24 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
1
A store announces a fixed policy to clear all seasonal stock with price cuts on men's suits overcoats pants and boys wear. Bargain prices target next winter, offering odds and ends at substantial discounts including caps mitts underwear and more. Every item is marked down to close.
An assorted clippings list stories from Waverly Iowa to Des Moines Iowa with indictments and crimes including Mrs Hossark Corrider case and Jer hinehawh murder sentence. Reports mention a 19 year old gun accident and a frozen diamonds find near Fairfield Iowa. Also notes on egg freight rates and a Great Western railway incident plus a prison release and local police inquiries.
The article chronicles the dying hours of Queen Victoria at Osborne and Windsor, detailing the royal family gathered at her bedside including the Prince of Wales and household staff. It notes her long reign from 1837 to 1901, key milestones such as jubilees, and the solemn announcements as news of her death spread across the empire.
A New York weekly trade review notes overall business softness with slight improvement in some sectors. It cites weak consumer demand in wool and shoe trades, ongoing pressure in interior markets, and reports of large salt contracts and a major damages suit by Nelson Morris & Co involving timber and packing firms.
Wool growers from multiple territories gathered at a Missouri-Mississippi convention. Leaders including Senator Brine Warren and Bob Bennett spoke on derailed rail service, forest reserves, freight rates, and sheep leasing. Captain S. I. Millrock steamboat sector organizer noted for the fifth district on the Mississippi route.
Mrs Nations and two companions wreck two Wichita saloons on Douglas Avenue. They attack owners with hatchets and a revolver threat, flee to a second bar, and are restrained by police after a crowd gathers. Nation vows more vandalism as crowds watch wrecked plate glass and shattered windows.
The father of Hass Wats Knaped, Ali Beamer of Cuiou Springs, traveled to a hotel after receiving a decoy letter demanding 500 in gold for his son. He followed the zigzag scheme described, but the money and kidnappers remain unrecovered with no trace of the child or the recipients.
Reports from the Philippines indicate widespread sickness among officers as long terms of duty threaten constitutional strain. Officials advocate five year tours in the Philippines, a practice Spanish authorities followed, to reduce strain and keep troops in service where needed.
The Congressional investigating committee met in Washington and urged expulsion for cadets involved in improper acts, supervision by tactical officers for closer officer cadet relations, and stronger discipline across the military academy. Meanwhile reactions to the Cayenne burning and U.S. Venegues tensions drew sharp warnings from officials.
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