Six Die as Open Switch Lets Train Plow into Gravel Pit
A construction train hauling gravel near Richeson gravel pit six miles north of Coshocton Ohio collided with empty cars after an open switch. Six workers were killed and fifteen injured as the wreck resembled a battlefield with tents set up for the injured and authorities, priests, and doctors on scene to aid the victims. The dead include Frank Gall William Rafferty John Barry Joseph Bycroft John Flynn and John Haliges. Injured range from ages 2 to 75 with multiple critical cases and one man named James Riley a sixteen-year tracksaver.
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Cosuocton
Toledo, Walhending Valley and Ohio Railway
Pennsylvania
Here
Richeson
Frank Gall
William Rafferty
John Barry
Newburg
Joseph Bycroft
Burlington, Vt
John Haliges
Aeerd Fn
Anne Hughes
William O’toole
Portsmouth
John Hagans
Charleston
N.C
Pat Connors
Canton
Martin Ward
Pittsburg
Eee Zeigler
James Riley
Patrick O'Hrien
Akron
Hugh Morrison
Altoona
Pao
Patrick Costello
Morris Collina
Allegheny City
John Erickson
Patrick Roach
Michael Mulaby
Burtington
Henry Long
Foollow
Tumphrey
Clyde White
McArthur Bros. Contractors
Wells
Jo M Jacquett
Frank Hughes
Patrick O'Bren
Comner Miller
The Silver Question and Indian Policy Debate
An editorial from The Standard condemns silver as a burden on India and urges monetary reform. It argues against a gold standard for India and advocates overhauling home charges to ease burdens. The report also covers political turmoil in Pennsylvania with railroad legal actions and a contested Huff candidacy, plus a missing center county official accused of heavy debt and illegal liquor sales.
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Endin
Strait
China
Japan
Uncertain claims on remedies and charity in ad text
An advertisement fragment discusses use of Mothers Fhien and Simmons Liver Regulator in a pregnancy context, contrasting personal charity with forgiveness of sins. It mentions Coox Milks in Lincoln Parish, and retailers Roller Wilson Laubach Boyd, reflecting a miscellaneous patter of product pitches and moral musings.
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Bee
Coox Milks
Lincoln Parish
Soldi Roller & Wilson
Laubach & Boyd
Reid Opens Republican Campaign in Illinois State House
Springfield August 19 Reid formally opened the Republican campaign in the Illinois state house before about a thousand delegates at a State League of Republican Clubs convention. He praised young Republican clubs and discussed tariff reciprocity, with Oglesby, Governor Fifer, and Governor-elect in attendance before a large overflow crowd.
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Springfield
Ill
Whitelaw Reid
Mlinos
State House
State League of Republican Clubs
Reid
Beny
New York
United
Hiscock
Arnor Miller
Thomas C. Platt
Auncey Depew
Morton
Horace Otter
Cornelius Bliss
Shermangers
Fassett
Brookfield
Hackett
Mr. Reid
Fifer
Oglesby
Mr Reid
Dipiwal
Ald
Moon
Withla Reid
Conan Oe
Gaverhorff
Tracy
Republican League
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln
Selins Grove Man Arrested for Wife’s Poisoning Case
Police report Charles Swengle of Selins Grove charged with murder in the death of his wife Anna Swengle from poison administered in her drink. The coroner’s findings and new testimony prompted the filing of information by Calvin Schoch, father of the deceased. Swengle, 24, is jailed awaiting further proceedings.
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Selins Grove
Snyder County
Anna Swengle
Charles Swengle
Swengle
Calvin Schoch
The Sabbath Question at Bellefonte
Fred Dunham a newsdealer began selling Sunday newspapers by pony express from Lock Haven since no Friday trains operate. Petitions circulate to oppose the move as ministers plan to preach against it next Sunday and local papers take issue. If needed the law will be invoked to stop the practice.
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Bellefonte
Fred Dunham
Newsdealer
Pony Express
Lock Haven
Driday
Taggart Forged Checks In Ohio Merchant Fate
BELLAIRE Aug 19 The accounts of WS S Taggart prominent merchant and coal operator show forgeries in Imont county. He allegedly forged notes at First National Bank of Stville and at Ollar Savings Bank of Bridgeport totaling 15000 dollars. He has fled to Canada with detectives pursuing him.
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Bellaire, O
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Reunion of Sixty second to seventy fourth regiments held in Punsutawney
In PUNXSUTAWNEY PA on August 19 the old soldiers of the Sixty second One Hundred and Fifth One Hundred and Forty eighth Twenty eighth and Se venty fourth regiments gather for their eleventh reunion. Ex Governor delivered an address as about 10 000 people filled the town.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Weather Update for The Ohio Valley and Western PA
Increasing cloudiness and showers sweep Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia. Cooler temperatures follow as southwest winds shift to variable directions.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Magnificent Vanity: Jewelry Trends and Luxury Items Glorified
The piece catalogues fashion icons of costlier trades, noting large colored pearls, enamel carnations, ruby glass liquor sets, perforated silver boxes, chafing dishes, and highly polished silver smoking sets. It highlights pendants with topazes and aquamarines, feathers and aigrets, gilt egg counters, elaborate earrings, and jeweled hairpins as signs of opulent dress and conspicuous consumption.
Hood's Sarnaparill and Liver Pills Ad
An old ad promotes Hood's Sarmacparill claiming it treats constipation by restoring bowel action and revitalizing the liver. It asserts superior effects and urges readers to choose the medicine if other remedies fail.
