State ticket nominees chosen at Columbus convention
The Ohio State ticket selection at Columbus includes Charles Townsend for Secretary of State and George W. McIlvaine for Supreme Court, with Crowell E.L. as Clerk, S. R. Hosmer for Public Works, and Colonel Dewolf as a Hudson College professor to the board. LeFever wins as convention choice and is unanimously supported for party leadership. Hill named National Convention delegate.
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Columbus
Charles ‘Townsend
Athens County
George W. McIlvaine
Supreme Court
Crowe E.L
Ashtabula County
West
Crowell
Board of Public Works
S. R. Hosmer
Muskingum
Colonel Dewolf
Lucas County
Western Reverse College
Legislature Sets Frugal Record with 600000 Savings
A Republican Legislature reports savings over six figures this year and notes one of the shortest session lengths in years, highlighting fiscal restraint and efficiency.
Lefever Defamation Claim Sparks House Graft Debate
The Defiance Democrat accuses Congressman Ben Lefever’s confidential clerk of debauching girls and maintaining a house of ill fame. The Defiance Express calls for Lefever to respond.
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Tuk
Defiance Democrat
Ben Lefever
Lefever
Defiance Express
Why The Times Questions Idle Factories And Sherman Policy
The Times asks why the hub factory remains idle and wonders if years of teaching that John Sherman’s financial policy caused closures was a false doctrine. It questions whether taxing railroads heavily could reverse factory idleness and asks whether Sherman era taxes closed factories or could a railroad tax open them.
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the Times
John Sherman
Ex Sheriff J R Sriru seeks Van Wert clerk renomination
Ex Sheriff J R Sriru runs for the clerkship before the Van Wert county Democratic Convention. His supporters urge nomination with energy and earnestness, saying the Democracy of the county could not make a better choice.
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J. R. Sriru
van Wert
Grant to Journey to Rocky Mountains Keeps Reunion Declined
General GRANT plans travel to the Rocky Mountains and declines the Potomac Society reunion at Burlington Vermont on June 16. He has seen much of the world and aims to explore remaining parts of the United States, continuing his era of extensive travel.
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General Grant
Rocky Mountains
Potomac Society
Burlington
Vermont
Ben LeFever Nominated on First Ballot at Local Convention
The convention adjourned after organization as Ben LeFever secured the nomination on the first ballot amid crowded halls and high emotion. Support shifted as candidates addressed delegates while Allen County’s vote held the key to the outcome.
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Ben. LeFever
General Rice
Amos
Shelby
Rice
Thurman
Richie
Allen
Committee On Rules
Dave Tolan
Delphos Herald
Committee On Resolutions
A. J. Robinson
Central Committee
Mr. Hill
Layton
Auglaize
Dark Horse
LeFever
Weible
van Wert
T. E. Cunningham
Noble
Paulding
Charles Lamison
Allen County
Sutphen
Defiance
D. W. Hill
Burrows
Ben
Cunningham
Hill
le Fever
Andrews
T. J. Godfrey
Rome
Mercer
Congress
Charley Lamison
Lamison
Bellfontaine to get telegraph fire alarm system
A telegram dispatch notes Bellefontaine will activate a telegraph fire alarm system. The report also mentions multiple distant incidents and local misfortunes across Ohio including burglaries in Piqua and Toledo, a runaway mule in Sidney, and burn injuries in Celina and Urbana.
A Moonlit Romance and a Quiet Village Night
Moonlit garden scenes unfold as a melancholy guitarist seeks reunion. An old man calms a chained dog, a shooting incident endures, and a later quip about a patch-work quilt hints at a domestic, small-town mood.
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Macon
Zephyr
Whipperwill
Augustus
Bull
Maria
Opera House Mix Up At Curtain Cause For Laughs
Two strangers in a Galveston crowd ask about the dress circle as the performance starts. One man points toward the third gallery and says he sees a felon tie off his coat, provoking amusement in the audience.
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Clint
Frazier
Sidney
Findlay
Wyandot Democratic Union
Jacob Stoll
Upper Sandusky
A. R. Webber
Webber
Henry Clark
George Ramsey
Piper & Wells
Clyde
Clark
Ramsey
Bill
Galveston
Terrific Water Spout Delivers Death and Destruction
A Mississippi cyclone and second water spout devastate Macon and surrounding areas. Eighteen killed, forty injured, rail facilities wrecked, houses torn, stock killed, and property losses estimated up to 200000 dollars. Rescue efforts continue as hospitals and coffins are arranged.
Monte Carlo Robbery Tragedy Destroys Casino Gaming Hall
A Monte Carlo gaming room explosion at 10 Saturday night wrecked the room and caused chaos. A large sum of money was stolen from the bank, about 150 000 francs, while the crowd fled amid injuries and panic. The scheme involved a cartridge placed under the clock to create confusion.
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New York Herald
Monte Carlo
Castle Garden Overflows With European Emigrants
Castle Garden is crowded with emigrants from all European nations as the flow of newcomers grows. Last Saturday's steamers brought 3,342 arrivals, with April 1879 totaling 9,000 and this month already at 34,000, approaching 40,000 by May. Many head directly to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa.
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Castle Garden
Europe
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Cleveland
Cat tale from a boy about Mose and a yard resident
A small boy recounts a strange family tale about a mangy cat once owned before Mose. The cat lacked ears and a tail after being maimed to cause it to leave its home, leading to a grim episode where the cat is drowned then survives in a bag and reappears at home. The retold line ends with a quip about shopping for better looking cats.
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New York News
Mose
Essex Boy Quips On Lightning After Shock
A five year old from Essex told his mother after a sharp lightning flash that God must have struck a big match. The remark reflects a child's vivid interpretation of a natural spectacle.
