Fire destroys Krauss Buter Benham store and damages others
A defective electric light wire sparked a fire in downtown Columbus causing about 300000 dollars in losses. The Krauss Butler Benham carpet and curtain house burned completely while the Wheeler building nearby sustained heavy damage. Several firefighters were injured including Captain Jack Welsh who was hurled 30 feet by an explosion. Loss estimates list Krauss Butler Benham at 150000 dollars and additional damages across nearby blocks.
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Columbus
Krauss, Butter & Benham
Wheeler
Jack Welsh
Welsh
Krauss, Butler & Benham
Deshler Bank
First National Bank
Misfit Clothing Co
Cleveland Declares Closed Town For Public Gambling
Mayor Johnson orders Cleveland to be a closed town for gambling and shuts down public poker rooms. Capt. Madden dictates removal of all gambling paraphernalia and bans any card playing for money.
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Cleveland, O
Johnson
Cleveland
Madden
Dentist Files 100000 Suit Over Alleged Conspiracy
Columbus, Dec 23. Dentist James T. McBride of Jersey City sues J W Bannon president of First National Bank Portsmouth H J Bannon attorney Percy Smith William R Smith W H Middleton and Warden C Gould and H S Willard for 100000 damages claiming a conspiracy to deprive him of his wife Lavinia Gould McBride sister of the warden The petition outlines an interrupted romance from the time he was in dental college and she a Vassar student in Poughkeepsie N Y.
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Columbus
Common Pleas Court
James T. McBride
Jersey City
N. J
J. W. Bannon
First National Bank of Portsmouth
H. J. Bannon
Percy Smith
William R. Smith
W. H. Middleton
Scioto County
C. B. Gould
Ohio Penitentiary
H. S. Willard
Lavinia Gould McBride
Dental
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Ohio supreme court upholds Hypes election law in Ohio ruling
The Ohio supreme court affirmed the Hypes election law in a Cuyahoga county case, strengthening Secretary of State Laylin's discretion in appointing election board members. Laylin previously declined Johnson democrats and named rivals, prompting the challenge. No ruling yet on the Ross county case about the Crafts law requiring bonds by surety companies.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Cuyahoga County
Laylin
Johnson Democrats
Ross County
Two Men Die In Cleveland Furnace Stack Accident
Cleveland Ohio December 22 Two workers John Martin and Steven Bishop died after inhaling gas while attempting to remove a lodged iron piece from a stack at Cleveland Furnace Co The plant had been shut down to clear the obstacle and the men collapsed at the stack mouth before being lowered to ground level.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Furnace Co
John Martin
Steven Bishop
Shively Murder Confession Tied to Bank Robbers
In Wapakoneta Ohio on December 23 a prisoner at the state penitentiary confessed in the presence of local officials to complicity with three other bank robbers in the November 1901 killing of John Shively of Kossuth. The grand jury will hear the case in January. the prisoner’s name is withheld. Implicated are Tom Fisher Ed Morgan and John Jones, already serving ten years for bank burglary.
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Wapakoneta
Auglaize
Goeke
Koop
Metching
Ohio Penitentiary
John Shively
Kossuth
Bie
Tom Fisher
Ed Morgan
John Jones
Clinton County
New Hospital Site Picked for Insane in Lima
The commission selecting a site for the proposed state hospital for the insane chose Lima Ohio after a two day session. The Dunn farm, 620 acres one mile north of Lima, was selected with signers E LeFefer Morgan and others on the report.
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Lima
State Hospital For Insane
E. Lefever
Morgan County
A. H. Judy
Dark County
C. H. Manix
Cuyahoga County
A. B. Smith
Lorain County
W. R. Richie
Allen County
Dunn Farm
City
Murder and self murder tragedy in Akron two deaths
Akron Ohio December 23 George Billings shot and killed his sister in law Mrs H G Squires then killed himself after a quarrel. Mrs Squires husband is serving a robbery sentence in the Ohio penitentiary. In Piqua Ohio December 23 W Bourbon Garber y robbed of 2600 at the lobby of the Piqua Savings Bank. he placed his pocketbook with the money on the counter during business.
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George Billings
Akron
H. G. Squires
Billings
Piqua, O
W. Burbon Garbery
Miami County
Piqua Savings Bank
Nathan Edward Spencer Found Guilty of Murder in Zanesville
In Zanesville Ohio on December 23 Nathan Edward Spencer was convicted of murdering William Tanner on August 19. The motive was robbery. Tanner was a Civil War veteran. Spencer used a hickory club to beat Tanner. A New Enoch Arden phrase appears in report. In Tiffin Ohio Edward Kinney, after a 17 year absence following a family quarrel, returned home to a reconciled wife.
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Zanesville
Nathan Edward Spencer
William Tanner
Tanner
Spencer
Enoch Arden
Tiffin
Edward Kinney
Ohio Vicksburg monuments accepted with payment ordered
Ohio Vicksburg monument commission accepted 39 monuments and 21 markers on the battlefield and ordered payment of 62066.65. Samuel Briggs, prominent Knight Templar Shriner and 93 Mason, died after a week of pneumonia in Cleveland. Lima capitalists plan a new bank on the south side opening January 3 with directors from the Limarust Co.
