Roosevelts Honors and Policy Updates In Washington
The American Society of International Law held its second annual meeting in Washington. President Roosevelt received a Turkish rug from Mahmed Ali Bey. Diomede Falconio may be named cardinal at the June consistory. A Panama canal freight bill progressed in the House. Roosevelt reappointed Straus to the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague. A land bill advances to reinstate proofs for homestead entries based on eight months residence.
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American Society of International Law
Washington
Roosevelt
Turkey
Mahmed Ali Bey
Diomede Falconio
United States
House Committee
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Hague
House Committee On Public Lands
Senate
Notable Deaths and Book News From Tolstoi to Local Figures
Count Leo Tolstoi announces a new novel Father Sergius to be published posthumously. Kansas City businessman David P. Alderson dies at home, while Washington hosts mourning for Oldest Inhabitants leaders John Libbey and Charles Church. San Francisco engineer John Hammond inks five year Guggenheim contract at 500000 yearly. Kalamazoo financier David Haines dies. he served in the Fourth Michigan cavalry that captured Jefferson Davis. Harvard senior A E Pinanski wins Baldwin prize for best student essay on municipal government. Decatur Illinois loses veteran G A R member Isaac N Coltran, a key Republican editor who helped spark Lincoln endorsement.
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Leo Tolstoi
Sergius
David P. Alderson
Bradley-Alderson Implement Company
West
Kansas City
John Edward Libbey
Charles B. Church
Inhabitants’ Association
District of Columbia
Washington
John Hayes Hammond
San Francisco
Guggenheims
David H. Haines
Kalamazoo Gas Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Haines
Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Jefferson Davis
National Municipal League
Lincoln
Frost Damage Hits Arkansas and Colorado Orchards
Frost damaged orchards across Arkansas, the Arkansas and Colorado fruit regions facing about 1 million dollars in losses. The report lists multiple unrelated calamities from boiler explosions to drownings and fires across several states.
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Arkansas
Grand Valleys
Colorado
Portsmouth
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Dennis Courtney
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power Company
Farmers’ Exchange
Laurel
Iowa
Castro Urges Sanitation Plan for bubonic plague risk
The academy of medicine is asked to prepare measures for Cara cas sanitation to prevent a bubonic plague outbreak. Canada sidesteps this year’s insurance bill restricting American insurers, while Australia plans to host the American fleet with over 500000 dollars devoted. Vienna prepares for Emperor Francis Joseph jubilee and insures the emperor’s life for 1750600 if death occurs before June. A Berne glacier find reveals Nagki the guide’s preserved body from 1887. Madrid paper links Barcelona crisis to anarchist terrorists and U S cotton cash demand draining gold.
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Castro
Academy of Medicine
Caracas
Canada
Australia
Victoria
New South Wales
Committee of
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Monterosa
Berne
Nagki
Madrid
Multiple Robberies and Criminal Cases Across States
Reported jewel of incidents include Jasper Missouri safebreaks with $2 seized and two capture near Joplin, a Michigan fugitive Frank Dunne returning to face charges, a Baton Rouge bank embezzlement indictment against Oscar Konder and others, a Chicago chemist firm member shot in a dispute, a Calumet death near Hecla Torch Lake tracks deemed suicide, a Philadelphia immigration detention case against two men, and a Denver arrest of two women for conning a Montana widow out of nearly $20,000 through supposed spiritual healing.
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Jasper
Joplin
Frank Dunne
Marquette
Mich
First National Bank of Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Oscar Konder
Charles Penderick
Chicago
John Dowling
Downing
Subcommittee backs Cass Lake reservation boundary change
A house subcommittee on Indian affairs reported favorably on Senator Clapps bill altering Cass Lake Native reservation boundaries. The report accompanies a broader set of actions including local price adjustments and licensing changes. The note references additional related events and figures in politics, law, and commerce.
