15 Nov 1894
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Newspaper
Bloomington World
Location
Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1894
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a sequence of political, sports, and crime notes. Names like Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago appear with scattered clues about candidates, elections, a racing event, a fire or incident, and an investigation. Details are unclear and attribution is inconsistent.
A government commission published its findings on the 1893 railway strike. It condemns the General Managers' Association as a power grab and cites its role in wage suppression and strike suppression across 24 railroads with 221,007 employees. The report warns of potential government ownership if unions grow unchecked and urges reforms in arbitration, licensing, and employer‑labor relations.
The American Consul-General in Berlin reports on the new diphtheria serum treatment. Production at Shering near Jungfern Helde uses forty horses, but demand outpaces supply. October deaths in children under four rose to 60 percent as stores ran dry. Serum remains costly and slow to produce, with months needed to ready pools of blood from horses, and tests show it is not a universal cure.
The steamship St Louis of the American line was launched at Cramp's shipyards near Philadelphia with about 50 000 spectators. Mrs Cleveland christened the vessel using American champagne, declaring I christen thee St Louis as the ship slid into the water. The ship, 129 feet longer than any previous Cramp launch, entered the water smoothly after careful preparations.
A collection of curious notes describes a crawfish regrowing an eye, a goose raising piglets in Harrison county New York, and a teal nosed mosquito bill with surgical tools. It mentions coal dust blasting accidents, Brunswick Germany’s Domlinde tree, meteorite showers at New Concordia Ohio in 1460, and copper alloys. It ends with a Devil's Hill copper spring in St Johns River near Palatka with no bottom found after thirty feet.
Adam Williams of Jackson dies at 70. James Justice of Logansport passes at 77 after stomach trouble. Napanee’s Adrian Austin dies from injuries stepping from a wagon bed. Berryville and Keelport events include a fatal throat wound and tiger incident at Peru circus. A Tangier burglary leads to a suspect's identification and burial at a poor farm. North Manchester bank opens with Krisher as president and Harter as cashier.
The Iron Mountain Route opens a fast mail and passenger train from St. Louis to Arkansas Louisiana Texas and the southwest starting Sunday December 2 1804. Departing 3 00 a m the train adds mail service Pullman buffet and sleeping cars with California bound cars. The schedule trims eight to fifteen hours off current times and mirrors daily passenger service. Contact agents or H C Townsend for details. Blasts from Raw's Horn ends with a moral quip about heaven and proximity.
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