Fire at Likely Rocket factory claims Ohio firefighter
At 4 AM Friday while fighting flames in Cleveland the Likely and Rocket factory wall collapsed on Engine Company No. 14. Capt. Daniel Fincan James Osberger Arthur Garner Lieut. Robert McKenna Hoseman Samuel Jones Charles Nieding and Patrick H Joyce were trapped Joyce died, others injured with McKenna Jones Nieding seriously hurt and the rest slightly injured. Joyce recovered dead later.
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Cleveland
Fire Department
Likely & Rocket Factory
Cass and
Hamilton Streets
Engine Company No. 14
Daniel Fincan
James L. Osberger
Arthur Garner
Robert McKenna
Samuel Jones
Charles Nieding
Patrick H. Joyce
Joyce
McKenna
Jones
Nieding
Mercy recommended for Meads robbery suspect Casey
Elyria Ohio December 4 Thomas Galla gher alias James Casey one of four robbers who tried to break into the Mead brothers home October 4 was found guilty Wednesday and will be sentenced after a second trial. The jury recommended mercy reducing life imprisonment to 10 to 30 years for the convicted man Casey and his three companions were killed by Jarvis Mead during the night of the attempted robbery.
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Elyria
Thomas Gallagher
James Casey
Mead Brothers
Mercy
Casey
Ohio
Cagey
Jarvis Mead
Ohio Federation of Churches Elects Officers at First Convention
In Columbus on December 5 the Ohio Federation of Churches and Christian Workers elected officers at its inaugural convention. President Dr. J. W. Bashford Delaware led the slate, with first vice president Dr. W. O. Thompson Columbus, second vice Rev. S. B. Yockey Columbus, Secretary Rev. Charles H. Small Springfield, Treasurer Rev. William M. Bell Dayton, and executive committee members Rev. R. B. Patton Columbus Rev. A. C. Miller Plymouth Rev. R. H. Hume Springfield and Rev. J. W. Atwood Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Churches and Christian Workers
J. W. Bashford
Delaware
W. O. Thompson
S. B. Yockey
Charles H. Small
Springfield
William M. Bell
Dayton
R. B. Patton
A. C. Miller
Plymouth
R. H. Hume
J. W. Atwood
Ohio Mothers' Congress Elects Officers At Columbus
The Ohio mothers congress closed its annual convention in Columbus after selecting President Mrs Joseph A Jeffrey recording secretary Mrs Martin Striesberger corresponding secretary Mrs D F Harris auditor Mrs N Coe Stewart treasurer Miss Ellen Jones and naming Cleveland as the site for the 1903 October convention.
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Columbus
Ohio Mothers’ Congress
Joseph A. Jeffrey
Martin Striesberger
Cleveland
D. F. Harris
N. Coe Stewart
Ellen Jones
Toledo
Supreme court voids county officer installation timing law
The Ohio supreme court syllabus in the A. B. Hall case holds the act changing when county clerks assume office is void for presuming to alter the installation date of already elected officers. The repealing clause is also void, so the old law remains in effect.
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Columbus, O
Supreme Court
A. B. Hall
State labor bureau appointments announced
Columbus Ohio December 6 State Labor Commissioner M D Ratchford Friday made the following appointments in the department of free labor bureaus Superintendents J B Richardson Cincinnati Sam Cohen Toledo and John Iliff Dayton Clerk Minnie J Graham Dayton
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Columbus
M. D. Ratchford
Department of Free Labor
Richardson
Cincinnati
Sam Cohen
Toledo
John Iliff
Dayton
Minnie J. Graham
Counterfeit silver dollars flood Toledo area
Counterfeit one dollar coins from 1890 have been dumped in Toledo and are in circulation. Authorities suspect a counterfeiters den nearby. In Bucyrus Frank W. Cory, a fire victim from the Hotel Lincoln tragedy, died. he married Miss Carrie Miller in April. Miss Mabel Masterson, heiress to about 90000 from England, has been found in Toledo.
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Toledo
Cory
Bucyrus
Frank W. Cory
Lincoln
Chicago
Mr. Cory
Carrie Miller
Toledo, O
Mabel Masterson
England
Glasco Confesses After Return to Ironton Jail
William Glasco, African American assailant of Miss Maloney, was secretly brought back to Ironton Ohio from Huntington West Virginia. He pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill and was jailed on $1000 bond. Mayor Mountain says Glasco confessed to threats against four men including a steamboat captain and mate and Officer Mayne. lynching risks linger as mob sentiment persists.
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Ironton, O
William Glasco
Mayor Mountain
Glasco
West Virginia
Mayne
Maloney
Ironton
Deaths in duel over waitress stun East Liverpool wife
East Liverpool Ohio December 6 Mrs Charles A Tucker learned by dispatch that her husband Dr A Tucker had been killed in a duel in Armourdale Kansas over a waitress. She believed the telegram may refer to him and fainted. She is now in a serious condition and not expected to recover. Tucker had worked as a bookkeeper in Pittsburg and had drifted west unknown to his wife.
