Peruna touted as cure for stomach catarrh in Hawaii delegate letter
A Washington letter from Hon. Robert W. Wilcox, Hawaii's delegate, promotes Peruna as a remedial cure for stomach catarrh and dyspepsia. The advertisement claims Peruna acts on stomach mucous membranes, offers Dr. Hartman's endorsement, and invites readers to write for free advice.
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Robert W. Wilcox
Congress
Hawaii
Sandwich Islands
Washington, D. C
R. W. Wilcox
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Dr. Hartman
Washington Man’s Locomobile Backflips Toward Sewer Wall
B H Warner of Washington and his son took a backward ride in a new locomobile near James Creek canal while inspecting a large sewer under construction. The vehicle toppled, flipped over a wall, and landed upside down with the engine still running, trapping Warner briefly beneath it as both occupants escaped with injuries.
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B. H. Warner
Washington
Andrew Gleeson
James Creek Canal
Warner
Musical Snails Awe French Naturalist Claims High Musical Sense
French naturalist M S Jourdain argues snails can produce musical sounds as they crawl on glass, likening their movements to fingered glass tones. He cites complete airs played on tumblers and suggests snails could outperform fingers. Several scientists are studying snails for their alleged sympathy and intelligence.
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New York Herald
M.S. Jourdain
French Biological Society
New Porto Rico Hat Makes Fresh Summer Style
The New York Sun notes a new summer hat from Porto Rico made of woven grass with a bright tan color and a fedora shape. It is lightweight and cooling, yet shrinks when wet. some hats have red and blue dyed bands. A sombrero variant features an extra wide brim and a strong feather sweatband to counteract moisture.
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Island
Porto Rico
New York
Is It a Pleasure to Die In Natural and Violent Deaths
A London Spectator writer argues death from natural disease is usually painless or insensible, like sleep or anesthesia, while death by hanging may be a pleasant spasm. Poisons vary. opiates may give painless dreams, but arsenic, strychnine, acids and metals cause slow torture. prussic acid and cyanide yield quick pain.
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London Spectator
Socrates
New Varieties of Fish From Hawaiian Islands
President David Starr Jordan returns to Stanford after two months studying Hawaiian fisheries under the U S Fish Commission. About 240 fish species collected and classified, 50 new to science. J N Cobb compiles islander fishing laws and customs for the final report.
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David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Hawaiian Islands
United States Fish Commission
J.N. Cobb
Dr. Jorden
Ape
Genevement
Overfed man works hay loft, learns limits of health
An amusement piece describes a pudgy leisure seeker who suffers indigestion and tries hard to lift bales of hay with rope and pulley at Locust street stables. The spry stable worker watches in astonishment as the man endures the task, muttering then jokes about his effort.
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Locust Street
Philadelphia
Effort Made to Blow Up Edison Light Plant in Cincinnati
A plotted destruction of the Edison Electric Co plant surfaced in Cincinnati. A discharged employee is suspected after breakers found the water mains shut off on Plum and Charles streets. The engineer detected low water, valves stuck, and the boilers nearly caused a catastrophic explosion, plunging the city into darkness for about thirty minutes.
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Edison Light
Cincinnati
Dee
Edison Electric Co
White
Edison
Plum Street
Charles Street
A Fine Field for Women at the Exposition
The exposition employs about 12,000 women in varied roles from garden work and dishwashing to managing exhibits. Wages range from two dollars to sixty dollars, with most earnings under ten dollars weekly. The Midway hosts the largest female workforce, including ticketing, cashiers, waitresses, and performers, while better pay appears in the Manufacturers and Machinery buildings. Many women run food exhibits, relying on their skill and appeal to attract visitors.
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Buffalo Exchange
The World’s Smallest Free Mason Casper Weis
Casper H Weis of Philadelphia has become the smallest Free Mason, and at 24 is a master mason. Born in Morschingen Rhineland he is a watchmaker by trade and measures 3 feet 11 inches tall. He belongs to Richard Vaux lodge No 866.
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Casper H. Weis
Philadelphia
Brother Weis
Morschingen
Bezirk
Rhineland
Richard Vaux Lodge
Saloon Shooting Wounds Five in Hamilton Bar Brawl
In Hamilton on August 6 William Winterbeck, refused a beer at Koehler's saloon, returned with a double-barreled shotgun and fired into the crowd. Five men were wounded, including Frank Scheben who lost part of his arm. Winterbeck and Skinny Vaughn fled the scene.
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Hamilton
William Winterbeck
W. F. Koehler
South B Street
Vaughn
Winterbeck
Frank Scheben
Jake Weber
Eugene Kimball
Henry Costator
Robert Koehler
Scheben
Topeka Joe release plot eyed in Toledo jail case
Hearing in Toledo on the alleged release of Topeka Joe and his pals from jail centered on prison informant Jasper Jesui 1 recounting a night meeting. Authorities say Earl Rydman’s confession backs the claim Ammon freed inmates for money. Sheriff Newton says Ammon was a roustabout and not sworn deputy. Ammon claims he is a scapegoat to shield others.
