Thompson releases staff for state secretary role
Secretary of State elect Carmi A Thompson announces a full staff with chief clerk Thomas Brnckley and Edward Hummell as assistant recording clerk. Most appointments take effect January 14, with Maynard and Rowe starting earlier due to prior duties and election returns work.
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Columbus
Carmi
A. Thompson
Thomas D. Brnckley
Perry County
J. J. Rowe
Cuyahoga County
John P. Maynard
Fayette County
Ed C. Martin
Champaign County
Edward Hummell
Hamilton County
John G. Smock
Montgomery County
Calvin W. Reynolds
Lawrence
George Wood
Laylin
Cuyahoga
Leslie Smith
Mr. Smith
Howard Shaul
W. F. Frank
Medina
Byron L. Booth
Grace Jones
Ironton
Edward C. Martin
Champaign
Charles R. Brewer
Wood
Nine Cincinnati prisoners escape Hamilton County jail
Nine of the county jail’s most dangerous inmates escaped through a second story window during church hours by a forged key, ladders spliced from bed clothing, and a sawn bar. Two fugitives were recaptured, one badly wounded, after a pistol duel. others fled in pairs across rooftops toward North Court Street. A manhunt spread to Kentucky counties and cities within 100 miles.
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Cincinnatii
Hamilton County
Sycamore
Court Streets
Board of Review
North Court Street
Kentucky
Cincinnati
WARDEN'S BOY GETS CHRISTMAS PARDON IN OHIO
In Columbus Gov Harris granted a Christmas pardon to Harry Jones a Black convict serving life for second degree murder from Hamilton County. He rose from illiteracy to education during two years as the warden's house boy and will stay in the city briefly before moving to Dayton.
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Columbus, O
Harry Jones
Hamilton County
Harris
Jones
Gould
Dayton
Frost Blight Ends Springfield Wedding Plans
Miss Nellie Kershner of Springfield canceled her engagement to farmer John Reed of Galena after revealing she did not love him. Invitations had been issued for 150 guests and presents were returned as Reed, en route to his home, faced a shattered faith in love.
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Springfield
Nellie Kershner
Edward Avenue
John Reed
Galena
Ill
Reed
Miss Kershner
N. G. Kershner
Board of Public Service
Lagonda
Bee King A I Root Misses Florida Trip for Daughter’s Wedding
A I Root known as the Bee King stays in Florida to conduct queen bee experiments and does not travel to Medina Ohio for the wedding of his daughter Carrie Belle Root to Liewel lyn Boyden of New York.
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Medina
A. I. Root
Florida
Carrie Belle Root
Liewellyn W. Boyden
New York
Secretly Wedded Amid Newport Town News
Amelia Rays, daughter of a New York millionaire, secretly weds Fred M. Armstrong city editor of a local paper. Rev Dr Armstrong of Newark performs the ceremony.
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Marion
Amelia Rays
New York
Fred M. Armstrong
Dr. Armstrong
Newark
Choosing a New Minister in a Split Parish
The piece recounts five candidates for a New England church role, each facing community divides. Davis clashes with local norms over horse power. candidate two wears a wig. three aggrandizes gesturing. four is a Democrat in a Republican town. five, Rev Judson Baxter, is favored for near perfection and stable finances for his family.
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Mr. Davis
New England
Milliken
Davis
Hoss Power
Edgewood
Jere Burbank
The
Dorcas Society
Number Four
Ananias
Beelzebub
Judson Baxter
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Scribner's
Pastoral ideal meets city stock crash shock
Mayor Stoy recalls a stock decline and a philanthropist experiment sending a New York slum child to the country. The child, asked about beauty, replies she has seen a farm kitchen and 87 turkeys killed plus a man’s nose broken in a pumpkin raffle, underscoring harsh rural realities.
