A Night’s Work on the Jersey Coast Retold in 1880
A detailed account from Washington recalls the Jersey coast life saving efforts of February 3 1880. Keeper Valentine and crews battled two wrecks at Station No 4 and aided seven men from the Stephen Harding and Taulane while a long chase of the Augustina ended with five sailors rescued after hours of peril. The narrative highlights heroic persistence, grueling beach work, and the improvisation required to haul lines and rigs through sand, ice, and surf.
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Department of the Lifesaving Service
Washington
Jersey
Coast Patrol
Jersey Shore
Atlantic
Jersey Patrol
Charles H. Valentine
van Brunt
BE. C. Babcock
Somers Point
van Brant
Valentine
Babcock
Lfe
Havana
Garrett White
White
King
Surfman
Potter
Ferguson
Lockwood
Newman
Harding
George Taulane
Navesink
High Sea
Fie
Taulane
No. 12
Piee
Senator Burton's Keynote Address at Ohio GOP Convention
Temporary chairman Theodore E. Burton delivers a keynote endorsing direct legislation, railing at high living costs and exonerating the Payne Aldrich tariff. He notes Taft administration achievements, urges tariff revision, monetary reform, federal incorporation, resource conservation, labor protection, and citizen awakening to use primary and ballot reform.
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Columbus
Taft
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Theodore E. Barton
Ohio
Thebse
Burton
Panama Canal
Sugar Trust
Tobacco Trust
Old Trust
Interstate Commerce Commission
Heron
United States
United States Senators Postal Savings Bmiyks
Hifch
Theattle
Cork Leg Figure in New York Divorce Case
Mrs Mollie Kranz sues for separation from Isador Kranz a lamp maker after alleging he gave her 2500 to marry because of a cork leg She says he coerced her into signing a withdrawal order claiming mortgage consent Kranz counters that she sought his money and sanity is in question.
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New York
Mollie Kranz
Isador Kranz
Gerard
Kranz
Jimmy found tool ties Columbus burglary to prison stamp shop
Detectives report a Jimmy burglary tool likely made in the Ohio penitentiary stamp shop. John Schultz and Ohurich Ohlrich face charges and grand jury exposure. A similar tool was found in Ohhien’s locker and linked to a diamond theft, with deposits allegedly paid three days after the crime.
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Columbus
Jimmy
John Schurtz
Cramer
Ohio Penitentiary
Gustav Qohlrich
John Worgan
Creedon
Carson
Ohhien
J Oulrich
Ohlrich
Schultz
Shultz
Grand Jury Will be Busy in Federal Court
The next federal grand jury is expected to be busy with several charges under consideration. Assistant District Attorney Harley Burns traveled to Cincinnati to confer with District Attorney Sherman McPherson about the session opening soon. Investigations into Ohio railroad combinations continue, with officials noting difficulty in pinning blame on individuals while preparing cases including one against A. I. Alderman, former postmaster at Marietta.
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Columbus
Harley Burns
Cincinnati
Sherman McPherson
Burns
Federal
Department of Justce
Washington
Ohio
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Association
O. E. Harrison
Attorney General’s
Wade Ellis
Mr. Ellis
Department of Justice
Grand Jury
A. I. Alderman
Marietta
Farmers Hunt Desperado in Springfield Search
A posse of two hundred farmers led by Sheriff Al Lawrence and other officers search for a man accused of an attempted attack on Mrs. Otis Miller. A second attempted assault occurred when Mrs. Cynthia Butcher of South Charleston was approached by the same man.
Margery Bell Found in Columbus Mystery Stirs Cleveland
Margery Bell a Cleveland high school girl who ran away after being told she would not graduate was found in Columbus at 136 West Spring Street in the home of Mrs Hesvreus. The incident created a big sensation in Cleveland as authorities confirmed her location.
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Columbus
Margery Bell
Cleveland
Fatal Explosion Kills Worker at Miami Powder Plant
In Goes Station near Xenia William Kerns aged thirty five married was killed in an explosion at the Miami Powder Co plant. He was the sole person inside the building and the cause remains unknown.
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Xenia
Willliam Kerns
Miami Powder Co
Goes Station
Kernns
Nightgown Chase by Homeowner in Painesville
Mrs A Summer aged sixty awoke to a burglar entering her house and chased him through the town’s business district in her night dress after seizing a revolver. The incident occurred in Painesville.
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Painesville
A. Summer
Promoter Hicks Sentenced for Grand Larceny Plea
Norman M. Hicks forty four a fraternity order promoter was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Kennedy after entering a guilty plea to obtaining money.
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Cleveland
Norman M. Hicks
Olu
Penitentimry
Kennedy
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New Jersey
Senator Burton
President Taft
Control Credentials Committee
Control Resolutions Committee
Sear
Walter Brown
State Central Committee
Ohurich
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