Visit to Findlay Highlights Gas Boom and New Industries
Visitors toured Findlay to see new glass works nail mills rolling mills and chain works fueled by local gas from wells near Main Street. Powell Crosley’s well north of the courthouse impressed guests as gas roared like locomotives. Barking bonds funded water works and two streetcar lines are under construction to spur growth.
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Rantsgel
H. A. Roedter
W. J. Quarry
Sorman
Dwight Huntington
B. Frenkel
Lieser
Main Street
Powell Crosley
Kellogg Iron Company
Boston
New York
Columbia
Globe Glass-Works
Roll Co Ilaenence
Blanchard River
Third Street
Court-House
Findlay
Sam Miller
American National Bank
John Scott
Farmers’ Bank
Cincinnati
Scott
Diphtheria Raids and Turbulent News Across States
Brief itemized news notes report diphtheria outbreaks in Statesburg New York and nearby areas. Gold and bullion imports last week totaled 3 775 829 dollars, a favorable foreign trade balance. Elmer Moore woman found murdered in Kentucky. Hattie Wolffsteen jailed in Los Angeles for murder of Dr Harlan alleges promise of marriage and revenge. Alesia steamship reports 28 deaths under quarantine Swinburne Island. Misplaced switch in Pennsylvania caused coal and freight trains to crash no deaths. Geronimo the Indian chief touted as Florida governor accused in San Francisco murder raids.
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Statesburg
N. Y
Elmer Moore
Wickliffe
Hattie Wolffsteen
Los Angeles
Cal
Harlan
Alesia
Swinburne Island
Minersville
Geronimo
Florida
San Francisco
Dueber Watch Case Hustler and Local Meeting Notice
Conrad Witte hustles for Taz News at the Dueber Watch Case factory with Ed Webbing foreman showing interest in Tax News. Henry Detmering's Cazoo Band linked to the Twenty‑first Ward ratification meeting Thursday night. Wm. M. Baker, Union Laborant for Attorney General, left for home after county work. inviting return for a Music Hall gathering in the last week of the campaign.
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Conrad Witte
Taz News
Dueber
Con
Ed. Webbing
Gold
Henry Detmering
Wm. M. Baker
Baker
Spen
Baseball Scores From Saturday Across Major Cities
Baseball results show Cincinnati Cheago 6 at Chicago and New York Detroi at Philadelphia Athletic Philadelphia, Baltimore 7 Washington 5, Cleveland 11 Indianapolis 10, Cincinnati 8 Cleveland 0, Brooklyn 10 Cleveland. Yesterday’s times note further games and arrests ensued after a street altercation near Longworth Street with suspects Pettit Cronin later jailed for related charges.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Detroi
Philadelphia
Athletic
Baltimore
Baltied
Washin
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Cleve md
Brooklyn
Hart
Emphatic clash over stock brokers and reform rhetoric
A Citizens clash with Mayor Smith at a Fourth and Walnut corner about bucket shops and declared violators of the law. The exchange labels brokers as respectable Republicans and laments systemic theft as a noble practice.
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Republican Party
Smith
Third
Fourth Street
Lincoln Club
Local Union Labor Clubs Report Tricks in Campaigns
Ward and township Union Labor clubs report dirty tricks by rival parties to influence meetings venues and hall rents. Instances include fake G A R drum corps charges, inflated hall rents, and closed mass meeting venues. Voters urged to register and attend upcoming Union Labor Club events and mass meetings across wards.
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Riverside Union Labor Club
Tenth Ward Union Labor Club
Workmen's Hall
Eighteenth Ward Union Labor Club
Washington Platform
Ninth Ward Union Labor Club
Court and Vinestreet
Sixth and
Plum Streets
Mahoney
Bruck
Leonard
Court and Vine
Oswald Deitz
Franc Wulke
Shooting Scrape at Latonia Races Involves Local Figures
A Louisville colored roustabout Calhoun Moore with a troubled reputation was shot by Charles Jordan a young colored horse trader from Noahville who had been attending the Latonia races on a Saturday. The incident highlights a violent clash linked to race and local social tensions amid race event crowds.
