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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
4
Chicago banker John Farson as per the New York Tribune says there is too much dissipation among the rich. He recounts a reporter's remark about a middle aged couple debating the Russo Japanese war and Japan customs of removing shoes before entering a house. The exchange illustrates social critique of manners.
Cox Wisconsin June 12 Frank M Russell of this place suffered from severe kidney trouble and rheumatism. After failing medicines he tried Dodd's Kidney Pills from a newspaper ad and now can work all day without fatigue. He calls it the most wonderful case in Caps County and says the pills cured him.
A quirky dialogue ponders the specific brain region used for solving problems. William Tell jokes about the notion as Teegiam from Kansas City Drovers comments on the idea.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous prostration in women. It cites symptoms such as irritability insomnia and ovarian pain and includes a testimonial from Mrs. M. E. Shotwell at 103 Flatbush Avenue New York claiming recovery and renewed vitality.
A lighthearted cartoon caption features Mrs Wanita Coyne remarking the parrot talks constantly and Mr Coyne noting he never asks for money Mrs Watts Trumps misses a club session and is teased about her new teeth forming a joke on speech and social chatter.
Wife refuses to reveal whereabouts of husband as she jokes that he seeks a cook during what she calls the open hunting season for cooks. The light exchange plays on the phrase close season and the husband’s culinary hunt.
In Yoledo Ohio on June 12 a drunken brawl led to the death of Dennis Birmingham a 24 year old bartender by a shot fired by his brother Martin Birmingham who confessed to the murder. Frank and Ferrell McPartlin are jailed and three other young men were arrested then released. The incident occurred near Avondale and Ewing streets after Dennis accused Ferrell of boasting and fought him. Martin says he acted after Dennis made a move as if to draw a revolver.
The Grand Army of Ohio held a large encampment in Washington Court House with 15 000 to 20 000 spectators. A 932 death tally is reported in the ranks but new members offset losses. Amos Huffman won department commander while others were elected to state offices.
In a cheap Eatery Growell asks the waiter to identify meat. The waiter retorts that taste will not reveal the source, prompting Growell to press the point and expose a moment of comic meal time confusion.
Proprietor asks about handling animals and a lion on the loose. Applicant replies he is used to horses all his life and would use long uns if needed. A lighthearted exchange reflecting old time traveling shows and practical odds in a wild animal context.
An old gentleman asks where the sleeping car quarters are. The Pullman porter replies he carries them in a suitcase until reaching the journey’s end, where he “invests them in real estate.”
Mrs Mudge compliments the artist on his refined drawings and asks about his model. Penink reveals his wife sits for him. Mrs Mudge is impressed, while Mrs Penink’s opinion of Mrs Mudge plummets.
Mrs Ogden Goelet commissions a deluxe edition of Hyperion manuscript limited to a single copy for her library. Miss Ethel Bret Harte will pursue concert work after her father's estate proved insufficient. A London publisher will print a verse novel in prose English. A E Houseman, Latin professor at University College London, writes verses and refuses payment. Marie Corelli criticizes English upper class sincerity and virtue amid rising frivolity.
Ohio warden Gould and prison physician Thomas move to have Gov Herrick grant clemency to five convicts near death from consumption. Inspectors describe tuberculosis at the penitentiary as a death trap with impossible isolation and widespread exposure risk, signaling broader efforts to release consumptives.
The Ohio State Sunday-school association met in Canton and chose Marietta as the convention site for next year. Officers elected include President W. A. Budaly of Cincinnati, Vice President Howard E. Baker of Zanesville, General Secretary Joseph Clark of Columbus, Recording Secretary J. Stewart of Piqua, Treasurer E. L. Barrett of Springfield, International Vice President for Ohio Rev. E. S. Lewis of Columbus, and International Executive Committeeman for Ohio W. A. Eudaly of Cincinnati.
Canton Ohio June 10 Architect Magonigle threw the first shovelful of earth marking the excavation for the McKinley national monument on Monument hill. He was joined by National Memorial association Secretary Hartsell and contractor George W Maltby of Buffalo who will oversee this phase as the project moves toward completion.
At the biennial convention in Portland Oregon the Order of Railway Conductors adopted resolutions condemning secret rebates and opposing federal rate control. They urged Congress to avoid giving a single body power to regulate rates, arguing such legislation would cause litigation rate cuts and inequitable enforcement, while stressing American railway efficiency and low freight costs as keys to nationwide growth.
