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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1900
Page
5
Local observations record daily weather metrics including dry bulb temperature wet bulb temperature relative humidity wind direction and speed and precipitation. The table compares the date’s extremes means and precipitation over four prior years with notes on traces. data sourced from HW Bowie River Bulletin volume.
Chicago reports multiple deaths and prostrations from extreme heat extending into the evening. Names of the deceased and those hospitalized are listed, along with a knife attack in Cleveland where a butcher chased a woman through streets before being subdued. Factories and shops halt as temperatures soar and the heat intensifies labor risks.
City notes list druggists doctors lawyers and a possible diplomatic stream of moves and events. A steamer trip to St Paul, a waterway pickup, a diary of social and political notices, and local business ads mix with street names, schools, and a race to the railways.
News from Dubuque reports Harry Shepard a former local hotel clerk now in Chicago and manager of the Chicago Beach hotel drowned after falling from a boat on Lake Michigan near Milwaukee. Chicago papers suggest suicide. friends doubt this. Shepard was about 85, married, once associated with the Julien and Lorimier hotels. The report notes he left Dubuque ten years ago and had close ties to Keeley.
The Grand Opera house in Dubuque announces a full season booking list led by Dick Ferris' comedians and a slate of high class entertainments. Included are The Christian, The House That Jack Built, Vanity Fair, Miss Hobbs, Paust, and many renowned acts such as Modjeska, Ward & Vokes, Frank Keenan, Richard Golden, Walker Whiteside, and The Belle of New York among others.
In Portland Maine Aug 11 a boiler blast at the Portland Gas Light Co plant killed three men and injured two others. William Carey of BrightON Mass William Case formerly of Concord N H Robert Moles an engineer died instantly John Fournier was knocked into debris and injured Michael Skerritt and Arthur Malcin suffered burns in attempts to rescue Carey.
Irregular listings and fragmentary items name acts, companies, and shows such as Holden Bros. Company, West's Minstrels, Black Patti's Troubadours, Isham's King Rastus Company, McSorley's Twins, and America’s Quadruple Star Alliance in a late 19th or early 20th century entertainment page. The brief lines read like a theater or minstrel program with scattered titles and performers, including The Last First.
William Rochus of Dyersville was seriously injured when a hand car riding with railroad workers toppled him. The car rolled over his body between the rails, breaking three ribs and causing head and body injuries. He was taken to Tinley hospital in Dubuque for treatment and was resting.
A 43 year old widow with a 12 year old daughter turned a small cottage and three acres into a poultry and small farm venture. She expanded to 125 laying hens, a flock of pure bred Plymouth Rocks, and two fenced acres. She markets 200 to 300 broilers each spring and eggs to neighbors at 50 cents a dozen. A Jersey cow adds income, and one acre yields garden and fruit money. The venture earns about 400 dollars yearly and suits her well.
The quartermaster general reported the hospital boat Relief left Kobe on the station for Taku. Officials expect she has reached the Chinese port by now. The Relief carried wounded from the Tien Tsin engagement and soldiers who died prior to that event to Nagasaki for transport or care.
United States plans to relieve field hospitals in China and aid wounded soldiers as part of wartime relief while outlining home seekers excursions by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. Tickets go on sale June 15 and through December with multiple departure times for trips toward Red Monte Twin Springs and Potney North West and South regions.
A fragmented OCR list shows various commodities with per unit prices including tomatoes and potatoes per bushel, tea per pound, syrup, soap, mustard, catsup, enamel starch and bat items. Several words are garbled or placeholder-like, obscuring exact figures and some items. The readable entries indicate a local market or store price sheet with mixed commodities and uncertain pricing data.
An advertisement touts the Demorist Sewing Machine as unmatched in quality durability and style and guarantees factory assurance. It urges readers to examine stock to save money and claims bicycle prices are lower than manufacturing cost while noting five men wanted to work on a farm and a flat for rent over a store with telephone contact 301.
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