Tribute to General Gibson at Tiffin Memorial Dedication
A grand Tiffin ceremony unveiled a monument to General William H Gibson with a parade through patriotic streets. Governor Harris and Senator Foraker delivered principal orations praising Gibson as a self made lawyer, soldier, and orator alongside other civic leaders and military figures.
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Tiffin
Harris
Foraker
William H. Gibson
Bill” Gibson
State Guard
Volrath
Bucyrus
Court House
Second Regiment
Leister
David Dwight Bigger
Gibson Memorial Association
H. B. Ogden
J. H. Platt
Wiliam H. Gibson
Ohio
Corwin Garfield
McKinley
Gibson
Ohio Canal Commission
Buckeye Briefs: Suicide Pact Ends Life in Ohio
Ohio items report a Solon woman, Anna Kennedy, confessed to a death pact with her husband last spring. he died in July and she later chose carbolic acid for self destruction. A unknown man was found murdered near Cleveland with a crushed skull and knife wounds, date within two weeks. Eight hour day demand spreads to rail line workers. Wooster seeks son Thomas Spooner, 15, missing after school dispute. Dayton man Henry Bach, 82, killed when thrown from a train and crushed by a telegraph pole.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Anna Kennedy of
Solon
Antisdale
Kennedy
Dayton
Henry Bach
Miamisburg
Cincinnati Northern Traction
Bach
Grain and Livestock Market Prices Across Cities
The report lists cattle, sheep, hogs, and calf prices in Chicago Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati and Toledo. It details ranges for common to prime steers, cows, heifers, bulls, stockers, lambs, yearlings, calves, and hogs, plus grain quotes for wheat corn oats and rye and minor regional price notes.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Lima
Indiana
New York
Uniform marriage and divorce act proposed in draft
Philadelphia report details a three chapter act regulating annulment and divorce. It introduces public hearings, two divorce types, stricter grounds, anti solicitations, and a one year remarriage wait. The act aims to curb divorce abuse and standardize remedies nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Star Chamber
Wisconsin
California
Resolutions Committee
Congress
New Jersey
Burton Allowed Brief Jail Walk In Missouri
On October 24 at Tronton Missouri former Senator Joseph R Burton was granted a half hour outside his jail cell to visit his wife boardinghouse and return. He requested books and papers from his trunk and was permitted to step out under sheriff supervision. Mrs Burton will prepare all meals to avoid prison food. Burton shares a cell with James Wise, a post office embezzlement convict. The Clansman drama performance in Philadelphia faced mayoral suppression after demonstrations by thousands of African Americans. The theater company plans to seek an injunction to challenge the order.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Nicholas confesses to Leslie murder and diamond theft
In Chicago Edward E. Nicholas a theatrical agent detained during the Leslie murder probe reportedly confessed after pawnbrokers identified diamonds tied to the actress. Police claim Nicholas admitted killing Mrs Leslie and stealing diamonds worth 1500 dollars. In St Petersburg Russia the government fixed December 30 for parliamentary elections across the empire with officials urged to back government candidates.
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Chicago
Edward E. Nicholas
Margaret Leslie
Nicholas
O’brien
Leslie
St. Petersburg
Regenerationists
Constitutional Democrats
Denaturing Alcohol Rules Refer to Benzine and Wood Alcohol
Treasury department regulations define wood alcohol and benzine as acceptable denaturing agents for completely denatured alcohol. Commissioner Yerkes said fire risks are unchanged and benzine, a hydrocarbon from petroleum or coal tar, poses no greater danger than the alcohol itself.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Yerkes
Cabinet Shakeup Expected as Straus Joins Door
Washington reports planned cabinet changes with two ministers leaving and two new appointees arriving. Cortelyou moves to treasury, Bonaparte to attorney general, Metcalf to navy, Straus named commerce and labor secretary. Meyer and others cited in background as replacements and ambassadors.
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Bonaparte
Moody
Metcalf
Navy Department
Meyer
Straus Wii
Commerce and Labor
Washington
White House
Shaw
the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
George von Lieger
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
Oscar S. Straus
Straus
SELF PROTECTION TO THE REASON GIVEN BY FARMERS FOR FORMING A COMBINE
The first national convention of the American Society of Equity opens in East St. Louis with 500 delegates from eight states. It aims to regulate grain values by demand, not to extort prices, and to create granaries cold storage and warehouses to stabilize markets. The society would issue warehouse receipts worth two thirds of grain value to needy farmers.
