03 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1890
Page
1
A report notes one of the world’s largest forest regions lies beneath ice between the Ural and Okhotsk Sea. A recent well drilling reached 116 meters with the ground still frozen, indicating permafrost depth and implications for climate history.
Old Cass County villages in Michigan keep the custom of ringing church bells when someone dies. Doctors report the nighttime tolling has deeply depressed many patients, contributing to deaths in the community.
Tur striking cloakmakers in New York have adopted a new approach by forming a cooperative association. Members supply capital through individual assessments while electing officers to govern the venture, seeking unity of capital and labor.
A fragment from a collection references the standing proportion in the prison of Uskub and describes fifty ants placed on a bound man to illustrate extreme torture. The passage uses stark imagery to convey pain and cruelty in a historical context.
A bronze wire will connect Paris and London telephone lines at an estimated French share of about $150,000 for the project. Enthusiasts foresee telegraph communication becoming obsolete as the new system takes precedence.
A Norwegian expedition at great expense will depart next year seeking the North Pole. The ship, a 170-ton, iceproof vessel, will carry five years of provisions and a crew of twelve men. The goal is to locate the pole.
A New York coroner criticizes the law allowing homicide suspects to be released on bail. He warns the bail system is open to grave abuses where money buys justice, noting fixes and price setting as selling justice to the highest bidder.
A large fresh water spring lies miles from Florida's eastern shore opposite Matanzas. Its vast volume swirls so intensely that Lieutenant Maury and his coast survey steamer were drawn onto the surface, nearly capsizing as the vessel was pushed aside by the powerful boil.
In season one flounder yields millions of ogra scattered through water. The solo produces 1,000,000 aggs and at least 2,000,000 while a turbot is credited with deposition of eleven or twelve million OEgES.
A description of Woon-stown as a compound material made from sawdust and calcined magnesia. It is molded, pressed, and claimed to be incombustible, permeable to water, polishes well, and adaptable to various shapes.
A NATURALIS, who is also something of a philosopher, ponders a future where politicians mean all that is noble and good. He envisions a time when a boy splits an apple for his sister, a tramp will work, and a stray day won’t hide, yet no day will dawn when Ry can tickle a drowsy man’s nose without causing a jump.
The article explains M. Paunicrini as President of Argentina is related to Bright via Priscilla Bright, Brigt’s father Jacob Bright’s sister. Priscilla’s Quaker husband Bevan aided science ventures to Buenos Aires. their daughter married Pelligrini, an Italian engineer, who becomes President Pelligrini through this union.
A scientist argues that head size does not indicate intelligence. Brain surface, shaped by the depth of convolutions, determines mind power. A small head can have extensive folding, while a large head with shallow convolutions may yield narrow mental scope.
A list of eighteen coined terms such as electromort, thanelectrize, electrophon, and electrocution is discussed as ways to name rapid electric death. Electrocution remains the most used term, though its length is a drawback. a shorter word is desired for quick expression.
Miss Mary Suanec of New York begins her first stay after eleven years as a missionary to the Kroos in Liberia. The Kroos trade in wives, a wealth that becomes awkward for a warrior who seeks to marry Miss Sharpe, who objects to sharing him with three wives. The warrior jokes that if a wife dies or runs away, the remaining wives will console the "poor fellow."
The twenty-seventh annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Iowa approved a 2200 dollar appropriation to improve Templar Park near Spirit Lake turning it into a permanent meeting site. Officers for the year were installed including Grand Commander James A. West and Deputy Grand Commander W. B F. Cleveland.
A violent cyclone visited the city on August 8, with two funnel shaped clouds, lightning, rain and hail. A three story Coldwater Road-Cart Company building was demolished, loss estimated at 10000 dollars. A windmill toppled, telegraph lines damaged, and a five story brick wheel barrow factory roof twisted. Orchard trees overturned and hailstones the size of hens eggs. Farmers National Congress closed at Bruins Missouri to host next session in November. Resolutions urge limited national taxation, anti futures laws, free mail transport for state boards reports, low tariffs, elect US senators by people, unlimited silver coinage, and ten year patent term, with Columbian Expo support.
The Census Bureau report, directed by J. Campbell Copeland, updates county finances from 1880 to 1890. County debt rose from 125 million to 145.6 million, with Western states showing substantial increases. Illinois leads declines in some counties while others like Woodford and Vermillion report no debt. Indiana shows heavy debt in northern counties.
Aug 30 in San Jose de Guatenara Gen General Martin Harrundia was aboard a passing American steamer The Port Captain demanded surrender Barrundia from Capt Pitts Barrundia was shot as officers joined the attempt His body was taken to the Captain's office Window glass incident at Merryntemn St Louis notes a girl swallowing glass as a child and later expulsion of foreign body from her vein The California Lick telescope dome details reveal a massive 75 foot dome weighs 180 tons and moves by a wheel system with hydraulic floor lift
Advices from Yokohama report a rapid cholera spread across Japan with nearly 6,000 cases and about 4,000 deaths by August 6. The outbreak centers on Nagasaki while Yokohama Tokyo and many towns are affected. Authorities struggle amid food scarcity and poverty driven practices worsening the crisis.
Otto Leuth and John Smith, both executed by hanging at the Ohio Penitentiary, faced the scaffold after being convicted of murder. Leuth, a Cleveland youth, killed Maggie Thompson by crushing her skull with a hatchet, then hid her body. Smith, known as Brocky, confessed and forgave, with the crime linked to the Cincinnati widow Bridget Byron case.
Aug 29 Finnuay O Aug Thursday evening a nitroglycerine wagon exploded in oil fields north of the city. Driver G M Struble of High Explosive Co. was blown to pieces. Only part of his body found and an immense crater marked the scene. Cause of the blast remains unknown.
A tense session amid filibuster threats and a quorum crisis as opponents of a tariff bill used mass absences to stall a vote. A heated exchange between Mr Cannon and Mr McAdoo escalated into a near fight, prompting calls for order and rail against perceived vulgar remarks.
A transmitted letter from Captain Gaither commanding State troops reports that the French and Eversole factions leaders, with about twenty six followers, are jailed at Ugzard after the Hazard quarrel. Only four participants are still at large. The leaders French and Eversole, during confinement, agreed to compromise their feuds.
Fire in Chicago damages McVicker's theater including stage and auditorium. Loss totals about 8100,000 with 840,000 on the theater and 840,400 on the office section. Manager McVicker and Shenandoah company estimate 815,000 additional for scenery costumes and effects. A revival show opened next night as crews rush to restage. Fire suspected incendiary. McVicker away at Saratoga Springs.
In Hankibal Missouri on August 1 a reward of 19 000 is offered by the son of J J Stillwell who was murdered in his home on a December morning in 1886. Report notes he was killed with an axe while sleeping with his wife and children. a witness claims to have seen the murderer entering the room and harming the family.
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