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House Committee On Indian Affairs
Clapp
Cass Lake Indian Reservation
New York
Terry McGovern
Johnny Summers
England
Old Broadway Athletic Club
Europe
J. G. Gallman
van Horne
Iowa
Fiendish Woman of Century Linked to Laporte Murders
In Laporte Indiana sheriff and coroner probe after Belle Guinness and her three children die in a house fire. Five bodies unearthed include Andrew Helgelein and Jennie Olson. Ray Lamphere charged as accomplice. Police suspect previous husbands died under suspicious circumstances and a Norwegian suitor writes of future marriage plans.
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Laporte
Ind
Sautzer
Mack
Belle Guinness
Andrew Heleglein
Mansfield
S. D
Jennie Olson
Mrs. Guinness
Joseph Maxson
Guinness
Helgelein
Jefferson Opera House Block Burns in Sioux City Aid Plea
A fire in Jefferson South Dakota destroyed the opera house block early yesterday, causing ten thousand dollars in losses. Owner J. D. Fosneau faced seven thousand dollars in damage with five thousand insurance. Ed Deranleau’s pool hall lost three thousand dollars. An appeal to the Sioux City fire department arrived too late as the fire had already run its course.
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Jefferson
Sioux City
Hatpin Incident Leaves Mrs. Hurd Near Death
Mrs. J. W. Hurd, of Arlington South Carolina, lies at death’s door after a hatpin sting while adjusting a hat. A finger prick led to blood poisoning spreading to the arm and side, with slight hopes for recovery.
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Arlington
S. C
J. W. Hurd
Health Causes death by own action
Eau Claire Wisconsin May 6 C H Johnson aged seventy five committed death by own action by shooting himself through the heart yesterday afternoon in Montgomery hospital He had been ill for some time.
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Eau Claire
Wis
C. H. Johnson
Montgomery Hospital
Black Hand Outrage Levels Gentile House in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio late last night a rear portion of Frank Gentile, a wealthy fruit merchant, was blown to pieces by dynamite. No injuries occurred. Four days earlier Gentile received a demand for 10000 from the Black Hand society.
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Black Hand
Dayton
Ohio
Frank Gentile
Black Hand Society
Fire destroys fifteen stores in Mentone blaze
Fire in the Mentone restaurant area of San Francisco causes extensive damage estimated at 400000 dollars. The blaze destroyed fifteen stores and left a large section of the block gutted. Firefighters battled the flames through the night.
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Chester
Sharpless Dye Wood Extract Company
San Francisco
Democrats Sweep St. Paul City Election
In St. Paul on May 6 Democrats won a sweeping victory led by mayoral winner Daniel W. Lawler over Republican Joseph McKibbin. Democrats took all city offices and a majority on the aldermen and assemblymen boards. The vote set a city record in size.
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St. Paul
Daniel W. Lawler
Joseph McKibbin
Board of Aldermen
Board of Assemblymen
Tenderloin Is Ousted In Day
Fifty women with gamblers and tinhorn sports left Thief River Falls aboard the Greenbush line train to Red Lake Falls after Mayor Hanson ordered all residents of the Tenderloin district to leave the city by 4 PM. Chief Lang, recently appointed, issued the order yesterday.
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Crookston
Minn
Greenbush
Great Northern
Thief River Falls
Red Lake Falls
Red Lake County
Hanson
Tenderloin
Lang
Osakis Postoffice Robbed in Minn It Smugglers Loot
Burglars entered Osakis Minnesota postoffice by breaking a rear door pane. They stole $85 in stamp sales and money order funds from the safe after the bank closed. Postmaster Bronson kept surplus funds and stamps in a local bank safety box.
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Osakis
Minn
Bronson
Head Severed by Cage in Montana Mine Accident
In Butte on May 6, Dan McDonald was killed in a mine accident when a rapidly dropping cage severed his head. His body reportedly fell onto the cage after passing below, as McDonald appeared to poke his head into the shaft to watch the cage’s arrival.
