Obie's Official Veis Prohibition Vote Totals
The text reports Prohibition vote totals with 13 503 for Obie and state ticket figures: Creemer 13 502 Scott 13 491 Parvis 13 453 Kteghkam 13 448 Shrave 13 313 Pinney 13 493 Farquhar 13 420 Far quakr 13 355 Dicka son 13 422. It notes Prohibitionists are the third party and references Socialist vote context.
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Obie
Creemer
Scott
Parvis
Dudiwer
Kteghkam
Treas
Shrave
Pinney
Farquhar
Public Works
Farquakr
Dickason
Okie
Socialiste
Columbas
Next National Prohibition Convention Aims for Baltimore
Baltimore Maryland citizens push to host the next National Prohibition Convention with state and local committees meeting to decide. Businessmen reportedly pledge up to 5000 dollars to secure the gathering in the city. The piece remarks on alcoholic beverage consumption and imagines vast quantities disposed of in a canal to illustrate the issue.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Man Walks From Wellersville After Lost Train Fare
Howard Spicer of Trinway boarded a train for Van Wert with his purse containing the ticket and money. The purse disappeared before the conductor could check the ticket, leaving him ticketless and broke. He was put off the train and walked to Wooster, then obtained work locally after reporting the incident.
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Howard Spicer
Trinway
van Wart
Spicer
Woeeter
Wellersville
False report on wreck victims and inmates linked to county infirmaries
The article clarifies that Austin Bricker died in the Allegheny wreck, not Hayes Bricker, and that Laura Rees who escaped Summit county infirmary remains at Wayne county infirmary since capture at Orrville. She was moved to Akron Tuesday. A wanted trustworthy lady remains sought for a misrepresented business matter in the county.
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Laura Rees
Summit County Infirmary
Wayne County Infirmary
Orrville
Akron
East Liberty Market Prices and Items Listed
A fragmentary East Liberty notice lists assorted goods and prices. Items include meats, produce, beverages, and household basics with various unit prices and quantities noted, reflecting a small local trade post or market tally.
Economy of reading and simplification urged by reformers
A preasch doctor argues the human brain is overtaxed by professional writers and readers must be spared long words and complex sentences. The Illustrated London News favors using initial letters for long terms to speed comprehension and suggests diagrams over delicate prose.
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London News
Thenres
Storms of Old England Record Historic Tempest Power
The London Chronicle recalls historic storms surpassing the 19th century. It cites 15oo houses wrecked in 1644 London, 1091 floods, 1225 prolonged thunder, Cromwellian legends, and the 1703 gale that cost £2,000,000 in damage, drowned thousands, and sank ships and the Eddystone Lighthouse.
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England
London Chronicle
London
Cromwell
Pale
Britannia
Eddystone
Winstanley
Punishment for Libel in Russia Involves Eating Words
A historical note recalls a history of Russian libel penalties where the convicted author must eat his published words. A man who penned a volume critical of the sovereign was seized and tried in a summary proceeding before being forced to swallow the text. A surgeon assessed the maximum safe quantity, reportedly around two hundred leaves, to avoid danger to life.
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Russia
Lucky Horseshoes Discarded For Bursted Tire Odds
A young woman who once kept a superstition habit of collecting horseshoes, tying them to ribbons on her furniture, has replaced the items with sections from burst tires taken from friends’ autos. She jokes she expects luck to change when she reaches her thirteenth section of burst tires, aiming before the new year divisible by four.
Timelines and travel fantasies in a curious dialogue
A bizarre exchange pits two men against a tangle of time zones from Paris to New York to San Francisco. They debate which city is earlier or later and muse about flying machines allowing backward visits to ancestors.
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Paris
New York
Hongkong
San Francisco
The Amusing Parable of Golf and the Gentle Reader
A humorous mock sermon on golf portrays a golfer as a rustic, mighty figure whose antics with clubs and tee provoke wonder and cheer. The piece humorously extols golf as the best and most expensive game, concluded with a playful chorus urging affection for gowf.
Childhood Pranks and Milkman Tale from New Rochelle
A fragment from an old tale of C. Oliver Iselin recounts a New Rochelle childhood prank. The boy and companions visit a farm at night, lure a milkman with a pretend cow emergency, and cause a bemused scene before the prank ends with a missing trace and a turned-up turnip in the milk spout.
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C. Oliver Iselin
New Rochelle
Iselin
New York
Ankle Break In Walk Near Clintom
Charles Haney fell on a trestle near Clintom breaking his ankle. He was sent home to Cleveland. Frank Gibson and Geo. Freetef Daltem were arrested and fined ten dollars plus costs for hunting without landowner permission.
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Charles Haney
Clintom
Chippewa Two
Igateee
Cleveland
Frank Gibson
Geo. Freetef Daltem
Seach
Quit Kicking and Reap What You Have Sown
A reflective verse urging acceptance of life’s turnings. It contrasts kicking at fate with embracing dreams and shared joys. The piece celebrates living, laughing, loving, and enduring despite hardship, echoing a sentiment from the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Shang
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Bottle Adrift in Lake Constance Brought Word From King William II
A bottle found on the shore of Lake Constance by a German bandmaster carried a leaf requesting a postal card upon discovery. Days later a card arrived from a writer claiming to be William II, King of Württemberg, confirming the bottle was found and noting the king’s thanks. The tale sits alongside a quip about a streetcar conductor and a Grand Army veteran.
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Lake Constance
King
Weingarten
William 11
King of
Wartemburg
San Francisco Bulletin
Farmers Mutual Improvement Club Meeti ng Dec 3 1903
The Farmers Mutual Improvement Club gathers Thursday December 3 1903 with a program including music talks on fertilizer from air pruning grafting and periodsicals for farmers. Col Evan P Howell of Atlanta recounts Uncle Billy’s attempt to define eleemosynary in a country store tale.
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Farmers Mutual Improvement Club
Becker
G. L Silver
Frank Bayder
Glenn Warner
Mr. Moore
Uncle Billy
Evan P Howell
Atlanta
Billy
New York Times
Webster Story of Dan Websters Youth Told by Secretary Root
Secretary Root recalled Daniel Webster and his brother on how they spent money in boyhood. The tale, told on the day Root sailed for England as a member of the Alaska boundary commission, ends with the younger brother saying he sent his money to Dan.
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Webster
Root
England
Alaska Boundary Commission
Daniel Webster
Dan
Mr Root
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