Norfolk & Western Railway Schedule May 24 1903
Train timetable details show Nos 18 21 24 making all Sunday stops and Nos 23 24 18 21 arriving at the Pennsylvania Lines station Pearl and Butler street Cincinnati Commuter trains Nos 32 33 34 35 operate daily except Sunday from the C L N BR station Court and Broadway Pullman sleepers run Cincinnati to Bluefield Roanoke with through service to Roanoke and Richmond via Norfolk and via Norfolk & Western Railway
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Norfolk & Western Railway
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Vast Conclave Spectacle as Smoke Signals Stun Rome
Rome August 3 crowds throng St Peter's Square amid a day of fruitless ballot and no clear successor to Leo XIII. Provisions sent to the conclave include 300 chickens 500 eggs milk and crates of fruit examined at the wicket gate amid feverish public interest and scrutiny of the papal election.
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Leo XIII
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St. Peter’s
St. Peter's
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Lou Dillon Sets New Trot Record at Glenville Track
In Cleveland on August 1 Lou Dillon the fastest mare trotter in the United States owned by C K G Billings of Chicago and driven by Milard Sanders lowered her mark to 2 02% at Glenville despite a strong breeze. She clocked 1:31 34 to the three quarters and beat the gelding record of 2 03% by a half second before about 7000 in attendance. Her previous best was 2 03 set July 11 1903.
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Lou Dillon
United States
C. K. G. Billings
Chicago
Milard Sanders
Glenville
Crescens
Ohio militia to receive new magazine guns by Aug 17
Adjutant General Gyger received a telegram from General Crosier stating Ohio militiamen will get 23,59 magazine rifles and 31 magazine carbines with equipment in time for the division camp beginning August 17. An order by wire to the Rock Island arsenal directs shipment to arrive in Columbus no later than August 10.
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Crosier
Washington
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Rock Island
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Unparalleled Case of Acid Ingestion in Cleveland
M Rice of Case Avenue reportedly fully recovered after swallowing over two ounces of sulphuric acid by mistake a month earlier. Doctors nationwide note the incident as nearly unparalleled, since fifteen drops are considered fatal. Rice took the poison at Euclid Beach after a hearty rye bread meal, and rapid medical aid aided his recovery.
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Youngstown Murderer Delivered to Columbus Penitentiary
Columbus Ohio July 31 Mike Schaller the Youngstown wife murderer was moved to the penitentiary annex. He awaits execution on Tuesday November 1 and had planned to end his life by self stabbings using a steel crochet needle hidden in his stocking. He boasted they will never kill me by electricity.
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Mike” Schaller
Youngstown
Penitentiary Annex
Schaller
Delaware Circuit Court Voids Valentine Antitrust Clause
Delaware case of Pearle W. Gage and six coal dealers from the Delaware Coal Dealers association finds the criminal clause of the Valentine anti trust law unconstitutional on appeal. Decision handed down Wednesday, case to be carried to the state supreme court.
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Pearle W. Gage
Delaware Coal Dealers’ Association
Supreme Court of
Woman Aged Eighty Four Elopes and Marries Aged Seventy Six
In Coshocton Ohio on July 31 the report of guardian Isaac Lockard reveals Isabel Draper an 84 year old imbecile eloped with Abram Dittinger 76 and married. They have returned to claim her $10 000 estate and the case will go to court.
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Isaac Lockard
Isabel Draper
Draper
Abram Dittinger
Died in a Shanty in Defiance Ohio
Mrs Barbara Koch died in apparent destitution a week ago in a canal bank shanty. Two tin boxes found under a stairway held 1300 in gold and silver. The 50 year resident hoarded the treasure. her aged husband survives.
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Barbara Koch
Canal Bank
Dow tax law ruling on patent medicines in Ohio
Attorney General Sheets issued an opinion to Dr. Ozier stating the supreme court’s new Dow law interpretation does not require drug gifts to pay the Dow tax for selling patent medicines containing malt or whisky, unless the products are sold to be used as a beverage rather than as a medicine.
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Ozier
State Board of Pharmacy
Supreme Court
Dow
Archaeology Cites Village Site Near Chillicothe
Dr. M C Mills curator of the state archaeological society reports a prehistoric village on the Gartner farm south of Chillicothe Ohio. Excavations yield valuable relics showing ancient inhabitants once roamed the region.
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Chillicothe, O
M. C. Mills
State Archaelogical Society
Gartner Farm
Farmer John A. Chatterton Dies By Suicide Near Hamersville
John A. Chatterton a farmer near Hamersville Williamsburg Ohio was found dead by suicide in his barn early Friday morning after his family noticed his absence and initiated a search.
