Emancipation Day Observed by Colored Residents at Stanton Park
The Emancipation Day celebration by Steubenville colored residents under the Foraker Club featured afternoon and evening dancing. Hon. H. C. Smith spoke on racial injustice, urging progress, independence, and unity, praise for black soldiers, and defense of Foraker against disfranchisement, with calls to save, improve morale, and avoid whites’ contempt.
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Steubenville
Stanton Park
Foraker Club
H. C. Smith
West Park
B. J. Guyder
C. D. White
Quinn A, M. E. Church
Roosevelt
Taft
Greensboro
N. C
Brownsville
Tillman
Africa
SAFE PARKS INDIANERD? PARKS AT BAY IN ALLEGHENY FOOTHILLS
Lafayette Parks is cornered in the Allegheny foothills near New Castle Pennsylvania after allegedly shooting his wife. A dozen mounted guards and detectives encircle the area with Parks armed and refusing to surrender. His wife lies in a hospital with life threatening injuries. authorities say five shots were fired.
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New Castle
Lafayette Parks
Alleghenies
Parks
Stroke of Paralysis Stuns Noted Expressman Jerry Carter
Jerry Carter, a well known expressman, has suffered a stroke of paralysis. He was once a member of the police force and was famed for his excellent physique in his day.
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Jerry Carter
Divorce Suit in Mary Bones Case Seeks Decree
Carl Bones files for divorce from Mary Bones claiming willful absence for three years and adultery after their January 1883 marriage. McClave and McClave attorneys represent the plaintiff.
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Carl Bones
Mary Bones
McClave
New Suit Over Stripped Ground On North Eighth Street
Gennaro Rinaldo has begun suit against L. Jacob Vevite for a strip of ground in this city wrongfully taken. Vevite has erected a brick building and fences thereon. McClave & McClave, attorneys.
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Gennaro Rinaldo
L. Jacob Vevite
North Eighth Street
McClave & McClave
Jefferson County Faces Bumper Hay Crop This Year
Farmers report a strong hay yield in Jefferson County with early fears faded. Wheat falls short of expectations while oats exceed forecasts, and harvest activity remains brisk on the farms.
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Jefferson County
Divorce suit filed by Mary Elliott against George Elliott
Mary Elliott sues for divorce and custody of Earl Grace and Fred alleging habitual drunkenness gross neglect cruelty and adultery. Married at Salineville December 1 1891 she says he spent household funds during her Alliance visit and failed to provide while a tin worker could earn more when sober Kerr attorney.
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Mary Elliott
George H. Elliott
Earl
Grace
Fred
Salineville
Alliance
Kerr
Injured Timber Worker Injurys Hammondsville Man
C. W. Stewart of Hammondsville sustained a severe arm injury at work yesterday while handling heavy timbers. A timber slipped from a wagon and fell, trapping his arm between the wheel and timber, causing deep lacerations and a crushed right hand. It was not learned if bones were broken.
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C. W. Stewart
Hammondsville
Teachers Institute in Hancock County Meet at Chester
The Hancock county Teachers Institute convened at Chester. County Superintendent T. M. Cochran opened the session naming Miss Pearl Stewart recording secretary and H. M. Combs corresponding secretary. Committees were appointed for Music, Resolutions, and Social with named members.
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Teachers’ Institute
Hancock County, Teachers’ Institute
Chester
T. M. Cochran
Pearl Stewart
H. M. Combs
Edith Riley
Rachel Baxter
Campbell
J. C. Snyder
Ruth Baxter
Grace Miser
Della van Vinck
Vane Scott
French and Moorish Battle Near Casablanca Spurs Reinforcements
News from Tangier reports a fierce clash at Casablanca where 5 000 Moors were repelled after heavy losses. French forces led by General Drude pressed the assault with naval support from the gunship Gloire and the Oasis transport arriving with reinforcements from Algiers and Oran. Spanish troops and a cruiser reached Casablanca as tensions rise with Americans noting destruction and expatriates fleeing to Spain.
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Tangier
Casablanca
Drude
Oasis
Algiers
Oran
Cadiz
Rio de la Plata
Washington
State Department
Morocco
Gummere
Alcazzar
Larathe
Spain
Religious Lines Split Belfast Strike Sparks War Debate
In London the Irish secretary faced questions on Belfast strike. MPs urged troop withdrawal and a full inquiry. Birrell said the government seeks a settlement. Haldane reported troops aimed to separate Catholics and Protestants as violence intensified amid sectarian divisions.
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Belfast
London
House of Commons
Birrell
Board of Trade
Ireland
Haldane
Mantua Boy Dies of Spotted Fever
Ravenna Ohio Aug 14 Alfred Williams 17 died at his Mantua home from spotted fever after being brought from Brady Lake with seven Mantua boys who were in camp.
