Local notices and business cards from Dalton Ohio
In the Gazrrcu building main street B F Hess W C Scott notary public offers deeds mortgages liens and contracts with prompt accurate service. The Ohio laundering Co lists E Scott agent with full service and special attention to lace and gowns. Will E Scott photographer promotes portraits enlargements crayons colors and outdoor views with a studio on N Mill St Dalton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Davison
Ealer
Pioneer Block
Main Street
Dalton
Ohio
W. C. Scott
Gazrrcu
THE
Ohio Laundering CO
E. Scott
Agun‘t
Arfield Street
Will E. Scott
Mata
Kert Lastock
N. Mill St
Biographer Samuel Packard aids fund for poet birthplace
Samuel T. Packard, literary executor and biographer, plans to donate manuscripts and books to support a fund for restoring the poet's birthplace in Haverhill and his Amesbury home. Emma Donsy of Powder Valley Pa reports an extraordinary clover stalk find with many leaves and varied counts. A Liverpool room features shark tooth frames, while a Birmingham study stores chains and padlocks. Basketry charms young women for Christmas gifts as Canton china temptations attract shoppers. Government considers taxing streetcar drink-money, with conductors arguing starvation wages of 21.25 monthly. Berlin streetcars are noted as Germany’s top money makers.
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Samuel T. Packard
Haverhill
Amesbury
Liverpool
Birmingham
Berlin
Germany
Artificial Sea Water Enables Algae and Marine Animals Growth
Experiments at Woods Hole Marine Biographical Laboratory show that artificial sea water supports development of certain algae and can keep many sensitive marine animals viable for varying periods, enabling substantial parts of their development in artificial mixtures.
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Woods Hole
Maine law helps wild birds rebound nationwide praise
Reports from Maine claim the 1901 law protecting non game wild birds has saved many desirable species. Observers note a rapid increase in small birds over two seasons, attributing gains to the law. Separately, M L Daniel of Rennes demonstrates grafting across varieties and families, including tomato and eggplant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
M. L. Daniel
Faculty of Sciences
Rennes
France
London writer bungles obituary mix up with Twain piece
A London newspaper man, hired to write Bret Harte’s obituary, mistakenly produced a lengthy Mark Twain article in proof. He could not rewrite the obituary, changing the name and book titles, and released the piece. William H. Day of New York plans an art producing community at Glen Firte on the Hudson with affordable studios and factories for artists.
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London
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
William H. Day
New York City
Glen Firte
Hudson River
England
William Morris
Mr. Day
F. E. Church
Thomas Cole
Fatal Stiletto Duel Over Lucia Graciotti in Barra
Two affluent youths dueled in Barra Italy over Lucia Graciotti. Stilettos caused fatal wounds as one killer strangled the other and stabbed him in the stomach. The two men died in a single deadly embrace and were buried together in one coffin.
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Barra
Italy
Lucia Graciotti
Swiss capitol building completes on Aar banks
Switzerland unveils a grand capitol on the Aar river, surrounded by scenic views. The $1 million project spans acres atop a stone esplanade, with every aspect designed and built by Swiss architects and workers using locally sourced materials.
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Switzerland
Venezuela Crisis Deepens As Nations Join Blockade
Reports from Caracas and Berlin describe a widening crisis in Venezuela with Britain Germany and Italy moving toward a tripartite blockade. Italy agrees to participate and claims damages while Venezuela considers resignation calls and a provisional presidency.
Pacific cable christened with pomp in San Francisco
In San Francisco on December 15 Lucille Gage christened the trans Pacific cable after a champagne breaking ceremony near the shore end. The shore landing and splicing went smoothly before about 40 000 spectators as officials and guests watched the first messages travel the new line to Honolulu.
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San Francisco
John W. Mackay
Lucille Gage
H. L. Gage
California
Pacific Coast
Honolulu
Newsboy
Clarence H. Mackay
Schmitz
Mr. Mackay
Gov. Gage
State of
Mackay
Roosevelt
Beenest
Silvertown
Mrs Grant Dies in Washington Widow of General Grant Passes
Mrs Ulysses S Grant widow of ex president Grant died at her Washington home at 11 17 pm. Heart failure from long valvular disease and bronchitis led to her death at age 59. Nellie Sartoris her daughter was present as three sons were away. Burial will be in Riverside Park New York near her husband. Julia Dent Grant born in St Louis in 1826 married to Gen Grant in 1848. She accompanied him in campaigns and on world tour and supported charities at the White House. Her devotion to her husband remained constant through adversity and civil war years.
