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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1901
Page
3
A severe grain fire yesterday destroyed about 20,000 bushels of grain in a southwest area near Ing Banos. The blaze caused extensive damage before firefighters contained it, with uncertain losses and no immediate reports of injuries. Local merchants such as Awply GW Sehafer & Go and Stiefvater’s advertised crockery and glassware offerings amid a period of economic activity in the city.
Local column items report regular meetings of Elects Chapter No 72 0 Ey 8 and Modesto Encampment IOOF with Royal Purple degree conferral and Golden Bossa Rebekah Lodge social. Weather note warns rivers rising in the county with potential overflows next days. Also obituaries and notices include Oliver Applewhite at Glen Ranch, Deepsend as husband of Mrs Rose, and Frank Cavagnaro death in Stockton.
A grain fire began about 11 o clock on the West Side of the San Joaquin river at Fred Barth’s Geld. It was extinguished later but details on area burned cause of ignition and losses are not known at this time.
The Stockton Mail reports Mrs. Sylvester Speaker of LaGrange was located safe after a days long disappearance. Local authorities and family had circulated details about her possible actions related to a bagpipe known as the Checkerboard in connection with the incident.
Cebulla, the suspect in the Sunday night shooting that killed Ed J. Donnelly at a cabin near La Grange, turned himself in to Under Sheriff Lander. District Attorney Waldthall and others prepared for the coroner's inquest. a German man Lind provided a statement about the events leading to the fatal duel, including drinking before the confrontation and Cebulla firing as Donnelly entered the cabin. The accused, 44, an immigrant with prior arrests, faced transfer for inquest and burial details set for Thursday at the La Grange cemetery.
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