Angry Chicago Mob Attacks Preacher's Meeting
Chicago Sept 15 1900 600 residents mobbed street preacher Thomas McNamara at State and Adams tearing his Bible and pulpit. He was beaten and fled to Congress street before police rescued him and took him to Harrison Street station for orderly conduct charges. McNamara had held meetings there for over three years.
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Mae
Chicago
Thomas
Namanra
Hia School of Religion
Hia
State
Adams Streets
McKinley
State Street
Congress Street
Harrison Street
McNamara
Corbett Denies Fakes In Ring on Cunard Voyage
James J. Corbett and Marguerite Cornelitte traveled as Mr and Mrs Martin aboard the Campania arriving at Queenstown from New York. A press dispatch on Corbett’s NY charge was read by him and he dismissed the allegations as ridiculous. Corbett planned to press on to London from Liverpool with no fixed future plans, hoping for a pleasant stay in England.
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Martin
Corbett
Compania
London
Liverpool
England
Wild Italian Man Kills Wife and Five Others Then Commits Suicide
Antio, Italy September 15 Gaetano Tongo killed his wife in a jealous rage and two men he suspected of improper relations, then killed five more and wounded two before taking his own life at a local cemetery. Antigo Wisconsin September 15 Charles Bestrich survived a near-fatal axe assault by his hired man, who is said to have acted in a fit of insanity. Berlin September 15 The Disconto-Gesellschaft with major banks and firms has taken over eighty million marks of four percent empire bonds due 1905 and 1908. Chippewa Falls Wisconsin September 17 heavy rains flood the Chippewa River area, raising all tributaries.
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Ala
Cazorta
Italy
Gaetano Tongo
United States
Pastona
Culide
Antigo
Wis
Charles ‘Bestrich
Berlin
Disconte-Gesellschaft
Imperial Bank
Norddeutsche Bank of
Hamburg
M. M. Warburg Company
Yailon, Loeb and Company
New York
National City Bank of New York
Treasury
Chippewa Falls
Flooding along Chippewa river prompts evacuation and bridge losses
Rivers overflow and wash away bridges as farmers flee floodwaters from the Chippewa and Thornapple areas. Shaw dam on the Thornapple reportedly failed. no casualties reported. Reports of snow in Black Hills and assorted clipped anecdotes follow.
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Chippewa Lumber and Room Company
Shaw
Talisman Folklore and Tattooed Invulnerability in Yunnan
An expedition notes widespread belief in protective charms among lower class Chinese and the Yunnan Shans. Amulets include a dragon nest for fireproofing a house and a female deer horn for endurance. The narrator tries to test invulnerability with a revolver at 30 paces but is met with skepticism and high asks.
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China
Yunnan
Geographical Journal
New Fashion Notes and Washington State Prospects
Fashion notes discuss dark linen collars and stocks and new trimming ideas for Leghorn hats with rosebud accents. A humorous exchange tale follows about a delayed call for a dropped nap, then a Washington state overview extols forests, fruit, agriculture, rail access, and offers rail travel and land purchase rates via Northern Pacific and Burlington lines with specific travel dates and agents.
Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward and Travel Deals
An old advertisement group promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh, plus endorsements from local druggists. It also advertises railway ticketing services by John Warmer of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line, Cedar Rapids agents, and Waterloo flour and city grocer references. The notice touts internal medicine benefits and urges readers to buy hall’s pills and visit local druggists.
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Hall
FE. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Frm
Wuer & Traux
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