27 Mar 1885
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Newspaper
Alton Review
Location
Alton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1885
Page
1
An unreadable OCR fragment lists scattered names and phrases including Mara Ashley Townsend Wong and journal cues. The text appears as garbled speech with no clear event or outcome to summarize.
Daisy confronts Tom’s boastful claim of her being “the little lady mine” after a charged summer courtship. She seeks aid from Grace Raymond at Dr. Raymond’s home while Daisy plans to answer with resolve, not surrender, as a midnight crisis unfolds around a locked door and a tramp in the village.
A three story Langham Hotel blaze on Wabash Avenue and Adams Street devastated the building built in 1871 by William R. Burack. Firefighters freed Capt. Ward Shepard and others. Burns died from injuries after being pulled from debris. Loss estimated at 250000 with 120000 insured. A scrap iron haul yielded 1600 in bank notes.
A detailed account describes a five hour battle where Arabs were driven from hill positions by Royal Horse Artillery and machine gun fire, with Irish Lancers delivering a decisive cavalry charge. Marines held steady while Indian troops manned the square before artillery and mortars scattered the attackers. British troops regrouped at their Suakin camp.
The Pall Mall Gazette prints Sir Henry Greens remarks on Soudan climate and Indian sepoy use. He argues Scinde heat is tolerable due to dry air, cites sunstroke risks in humidity, recalls campaigns near Peshawar with low sickness, and dismisses tunnel fears from sand storms.
Rescuers fought through rock and timber for eight hours to reach a lower level where more than forty bodies were found near the shaft. The poisonous after-damp and fresh cave-ins endangered every move as the death toll climbed to ninety-two, with ninety-seven miners still believed trapped and the crowd of awaiting families wailing around the mine.
London report details Prince George, heir to the throne, being initiated as a working Mason at the Royal Alpha Lodge with the Prince of Wales presiding as Grand Master. The ceremony, attended by nobles, featured blue-collar insignia and a formal banquet after the rite. Also notes Berlin garrison size and French Protestant representation among seniors.
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