02 Aug 1895
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1895
Page
1
A sweeping tornado devastated the Connellsville area and surrounding regions. Rail traffic halted, barns and crops ruined, hundreds of cattle drowned, and extensive property damage blamed on the storm. Estimated losses reach $300,900 with widespread agricultural and structural destruction reported.
A chaotic jumble reports mercantile failures in Milwaukee and Denver, arrests in Macon, political notes from Ohio, Washington, and Brooklyn, and a flood of international calamities. It references fires, drownings, wars, epidemics, and royal or presidential connections across North America and Europe.
The item lists varied world and national notes including grain stocks in the United States Wheat 39 290 000 bushels corn 4 207 000 oats 4 887 000 barley 40 000 bushels, a ship Zenith burned near Queenstown with nine drowned, Cuba political prisoners pardoned, a convention proposed in St Louis for a national silver party, Andrew Franxway dies at 105 in Burlington Kansas, a gold and silver debate ends in Chicago, Honduras treasury robbery alleged, Brant dies in Chicago, north pole expedition discussed in London, a divorce granted in New York, cornfields flooded in several states, 20 000 tailors strike in NY Brooklyn Newark, Union National Bank of Denver closes with 400 000 liabilities, various flood damages in Central City and Blackhawk, drownings in Providence Rhode Island, Maphi Mexico negro colony distress, Abraham Lutz and wife near Massillon Ohio, a fierce conspiracy uncovered in Beaufort South Carolina defrauding several companies.
Des Moines reports Miss Alice Ettinger, once of Town Walls, now a noted soprano in the west, has won an enthusiastic reception in London after studying in Europe. She declined leading roles for further study, hoping to appear as a grand opera artist after one more year of training. The piece also lists population changes for sixty Iowa towns, showing overall growth from 1800 to 1900, and details a forthcoming federal court schedule adjustment proposed by Shiras and Wonlsun for Iowa. Also notes the capture of Iowa embezzler C W Rowe in Mexico City aided by Pinkerton detective work, and reports on local Des Moines liquor and gas legal disputes and a Manchester double tragedy ending in murder-suicide.
A garbled OCR slice quotes several papers with nonsensical lines about bicycles, a Missy Jemmison, earrings, a yacht named fake Me, and social nerves. The readable bits show stray names and odd phrasing with no clear single event or coherent report.
Dispatch from Rexburg Idaho dated July 28 says settlers near Jacksons Hole have not been molested by Indians, who are encamped about 40 miles away. Large Lomhi bands joined others in Hobaoks canyon as Forest fires misread as signals. settlers remain entrenched amid warnings of possible Indian action.
The Bonis Syndicate deposits 2 million in gold to the Treasury to offset monthly gold withdrawals for shipments to Europe and other places. Judge Knowton rules against the estate of Gen Bow Butler in a suit by Colorado Cattle Company bondholders alleging illegal fraud. Early returns from county conventions indicate silver men defeated in most contests.
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