Capt. Anderson Captured as Coal Creek Conflict Proceeds
Knoxville Tenn Aug 19 Captain Keller Anderson who held the convicts at Coal Creek for a year is now in the hands of miners after a long fight at Camp Anderson. Miners 1000 assaulted the fort early afternoon and again later. Gatling guns saw action as several miners were reported killed or wounded. Federal troops and Chattanooga guards arrived by special train and another clash was reported as Anderson was removed to a hotel and guarded by Deputy U.S. Marshal Lindsay.
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Knoxxville
Tenn
Keller Anderson
Coal Creek
Camp Anderson
Knoxville Iron Company
Walden Ridge
Fort Anderson
Walden Ride
Kentucky
Triea
Catain Anderson
Relo
Robert Lindsay
United States
Burl Lindsay
Feputy
Anob Tolyoch Anderson
Chattanooga
Boyader General Carnes
National Guards
Falward Wood
Murfreesboro
Buchanan
Captain Anderson
Clinton
Soliers
Knoxville
Knoxville lease ends Coal Creek jailers to state control
Knoxville Tenn August 19 The Knoxville Iron company lessees of the branch penitentiary at Coal Creek have given the government twenty days notice they will give up their lease and turn the convicts over to the state authorities The decision could end the whole trouble if laid before the miners Milan is said to be the best lighted city of the Continent with two large central stations using American machinery and wires suspended from brackets under house eaves during the jubilee at Budapest a 25th anniversary display of incandescent lamps on a scaffold visible for 24 miles
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville Iron Company
Coal Creek
Milan
Buda Pesth
Franz Josef
Earl of Aberdeen tipped as Canada governor general candidate
A report suggests the Earl of Aberdeen may become Canada’s next governor general. A separate note says Bristol is emerging as a candidate for transatlantic steamship lines. Additional items mention an epidemic in Persia, a Missouri postmistress arrest, a missing Beaver County farmer, and a deadly fire at a Tredegar boarding house.
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Earl of Aberdeen
Canada
el Paso
Tex
Bristol
Persia
Leo
John Reed
Beaver County
Tredegar
England
Sociel
Economic Entomologist Association
Rochester
N. Y
8. A. Forbes
Champaign Ills
C J S Bethune
Port Hope
Ont
C. H. Tyler Townserl
Los Crucies
N M
Henry German
Lexington
Association of Weather Services
H. H. C. Dunwoody
United States Weather Bureau
B.S. Payne
Oregon
G Mappell
Iowa
R L. Kerkam
Wastin Np
W Iz Moore
Wisconsin
Confessed Murder and His Wife in River, Massachusetts
Charles S. Peckham of Central Village Westport confessed to murdering Mr and Mrs Andrew J Borden. He told Marshal Fleem he killed them two weeks ago out of blood for blood and returned to New Bedford. Age 62, Peckham claimed mental distress and indicated a past farm job and ties to relatives or friends.
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Fane
River
Mass
Ang
C -Harles S. Peckham
Central Village
Westport
Central
Fleem
Marshal
Andrew J Borden
New Bedford
Pia
Mount Daie
Adirondack Murray at Guilford Home Roots and Rebound
Albert J Potter reports Adirondack Murray visiting his ancestral Guilford farm, a 200 acre holding dating to 1645. Murray, a former minister and lecturer, plans a return to the platform and continues to pursue literary work, with the family estate undergoing repairs to become a permanent home for his children.
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Albert J. Potter
Quilford
W. H. H. Murray
Guilford
Murray
Hal Pointer Breaks Harness Record at Washington Park
Hal Pointer paced the mile in 2.05 at Washington Park, breaking Johnston’s 2.063 harness record set Oct 8, 1984, in Chicago. The event drew wild cheering as Pointer, driven by Ed Geers, claimed the world’s pace title, with Direct unable to race.
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Curiaco
Nancy Hanks
Washington Park
Maud
Robert Bonner
Lund
Caicano
Hal Pointer
Johnston
Harry Hamlin
Brender H P Pointer
Game
Direct
Ed Geers
Hal Painter
Frank Bear
Abe Lincoln
Geers
Pocket Spittoons Aid Consumption Prevention
The Yankee Binde describes a small pocket spittoon made of disinfected cardboard about the size of a cigar case. It is portable, clean, and can be burned when full to avoid air contamination. Consumptives and others who spit constantly can use it discreetly and carry it at all times.
Sulphur Bitters Promoted as Cure by Ablel Carter
Ablel Carter of Parker House Keston mocks doctors after a year of costly medicines for catarrh and head relief. He credits six bottles of Sulphur Bitters with curing himself and notes his wife uses them for nervous debility. He warns Simmons Liver Regulator is not an experiment and claims widespread endorsement.
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Carter
Parker House
Keston
Simmons
Dakotas Expected to Produce 125 Million Bushels of Wheat
Crop experts estimate that the two Dakotas will yield 125 million bushels of wheat this year, signaling strong harvest prospects across the northern plains. The projection underscores favorable weather and growing conditions observed through the season.
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Dakotas
Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy Promoted Amid Cures Claim
An old promotional passage touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as a cure for bad breath and catarrh. It notes social distress from offensive breath and markets the remedy as effective, with a $000 reward offer by the World's Dispensary Medical Association.
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Jemima
Ben Sage
Dr. Sage
Dr Sage
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Mississippi Man Sues Over Train Ticket Value
A Mississippi man filed suit against a railroad company seeking the value of a ticket he purchased. The case notes indicate the plaintiff could not see his cage, reflecting unusual wording in the provided fragment.
Aunt Fannys Health Restorer Promises Free Nerve Tonic
Advertisement from AUBACH & Boyp touts Aunt Fanny s Health Restorer as a universal cure for dyspepsia liver complaint rheumatism costiveness nervous exhaustion and sleeplessness. The ad offers a free package of the nerve tonic to readers.
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Judd
NTS
Judd Detroit
Mica
Fanny
Aubach & Boyp
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