Train Disaster Kills Three and Injures Five Near Brinton Station
A snowbound stretch eight miles east of this city witnessed a fatal accident as Walls' Accommodation, racing at high speed, struck workers on the track. Seven men were hit. three were killed and four injured, including Frank Chilla, Frank Celia, John Fisher, and Herman Sands. Crews labored to clear the deep snow and keep trains moving through the cut.
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Prerstvec
Brinton Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh
Brinton Bridge
Sid
Frank Chilla
Frank Celia
John Fisher
Herman Sands
Poisoner in Judge Snell's court faces mental evaluation
In Washineron on January 9 a fifteen year old boy named Alphonso Kell was charged with a sequence of poisonings and arson attempts. He bought arsenic and "Rough on Rats" and poured poison into milk and water injuring family members, cattle, and a pig, while also attempting to burn a barn and cut a girl asleep. Kell claimed prior poisonings in Baltimore to kill his mother and aunt and to burn houses. he will be examined for mental condition.
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Washineron
Alphonso Kell
Benjamin
Baltimore
Saloon Altercation Ends in Double Fatal Shooting
In AxBitene Frank Collins a city alderman clashed with gambler Hemphill after a pistol drawn by Collins. Deputy Marshal Walter Collins tried to intervene and was shot, dying soon after. Hemphill was killed by six bullet wounds, Collins also wounded gravely with four wounds and likely to die.
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AxBitene
Tex
Frank Collins
Board of Aldermen
Hemphill
Collins
Hemphil
Walter Collins
Boston Suit Fixes Marital Claim After Utah Divorce
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled the Utah divorce invalid, affirming John Hardy as legal husband at the wife's death and entitled to half her personal estate. Hardy had paid $5,000 for the divorce and later Ezra G. Perkins was clarified as the person referred to as the husband in the will.
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Boston
Hardy
John Hardy
Utah
Ezra G. Perkins
Perkins
Supreme Court
Testatrix
Entire Family Poisoned in Kavmuan Texas Case
Hampton Bird and eight family members fell violently ill on New Year's night with suspected poisoning. Yesterday Bird and two daughters died while others remain in precarious condition. foul play is suspected.
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Kavmuan
Tex
Hampton Bird
Mr. Bird
Payne Nominated for United States Senator on First Ballot
Columusus Ohio January 8. Hon H B Payne of Cleveland was nominated today on the first ballot by the Democratic caucus. Vote tally Payne 48 Ward 17 Pendleton 15 Geddes 1 H J Booth 1.
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Columusus
H. B. Payne
Cleveland
United States
Payne
Ward
Pendleton
Geddes
H. J. Booth
Four Men Murdered by Rustlers at Seven Rivers
In Lincoln County at Seven Rivers on January 9 a group of rustlers fired on nine Mexican laborers, killing four. The attack was unprovoked and the rustlers escaped.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Seven Rivers
Lincoln County
American Fenian Threats Prompt Guarded Judge Denman
London reports that Judge Denman, threatened by American Fenians, will be surrounded by police protection while on the bench. The warnings have raised security concerns and prompted authorities to heighten the judge's safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Denman
Firemen in a Convent at Georgetown
A Georgetown convent fire drew all northwestern city engines on Saturday night. Firemen entered sacred corridors as nuns fled in disarray. Fifty or sixty students charged to rescue a nun but were repelled by the stern nun superior. The chimney fire reached the roof but was quickly controlled and the firemen exited safely.
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Washixoton
Georgetown Convent
Georgetown College
German Homeless Lad Hangs Self in Tombs Prison
Fredrick G. Hardiman a twenty year old German homeless youth awaiting trial for felonious assault hanged himself in a padded cell at the Tombs Prison after recent arrival. He had been committed December 22 for firing a pistol at Augusta s Gardner the watchman of the Stewart mansion on Fifth Avenue. He suffered delusions including marriage to the widow of a deceased dry goods millionaire, which appeared to influence the act.
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New Yor
Fredrick G. Hardiman
Tombs Prison
Augustus Gardner
Stewart Mansion
Fifth Avenue
Finn
Fire ruins at Belleville convent claim more victims
In Belleville Illinois a search of the burned convent continued with two more bodies recovered by noon. Sister Superior Mary Jerome was identified by her spectacles a gold chain and rosary found with the remains. Five still missing and testimony at the inquest indicates thirty four people perished in the blaze.