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Toledo
George Ammon
Topeka Joe
Jasper Jesui
Earl Rydman
Ammon
Newton
Miracle escape after glycerine wagon explosion near Bowling Green Ohio
A wagon carrying 800 quarts of glycerine exploded south west of Bowling Green Ohio damaging a nearby house. Driver Will Baugh of Hercules Torped died instantly but a mother Mrs Teal and her two sons Willie and Roland aged 9 survived unseen. The blast shattered surrounding area and halted a railroad train just in time.
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Bowling Green. O
Willbaugh
Abraham Teal
Willie
Roland
Interurban roads and passenger service by traction
Springfield Ohio August 5 Fred Green of the Dayton Street Urbana Electric Railway Co says interurban development is near and passengers will soon be carried by traction lines between Cleveland and Cincinnati at speeds rivaling steam trains. He notes the company has acquired lines and plans to apply traction power, keeping freight on the steam route. The firm began ten years ago and expects five more years of trial before passengers move wholly by electric traction.
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Springfield
Fred Green
Dayton, Spii & Urbana Electric Railway CO
Cleveland
Cin
Lebanon
Cincinnaation & Northern Steam
Sweetheart of Mrs Cunham Becomes His Wife in West
In Delaware Ohio August, the former matron of the home in the city, Mrs Cunham, has married her former suitor, Mr Hogart, after resigning as matron and leaving with her daughter Lucy for the west. Hogart, a Belmont native and once her sweetheart, now claims the remainder of his days with her.
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Delaware
Cunningham
Lucy
West
Hogart
Belmont
Cunntham
Bosley Murder in Chillicothe Claims Local Suspect
In Chillicothe Ohio Jacob Ss Bosley was found dead near George Woods residence early Sunday. Woods a hod carrier confesses killing Bosley with a club claiming jealousy over a white woman Ella Baldwin is jailed with him.
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Chillicothe
Jacob Ss. Bosley
George Wood
Wood
Ella Baldwin
Bosley
Man Drowns After Falling From Cleveland Dock
A man fell from a dock into the Cuyahoga River Sunday night and drowned in Cleveland. The only clue to his identity is the memorandum book bearing the name G. B. Tuttle from Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania. Companion Peter Meyers is being held by police for information.
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Cleveland, O
Cuyahoga River
G. B. Tuttle
Wilkinsburg
Peter Meyers
Everett-Moore Syndicate Launches Freight Carrying System
The Everett-Moore Syndicate plans to establish a packing and freight carrying system for its electric railways and neighboring states. The new venture, controlled by a syndicate, aims to rival existing local package carriers and expand its area of influence.
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Everett-Moore Syndicate
Parents Seek Runaway Daughter Bertha McCollister
Chillicothe Ohio August 3 16 year old Bertha McCollister daughter of Joseph and Mrs McCollister ran away from home. Authorities seek her return noting she is not of strong mind and is likely traveling alone or with unknown companions seeking aid or shelter.
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Chillicothe, O
Bertha McCollister
Joseph McCollister
Four year old finds six foot black snake in bed
In Steubenville Ohio on August 6 a four year old Sparks McCauslen found a six foot black snake in his bed at a home nearby and called his father who killed it. The child rolled on the snake but was not bitten.
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Steubenville, O
Sparks McCauslen
Here
Typhoid Epidemic Reported in Hiram. 30 Cases
Columbus, Aug. 6. Dr. Probst, secretary of the state board of health, was summoned to Hiram to probe a typhoid fever outbreak in which 30 cases have developed.
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Columbus
Probst
State Board of Health
Hiram, C
Blast Furnace Workers to Meet in Niles
Youngstown Ohio August 6 A meeting of the executive committee of the Blast Furnace Workers association will be held at Niles on Wednesday morning. The decision on a sympathy strike with the Amalgamated association depends on the meeting's outcome.
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Youngstown, O
Niles
Amalgamated Association
Howells Reappointed Trustee at Wilberforce
Columbus Aug 6 Gov Nash reappointed J A Howells of Jefferson as a trustee of the combined normal and industrial department of Wilberforce University in a monday action from the state capital.
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Columbus
Nash Monday
J.A. Howells
Jefferson
Combined Normal and Industrial Department
Wilberforce University
Gen Charles Dick’s infant son dies in Akron cholera infantum
Donald Dick aged 10 months son of Gen Charles Dick chairman of the Republican executive committee died Monday in Akron Ohio from cholera infantum. He had been in the family carriage Sunday night and fell ill at midnight after an outing with his brothers and parents.
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Chas
Akron
Donald
Gen
Republican Executive Committee
Panhandle Train Wreck In Steubenville Yard Collision
None hurt in wreck as a Panhandle passenger train side wiped a yard engine in Steubenville Ohio on a Sunday afternoon. Both crews jumped to safety but the incident caused a bad wreck with damaged equipment and ongoing investigations.
