Prohibition State Ticket Leaders Named in Ohio Roster
Secretary of State A L White of Wake Cottage heads the slate alongside Muskingum Co Board of Public Works member Satouel W Dunlap of Williamsport in a picks way. Co Judge of Supreme Court AL Talcot of Cleveland and Joel Commissioner Geo Mace of Greenville Darke Co also listed.
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A L. White
Wake Cottage
Muskingum Co. Board of Public Works
Satouel W Dunlap
Williamsport
Picksway. Co
Supreme Court
AL. Talcot
Cleveland Dairy
Joel
Geo . Mace
Greenville
Darke Co
Prohibition County Officials Named in Probate Notice
Probate Judge J C Clark of West Salem Congress township Audivor Fenton Coup of Plain township Sheriff Frank P Hower of Wooater Commissioner Long Term W A Bruce of Wooater township Commissioner Short Term Soward Crosby of Saltcresk township Recorder Platto Ametutz of Milton township Infirmary Director David I Foltz of Clinton township Corsner D H Harter of Greene township
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J C Clark
West Salem
Congress
Audivor
Fenton Coup
Plain Township
Sherif
Frank P Hower
Wooater
W A. Bruce
Wooater Township
Soward Crosby
Saltcresk Township
Platto Ametutz
Milton Township
David I Foltz
Clinton Township
Corsner
D. H Harter
Greene Township
Prohibition Platform in Ohio Delivers Anti Liquor Assertion
The Prohibition party of Ohio declares in convention that liquor traffic corrupts government, harms society, and burdens taxation. It calls for immediate nationwide prohibition of manufacture importation and sale of intoxicating drinks and urges voters to back the Prohibition ticket to restore order, morality, and national honor.
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Prohibition Party of
Ohio
Hou
Bribary
Rinhaga
Trafic
Drazaniv
Avery
Martyr of Prohibition Dies in Portland Springs
Samuel F Pearson, a Prohibition Party member and 1900 Cumberland County Maine sheriff nominee, died August 6 at Portland Springs from heart disease due to overwork. He had appointed 32 deputies, 16 Republicans, 8 Democrats, and 8 Prohibitionists, aiding law enforcement against liquor law violations.
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Samuecl F Pearson
Portland Springs
Fearson
Prohibition Party
Sherif
Cumberland Co
Maine
Pearson
Cumberland County
Sheriff Pearson Stand as Icon of Law and public safety
The passage honors Sheriff Pearson, portraying him as a prominent figure who embodied law enforcement for the people rather than a single department. It credits him with proving that the will of the people can be enforced and credits him with a significant contribution to national safety.
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Sheriff Pearson
Frank reunion at Copley reads family history and plans
Fank Reaman The Balthaser Frank reunion was held in Copley Aug 19 at the home of Mr and Mrs D Collier. About 220 attended despite heavy rain. Miss Bertha Frank Greensburg and Mr E D Fitch Akron read family history. Officers named for next year include D Frank Pres I Frank VP A P Knoder Treas. Letters of regret from several members. Next meeting planned for August at Springfield Lake. Many relatives listed as present from Canton Massillon Ravenna Wadsworth and others.
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Balthaser Frank
Copley
D Collier
Mise Bertha Frank
Greensburg
E D Fitch
Akron
D. Frank
Pres
I. Frank
Wadsworth
Correspondents Plan Picnic At Wooster City Park
At the August meeting of Correspondents held in the Mayor's office the group scheduled a picnic for Saturday September 6 at Wooster City Park. The program will feature new elements intended to be entertaining. Members with potential participants are asked to contact President Henry Jacot or Secretary Ida Moore.
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Wooster City Park
Henry Jacot
Prea
Ida Moore
Sec
Cruikshank’s Fagin Drawn From a Self Portrait Moment
The article notes how James Cruikshank created his image of Fagin from a moment of self observation in a mirror while studying Oliver Twist. It claims the final depiction is effectively Cruikshank himself rather than a separate model.
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Cruikshank
Fagin
East End
London
Vagio
Cruikshank Bimacif
Senator’s Streetcar Joke Reflects Lightning Wound Story
An eastern senator riding a Capitol Streetcar is asked about Washington by a very deaf woman who apologizes for her deafness. The exchange ends with the woman’s quip on electricity and the senator recalling being struck by lightning last summer, saying it did him little good. The Washington Post notes the humorous vignette.
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Capitol
Washington
Indy
Waabington Post
Fragmentary Bible Text Quoted in Chicago News Speech
A garbled quotation from a minister unfolds amid church ambiance. The fragment includes garbled dialect, an organ, and a line about a stranger and a decision to proceed with an election or collection. The source text appears as a clipped, misspelled excerpt.
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Flatfoot
Chicago News
Dows om His Luck and Morning Fame teased
A cryptic fragment from the Philadelphia Press reflects on luck and fame with folk speech about mornings bringing self overestimation, ending with a garbled line about sleep and a tollsome day. The text alludes to careey faith and overslape mead in a quixotic, dialect rich vignette.