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St. Louis
Belleville
Ill
Mary Jerome
Snowstorm Halts Rail Traffic In Buffalo Area
A heavy snow storm disrupts service in Buffalo with the heaviest fall in two years. A collision on the Buffalo Belt Line between a Michigan Central train and a New York Central engine wrecks two locomotives. Engineer Brown breaks a wrist. fireman Johnson is injured. All trains run three to four hours late. Grand Trunk and B N Y P abandon service. Canada Southern operates one train with seven engines.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Belt Line
Michigan Central
New York Central
Brown
Johnson
Grand Trunk
Canada Southern
Pilgrimage to Tomb of Victor Emmanuel Draws Masses
In Rome on January 9 a pilgrimage to the tomb of King Victor Emmanuel gathered about sixty thousand pilgrims from across Italy, with large delegations from Constantinople Vienna Corfu Gibraltar Trieste Budapest Frankfort Salonica Odessa Paris Tunis Alexandria and Tangiers attending.
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Emmanuel
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Constantinople
Vienna
Corfu
Gibraltar
Trieste
Buda Pesth
Frankfort
Salonica
Odessa
Paris
Tunis
Alexandria
Tangiers
Frank James in serious condition at Kansas City
A reporter from Independence reports Frank James is very ill with a bronchial ailment worsened by anxiety and over-exertion. The outlook remains uncertain.
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Kansas City
Independence
Frank James
Distiller Sued for $80,000 by U S Government
Boston January 8 The United States filed a civil suit against Goodrich H Brush distiller of Westfield to recover 80000 dollars alleged due to the government on the distillery transactions.
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Boston
United States
Goodrich H. Brush
Westfield
Mob lynches inmate in Monterey jail incident
Staunton reports E D Atchison, jailed for stabbing Sidney Buckman, was taken from Monterey jail by a mob and hanged. The body was riddled with bullets, marking a violent vigilante action in the aftermath.
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Staunton
E. D. Atchison
Sidney Buckman
Monterey
Impatient Old Man Hangs Self at Freehold Farm
Samuel Brower aged seventy a well to do farmer hanged himself today in the log house where he was born in Freehold New Jersey authorities report no motive given his death is being investigated as a suicide by hanging the body found in the early morning hours
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Freehold
N. J
Samuel Brower
Multiple incidents span crime, tragedy, fire and politics
Wiluis Hopees shot his wife in Chauncey Georgia and she died. A Guadalajara festival candlelight accident killed a youth at Guadaloupe Church. Evansburg Pennsylvania’s Lake View Hotel burned, losses about 15000 dollars with insurance. Louisiana bridge contractors sue New Orleans Railroad for 261620 dollars. Texas governor laments limited constitutional power to enforce laws.
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Wiluis Hopees
Chauncey
Younts
Guadaloupe
Guadalajara
Mexico
Ice house collapse kills Ohio man and two horses
Charles Reider, age 26, and two horses were crushed after the north wall of Frank Kimmerle’s Browntown ice house in Dayton gave way today. About 100 tons of ice fell, with Henry Steiner and John Ryan nearby reporting no warning before the wall toppled. Reider’s body was recovered with severe head injuries. the brick building’s six inch walls were deemed unable to withstand the ice pressure.
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Dayton
Charles Reider
Frank Kimmerle
Browntown
Reider
Henry Steiner
John Ryan
Man confesses to killing child by twisting neck in cruelty
George Jeffrey admits killing the child by squeezing between his knees and twisting its head. He planned the murder for long, driven by hatred of the child and interference with his wife’s earnings. Mrs. Jeffrey confirms presence and reports gaining no peace while the child lived.
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Riverara
Jeffrey
Suspect Arrested in Gaskell Murder Near Elmira
Detective Kallaber arrests William Menken in connection with the Fannie Gaskell case near Elmira. Menken fled toward the city line and is to be sent to New York. A room search uncovered jewelry matching the victim’s. Menken, a former Elmira Reformatory inmate for burglary, will be taken to Elmira.
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Friarsuss
L. I
Kallaber
Fannie Gaskell
Elmira
New York
William Menken
Menken
Elmira Reformatory
Grave fears flood risk as thawing snow triggers concern
Pittsburg reports grave fears of a disastrous flood if warm weather continues. By 6 p.m. a drizzle began after a day of thawing, with two feet of snow on the ground. A sudden melt or rain could produce a flood unseen in many years.
