Democratic Congressional Convention Describes Ohio District Delegates
The Democratic Central Committee of Ohio's Thirteenth District outlines delegate and alternate allocations from Crawford Wyandot Seneca Sandusky Marion to the 1908 congressional nominating event and the Denver National Convention, detailing a vote-based quota system tied to 1905 Pattison gubernatorial ballots.
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Democratic Congressional Committee
Thirteenth
Ohio
Crawford
Wiio
Marion
Sandusky
Seneca
Wyandot
Tiffin
Oho
Tueaday
Congress
Ward
Denver
Colorado
John M. Pattison
Del
Alt. Sviresien
Rabessivavy
Democratic Central Committee
Hall
John Pattiyon
Democratic Congressional Committee Sets May 15 Polls
The Democratic Congressional Committee of the 13th Congressional District of Ohio announces primaries to be held at each precinct polling place. Polls open at 7 PM and close at 8 PM Central Time. Temporary officers named include D R Crissinger chairman, C Clow secretary, and J Delyte sergeant at arms, with H. Unger as secretary.
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D. R. Crissinger
Marion County
Charien
Clow
Wyandot County
Experimental Matrimony a Common Rule Worldwide
The article describes trial or experimental marriages across cultures. It cites Greeks, American Indian tribes, Greensland, Botendos, Bamonan and Indian archipelago peoples, noting temporary unions, frequent spousal changes, and marriages used for social feasts or convenience rather to lasting binds.
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Greensland
Keane
Casaya
Bamoa
Behoolcraft
Shakespearean Fraud Or Genuine Autograph Tale
A 19th century anecdote recounts Admiral Luce showing a purported William Shakespeare autograph to guests in New York Bay. An Englishman claims all autographs are fraudulent, while Luce asserts authenticity, citing a signed document dated January 12, 1885, as mayor of New Orleans. The piece also notes Shakespeare’s descendants and minimal offspring details.
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William Shakespeare
Admiral Luce
North Atlantic
New York Bay
New Orleans
West Baden Springs Colonial Country Club Hotel Rates
Colonial Country Club Hotel at West Baden Springs Indiana advertises American Plan with private baths from two to eight dollars per day. Visitors are invited to drink the water and bathe to cure kidney liver stomach ailments nervousness and related complaints. Those unable to visit can mail two dollars to receive six gallons of mineral water and medical advice for treatment.
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Colonial Country Club
West Baden Springs
Indiana
Spriege
Serpent Cult at Werda Dahomey Town Temple
The Werda temple in Dahomey houses over a thousand serpents fed by offerings of birds and frogs. Priests handle smaller serpents with a rod while avoiding the largest ones. Serpent sightings in town threaten chaos, and killing a serpent is a capital crime, with royal authority needed to prevent punishment. unintentional killings require priestly purification.
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Serpants
Werda
Kingdom of
Dahomey
Artificial Limbs and the Builders of Comfort
A New York Sun quote argues that makers who wear artificial limbs understand customer needs better. It contends cork limbs give insight into comfort and fit, noting ads claim a leg built by someone who has worn one offers true understanding of buyers. It links experiential insight to better products and customer trust.
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New York
An Admiral's Stories From the Strand Magazine
An Admiral’s Stories recounts a collection of tales about Royal Navy leaders. It notes a political shift placing laymen in Admiralty posts and presents two anecdotes: a lord who rebuked a ship’s report for harsh wording and another civilian lord who misreads a chart about a distant island. The admiralty official explains a charted two inches signified 4,000 miles.
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Admiralty
House of Commons
London Strand Magazine
Boone Portrait by Harding in Missouri Origins
The sole oil portrait of Daniel Boone was painted by Chester Harding in June 1820 at Boone's residence near Martianville in Warren county. Boone, too feeble to pose alone, leaned on James B. Welch while the artist painted. The portrait now hangs in the Kentucky state capitol at Frankfort.
