Weekly News Briefs From A Turbulent Era
Textile workers in Philadelphia begin a general strike affecting about 90 000 operatives across 600 firms with only 47 granting demands and 15 000 workers still employed. A smallpox outbreak spreads in Vermillion Ohio prompting school church and public gathering closures and a resignation by Health Officer Greene. A La cyclone near Welsh destroys a two story farmhouse killing Ed Burgess and injuring Carroll and his wife. In Pittsburg a woman Lena Wolf 35 is found dead by hanging but husband Morris Wolf is under investigation amid storm trauma from Lake Huron reports. A murder trial in Sioux Falls finds Henry Stegard guilty by insanity in Bowen case alleging charges of bribery and conflict. The Newton mass grave of Edward M Thayer linked to a fortune insurance case is opened with a suspect arrest in Boston for property deeds. The era’s national baseball standings show Chicago Boston and New York leading, while the American League lists Cleveland St Louis Chicago and Washington among top teams.
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Vermillion
Ohio
Greene
Welsh
E. Carroll
Ed Burgess
Carroll
Lena Wolf
Pittsburg
Morris Wolf
Lake Huron
China
Port Huron
Thunider Bay Island
Hlenry Stegard
Prink Bowen
Siouw
Ss. D
Stegard
Sterabl
Elima
Eentral Howahead
Bonehare
Bowen
Bimurrage Chares
Edward M Thayer
Newton Mass
Whyle Earsans
Lfo Cmeurance
National Baseball League
Boston
New York
Cincinnaty
Poteburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Louie
Bestan
Cleveland
St Lous
Japeerror
Chicago
Chicago WD
Muddeloloa
Washinston
Thomas H. Dickinson
Santa Fe Road
Los Angeles
Dickinson
Overland
Ingen
Cal
Salvation Army Corps of
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Fillmore Street
Timms Ad Haight Streets
Haighie Street
William HD Robinson
Lawrence Curtis
Clifton
Massacres and accidents dominate early news nuggets
News nuggets recount violence in Kichineff and South Baston plant fires, with factory and trade implications. It notes baseball chaos in Pottsburg, a fatal shooting during a New York facility clash, a railroad superintendent's illness in Washington, and local legal cases including a dog bite suit in Louisville and a drowning victim in Union County. Governor Van Sant announces retirement as Minnesota politics shift following a merger controversy.
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Jirestiz Koen
Bobemim
SoUmm Birtiament
New York
Pottsburg
Ward
War Department
Washington
Alexander McCook
U S. A
Dayton
Ohi
Charlies Lynch
Storkman
Union Country
Lewis Creek
George J Zoll
Louisville
Theresa Stengel
van Sant
Minnesota
Newport Court Grants Divorce In Kemp Case
The Newport Supreme Court granted a divorce to Mary Isabel Kemp from Arthur T. Kemp. The era of sensational local events continues with fires, accidents, and public notices shaping a bustling snapshot from the era.
Weather and labor sway the business world in 1901
Weather and labor conditions dominate the era's business landscape. Unseasonable heat boosts apparel sales while harming crops and delaying planting. Trade overall remains favorable with rising railway earnings, price readjustments in iron and steel, and strong footwear and textile activity.
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Bey York
R. G. Dun & Co
Aome
United States
Canada
Women clean Bank Street in Louisville rebuke
In Louisville women swept two city blocks on Bank Street as a sharp rebuke to the city administration. Separately in Mississippi lynching of a negro burglar who confessed to arson at a Woodville store was reported in Wilkinson County. In Georgia, 10 year old Clara Tanner was arrested in Gainesville on an unspecified charge.
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Joseph Becker
Walla
Wash
Hoosevelt
Becker
Pendleton
Ore
Roosevelt
William
Germany
Watte Walle
Louisville
Bank Street
Wilkinson County
Mississippi
Woodville
Myre
Clara Tanner
Gainesville
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains by City
The report lists regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other grains with variations by grade and quality. Prices shown include shipping cattle in Chicago at 6.15 to 6.35 for top grades and 4.00 to 7.30 for hogs in Buffalo, among numerous regional quotes.
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S&c
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Bsc
New York
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