Assassination Shock Hits Wooster as Prof Hicks Is Slain
Wooster reports the shooting death of Prof John F. Hicks assistant botanist at the Ohio agricultural experiment station. An unknown gunman fired after Hicks and his fianc Miss Mary Gill observed figures fleeing. Hicks died at 3:45 a.m. after being taken to a hospital. His identity and motive remain undisclosed. In Cleveland, Cuya hoga county Republicans renominated Theodore L. Strimple for common pleas judge and named several state senators and representatives.
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John F. Hicks
Wooster
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Hicks
Mary Gill
Miss Gill
Niss Gill
Miss Gillord
Prof
Hicksville, I. 1
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Theodore L. Strimple
J. M. Shallenberger
James W. Stewart
E. P. Shumaker
Chagrin Falls
M. W. Harvey
J. G. Fisher
C. F. Lane
Oscar Tyler
Henry Chisholm
John Reich
L. Q. Rawson
Desperate Tramp Flees Pursuit After Shootout in Ohio
In Findlay Ohio a hustling tramp demanded food west of Benton Ridge then fired on J D Kelly as a posse led by Marshal John Butt and Deputy WP Hughes closed in. The man fled through bushes a barn and a floor hole before escaping toward McComb still wounded. Reports say he attempted an assault near the Putnam Hancock county line.
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Dallas Greer
Ife
McComb
Its
Putnam and
Hancock County
Findlay Receiver Appointed in Major Oil Deal Case
Robert Piteger ald was yesterday made receiver in a complex oil deal between Thomas C Kelly of Findlay and John Ro Hoag of Buffalo. The agreement, valued at 150,900, covers 1,052 acres in Hancock County with leases to be disposed of and claims paid in priority. The contract originally called for Bong acting for himself and others to pay 150,000, but payments halted after 70,000 was delivered.
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Findlay
Robert Pitegerald
Thomas C Kelly
John Ro Hoag
Buffalo
Hamcock County
Bong
Convict Rampage in Columbus Prison News
A Columbus report says John Sanders, a Cleveland inmate awaiting sentence for burglary, went on a rampage at the penitentiary on Monday claiming guards laced his food with strychnine. He smashed cell furnishings and was moved to the solitary cell. Authorities deem him possibly insane after a prior altercation with fellow inmate Gypsy Lill about three weeks ago.
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Columbus
John Sanders
Cleveland
Petentiary
Solitars
Cel Trix
Gypsy Lill
Port Clinton Mayor Firms Beat United States Gypsum Co
The Consumers' Gypsum Co. formed by Cleveland Columbus and other independents defeats the United States Gypsum Co in a dispute over right of way to a long litigated tract. The trust tried to block a railroad to independent mills, but the court recognizes the Consumers' deed.
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Port Clinton
Mayro
Consumers’ Grypsum Co
Cleveland
Columbus
United States Gypsum Co
Combine
Independent Mills
Consumers’ Company
Tragic Burn Death Of City Infant
The one year old daughter of John Lee of Harvard street died after burns suffered when her dress caught fire Sunday night. She was left home alone. Monday morning her clothing was almost entirely burned away as she stood engulfed in flames.
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Cleveland
John Lee
Harvard Street
Cleveland adopts universal transfer system for streetcars
Article notes a June 1 retirement end for seven lieutenants six patrolmen and one detective, with their pension. announces universal transfer system allowing passengers to ride any line with a single fare. Mentions riders’ eagerness and fare-shock for cheap tickets amid state railroads.
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Cleveland
Department
Local electric rates and meeting discuss county party delegates
Appraised electric rate changes for the county and city were reviewed as a resolution by community delegates considered as a trustee to the party. The text notes a proposed increase to around 500 dollars per year compared to last year and references officials in the area.
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Tee Beer
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Cleveland case
The Cleveland jury found John Hagesfeld guilty of manslaughter after a trial over the shooting of George H. Allen at Allen's home. Hagesfeld, Allen's coachman, showed no emotion as the verdict was read. jurors had recommended mercy but Justice Neft presided.
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Cleveland
John Hagesfeld
Neft
Hagesfeld
Mercy Seaguon
George H. Allen
Allen
Attorney General crafts loophole on insane asylum transfer
Attorney General Sheets advised Gov Nash that if in camps the insane cannot be admitted to state asylums after June 1 1903 counties may reject new admissions to county infirmaries. Counties remain obligated to care for insane but the law has no penalty for infirmary directors who ignore transfers to state hospitals.
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Columbus
Sheets
Nash
Three Fatally Hurt As Train Hits Heidelberg Car
In Tiffin, a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train struck a carriage carrying four Heidelberg University freshmen. Three died and one was badly hurt as the late westbound train collided with the carriage near Fast Market Street.
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Tiffin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lynching Threat After Assault on Mrs Pugh
St Clairsville May 29 report says the community vows lynching if the two Black suspects are caught after they assaulted Mrs Maud Pugh and her sister returning home. Pugh was bound and gagged with paper. third assault in two weeks heightens fear and calls for swift action.
