Mixed News Digest From Across Nations and Cities
A compilation notes a range of items including Paris wolves premiums since 1882, a copper weeping willow shower bath, a burglary confession via priest in Chicago, a fatal Hungarian schoolboy duel, a nine year old preacher in Covington, Edward VII portraits in India, anti automobile protests in France, a Dover smuggling fox pelts case, and a kite maker's accident in Virginia.
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Ministry of Agriculture
France
Ransom Drive Aims to Free Miss Ellen Stone
Boston reports pledged funds nearing 30000 with hopes for 100000 or more. The American Board and President Capen press for rapid subscription growth as government officials, including President Roosevelt, seek Turkish action and indemnity for the kidnapping of the American missionary.
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Boston
Ellen NM. Stone
Miss Stone
Prudential Committee
American Board
B Capen
Judson Stith
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Capen
Record harvest promises vast forage growth in Liberal area
Dispatch reports Kansas ranchers foresee the largest forage crop ever as late rains and heat spurred plant growth after an early drought. Frost spared lower altitudes, cattlemen hold cattle under three years for higher prices next season amid abundant feed and strong market outlook.
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Kansas
Ninth Regiment Disaster Report From Manila
Dispatch from Gen Chaffee describes the Ninth Infantry attack at a convent in Manila. Details include 450 bolomen and 200 from rear assaults, heavy casualties, 3 officers and 40 enlisted men killed or missing, 13 wounded, 26 saved, 25,000 rounds lost, and prisoners outside Chartres joining the attack. Lieut James P Drouillard signs the report.
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War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Washington, D.C
Betron
Chartel
Bookmiller
James P. Drouillard
Ninth Infantry
Chakfee
Giant floating dry dock to depart Baltimore October 15
A Washington dispatch reports insurers have agreed to launch the world’s largest floating dry dock from Baltimore on October 15 for a hazardous voyage down the Atlantic around the Gulf to Algiers Louisiana. The 17500 ton lifting dock, designed by Clark and Stanfierd, cost over 1 million dollars and is the biggest ever built.
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Washington Dispatch
Baltimore
Atlantic
Gulf
Mississippi River
Algiers
Admiral Endicott
Clark
Six Hurt in Pittsburg Clay Pot Works Fire
Six firemen injured when a wall collapsed at the Pittsburg clay pot works in Allegheny on the boiler house roof. The blaze caused $280,000 in damages and left 163 workers idle for months. No fatalities are reported. the fire started in the boiler room from an unknown cause.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Allegheny
Were Equally Guilty Gus Schultz and Daughter Convicted
Gus Schultz and his daughter Minnie of Fort Scott Kansas were convicted by a jury of living together as man and wife. Schultz’s wife died when Minnie was seven and she was raised by another family. Schultz found her about a year ago and brought her to his home. Minnie later complained, leading to arrest, but both faced prosecution since one could not be convicted without the other.
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Gus Schultz
Ft. Scott
Kan
Minnie
Schultz
Alexander Severus
Herculaneum
Egypt
Rouen
Salisbury
Ignatius
Jesus Christ
Job
Solomon
Paul
Apocalypse
Ezekiel
Christ
Cosme
Meg Merrilies
God
Raul
Shadow
Famine Strikes Panay Island Sparking Manila Rats War
Telegrams from Tacoma report Panay Philippines struck by famine amid plague. Capiz records about 130 deaths from starvation. Manila counters plague by waging war on rats paying two and a half cents per rodent to the health board.
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Tacoma
Wash
Panay
Philippines
Capiz
Manila
Board of Health
Columbia Defends Cup in Narrow Victory Over Shamrock II
New York dispatch reports the Columbia defeating Shamrock II in a 30 mile yacht race by two seconds on elapsed time and forty one seconds on handicap to retain the cup. Lipton’s Erin crew cheered as Sir Thomas Lipton conceded the defender’s superiority.
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New York
Columbia
Lipton
Trish Knight
Thomas Lipton
York Grocer John C. Chilcote Hangs Self in Store
John C. Chilcote of Chilcote & Co. hanged himself in a York Nebraska store. Clerks found the body at 7 o clock after he entered about six. He came from Iowa in 1883 to run the grocery with his son and is survived by a wife two daughters and a son. Coroner jury ruling death by strangulation self-inflicted act.
