Lovesick Young Man Swallows Poison In Despair
Nelson W. Hemmin, 32, of Woodland Avenue Lorain, a Salvation Army member, drank carbolic acid after failing to win marriage with Miss Rather Kelly of Bond Street. He left a note, attacked Kelly, then died in a vacant lot on Oberlin Avenue. A bottle and letter were found. Kelly’s mother recalls his erratic work history and engagement.
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Henry Whminm
Salvation Army
Loop
Nelson
Workdiea
Oberlin Aveone
Franklin Street
Salvation News
M. A. Kellogg
Bond Street
Kelloge
Msther
Tim
Beit Life Story Reveals Hidden Tamanco and Marriage Plans
A. Beit, the British multimillionaire who died in London, faced a concealed romance in New York files. In a 1888 Equitable insurance application he disclosed plans to marry Elizabeth Bennett Beit and named a beneficiary in his will. Medical exam notes referenced the unmasked details.
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New York
Alfred Beit
London
Question of Belt engagement and marriage mystery
Reporting on JM Belt the diamond king, the text notes he declared himself unmarried to physicians while a life policy named Elizabeth Bennett Belt was issued payable to My wife Elizabeth Bennett Belt. The fate of the engagement remains unclear as to whether a marriage ever occurred and what caused the romance to fade.
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JM. Belt
Diamond King
Elizabeth Bennett
South Africa Millonaire
Belt
Clerical Work for Girls in Publishing Houses
A piece by Amny Steese Richardson advises girls on securing clerical posts in publishing houses during the Christmas trade peak October 1 to November 26. It notes openings for filing clerks typists and stenographers with summer vacancies for substitutes. It discusses exam routes agency fees and salaries ranging from six dollars a week to twenty five with higher pay in real estate and law firms and broader city demand despite a glut of inexperienced stenographers.
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Amny Steese Richardson
Woman’s Home Companion
Hindipo Kidney Tonic Promises Free Trial At Blythe
Local druggist A Dykeman in Blyrta hawks Hindipo, a kidney and nerve tonic, with a positive guarantee and a penny trial. The ad touts low excursion fares Aug 10–12 to Lily Dale New York with round trips at half price, valid 30 days, through Cassadaga Lake and Lake Shore routes. Tickets available via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry and at Lily Dale ticket agents. Write to A J Smith, G P A Cleveland for details.
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HH. A. Dykeman
Blyrta
Lily Dale
New York
NX. Y
Cassadaga Wake
Lake Shore
Michigan
N. Y
Cassadaga Lake
Dunkirk
Yon
Michigan Southern Ry
A. J. Smith
P A
Cleveland
Polish-born colonel leads Mexican army defying rebels
El Paso July 21 One central figure in the clashes between Americans and Mexican miners at Cananes is Lieutenant Colonel Kastelitzky a Pole by birth who rose from mule driver to colonel. He joined the Mexican army after fleeing the US and is famed for fearlessness and bold leadership. He once shot three soldiers to maintain discipline at Magdalena Sonora, revealing his stern trait.
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Wolfital
Tawnonly
Cho
Tye
el Paso
Tex
Cananes
Kasternitzay
Poland
United States
Mexico
Republic
Kasterlitzky
United States Army
Department of Colorado
Devo
Ned Hare
Kasterlitsky
Ind
Kunterlitzky
Magdalena
Sonora
Briefs of Two States and Local Incidents Summary
Brief items report deaths, accidents, and crimes across Ohio and Pennsylvania. Notable entries include Mrs YT Waller in Bucyrus, a Crooksville safe robbery, Fred Harper injured near Harmonsburg, Charles Field’s death at Ashtabula Harbor, a Maynard powder explosion near St Clairsville, John Briner’s death at a Connellsville brick yard, Ben Goff injured by a trampled bull, and general catarrh treatment ads led by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
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Maynard Oome
Balmont County
St. Clairsville
John Frazier
Ben Water
Sparka Froman
Ben. Goff
Parkman
Chardon
Will Educate Students for Surveyors in Manila Plan
The Philippine Commission reports an act to educate students who will serve as surveyors for the government. Each year many students will receive five years of surveying instruction at Manila nautical school or arts and trades school, mornings with surveying in afternoons. First year pay is 120 dollars. Students may become junior surveyors after a year, then must contract to four more years if they stay. leaving incurs lifetime ineligibility for government posts. The program aims to meet engineer demand after land transfers and Panama Canal work reduced American surveyor availability.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Phillipine Commission
Bureau of Land
Nautical School
School of Arts ‘and Trades
Manilla
Philipino Civil Service
Commission
Islands
Panama Canal
United States
Allen's Foot Ease and Kodol for Dyspepsia Ad
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen tired feet and ease tight shoes with a trial package offered. It also touts Kodol for Dyspepsia as the sole remedy to aid digestion and freshen breath, claiming relief from sour stomach and heart palpitations with a simple taste test.
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Allen
All Drugiste
LeRoy
N. Y
O. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
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Bugoti
Cmd
A. Beit
Pocminston
Mary Perry Bellis
N. Sth
Zemo
Eady
Drosdwar
Hague
G.A.R
Minneapolis
Mian
O&o
Enmagy
Englionw
Ture
Rio Grande
la Campalen
Stenn
YT. Waller
President McKinley
Bucyrus, O
Crookuville, O
Fred Harper
Swearline
Harmonsburg
Charles Field
Ashtabula Harbor
Scovill
Lake Front
John Briner
Joseph Seisson Brick Company
Connellsville
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Tolea
Draggista
Gillette Sales Company
Times
Times Sq
Vermillion
Ruggles Beach
Huron
Cedar Point
Berealmsted Falls
Elyria
Amherst Brownhelm Vermillion
Ceylon
Huron Sandusky
Linwood Park
Cheapside
the People’s Boot Shop
F.C. Wolf
M. B. Faulhaber
A. R. Champney Co
Masonic Temple
Old Line Life Accident and Health Insurance
Las
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