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Butte
Mont
Rarus
Dan McDonald
McDonald
Typhoid Outbreak Ties Banquet to Church Event
Forty typhoid cases emerge in Rockwell City following a Methodist church banquet on April 14. All patients are prominent residents. source of infection remains unknown though water is considered unlikely. Marshalltown report notes the cases concentrated over the past three days.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Rockwell City
Methodist Church
Quarrel Between Miners Ends in Gunfire Death
In Marquette Michigan on May 6 Andrew Gallio died from bullet wounds after a drunken quarrel at Princeton. Four other miners were shot but not seriously hurt. Sam Dozi and Andrew Berrando are jailed in connection with Gallio's murder.
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Marquette, Mich
Princeton
Andrew Gallio
Sam Dozi
Andrew Berrando
Gollio
Fruit Crop Destroyed by Severe Cold in Montana
Miles City Montana May 6 fruit growers say the crop was practically ruined by April 28 cold when temperatures fell to 26 degrees. Buds were well developed and froze hard, ending the harvest prospects in the region.
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Miles City
Mont
Debated Freeland Currency Bill In Congressional Caucus
In Washington on May 6 the Republican House caucus met for three hours to seek a plan for currency legislation. They adjourned without a definite result, agreeing to reconvene at 8 p.m. A Bennett resolution supported by Speaker Cannon urged approval of the Vreeland principles and a five member committee to perfect the bill within five days.
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House
Washington
House of Representatives
Cannon
Bennett
New York
Vreeland
Currency Commission
Jerome Defies Court On Grand Jury Minutes In Jerome Inquiry
New York May 6 District Attorney W T Jerome clashed with Commissioner Hand over an order to produce grand jury minutes from the Metroplitan Street Railway probe. Jerome declined to obey the original order calling it improperly drawn and said he would rather go to jail. A revised order then required copies of the minutes to be filed. Jerome took the stand and said he would prove a conspiracy to ruin his reputation.
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New York
Hand
W. T. Jerome
Mr. Jerome
Rosalsky
Court of General Sessions
Jerome
More charges against trust in wood pulp case
John Norris of New York, representative of the American Newspaper Publishers association, testifies before the house committee on the wood pulp and print paper industry. He accuses American manufacturers of buying Canadian timber tracts and inflating prices, argues consumers should not bear fallout, cites data showing pulp wood price declines, and says paper could be produced for $20 a ton as the investigation continues.
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Washington
John Norris
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
House
Canada
Norris
Embezzlers Plead Guilty in Pittsburg Bank Case
Henry Roeiber paying teller and John Young auditor of Farmers' Deposit National Bank pleaded guilty to embezzling 118000 from the institution. Both were jailed and indicted by the U S grand jury. They appeared before Judge Young. sentencing not set pending other litigation.
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Pittsburg
Henry Roeiber
John Young
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
United States Grand Jury
Young
City Officials Indicted for Padding Warrants and Fraud
Indictments returned by the grand jury accuse Mayor A T Stephenson Councilman W H Mills and water commissioner F W Brooks of padding warrants Brooks faces defrauding the city by shaving warrants Mills is charged with making unlawful contracts while a council member at Erid Oklahoma on May 6.
