Chicago’s Thirst Costs 500000 in a Day
On a hot Chicago day the city spent about 500000 on iced drinks. Ice cream sodas and soft drinks topped the tally, with beer and lemonade also contributing. A local buffet keeper explains mint juleps as a prized hot day remedy and recalls how Col Henry Watterson inspired the drink.
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Chicago
New York
Col
Jim Sayers
Ald. Kenna's
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Baldy
Sunny Jim Sherman Noted For Forcible Argument
A line from the Cleveland Leader recalls Jim Sherman known as Sunny Jim for his forceful style in debate or argument. The remark highlights his assertive persona and public identification with the nickname.
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Jim Sherman
Sunny Jim
Cleveland
Woman in Hat Steals Flowers From Oak Hill Graves
In Youngstown Ohio Oak Hill cemetery staff report a prominent woman wearing a large hat entered the grounds and left with a bouquet made from fresh flowers. Investigators found she had cut many flowers from plants and stripped mourning emblems. police plan surveillance if she returns.
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Youngstown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Highest Kite Flight Breaks Altitude Record
The world record kite ascent reached 23,111 feet above sea level after launching from a mountain top where the temperature was 79 degrees above zero. At its peak the kite hit 5.4 degrees below zero.
Only rich people try to hold up the customs house
A tersely quoted opinion from the Cleveland Plain Dealer suggests that wealthier individuals pursue daring acts like robbing customs houses, insinuating that financial means grant audacity or motive for such crimes.
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Customs House
Cleveland Plain Dealer
James Bashline Bankrupted in Kansas District Court
In the United States court for Kansas district third division on June 17 James M. Bashline formerly of Butler was adjudged bankrupt. Assets listed at 15268 liabilities 54510.81. He ran Butler Business College 1894 to 1898, later worked with Cavenaugh Manufacturing and led a Chanute Kansas branch before starting a new business.
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United States Court
District of
Chanute
Kansas
Bashline
Nine Horses Die In West Front Street Barn Fire
A massive blaze at the Tellings Ice Cream barn on West Front Street in Youngstown O finds nine horses killed and many saved. Firefighters aided by barn staff recovered fifteen horses from the adjoining Youngstown Delivery company and the building suffered about 4000 dollars in damage. The blaze, likely started by a crossed telephone wire, spread quickly through straw bedding.
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Youngstown, O
Tellings Ice Cream Company
West Front Street
Ross R. J. Moody
Delivery Company
New Castle Boomers Visit Butler Ahead of Local Fourth
A drum corps of nearly fifty boomers from Lawrence County toured Butler, Advertising the Lawrence County Old Home week. The visitors arrived Tuesday afternoon via Harmony Line car supplied by Superintendent Etheridge. The Butler Fourth of July celebration will occur later this year and both towns aim to share the crowd and opportunities.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania
Meet After 56 Years Babb Reunites With Sisters
In Ravenna Ohio on June 24 George Babb aged 41 met his sisters Marie Wilson and Ella Babb for the first time since his childhood. Their reunion followed Babb leaving Fairport Ohio, traveling the world, and locating them through an aunt in Painesville.
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Ravenna, O
George Babb
Marie Wilson
Ella Babb
Fairport
Ohio
Babb
Painesville
Two of a kind claim two children speak at home
A fragmentary exchange features a nine month old boy who can talk and a four year old girl who remains quiet, followed by a flurry of misstatements as speakers call each other liars. The source presents a humorous or puzzling dialogue with unclear origin or context.
Seventeen Cents a Day Feeds Health in New York Study
A New York school of household arts finds that seventeen cents daily suffices to provide a healthy diet across ages from birth to adulthood. The plan allows meat once daily and ample cereals, vegetables, fruits, and breads, though higher scales up to thirty cents exist.
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New York School of Household Arts
Ex-Judge Hazen Reunites Class 50 Years After Graduation
Ex-Judge Aaron L. Hazen returned from Washington Pa where he attended the commencement at Washington Jefferson College. He graduated from the same college fifty years ago and held a small reunion with several members of his class.
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Aaron L. Hazen
Washington, Pa
Washington Jefferson College
Judge Hazen
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