Magnificent Church in the Country in Shelby Ohio
In Shelby Ohio a grand stone church named the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus rises amid woods five miles from town. Organized in 1833 by a small rural congregation, a log meeting house evolved into a vast edifice completed in 1891 at about 100000 pounds. Rev Father Hopp serves as pastor and the parish remains devoted despite sparse local population.
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Shelby, O
Ohio
Shelby Settlement
Henry
Milwaukee
Father Hopp
Cleveland boys achieve speech after three week stammering course
In Cleveland Dr. Rosenberg’s stammering school reports remarkable progress for a class of boys who were silent for three weeks starting July 2. Daily drills improved breathing and chest expansion. after weeks of practice most can speak clearly with fewer interruptions. They will undergo another three weeks of rapid speech training.
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Cleveland
Dr. Rosenberg
Sibleyst
Alsent
Alma-Bromo Salt Patent Remedy Ad
Be cured to stay cured Alma-Bromo Salt the waters of the mineral spring at Alma Michigan evaporated to crystallization is a home remedy for constipation stomach liver kidney and nervous diseases to remove headache and rheumatism and clear the complexion Pleasing to the taste cleansing to the bowels soothing to brain and nerves for sale at druggists for 50 cents a tile Send a postal card to The Michigan Drug Co Detroit Michigan requesting trial bottle pre paid mailed to you
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Alma
Michin Drug Co
Detroit
Mich
Wind speed device tricks the eye at Majestic building
In Houston a weather office wind velocity device with four cups spins on a top arm. Viewers see the cups appear to reverse direction, confusing observers and even a betting dispute between two men who watched from the street. The Weatherman Blythe notes the illusion persists as the cups seem to rotate both ways.
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Houston
Blythe
Peru's Births And Deaths Marked By Rising Flagpole
In Peru Indiana a 125 foot iron pole atop the Lake Erie and Western Railroad shops signals births and deaths among workers. A 12 foot flag rises for a birth, and a half mast flag marks a death. The device, first used during the Cuban War era, has since become a local tradition noting that all babies born to German workers in the shops have been boys.
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Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Would be an outrage says Jones on Rhodes scholarships
Frank Jones, superintendent of public instruction, warns against politics in Cecil Rhodes scholarship selections. He argues for a fair method to choose a representative Oid state student, noting Oxford's English-only climate and faculty disinterest in funded working students. Jones will present ideas to the eastern committee seeking a uniform plan for all states.
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Frank Jones
Public Instruction
Cecil Rhodes
Vatican consults Ireland on Chicago archbishop pick
Vatican circles report Archbishop Ireland is being consulted on appointing a new Chicago archbishop after the death of Archbishop Feehan. The chosen candidate is said to receive the papal approval and the archbishopric.
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Rome
Vatican
Ireland
Chicago
Feehan
Vince
Save the Babies Castoria Claim in Child Health Appeal
A tirade on infant mortality cites that in civilized countries up to twenty two percent of babies die before age one and warns narcotic child remedies are deadly. It promotes Castoria as a safe alternative that improves circulation, opens skin pores, and reduces fever, claiming it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Beer Vat Explosion Kills Brewer at Philadelphia Plant
Philadelphia July 31 A brewery employee Peter Veit aged years lies dead at St Joseph s hospital after a vat head blew off in the last vat room. The 300 gallon vessel released gases during fermentation and a splinter tore through his body, piercing a lung and injuring him fatally as fellow workers rushed to aid him.
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Philadelphia
Peter Veit
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Weit
West
Veit
St Bernard valued at 5000 tied to rival’s yard dispute
Grief stricken over a St Bernard valued at 5000, Mrs. J H Wenger seeks county court ownership as L Karcher defends purchase with a 110 receipt. The dog, imported from Canada, disappeared after detectives failed to trace it. The case hinges on possession and rightful ownership.
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Pittsburg
J. H. Wenger
Brushton
Wendler
L. Karcher
Wilkinsburg
Karcher
Allegheny County Court House
Canada
Rough on Catarrh and Sore Throat Powder Ad
An old advertisement touts Rough on Catarrh and Sore Throat powder as a remedy for catarrh head cold snuffies and offensive breath offered at 23 cents highlighting its claimed perfection.
Quick Riddance of Ants and Roaches
Advertised as a home remedy using poison mixed with mashed potatoes or dampened bread or watered sugar. Apply in roach and ant haunts for two nights, keep children and pets away, then sweep up and burn. The note directs readers to a seventh page for miners and related content.
Youthful Imposter Wears Male Dress for Livelihoods
Mabvel McElhaney an 18 year old born in Bradford Pa previously lived as Dave Kyle for four months in Wheeling West Virginia. She worked in a barroom as a house painter and hauled metal slabs at a steel mill, even serving as a cabin boy on the Ruth. Her disguise led to misadventures including a jail escape, a fight after a boy shot her, and a venture into poker at Bob Clark's place before police raids. She now stays with Mrs. O Boyce and contends her aim was only to earn a livelihood.
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Dave Kyle
Mabvel McElhaney
Bradford
Mabel
Wheeling
Eetno Standard Steel
Ruth
Bob Clark
O. Boyce
Ellis Glenn
Parkersburg
Prisoner Jacob Co Field claims 97 and vivid war past
IN PRISON AT BAD AXE Michigan July 31 Jacob Co Field a Bad Axe convict transferred from Santa reform atory to Jackson prison. He says he is 97 and has seven years left on a ten year sentence for a stabbing match. Field says he was born March 17 1805 in Georgia and fought in the Civil War with Gen Lee calling him the fighting general. He describes a violent history and claims to have escaped from Canada before his conviction and speaks of multiple marriages and a destitute last wife.
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Bad Axe, Mich
Jacob Cofield
Santa Reformatory
Jackson Prison
Jake
Nick Carter
Georgia
St. Patrick’s Day
North Carloina
Gen. Lee
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Cold Harbor
Winchester
Huron County
Canada
Grover Cleveland Praises Ledger Editor Davis
Grover Cleveland lauds L. C. Davis after Adolph Ochs buys the Philadelphia Ledger and retains Davis as managing editor. He expresses satisfaction that Ochs’s management and Davis’s fearless editorship will elevate the Ledger as a source of decent news and wholesome public sentiment.
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Grover Cleveland
Adolph Ochs
Philadelphia Ledger
L. C. Davis
Lutzgard's Bay
Davis
Ledger
Ochs
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