An English writer recounts a characteristic American after-dinner tale in which a politician, while bathing, encounters a shark. The two eye each other briefly and the shark blushes before turning away, illustrating a humorous clash of manners and bravado.
A Houston Post quip contrasts relief after a year’s work on a sea voyage with a prior trip where dinner was eaten within an hour of sailing. The exchange highlights travel fatigue and humor about maritime journeys.
A partial dialogue from a Chicago Tribune piece shows a wife scolding her husband for snoring and a playful reply about snoring at her request. The exchange captures domestic humor and marital banter in a concise, period tone.
A French born San Francisco resident credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for ending long standing indigestion and sleepless nights. After eight boxes he reports restored appetite, improved sleep, and better digestion. The ad notes blood quality and digestion as keys, cites constipation guidance, and invites requests for the diet book What to Eat and How to Eat from Schenectady NY.
In Cincinnati in June 1897 Miss Alice Roosevelt expresses delight with the city and its suburbs. She is charmed by the attentions of residents and plans to extend her stay with Mr. and Mrs. Wallingford rather than return to Washington.
Kristian Svendsen, a Norwegian sailor aboard a vessel near Cleveland, lost his balance while waving to a woman on a nearby boat. He fell sixty feet from the foremast and was killed in the tragedy.
Cincinnati June 10 Henry Rahn assistant master at Herman Goepper s malthouse 22 Hast Canal street was found dead in a vat half buried in the vat where he had evidently fallen sometime during the afternoon
Tiffin Ohio June 12. Hon George E Seney longtime congressman 1383 to 1891 died of heart failure. A prominent Ohio lawyer author of Seney's Ohio Code and Civil War veteran served as quartermaster of the 101st Ohio Infantry.
In northwestern this county William Collier was dangerously shot by Bert Moran during a quarrel over tools. Moran's daughter married Collier's son and it is claimed bad blood exists between the families.
Mrs Lawrence Beck Jr, daughter-in-law of a renowned Columbus restaurant keeper, committed suicide by taking strychnine. Her husband found her, and she died in his arms before a physician could be summoned. No motive given, but illness and melancholy noted as possible factors.
Harvey Clock, a veteran newspaper man in Sandusky region, collapsed and died suddenly just before boarding a Lake Shore electric car in Berlin Heights. He toppled backward while gripping the car railing and passed away before help could reach him.
Cincinnati June 40 Raymond Fuess a 14 year old apprentice from Covington fell while riding an elevator in the Carew building His body was caught between the elevator cab and a floor and he sustained injuries expected to prove fatal The incident prompted a formal inquiry by local authorities and a medical examiner is awaiting further developments
Articles of incorporation will be filed by the Ohio Transit Co to operate two automobile lines from Springfield, one to Marysville. Promoters say substantial stock has been subscribed by Springfield capitalists.
Columbus June 9 five inmates at the Ohio penitentiary afflicted with the so called white scourge. Warden Gould plans to ask Governor Herrick to grant pardons to these prisoners as their illness continues to claim victims at the prison.
Virginia Breugge eight year old daughter of Louis Breugge Mason house proprietor became dangerously ill and comatose after inhaling fusel oil from an empty whiskey barrel in Hamilton on June 12.
Upper Sandusky Ohio June 12. Delbert Rummell wins a one cent verdict against his aunt Rebecca Rummell after suing for 5000 dollars over an accusation she made about his alleged pocketbook theft.
In Warren Ohio on June 12 a 16 year old girl, Vernie Chapman of Deforest, employed by U. S. Masters, awakened after a three day deep sleep diagnosed by doctors as a form of hysteria.
Columbus Ohio June 10 Gov Her rick pardons John Mc Laughlin a Summit county detainee held two years for assault to rob. He is a bright young lawyer and three years ago was assistant corporation counsel in New York City.
Cleveland June 12. Mabel Alice McLea aged 19 committed suicide at her home 667 Detroit street after her father forbade her going to a public park with her sweetheart. She drank carbolic acid, ending her life in sorrowful defiance of parental ban.