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Stoy
Atlantic City
New York
The Parable of Lazarus in Local Dialect
Brother Dickey recalls Lazarus at the rich man’s gate with a colloquial exchange. A frail member pleads for 60 cents, offering it to leave. The quote comes from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Lazarus
Latherus
Brother Dickey
Dickey
Atlanta
Market Reports Wheat No Corn No Oats No Pork Lab
Market notes show wheat and corn unavailable with no oats reported and pork labeled as labor related. Brief status updates indicate limited activity and no decisive price movements.
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Cincinnati
Dec
Monks and the Dominoes Origin Story
A legend says two monks in silent confinement devised a game with marked stones as relief. They signaled using the first line of the vesper hymn Cantate Domino, later shortened to domino, and the game spread from Italy to the world as a popular pastime.
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Italy
Cure of eczema with Cuticura Remedies praised
A testimonial from Mrs. Eliza A. Wiley of Liscomb Iowa details eleven years of hand eczema, nails lifting, and bleeding. After trying doctors and many treatments, she credited Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills with curing her hands and urges others to try them. The note dated Oct 18 1906 accompanies local remarks on Cornwall insularity and opposition to foreign naming by the Great Western Railway.
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Eliza A. Wiley
Liscomb, Iowa
Cornwall
Great Western Railway Company
Riviera
France
Odell Obeys Father In Nomination Tug at Saratoga
Four years ago ex Governor Odell of New York faced a push to nominate a lieutenant governor ally. Odell’s 88 year old father, a deacon, intervened at a Saratoga hotel cottage urging Odell to refuse. Odell complied and the plan faded.
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Odell
New York
Saratoga
Frank Platt
Senator Platt
Platt
Ben
Nervous Woman Seeks Relief From Habitual Alcohol and Tea Use
A distressed woman explains she stopped drinking to calm her nerves and avoid dizziness upon rising, noting that caffeine in tea and coffee worsened her stomach and brought continual ailments. The narrative hints at seeking drug-based remedy and practical proof of relief.
Perfectly simple and simply perfect eat with PUTNAM
An old advertisement collage touts various tonic medicines and remedies. Claims include cheap pricing and cures for teething pain colic cold catarrh and constipation. Notable names appear like Hall's Catarrh Cure and F J Cheney and Co with refunds and testimonials.
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Putnam
Strangest Cavalry Mounted on Oxen in Africa
A French governor general rules Mada gascar province Saint de Moorvay on Africa east coast. A cavalry band operates atop oxen, their lean animals moving with surprising speed during military duties.
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Saint de Moorvay
Africa
Madagascar
JAPANESE Youth Joins Schoolship Crew on St Marys
Kattern Ariyoshi, 17, becomes the first Japanese youth admitted to the St Marys schoolship crew after three years in the revenue cutter service. Guardianship arranged with Capt. Osborn who will coach him. Ariyoshi may stay in the United States after graduation or return to Japan if war breaks out.
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St. Mary’s
Kattern Ariyoshi
Ariyoshi
Revenue Cutter Service
Pacific
Capt
Osborn
Artyoshi
Japan
United States
Growth of Rail Network Prospers Canadian West
The Canadian West leads world rail expansion in 1906 with about 11 000 miles across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. From near zero thirty years ago to heavy transcontinental links, new lines added 5 000 miles last year, showcasing rapid transport growth and grain province development.
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Great Lakes
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days With PazO Ointment
An advertisement claims PazO Ointment cures itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days. The copy mentions guaranteed results or money back and alludes to gender roles in domestic life. It also briefly describes Memory Bells, glass slips that tinkle with vibration as a reminder of a giver.
Twain recounts Missouri invitation and Hannibal visit
Mark Twain recalls being invited to Missouri for an LL D degree four years ago and visiting Hannibal. As he prepared to depart with locals present, his old schoolmate Tom Nash, now pale headed, called the crowd “the same blamed fools they always were.”
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Mark Twain
University of Missouri
Hannibal
Tom Nash
Sam
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