Peary to Receive Geographical Society Honor in Washington
Commander Peary returns from Arctic exploration and will be honored December 15 at a Willard Hotel banquet under the National Geographic Society. He will receive the Society's gold medal as the secretary of the navy and Italian ambassador are expected to participate in toasting the famed explorer. Attending dignitaries include Morris K. Jessup and Mrs Jessup, HA Cook, Russian and Japanese ambassadors, Professor Alexander Graham Bell, and other notable figures from Washington and abroad.
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Washington
Commander Peary
Nationatl Geographic Society
Willard Hotel
Explorer
Peary
Italy
Toightting
Morris K. Jessup
New York
HA. Cook
Mount McKinley
Russia
Japan
Alex, Graham Bell
Teléphone, Fame
Free-for-all Fight at a Prize Beauty Show
Washington Pa report of a brawl at a district school beauty contest where Sunny Vassardon and John Sampson allegedly failed to pay for votes, leading to a chaotic fight. Voters clashed, the ballot box was at risk, and multiple fights trampled attendees. Warrants issued for those involved.
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Washington
Don, T
East
Floley Township
Temos
Sunny
Teegarden
Samipe
Ace
Uncle Sam Seeks Ten Dollar Bills From Banks
A Wednesday treasury notice to U S banks requests the return of $10 notes including silver certificates from circulation. Secretary Shaw urges banks to send tens to the treasury to relieve currency strain and convert them into ready funds.
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Shaw
The
Treasury
Elf- Utne Realy
Vaehang
Hms
Ahmion
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Advertised in 67 Stuart Hall
An old chestnut medical ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for stomach disorders caused by poor digestion. It claims relief from indigestion and related symptoms, promising a free trial by mail to customers and listing A. Stuart Co. of Stuart Hall, Mich, as the supplier.
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Stuart Go
Stuart Hall
American Indian Coming Here Chronicle Note
Fragmentary OCR notes show a local item about an American Indian coming to town with mentions of people and places such as Nobwalk Gates and Gatesley. The text is garbled but implies an attendance or visit reported by a reporter in a historic town newspaper with scattered names and affiliations.
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Fish
Gilsely
Cates
Thollan
Santa letters sought from Elyria children for Christmas
The Elyria Reporter announces a Santa Claus letter feature for local children. Letters must be 60 words max, written plainly on one side, with name and address, delivered to The Reporter or mailed with proper postage. Letters will be published December 8, 15, and 22 in The Hlyria Reporter.
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Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Elyria
Santa
Hlyria
Escapes and Legal Rows Dominate Erie Newsroom
A roundup of terse notes from Erie and beyond recounts three prisoners escaping by sawing a basement window bar. Edna McChire, tied to Mrs. Harry Thaw, wed a Nevada miner. Jack Richardson surfaces as the former husband seeking rights. Other items note Cleveland politics, divorces, a streetcar theft, melons buried for months, a Cleveland jury strike, Lorain steel workers’ wage cut, and Findlay oil indictments.
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Edna McChire
Harry Thaw
Goldfield
Nev
New York
Jack Richardson
Cleveland Man Seeks Divorce Over Wife's 31 Year Absence
A Cleveland man sues for divorce claiming his wife left him thirty one years ago. The report notes a pastor branded a fool by clergy and found guilty of unbecoming conduct. The item mixes other distant news items about bishops named by the pope, bank safety, a missing skeleton, and wartime mail by balloon.
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Harry Smith
Cleveland
C. D. Qberholtzer
An Tadlang
Danish Woman Ban Corset Movement Reaches Denmark
New York December reports a Danish women’s corsetless movement with about ten thousand adherents in Copenhagen promoting a return to the Greek ideal. Doctors and teachers back reform as healthful, while opponents fret over modesty. Also noted is John R. Wambolt seeking dismissal of his divorce petition, claiming his wife condoned the acts.