Levi Bevard is jailed in Licking county on the murder charge of his 64 year old mother-in-law Mrs Frances L Werts at her McKean Township home the morning of June 1 in Newark Ohio.
One of Jo hann Hoch's victims, now Mrs Frank Lenhart of Beech Street Newark, says she married Hoch in Columbus in January 1901. She works at Consumers' brewery.
Winfield Scott, indicted 19 times for alleged forgery and larceny in the Athens county treasury shortage case, will not be tried at this term of court as Judge J. M. Wood continues the case to the next November term.
Frank Dobson was arrested here charged with assault with intent to kill. The complainant is his mother in law Mrs Ellen Kelsey, 70, who says he nearly chloroformed her to death.
The commencement exercises at Mt. Vernon Ohio on June 9 honored students from Kenyan military academy. Declamation medals were awarded to Winfred S. Clark of Columbus and Alarry D. Kunkle of Ashtabula.
Coshocton Ohio June 9 A 13 year old boy Leonard Richmond reeled in a record pike from the Tuscarawas River. The four foot three inch fish weighed 31 pounds, the largest caught in years on the river.
Dayton Ohio June 9 Dejected by ongoing illness William Clark fifty a married tobacco raiser drank carbolic acid and was found dead by his son an empty bottle that held the poison lay beside him in his home
Locker Sampson in Rowfant lore complains to Bedford that a bound treasure opened by itself. A Canadian expatriate notes in a homebound letter that most Canadians read American literature and press, fearing a shift toward American thinking in Canada.
General Miles recalls a corporal famed for sayings of fatality and destiny. Off duty, he equips his saddle with pistols, prompting a private quip. The corporal grins, saying the guns won’t save him if his time has come, but he might meet an Apache whose day has arrived.
Harold asks in a childlike moment if birds are fed with seed to grow sparrow grass, reflecting playful curiosity about nature and plants as he gazes up from his book.
A family joke sequence features Elsie asking if there were good looking men in stock while shopping for a husband The mother pigeonholes marriage in heaven Har ry contemplates the afterlife while his sister questions the premise Bobby returns from a party and explains the refreshments were liquid as boys swim away from girls
Two young girls fought recently and one mother scolded her child harshly. To stress the gravity of the offense she blamed the devil, but the other girl confessed she had planned to kick instead of listen, acting on her own impulse.
A terse exchange questions a show’s acclaim with a quip about a press agent in Chicago. The dialogue hints at promotional hype and skepticism in a stage scene.
Two men visited a Hereford shire public house and asked the landlady for a piggie pie. They enjoyed it, returning next year and asking again, only to be told the piggies had all lived. This Tatler anecdote preserves a humorous, rustic Christmas-era flavor.
The will of W. H. Mainwaring of 0 Carlton Victoria leaves his estate to be divided into six equal parts. Portions are numbered and placed in envelopes drawn by the six children. Each child keeps the part matching the number drawn.
Under a congressional bill to establish Atlantic coast submarine signaling for shipwreck prevention, a submarine telephone is being tested at the navy yard. Naval officers in charge call the invention the most valuable navigation aid the world has yet seen.
The Virginia Protestant Episcopal diocese council resolved that clergy salaries from all sources must not be below 800 dollars yearly plus a rectory for each clergyman. Rev John H Mansbrough of Orange argued an unmarried priest could live on 300 dollars a year with a horse.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society has started a birthday missionary fund. Members pledge two dollars on their own birthday to aid a missionary. Already at least a dozen missionaries are covered, with the first sent out last fall.
The English Army adopts a modern drill plan that suppresses fixed commands. In skirmishing a line that hedge would be proper. Unnecessary orders are dropped as soldiers stand at ease after actions and slope arms at start, without explicit instruction.
The society aims to encourage French foreign trade by placing young Frenchmen with foreign merchants. It counts 194 merchants in French colonies and 430 in foreign countries among its members.
Dr Henry H Rasmus of the First Methodist church Catford England objects to lowering church lights during preaching He says he wants to see the congregation’s countenance to know when they have had enough and to judge engagement in the sermon
From 1893 to 1904 Japan expanded its mercantile steamship fleet from 167000 tons across 167 ships to 1,224 vessels totaling 791053 aggregate tonnage. This rise followed wartime losses amounting to 71000 tons.