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East St. Louis
American Society of Equity
Illinois
Kentucky
New York
North Carolina
Utah
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Breyton
National
Immunity Bath Questions in Rail Rebating Case
Six men faced immunity questioning before a special grand jury in Minneapolis as U S Attorneys Houpt and Ewart and Special Agent Duncan probe railroad rebates. Names tied to Great Northern include C S Carl R G Kyle G G Ingraham F B E Dra per R W Bryan J P Joly W J Bower. Evidence hints at a half cent per bushel rebate for a prominent grain firm. Also: People's Lobby outlines duties to track legislation and votes with a new ways and means committee to report in about a month. A Costa RicaMarblehead pact note calls for compulsory arbitration and free exchange of natural products among Central American states. In Van Wert Ohio officials failed to certify the Republican county ticket within 20 days, risking ballot placement.
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Minneapolis
Minn
United States
Houpt and Ewart
Duncan
C.S. Carl
Devereaux Grain Company
R. G. Kyle
Great Northern
Minneapolis Junction
G. G. Ingraham
Great Northern Freight Claim Department
F. B E. Draper
R. W. Bryan
St. Paul
J. P. Joly
Greatorthern
West Superior
Wis
W. J. Bower
Duluth
Congress
Washington
People’s Lobby
Ways
New York
Chicago
State Department
Merry
San Josn
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
van Wert
Republican County Committee
Train Fatality and Robbery Reports Highlight Ohio and North Kansas News
Tra Smith, 50, fatally struck by a train at Lima Ohio on November 29 designated as Thanksgiving day by the president. Harold Vincent, 35, of Navarre Ohio, killed by a mule kick. Looters took 3,000 dollars from W A Blits general store and 15 dollars from J C Hartman hardware in Racine Ohio. Roosevelt to visit Porto Rico on Homeward from Panama next month. Sheriff’s posse captured five robbers who looted a Sawyer North Carolina bank on October 22. W A Spears sentenced at Scottsburg Indiana to be hanged for murdering Douglas Fawbush on June 5. Otwell well yields 90 barrels per hour on Laura Stevens farm near Upper Sandusky the largest in Ohio. J M Elliott, wife and daughter perished in a fire on a farm near Washington Kansas.
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Tra Smith
Lima
Harold Vincent
Navarre
W. A. Blits
J. C. Hartman
Racine
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Panama
Sawyer
N. C
W. A. Speors
Scottsburg
Ind
Douglas Fawbush
Otwell
Laura Stevens
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
J. M. Elliott
Washington
Kan
Sausage Poisoning Strikes Mitchell Family in Bucyrus
The Mitchell family, connected to a Chicago packing firm, fell gravely ill after eating canned sausage. All who ate the sausage were affected, but they are now thought to be out of danger.
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Bucyrus, O
John Mitchell
Chicago
The Amenities of Life and the Genetic Art of Lying
A discussion on everyday deception in social etiquette and family life. It argues most people bend truth through politeness, with advocacy shaping how we speak about spouses and kin. It cites Wilbur Larremore in Atlantic on the enduring social norm against harming loved ones with words.
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Roundabout
Brown
Wilbur Larremore
Atlantic
Andrew Jackson's early advantages contrast with poverty myth
The piece argues Andrew Jackson did not endure poverty or hardship in youth, contrasting his upbringing with self made figures like Franklin and Lincoln. It cites Watson's Magazine and claims Jackson had family support, home, and comforts, unlike truly struggling founders and generals.
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Andrew Jackson
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Sam Houston
Francis Marion
Nathanael Greene
Watson’s Magazine
Medina Dry Again Victory in Medina Vote
Medina Ohio voters approved a dry charter after a three weeks campaign by 97 in a total of 685. The result, announced amid bells and high enthusiasm, ends twenty years of local prohibition and reflects the largest tally ever recorded in the village. Also notes boxing purse signing and a scaffold collapse at a power plant with injuries.
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Medina
Medina, O
Chinese Gardens and Asters Inspire Ornamental Beauty
The article praises Chinese gardens for expanding small spaces with winding paths and numerous flowerpots housing diverse asters. One white, rose-sized variety is eaten as salad by Chinese, who prize it as a delicacy. Night lighting with colored lamps enhances their magical, palace-like charm.
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Mobile
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Chickasa Hayou
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American Type Foundders' Company
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Permanent Court of Arbitration
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Hague
Russia
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Massachusetts
Common Pleas
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Columbus, Delaware & Marion
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Springfield
Elyria
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Mr. Shaw
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Terry McGovern
Young Corbett
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Cincinnati Northern Traction Company
William Caspar
Charles Jones
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