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New York
Denmark
Copenhagen
Scandinavia
Germany
John Ro Wambolt
Tre
Offenaus
Pittsburg Orchestra Spreads Rage Through Oberlin
The Pittsburg Orchestra, breakfastless, ra n streets of Oberlin in anger on Wednesday and faced a stern hotel rule when they sought breakfast at the Park Hotel run by Oberlin College. Only a few musicians were lodged. others found rooms elsewhere. The 8:30 breakfast hour and the 9:30 arrival to eat led to a blunt refusal by E. W. Bacon, the college's hireling. Threats and pleas failed, underscoring Oberlin's strict enforcement of rules.
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Oberlin
Dee. T
Pittsburg
Park Hotel
Oberlin College
E. W. Bacon
Ohberlin
Pension List for Lake Shore Men
The pension system for veteran New York Central employees including the Lake Shore will soon go into effect. Many workers have reached the age limit and are expected to retire once the program starts, officials announced on Wednesday.
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New York Central
Lake Shore
Are You Food Wise Hardyfood Advertisement Card
An advertising notice extols Hardyfood cereal as nature’s best. It claims cereal foods are cheapest, easily digested, and suitable for elderly, children, and the dyspeptic. It asserts Hardyfood eliminates excess starch and glucose and delivers nutrition comparable to beef, urging a daily simple diet.
Republicans in Lorain Show Hughes for State Legislature
In Lorain a group of Republicans reportedly backs W. L. Hughes, a prominent local attorney, to succeed Hon. R. B. Lerseh in the state legislature. They argue Lorain is the county’s big end and thus deserves the honor. The election is set for 1208.
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Lorain
W. L.O Hughes
R. B. Lerseh
Suit Against Fair Association Filed in Ross County
Subway filed Thursday against Michael Sullivan William Turpen their wives and the Ross county Fair association by citizens alleging defendants formed a company capitalized at 35900 bought the fair grounds as individuals for 16000 and sold them to the company for 35000. It is charged they refuse to show books to stockholders and manipulate stock to control the directorate. Further sales of stock have been enjoined.
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Chillicothe
Subway
Michael Sullivan
William Turpen
Ross County
New York Millionaire Beaten by Burglars
New York financier Elias Asiel was attacked in his mansion by two burglars who forced entry after breaking a window bar. They tied the scene to a theft of jewelry valued around two hundred ten dollars as he woke and fought back before the pair fled.
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New York
Helias Asiel
Asielnae
Strange death of Chicago family shocks city
Chicago reports a sixth family death in nine months as Mrs. Vizal, 677 West 19th Street, was found dead from suspected self inflicted arsenic poisoning. The daughter’s statement to police mixed hypnotism, residence and poison in the tale as the family’s deaths continue to mystery over arsenic and other causes while the husband and four children were also under police watch.
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Chicago
Martin Vizal
19Th Street
Chicago and West Line Daily Train Schedule
The BR and C Chicago and West trains depart Elyria at 6:45 A M daily and arrive Chicago at 5 90 P M.
Carnival of crime grips Johnstown as a spate of robberies unfold
Johnstown faces a wave of crimes including a $300 theft stopped by a store owner, a looting accusation against Tryin Gathers, arrest of Nelson Shaffer for robbing Joe Hailick, and an attempted raid on a Conemaugh ticket office. A murder of Mrs Catherine Stauffer spurred a county reward fund that ballooned to £600 and later to double by Somerset county. The victim’s property brought $30,000 at public sale. the farm will be sold next week as her son-in-law John Biller remains nearby.
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Johnstown
James Lauitz
Charles Wehn
Wehn
Tryin Gathers
Daniel Schnabel
Nelson Shaffer
Joe Hailick
Conemaugh
William Grove
Catherine Stauffer
Lambertsville
Somerset County
Mire
Staauffer
John Biller
Bankrupts Sale of Anheuser Busch Building in Ohio
On Monday December 10 1966 at 1 30 p m the trustee of the bankrupt will offer at public auction the property of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association building South Lorain Ohio comprising a desk chair desk liquor case cigar case screens back bar glass work board beer taps chandeliers window shades tables chairs novelty box and bar glasses. Appraised at 2100 cash only two thirds minimum. Chas A Bemis trustee. Also an advertisement for DeWitts Hazel Salve appears.
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D.m
Henry Waidler
Anheuser- Busch Brewing Association
South Lorain
Ohio
Chas. A. Bemis
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