Best Places in City to Refresh the Inner Man Tea Rooms
In Chicago a tea room chief asserts the city leads in refined service not relying on past fame. A Chicago manager recounts touring New York tea spaces, praising Field Mandel Carson Pirie as models of clean, courteous service. Tea rooms draw both women and select men for calm, polished dining in department stores.
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New York
Chicago
Atores
Field’s
Mandel's
Carson Pirie’s
Manhattan
New Orleans
Baltigoore
San Francisco
Jeaiay
Jooks
Large urban café touts modern service and wide menu
A manager describes a visible, well trained staff in a large public dining venue with careful customer selection, pleasant conduct, and a high standard for attendants. The menu ranges from health foods to indulgent dishes. seating accommodates up to 2000 with private corners and varied dining areas.
Elegant Tea Rooms Reflect Urban Appetite For Modern Style
Katherine Pope notes a shift in dining culture as Chicago tea rooms adopt modern clean lines, bright light, and healthful concerns. Men are welcomed at sunlit tables, a silence room invites quiet rest, and seasonal touches like lilac blooms and St Patrick green appear.
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State Street
Katherine Pope
Hamilton County Ends Coyote Scalp Bounty Policy
The Kansas City Journal reports Hamilton County ends its coyote scalp bounty after years of paying prizes and accepting scalps from hunters up to 100 miles away. The county has rescinded the scalp bounty order and stopped future payments to deter coyote destruction.
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Hamilton County
Kansas City Journal
Hamilton
Hamilon
Portland Cement Production in 1904 by Type
The United States produced 26 505 887 barrels of Portland cement in 1904 valued at 23 335 119. Natural cement totaled 4 866 331 barrels worth 2 450 180, and slag or Pu ze lan cement 305 043 barrels valued at 226 650. Portland cement production is a recent industry in the country, with most used a decade ago imported.
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United States
Dumb Signaling in Austria Battles Train Noise
Austria adopts dumb signaling to start and stop trains while foreign observers track quieter options. Belgium tests compressed air whistles and Germany explores horn alternatives to reduce passenger distress and improve railway operation.
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Austria
Belgium
Germany
Wild Man Lamed to Memory Arrested in Ulster County
An Ulster sheriff jury finds John Tombs incompetent to manage his affairs after a suspended memory episode. The former Civil War soldier wandered after being shell-shocked, later returning to his Sha wansunk birthplace as a chained stranger known as the Monster of the Mountains.
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Kingston
N. Y
Ulster County Sheriff's
John Tombs
John, Tombs
Shawangunk
Orange County Rangers
New York
Tombs
John
Cowboy Saves Girl From Angry Bull In Real Life Action
Cowboy Jack Weston and Miss Mamie Hilgers faced a raging bull on the B Y ranch. Weston diverted the charge by drawing its fury, took a direct hit, and saved the teacher. He was injured. a rancher later killed the bull.
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Jack Weston
Harvard
Mamie Hilgers
Ursus
Owen Wister
Weston
Harry Williams
Old women's odd life near Canterbury shocks village
London report describes sisters Browning Annie and Caroline living in isolation on Whitstable road. Annie built a second cottage for Caroline, barricaded and trapped by nets. Caroline roams lanes at night. Relieving officer Mr. Hardiman and nurses removed them to Kent county asylum at Chartham amid rumors of stored silverware.
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Canterbury
Whitstabie
Browning
Annie
Caroline
Hardiman
Blean Union
Kent County Asylum
Chartham
Hull House Music School Showcases Immigrant Children Talent
An operetta The Trolls Holiday by Hull House music school children showcases immigrant talent. Eleanor Smith composed the music, Harriet Monroe wrote the book, with 75 pupils aged 6 to 15, 20 on full scholarships, many balancing work to study.
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Hull House Music School
Norway
Eleanor Smith
Harriet Monroe
Ures
Miss Smith
Liszt
Mendelssohn
von Buelow
Ireland
Scotland
England
Bohemia
Farmhand kills two girls then takes own life near Hillsboro
In Hillsboro Ohio a farmhand David Baldwin shot 14 year old Madge Dines and 18 year old Nettie Hart in the Dines home and then killed himself with a shotgun. Dines and his wife were away at church when the murders occurred.
