Small town fire ends in near miss at Wasson house
Extinguisher proves vital when fire breaks out at Richard Wasson’s house after a Sunday morning blaze behind a pipe passage. Fire was spreading before discovery. neighbors and a recently purchased extinguisher helped save the building. Community mourns Frank Batdorff. funeral held in Lodi.
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Gonden Corners
Armarone
B. O
Joseph Whitworth
Hiss
George Irvin
Joe Keeney
Irvin
Creston
George
Weaver
Evangelical Church of
Wm. Armstrong
Doylestown
Richard Wasson
Indictments swirl as Depew hails Pan-American Exposition
The Mansfield News notes ongoing indictments against Lamartine Greenawald tied to forged instruments and the Glass will, with venue changes and undecided prosecutions. Sen ator Chauncey M. Depew tours Buffalo Expo grounds praising the Pan-American Exposition before a Buffalo audience.
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Siew Cherd
Chauncey M. Depew
Buffalo
Senator Depew
Killing at West hotel sparks murder charge in Minneapolis
In a fatal billiards quarrel at the West hotel, Leonard Day is killed by Frank H. Hamilton after a dispute over a woman. Day dies in minutes as bystanders intervene. Hamilton is jailed after coroner's jury implicates him. several society figures involved in the melee are later questioned.
May Fight a Duel in Havana Over Alleged Libel
Havana reports General Rodriguez the Havana mayor has challenged Senor San Miguel editor of La Lucha to a duel after an alleged libelous piece attacking the mayor's office. Rodriguez names Benor Aleman as his second. La Lucha denies aiming to damage the mayor's character. Both sides deny further action, while supporters say denials hide police concerns. In Rome an international congress with about 1000 delegates gathers to discuss using cannon to break up hail clouds feared to ruin crops.
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Havana
General Rodriguez
Senor San Miguel
la Lucha
Benor Aleman
Rome
Roberts' Request Refused in South Africa Relief Plan
In London The Daily Express reports Lord Roberts urged sending 20,000 regulars to South Africa to relieve forces there, but the appeal was declined due to expense. Also included is Wisconsin’s official presidential canvass: Bryan 159,291 Woolley 10,080 McKinley 265,293 Debs 7,084. Annapolis notes Professor Marshall Oliver at Naval Academy died suddenly of apoplexy.
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London
Daily Express
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Bryan
Woolley
McKinley
Debs
BurbanK Whispers Funeral News and Local Happenings
Uncle James Crawford traveled to Chicago for a funeral. C H Frary and wife visit from Akron. Mrs J H Ogden rushed to Akron due to a brother’s serious pneumonia and choking accident. Maccabees plan an oyster supper at David Martins Friday. George Norton improves after illness. Art Mong and wife visiting Kent relatives. Wm Coler and Warren Fouch shipped dressed poultry to Pittsburg. F W Neumyer plans to build a barber shop at Rittman. John Haley sells property to Abner Hall and moves to Keifer property on Church St. Rev Leggett and family relocate to this place as U B church pastor. Church reception at parsonage planned for Dec 1.
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Burbank
James Crawford
Chicago
C. H. Frary
Akron
J. H. Ogden
Thomas Shaw
David Martin
George Norton
Art Mong
Kent
Mos Ish
Wm. Coler
Warren Fouch
Pittsburg
F. W. Neumyer
Rittman
John Haley
Abner Hall
Keifer
Church Street
Rev. Leggett
U. B. Church
Bowerstown
Tiger Skin Tale From English Missionary in Guiana
An English missionary recounts arriving near a cabin with a tiger skin hanging nearby. In a night hunt three men climb trees and shoot the tiger that had stolen pork and fowl. After several shots the beast dies, and the party hauls it away amid phrases of vigilance and fear.
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British Guiana
Alec
Excursion to Chicago for International Live Stock Exposition
Low’s Farm offers discounted excursion tickets to Chicago via Pennsylvanian Lines on December 1 2 and 3. Tickets available at Pennsylvania Lines stations with a return date of December 10. General public welcome. contact nearest ticket agent for details and tickets.
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Low’ Farm
Chicago
Pennal
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lines
Pharmacist Endorses Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in Crawfordsville
An Indiana reviewer from Crawfordsville highly endorses Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, praising it as the best laxative seen and recommending it to readers. The claim notes the product is sold by all druggists.
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Ind
Heavy Coal Shipment and River Conditions at Pittsburg
Heavy coal movement projected as 5,000,000 bushels will be shipped to southern points while the Ohio river at the dam rises to 8.4 feet. Consoli dated Coal officials report strike settlement with scale granted but union recognition denied. Meanwhile in Havana opponents urge Bishop Mer Sbarretti to retire, claiming his American stance and annexation bias.
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Pittsburg
Ohio
Consolidated Coal Company
Havana
Mer Sbarretti
Gomez
United States
Skeleton of a Young Girl Found on Bru Spot Farm
A fragmentary and unsafe report from Ilfinais mentions a skeleton of a young girl found at a farm near Bru Spot. The item also notes a bomb and a key in the vicinity, with references to other distant events like Germany Turkey tensions and a yellow fever death aboard a British steamer.
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I1finais
New Yok
Adler
Port Simon
W. Reid
Frad
Aeleton
Enjoys a Day of Rest at Hotel Scribe in Paris
In Paris on November 26 Mr. Kruger and family spent Sunday at the Hotel Scribe observing Sabbath customs. He rested in his apartments with no visitors, later recovering from fatigue and meeting Boer representatives. The afternoon includes receptions by deputations and notable figures.
