Ohio Prohibition Party Convention Declares War on Liquor
The Ohio Prohibition Party adopts a platform denouncing legalized liquor as a public nuisance and urging relentless warfare to suppress the liquor traffic. It calls for a political party dedicated to enactment and enforcement of laws to end manufacture sale and transport of liquor and urges direct legislation and voter unity.
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Prohibition Party of
Ohio
Rntorna
Republic
Partia
Messares
Harrisburg Oratorical Contest Sees Hoffman Win
The Collegiate oratorical contest was held in Harrisburg at the Wizard of Trade Building. Enoch Hoffman won and will represent the state at Buffalo on August 2. John A. Simpson finished in second place, with a strong attendance noted.
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Wizard of Trade
Enoch Hoffman
Buffalo
John A. Simpson
Robert Bacon
Clevelands
H TL Smotzer
Vatea
Milas Mary Magner
Smith & Lautzenbelser
Taving
Obar, Palmer
Todianapolis
Tnd
Smerly
Woonter
Merle
Taseday
Ripler
McCoy
W. Liberty Street
Janse Mower
University of Wooster
Samuel Stair
Paint Two
Philp Wile
Paintwe
Reedeburg
F Ackley
Michael Carroll
Woosta
Father Carroll
Predent Dickie to Speak at Prohibition Conference
Samuel Dickie of Albion College will be one of the speakers at the Mass meeting of the National Prohibition Conference in Buffalo on August first. He plans to attend despite heavy duties at the college.
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Albion
Mich
Samuel Dickie
Albion College
Buffalo
Prohibition Club Formed in Athens County
In Ohio Columbaas June 27 E A Ryan and A B Bourquard state organizers report strong canvassing results in Athens county. A prohibition club organized at Athens with Earl E Baker as president Charles Cameron as secretary and Edward Ayers as treasurer.
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Columbaas
Ohio
E Aryan
A B Bourquard
Athens County
Bourquard
Athens
Earl E Baker
Charles Cameron
Edward Ayers
National Temperance Conference Planned for Buffalo
National Temperance Society of New York City organizes a conference in Buffalo on August 6 and 7 with delegates from American religious denominations and temperance groups. National chairman Stewart appoints five representatives for the prohibition party: Dr I K Funk Hale Johnson Charles B R Jones James A Tate and J J Ashendhurst. Quincy Lee Morrow is to campaign in town during August under state and national committee direction.
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New York City
National Temperance Society
Buffalo
Temperance Societies of America
Stewart
Prohibition Party
I. K Funk
Hale Johnson
Newton, Ill
Charles BR. Jones
Philadelphia
James A. Tate
Dyer, Tenn
J J. Ashendhurst
Columbus
Ohio
Quincy Lee Morrow
Gleeful Quills Draw Praise in Unlikely Spotlight
In a quirky column, critics marvel at Quills for his amiable glare and witty remarks. The piece notes his unlikely rise to public adulation and frames it as a soft satire of fame.
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Syracuse Nerald
Resolutions Mark Dave’s 60th Birthday
Detroit Journal notes a lighthearted moment as Dave marks his 60th birthday by declaring he is not yet 100 and passes resolutions reflecting his outlook.
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Dave
Detroit Journal
Golf clash fuels city chatter in an era
The fragment reports chatter about golf figures Nobbs and Dobbs in Chicago and Detroit, including jokes about statesmen and politicians and a conductor asked for change on street cars, reflecting urban humor and sport interplay in a late era.
Trom Danshs Statistion Misread US City Populations
In the United States there are 134 cities with populations around 30 000. The text states a total population of 18 872 462 and an average of 14 839. A garbled quote about Skreech and a reference to Detroit Broe Pras appear in the fragment, with unclear attributions and context.
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United States
Local Names Listed From Pleasant Home to Smithville
W W Shank of Pleasant Home and Celia A George of Overton, William B Swartz of Doylestown and EmmaL King of Smithville are named in the readable text. The fragment notes four individuals linked to separate locales.
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W W Shank
Pleasant Home
Celia A George
Overton
William B. Swartz
Doylestown
Emmal King
Smithville
Seward's rise from debt to legal champion in Auburn
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle recounts William H. Seward's early career. After paying $200 000 to creditors, he returned to Auburn to practice law, building a reputation by defeating infringers in a landmark case in Albany. He then funded widespread briefs and prosecutions, ending the year financially secure.
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Calvin Hudson
Rochester
William H. Seward
Seward
Auburn
Woodward
Ploughs
Albany
Court of Appeals
Albay
Uch
Fnally
United States
Dlor
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ‘ International
Epworth League Comvention
City Council approves central union telephone poles permit
Monday night council transacted business. A long-standing request from Central Union Telephone Co to erect and maintain poles through the city was read and the report was accepted. A letter from the Board of Water Trustees announced a $700 check from department lands to pay interest on water bonds. Also an ad for trustworthy travel agents offering $780 yearly with no cab fare required.
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Allege
Central Union
Board of Water
Probate notices list names tied to David Winkler case and local officials
A fragment records a minor Ao application in Probate Cont Advertised for David Winkler of Wocatr two and several officials named. It also notes the death of a three month old child of William Spitler in Overton with burial planned, plus a June 26 Orrville wedding of John F. Chapman and Bertha Lacy. Dr. Thomson dentist listed at 20 W Liberty.
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David Winkler
Wocat
Tom Banler
W. Raynolde
Nick Famter
Geo. O Tosker
Warden
Mise E.nor Severance
William Spitler
Overton
Jobn F. Chapman
Misa Bertha
Lacy
W. J. Hyde
Orrville
Thurador
Thomson
W. Liberty
Ashland notes hail from wartime and weddings in 1901
The column lists a mob of local items including a Gallip area tragedy of a soldier killed escaping prison, a manager change at Lancaster Dairy, marriage of Miss Verma Hile to Louis Blakely, a public wild west show crowd surge, a wind storm in Coshocton, and various obituaries, divorces, and civic notes with dates and places across the region.
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Landis & Schmock
Waat Liberty
Verma Hile
Doylestown
Wm. J. Hile
Louis 8. Blakely
Maude Snyder
James Esnyder
Coshocton
The Frigate Bird Soars on Wide Wings Across the Sea
A fragment describes the frigate bird living chiefly in the air with ten to twelve foot wings and a three foot body. Its hollow bones and air filled pouch aid buoyancy while it hunts by leaping on other birds to seize their prey from midair.
Cure for hiccough by pulling the tongue method
A 19th century note reports a cure for persistent hiccoughs from Lyons France by repeatedly pulling the tongue while in and out of the mouth. It claims rapid relief in twenty minutes and notes the tongue’s link to brain respiratory centers.
Industrious cabman’s wit tricks French patron in phone plot
Detroit Free Press recounts a tale where a clever worker nicknamed Olly Slick deceives a wealthy French client. The man is shown dual language lines and two telephone setups to prove the system’s appeal in English, delaying the client’s realization of the ruse.
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Olly Slick
Oly
Olly Yo
Detroit Free Press
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