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Ravenna
Afred Williams
Brady Lake
Mantua
Marines Die From Gas In Hotel Gardner
Philadelphia August 14 Two Marines from League Island registered as Charles Rice and Henry Remiskie were found dead suffocated by illuminating gas in the Hotel Gardner room, authorities report.
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Philadelphia
League Island
Hotel Gardner
Charles Rice
Henry Remiskie
Bill Nye’s Brother Fred Nye Killed in Trolley Crash
Fred Nye, brother of the late Bill Nye and an assistant editor of the Sunday World, died from injuries after being struck by a trolley car in New York. The incident occurred on a Sunday, as authorities investigated the cause and circumstances surrounding the crash.
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Bill Nye
New York
Fred Nye
The
Sunday World
Railroad extension proposed from Piney Fork to Martin's Ferry
The Lake Erie Alliance & Wheeling railroad plans a survey from Piney Fork Jefferson County toward Martin's Ferry. Engineers reached Gaylord coal works three miles above Martin's Ferry and will finish soon. Public reports say the line may extend over twenty miles into coal regions, with the road currently financially able to expand. The old right of way runs near Martin's Ferry north of its corporation line, close to Burlington.
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Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad
Corps of Engineers
Piney Fork
Martin's Ferry
Gaylord Coal Works
Wheeling Intelligencer
Lake Erie Alliance & Wheeling — Railroad
Bergholz
Jefferson County
Dillonvale
Martin’s Ferry
Corporation
Burlington
Extension of the L E and W line to Warrenton discussed
Wheeling officials from Lake Shore Michigan Southern and Wheeling and Lake Erie arrive amid talks over a crossing for the Lake Erie Alliance and Wheeling line at Warrenton. Possible transfer of Wheeling Terminal ownership to Pennsylvania may ease eastward expansion toward Baltimore.
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Warrenton
Pennsylvania
Wheeling Terminal
Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling
Dillonvale
Martin's Ferry
Wheeling
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Old Saying Disproved In Turtle Soup Venture
A woman wrote about a new Moe turtle soup recipe earning $100, challenging the notion that literature brings no real money. The snippet suggests writers can profit from culinary invention and public interest.
King of Maayland Denied Debate Access
A strange restriction confines the Maayland king to listen to debates. He may not attend the house of representatives, where admission is open to the highest subjects, yet he is denied access to the legislative chamber itself.
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Maayland
House of Vommots
Little Marie Seeks Roller Skates with Bearings
A girl named Marie pleads for a pair of the finest roller skates with ball bearings after using a friend's rollers. She tells her father she must have them immediately and wants skates like Jennie Smith's, with pall bearers on.
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Marie
Jennie Smith
How Times Change. A Boy's Fear and a Girl's Courage
A quote from the Somerville Journal notes that as a boy grows, he shifts from mocking a girl who fears the dark to becoming afraid himself of the girl she has become.
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Somerville Journal
Childish Rebellion and a Five Year Old’s Reply
A five year old nicknamed Buster, punished by his mother, responds to a visitor’s praise by saying if she whipped her children like mine, she wouldn’t be considered nice. The remark reflects a blunt defense of punishment.
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Buster
De Georgy mule in a spring season view
An expert opinion from Brother Dickey describes the De Georgy mule as the one creature in a thousand that dislikes spring. He says the furrow seems as long as the time between meals and that high cotton prices make the animal tired because it knows more plowing lies ahead.
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Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Sugared Apricot Plush Surprise at College
A startling figure in apricot plush trousers appeared recently near Oxford Varsity. The owner, returning to his world famous College, found his weight increased by at least two pounds of powdered sugar, suggesting a comic mishap or prank.
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Oxford
Fragmented dialect humor captures a speaker’s rambling banter
A brief snippet presents a comic rhythm of repeated interjections and hedged dialogue. The speaker imitates a back and forth with a listener, including phrases like I says and Sadie says, focusing on elusive meaning and playful confusion.
Unfastening Grass Confusion in Childs Question
A four year old boy named Artone asked his mother about a picture. She explained it was a sickle. He replied that he had seen Mr Roberts with one the other day when he unfastened the grass.
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Artone
The Centaurs Myth Grounded In Real Horse Riding
The Centaurs story sprang from Thessalian horseback riding culture and a misperception by people who had never seen a horse. When early explorers encountered Spaniards on horseback, the horse and rider were mistaken for one creature.
Shopping Care for Melancholia in a London World piece
A London World column notes that shopping can lift melancholia, praising hats, trinkets, and new lingerie to soothe hurt feelings. It warns that denying a woman shopping could have disastrous personal consequences, framing consumer goods as remedies for mood.
