25 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1902
Page
1
A Norfolk newspaper note reports Murphy's store opening on Wednesday August 20 with package specials. Each package includes a full pattern and contains goods like dress fabrics and ginghams at bargain prices, drawing shoppers to Rockport Massachusetts and announcing daily arrivals.
Kingston report says General Morales Berti and his defenders at Agua Dulce endured days of siege with night artillery fire. Reinforcements scarce due to broken Panama- Agua Dulce line. insurgents estimated 2000 to 3000 men. Government casualties and surrender implied amid uncertain news from the isthmus.
The government possesses 40 gunboats on the Atlantic side of the isthmus and is endeavoring to purchase another war vessel in the United States for use on the Pacific coast.
John E. Wright, a Humphreys County farmer, was killed by a shotgun blast as he slept in Waverly Tennessee on August 25. Initial suspicions of an outside attack gave way when authorities arrested Mrs. Wright, who later confessed to the sheriff.
Raton Colorado on August 25 a sugar factory worker named Jerry Crimmins was lashed with a cowboy’s quirt by local citizens after being charged with assaulting a woman. He was tarred and feathered and driven from the town.
Guthrie Oklahoma Aug 25 Old Bull an Omaha Indian chief and survivor of the Custer wars is dead at the Arapahoe Indian agency at Coly O T He fought at the Little Bighorn in 1876 and later served in the regular army until retirement due to age
James Vincent, twenty three, a traveling man from Battle Creek Michigan, leaped from a train two miles east of here and was instantly killed when his neck was broken.
Emporia reports hundreds of farmers flee rising Cottonwood River waters as fields and homes flood. The river has risen steadily for a week causing extensive damage and the Santa Fe railway endures washouts, halting several passenger trains.
The North western Telephone Co announces its long distance lines and connections extend to over 2000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits provide first class service at low rates.
Pittsburg August 25 Theodore au Shaffer president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers is gravely ill at his home. The illness is of unknown nature but considered critical. He became ill last weekend with sudden onset.
The Norseman steamship carried the largest cattle shipment ever sent across the Atlantic from Portland Australia on Sunday night. A total of 1,479 head of cattle and 1,398 sheep were loaded for the voyage.
An official report from Captain Train, head of the Maine trial board, states the first class battleship Maine completed its trial voyage over the Cape Am course. Uncorrected mean speed was 17.96 knots, with possible slight changes after tidal corrections.
Davenport Louisiana Aug 25 The fifteenth anniversary of the Davenport Turners society was marked by a large celebration with a monster parade a picnic and athletic contests drawing German American societies from more than a dozen cities in Iowa and Illinois.
News from Ven ezuela reports the port of Carupano in Bermudez state has been reoccupied by government forces, leading to the termination of the blockade at that port.
Shanghai reports the murder of Australian missionary Bruce and another missionary at Chica Chet in Hunan. The native evangelist confirms the killings and arrival of the incident details.
An imperial order commands conceding US demands on Turkey and normal relations resume between the porte and the US legation. Leishman and McCormick attended the Selamlik as disputes over Armenian settlement terms and the American mission house were resolved.
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