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St Clairsville
Maud Pugh
Miss Slaught
Virs Pugh
Columbus Obituary and Taxation Notes from May
The report records Charles E. Burr of Watson Burr Levisay, a leading Columbus corporate lawyer, dying after a boarded hospital admission due to wood poisoning. It mentions a merger of local street railway and power plants, and notes seven county auditors meeting to appraise Northern Ohio Railroad Co. property for taxation with limited valuation changes, except for one increase in siding value.
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Columbus
Charles E. Burr
Watson, Burr & Levisay
Corporation Lawyers
Mount Carel Hospital
Ther
Street Railway
Light and Aris
Eanay
Akron
Northern Ohio Railroad Co
St Laws
Erand Pov
Woman in Woodland Cemetery Attempted Suicide After Alleged Attack
Maud Hayward of 256 Seavill Avenue was found unconscious in Woodland Cemetery Cleveland on Sunday night with an empty carbolic acid bottle beside her. She alleges she was drugged and assaulted by an unknown man and later took carbolic acid in a suicide attempt. she remains at St Elis Hospital and may not recover.
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Cleveland
Maud Hayward
Seavill Avenue
Woodland Cemetery
St Lesis Hospital
Republicans of Hamilton County Endorse Herrick for Governor
In Cincinnati on May 29 the Hamilton county Republicans in convention chose 98 delegates to the state convention in Columbus next Wednesday. They endorsed Myron e Herrick of Cleveland for governor and Wade H Ellis of Cincinnati for attorney general. No action was taken on presidential preference.
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Herrick
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Columbus
Myrone T. Herrick
Cleveland
Wade He. Ellis
General McCook in Critical Condition Revealed
An inquiry at the home of Mr Charles Craighead, son in law of Maj Gen Alexander McDowell McCook, indicated the general is in extremely critical condition on June 2.
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McCook Very
Hb Daston
Charles Craighead
Alexander McDowell McCook
Col Albert Brewer Dies in City at 28
Col Albert Brewer once tied to manslaughter charges in a saloon row killing Luther Mershey died of heart disease on Wednesday. The prominent brewer and head of Brewer Pottery Co of Tilton had faced indictments, with rumors of suicide dismissed by hospital staff.
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Brewer Pottery Co
Tiltin
Canton Shame and Fire Aftermath Report
Fragmentary notes describe a blaze and aftermath at a local facility, with scattered references to officials and a community response. No clear dates, names, or locations are legible, but the item indicates investigation and public safety concerns following the incident.
Unclear fragment prompts local notice
The readable text describes a fumed town with references to a bar, street teens, and a heated scene. Names and places are obscured, making it difficult to identify a coherent event or subject from the OCR fragment.
Fight at City Hall Involves Doreen And Reporter
In Cleveland on May 30 a knockdown brawl occurred in the city hall between Tom Doreen the newly named sidewalk inspector and Carl T. Robertson a Plain Dealer reporter. The dispute arose over a newspaper reference to Doreen concerning his indictment on a bribery charge in an election official selection. Robertson was knocked down by Doreen during the clash.
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Cleveland
City Hall
Tom Doreen
Carl T. Robertson
Plain Dealer
Doreen
Robertson
Man with two revolvers stops track gang at home
Akron May 30 Joseph Neil held a gang of 20 Northern Ohio Traction workers at a switch on Lowery street with a revolver in each hand all night Thursday. He said his child was ill and disturbed by the noise and that he would pay any fine to save his child. He was arrested for pointing firearms.
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Akron
Joseph Neil
Northern Ohio Traction
Lowery Street
Nev
Jéempel
Civil War Veteran Noah G Keim Dies After Decoration
Akron reports Noah G Keim, Civil War veteran, died Sunday night after assisting in grave decorations on Saturday. He collapsed with heart disease after a Buckeye Post parade ceremony and died in hospital. Canton notes a 28 year old man charged with abducting a girl who did not return from market. they were traced to Zoar. Police consider criminal assault due to the girl’s age.
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Akron
Noah G. Keim
Mr. Keim
Buckeye Post
Feh
Canton
Kid Moore
Moore
Zoar
Fires Destroy Wagner Lake Ice Houses and Threaten Local Property
Sparks from an engine caused a Sunday fire at Venice destroying the Wagner Lake Ice Company ice houses containing thousands of tons of ice. The depot and school houses were threatened and total loss estimated at about 12000 dollars. Sparks also sparked two other fires including damage to Consoli dated Cooperage Company plant.
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Sandusky
Wagner Lake Ice Company
Venice
Consolidated Cooperage Company
Steeple Chase Accident at Latonia Wrecks Dagmar and Balloon
In Latonia's Friday steeple chase Dagmar and Balloon collided at the first jump sending riders several feet high. McClure Dagmar’s rider struck a tree and suffered a scalp wound while Whitcomb Balloon’s rider escaped unharmed.
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Cincinnati
Latonia
Dagmar
Balloon
McClure
Whitcomb
Hotel Clerk Missing and Money Stolen at American House
Cleveland hotel owner reports night clerk W. L. Wolcott missing with $700 to $800 in cash and a diamond stud valued at $125 missing from the hotel safe. Police alerted. search underway.
