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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1900
Page
2
Fragmented trial report notes defense witnesses testifying for John Stamper and others. It references statements about the alleged conspiracy, a county case in Frankfort, and remarks by Mrs. John Davis and Walter Day. Agricultural reports and local notes follow with crop conditions and regional updates.
Aug 11 dispatches from Brussels and St. Petersburg describe Li Hung Chang named minister plenipotentiary to negotiate peace, Chinese forces seven lines of defenses near Tien Tsin, and Allied actions led by Americans and British. Reports note U S and British casualties, ships Castine and Princeton at Shanghai, and 12,000 Chinese troops marching toward Peking and Tien Tsin.
The dispatch reports debates over a minister's safety under Chinese escort. Officials warn that withdrawal could mean death and note a possible error in Beijing’s account conveyed through the tsung-ya harren, with foreign governments urged to address the situation.
Goodland Kansas reports two men who robbed a Union Pacific train near Hugo last Sunday, killing W. J. Fay and fleeing. A sheriff posse tracks them to the Bartholomew ranch east of Goodland, where the outlaws were killed after a pursuit. Authorities recovered the loot and identified a suspect.
A severe heat wave in New York City on a August day caused eleven deaths and numerous prostrations. The high temperatures persisted for hours, with readings surpassing safe limits and authorities warning residents to seek shade and hydrate.
A period piece claims this medicine helps women preserve roundness of form and facial freshness and keeps the entire female organism healthy. It says women write letters to the paper praising its safety through various natural crises and as a safeguard of women's health.
In New York on Aug 11 at Madison Square Garden Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Gus Hublin in the sixth round of a heavyweights bout. Fitzsimmons used a powerful solar plexus blow after a fast, brutal exchange to end the fight and carry the casualty from the ring. Bets favored Fitzsimmons, despite a large weight handicap.
The Eeston Herald notes forecasts that the twentieth century will feature 24 reappearances and 380 eclipses across February and other times, reflecting celestial patterns observed by scholars.
A 19th century reader recounts a curious practice where every coach carried a Bible for free reading and return. The scheme, called read and return, vanished with no clear reason. Train staff or passengers could oppose the idea and cheaper trashy novels may have influenced its end.
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