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Waterbury (Conn
Best Methods of Graming Away Potatoes
A brief note describes a family of eight, including three boys and three girls, efficiently storing potatoes. It highlights practical household processing and the ample capacity of a typical family unit to handle a potato surplus.
The Scorpion’s Death by Self Stinging In Darkened Glass
Dr. Allen Thomson recounts a Lucca Italy incident where a scorpion stings itself to death after a light is shone on it. After capture under a tumbler and a light flare, the creature becomes agitated then immobile as it strikes its own head with its tail, dying within seconds.
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Allen Thomson
London
Baths
Lucca
Italy
Judge Rules On Curious Love Service Contract
A New York judge overruled the defendant Ott's demurrer in a $474.50 suit by John W. Boyle arising from a “love service” contract. Boyle claimed payments for training pedestrians and for letters to win back a lady of position, alleging the letters were written in the defendant's name. The court refused to declare the agreement absolutely void and allowed an answer.
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St. Mark’s Church
Philadelphia
Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Congregational
Mount Marcy
Hudson River
Verplanck Colvin
New York State Survey
New York
John W. Boyle
Philip H. Ottman
Traps Lure Across Vast Russian Forest Paths
In St Petersburg and Moscow reports describe peasants maintaining long forest paths as exclusive routes. Traps line both sides snagging wolves foxes martens sables and more. Animals perish while owners neglect the routes and year round trapping drains game during breeding season.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Traveler and Waiter Exchange on Tough Steak
A traveler orders a steak to be given to the poor and calls it tough. The waiter replies they have no complaints, while the traveler mockingly blames an old cow for the toughness.
Dance fashions shift away from old grips in 20th century
American dancers are told that the Liverpool lurch and Boston dip are out of fashion. Tin grips have been replaced by the oo grip and the Southsea cud e, signaling a new trend in ballroom technique.
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Liverpool
Boston
Southsea
French Calf 300is and Stave Bolt Prices Promoted by Local Firms
Gentlemen will find at our store some thing nice in the way of French Calf 300is, well made, nicely made and warranted to wear well. R. Lynch, 2 doors West of the Star Bakery. The Eagle Stave Company will pay 83.25 per Cord for White Ash Stave Bolts 32 inches long. Also want White Ash Heading Bolts 32 or 37 inches long. Put your timber into the Stave Bolts and Heading Bolts. Heading Bolts made from Black Ash, Maple, Sycamore, Linn and Cottonwood may be sawed 37 inches long. We will pay fourteen cents per block for Burr, Sweet or White Oak Heading Blocks sawed 23 inches long. GEO. H. MARSH. Stogas and Plow Boots in stock. R. Lynch Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best for various skin ailments and guaranteed or money refunded. Price 25 cents. For sale by Hint & Wilson, Van Wert, O.
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R. Lynch
Star Bakery
Eagle Stave Company
Geo. H. Marsh
Stogas
The
Bucklen
Arnica
Hint & Wilson, van Wert, O
Maria Moffett
West Main Street
van Wert
Reichard
W. Hill
Middlepoint
O. Jacob Ackom
Harrison Townsby
Vance
S. Brock
Willatton
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Tull
Charles Boessel
Anglaize
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Cincinnati Commercial
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Urbana
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Miami
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Jimmy” Gentry
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Canton
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A. G. Cory
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A. D. Graffort
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Celina
Ed. Snyder
Peter Cline
Theodore Little
Smallpox Hospital
Celina Standard
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Piqua
R. E. Reynolds
R. W. Small
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Horigan
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Noble’s
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Carroll
John Cleveland
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Boston Journal of Commerce
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Alabama
Memphis & Charleston
H. M. Edwards
Pennsylvania
Pacific Railroad
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William L. Yancey
Montgomery
Ala
Campeachy
Mexico
Titusville
America
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Norwich
Gardner
Eton College
Botham’s
Salt Hill
Eton
Sub-Treasury
William Bernard
New Mexico
Bernard
Illinois
Washington
United States
B. S. Lyman
Scorpion
W. L. Norris
Walnut and
Water Streets
Emerson Road
Pleasant Township
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Young
James M. Young
Janes Longwell
Phebe Longwell
Moses German
Price & Shissler
Atandy Young
John Young
Vasta N
van Wert County
Eat
Potawatoma Creek
WM. B. Leitner
Excelsior” and “Empire
Grain Drilto, Il
Inspector
Andrew S. Burt
A. S. Burt
Whsead
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Joan A. Conn
John A. Conn
G. M. Saltzgaber
A. Conant
M. H. Tuttle
M.stripe
Pleasant Hill
P. O
Missouri
P. M. Dix
R. M. Fowler
Jas. Pettit
Convoy
George Beamer
William Fowler
Reubin W. Fowler
Martin H. Fowler
John D. Fowler
Catharine R. Karnes
Ann M.stripe
M. DIX
D. Price & Shissler
Board of Education
Willshire Township
J. M. Price
China
Napier
Root & Company
WHITE
Victoria
India
Hamburg
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne
Tan Wert
Saltzgaber & Glenn
David N. Pugh
Amanda J. Pugh
T. Manda J. Pugh
Court of Common Pleas
William Howell
Bell
A. D
J.C. Allen
Eliza Jones
O. P. Clark
M. A. Galleher
Philip Prottt
Washington Street
Robert J. Culver Well
Culverwell Medical CO
Ann St
N.Y
P. O. Box
Nhire, Shank & Lang
Druchfress Dephos
Ad . H. Reichard
Willshire
Pensions
H. F. Knowles
Ottawa
Putnam County
Hoaglin
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