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Cassidy
Philadelphia Press
Doctors Advertise Free Treatment in Wooster and Wayne County
Philadelphia doctors advertised in Wooster and Wayne county papers promising free treatment on July 24 and 25. They visited Millersburg to place ads but failed to pay for advertising. A justice of the peace collected the bill and $10 in costs after sending a representative.
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Philadelphia
Wooster
Wayne
Millersburg
Justice of the Peace
Costa
The Fairy Lamp Tighters and Severn's Bright Spark
A fragmentary life of poet John Keats and artist Joseph Severn recounts how Severn, mindful of candlelight dangers in darkened rooms, devised a twin-candle aid. A lit wick near by ignites a thread linking candles, startling a sleeping nurse with a "fairy lamp lighter" misread as inspiration from a benevolent house fairy.
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Joxeph Severn
Keats Tobia List
Ness
Severn
Wold
Geo
Flowers of the Cranberry Bloom in June
A compact note on the cranberry blossom described as one of June’s dainty wild towers. It details the plant’s slender shrub form, evergreen leaves, emerged corolla, curled tips, and spear like stamens. Mentions its rarity beside pitcher plants and orchids and alludes to etymology from crane like shape.
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Peat Boys
Golden Club
Skeally
Bis
America
Italian Rings and The Lore of Jewelry Craft
The article describes intricate Italian rings famed for beauty and open work. It details an outer ring support with a pyramidal diamond and a serpent like shank design. It recalls a Raleigh quote and Queen Elizabeth’s admonition inspiring bold fortune.
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Vermee
Raleigh
Fula
Queen Elizabeth
Blinov
Candy For Change at the Railroad Tews Stand
A Philadelphia Record item notes why a railroad tews sign seller keeps penny candy in stock. Regular customers use it as change, with one man buying two seating papers daily for years, then taking three pieces of candy while waiting for his train. The practice spreads as others imitate it.
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Hye
Philadelphia Record
Eating From the Same Plate in Historic Dining Habits
Notes on shared meals in past etiquette, citing eighteenth century customs. The old Duke and Wuchens of Hamilton once sat at the dais and ate from a single plate as a token of attachment and preserved manners from youth.
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Wuchens of Hamilton
Reselan Police Regulations Reported in Ship Policy
A Roe ship police regulation cites censorship of price lists, invitations, personal visiting cards, and seals or rubber stamps for individuals or corporations. A separate order governs the ante of soap, starch, toothbrushes, and insect powder, while another controls the printing of paper used in making elparettes.
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Reselan Police
Roe Ship Police
The Only Way
A brief misgiving between Reginald and his spouse about marriage. She asks if his worry will grow after they wed, and he replies that they must marry and see. The exchange captures domestic sentiment in a clipped, period-voiced line from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Reginald
Chicago Record-Herald
Theater Tickets Hidden in Unopened Letters
Maud questions a habit of referring to bins as Mabel replies. A plan to send back any letters unopened is discussed as a possible ruse to avoid rudeness. The characters consider theater tickets possibly hidden among the letters.
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Maud
Mabel
Difference Between Deserved and In Store Insight
A Pittahorg Gazette reflection notes a wide gap between perceived deserving and actual outcomes, suggesting expectations often outpace what fate or reality delivers. It emphasizes cautious optimism and awareness of unseen factors shaping results.
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Pittahorg Gazette
Deadly Prussic Acid Details and Dangers
Prussic acid or hydrocyanic acid is a highly deadly poison found in several shrubs and trees. It is produced by distilling ferrocyanide or potassium with sulfuric acid and exists as a light colorless gas or liquid with bitter almond odor. Doses of two to six drops can be fatal. used in medicine for stomach ailments and in treating whooping cough but fumes kill plants and affect animals similarly, except horses and hyenas appear less affected. death proceeds rapidly via heart paralysis, followed by rigor mortis.
Some Curious Book Titles From Sixteenth Century Charities
A survey of odd religious book titles from the 1500s noting extravagant phrasing like The Spiritual Suuffloor and The Lamp of 3. Augustine and the Files That Fit Around It, plus works such as Buttons and Buttonholes For Believers Breeches and Bread Cooked on the Ashes Brought by an Angel.
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Father la Chaude
Eligiah
Elijah
Augustine
Newcastle
Rubber Foot Fever and Rubber Boot Health Warning
The article warns that rubber foot fever cannot be treated by chiropodists and only foot baths and removing the moisture source help. Wearing rubber boots to keep feet dry worsens dampness and colds, with damp socks causing greater illness than mud.
Tiffanys Big Day In 1837
Mr Charles L Tiffany and his partner Mrs Young started a store in 1837 with 1000 borrowed from his father. Their initial stock included bric a brac Asian wares umbrellas and desks. First three days sales were 4.08 dollars and by Christmas Eve 1837 sales rose to 23 dollars and 9 cents.
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Tiffany
Charles L. Tiffany
Mrs.Young
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Dublin's Red Haired Club Details
Dublin's Red Barred club, a former society, barred entrants with non auburn hair. Initiation required washing hair and whiskers in hot soda and water to remove any dye attempts.
