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08 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
The Bellefontaine Republican
Location
Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
1
Prospective buyers are invited to state their needs for land or farm properties. The supplier will provide options at prices that offer excellent value for investment or home use.
A late Saturday fire shower follows farmers threshing oats and rye with yields recorded: Eft Keame 77 bushels from five acres rye, five acres oats 20 bushels, Bale farm seven acres 265 bushels, half acre oats yield unknown, Le McAfee oats 4 bushels per acre. Roads near Zanesfield to Hellefonta ride urged for gravel or ditching. Local figures Alf Hulsizer and Clay Underwood seen Friday. Oats price 30 to 45 cents, powder and shot trade noted. Corn booming, questions about gambling compared to baseball pay. Potatoes a large crop. Charley Camp urged to assist with sugar and lemons for lemonade. Mack
Samuel Smith and wife of Byhalia visit J B Johnson and Mr Berita. Hodges and family of Raymond attend Sunber. W W Johnston preached Friends Church Sunday last Wednesday. GP Heath arrives from Acts after school. Broadway Free Baptist members meet at N Welch residence. W H Gott W Mid distoo W P Hisey and wives with Rev Chamberlain and others. B Clements family visit Union county. Baseball game noted with scores 17 10 17. Kitty Tilden and E Marie Bell visiting in West Virginia. O Van Voorhis and Portal now captains of the bell team. Josiah Austins health improving. Domriny.
John Cavelman seeks a professional nurse in Marion County as four Thrush family members remain seriously ill with diphtheria after two deaths. Efforts to hire a nurse locally fail, with messages sent to Columbus for assistance. William Thrush, 14, is critically ill. Also notes Jacob Coxey’s shift from populism and his new foundry investment.
A recent Legislature bill, now vigorously enforced by the state game warden, fines up to 50 dollars for selling or wearing song birds on hats. The statute lists 37 species with sparrows specifically named. Imported birds are barred, affecting milliners and women who bought ornaments before passage. The law, titled The Home of the Gods, is expected to be enforced strictly.
Describes the Black Hills region naming Pa Ha Sap Pa the Home of the Gods and praising its blue-black peaks, hot springs, caves, and scenic wonders. Mentions rail access via the North-Western Line and sights like Spearfish Canyon, Battle Mountain, Wind Cave, and Dakota Bad Lands along with Geysers and Cascade Springs.
Urbana Bellefontaine and Northern Street Railway work has begun in Bellefontaine and is slated for completion next fall according to Keaton News. General Maoger Fred Green of Springfield indicated the project will connect with the D S and U before extending from Logan county. Green pledged that work would start on Kenton’s line before snow, delayed by West Liberty’s Main street objections. The Urbana to Bellefontaine line is part of Appleyard syndicate electric lines linking eastern and western Ohio and the Ohio River to the Great Lakes, with rail on streets likely for a time while crews are scarce.
At Mountain Lake Park Maryland last Saturday Mr Bryan spoke for two hours denying any bid to be the national Democratic standard bearer. He said he prefers private citizen status to the presidency and has higher ambitions than a single generation’s crown.
Washington on August 4 reports 990446 pensioners on the rolls the peak of pensions reached by gradual growth experts expect it not to be exceeded death rate among pensioners high with about 40000 deaths expected next year. A curious oblique editorial tone weaves in odd anecdotes including flirtatious girls sailors and a navy toast. Local humor notes a church sale in Indianapolis offering a Lady's skirt raiser and two live mice in a trap. A Virginia farmer’s note about a cow struck by a train quotes Genesis to humorously illustrate a biblical verse.
Billy Patterson a struggling writer in New York receives a rejected manuscript and a life changing letter from The Stellar Magazine as he confronts debt homelessness and the lure of despair. He clings to a photograph of a girl as the city night closes in and contemplates a final act. A collector arrives demanding payment and offers a chance to rent his room to strangers for four dollars.
A collage of short tales from various papers recounting the Arabs of Yemen and a sheik’s gambit, a wife’s fatal act of revenge, a hospital doctor’s prank with a fever thermometer, a cyclone tale and a joke about palmistry.
A Chicago Record-Herald summary reports strict laws safeguarding springs and wells in Palestine. Water rights are described as priceless, with carved basins and reservoirs by wealthy owners. The custom prohibits forfeiting water and forbids adversaries from taking water, framing wells as enduring legacies of piety and power.
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