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Pittsburg
Lasker Papers Revealed Illumination of German Parliament History
January 10 report notes the late Herr Lasker’s literary collection contains unpublished and unfinished manuscripts. Executors seal the papers, saying they will shed light on obscure points in German parliamentary history.
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Briain
Herr Lasker
Dakota to Exhibit Minerals and Agriculture at Exposition
Governor Ordway informed Commissioner General Morshead that Dakota plans an exhibit of mineral and agricultural resources. He said the natural curiosities, including petrified woods and bones of prehistoric animals, would attract great interest at the World’s Exposition in New Orleans.
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Washington
Ordway
Dakota
Morshead
New Orleans
Elmira wreck near Life Saving Station claims all hands
West Creek New Jersey reports the English bark Elmira ran ashore on January 8 above the Life Saving Station. Rescue attempts failed as the crew could not be landed and the vessel broke up with total loss.
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West Creek
N. J
Elmira
England
Rumor of President Santos and Two Officers Turbulent
From Montevideo rumors reach Buenos Aires about a serious incident involving President Santos and two high ranking officers. It is alleged one officer aimed to shoot the president while the other drew a sword to intervene.
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Burenos Ayres
Montevideo
Santos
Mine Under Schuylkill Submerged After Cave In
A vein of Eckert's ore mine extending under the Schuylkill River caved in by the current. The entire mine was submerged and valuable machinery damaged.
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Reading
Eckert
Schuylkill River
Mob drags and hangs murderer from jail to slaughterhouse
A masked mob seized Charles Dieterd from his jail cell in SpanHo on January 10 and subjected him to beating and shooting before dragging him about a half mile to a slaughterhouse. He was hanged from the windlass used by the butchers.
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Weisser
SpanHo
Charles Dieterd
Buck Bozie
Pews Rent at Ply mouth Church Realizes $34844
At the annual renting of church pews in Ply mouth New York the total realized was $34844 a decline of $2627 from the prior year Horace B Claflin paid a premium of 550 for the first pew
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Plymouth Church
New York
Horace B. Claflin
Nightly Diamond Display Under Suspicious Guarding
In New York Fifth Avenue show window diamonds valued at a quarter of a million dollars are guarded by detectives and a concealed jeweler staffer. A man in the crowd struck the glass with a cane, a pistol was aimed, and the crowd fled as the mysterious swell vanished from view.
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Fifth Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
New York
Dolan
Brne
Wnagow
N. Y
Three Murderers Swung Off in Separate States
Reports from South Carolina California and Virginia confirm executions on January 11. Isaac Anderson colored hanged at Barnwell Courthouse for killing Owen Williams after Williams killed his dog. Stephen Richards hanged at Auburn for murder of Thomas Nicholls. John Jarvis hanged at Princess Anne Courthouse for murder of Claudius W. Bonney.
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Clafteston
S. C
Isaac Anderson
Barnwell
Owen Williams
Anderson
Williams
Auburn
Cal
Stephen Richards
Thomas Nicholls
Norfolk
John Jarvis
Claudius W. Bonney
Princess Anne
Bonney
Suit For Heavy Damages In New York Court
Two suits filed in the New York Supreme Court by Frank T. Butler and Robert J. D. Mackie against Richard P. Lounsberry Ben Ali Haggin James B. Haggin and Wells Fargo to recover over 104000. The stock holders in Excelsior Mining Company California allege a conspiracy to raise capital from four million to ten million and list the stock in New York Exchange enabling sale of about 90000 worthless shares. The plaintiffs bought stock and are assignees of other buyers.
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New York
Supreme Court
Frank T. Butler
Robert J. D. Mackie
Richard P. Lounsberry
Ben Ali Haggin
James B. Haggin
Wells, Fargo & Co
Excelsior Mining Company
California
Bodies Stolen From Cook County Infirmary Morgue
Four male pauper bodies were stolen from the Cook County infirmary morgue in Jefferson on the night of January 2. A wagon with a watchman asleep facilitated the theft of coffins bodies and shrouds. The County Commissioners offer a $1,000 reward for the thieves.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Cook County
Jefferson
Aleep
Aide de Camp Belon Stops Flamaud Attack at Santos House
Reports from Montevideo via Galveston say Aide de Camp Belon blocked Flamaud from entering President Santos home. Flamaud attacked with a knife and was fatally wounded after Belon defended himself in four spots.