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Williamsburg
John A. Chatterton
Hamersville
Elder James Calvin Dies at 91 Famous as Marrying Parson
Elder James Calvin known in Pennsylvania and Ohio as the marrying parson died Wednesday after a long illness at age 91. He preached the funeral sermon of the mother of the first white child born in this valley.
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Youngstown
James Calvin
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Drowned Milling Chief Burnet F. Foulds Near Ross Ky
Burnet F. Foulds superintendent of Foulds Milling Co. drowned in the Onk river near Ross Kentucky during a boat ride. The craft capsized and the body has not been recovered.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland knitting firms plan merger to form United Knitting Co
The United Knitting Co of Cleveland, incorporated in Columbus with capital of 200000 dollars, aims to merge several local knitting firms. N J Rich & Co. stated that it was and was not a merger, indicating uncertain scope of the consolidation.
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Cleveland, O
United Knitting Co
Cleveland
Columbus
N. J. Rich & Co
Rich
Grant is Rearrested on New Mail Robbery Charge
George H. Grant, the mail box robber, was released in Columbus as his sentence ended and immediately rearrested by U S Marshal Fagin for transfer to Cincinnati to await trial on another mail robbery charge.
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Columbus
George H. Grant
United States
Fagin
Cincinnati
Government revokes Warren site for public building
The government withdraws acceptance of a Warren Washington site for a public building after finding the owners do not show satisfactory title to all selected property. An alternative site will likely be chosen.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Attorney General Probes Harrison Mutual Burial Assn
Columbus Ohio July 1 Attorney General Sheets investigates the Harrison Mutual Burial association based in Harrison Ohio after a referral from the state insurance department. Officials question operating conformity with the law and potential noncompliance.
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Sheets
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Harrison, C
State Insurance Department
Building Association Shortage in Portsmouth Report
Official report on shortages of the Royal Building and Loan association reveals a deficiency of 1763.89 dollars. The document notes 8900 dollars taken by Duke as part of the shortfall.
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Portsmouth
Royal Building and Loan Association
Duke
Bookwalter lowers harvest outlook after belt tour
Springfield Ohio August 1 John W Bookwalter millionaire farmer and agricultural expert has just returned from a tour of the wheat and corn belt and says the yield outlook is not as promising as earlier in the season.
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Springfield
John W Bookwalter
Workman Burned to Death at Steel Plant Crash
Steubenville July 30 Peter Calambros died in a horrific burning at the Mingo Junction steel plant. A splash of hot metal enveloped him and burned his body completely. Fellow workers could not reach him for some time.
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Steubenville, O
Peter Calambros
Mingo Junction
Plot to Kidnap the Sultan in Constantinople
A strange chariot bearing 40 corpses left the sultan's palace at dawn after a plot by young officers and military school students to kidnap the sultan and install his brother Djoubati Bey. Pasha Ali Mohamet thwarted the plan as Albanian guards surrounded the conspirators and killed them. Reported bodies exceed 300.
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Military School
Belgrade
Djoubati Bey
Pasha Ali-Mohamet
Petroleum production in 1902 tops eighty million barrels
The United States Geological Survey provides a preliminary report showing 1902 total petroleum output at 80,891,950 barrels valued at 69,610,248 dollars. The average price is 86 cents per barrel.
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Washington
United States Geological Survey
Lipton Ends Niagara Day With Royal Canadian Yacht Club Visit
Sir Thomas Lipton boarded his special train Sunday night to return to New York after a day of sightseeing and a jolly reception by members of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club at Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
New York
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Grant of Nebraska Indians Struck by Ball, Operated On
Alliance report says Grant first baseman for the Nebraska Indians was hospitalized and operated after a pitched ball crushed his skull during a Sebring game last Thursday. His condition remained grave.
Crescens to Enter Training for Exhibition Tour
Geo H Ketcham announced Crescens would begin training in Cleveland on the coming Saturday in preparation for an exhibition tour. The first date is set for August 27 in Dayton Ohio.
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Toledo
Geo. H. Ketcham
Cleveland
Dayton
Old Quarrel Ends in a Homicide Near Geneva
Walter Harvey a blacksmith shot and killed J F Gleason at Harperefield near Geneva Ohio ending years of ill feeling between them. Police report the fatal shooting occurred instantly and investigators are seeking details of the motive.
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Walter Harvey
J. F. Gleason
Harperefield
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Colima Volcano Eruption Reported From Mexico City
Washington reports Saturday treasury balances show available cash of 228.29 million dollars and gold holdings of 98.50 million in the general fund. A Colima volcanic eruption is described with large smoke clouds drifting northeast toward the sea as Mexico City notes the event.
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Treasury
General Fund
Colima
Mexico City
Earthquake in San Francisco Reveals Longest Duration
San Francisco residents felt a tremor Sunday evening lasting nearly seconds. The quake is described as one of the longest in duration in years, shaking buildings and rattling streets across the city.
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