Perry Centenary Celebrations Open on Lake Erie
Put-in-Bay launches Perry Centenary events honoring Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's victory on Lake Erie and the War of 1812, with ceremonies across Toledo Detroit Chicago Milwaukee Buffalo Erie and Louisville. A Doric granite column and Perry memorial rise 330 feet, cost about one million dollars, and dignitaries including Col Henry Watterson and John M Whitehead attend.
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Union News Service
Put-in-Bay
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
William Henry Harrison
Ghent
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Erie
Louisville
Essex
Ohio
Don Juan de Austria
Michigan
Great Britain
United States
Washington Monument
National Capital
Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons
Ohio Commissioners
Interstate Board
Putin Bay
John H. Clarke
Cleveland
Ohio Commission
George H. Worthington
Henry Watterson
Louieville
John M. Whitehead
Wisconsin Commission
Valhalla
Jones
Perry
Har
Shelby
Col. Watterson
Good Roads Effort Gathers Pace Across Ohio
Ohio enters a vigorous good roads drive led by Z. D. Dunlap and 10 assistants. Local clubs form in Columbus Newark Delaware and Granville nearing 1,000 members with aims for 20,000. Public meetings by Jesse Taylor and state leaders to push road improvements and fund via a 0.5 mill levy.
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Union News
Jamestown
Ohio
Columbus
Newark
Delaware
Granville
Z. D. Dunlap
Jesse Taylor
Ohio Good Roads Federation
National Highway Association
State Federation
General Assembly
State Highway Department
Face on White House Column Stirs Comment
A column at the White House displays a natural profile of a woman formed by coverings of kalsemine and stucco. The features include mouth nose lips neck and hair crown and are praised as artistic as if by a modeler. An earlier discovery of a Queen Victoria face on a northeast corner is noted but lacked the latest likeness lines.
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Sington
White House
Portio
Kalsemine
Stuccio
Queen Victoria
Churches and congress unite on rare prayer volume
Washington reports a 137 page volume assembling the prayers of Rev. Henry M. Conden, the blind chaplain of the house during the 624th congress. Conden, a Republican, was reelected by both Democratic houses, and the prayers are ordered published by the house with a foreword by Speaker Champ Clark.
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Washington
Congress
Henry M. Conden
House
Conden
Champ Clark
Humane treatment at pen changes prison wardrobe and fare
Columbus Ohio inmates leaving the Ohio Penitentiary will receive humane treatment including a blue serge suit labeled convict instead of 10 cents. Warden Thomas orders 1000 yards of material for released prisoners uniforms plus a railroad ticket home and $10 in cash to help reintegration.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Thomas
Man Thrown From Roller Coaster In Cliffside Park
Clyde Rice of Hampton City Kentucky died after being thrown from a roller coaster at Cliffside Park. He held a front seat position and was ejected at the second dip. Park management says the man was intoxicated.
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Ironton, O
Clyde Rice
Hampton City
Clyffeside Park
Attempted assassination targets Belliare police chief
In Bellaire Ohio a police chief Albert Mahone was the target of an attempted assassination. An unknown shooter fired a bullet through his home door toward the bed where he slept, the spent bullet lying beside the bed as investigators probe the case.
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Bellaire, O
Albert Mahone
Overdose Fatal in Youngstown Man Takes Laudanum
An 18 year old man in Youngstown Ohio died after self administering laudanum to relieve cramps. He had a doctor prescribed dose but took more hoping for quicker relief and died.
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Youngstown
Peter Darrow
Women Fight Flames in Weston Sash and Blind Fire
Fire at Ward Brothers sash and blind factory in Weston. Women aided the blaze battle as flames damaged buildings causing about 26000 dollars in losses. Firefighters and residents worked to contain the fire and prevent spread.
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Bowling Green
Ward Brothers’ Sash and Blind
Weston
Yaple Named Chairman of New State Industrial Commission
Wallace D. Yaple of Ross county will head the newly appointed state industrial commission as chairman. Gov. Cox indicates Yaple will lead the board as it organizes for work. Archer of Lancaster is chosen as secretary.
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Lancaster
Ross County
Appoin State Industrial Commission
Coxhag
Yaple
Board of Awards
William ¢. Archer
Ability Board
Traveling health exhibit portrays infant mortality toll
The Ohio State Board of Health unveils a summer traveling exhibit to shock audiences with infant death statistics. A doll procession shows one in seven babies collapsing to symbolize disease deaths, while models compare bad and proper plumbing and nursing bottle use to promote sanitary practices.
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Columbus
State Board of Health
E. F. McCampbell
City Uses Fly Traps To Fight Flies In Ohio Town
Washington C H earns a reputation as a near flyless town. Three years ago authorities bought 50 fly traps for the business district. Placed along sidewalks and emptied daily they collect more than a gallon of flies each day. Traps are two feet high and a foot wide, emptied by burning the contents and dumping into a sewer. Police estimate a barrel of flies is destroyed daily. Traps are baited with sugar and other foods. Residents say the business area is largely rid of flies.