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York
Neb
John C. Chilcote
Chilcote & Co
George
S. H. Harrison
Lynd Cowan
Omaha
Farm Lamp Explosion Claims Lives and Burns Family
A lighted lamp exploded in the John Quisenberry farm home fourteen miles southwest of Grand Island Nebraska. Mrs Quisenberry and several children suffered severe burns from flash fire. seven family members were badly burned and one ten year old child died from injuries. The remaining relatives remain in serious condition.
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John Quisenberry
Grand Island
Neb
Plattsmouth Blaze Destroys Barn and Krug Brewing Losses
A fire in Plattsmouth Nebraska destroyed a barn owned by Fred Engenberger and damaged nearby structures including the Krug Brewing cold storage, valued at 2000 dollars and insured. The total property loss nears 3000 dollars with indications the blaze was incendiary in origin.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Fred Engenberger
Krug Brewing Company
Krug
Farm Sells for 18600 At Pawnee City Nebraska
One of the county’s largest land deals closes in Pawnee City Nebraska with the sale of the John Martin farm a 440 acre stock and grain operation. Col L W Leonard buys the property for 18600 improving the county’s agricultural landscape.
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Pawnee City
Neb
John Martin
West Tampa Fire Destroys Twenty Buildings in Cigar District
A blaze in the cigar factory of O Halloran and Co. destroyed twenty buildings in central West Tampa costing about 20000 dollars. Authorities report threats of arson tied to labor unrest and agitators have been ordered to leave the city for counseling torch use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Tampa
Fla
O'Halloran & Co
Chemist Tests Kansas Gold Shale With Electric Reduction
Dan Fahrig a chemist from the Philadelphia Commercial Mageum applies his electric reduction process to the gold shale of Trego and Ellig counties in Kansas after previously testing the material in Philadelphia. He asserts the process yields six dollars value per ton. He now conducts a further test in Kansas.
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Kansas
Dan Fahrig
Philadelphia
Mageum
Trego
Ellig
Fahrig
Beet Sugar Production Totals by State in 1901
Secretary Wilson estimates beet sugar output for 1901 at 198500 tons with California at 80000 tons and Michigan second at 60000 tons Nebraska listed at 7000 tons Cane sugar production totals 700000 tons overall.
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Nebraska
Agriculture
Wilson
California
Michigan
Miss Helen Long Dies After Critical Illness
Long family grieves as Helen Long second daughter of Secretary John D Long dies after a sudden decline. Secretary Long was summoned to the family's Bingham Mass home early in the week as Helen's condition remained critical.
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Helen “Long
John’ D. Long
Bingham, Mass
Child Hurt as Horse Kicks Brother of County Official
Five year old brother of Miss E M Daniels Brown County superintendent badly injured by a kick from a horse in Ainsworth. The child seriously injured but expected to recover with lifelong lasting effects.
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E. M. ‘Daniels
Brown County
Ainsworth
Local Kansas Notes Surface From Topeka to Pike
JAWHAKER JOTS A Pigg is proprietor of a Topeka hotel. Questioning about Mr Tixteen of Independence. Atchison pins a new pin boy for its alley. Wellington reports wheat jubilee success after cash register check. Kansas shows mosquitos thrive without moisture. A Topeka paper notes a man hid his identity at Adams house. Question raised about drying peaches in Coffee county. McCoy, Washburn football recruit, will leave after October 15 for higher paid work. Argonia bank chartered with $0,000 capital. third Sumner county state bank in ten days. State funds paid for Pike monument at Pawnee Indian Village. pedestal by Charles W Guild of Topeka.
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Mr. Tixteen
Kansas
Topeka
Adams House
Coffee County
Kave McCoy
Washburn
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Argonia
Sumner County
Pawnee Indian ‘Village
Yebulon
M. Pike
Charles W.guild
Wayne Crow and J. T. Passmore Arrested in West Plains
Wayne Crow and J. T. Passmore, noted horsemen, were arrested at West Plains Missouri for using the mails to defraud. They are also wanted for complicity in a Cotton Belt train robbery near Texarkana on September 8.
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Wayne Crow
J. T. Passmore
West Plains
Texarkana
Fire destroys six story warehouse in Chicago
A six story building at the foot of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, used by Barry Bros transportation as a warehouse, burned down. Loss on building and contents reported at 100,000 dollars.