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Erid
Okla
A. T. Stephenson
W. H. Mills
F. W. Brooks
Stephenson
Brooks
Mills
Duchess to Stay Abroad After Tragic Death
Paris date May 6 The widowed duchess de Chaulnes formerly Miss Theodora Shonts of New York will not return to America with her father Theodore P Shonts who arrived after learning of his son in law's death on April 23 A posthumous child is expected and the duchess is advised against a long sea voyage to New York
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Paris
Duchess de Chaulnes
Gypsies Steal $100 in Jesup Town
In Jesup Iowa on May 6 reports say a wandering band of gypsies robbed the High and Hope butcher shop of $15 and a fortune teller client lost $13. Several townsfolk suffered minor losses as the group frightened a farmer’s household into giving food and grain while authorities pursue the band.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Jesup
High & Hope
Nosebleed Ends in Death in Waterloo Woman
Mrs Patrick Joyce of Waterloo Iowa died after a two week nosebleed that began with a hemorrhage on April 22 and ended with her death yesterday morning at the age of forty.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Patrick Joyce
Fatal Train Collision Claims Fergus Falls Resident
Isaac Mills, longtime area resident near New York Mills in Otter Tail County, was killed when struck by a Northern Pacific freight train yesterday. The body was mangled and the head found away from the tracks.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Isaac Mills
New York Mills
County
Northern Pacific
Suicide by James A. Fanta in St. Paul
James A. Fanta of South Park shot himself in the head with a revolver as his wife watched in St. Paul on May 5 he died at her feet before she could intervene.
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St. Paul
James A. Fanta
South Park
Arbitration Pact Signed With Japan
Washington May 6 a general arbitration treaty between the United States and Japan was signed yesterday by Secretary Root and Ambassador Takahira.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Root
Takahira
Stepmother's Slayer Guilty in First Degree
Norwich New York May 6 William Scott on trial for killing his step mother Mrs James Scott was found guilty of murder in the first degree last night after a week of testimony in court.
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Norwich
N. Y
William Scott
James Scott
Jealous horseman kills three in Ohio murder suicide
In Washington Court House Ohio on May 5 Bert Devanney shot Ida Bird at her home then wounded her mother Mrs Bird and Silas Shackelford before fleeing to a barn. A posse with national guard unit forced entry and Devanney was found dead from a self inflicted wound. Jealousy is named as the motive.
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Ohio
Washington Court House
Bert Devanney
Ida Bird
Devanney
Cleveland Improvement Extends Stay for Former President
Lakewood New Jersey May 6 Mrs Cleveland reports Grover Cleveland continues to improve daily and will remain in the area indefinitely to hasten his recovery.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Burglars Strike Two Brainerd Stores
In Brainerd Minnesota on May 6 a restaurant run by D C Herbert was burglarized last night with several hundred cigars stolen. The jewelry and gun shop of A E Veon was also entered and several watches and revolvers taken. No clues have been found.
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Brainerd
Minn
D. C. Herbert
A. E. Veon
King Edward and Queen Return From Scandinavia Tour
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived in London last evening after a Scandinavian tour. The couple’s return follows their royal visit to Denmark Sweden and Norway as part of their continental itinerary.
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King
Scandinavia
London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Night Riders Destroy Tobacco Plant Beds in Davidson County
In Winston Salem North Carolina on May 6 night riders damaged the tobacco plant beds owned by F C Fisher in Davidson County. It is the first reported night riding incident in the area.
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Winston Salem
N.C
F. C. Fisher
Davidson County
Tries to Die Will Not Eat In Jail Escape Attempt
Fergus Falls Minnesota May 6 Benjamin R Smith, foiled in an escape from county jail, attempted suicide by hanging last night and now refuses to eat.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Benjamin R. Smith
Quarrel Fatal to Two in Jackson Kentucky
Ed Callihan was fatally wounded by his brother-in-law John Spicer in Jackson Kentucky on May 6. Spicer was then shot and killed by Callihan’s seventeen year old son.
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Jackson
Ed Callihan
John Spicer
Spicer
Callihan
Markets Update From Grain and Livestock Centers
May 6 reports from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago show grain prices with No 1 Northern wheat around 1.09 to 1.11 and corn near 67 to 68 cents. Livestock quotes include cattle beefers 4.50 to 7.15, hogs about 5.15 to 5.65, and lambs 6.00 to 7.25 with regional slight variations.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Tragic Death Suspected Suicide Near Fergus Falls
The mangled body of Isaac Mills was found on the Northern Pacific track near his home in eastern Otter Tail County, Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was struck by a freight train and authorities believe he may have taken his own life.