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Ohio Vicksburg
Columbus
Ohio Vicksburg Monument Commission
Ohio
Battle Ground
Samuel Briggs
Cleveland
Knights Templar
Briggs
Lima, O
Lima
Lima Savings Bank and Trust Co
Limarust Co
Break in Stoves Firm Won by Shelby Attorney
The Shelby Stove and Manufacturing Co. assignment was filed in probate court. The company owes about $27,000 against its liabilities, with Attorney A. B. Mazee of Shelby handling the matter.
Fire destroys Pelletier store area in Sioux City
A Friday night blaze in the Pelletier department store basement at Fourth and Jackson streets caused one fireman to die and about two million dollars in damage. The center of the city’s business district burned, housing many shops, wholesalers, and three national banks, with origin uncertain as Christmas shoppers fled.
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Sioux City
Pelletier Department Store
Fourth
Jackson Streets
Pelletier
Dodge Arrives in New York on Perjury Charge in Morse Divorce
Charles F. Dodge, accused of perjury in the Dodge Morse divorce dispute, reached New York from Galveston on the Lampasas and was taken to police headquarters. He allegedly lied about never being served with summons in the divorce suit that produced his wife's divorce from him. The move follows a U S Supreme Court ruling declining to overturn Texas court orders sending him to New York.
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New York
Charles F. Dodge
Lampasas
Galveston
Dodge
Charles W. Morse
United States Supreme Court
Texas
Columbia University Receives Prize Fund for US Latin America Studies
John Barrett the American minister to Panama has endowed a prize fund at Columbia University for outstanding papers on US relations with Latin American republics. Awards will be open to all college or university students of recognized standing in the United States. A committee led by President Butler, President Finley, and Dr. Albert Shaw will set the rules.
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New York
United States
Columbia University
John Barrett
Panama
Butler
Finley
College of the City of New York
Albert Shaw
The
Review of Reviews
Senators Mitchell and Herrman arrive in Portland to deny land fraud charges
Senator John Mitchell and Congressman Hermann flew to Portland from Washington to deny charges linking them to Oregon land fraud investigations. They offered no comment on the specifics and appeared unsure of the exact accusations against them.
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Portland
Ore
John Mitchell
Hermann
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Mitchell
Herrman
Ambush in Samar Kills Lieutenant and 37 Scouts
News from Manila reports Pulajanes ambushed Dolores on Samar, killing a lieutenant and 37 enlisted men of the 38th native scouts. A force of about 2000 Pulajanes threatens Dolores, and Lieut. Abbot requests aid as the situation grows critical.
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Manila
Dolores
Samar
Abbot
Japanese Minister Takahira Calls on President
Japanese minister Takahira met President Roosevelt in Washington to pay respects and thank him for courtesies during Takahira's recent illness. The visit occurred Friday as part of ongoing goodwill between Japan and the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Takahira
Takashira
Welcome New Year Bells Across a Glowing World
Poem celebrates the baby new year, bringing love and peace to all nations. Bells ring across oceans and mountains as old year fades, with imagery of sunrise, flowers, and rioting winter scenes. The guest arrives with blessings, urging joy, harmony, and a fresh, hopeful era for humanity.
Beginning of the Year Reflections by William Ross Cobbe
The essay muses on January first as a fixed date, questions its historical origins, and argues the New Year should prompt remorse for past deeds and resolve for a better future. It warns against breaking resolutions, urges practical business truth, and ends with hopeful greetings to readers.
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William Rosser Cobbe
Sure of a Call Not All New Year Custom Died Out
A Philadelphia Press item notes the old custom of making New Year's calls seems largely dead but mentions friend Markley will likely visit. A three months' note given to him will mature on that day, implying social obligations persist in some form.
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Newitt
Burroughs
Markley
Philadelphia Press
Getting Ready for Remorse and Resolution
In a brief exchange the youth defends his pace as he explains the plan to prepare for a fitting remorse as part of his New Year’s resolution. The frank friend chides the rush. This dialog appears in the Chicago Post.
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Chicago Post
New Year's Prospectus of Resolutions
A brief items notes hopeful resolutions for the new year with a playful caveat not guaranteed. The text evokes seasonal optimism and a tongue in cheek promise of steady progress.
Passenger train schedules for Cincinnati lines and connections
The notice lists train numbers 23 and 24 arriving and departing from the Pennsylvania Lines station at Pearl and Butler in Cincinnati. Trains 34 to 37 run daily except Sunday from Court and Broadway at U S N R B station. A daily through Roanoke Richmond Norfolk service via the Norfolk and Western is also shown with Cincinnati to Bluefield and Roanoke sleepers.
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Pennsylvania
Steeton
Pearl
Butler Street
Cincinnati
Court and
Broadway
Roanoke
Richmond
Norfolk
Norfolk & Western Railway
Biuefeld
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Shively
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New Bank For Lima
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Rifeith & Nichols
Batavia Ohio
Courier
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H.L. Nichols
A. B. Nichole Ichols
Nichols & Nichols
Attorneys AT Law
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Main Street
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