Inside Toledo State Hospital for the Insane on Fourth of July
A visiting writer tours the Toledo hospital for the insane, describing grounds, cottages, and dining halls with no bars or guards at tables, praising Dr Tobey and staff for humane care. The piece notes high cleanliness, double ventilation, ample sun, and independent patient activity, plus a national parade by inmates and a reflection on the asylum’s transformation from prison to home.
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Weber
Esra Gregg
Erie County Court House
Toledo State Hospital For
Allipse
Toby
The
Elks of Toledo
London
Thi Hospital
General Administration
Furni
Tobey
State of
Ohio
Toledo
C. B. Wilcox
Sandusky
Toledo Hospital
L. C. Cole
Upper Sandusky
Otlers
Bostile
Rone
Commonwealth
Richardson
Katter
Teasdale
Sawyer
Bell Telephone Trust Aims to Control Midwest Lines
A rumor from Chicago claims Bell Telephone Co plans a 20 million dollar trust to own all telephone lines in Illinois including Chicago Indiana Michigan and Ohio. Independent rivals would be bought or driven out, with more funds ready if needed. Burglars hit the Pay and Son meat market in Oberlin stealing about 700 dollars.
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Bell Telephones Co
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Bell System
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bell Telephone Co
George Pay and Son
Oberlin
Jury Awards Stoll Farm Rights Impacts Avon Township
The probate court disposed of a Pittsburg and Lake Erie right of way appropriation case Monday. A jury awarded Peter Stoll 934 for 2.68 acres and 2179.20 for damages to the remainder of his truck farm due to railroad use, which diagonally crosses the property diminishing its value. The report notes Champney's Strawpetry ice cream.
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Pittsburg
Lake Eria
Avon Township
Peter Stoll
Stoll
Local Merchant Ad Sells Linens and Towels in Sale
A small classified-style notice lists linen items including bleached muglin and toweling at two prices, large size huck towels, table damask, and extra wide items. The ad emphasizes heavy fabric and standard dress prints, with remarks on quality and yardage.
New bolts and nuts company forms in Columbus
A new industry firm organized in Columbus by John Koepke Frank H Fanver R H Sprague Lewis Fanver and Ross Fanver plans a factory to manufacture bolts and nuts with 850000 capital It aims to hire at least 25 workers initially and has purchased East Bridge Street Machine Company facility The inventor Koepke will oversee a nut threading machine capable of 46000 units daily at low cost per thousand.
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Columbus
John Koepke
Frank H. Fanver
R. H. Sprague
Lewis ©. Fanver
Ross Fanver
Koepke, Sprague and Flover
East Bridge Street Machine Company
Koepke
Attack on Lorain Police Chief Ends in Fray on Street Car
A gang attacked Chief Braman of Lorain on a Sunday night street car. The assault followed a vendetta for past arrests. Windows were smashed and passengers fled as the chief fought to protect himself, using his fists while others helped. Two men named Arthur Sackett and John Peifer were arrested.
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Braman
Lorain
Perssona
Arthur Sackett
John Peifer
Lightning strikes twice in same place debated
A Boston Globe remark about a suburb trolley car struck twice by lightning is cited by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The paper notes that lightning can strike the same spot more than once, citing a Cleveland church steeple struck twice in the same storm as evidence.
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Boston Globe
Elyria
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Probate Court appoints administrator for Peter Jailer estate
Probate Court George E. Hill has been appointed administrator of the estate of Peter Jailer, late of Ridgeville, under a $100 bond.
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George E. Hill
Peter Jailer
Ridgeville
Injunction Sought Against Employee for Rival Work
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co of Chicago asks United States Circuit Court judge Wing for an injunction to bar William W. Dean from leaving to sell services to The Kellogg Company rival. Petition cites evidence contracts offering $350 monthly starting pay and $50 per domestic patent or $60 per foreign patent as incentive. Kellogg claims these contracts violate rights and breached obligations.
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Saab
Kellogg Company
Ball Game At Fair Grounds Faces Church Picnic
Report notes a ball game and Elks Eagles events at the fair grounds during a Methodist church day. Initially the ball game worried church organizers but it was agreed to run on the opposite side of the grounds. বিজ্ঞ
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Fair Grounds
M. E
Elks and
Eagles
Steteons
Oxfords
Teasdale and
Sawyer’s
Parker Nomination Upset at Democratic Convention
Jayde Parker, nominated by the Democratic party at the national convention in St. Louis, led on the first ballot but was within nine votes of nomination. Nevada and Idaho shifted to Parker after Hearst support, securing the nomination and a slim margin. Conservatives controlled the convention, dropped the money plank, and avoided endorsing free silver, keeping focus away from money issues.
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Jayde Parker
Democratic Party
St. Louis
Nevada
Idaho
Hearst
Parker
Faree
Bryan
Issus
Cope Schaible Mfg to Incorporate and Expand Garden Tool Line
The Cope-Schaible Mfg Co plans a rapid incorporation of a smetock company within days. The Lou Dillon tandem garden cultivator has proven satisfactory, prompting a large factory to be built at once, possibly in Elvira or elsewhere. Ten thousand of these time saving tools will be manufactured and sold next season as shipments reach California, Washington, and many eastern and central western states. Teasdale and Sawyers announce a big summer sale this week.
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Cope-Schaible Mfg. Co
Suppses
Lou Dillon
Geneca
Elvria
California
Hington
Injunction Sought Over Barn Occupation Dispute
Common Pleas court Judge Edward Heussner seeks an injunction against Elmer Donimo to stop alleged unlawful barn occupation on premises Heussner rents in Henrietta. Heussner sublet a dwelling and stable area to Donlap who took over the entire barn, planned for crop storage, while Donlap allegedly threatens personal harm if he proceeds. Metcalf and Clomiger represent the plaintiff. Champney handles related matters.
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Edward Heussner
Elmer Donimo
Henrietta
Donlap
Heuser
Metcalf and
Clomiger
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Toledo State Hospital
Harry H. Smith
Champney's
D. Lewis & Co
Underskirts
Hamburg
Champoey
Spa
Probate
W. W. Dean
Champney
Teasdate and
Sawyer's
John C. Snow, Iverton
Hollisters Rocky Mountain
H. A. Dykeman
Stetsons
Osfords
Teasadale
Atlantic Sea
Leake
Sawyers
Common Pleas Court
Harry H. Smith & Co
Cheapside
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