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East Liverpool
Charles A. Tucker
A. Tucker
Armourdale
Kan
Tucker
Pittsburg
Fire destroys large manufacturing district in Cleveland
A massive blaze at Hamilton street and Case avenue in Cleveland, late Thursday, wiped out the Likely Rockett Trunk Co Cady box factory and Boardman Oliver Manufacturing Co. by midnight. Fire units fought to keep flames from spreading to nearby plants, including a paint factory, with losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands.
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Cleveland
Hamilton Street
Case Avenue
Likely- Rockett Trunk Co
Cady Box
Boardman-Oliver Manufacturing Co
Attorneys Indicted for Mail Fraud Conspiracy in Columbus
United States grand jury indicted prominent Columbus lawyers Ivor Hughes and Thomas E. Steele and Joseph P. Miller with his wife Anna T. Miller on charges of conspiracy and using the mails to defraud. Hughes and Steele posted bond while Miller and wife were jailed. The couple allegedly tried to blackmail local businessmen during divorce proceedings with Hughes and Steele acting as their attorneys.
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Columbus
United States Grand Jury
Ivor Hughes
Thomas E. Steele
Joseph P. Miller
Anna T. Miller
Hughes
Steele
Miller
Ohio Retail Grocers Adjourn to Meet in Dayton Next Year
The Retail Grocers' Association of Ohio adjourned to meet in Dayton next year after voting in E. G. Ashley of Toledo as president L. J. Oehler of Cincinnati as vice president J. T. Keister of Wooster as vice president G. W. Cook of Springfield as secretary L. L. Greene of Cleveland as treasurer and trustees named as Oehler Keister Greene and T. J. Rickard of Alliance. A credit-rating system to detect nonpayers was adopted.
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Columbus
Columbus Officials Release State Arrest Statistics
Figures by W. T. Henderson show 13,513 arrests in the past year with 10,441 males and 876 females. Of males 2,874 were married and 390 of females were married. Felonies reached 4,388 and first offenses 2,657 while second offenses numbered 1,622. Only 866 arrested were illiterate.
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Columbus, O
W. T. Henderson
State Board of Charities and Corrections
New Hospital Planned for Cincinnati in Burnet Woods
Cincinnati city hospital trustees voted Friday to build a new facility. A Burnet Woods site is favored and the city will request the Board of Limitations permission to issue 100000 dollars in bonds to purchase the land.
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Cincinnati
City Hospital
Burnet Woods
B. of L
Twin Births Shock Springfield Family at One House
Mrs. Marga ret Gates of 501 West Main Street gave birth to twins on Friday while her daughter Mrs. Mary Myers also delivered two babies. The four newborns share a single residence in Springfield Ohio.
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Springfield
Margaret Gates
West Main Street
Mary Myers
Bryan’s seriousness turns comic in Commoner essay
The Chicago Tribune criticizes William J. Bryan in the Commoner for being unconsciously funny while aiming to be serious. It cites his remarks on Democratic leadership, the money question, and the Kansas City platform, arguing his view misreads Cleveland era business policy and the party’s fate in 1893–96. The piece highlights the tension between satire and solemn analysis.
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William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Bryan
Moses
Promised Land
Kansas City
Tom Johnson
Ohio
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Republican Party
Unpopular Feeling on Tariff Reform Across Regions
In the wake of recent elections the demand for tariff reduction wanes. The Troy Times notes a slide into innocuous despondence among reform voices. The New York Commercial argues that election results show little public push for tariff revision and point to protective majorities in districts where it was a campaign issue.
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Cleveland
Troy Times
New York Commercial
Gen. Grosvenor
Foss
Massachusetts
Opinions of the Press on Political Climate
The column aggregates quotes from papers praising or critiquing recent campaigns. It notes Bryan’s dislike of American papers, Siam’s prince praising U S media, Ohio socialist critique by Cleveland and Toledo mayors, and the vanishing imperialism issue as a campaign theme.
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Ohio
Johnson
Cleveland
Jones
Toledo
Philadelphia
Indianapolis News
Ind
Big Four Line Equipment Listing
150 Passenger Locomotives 450 Passenger Cars 25 Parlor Cars 20 Dining and Cafe Cars In addition to which Sixty Pullman Sleepers are in Continuous Service on the Big Four and its Through Car Lines. Warren J. Lynch, Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt Cincinnati, O.
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Warren J. Lynch
Gen. Pass
Tkt. Agt Cincinn
Nebraska the land of plenty promotional message
An immigration pitch touts Nebraska as a land of plenty with cheap land and easy terms, urging readers to request the Corn Belt and West Nebraska guides. It advertises cheap excursion tickets on the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul line on the first and third Tuesdays to visit Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Corn Belt
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