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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
8
A collage of anecdotes on intrusion into private lives and fame. Civil War boasting, a tongue in cheek exchange about bigamy penalties, and editors chasing laughs. An American tourist pesters Goethe, who responds with a candle and a laugh over wine.
A Mogul locomotive powered train No. 11 the Southwestern Limited on the New York Central route. Engine 948 pulled sixteen cars weighing 1 832 000 pounds over 143 miles from New York to Albany in 3 hours 15 minutes. The Albany Times Union notes the line's roadbed and crew excellence and loyalty. Also included are brief items: a tailor made girl contrast with shirt waist man, a $24 weekly poultry ad, and a quip about bicycle handlebars handling wobble.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers Homeseekers excursions to South Dakota at one fare plus 2 dollars round trip on September 18 and October 2 1900 to attend the Mitchell Corn Belt Exposition September 26 to October 4 1900. The event showcases South Dakota’s agricultural wealth and land opportunities in a decorated corn palace. Inquiries to ticket agents or Geo H Heafford Chicago. An unrelated remark about irregular eyebrows and insanity ends the notice.
The De Laval cream separator was awarded the Grand Prize by the International Jury of Awards at the Paris Exposition. It stood above many separator exhibits from several countries, with its superiority noted in every material respect. Lesser medals were given to other separators.
In Shenandoah Pa on Sept 24 a clash between striking miners and a sheriff's posse left two dead and ten wounded, nine by bullets. Chaos followed as rioters threw stones, windows shattered, and armed men patrolled streets. Governor sent militia while President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers urged unity against firm arbitration.
The Reading Company to raise wages 10 percent effective immediately, a move seen as undermining the coal strike by widening output. The steel of the industry rests on an old division of anthracite production, with Reading previously holding the largest share. The wage rise does not concede to worker demands, as pay is tied to the sliding scale of coal prices.
Evan Davis a watchman at Hickory Bilge colliery in Shamokin Pennsylvania was shot in the left leg by an unknown assailant while patrolling the isolated mine early today He fired six shots as the man fled toward the engine house but none struck He crawled to a mine house for aid and remained seriously wounded.
Fire swept two steamers at the foot of Locust street in St Louis. The Eagle and the Carrier were destroyed with nearly 100000 dollars in loss. One dead, one missing, one badly burned and twenty passengers and crew fled to the levee as the boats burned.
From Key West reports say two vessels ashore on a northern key about forty miles away. Half the crew on one vessel is believed lost. Wreckers have set out to investigate the sighting and confirm the details.
Glasgow reports twenty four certified plague cases with eighty eight under supervision in reception houses. Two doubtful cases bring the death toll to six since the outbreak began, after another death yesterday.
Ship Yuma collided with the barge Martin near Fontana wreck in the rapids below Port Huron Michigan on September 24. The Martin sank in seconds, taking captain James Lawless of Lorain Ohio and three others to the depths. Survivors Gabriel Peterson of Cleveland and George Kyle of Toledo recounted the disaster, while wreckage and rescue efforts near Butler Street and Putnam House are described.
Dallas reports three inches of rain overnight with Fort Worth at eight inches as a severe storm lashes northern Texas. Estimated property damage within 100 miles of Dallas reaches 2 million dollars, mainly cotton and rail lines. Rumors claim multiple deaths, with three bodies recovered. Train service resumes to Galveston as city opens stores and contemplates school reopening amid storm disruption. The state medical college plans November 15 reopening after storm wreckage.
Sept 24 Chicago report states Seth Abbott father of Emma Abbott has been found insane by a County court jury and will be treated at Milwaukee Sanitarium in Wauwatosa Wisconsin. His daughter Mrs Litgle Abbott Clark and son Frederick Abbott of 225 Twenty-eighth Street testified the condition stemmed from business worries and old age.
In Chinatown New York on September 24 twenty armed bondmen attacked Ah Fee and fatally shot him. A riot followed with police pursuit. Mary Marki nine years old Mary Pazsnelli and Antoinette Luboni were seriously wounded. Police arrested Sue Sing.
Old testimonials claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures women’s kidney troubles and other female ills. Letters from Troy Ohio Chester Pa and Manchester Ind praise relief, urging other women to try the remedy.
A major blaze in Nunda 15 miles north of here devastates the town hall and seven other structures. The fire leaves many residents homeless as flames sweep through the center of town on September 24.
Col Joseph H Wood Grand Marshal of the Grand Army parade during the national encampment in Chicago died in Chicago from angina pectoris at midnight.
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