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Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Barry Bros. Transportation Company
Western passenger association to issue universal clergy permits
A Chidage dispatch reports that the western passenger association will issue clergy Permits valid on the lines of all three associations. Previously each association limited permits to its own lines.
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Western Passenger ‘Association
Fire at Sandusly causes large loss and missing girls feared
A Sandusly fire damages the American Crayon company building with an estimated loss of 140000 dollars and an insurance of 62500 dollars. Two girls are missing and feared dead in the blaze.
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American Crayon Company
Sandusly, O
Death of Old Settler Fazier in Columbus Neb
An elderly settler Fazier of Columbus Nebraska aged about sixty died while sitting in his chair at his home after years of invalidism.
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Fazier
Columbus
Neb
Windmill Repairer Dies After 40 Foot Fall in Nebraska
Fred Carter of Hildreth Nebraska fell forty feet from a windmill while repairing it on George Wilmots farm. He was badly hurt and died two hours later leaving a large family.
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Fred Carter
Hildreth
Neb
George ‘Wilmot
Fire at Detroit Free Press Plant WIP Causes Loss
Fire at the Detroit Free Press printing plant caused about 25000 dollars in damages. The company’s stock of theatrical posters on hand remained unharmed.
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Detroit Free Press Printing Company
Fire Hits Joliet Stove Works Blaze
A fire destroyed parts of Joliet stove works with three departments burned. Loss estimated at 50 000 dollars, fully insured. The Johnson County fair also reported gains as a separate note.
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Joliet
Japan to Send 84 Students Abroad for Training
The Japanese department of agriculture and commerce will dispatch eighty four students overseas soon for practice training. Twenty five will go to America and twenty seven to Europe. Also noted are estimates of soil worms, with 84 000 per acre and remarks on their beneficial work.
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Japan
Department of Agriculture and Commerce of
America
Europe
The Crystal Cannot Equal It in Job XXVIII Sermon
Washington Oct 6 1901 Dr Talmage argues in Job XXVIII that religion surpasses crystal in exactness transparency and transformative power. He likens faith to a jewel surpassing topaz while urging personal repentance and readiness for eternal treasures.
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Christ
Louis Klopsch
Washington
Talmage
Job
Cornish
Hart Mountain
Natural History
Napoleon
Borodino
John Thomas
Rousseau Modest Virtue and a Shamefaced Impostor
The article recalls Jean Jacques Rousseau’s broad sympathy and his reluctance to face court life. An impostor claimed to be the celebrated philosopher presenting an opera before Louis XVI, prompting Rousseau to flee to a public inn. The tale, cited from the Confessions, ends with Rousseau’s fear of exposure and retreat.
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Jean. Jacques Rousseau
Louis XVI
Rousseau
Detroit Free Press
Women Forsake Kitchen in France Campaign
A Paris trend led by Mme Schmal urges women to abandon kitchen duties in favor of specialist cooks. Proposals include outside culinary services and a culinary Waiters foundation funded by family subscriptions. The Daily Messenger notes French domestic life differs from English notions and questions whether reduction of domestic tasks would improve the average Frenchwoman’s happiness.
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France
Mme. Schmal
Mme: Scomai
Paris
Engle
War’s burden weighed by Secretary Root and Senator
Secretary Root argues war is dreadful yet needed as Senator warns that public leaders rush into conflict. He notes that old men and mothers suffer while young soldiers are sent away, questioning who initiates war and who bears its costs. The Heston Ryng Transcript frames the exchange.
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Congress
United States
Pausa
Heston
Ryng Transcript
Madge Presses South Dakota Journey for Divorce Case
A cryptic notice notes Madge urging Amig to travel to South Dakota for a divorce proceeding. The fragment mentions Jorie and a plan to file for separation, hinting at legal action and location in a disputed case.
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Madge
South
Dakota
Jorie
Alvorce
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William Washburn & Co
Anderson
Ind
E. A. Murphy
St. Mary's Church
Hungary
Ludwig Krusecz
Zborow
Nicholas Litka
Litka
I Krusecz
Krusecz
Covington
First Baptist Church
Metz Joiner
India
Edward
Government of India
Empire
Normandy
Dover
Ostend
Custom House
Bellew
Summerton
Madison
Av. Va
Balti
Shansi
Chiba
Hsian Fu
Christian Herald of New York
Isie
Plattamouth
Tampa
Helen Long
Jawhawker
A. Pigg
Johnson County
Joba
John
Rhine
Women In
Root
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