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Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Montevideo
Belon
Flamaud
Santos
Wealthy Man Bequeaths Wealth to Charities and Relatives
The will of Felix Astair leaves about 15000 dollars to New York charitable institutions. It bequeaths 5 francs to the mayor of Commune, France for the poor of Ludes near Rheims. The remainder goes to relatives and friends in France and New York.
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New York
Felix Astair
Commune
France
Ludes
Rheims
General Assembly
Toledo
Desperado Gilliland Called Jessie James of Arkansas Shot
On a country road near Fayetteville Jeff Gilliland fired at John Malone but missed. Malone returned fire and killed Gilliland, a notorious desperado nicknamed the Jessie James of Arkansas.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Jeff Gilliland
John Malone
Gilliland
Malone
Jessie James
Arkansas
Senator Anthony Declines Presidency Pro Tempore Honor
Washington January 11 Senate Republican caucus consulted Senator Anthony about the presidency pro tempore role. He declined the honor citing ill health making the duties impractical at this time.
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Washington
Senate
Anthony
Fatal shooting in Dublin quarrel widens
In Dublin Pulaski County a railroad contractor Robert Todd was fatally wounded by bartender Faddill during a quarrel. Deputy Sheriff Pratt was shot in the groin while trying to prevent the disturbance and Faddill was arrested.
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Lynchburg
Dublin
Pulaski County
Robert Todd
Faddill
Pratt
Death in cold conditions leaves infant orphaned
CainTon January 11 report that Mrs Longberry died of cold and starvation, found in a ragged heap with a newborn baby by her side. The sickness and needs were not known, and the infant was discovered with the mother after her death.
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CainTon
Inl
Longberry
Richmond Woman Fatally Burned in Home Accident
Mrs Cabell wife of Colonel H Coulter Cabell a prominent Richmond citizen was fatally burned this morning when her clothing caught fire from a grate and she died tonight after attempting to get help.
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Richmond
Heavy Ice Floods Mills on St. Lawrence in Cornwall
Heavy ice in the St. Lawrence River just below Cornwall Ontario raised back water to an unprecedented height flooding basements of cotton and other mills. Mills halted operations as water subsides and damage is reported.
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St. Lawrence
Cornwall
Ont
Terrible Double Assault Death by Two Boys
Two boys aged fourteen and fifteen from Schoeneck Lancas ter were arrested after luring a younger child to an isolated spot and fatally injuring him with a blunt instrument while threatening to cut his throat.
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Lancaster
Schoeneck
Frank James III in Independence Hospital Deteriorates
In Independence Missouri on January 11 Frank James III’s condition worsens with heavy blood expectoration. His wife stays beside him in anxious vigil as doctors express shrinking hopes for recovery.
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Frank James Dangerously III
Independence
Frank James
Cigarmakers Strike Over Pay Cut In Lilitz Patch
Reading dateline notes that nearly all of about two hundred cigarmakers in Lilitz Patch have struck to oppose a wage cut from four dollars to three fifty per thousand. Several workers have left to find other jobs.
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Reading
A _ Lilitz
General Assembly
Daring skiff voyage ends in missing couple fears
Barnstable report says Henry O. Holmes and Mrs. Paul Sherman of Hyannes sailed from Sandy Neck in a skiff toward this village this morning. They have not arrived and authorities fear the pair may be drowned.
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Barnstable
Mass
Henry O. Holmes
Paul Sherman
Hyannes
Sandy Neck
Montreal Winter Carnival Preparations Reach Peak
Montreal reports preparations for the winter carnival are far advanced and promise greater spectacle than last year with elaborate plans and anticipated crowds.
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Montreal
Clergyman in Georgia Self Mutilates Under Delusion
Edward Moore, an elderly clergyman from Tattnall County near Macon, under a temporary mental disturbance, chose to amputate his hand with an ax after breakfast. He walked about 200 feet, collapsed in a ditch from blood loss, was found exhausted, and later received medical care to stabilize his condition.
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Macon
Edward Moore
Tattnall County
Soldier remains found near Camp Harney Idaho
The remains of a soldier were found by Henderson surveying party in a crevice of rock about 1.5 miles from Camp Harney Idaho. Part of his gun and clothing remained. rocks were piled over him. He was likely killed by the Indians years ago and recorded as a deserter.
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Henderson
Camp Harney
Idaho
Chicago Times
Give me the baby to hold my dear song debut
A new song titled "Give me the baby to hold, my dear" is released featuring a sentimental plea in its melody. Details on composer or performer are not provided in the source text.
