McKinley Rally and Local Campaign News Mix
Bridgeport and surrounding towns report on campaign activity and elections. Citizens such as Floyd Abernathy and Edward Murphy appear in ballots and social notices while local residents visit relatives in St. Louis Lebanon and Lawrenceville. A steam shovel operates on Bridgeport hill before heading to Cincinnati as voters weigh McKinley and Bryan.
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Henry Lackey
Little Gradson
Lawrenceville
Bridgeport
Carrie Beauchamp
Tipton
Ind
M. D. Frazer
Bliss
Roame
Neb
Toey
Bridgeport Hill
Cincinnati
Tursday
McKinley
Bryan
Tohill
Lackey
Chirk
Hedden
French
Lewis
Buchanap
Benefiel
Local residents noted on city streets and church visits
CHAUNCEY Ad Steffy of Westport and Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Stevens of Sumner were seen in town. John Stoltz, noted citizen of Petty, stopped by. Wm. Brown Sr. traveled to Lawrenceville for the weekend. Laughlie dismissed school Tuesday to cast ballots at Billet. Arthur Fee of Union and Chas. Helpingetine of Landes worked on plastering for W. E. Brown. Notable names appear amid routine social movements and a fragment ends with Moshrash ascending.
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Ad Steffy
Westport
Mrs. T. M. Stevens
Sumner
Wm. Brown
Lawrenceville
Laughlie
Billett
Landes Notes and Street Gossip from Local Area
A fragmented item reports Mrs. Louisa Phillips visiting her father Edward Baker in Ohio, Jacob Paddick building an addition west of ls, and a wounded man seeking aid at Red Cross Hospital in New York claiming military service and an injury. It mentions G. Baker and a livery barn sale involving Alice, with Rob ert & Mills of Robinson linked to a burglary and a hip injury noted.
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Louisa Phillips
Ohio
Edward Baker
Red Cross Hospital
New York
G. Baker
Philippines
Alice
Rotbert & Mills
Robinson
Four Corners notes and local visits and births
Mrs. Wiley Vandament improves slowly. Grian and wife visit. M. D. Sanders and wife stay with Lakin relatives. Dr. McDowell and wife visit friends. Born to Jim Eaton and wife a girl. to Jim Thompson and wife a boy. Mrs. Dee Barker visits her father’s family. Maggie Buno stops via Clay county. Mrs. J A Turner hosts brother C H Gordon and Mrs. Buchanan on her 48th birthday. Ben Zener illness of grandson Lawrence Boon. Ferns decoration notes from Meehan's Monthly.
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Nies Maggie Buno
Clay County
J. A. Turner
C. H. Gordon
Nice
C. Buchanan
Ben Zener
Lawrence Boon
Cleveland Population Estimate From School Census
Cleveland's school census lists 106 408 residents aged 6 to 21. Multiplying by 3.75 yields an estimated city population of about 399 030.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Dispatch
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Searchlights Required at Suez for Night Navigation
The Philadelphia Record reports a company order requiring ships to have a searchlight capable of lighting at least 6 900 feet ahead through the Suez Canal at night. Ships must also carry electric lights to illuminate four circular areas around the vessel spanning about 700 feet in diameter.
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Suez
Suez Canal
Philadelphia
Seltam Gathers Fortune From Battle Wrecks
The wrecks from Ches hie near Smyrna yield fortunes for the sultan of Turkey. Since 1770 Russian and Turkish ships rest at the sea bottom and now yield coin, silverware, and jewels. A French naturalist warns birds could vanish in nine years if humanity declines.
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Seltam
Turkey
Cheshie
Smyrna
Biren
The Open University Draws Russian Hopefuls
The piece notes that the university accepts all regardless of means, turning into a rich source of posts for graduates. It contrasts the open door policy with the rigid military uniforms seen in Moscow streets, where few affluent students drive while many poorer peers walk.
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Gafarday Review
Myn
Moscow
Norwegian cooper survives after head injury in 1898 fall
Andrew Larson a Norwegian cooper at Atlantic Transport wharf in New York was struck by a falling block on Sept 5, 1898. He survived two months in St Vincent's Hospital, regained some strength, but forgot his former life and language. He now speaks English imperfectly and is being taught by his wife, while researchers study his case.
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Andrew Larson
New York City
St Vincent's Hospital
Lawcon
Norway
Lawson
Cats Love Jump Shows A Sixty Foot Fall Won't Harm Cat
Brooklyn correspondent notes a white cat climbed a tree to escape a dog, sat on a swaying twig sixty feet up, the branch broke, but the cat landed unharmed and bounded away. Also mentions buffaloes in Australia and elephants in Sandakan bay, with a Washington note praising a new senate secretary Pennett for clear reading of reports.
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New York
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Brooklyn
Australia
British North Borneo Herald
Sandakan Bay
India
Senate
Pennett
Bis
Washington
Old UNC student pranks recalled by Chapel Hill resident
A Chapel Hill man recalls earning money by letting students at the University of North Carolina break boards on his skull. He mentions James K. Polk and William R. King as among those amused by the stunt, highlighting colorful episodes from the past.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
James K. Polk
United States
William R. King
Pierce
Baltimore News
Old Boston Common Tree Lost to Wind Storm
A venerable landmark on Boston Common fell Feb 15, 1876, after a curious wind storm. The ancient tree, believed oldest in New England, predated the town and was mapped in 1722 with rings indicating life back to 1670.
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Boston
New England
Baldised Alcohol Under German Firm Report
A Berlin firm has shipped solidified alcohol in tin vessels intended as a paste and store. The product reportedly contains 62 percent alcohol and 18 percent water and soap. A similar product can be made by dissolving scraped soap in warm alcohol.
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Columbus
Miss Minnie Baltzell
B. F. Leib
Cranston Chapel
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