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Dublin
Neighbors Dislike Krankleigh-Naw in Local Street
In a Philadelphia Press segment, Krankleigh-Naw voices strong dislike for the pew neighborhood. Sharpe notes the streets are full of two cent opinions and a notably particular man who cannot fit in. Neighbors describe the area as troublesome, while Krankleigh- Naw confirms widespread discontent.
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Krankleigh
Sharpe
Philadelphia Press
Not So Tactless at That
She Mrs Boreton called today and I thought she would never go. He but you are so amiable I suppose you never gave her the slightest hint that you wanted her to go. She indeed I did not. If I had she’d be here now.
Tar water once the universal English remedy tale
Mis quotes recount Horace Walpole noting tar water's rise as a universal nostrum. A chemist in England allegedly sold tar water, and when asked if he sold tar water, he exclaimed Tar water. The anecdote highlights the fad and the apothecary's simple reply.
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England
Horace Walpole
Confucius Quotation Appears in Irish Maid Dialogue
An excerpt presents a dialogue featuring Irish Maid and Master Jimmy with a sharp moral line about behavior. The text contrasts a superior man who is satisfied with a mean man who is distressed, echoing Confucius wisdom in a sharp, didactic tone.
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Confucius
Poisoning Punishments Under Henry VIII Law Repealed
In Henry VIII era England heightened fear of poisonings leading to a statute granting death by boiling. The case of Margaret Davy showed public horror as she was executed similarly in 1542. The cruelty persisted until repeal immediately after the king’s death despite slow news travel.
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England
Henry VIII
Coke
Margaret Davy
Henry
Consular Clerks and Their Tenure in U S History
The law fixes thirteen consular clerks with a five year service pay of 1000 dollars and travel expenses. They are appointed by the president and serve effectively for life. The tenure statute allows removal only for cause in writing submitted to congress at the next session. This is the sole instance of direct congressional interest in an executive office.
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Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Waablogton Star
French Nonalcoholic Punch Recipe From Paris
A described French nonalcoholic punch uses five pounds each of raisins and dried apples with five gallons of water. Ferment three days, then bottle with sugar and cinnamon. Cork tightly, chill, and store cool. The drink purportedly numbered over 50 million gallons consumed in France annually.
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France
Kelvin egg spin test hints at Earth’s interior
Lord Kelvin taught natural philosophy at Glasgow by spinning an egg suspended in air. A hard boiled egg spins longer, while a raw egg stops due to friction between its contents and shell. He inferred Earth’s interior cannot be fluid, or the globe’s rotation would slow. students tried raw eggs and none spun properly, prompting his blunt remark.
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Lord Kelvin
University of Glasgow
Cenel Joke Ends in Revenge at Paris Reception
Oswald, a witty Per sian prankster, lured 500 lunchhackas to a Paris reception with a promised legacy but used the gathering to exact a cruel revenge on a man who slighted him. The man was slightly deformed and the crowd’s arrival amplified the unsettling outcome.
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Oswald
Paris
The Pride of Profession Comment
The Kansas City Journal argues soldiers alone show true pride in their calling and deserve traditional funeral conveyances. It imagines satire of a farmer hauled to his grave by a sulky plow as a disgrace, contrasting honor with mundane rural life.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Flat Noses Beauty Standards Across Cultures
The article notes that ancient Persia favored aquiline noses as beautiful while a Sumatran mother flattens her daughter's nose. It also describes savage tribes in Oregon and Aracan applying continual pressure to flatten skulls to gain a new beauty, illustrating varying cultural ideals of appearance.
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Persia
Oregon
Aracan
Very Smart Man Questioned by Senator Sorghum
Quote from the Washington Star about Francia Bacon and his alleged cleverness in financial dealings. The remark contrasts supposed intellect with a biography indicating a failure to avoid capture in a minor deal. Also notes a cryptic line about a man starting a fight with two velvet hands being a con.
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Francia Bacon
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Samuel Bruce and Della Draben stott note marriage
Samuel Bruce and Della Draben stott of Woostar, on T. W. Martehern of Cleveland and Eliza Numbers of Applecreek.
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Samuel Bruce and
Della Drabenstott
Woostar
T. W. Martehern
Cleveland
Eliza Numbers
Applecreek
Community Visitors and Gatherings from Ashland Area
Workers Henry Stemetz and daughters Eva and Grace of Columbus and Leven Stametz of Lima visited the community this past week. Several families hosted relatives and guests including the Statlers from Chicago and Reedburg, Ed Snader and family, and Walter Meyer and wife. Others attended the Seager family reunion east of Ashland and visits by the Wile and Snader families, Bradeo and Brackett households, and the McFadden relatives. Local residents hosted Sabbath visits and a Stone family event with Thorsday noting a future gathering.
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Henry Stemetz
Eva
Grace
Columbus
Ohio
Leven Stametz
Lima
Mr. Statler
Chicago
J A Statler
Reedaburg
O. E Berkheimer
Ed Snader
Walter Meyer
Seager
F .B. Snader
Dr Bradeo
Woeeter
I. F. Schott
Francis Moore
Jacob Hyat
Ashland
J. W. France
McFadden
St. Firestone Thorsday
C.L Fortney
Misa Alice Tidd
Alliance
Wm. Clark
Sullivan
M. W. Webb
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