Senate and House Debates Mark Early January Sessions
The 48th Congress opens with Hale’s cost inquiry for naval vessels and rule debates on appropriation bills. Senate resumes consideration of new rules while Mr. Miller urges action on agricultural inspection and pork exports to France and Germany. House adjourns after bills on marriage law uniformity and foreign labor limits.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Register
Miller
New York
Agricultural Bureau
Committee On Agriculture
France
Germany
House E
Mississippi River Commission
Congress
United States
Kansas
Oregon Central Railway
Schwatka
District of Columbia
Plumb
Hovus E
Deuster
Committee On Commerce
Fitz John Porter
U. S
House
Yeas
Committee On
Mississippi ‘Levies
Bagley
Newark Harbor
Edward Lasker
Governor's Message on Ohio finances prisons and reform
The Governor reports that Ohio's debt payments and refunds reduced interest costs, lowers the general levy, and outlines prison and public institutions' management. He endorses prison labor reform with a gradual, merit based system, criticizes county jails and infirmaries, and highlights railroads and temperance, tariffs, and civil rights. The message urges reform of labor, jail confinement, and supports constitutional amendments and federal civil rights protections.
Tennyson Named Poet Laureate After Rogers Declines
Baron Tennyson has now been poet laureate for twenty three years. He succeeded Wordsworth who died in 180. The appointment story shows how little statesmen know of poetry. Rogers declined the honor and suggested Tennyson, while ministers doubted the safety of naming him without knowing his work.
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Baron Tennyson
Wordsworth
France Albert
Samuel Rogers
Rogers
Tennyson
John Russell
Locksley Hall
Clermont Gourieh Advertising Notice Summary
An old newspaper notice outlines rates for legal and transient ads, charging per ten-line block and offering a half-dollar for each extra insertion. It notes a yearly discount policy and mentions business cards limited to six lines at eighty six cents per year.
Ohio Senate and House Begin 45th General Assembly Sessions
Ohio legislators convened in Columbus with the Senate led by Lieutenant-Governor Richards and Chief Justice Johnson swearing in members. Officials elected include Elmer White as Governor, Charles N. Wham as Clerk, and I. J. Fish as Engrossing Clerk. Bills touched on licensing, redistricting, race equal civil rights, and county ditch laws. Adjournments followed daily sessions through January 9 with committee actions and bill introductions continuing.
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Washington
Senate
U. 58. Postal Telegraph Company
Post Office Department
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Michigan
Secretary of State
Rosecrans
Col
Thos. Worthington
Ohio
King
Mississippi River
Springer
Pepeoeny of Justice
Wood
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Lamb
van Wyck
Melville and
Davenhower
Richmond X. Newcomb
John Cole
W. T. C. Nindermann
James H. Bartlett
Jeannette
Call
Postmaster General
Anthony
Committee On Foreign Relations
Columbus
Richards
Gladden
Johnson
Elmer White
Charles N. Wham
I. J. Fish
Qualey
Lerk
Hagan
Charies
Lateilliam A
Charles A Daniel
A. "O'Neil
Hutt
Williams
Russell
Cincinnati
Oakey
D. Mareh
Mercer
Gayher
Don F. Sage
Thos. H. Moore
Samuel J. Lewis
Sarah - Du.ton
Borges
August Steckschulte
Ant
Frederick Blenkner
Columbrus
Sznate
Vancleaf
Board of Health
Clermont County
Board of Pub
Longview
Court of Common Pleas
Camelle
Disjointed Local notices mix elopement crimes and fires
The itemized column lists mixed local events from Cincinnati and Norwalk, including a teen eloping seeking divorce, a Swede farmer murder linked to wage dispute, a socialite’s downfall story, a major depot fire, a birthday party shooting, a cattle thief, a mysterious death by self harm, and Norwalk’s electricity lighting debate as citizens push for works.
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Rente
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Veous
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Prince
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Supreme Court of the United States
Clermont Gourieh
Ohio General Assembly
Deavers
Mary Long
Mt. Gilead
Venieuaa
Joan AndeRson
W. Gray
Bibull County
Gray
Hall
Lincoln
I Amanda
Blate
United House of Representatives
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Pfaul
Ohio and Mississippi Railway
John Fritztum
Sandusky
Joseph Fritztum
George
Norwalk
Amshoff
D. G. Corliss
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