Political convention chaos in Millersburg described
The paper recounts chaotic Democratic and Republican reporting on the Millersburg convention fights over judgeships. It notes claims of mob behavior, alleged bribery, forged lists, miscounts, and hostile press coverage from Wayne Holmes and Coshocton factions, with Millersburg papers citing bedlam and procedural manipulation.
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la Tat Republican
Mullersburg
Taggart
Court of Common Fleas
Sixth Judicial District
Wayne County
Holmes
John Swartz
Ripley
Eason
Wayne
Holmes County
Nicholas
Dowell
John McSweeney
Costocton County
Coshocton
Millersburg
Democratic
Wooster Jacksonian
Jacksonian
Swartz
Lst
Royal Jubilee Feast For London's Poorest Laid On
Four royals and Princess Alexandra witnessed tears as two cripples presented flowers to the Prince of Wales and Princess. A Jubilee feast fed 1,600 cripples at Buckingham Palace and almost 600,000 poor people statewide were served meals from noon. The scheme grew from a letter to the Lord Mayor and raised about 200000 dollars from London donors.
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Prince of Wales
L’sople’s
Alexandra
London
Mercantile reports signal near-term prosperity in Midwest
Southwestern Ohio Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia figure in K G Dann & Co reports from Pittsburg. The territory is mapped closely by local business men every ten miles. They are confident revival follows harvest as field crops show strong results and prosperity improves.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
K.G. Dann & Co’s
Pittsburg
Stark
Tuscarawas
Victoria Visits Kensington Palace Home Birth Banner
The inscription plays on Queen Victoria’s ties to Kensington Palace, noting the banner reading Home, Sweet Home displayed during her visit to her birthplace. The line underscores the monarch’s personal connection to the royal home and her early life.
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Kensington Palace
Victoria
Public Jubilee Week Appearance Marks Final Public Showing
The article notes the upcoming public appearance is her last, with future official duties handled by the Prince and Princess of Wales as the Queen retires from public events. It also discusses Senator Foraker buying land in Washington to build a home, and Ohio Senator John K McLean largely living in D C, being wealthy, and viewed skeptically by the Ohio Democracy for self interests rather than state service.
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Prince and Princess of Wales
Senator Foraker
Washington City
U.S
Ohio
John K McLean
Washington, D.C
Ohio Democracy
Urrville Democratic Rift Over Senate Nomination
A fragmented local report shows Urrville Democrats opposing honoring millionaires and out‑of‑state men, while the party pushes McLean of Washington DC for United States Senator. The note adds that even McLean may fear the convention endorsement confirms the risk Democrats refuse to take.
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Ohio
Root
McLean
Washington, D. C
United States
State bond sale contrast in canal debt funding
The text notes Ohio State bonds selling at a premium by the sinking Fund Commission to refund canal debt while bearing 3 percent interest. It contrasts with last year's Democratic panic and mentions Union State Panda and potential winners sashneil and Hanns, implying political stakes.
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Unio State Panda
Ohio State
Sinking Fund Commission
Sashneil
Hanns
Myers Leads Resolution Committee in Democratic Platform Debate
Allen O Myers heads the Democratic convention committee on resolutions. His return to McLeans services cannot erase what he wrote about McLean and the Leyne and Brice purchase of the United States Senatorship. Some sentences could add spice to the platform.
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Allen O. Myers
Democratic Convention Committee
McLean
Myers
L’ayne
Brice
United States
Russia's Empire Compared to Europe in Czar Census
The new Hussain census places 130 million subjects under the Czar, equaling the combined populations of Germany Austria and Italy, and surpassing France by three or four times. Australia stands as a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance.
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Germany
Austria
Italy
France
Speaker Reed Sets House Committee Plans Before Adjournment
Reed has studied the house members and will name a strong committee slate just before adjournment to allow early work on the special session's agenda.