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Kent
Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Nellie Sartoris
Freight wreck near Bucklin claims five lives
A Saturday night wreck on the Hannibal and St. Joseph line four miles west of Bucklin left five railroad employees dead J Murphy roadmaster Arthur Hight Thomas Ainsworth A Green and J E Votan among the deceased Engineer H Good was fatally injured and several others seriously hurt The Brookfield wrecking crane triggered a bridge collapse sending the wrecked train into Yellow Creek waterMaj Alexander Shaw Baltimore financier coal operator and philanthropist died suddenly of heart failure at his home He had ties to West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway and coal industries born in 185% in Long Branch New Jersey and later moved to Maryland
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Bucklin
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Yellow Creek
J. Murphy
Arthur Hight
Thomas Ainsworth
A. Green
J. E. Votan
H. Good
Brookfield
Maj
Alex Shaw
Baltimore
Alexander Shaw
Long Branch
Maryland
Maj. Shaw
West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway Co
Child Labor Woes Highlighted by Night Work in Silk Mills
At the anthracite strike commission in Scranton and Philadelphia reports reveal harsh living and working conditions. Fifteen and younger girls recount night shifts, meager pay, unsafe homes, and daughters of miners pleading for relief. The commission questions the balance of wages and laws while witnesses describe dire housing and dangerous labor.
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Scranton
Anthrapcite Coal Strike Commission
August Baker
J. S. Wentz & Co
Hazlebrook
Hazleton
Gray
Annie Denkr
Dunmore
Darrow
Red Ash
Mount Carmel
Immigration Bill Hearing Pivots on Education Test Frontier Guarding
Senate immigration hearings wrap with willingness to drop an educational test if needed. Frank Sargent urges keeping the $3 head tax and tighter frontier vigilance to curb smugglers bringing in Mexican laborers paid 25 to 35 cents daily. Healy warns of Japanese labor incursions from the northwest frontier.
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Sargeant
Washington
Senate Committee On Immigration
Frank Sargent
Sargent
Mexico
Colorado
New Mexico
Healy
Victoria
B. C
Northwest
Holiday Trade Boosted by Frost and Demand Surge
R G Dun & Co reports lower temperatures and holiday demand fueling retail sales higher than the same week in prior years. Wholesale trade stays quiet while freight and furnace stockpiles rise due to transport bottlenecks. US and Canada business failures slightly fall year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Eastern Steel Works
United States
Canada
Bank Robbery Nets 835000 In New Mexico Heist
Bandits orchestrated a daylight raid on the private bank of Slillsboro in Sierra county on Wednesday afternoon escaping with a substantial sum after cattlemen had deposited about 3000. The bank, owned by Pennsylvania capitalists, faced isolation with Hillsboro off the railroad line and no telegraph service. The fugitives headed north toward the county's interior after the crime.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Slillsboro
Sierra County
Hillsboro
Lake Valley
Reciprocity Treaty Signed Between Cuba and United States
Havana reports a definite reciprocity treaty for commercial trade between Cuba and the United States, signed by Gen Bliss and Secretaries Zaldo and Montes. It awaits Sec Hay and Senor Quesada signatures and senatorial approval. The pact calls for a uniform 20 percent tariff reduction on Cuba’s export to the U S with a parallel list detailing mutual reductions.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Gen
Bliss
Zaldo
Montes
Hay
Senor Quesada
Molly Schooner Burns Off Bonavista Bay
The schooner Molly with seven crewmen was struck by a gale on Saturday morning. The vessel heeled, stove in the cabin, and woolwork caught fire turning the ship into a mass of flames. The crew reached Outer Gooseberry Island and beached the boat as residents alerted the Dundee mail boat for rescue.
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St. Johns
N. F
Molly
Gooseberry Island
Bonlvista Bay
Dundee
Liberty and work theme mark Pennsylvania safety dinner
Four hundred and five members of the Pennsylvania safety of New York attended the annual safety dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. President Baer of the Reading railroad spoke on Pennsylvania Theories of Government, arguing liberty directly applied to the individual in the right to work unhampered by others.
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New York
Dee
Pennsylvania Sofety of
Waldorf, Astoria
Baer
Readme Railroad
Pennsylvania
Buckeye Items Fatal Explosion in Cleveland Tunnel
Two men died instantly and eight were injured when an explosion of gas touched by a spark occurred in a Cleveland waterworks tunnel Sunday. Victims include Ben Rudner of Rochester New York and Arthur Bolger of Canton Ohio aged 21 and 24. William Knox of Brooklyn New York and James Ossman of Williamsport Pennsylvania badly burned. Several others injured, many Cleveland residents.
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Cleveland
Ben Rudner
Rochester
N. Y
Arthur Bolger
Canton
William Knox
Brooklyn
James Ossman
Williamsport
Henry Hapfear
Norton Will Contest in Thirteenth District Strike
Hon James A Norton congressman candidate in the Thirteenth district served notice of contest against winner H A Jackson of Fremont alleging irregular voting and corruption. Jackson carried the district by 327 votes. Jackson called charges by Norton a joke and said Congress will decide his entitlement to the seat.
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Congress
Brutal Highwaymen Attack Man Near Superior Street Viaduct
In Cleveland on a Monday morning John Wilkens was assaulted by two strangers at the western approach to the Superior Street viaduct. One robber wielded a revolver which Wilkens attempted to seize before being struck and knocked unconscious. He suffered a head wound and the culprits fled with $1.35 a knife and his keys.
