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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
1
Terrifying explosion in the Red Ash mine traps seventy workers near Montgomery West Virginia. Eleven are rescued, five die shortly after, others severely burned. Rescue effort continues as crowds gather, belated reports update casualty figures and entombed count.
Lieut Edgar F Koehler of the Ninth Infantry was shot in the abdomen and killed near a village six miles north of Tarlac after a Filipino guide led him into an ambush. Soldiers in revenge burned the village and killed twenty four of the enemy. Rudolph J Koehler in LeMara Iowa received the Manila cablegram confirming his brother s death.
Denver reports indicate a Pinkerton error led to one murder and one false arrest connected to the Union Pacific train robbery. Bob Curry was captured at Cripple Creek, while Lon C. Logan was shot dead by Pinkerton detectives at Dodson Missouri during an attempted escape. Curry claims an alibi supported by evidence.
Gen Wheeler and his daughter travel aboard the transport Warren from Manila via Hong Kong Guam and Honolulu reaching San Francisco. Also aboard are Lt Cmdr Briggs Capt Johnson and several passengers. The vessel stopped at Guam ten days for Gen Wheeler to study local government.
Ralya, a Sioux City butcher, sues Armour & Co of Chicago for 175000 alleging breach of contract to supply fresh meats at a fixed price through Sept 30 1909. He claims price rises and continued orders after Armour refused delivery, seeking damages for anticipated profits and losses.
The coroner’s jury probes Mazel Rogers, a 12 year old Fort Madison girl, who killed herself. Jury doubts love affair motive and considers foul play possible, noting inconsistencies in the suicide scenario and questions surrounding the sequence of actions after the shot.
Firefighters from the town quickly contained a blaze at the Seilman Howl building, saving the Keenan family residence with only a few hundred dollars in damage. Other items note a corn in a child’s lung near Fontanelle, a Milwaukee Road train collision near Bayley with injuries, a large Hamilton County farm sale, and various local reports including indictments, deaths, and political results.
A. J. Breckenridge, secretary of Perpetual Building and Loan and master of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, pleads to a large defalcation. He admits a shortage of about $21,000, with over half in the last eleven months, and waives preliminary exam to await the grand jury on $7,300 bond.
Judge Conrad rejects broad recovery and holds the liquor law allows only a single sale to be challenged for school fund penalties. The case David Andrews vs Mark Chigga centers on a 4 000 dollar claim tied to forty liquor sales involving the defendant and his father. The ruling hinges on legislative intent to curb multiple suits and restrict recovery to one sale prior to the statute’s section start.
John Davis, a miner, shot and killed William Holloway during a dance at Davis house in Bussey after an altercation. Holloway reappeared with a knife, Davis defended with a stick then fired from a rifle as Holloway stood near the door, dying without uttering a word. Davis surrendered to officers amid suspicions linked to a prior Marysville murder.
London War Office announces relief of Ladysmith after a long siege. Dispatches recount Buller and White’s forces coordinating with Gen. Yule, French, and Warren to lift the siege, with naval guns aiding defense and a brutal Tugela River crossing campaign shaping the relief effort.
The narrative follows a quiet canal journey past Wooltyercot with Peggy gathering wildflowers and singing as moonlight enhances the scene. A sudden squall interrupts, Captain Columbhus bars further travel, and visitors including Mr. Algernon A. Becket arrive, sparking social tiffs and flirtations aboard the vessel.
A long fragment shows a boat trip with two young travelers, a man who envisions a humorous debate on geometry and virtue, and a poised young woman lost in thoughts of English history and distant New York, sparking dialogue about knowledge and self worth. The scene shifts to her introspection as mist clears and the journey resumes.
The narrative follows a challenging trek toward Warwick led by a group seeking Captus Columban. They describe lonely plains, hedgerows, upland hills, and a solitary barn as they progress, hoping their companion Miss Pegey stays confident about the land beyond America.
A chaotic mix of corrupt messengers and Lipton tea saga pieces together a tale of trust broken by bank messengers in Wall Street style theft and the later Lipton startup tale. The piece blends a Brooklyn inspired bank incident with Sir Thomas Lipton’s early business ventures, hinting at how youth and wealth intertwined with risk and public trust.
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