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Boone
Daniel Boone
Ife
Chester Harding
Boston
Midsouri
Planders Callaway
Indow
Marthanville
Warren County
James B. Welch
Aikman Welch
Missouri
Gamble
Harding
Frankfort
Bangas City
Legend of the slowworm in the London Globe tale
The London Globe recounts a peculiar slowworm legend in which the creature supposedly splits into bits and later regrows. It describes how, when grasped, it tightens its muscles and reduces to a dry twig like state, with only the upper vital portions surviving the ordeal.
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London Globe
What the Jury Thought on a Melbour ne Trial
A Melbourne trial displayed knives, a shotgun, a rail, and a carved weapon list as instruments of the deed. Jurors lamented missing the High A Dainty Combination and joked about witnesses, while Uncle Jo remarked on the observer’s ignorance in a rustic aside.
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Melbourne
Cryptic Damaged Dialogue Cited By Kansas City News
A garbled exchange from a Kansas City Newsroom fragment features a missionary and a cannibal debating favors and timing of a meal. The passage includes misspelled phrases and stray names, with a literary aside about Shakespeare, inviting confusion over authorship and attribution.
Fate and Faith Under Fire in a Scottish Pulpit Scene
During a week the Scotch minister’s Gock members overindulged in local whisky as he used gentile reproof from the pulpit. He warned of perdition and struck the Bible, shouting that many would fail, then paused to gauge the impact of his words. The crowd’s reaction was “Missed,” but he urged there may still be a chance for some.
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Anid
Tondon Hellman
Fragmentary tale hints at reincarnation in odd dialogue
The text presents a fragmented scene where a child Clara muses on reincarnation and a mother questions the idea. A cryptic exchange mentions a “paper of he to a previous state of existence,” with a response from Abe Ingiens in the town, suggesting a surreal, unclear conversational fragment.
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Clara
Kitte
Feng Teel
Personalities from John C Saltaboryte Visit Cleveland and Columbus
Miss Maude Strath visited Columbus. G C Diegle left for Puterne Bay to oversee painting and decorating at Hotel Victory. Mrs J T Matthews of Mt Vernon Ave received news of her mother while Emerson Sthvenland returned to Columbus to resume studies at Ohio State University after a stay in this city.
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John C. Saltaboryte
Cleveland
Mise Maude Srath
Columbus
Emerson Sthvenland
Ohio State University
Local births and weddings mark weekend events
Mr and Mrs Wade Rider of Wallace Street welcomed a son born Saturday night at home. The Frances Willard WCTU will host a mothers morning gathering on Tuesday afternoon May 19 at 280 Most Center Street, inviting mothers. James B Freeman and Row 6 Maasie were married Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Justice Charles Conley at his South Main Street office.
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Wade Rider
Wallace Street
Frances Willard W. C
Jacob Haberman
Center Street
James Bf. Freeman
Maasie
Charles Mr. Conley
South Main Street
Daily Market Report East Buffalo and Union Stock Yards May 18
East Buffalo market reports slow cattle and hog trading with mixed prices. Cattle receipts 4,000 offerings down to 30 to 60 cents, hogs 10,010 receipts down about 5 to 10 cents, steer and hog categories show declines. Union Stock Yards figures for cattle 19,000 with steady to lower trend and hogs around 15,000 with softer values. shipments and tomorrow estimates noted.
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East Buffalo
Buffalo
N. Yo
Hogi
Cleveland Shipping Report Details Equipment and Rates
In Cleveland on May 18 a terse list outlines 40 cars with equipment valued at 40M, freight and stage routes priced at 2.50 and 4.86, plus Culves-Biria recolpye 400 noted as good. The fragmentary item references heavy goods and transport costs for a local shipping ledger.
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Clevelane
Cleveland
Horesagher Tecelpta
Tortirs
KAO Me
Culves—Biria
Recolpye
Cattle and sheep market notes with varied weights
Market listings show ranges for sheep and lambs from good to extra and cattle from light to heavy. Prices span 4.50 to 6.95 per unit with several categories including road and butcher cattle and 1200 pound plus weights.
Grain futures quotes from Chicago May to September
Grain closing ranges and openings listed for Wheat Corn and Oats across May to September in Chicago markets, with bid and ask spreads and daily price points. The details include May, July, September contracts and irregular OCR fragments indicating specific price bands and opening figures.