In a lighthearted strip, a child asks why he is crying and whether they have been scalping him again. The reply references smoking the pipe of peace in a playful exchange between characters Spotted Panther and his mother.
The London Zoo is the first European institution to possess a living specimen of the enormous South American spider. It catches animals as large as hummingbirds and small finches.
An Indian chief, in an impassioned effort to tell something of Indian peculiarities, said smoking is a great helper to laziness. The Cheyenne Sun reports this remark as part of a broader discussion on tribal habits and stereotypes.
A Portland young woman recalls a two month trip to the east and contrasts easterners with Oregonians. She mentions visiting places and jokes about not seeing Boston, claiming she was in Montana, reflecting regional talk in a Portland Oregonian item.
A Washington Star exchange shows a citizen faulting graft as common while Senator Sorghum retorts that genuine graft has become one of the scarcest features in our once proud and luxurious civilization.
A lighthearted Cleveland Leader snippet shows two characters Fritz and Hans discussing rain and covering steins, reflecting a rural or social vignette with humor and regional flavor.
At a June 6 conference in New York, New York Central Lines officials announce summer changes to quicken the Twentieth Century Limited to eighteen hours New York to Chicago and shorten the Lake Shore Limited and Southwestern Limited runs. The Empire State Express record is cited in support of faster service, with schedules shifting to depart from Chicago at 2:30 pm and arrive in New York at 9:30 am, and return from New York at 3:30 pm arriving Chicago at 8:30 am. The Lake Shore Limited will trim to 23 hours and the Southwestern Limited will depart 2:04 pm, saving up to 1.5 hours on trips to St. Louis and Cincinnati.
In the Chicago Sun, a professor describes war as one of the principal horrors, echoed by a graduating student who writes essays on the horrors of war. The exchange underscores the enduring impact of conflict on academic reflection and student perspectives.
A descriptive piece extols Long Island as an ideal summer territory. It highlights the South Shore's surf bathing, the Great South Bay, inland seas, and the North Shore bluffs. Emphasizes safe sailing, salt water bathing, fishing, golf, tennis, and scenic highways appealing to riders and motorists seeking rest or sport.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quote records the Po hick philosopher stating he dislikes a mean man but prefers a stingy president over a popular, affable one when money is in the bank. The remark contrasts honesty, wealth, and public perception in a sharp, period voice.
An illustrated advertisement claims All Nervous Blood Liver Kidney and Stomach Disorders Rheumatism Catarrh and General Debility are quickly cured with Pusheck's-Kuro. Free medical advice and booklet offered. Mail order and druggist price listed at $1.00. Chicago physician Dr. C. Pusheck promotes the remedy.
A quip notes men seek the key to a woman's heart while the door remains ajar, suggesting understanding or simplicity may suffice. The saying implies that effort may be wasted chasing complex solutions when warmth and openness are already available.
An Allen's Foot-Ease remedy advertisement promotes relief from swollen sweating hot and aching feet. Sold at druggists for 25 cents with a trial pane offered free. Includes address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York and warns to accept no substitute.
The Chicago Chronicle notes humorists face an odd challenge abroad with no old maids in Japan, reflecting a wry cultural stereotype.
An OCR fragment cites a 1900 note from F Boyer of Trinity Springs advising not to believe Piso's Cure for Confusion as a remedy for cogne and colds. It quotes the New York Times urging others to criticize one’s health rather than self-damage.
Agricultural and Horticultural Colonies on the Kansas City Southern Railway offer about 30 000 acres at Lockesburg Arkansas and 24 000 acres at Loring Louisiana for settlement. Prices range from 7 to 15 dollars per acre with easy terms for actual settlers. Lockesburg suits general farming stock raising and fruit growing. Loring favors fruit truck tobacco corn and cotton. Written materials available from S G Warner Kansas City Mo and F E Roesler immigration agent Kansas City Mo.
A reader reports an incident in which an elderly man would not move due to fatigue and was stepped into a roadway by a passerby. Traffic from nearby automobilists caused the man to stumble into the street, drawing attention from Indianapolis motorists and local bystanders.
Eugene E. Lario of Union Station Denver testifies three years later that Dean's Kidney Pills stopped his backache and he has felt no pain since. Foster Milburn Co. promotes the product, sold by all druggists at 50 cents per box.
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