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Reed
Illinois Campaign Echoes for Senate in Early Era
Engorsing rhetoric frames Illinois politics as Stephen A. Douglass and John M. Alexander vie for the U S Senate while Dut McLean avoids declaring candidacy amid tense Democratic and abolitionist currents.
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Illinois
Stephen A. Wouglass
John M. *Aimer
Dut McLean
One McLean man among Ohio party leaders stands out
A single member of the Ohio State Central Committee of the Democratic Party is not a McLean. The McLean in Washington DC does not affect the group or their loyalties.
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Uvew
Ohio Demcracy
McLean
Washington, D.C
Paper eyes betrayals drive Ohio Democracy to McLean leader
The query questions whether past betrayals by Ohio Democracy push the group to Washington to seek McLean as their sole leader, signaling a strategic bid to consolidate authority.
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Ohio Democracy
Washington, D. C
McLean
Cleveland Democrat Resolutions Favor Cuba Debate
A Cleveland political scene discussion centers on Democratic resolutions backing Cuba, raising questions about party alignment and foreign policy stance amid ongoing partisan debates.
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Cleveland
Cuba
Deadly Collision Kills Three Christian Endeavor Delegates
In West Chicago on the Galien division two Chicago and Northwestern trains collided, killing three delegates en route to San Francisco and injuring about 20 to 30 others from Wisconsin towns. Engineer Charles Courtney fatally injured. station nourished by others. Separate Vandalia wreck near Vandalia, Indiana, leaves multiple casualties among Christian Endeavor travelers including R T Sherman and W P Coon with several fatally injured and injured.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
West Chicago
Galeng
Christian Endeavor
San Francisco
Rk, Shipman
Appleton
Wis
John Gooding
Rode
Charles Courtney
Belvidere
Ill
Fond du Lac
Green Bay
Oconto
Wisconsin
St. Indianapolis
Ind
Vandalia
St.Louis
R. T. Sherman
Indianapolia
W. P. Coon
East
Louisiana Street
Indianapolis
Samuel Parkison
Columbus
Frank Owens
Terre Haute
Four New Societies Join Wayne County Temperance Union Meeting
The Wayne County W C T U annual meeting at the First Presbyterian church in Wooster heard reports from secretaries treasurers and department superintendents. Delegates from Fredericksburg Shreve and Burbank attended. New societies formed at Orrville West Salem Dalton and Apple Creek. The program featured papers on suffrage scientific temperance and heredity with several prayers songs and recitations. New county officers were elected including President Mrs N U Garrett and Treasurer Miss Florence Reed.
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Anogsl
Wayne County
W. C
Methodist Episcopal and Christian
Iews
Aters
Bird
Burban
Kersmith
M. E. Gordon
Department of Mercy
Eleanor Klocher
Alice Davis
Department of Juvenile Work
Robertson
Fredericksburg
J. F. Smith
Wooster
Bird and Waters
Criley and Smith
Burbank “Y
Jennie Miller
Lytle
Fredericksburg W
L.T. I
E. W W. Robertson
Shreve
Creston
Dysart
C. A. Lerch
Lottie, Hyerhard
iWaters
J. G. Dydart
Mary H. Morgan
the Wooster Union
Misa Florence Reed
Kurbenk
U’s
First Presbyterian Church
Minch
A. M. Bino
Florench Reed
Orpon
N. UL. Garrett
Wemrley. Wooster
Woodard
Florence Reed
Burbank
Sayer
Royal Temperance Legions
Texas Land Certificates Unclaimed Heirs Sought in 1897 Notice
Editor please note an 1897 Austin Texas notice from James B. Gurr & Son about unclaimed estates and land certificates issued by the Republic of Texas to soldiers and settlers from 1830 to 1840. It lists heirs and potential relatives including Kasson and Mary Hayden's line and names a group of titled individuals with possible Texas connections. Further information is promised on request.
