16 Jun 1890
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1890
Page
1
The article breaks down how much value a buyer receives versus protection fees for various items. Examples include a $21 suit yielding $12 in goods and $9 in protection, a $1 hat with 40¢ in goods and 60¢ protection, and a $25 range giving $17 in goods and $8 in protection.
A nineteenth century moral admonition advises against gossip and rudeness while urging gentleness for women and men alike. It promotes careful dress, informed speech, respect for beliefs, and living by the golden rule. The text ends with a health tip to take Simmons Liver Regulator.
Market reports show cereals and oats with steady to weaker trading. wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley quoted with bid ranges and delivery months. Live poultry, pork, beef, and lard prices noted. Chicago cattle and hogs trade active with price spreads and category figures.
Rockford Illinois endures a torrential Friday storm with three hours of heavy rain. Kent and Keith creek valleys flood destroying homes and factories. Mayor Sherratt and Chief Larkin rescue residents, with the Flood causing extensive damage and possible drownings. Joliet also floods with three to five feet of water, cars displaced, rail washouts, and trains delayed.
A Findlay special reports a 2:30 am blast at Casterline & Co. nitro glycerine works four miles from town. Five tons of explosive detonated, leaving a crater large enough for a four story block. Factory reduced to kindling. no deaths reported. Shock felt over forty miles, initially thought an earthquake.
Ellis H. Roberts & Co. proprietors of the Utica Morning Herald applied for a receiver amid about $140,000 in indebtedness. The firm cites exhausted credit, plans reorganization with principal creditors taking stock, and notes editor Ellis B. Roberts as a former U S assistant treasurer.
In Curiaco on June 15 Colonel Abner Taylor was unanimously renominated for Congress by the Republicans of the First Illinois district. In St. Louis on June 15 the Missouri State Republican Executive Committee set a call for the State convention to meet in this city in July.
Washington reports note tributes to Samuel J. Randall as the House turns to sundry civil bills. Debates cover repeal of arrearages law limits and funding for veterans, waterways, and education, with figures on costs and the Senate calendar.
Henry Hrooker sentenced to hang June 27 at Pine City for murder of sister and her husband. Juror Jonas E. Erickson swore he voted for murder in the second degree and believed the defendant would not be hanged, yet the jury returned a first degree verdict. A Hamburg steamship Columbia arrived in New York beating its own record for German sailings.
Bishop Fallows of Chicago elected president of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Canada. Pennsylvania Railroad plans a double track Pittsburgh to Chicago. Congressman W L Wilson of West Virginia offered the presidency of Missouri State University. Newfoundland workers move to the Canadian Northwest over fishery issues. Margaret Buckley of New York dies from a pistol wound inflicted by her brother. Ontario Premier Oliver Mowatt denies Dominion annexation sentiment in Rochester. Fire devastates Elba Iron Co office and nearby properties in Frankston Pa. Norwich-based railroad Norfolk and Western buys Scioto Valley and New England for about 5 million. German-born US shooters head to Pankow Germany for July tournament. greet Bremerhaven arrival.
Grand Rapids area reports Mary Holland arrested for refusing census and driving away the enumerator with an axe. She admitted the charge when confronted but claimed insult over questions about her husband. In San Francisco, Henry McBride died after a brutal prize fight. coroners jury charges Frank LaRue with murder as arrests continue.
Horace Heath vs Wisconsin Central Railway verdict awards 6000 in damages after a two week trial in Neillusville. Injury from February Spencer collision in 1889 described as very serious.
Cholera breaks out in Puebla da Rugat Valencia with fourteen deaths as Moorish pilgrims returning from Mecca and recent North Africa arrivals are blamed. Spain's Ceuta city shows poor sanitary measures and Moorish and Spanish quarters, with strong links to Valencia and other southern ports.
The Pittsburgh area reports thousands of afflicted people from across the country gathered at Father Mollinger's church in Allegheny City for St. Anthony's day healing. Tens of thousands arrived, with 5,000 camping around the church while many waited in the hot sun for admission.
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