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Cleveland
John Wilkens
Superior Street
Wilkens
Brakeman dies at Newbury plant in crushing accident
Hugh P. Brennan aged 23 unmarried brakeman on American Steel and Wire Co private ore line was crushed between a passing car and a pile of ties at the Newbury plant. He suffered for about thirty minutes before dying with mourners at his bedside. Canonical care given by witnesses and officials details.
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Beath
Cleveland
Newbury
American Steel and Wire Co
Hugh P. Brennan
Brennan
Insolvency Affects Home Mutual Building and Loan
Columbus reports the attorney general moved in circuit court to revoke the charter of the Home Mutual Building and Loan Association of South Charleston Ohio on grounds of insolvency. State inspector found a shortage around 16000 dollars and secretary J. C. McMillen has been missing for several days.
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Columbus
Home Mutual Building and Leax Association
South Charleston
J. C. McMillen
Maumee Valley Railways Form Consolidated Co
The Maumee Valley Railway and Light Co was organized with 1 million capitalization to take over the Toledo and Maumee Valley and the Toledo Waterville and Southern railways. Six hundred thousand dollars buys the two properties, to be consolidated, from the Everett Moore syndicate.
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Toledo
Maumee Valley Railway and Light Co
Toledo & Maumee Valley Railway
Toledo, Waterville & Southern Railway
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Auditor Gilbert Announces Bid for a Third Term
Columbus report says Auditor of State di Gilbert returned from Washington where he announced his candidacy for a third term. He also says Hon. Charles Dick will seek the governorship.
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Columbus
di Gilbert
Washington
Ohio
Charles Dick
Firefighter Richard Donnelly Dies From Toledo Fire
Richard Donnelly, one of the five firemen hurt when a wall collapsed at Kieper's furniture store fire Tuesday night, died Thursday after an operation. This marks the second fatality from the blaze.
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Toledo
Richard Donnelly
Kieper
Last act in Mead home tragedy ends with prison move
Elyria December 12 reports the Mead home tragedy closure in Rochester County as prisoners Casey and Davis are transported to the Colume bus penitentiary, marking the county's final action.
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Elyria
Mead Home
Rochester
Casey
Davis
Columebus
Murder at Brilliant Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Brilliant on Thursday night James Streikmeyer was shot and killed by Garrett Crawford. Crawford, described as a negro, was captured and jailed. The dead man’s wife witnessed the shooting.
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Brilliant
James Streikmeyer
Garrett Crawford
Crawford
Jenkins Defeats McInerney in Local Wrestling Match
Cleveland today reports Tom Jenkins of the city defeated Tom McInerney the Irish champion last night in a wrestling bout held at a local venue. Jenkins secured victory in a closely contested match with decisive control in the later rounds.
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Jenkins
McInerney
Cleveland
Tom Jenkins
Tom McInerney
Nash appoints state commission on deformity care
Columbus yesterday appointed a commission created by last winter's act to study the need for a state institution to care for deformed and defective children. Members include Voorheis Brush Hewitt Gazger and Spitzer. The panel must report to the governor by December 1, 1903 for transmission to the next general assembly.
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Nash
Columbus
Dee
BR Voorheis
D E. Brush
Zanesville
John Hewitt
Chas E. Gaz~ Ger
Murvion
L. Spitzer
Telesco
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Leela Llin
Eae
O. Kcott
Cai
Dalton Business Directory
Dr. A. Sanderson
Smarshal
R. J. Stimson
E. A.bexr
McDowell & CO
Ealers
D. Y. Roebuck
Hiyrician
Axn Sukonoy
Main St
David Gardner
Ona House
Dasiton
Hample
K. Weiss
F. F. H. Pope
M. D. Ruggiest
Jack
Slusser
Glyemancall
Gattis
Benearist
H. M. Rudyreeder
Jersey
E. A. Freet & Son
LD Reliable Clothiers
Enterprise Mills
Ochnauer Bros
B. F. Hess
Frank E. Gibson
Aix
Dalton, O
R. J
Stinson
Tobiac
Clara
Leek
A. Brueckner
Ree Cigar Factory
Race & Kosier
Ernest F. Scott
Usical
Cinds
All &Inds
Gazette Printing Co
A. H. Arick
A Sanderson
Upetairs
GEO C. Freet
Nsurance Agency
the Royal
Zina Phannix, Insurance Co
North America
New Jersey Plate
Glass Tos. Co
Standard Life and Accident Co
National Accident Co
North-western Life
Ohio National Building and Loan Co
Wertz Block
DO. Brenner & Son
Actioneerrs
Sollalt Sale
Wayne
Ina
Brook Fiolsl
Stark Caunby
Sugarcreek
Forrer
Peter Eckard
Peter M. Simon
Jacob Fischer
Wahek
Woosramr
Emma Donsy
Powder Valley
Canton China
Venezuela
Great Britain
Castro
State Department
Bowen
Caracas
Puerto Cabello
Charybdis
Vineta
la Guaira
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Prinett
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Ayala
Antwerp
Matos
Chicago
Reichstag
William (. Evans
Foreign Department of Armour & Co
House
Pacifico Cable
Scranton, Pa
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
West Philadelphia
Beer
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