety, illustrating the vehicle’s practical merit.
Dean's Ointment Promises Skin Relief
Advert says terrible skin itch plagues end with Dean's Ointment available at any drug store.
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Dean
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