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Steubenville, O
Panhandle
Mahoning Valley Furnace Men Threaten Strike Action
Youngstown Ohio August 3 The race operators of the valley announce they will take no action while the Amalgamated Association United States Steel Corp conference outcome is pending. Operators threaten to strike over Bessem pig iron deliveries 40000 tons slated for August to the corporation.
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Youngstown, O
Valley Anna
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corpora
Theed States Corporation
Midnight Bread Line at New York Baker’s Door
A nightly sight on Tenth street near Broadway shows hundreds of starving men lining up for loaves and coffee from a West Tenth street bakery. Since Louis Fleischman started the charity 20 years ago, the midnight distribution has continued year round, aiding penniless, homeless New Yorkers.
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New York
Tenth Street
Broadway
The
Christian Herald
Fourth Avenue
America
Louis Fleischman
West Tenth Street
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement Notice
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into at shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy Cures Corns Itching Swollen Hot Callous Smarting Sore and Sweating Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it 25e Sample sent Ad dress Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Women Balloonists Aim High in German Balloon Factory
A New York Herald report describes Herr Riedinger’s Augsburg factory that employs only women to manufacture and operate balloons. Archduke Leopold Salvator toured with female staff guiding the balloon and launching craft with minimal assistance. He praises female tact and dexterity, while critics in France question whether French girls could match Augsburg workers.
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August Riedinger
Augsburg
New York Herald
Herr Riedinger
Archduke Leopold Salvator
Herr Riediger
France
Tacitus
They sprung it on him suddenly says judge in case
In a terse court remark the judge notes the trap was sprung suddenly on the unnamed respondent. The cryptic line hints at a sudden legal action or accusation, while references to Piso's Cure and a Minneapolis address appear as unrelated fragments.
Cant is the use of coal cinders in place of glowing coals
Joseph Cook defines cant as the substitution of coal cinders for glowing coals, noting the practice as a rhetorical or metaphorical misrepresentation rather than literal firemaking.
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Joseph Cook
Believe Whooping Cough With Hoxsie's Crzap Cure
A quirky note suggests a dubious cure for whooping cough titled Hoxsie's Crzap Cure. The message uses odd phrasing and hints at non nausea relief and a 50cta unit, likely a spoof or faulty OCR fragment.
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Hoxsie
Nonausea
Christening Camp Accident injures several on embankment
A vehicle carrying people to a christening camp overturned on an embankment into the Cuyahoga Sunday evening near Kent. Celia Geigolz, 11, suffered a broken arm and several others were severely injured.
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Kent
Cuyahoga
Celia Geigolz
Body found in woods near Youngstown with suicide note
The unknown man was found dead in the woods in Youngstown on August 5, apparently by hanging. His only possessions were a crust of bread and a cake of soap.
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Youngstown, O
Promises to Repay Lose Clerk in Toledo
Promises to repay are tied to the disappearance of James R aged 20 a clerk for Walter Campi an insurance man in Toledo Ohio. He left a note to his employer stating he was short in his account 300 or more but would pay back if left alone.
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Toledo, O
James_ R
Walter Campi
Chillicothe boy crushed by freight train at Valley Crossing
Columbus reports James Gar son of Chillicothe suffered crushed hands after being struck by a Hocking Valley freight at Valley Crossing near the city. Recovery prospects are poor.
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Columbus, C
James Garson
Chillicothe
Bothes
Hocking Valley
Valley Crossing
Rovery
Iron and Steel Co appoints Hart to blast furnaces post
Charles Hart is named superintendent of the blast furnaces at Public Iron and Steel Co. C. I. Rader moves to San City to oversee mining forests.
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Youngstown
Charles Hart
Public Iron and Steel Co
C. I. Rader
Sa City
Local Editor Faces Objection Over Printed Item
Cleveland announces an editor Henry L. Rudis faced a complaint from Carrie Boucek aged 18 over an item printed. the dispute centered on the article and prompted corrective action from the main paper's editor.
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Cleveland, O
Carrie Boucek
Henry L. Rudis
Faces That Live Forever
An excerpt from Pearson's Weekly discusses facial persistence across ages and races. It notes ancient Egyptian portraits resemble modern faces, suggests lower races retain facial traits longer, while civilized peoples adapt quickly through physical and mental changes, with mental development reflected most in facial changes.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Royalty in the Circus Ring Narrative
Grown Princess Stephanie is hailed as an elite horsewoman. Her mother, Queen Henriette of Belgium, ran a private circus teaching bold equestrian feats. From infancy the royal sisters were strapped to ponies and trained to fearless horsemanship in a family tradition.
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Stephanie
Henriette
Chicago Record-Herald
Love's Extremity Norah Parting Echoes
Phrase from a dialogue in a period exchange where Norah and Patrick vow a playful, ardent separation. The snappy banter captures a stylized romance moment with Irish-tinged exclamations and musical rhythm.
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