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Hillsboro
Edward Dines
Dines
Madge
Nettie Hart
David Baldwin
Baldwin
Miss Hart
Miss Dines
Mr. Dines
Woman Murdered by Burglar in Newark Ohio
Mrs Frances Wertz was killed by an unknown burglar in Newark on a Thursday night. She lived with her husband and a 15 year old grandchild seven miles from a neighbor's home. The attacker, tall and unseen, struck her with a heavy club as she investigated noises on the lower floor.
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Newark
Frances Wertz
Fatal Fifth Street Fire Claims Two, Leaves Several Injured
In East Liverpool on a Saturday night a frame house on Fifth street burned destroying it. Louise Webber aged 78 confined to bed by rheumatism died in the blaze. Her son in law William Bloor was fatally burned while attempting a rescue and Fireman Patrick Woods was also badly burned. Several others were hurt while trying to help. An explosion from a lamp is thought to have started the fire.
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East Liverpool
Fifth Street
Louise Webber
William Bloor
Patrick Woods
Stapleton Arrested Again in Lottery Conspiracy Case
B S Stapleton arrested again on United States lottery law violations. Warrant from San Antonio accuses him of transporting lottery tickets across state lines. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Marlatt and released on a 2500 dollar bail for hearing in one week.
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Gleveland
B. S._Stapleton
United'’ States
San Antonio
Tex
Stapleton
United States
Marlatt
City Councilman Arrested on Assault Charge in Elyria
Elyria Ohio June 3 City Councilman D W Baker was arrested on a warrant charging him with assaulting his 15 year old daughter Lottie. He was bound over to the grand jury by Justice Lord on $1000 bond and furnished bond. Baker a druggist and council member for two years denies the assault.
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Elyria
D. W. Baker
Perry Reger
Lottie
Baker
Justice of the Peace Lord
Doubly Fatal Wreck Near Dayton Kills Two
In Stillwater near Dayton Ohio a Pan Handle train struck an oil wagon causing an oil tank explosion. Engineer E Sin Ginbey and Fireman C E Pryor both of Columbus were killed. No passengers injured.
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Dayton
St. Louis Express
Stillwater
E.s.ginbey
C. E. Pryor
Columbus
Burglars Enter Chagrin Falls Store in Chesterland Heist
In Chesterland burglars broke into the Cotrell general store in Chesterland on Wednesday night and took $60 in cash and $350 in stamps from the postoffice connected with the store. They escaped without leaving a clue.
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Chagrin Falls
C. Cottrell & Son
Chesterland
Gen. W. T. Wilson Dies in Columbus at 82
Gen. W. T. Wilson died in Columbus on Monday at age 82. He was one of two survivors of the delegates to Ohio's first state Republican convention held in 1855.
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Columbus
W. T. Wilson
Bank Merger Formed in Youngstown Ohio
The consolidation of Dollar Savings and Trust Co and Wick National Bank under the former name has been arranged in Youngstown Ohio. A gun battle with alleged car thieves at the Lake Shore railroad foot of Willson avenue ends with a wounded assailant in hospital as Detectives Kestner and Snyder pursue the gang.
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Youngstown, C
Dollar Savings and Trust Co
Wick National Bank
Cleveland
Kestner and Snyder
Lake Shore Railroad
Willson Avenue
Reorganization Planned for Republic Iron and Steel Co
Youngstown reports the Republic Iron and Steel Co will be fully reorganized at an October meeting. Also from Cleveland a man named Adolph Stoebener aged 401 Merchant avenue died after being crushed by a Scranton avenue car last Friday. Incorportions listed include The May Healty Co Mansfield capital 45000 The Central Cartage and Storage Co Cleveland capital 10000 The Red Crops Sereali Co Linia capital 310000.
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Youngstown, O
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Cleveland
Adolph Stoebener
Merchant Avenue
Scranton Avenue
Columbus
May Healty Co
Mansfield
Capital
Central Cartage and Storage Co
Red Crops
Sereali Co
Linia
Ital
Orrville to Mt. Vernon Rail Route Noted in Report
Fragmentary OCR mentions Orrville and Mt. Vernon with a note on northbound rail movement. Collected pieces reference Columbus and a rail line but lack full context or dates.
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Orrville
Mt. Vernon
Columbus
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