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Prohibition defeat chills Ohio and crude news from the era
Ohio voters reject a prohibition amendment by about seventy thousand. Reports warn of dire drought in Wissiesipp with water shortages and dying cattle. Dr. Blumenthal of New York is cremated in Washington Pennsylvania after death. An engine collision injures passengers near Uniontown Pennsylvania. Noah stories of disappearances in St. Louis and Gen Sherman’s retirement plans. Chinamen steal coins in San Francisco and plan to become millionaires in China. Charles Vance, jailed for larceny, dies in a fire after being burned. Nihilist threats, Yankee scorn, a ranch tragedy in Colorado, and social criticisms on courtship trends are noted.