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Newspaper
Avon Sentinel
Location
Avon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
2
A fragmented dispatch surveys varied topics from Rome mayoral notices to murder trials, imperial assassinations, and a mock alarm about schooling and home life. It mentions a submarine eruption, Porpoise in the Pacific, and a steam nozzle anti-robbery device atop a Denver Rio Grande locomotive as part of a wide compilation of contemporary curiosities.
A survey of notable events from across the nation and abroad. Post office receipts for July total $3,338,683 with a net rise of $25,302 versus 1899. News covers Dewey and Harper Brothers property sale, Buffalo population, a Vermont cyclone with deaths and damages, Delaware GOP nomination, a speed record train event, transatlantic mail race, Cyrus Ramlin’s death, and October fire losses in U.S. and Canada.
A jumble of reports cites political nominations, violent deaths, and disasters from Sioux Falls to Chicago. Notable items include John Gronix killed by a fall, a nephew shooting his sister-in-law and wife in Cincinnati, a passenger train collision near Monon road injuring several, and dynamiters targeting transit tracks in St Louis.
Report notes British forces narrowing the circle around Generals De Wet and Steyn while Filipinos negotiate surrender with Gen MacArthur in central Luzon. Russians in Tsai-Chow area blamed for killings. England cautions China about protecting foreign legation members. Admiral Watson says U.S. pacification in the Philippines is progressing slowly.
The socialist leader William Liebknecht dies in Charlottenburg at 74. Reports say Germany plans to send 20 000 additional troops to China and cooperate with allies as tensions grow over the war situation. The allied forces hold Yangtsun after a battle in which American forces incurred 60 casualties.
United States reports 172 business failures and a severe heat week with many deaths. Imperial edict names Li Hung Chang to seek peace in China but delays until demands met. French minister remains in Peking. massacre of 7 000 Christians reported. Rail and train incidents kill several, including Lane murder confession. Seattle plans 1904 world fair. farmers urged to feed corn to stock.
The U S reply to the imperial edict appointing Li Hung Chang as envoy demands immediate cessation of hostilities and restoration of order before negotiations. Edict and bulletin outline China’s pledge to seek a peaceful settlement, with transmission to European and Japanese diplomats for awareness and assent.
Charles R. H. Ferrell, a former Adams Express employee, confessed to killing Messenger Charles Lane and robbing the Adams Express way safe on a Pennsylvania eastbound train. He said the motive was money for his upcoming marriage and that no accomplices aided him. One thousand dollars was recovered. Ferrell, 22, was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, after being traced from Plain City.
A Lehigh & New England train crashed into an omnibus near Slatington killing fifteen people and injuring many more. Most victims were relatives of Sophia Schaeffer. the driver and coach owner were identified as Peters and Henry Bittner. A special train and physicians rushed to help. no watchman warned pedestrians.
At Saint Vincent maneuvers a collision sank the torpedo boat destroyer Framee. four officers and 58 men were saved, with about 50 feared lost. The Framee was a recent 313 ton addition to the French navy under Vice Admiral Fournier.
The passage urges women to uphold grace and dignity while balancing home duties and child care. It laments a weary world and promotes Pe-ru-Na as a revitalizing tonic to refresh strength and vitality.
An old advertisement extols Pe-ru-na as the medicine women can rely on for inflammation and catarrh across the body. It claims all mucous membrane congestions are catarrh and that Pe-ru-na cures ailments where other remedies fail. If a catarrhal affection exists anywhere, Pe-ru-na will cure you.
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