Ashland council grants 25 year streetcar franchise
The Cleveland Ashland and Mansfield Traction Company won a 25 year franchise from the Ashland council with a fare cap of five cents. The railroad line will serve Cleveland Elyria and Weston areas. The traction company’s president is to be in Ashland Friday.
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Cleveland, Ashland and Mansfield Traction Company
Ashland Council
Cleveland, Elyria and
Wrestert
Aachios
Ashland
Woman Visits City Drug Stores With Threat of Vitriol
A female visitor questioned druggists about a man and warned them not to assist him if she claimed to be his wife. She claimed she would reveal vitriol harm and instructed not to sell blue vitriol though she meant oil of vitriol. Most stores doubted the threat and believed the man had no real intent.
Market slips then rallies as Union Pacific shares rebound
Friday's dispatches described a stock market slump with signs of a possible breakdown. Saturday's reports reversed the trend noting gains and that Union Pacific and St. Paul stock, which fell on Friday, closed higher than before.
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Dispatches
Union Pacific
St. Paul
Thousands Suffering Kidney Trouble Warned in Ad
A newspaper advertisement urges readers to check kidney health by observing urine sediment and urges trying Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. It claims the remedy relieves back pain, kidney and bladder issues, liver and rheumatic symptoms, and overcomes frequent urination and nocturnal urination. Sample bottle and book offered by mail from Kilmer Swamp Root Co. Ba Deep ad copy promises benefit and urges readers to mention the paper.
Wedded editor from Frankfort wed in Kokomo
Frank Suit of Frankfort married Miss Lilah McCool of Kokomo at the home on South Main street yesterday evening. The groom, son of the late Jud Suit, works at Noblesville News and has a furnished house there ready for the couple who will move Sunday. Mrs Suit and Mrs Aughe attended from Kokomo.
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Frankfort
Ind
Daily Crescent
Wooster
Frank Suit
Marto
Miss McCool
Kokomo
Jud J.C. Sulit
Noblesville News
Suit
Noblesville
Wooster Club News and Century Club Meeting Notes
The Travelers Club last met at president Mrs J B Taylors home electing officers for next year. The Thursday Club will hold its final meeting this week with a Conservatory of Music reception planned on Beall avenue. The Century Clubs met at Rev J O Campbells home on East Bowman street with W T Peckinpaugh speaking on Legal Primaries and Compulsory Voting as Remedies for Political Bessism. The next Century Club meeting will be at Rev Rice on Beall avenue and the Century Club banquet is set for May 28.
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Travelers’ Club
J. B. Taylor
Saybolt
Christie
Emirch
Clark
Conservatory of Music
Beall Avenue
Century Clubs
J. O. Campbell
Bowman Street
W. T. Peckinpaugh
Frost Thought Too Light To Harm Fruit, Says Official
Director C E Thorne of the Experiment Station said the frost Saturday morning was too light to damage the fruit. At 5 o clock the ground was frosty but the frost disappeared before 6.
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C E. Thorne
Dog Attack On 12 Year Old Girl In West Larwill
Elva Snyder, 12, daughter of Wilmoent Snyder, was bitten on the right hip and knee by a large dog while passing an alley between West Nort and West Liberty streets. Blood flowed from two wounds. The same dog allegedly attacked the girl's father days earlier. The canine owner on West North street should have the animal killed or kept confined.
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Elva
Wilmoent Snyder
West Larwill Street
West Nort
West Liberty Streets
West North Street
Granary and barns destroyed by fire at Fryer farm
May 1 report of S J Fryer property loss as a large granary, corn house, and sheep barn burned. Origin likely spontaneous combustion or window reflection. Sheep barn 70 by 100 feet, granary 20 by 24 two stories. Hay, corn meal, corn and oats valued about 150 to 800 dollars. Two corn shelters, horse power, fuel, drill damaged. Total loss around 700 to 800 dollars, partly insured.
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Bio Praring
S. J. Fryer
Successful opening of H A Bloomberg & Co store in Plumer building
The new clot and furnishing goods shop opened Saturday in the Plumer building on East Liberty street. The stock fills the room, is bright and new, and attractively displayed. A very large crowd visited and many sales were made. Many city youngsters wandered the streets with mocking bird whistles.
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H. A. Bloomberg & Co
Plumer
East Liberty Street
Near miss as freight nears stopped passenger train
An Erie passenger train from the west reached Pennsprati tensa Sore station and halted just as a freight train from the east roared in. The freight crew blew a whistle but could not stop in time. Passengers on the platform warned others to stay back, averting a deadly collision. Authorities urged safeguards to prevent freight passes when a passenger train is at a standstill.
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Pennsprati
Dave
Ashland clerk candidate Critchfield seen in Ashland
Ashland crowd and Shreve resident A B Critchfield, a Republican candidate for the Ohio supreme court clerk, received strong showings from local delegates and supporters after his visit. The piece notes his connections with the Ohio Republican PeRustican HQ and endorses him as the right choice if the state elects a Republican clerk again. Also promotes various patent medicines and remedies from local firms.