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Chicago
Chienwy
BF Det
New York Produce and Grain Market Roundup
New York market notes report butter receipts 6 452 packages steady creamery extra 21 1 2 cents state dairy tubs newt 21 cents. M627 packages and nearby white fancy 20 to 21 cents. Wheat futures govern May 97 1 2, July 80 6 8 cents. Corn futures May 16 due September 66 5 8. No 1 rye 44 No 2 83. Cleveland October 7 55. Decor her 748.
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New York
Graintoledo, O
Keptetn
Fer
Reptember
Dots
Hye
A. Clovenend
Decor
Local Grain and Produce Markets Corrected Daily
Corrected daily markets list per bushel per barrel and per dozen for grain and produce. Includes corn oats rye clover seed timothy Hungarian seed and more with varied selling and paying prices from local firms Marton mill and Chas Turner & Co. Flour prices dominate with multiple brands and package sizes listed.
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Marton Miiumy
Chas, Turner & Co
Hutter
Hood
Help Wanted and Trade Listings in Marion Area
A scanned classified page lists help wanted, trade, and sale notices in Marion Ohio. Advertisers include O. G. Briggs offering real estate and trade opportunities, H. Crim & Co advertising used cars and supplies, and John Lo and Resencrans promoting land sales and miscellaneous drawings and services. Also notices for public auctions and an ad for painted and finished work by Dennis Gompf.
Auctioneers auctioned in Marion and adjacent counties
Auctioneers listed in Marion and nearby counties are H L Protaman of Cleveland and Harold Wagoner, noted as top auctioneers in Ohio. The firm promises high quality sales services and invites trials, located at office 114 Court Street, Marion.
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Marion
J Ve Clark
H. L. Protaman
Cmetnuat
Alcanian
Harold Wagoner
Ohio
Court Strest
Marios
Lord Kelvin and the Cable’s Quiet Triumph
The Atlantic cable’s success rested on Lord Kelvin and William Thomson’s calculations and experiments. He showed signals arrive gradually and built an apparatus to transmit a steady current for readable results. Without his mirror galvanometer, the 1858 cable would have failed under strong currents.
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Lord Kelvin
Atlantic
Pinzo William Thomson
How to Fill Up Holes In Wood and Repairs
A guide shows repairing wood with a softened white tissue paste tinted to match, pressed into cracks and sands smooth after dry. An editor recalls an apology for a death notice error, and a theater anecdote about a stage mishap with a bursting steam pipe ending a scene.
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Blaxer
Detroit
Fragmented Readable Raspings of A Lark Limerick
A garbled fragment discusses a hypothetical lark falling from a chimney and references eggs, poison, and a mix of names and pseudo quotes. It reads like a stray OCR line with scattered phrases about a head and stomach infected with poison and a line about a mirror and gold mint, lacking coherent narrative.
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Grand Opera House
Ens
Marion Theatre
Vail, My
Lilliputians
FS & Hen
Gilmore Sisters
Ranch Girln
The
Marion Family Theater
Powers Gameragraph
Great Lakes
Gerdner
West & Sunshine
Shakespeare
Susanna
Twen
Stratford
Hamnet
Judith
Thomas Quincy
York
Uncle Jo Ty
New York Press
Crasby
Kansas City Newshoo
Navy
Ptm
Kansans
Daily Market Report
Carolina
Graham Vicur
Monarch
Sadie
Bayport
Pour Plate
Helpem
Maielartion
Will T
Ble
Olbeltod
Dane Mor
George B. Christian
Por
O. G
Briggs
North Main St
Crim & Go
North Light Street
Sublic
Mear Kirkpatrick
Aietion
Premines
Adulra
Clare
van Dykes
Adress 'T
Care Mirror
Oma
Comte
Dennis Gompf
All Huber
Shop
Millsreeet
Ohle
Dransikh
Yen Paddock Transfer Fdo Aan CO. Transfer Storage and Orting
Peoples’ Transfer & Storage Co
Bob Footilla
Gravious
B. F
Jean Punt Webter
Mihiows
Reaver
E. Genter Agency
Liptons Teas
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