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Washington C. H
Ohio
Rehabilitation Progress For B&O Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Lines
Dayton reports progress in rehabilitating the Baltimore and Ohio Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton routes damaged by March floods. Large bridges swept away are being replaced and several structures are under erection with material shipped from mills. The Dayton freight house, destroyed by the flood, will be rebuilt and new railroad buildings will rise at Miamisburg and other locations on the C H D line.
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Dayton
Baltimore & Ohio
Cincinnnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Miamisburg
No Deaths Among Ohio Veterans at Gettysburg Return
Governor Cox led Ohio veterans to the Gettysburg anniversary and home. Despite 200 more sick calls than soldiers, extreme heat, and aging infirmities, no deaths occurred in the Ohio delegation. Adjutant General Wood praised the medical staff for the calm, healthy return.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cox
Adjt
Wood
Examination dates set for Ohio postmaster exams
Civil service examinations will be held on August 9 for the fourth class post offices in Ohio. Locations include Maysville Aber deen Cadiz Amsterdam Coshoc ton Conesville Barberton Doylestown Hopedale Blanchester Martinsville Lodi nia Calla Alliance and Hanover ton.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Maysville
Aberdeen
Cadiz
Amsterdam
Coshocton
Plant to resume at Pope tin mill as guard forces step in
Steubenville reports the Pope tin plant will reopen next week as an open shop with 250 workers inside the mill yards and 50 armed guards. A handful of workers left due to conditions inside the yards while operations are prepared to restart.
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Steubenville, O
Pope Tin
Pontoon Bridge at Dayton Street Wrecked by Windstorm
A violent windstorm damaged the pontoon bridge across the Miami at Dayton Street in Hamilton County. The west end tore from its cables rendering the structure out of commission. The bridge, built soon after the flood by county commissioners, cost $7,000.
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Hamilton
Miami
Dayton Street
Hoodoo for Napoleon Glass on July Fourth
Napoleon M. Glass deems the Fourth of July his hoodoo as a lifetime of accidents marks each date. At a shooting tournament he nearly lost his right thumb, was once shot in the abdomen, broke two bones in his left arm, tore ligaments in the left knee, dislocated the right knee cap, and survived a kick behind the hip by a colt near his left ear.
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Napoleon
OM. R. Glass
Dead Man's Crossing Interurban Crash Kills Two Sisters
Two sisters died and a sister and two young men were injured when a Detroit Monroe and Toledo interurban struck their five passenger auto at Matzinger's Crossing east of Toledo. The auto was reported to be traveling about 200 miles per hour while the interurban neared 30. Leahy and James Delaney, both railroad workers, were among the occupants.
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Union News Service
Toledo
Detroit
Monroe
Matzinger
Leahy
Pere Marquette
James Delaney
Balkan War Talks of Quadruple Alliances and Bulgarian Drive
Terrible losses reported as rumors of a new quadruple alliance spread between Greece Serbia Montenegro and Russia. Bulgarian forces invade Servia near Nish and Istip with heavy combat and large casualties. Bulgarian moves aim to pin Greece while pressing Serbia, aiding a Greek advance.
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St. Petersburg
The
Red
Greece
Servia
Montenegro
Rumania
Turkey
Bulgaria
Rodosto
Marmora
Belgrade
Vardar
Bregalinitea
Belogradechyk
Nish
Goch Gates
Istip
Officer Discards His Uniform in Milwaukee Heiress Case
Philadelphia officer Henry Daniels, who resigned, learns his wife an heiress with $200000 writing power. Mrs Daniels reveals estates near Milwaukee and urges his resignation to manage family affairs.
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Philadelphia
Henry Daniels
Recall of Viscount Gladstone Demanded by Trade Unions
Federated trades unions meeting with 12,000 delegates unanimously resolved to petition the imperial government to recall Viscount Gladstone as governor general of the Union of South Africa for using troops to quell a strike.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
Union of South Africa
Viscount Gladstone
Federated Trades Unions
Federation
Imperial
Richmond Bride Attacks Husband After Suspected Infidelity
Mrs. F T Ponsing, four months married, threatened to kill her husband after finding him skating with another woman at a public rink. She wounded herself in the incident, and her condition may be fatal.
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Richmond
Cal
F."t. Ponsing
Mother Fights Monster Bird Save Child in Chenango County
Mrs. Martin Gunniker of Chenango county rushed to protect her four year old son William as a large bird, likely an eagle, swooped near the house and caught its talons in the boy’s hair. The mother struck the bird with a wood stick, forcing it to release and fly away.
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Binhamton
N. Y
Martin Gunniker
Chenango County
William
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