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Ashland Press
Supreme Court of Ohio
Ashland
Bridey
A. B Critchfield
Shreve
Obituary notes for local residents and services
Obituary notes report multiple deaths and funeral plans: William Fisher’s funeral from his mother’s East South street home with Rev. G C Smith. pallbearers listed. Mrs Elizabeth Anderson of Mill Brook widow of John Anderson died suddenly of heart disease. funeral at 10 am Sunday. Paul A infant of Henry Zarle died in Akron of cholera infantum. funeral Wednesday. Mrs Sabery Welker, 79, died Wednesday morning at her daughter’s home. widow of Daniel Welker, sister of Judge Martin Welker. Samuel Meese, 69, died Wednesday near Overton. funeral 10 pm Friday at Bethel Overton. Mrs Wm Fisher expected to arrive Friday afternoon with remains. services 2 pm Friday at her mother’s East South street home. E G Loomis of Lodi collapsed and died in Akron on Wednesday.
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William Fisher
East South Street
G. C. Smith
Charles Davis
Frank Ackerman
C. E. Geigey
Jos. Sullivan
Will Long
Henry Lerner
Elizabeth Anderson
Millbrook
John Anderson
Paul A
Henry Zarle
Wooster
Akron
Sabery Welker
R. M. Leydick
Howard
Daniel Welker
Martin Welker
Knox County
Samuel Meese
Overton
Wm. Fisher
E. G. Loomis
Lodi
Golden 50th wedding anniversary celebrated near Wooster
A red letter day marked the golden wedding of Mary Cameron and William Metzler who wed 50 years earlier on adjoining farms south of Wooster in Franklin township. On May 1 1901 a gathering of 85 relatives and friends filled the bi bank barn with abundant food and cheerful toasts. Rev Dunbar of Cantsafrhu presented gifts, and Mr Metzler thanked guests. Several guests from Detroit Canton Urbana and Philadelphia joined the event, with memories of the original wedding and snow on the ground keeping a chilly tone for the white dresses worn by a sister and herself.
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Wm. Metzler
Wooster
Franklin Township
Mary Cameron
Bi Bank
Republican candidates mingle at Crichtfield event
The Republican state central committee brought three clerk of the supreme court nominees to town with Judge James L Price also joining the lobby scene. Miller of Delaware Emer son of Belmont and Major A. B. Critchfield of Wayne urged vigorous campaigns and vowed support for the eventual nominee if not victorious.
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CoLtrists
Republican State Central Committee
Supreme Court
Férton ‘Miller
Delaware
Lawson E. Emerson
Belmont
Major AB. Critchfield
Wayne
Seventeenth Congressional District
James L. Price
Lima
Supreme Judge
The Cooking School Lesson At Wooster
Wooster ladies hear Dean of the Chautauqua Cooking School at home. Mrs. Ewing demonstrates bread making with Fleischman yeast and simple formulas. Attendees praise the lesson and plan to try the method at home.
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Wooster
Chautauqua Cooking School
Emma P Ewing
Knaadt
Ariven
Reappointed to Ohio Agricultural Department post
James T. Robinson of Seneca county was reappointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Agricultural Department Station on Tuesday by Gov.
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James T. Robinson
Seneca County
Ohio Agricultural Deperniment Station
Escapade Involving Fred Yiengling At Cleveland Bar
Cleveland papers describe Fred Yiengling using an arch bete to assault a bartender during a bar incident. Yiengling was restrained and taken to central police station where he assaulted a turnkey. He needed stitches and was later turned over to City Hospital for treatment.
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Cleveland
Fred Yiengling
Yiengling
Central
City Hospital
Court awards Bentz v Bergert judgment. other trial ongoing
In Common Pleas the jury awarded the plaintiff 320.61 in Bentz versus Bergert with a motion for a new trial filed. A brief later session heard a case alleging 810,000 damages for loss of a leg from an accident with an anvil on July 4, 1898. A judgment of 4,500 was entered against Geo Adama, Jos Gates and Rosas Burbeck in favor of Young. Attorneys Whitman and Kent Young appeared. others offered no defense.
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Bentz Va. Bergert
AOA OS Ve Oe
Geo. Adama
Jos. Gates
Rosas Burbeck
Young
The Robin Poem Fragment by Ben Douglas
A fragmentary poem titled The Robin by Ben Douglas appears written for Tax Day RePosLicas. The text evokes forest streams morning light dew pearls and spring glow, though its lines are incomplete and stylized.
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Ben Douglas
Graincare Parier for Health Promises Benefit
A partially legible 19th or early 20th century business letter from C. F. Myzns to Washington D C Genesee Pure Food So Tenor New York Gentlemen urges using Graincare Parier grain to improve health. The text expresses belief in health benefits and loyalty to the product.
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Washington
D. C
Genesee
N.Y
C. F. Myzns
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