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Cleveland
W. L. Wolcott
Isaac Reynolds
Hungarian saloonist kills ex wife in brutal attack
Michael Sehiller, a Hungarian saloonist, murdered his former wife in Youngstown on Monday evening after a breakup. He visited the house, found her with their children, urged reconciliation, and upon refusal drew a knife and disemboweled her. Neighbors restrained him until police arrival. victim taken to hospital in critical condition.
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Youngstown
Michael Sehiller
Sehiller
Neihtyeess
Schiller
Victyan Wis
Thea Hospital
Cleveland Wey Auditors Value Property Across Counties
Auditors in Pea Hinron, Cuyahoga and Lorar counties reported a total valuation excess of 151313 in a Wednesday session. The measure included improvements and a proposed road project, but the plan failed to gain support from Lewis and DPeaaw, leaving the Torstein road sale unsettled.
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Cleveland
Pete
Salle
Torstein Road
Roosevelt on tour charms crowds across the West
President Roosevelt travels by special train stopping in Salt Lake City Ogden and Cheyenne. He is greeted by thousands, with Senators Kearns Smoot Dubois and Clark in attendance. He delivers addresses in North Platte and Sidney amid cheering crowds and a rain storm at Frontier Park in Cheyenne.
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Salt Lake City
President Roosevelt
Oregon Short Line
Ogden
Utah
Roosevelt
Kearns and Smoot
Dubois
Idaho
Clark
Wyoming
North Platte, Neb
Rooesevelt
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sidney
Neb
Frontier—park
Wye
Riot Ends in Murder at West Liberty Baseball Ground
At High Bridge in West Liberty borough on Sunday a riot at a local baseball game left one Black man dead one fatally wounded and another badly beaten. Three white youths were also injured as the crowd clashed amid gamblers with revolvers. An escape from lynching narrowly saved one Black man. About 2000 spectators watched the amateur teams clash before the violence erupted.
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Pittsburg
High Bridge
West Liberty
Sandy” Garrett
Treltzhoover Club
Sandy
Beltzhoover
Blaze Destroys Racine Manufacturing District
A Sunday fire in Racine Wisconsin damaged about 8300000 in losses across the south iron manufacturing area. The Racine Boat Manufacturing Co. plant, a lumber yard, threshing machine shops and Standard Oil tanks suffered extensive damage while several homes and shade factories were burned. A gasoline explosion and a towering flame occurred before firefighters gained control after six hours. No injuries were reported due to it being Sunday.
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Racine
Wis
South Iron Manufacturing
Racine Toat Manufacturing Co
Standard Oil Co
Racine Boat Manufacturing Co
Expressman Arrested in Jewel Package Theft Case
James McCue a 33 year old driver for Manhattan Delivery Co was arrested in New York on charges tied to the disappearance of a $10,000 jewel package entrusted to him for Adams Express Co The owner Mrs Charles Hernshein of Chicago left jewels with trunks to be shipped to her but the package did not arrive and McCue was arraigned in The Tombs with proceedings kept secret.
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New York
James McCue
Manhattan Delivery Co
Adams Express Co
Charles Hernshein
Chicago
Hernshein
Types of Men in Finance Industry and Sky-Scraper Plans
The piece revisits old fashioned bankers like George G. Williams, highlighting modest capital and high dividends at the Chemical National Bank, and profiles Robert M. Olyphant and Samuel Sloan as enduring “Grand Old Men” of railroads. It also describes an envisioned New Sky Scraper on Exchange Place, the Daylight Building, and notes Harpers journalism leadership and Brooklyn preacher Dr Cortland Myers amid civic changes.
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New York
George G. Williams
Williams
Chemical National Bank
Wall Street
Vanderbilt Bank
Hetty Green
Aund Deposita
Russell Sage
Judge
Stewart
Chemical
Robert M Olyphant
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Samuel Sloan
Sloan
Lackawanna Road
Delaware & Hudson
New York Central
Commodore Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Central
Singular and Plural in Debt Effects on Nerves
A Philadelphia Press item notes how debt impacts a woman’s nerves as plural stress and contrasts with unique effects on her husband’s nerves. The piece suggests singular versus plural implications in emotional strain and coping.
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Simeular
Philadelphia
A Successful Experiment
An odd fragment from a Cleveland plate dealer hints at a reform tale and a cryptic marriage mishap involving Mabel and a trepatted Butterby. The unreadable yarns suggest a local column style oddity with no clear outcome or names beyond Mabel.
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Mabel
Clevelard Plas
Train schedule notes for Dresden Branch trips
Meee Sew rains every day week days only trains run to Warsaw Tranway Zanesville and intermediate stations on the Dresden Branch leaving Millersburg at 11 10 a m on weekdays E A Ford general passenger agent Pittsburg Penns.
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Warsaw
Tranway
Zanesville
Dresden
Millersburg
E. A. Ford
Gen
Pittsburg
Penn
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