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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
8
Majestic and Columbia Royal Oak ranges attract shoppers at Wow Enterprise with quick stock turnover on cooking stoves. Limited quantities and strong prices push buyers to act fast.
An illness of despondency led four St Louis residents to attempt suicide on Sunday Aug 26. Three used carbolic acid, one used rat poison. One attempt succeeded, another remains serious, two are expected to recover. Ill health, bereavement, and a lovers’ quarrel are cited as motives.
Louis L. Con way, a New York City cleaning department foreman, dozed on a cliff at One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Street and the speedway. He awoke and stretched, toppled 160 feet to the speedway, and died instantly as witnesses watched. Also noted, the historic Wattle Abbey in London was leased to Michael P. Grace of New York for a term of years.
igane Ga August 26 Town Marshal M Goodwin died from wounds after a battle with Galey Tyrus a black desperado who was charged with the order of a companion Goodwin was fatally wounded in the clash and succumbed to injuries granted by the confrontation
A Virginia Congressman's young son visits an Illinois cousin who keeps a large guinea egg. When asked what it is, the boy retorts and mocks the cousin's pride, then claims his father laid the cornerstone of their new courthouse.
Edward L Motus of New York claims innocence in the murder case of Kate J Adams and says new evidence will be presented at his second trial. He asserts possession of absolute proof and expects to prove life is not at risk beyond doubt. A new trial was granted by the courts of appeals more than ten months ago.
The Shah left England for Paris after a round of ceremonies. A large official gathering and a military display marked departure with a royal salute as the royal entourage boarded the special steamer amid escort by British guards.
Richmond Aug 26 J D Wilken shot and killed G P Apperson in a dark house after mistaking him for a burglar. Apperson had recently changed sleeping quarters and confronted by Wilken who believed he faced a thief, fired in self defense.
Salem Missouri reports a wide array of incidents and dignitaries including the death of Archduchess Marguerite Sophie after an appendicitis operation. Other items mention Mexico farming profits, mounting river floods, and labor wage increases for telegraph operators in St Paul.
Shenandoah Aug 29 General Gobin met with miners and operators amid the Beaufort strike. He reports no signs of settlement, predicting prolonged action and keeping in close touch with strikers and operators as he travels the hills with his staff. Some operators hint at concessions if a method could be devised. Gobin uses his influence to urge a conservative settlement without harming the men on strike.
Hazleton Pennsylvania Aug Scheuch a 36 year old liveman for Valley Coal was stabbed and beaten while trying to rescue his son William Scheuch a non union worker from a mob of about 3000 strikers converging on the No 40 colliery. He was rescued by a mine foreman and taken to hospital with non fatal injuries. The strike halted work as 500 men gathered near Cranberry colliery but no restart occurred.
In Panther Creek Valley Tamaqua Aug 26 pickets patrol to deter non union miners from working amid strike talk. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co seeks enough men to resume coal cuts, though miners are scarce. An outside foreman at Brookside colliery shot at a crowd in Tower City. George Beaver, 19, injured. Wheatley jailed on $1000 bail.
The Maine sailed 410 miles from Boston lightship to Overfalls lightship off the Delaware capes in 24 hours 10 minutes, averaging 16.91 knots on a coast trial. The shipyard report notes a coast record for the run.
Senator Ellsworth recalls a Western farmer visiting Albany who misunderstood a gaslight hoax. The visitor believed a hanging glass bottle carried light, and after testing he placed it in a bureau drawer, thinking the flame had not been snuffed. The tale underscores rural unfamiliarity with urban tricks and the farmer’s honesty in sharing the misinterpretation.
The article notes maple bird’s eye patterns lack outward signs and can only be judged by cutting. It cites a tale from the Rai Gazette about George M. Pullman offered a mahogany log cut, declined, and later veneers sold for 7,000 dollars.
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