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Philadelphia
Edward Wischoski
Fergus Falls
Minn
Isaac Mills
Northern Pacific
Eleven Die At Fort Wayne Hotel Ruins Identifications Pending
Fort Wayne Indiana May 6 two bodies await identification after ten others were confirmed dead in the New Avelin hotel collapse with no additional victims found in the ruins.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
New Avelin Hotel
Half a Century Finished Nekoosa Holds 50th Church Anniversary
The annual district convention of the Congregational church is under way at the Congregational church in Nekoosa Wisconsin. It marks the fiftieth anniversary of the church in the district with celebrations accompanying the proceedings.
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Nekoosa
Wis
Congregational Church
Smallpox Epidemic Rages in Pittsville
Grand Rapids Wis May 6 An epidemic of smallpox is raging in Pittsville. Though not severe many cases are reported.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Pittsville
Flooding Ignores Boundaries As Illinois Towns Endure Storm
A severe storm with tornado velocity strikes St Louis area causing bridge washouts near Belleville Illinois and flooding Edgemont and the American bottoms. Two train crew are killed when their engine is submerged in Schoonlanb Creek. French Village suffers unroofed houses and panic as wires go down and communication ends.
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St. Louis
Louisville & Nashville
Belleville
Ill
Ward
Smith
Schoonlanb Creek
Edgemont
East St. Louis
Illinois
Section 30 Owner Dies After Refusing 80 000 Offer
Thomas W. Hyde, who died in a Duluth hospital as a county charge, once rejected an $80,000 claim offer for the Section 30 iron mine. The quiet man died a pauper from cancer, though some believe he had funds earlier.
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Duluth
Thomas W. Hyde
Hyde
Pay Cash for Divorce Rule Set in Des Moines Court
In Des Moines on May 6 Judge Hugh Brennan in the district court equity division announced a pay in advance rule for divorces. He will not sign decrees until all court costs in actions are paid. The rule’s first test comes Thursday with default divorce cases scheduled.
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Des Moines
District Court
Hugh Brennan
Equity
Matteawan Acting Supt Denies Thaw Sanity Claim
Dr. Amos T. Baker acting superintendent of the Matteawan state hospital testified in court that Harry K. Thaw remains insane, contradicting counsel's petition claiming Thaw is sane. Baker stated he has observed Thaw during confinement and rejects the plea of sanity.
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Matteawan
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Amos T. Baker
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Baker
Saloonkeeper Kills Self on Train Return
John Mattes, a Decatur saloonkeeper, despondent over local option closure and ill health, shot himself on a train home from Danville last night.
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Self
Decatur
John Mattes
Danville
Two Die Trying to Save Brother in Missouri Slough
Benjamin and Joseph Henness of O Fallon Missouri drowned while attempting to rescue their brother in a slough of the Quivre river near St Louis late yesterday.
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St. Louis
Benjamin
Joseph Henness
O’fallon
Quivre River
Child dies after air rifle accident during play
New York May 6. Eight year old Frank Green was shot in the head at play by a companion using an air rifle. He died shortly after at a local scene.
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New York
Frank Green
Woman fatally shoots clerk then kills self in Montpelier
Miss Christina Ball allegedly mentally unstable shot Louis Neveau, a hotel clerk, on the main street of Montpelier, Vermont, last night and then killed herself, leaving Neveau fatally wounded.
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Self
Montpelier
Christina Ball
Louis Neveau
Unknown man jumps to death in Mississippi River
In St Louis on May 4 an unidentified well dressed man stood with head bare and hands raised in seeming prayer before leaping into the Mississippi River at the foot of Tyler street and dying by his own action.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Tyler Street
Bucketshop Men Indicted in Cincinnati
Thirty four men, prominent Cincinnati brokers, were indicted by the grand jury on charges of participating in bucketshop operations. The indictments allege they engaged in fraudulent stock dealing through fake or speculative practices. Local authorities cite heightened effort to curb investment scams in the city.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnat
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