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Paris
Kruger
Senator Davis Condition Improves But Kidney Trouble Persists
St. Paul Nov 26 Reports from Senator Davis house say the patient had a comfortable day. His injured foot was dressed and he bore the operation well and slept some. The foot wound is healing nicely but the kidney trouble resists treatment. Late in the day he grew restless again and Dr Stone was summoned.
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Senator Davis
St. Paul
Davis
House
Stone
Tax on foreign Manufactures In War Budget Debate
London November 26 The Daily Mail endorses a Pall Mall Gazette founder Frederick Greenwood article urging a war budget solution through a tariff of five to ten percent on foreign manufactured imports.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Frederick Greenwood
Pall Mall Gazette
City Meeting Denounces Gambling and Vice in Service
On November 26 at the Methodist Episcopal church Aldermen and ministers spoke against gambling and vices. Addresses were delivered by a number of clergy denouncing the fire and related evils as part of the city government discussion.
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Metodist Episcopal Church
Eley Denoma
Rumor on Nicholas II Condition In St. Petersburg
A dispatch from Berlin reports persistent rumors in St. Petersburg that Emperor Nicholas II's condition is critical. Well informed locals say the disease has progressed more than czarist physicians have publicly admitted.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Refugees Arrive On Statendam From Rotterdam
On the Statendam’s arrival in New York from Rotterdam five South African refugees are aboard. They include S. Pearson commissary general of the Transvaal army Commandant W Snyman of the Orange Free State H Snyman Jr A Liebenberg and Hercules J D Viljoen of Snyman’s commando. Pearson says his party fled across the border into Portuguese territory and reached the coast by steamer to Europe. He has never left South Africa before and knows no one outside the country.
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Statendam
Rotterdam
S. Pearson
Transvaal Army
W. Snyman
Orange Free State
H Snyman, Jr
A. Liebenberg
Hercules JD. Viljoen
Snyman’s Commando
Pearson
Europe
Pearan
South Africa
Court papers reveal profits of Kentucky Distilleries group
An answer filed in Trenton court in the Dittman and Haas suit against Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse and related entities outlines the profits and losses of the Distilling Company of America affiliates through June 30, 1900. Profits listed: Hannis Distilling $124,698.79 Standard Distilling $141,545.22 Spirits Distributing $40,874.58 Kentucky Distilleries $1,110,330.99. Losses: American Spirits Manufacturing $22,226.91.
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Trenton
N. J
Court of Chancery
Henry I. Dittman
Kalman Haas
Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company
Distillery Company of America
The
Spirits Distributing Company
Dittman and Haas
Chanerry
Entcky Distilleries and Warehouse Company
Distiling
Entucky Distilleries and Warehous Company
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
Another Arrest Probable in Leonard Day Case
Minneapolis November 27. Frank H Hamilton newspaper man arraigned on first degree murder and bound over to the grand jury. It is believed another arrest will be made as a society member connected to the woman in the case also took part in the West hotel fight.
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Mansfield News
Lamartine Greenawald
Wolfe
Greenawald
Glass
H. A. Mykrantz
Minneapolis
Frank H. Hamilton
Central
Leonard Day
West Hotel
Hamilton
Young Day
Day
Fred George
George
C. S. Force
Dey
Tiffin Mill Fire Threatens City Jobs
In Tiffin Ohio the hosiery mills, the city’s largest employer, were damaged by a blaze that damaged several buildings and threatened the plant. About fifty people face unemployment as officials assess losses estimated at seventy nine thousand dollars.
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Rochester
Citizens’ Light and Power Company
Washington Flour Mills
Tiffin
Tiffin Soolen
Lusineg
Aldie
Floods Sheet Ohio Valley Damage Across Kentucky and Ohio
Heavy rains from Tuesday linger in the Ohio valley causing widespread flooding. The Licking River floods stretch from Kentucky into Ohio washing away a Covington Newport bridge and sweeping the Cincinnati landing. Lumber yards mills and shipping suffer major losses as Ohio and its tributaries rise, with the Ohio and Great and Little Miami rivers remaining high and the Ohio rising eight feet in 24 hours.
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Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Emurk
Licking River
Kentucky
Ohio Channel
Cincinnati Landing
Licking
Covington
Newport
Ohio
Great
Little Miami
Ohio River
Fifth conviction in Akron dynamite case
Akron Ohio November 26 Edward Eppley found guilty of unlawful possession of dynamite in connection with August riots that destroyed the city building. It is the fifth conviction in the cases arising from the riots, with the jury sent back by the judge for a sharp reprimand before returning the verdict.
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Akron
Edward Eppley
Bolvin
Ingersoll Memorial Meeting At Grand Opera House
Cincinnati November 26. At the congress session of the American Secular Union and Free Thought Federation letters from absent members were read. Addresses by Mrs Henry and Dr J B Wilson president elect followed by a general discussion. The Ingersoll memorial meeting was crowded at the Grand Opera House.
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Free Thought Federation
Cincinnati
Congress of American Secular Union
Henry
J. B. Wilson
Grand Opera House
Ingersoll Memorial
Cincinnati Street Robber Kills Four Then Himself
A man named William Goop lway, a street car conductor, attacked his wife with a dumbbell and seriously injured her. Believing he had killed her, he was surrounded by neighbors and then shot himself, killing four.
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Noper
William Gooplway
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