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London
Lap Fortune Tellers in Lapland Prompt Belief in Magic
In Lapland fortune tellers serve tune makers and medicine men enjoy unique prestige in polar regions. Their mysterious practices and knowledge of formulas, sleight of hand, and rune drum hieroglyphs grant them notable status among locals.
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Lap
Lapland
Polar Regions
Modern Cooks Have Best of it
The modern housekeeper may think daily meal prep a task yet a book showing English ladies of old giving directions for living a complicated life would not tempt a return to former times.
Scarborough woman funds free dog collars to aid the poor
A secretive Scarborough woman, an animal lover, hired a local soddler to supply dog collars at no charge to anyone who cannot afford them. The move aims to spare dogs from being destroyed under the new dog act.
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Scarborough
England
Gladstone the master of famous phrasemaking
Gladstone shaped political language by coining phrases like The flowing tide is with us and within the range of Practical politics. He dubbed himself the Old Parliamentary Hand and popularized expressions such as by leaps and bounds and within measurable distance.
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Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Excursionist Killed at Wingo Junction Remembrance of Eckley
Washington reports General Ephraim R. Eckley of Carrollton Ohio the oldest living ex member of Congress at 96 remains ill yet mentally alert. He votes since Jackson and witnessed every president except Washington Adams and Jefferson. Eckley aided Harrison campaigns and served in Congress beginning 1863 after joining the Civil War.
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E. R. Eckley
Carrollton
Washington
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington, D
Ephraim’ R. Bettey
Ohio
Congress
Republic
Noa
Adams
Jefferson
Jackson
Napoleon
Waterloo
St. Helena
General Eckley
Henry Harrison
Harrison
Eckley
United States
State Senate
Senate
Sam F. Vinton
Buty
Ohied
Republican Party
Philadelphia
Fremont
Lincalln
Kentucky
Blaine
Garfield
Allison
Sickley
House
Goveror
Harvey
Carroll County
Long Island
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Oho
Crawford
Boone
Louisiana
Horse Stolen From Hookstown Man Reported to Mayor
C. E. Bartley of Hookstown Pennsylvania reported to the mayor that a horse and rig were stolen from him last night. The incident was conveyed today as a public minding of the loss and seek for recovery.
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C. E. Bartley
Hookstown
Train Kills Man Amid Canton Excursion Train Detour
A Wabash to Wheeling excursion train returning from Canton was rerouted via Mingola Junction after an Adena tunnel collapse. Davis of Bellaire, a singlesman, was fatally crushed between shifting freight cars near Mingo Junction while the train was diverted to the river division. Remains sent to Bellaire. tunnel repairs delay through traffic until noon Monday.
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Leo Davis
Bellaire
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Mingo Junction
Wabash
W. & L. E. River Division
Canton
Wheeling
Mingola
Junction
Adena
Thee Wabash
Bowerstown
Mingo
River Division
Mingo Davis
Davis
Winding Hill
Wheeline
Lake Erie
Traffes
Young Davis
Say
Colt Struck By Lightning on Walker Farm
A colt owned by William H. Ran dolph of Island Creek townships was killed when struck by lightning during a storm yesterday on the Dr. Walker farm.
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Colt
Wm. HT. Randolph
Dr. Walker
Island Creek Townships
Precinct Petition Seeks Rush Run Establishment
D. C. Peck presented a petition to the county election board requesting a new precinct at Rush Run to aid voters of that area and Warren Ridge. The document carried about 150 signatures.
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D. C. Peck
County Election Board
Rush Run
Warren Ridge
McDonald Firemen Win At Mt Tanine Convention
The town of McDonald on the Pan Handle celebrated as its firemen team returned from the Mt Tanine convention. Crowds cheered after the squad won first prize and the news flashed to McDonald shortly after the announcement.
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McDonald
Mttanine
Judgment Against Steubenville & East Liverpool Railway Co
George Kirkpatrick was awarded a judgment of 75 dollars for damages to a pony in a case before Squire Prentiss. The Steubenville and East Liverpool Railway Co. appealed the ruling.
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George Kirkpatrick
Squire Prentiss
Steubenville & East Liverpool Railway Co
Taste for Morbid Novels and Modern Women’s Reading
A compact critique compares male and female readers tastes for fiction noting men embrace blunt plots while many modern women prefer psychological depth and dissection of motives over dramatic action. The piece argues women favor interior analysis and nuance in storytelling.
Cranberry Bog Acreage Report by State
The record lists several states with cranberry bogs by acreage. Massachusetts has about 6 000 acres, New Jersey 8 000 acres, and Wisconsin 6 000 acres. Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York follow in area, with other states ranging from one to fifty acres.
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Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
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Ben Tillman
Landwich Colleges
Dlack
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Safe Parks
Wheeling Terminal Road
Coking Field
Seaboard
Baltimore
Sadie
Puck
Centaurs
Wingo Junction
Peter
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