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Calhoun Moore
Louisville
Chas
Jordan
Noahville
Latonia
Shooting Arrest Report at Hammond Street Station
A man named Jordan was arrested on a charge of shooting with intent to kill and taken to Hammond Street Station where he was locked up. He was later released on $2,000 bail furnished by friends from the racetrack. A patrol wagon carried him to the hospital.
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Thomas Riley
Ludlow Street
Primrose
W. Front
Longworth Street
Wm. Ballinger
Jesse James
Ers Pettit
Cronin
Koon
Jordan
Hammond Street
Moore
Dmeyer
Union Labor Gains Shape in Findlay Hancock County
Union Labor asserts its growing strength in Findlay Hancock County as a 75 member club forms to challenge the two old parties. The piece notes a large workforce in town, shifting sentiment toward fair treatment of workers, and hopes the union movement can carry the town in the upcoming election despite Republican factionalism.
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Union Labor
Findlay
Hancock County
Union Labor Party
Sherman
Foraker
Registration Days Set In Ohio For Fall Elections
Ohio law requires citizens to re register this fall with three registration dates October 20 October 28 and October 29 registration hours run 8 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 9 pm Republicans urge full turnout to avoid losing votes to Union Labor Davitt visit to Minneapolis blames no secret project and notes seeking Irish progress endorsement by Knights of Labor General Assembly event described as routine discussion between two leaders on kinship issues
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Davitt
Minneapolis
M1 Inn
Powderly
Michael Davitt
General Assembly Knights of Labor
Ireland
Precinct G Twenty-First Ward asks for ward registration details
A reader at Sixth and Front requests their precinct and registration place. The message identifies Precinct G in the Twenty-first Ward and mentions the paving location at the southeast corner of Th and Jet streets for registration.
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Evening News
Sixth and
Front Streets
Sixth
Twenty-first Ward
Patering Place
Jet
Dramatic Affairs in Local Theaters and Halls
The page lists multiple performances and venues including Evans "A Parlor At Heuck's" and Hanlons' "New Pan tasma" at Haylin's, Hart & Ryman's Min 58, "A Great Wrong" at Harris' Theater, Emma Abbott at the Grand, and a performance at Vine Street Dime Museum, with varied acts and times.
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Haylin’s
Democratic campaign opens in county with parade march
Martin J. Foran assisted by Frank Gorman and Wm. J. Overbeck will open the Democratic campaign in the county at the intersection of Seventh and Freeman Streets. The Ducks of Hamilton Ohio and the local club will parade through the city streets.
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Martin J. Foran
Frank Gorman
Wm. J. Overbeck
Freeman Atréeta mi Club
Hamilton
Ducks
Radical interview fuels nativeist attacks on Times-Star
The Times-Star profile of David Linton sparks controversy as critics accuse the paper and its owner of anti immigrant, pro corporation bias. Linton denounces universal suf frage while endorsing a platform advocating labor reform, money issues, and Chinese exclusion.
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David Linton
Times-Star
Republican Party
Linton
United States
Virginia
Europe
Jesus
Bonifaces
England
State Platform of the Union Labor Party of Ohio
Delegates in Ohio deem current political control harmful as syndicates of wealth dominate production and distribution. They endorse the Cincinnati platform of 1887 and demand salary reform, anti bribery enforcement, and real estate exemption measures, calling for working peoples power and moral worth over wealth.
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Union Labor Party
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hick
Ten Commandments Of the Union Labor Party
Text presents a list titled the Ten Commandments of the Union Labor Party criticizing child labor and wage practices, political coercion, gambling on margins, corporate watering, centralized power, lobbying corruption, anarchist violence, and import labor policies. The readable items reflect early labor movement cautions against exploitation and political manipulation.
Dangerous crossing on Geet Street prompts alarm
Citizens warn that the C H and D railroad crossing at Geet Street is one of the line’s most dangerous sections. Gates have been removed leaving the crossing unprotected and obscured by nearby houses, raising fears of a terrible accident when the road ends.
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Geet Street
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