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Wooster Republican
Texas
Journal
Janes B. Gurr & Son
Aves
Tim
John H. Parkhurst
Wayne County
Ohio
George M. Kasson
St. Louis
Missoni
Mary Hayden
Mary
Mary Mann
Illinois
Missouri
Mr. Green
Alma Green
John L. Alford
James A. Bradford
William Brockner
David Barlow
Orryville Machine Co Ships Threshers and Sees New Orders
Nearby notes report Orryville Machine Co shipped three threshing machines to Nashville and seven more on orders, with Secretary Mr. Taylor noting higher year to date orders than in the prior three years. Cleveland area notices say run six days a week ten hours at car shops starting Monday, and Akney reports Whitman Barnes to build a large rubber factory employing several hundred.
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Orryille Machine Co
Nashville
Tenn
Taylor
Crescent
Lorain
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad
Akney
Jane
Whitman & Barnes Company
Col Gyger Resigns After 23 Years in the Ohio National Guard
Alliance June 28 Col Georgs Gyger of the Eighth Infantry O N G has resigned after 23 years service. Lieut Col C V Hard of Wooster now commands the regiment and will likely be elected to fill the vacancy. Gyger, oldest guard officer by service, cites lack of time to attend duties.
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Co. G
Ashland
Unhappy Wife Sues for Divorce from Eloya Beard
Alma Beard of Clinton township files for divorce from Eloya Beard. Married Ashland county May 18 1893. No children. Accuses gross cruelty and neglect including instances of striking. Alleges he left home August 31 1896 and failed to provide support. Seeks alimony during suit and final alimony out of his property or earnings. Requests restoration to maiden name Alma Aylsworth and injunction against disposing of or going out with property.
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Alma Beard
Clinton Township
M. L. Spooner
Benj. Eason
Eloya Beard
Ashland County
Alma Aylsworth
Stories of the Ranks from the 20th Ohio Volunteers
An enlisted Ohio soldier recounts Civil War incidents near Fredericksburg New Years night 1863 including a stealth reconnaissance, a dusk attack, and a retreat. He notes cannon fire, a skirmish with the enemy, and a later meeting with a Confederate in Texas in 1865 who claimed the Union army retreated while their colonel was drunk. The narrative ends with the unit withdrawing toward the Green Bayou.
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20Th Ohio Volunteers
Fredericksburg, O
Eberhart
Reba
Dow
Texas
A Holmes County Bride for a Prominent Railroader
Miss Lillian F. F. Cramlett, daughter of Rev. Ezra Cramlett, married Edgar Van Etten, superintendent of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad and president of the Rome and Watertown railroad, in Millersburg. The ceremony was performed by her father with help from Rev. N. W. Cramlett, after which the couple left by private car for a lakeside wedding tour. Van Etten had long resided in New York City, where Miss Cramlett pursued literary work for ten years.
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Millersburg
Lillian F. F. Crarolett
Ezra Cramiett
Edgar van Etten
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Rome & Watertown Railroad
van Etten
Cramlett
All Around Wayne County Offers Surcharged Threshers Sales
The Orrville machine shop moved nine Champion threshers by mail in one day last week and sold one machine at the shop, boosting hopes for a summer shutdown. Supt. Harry Taylor felt buoyant about that day’s sales as the shop contemplates its regular summer vacation.
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Orryille
Arop
Harry Taylor
Shreve Anti-Saloon League
J. P. Hutchison
Lee
Manga Oldroyd
Miley
Treas
W. A. Smith
Agitation
Michael Booth
Legislation
Jacob Welker
Enforcement
Crossman Weat Salem
Bishop & Kiplinger
Columbiana
Columbiana Co
Eli Rupert
Irvin Barone
Hagansi
Asa Moore
Cyrus Plymesser
Congress
Austin Fohrman
Henry Brinker
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Coshocton County
Coshoctons
Weensey
Orrville
West Salem
Dalton
Apple Creek
Wayne County Woman's Temperance Union
Waters
M. F. Gordon
W. W. Criley
Col. Gyger
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