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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
6
George Reeks and his wife plot to sell papers belonging to Gilbert Rickerby for 500 pounds to ease poverty. At midnight in Rickerby’s Folly, Rickerby confronts them, claims the papers, and a twist reveals Rickerby’s return to claim debts, ending with a tense showdown and a mysterious guardian intervening.
Nugent Leathwood confronts Gilbert Rickerby in a tense meeting about a forged tale of love and crime. Rickerby unveils a plotted reveal linking Olkve Mallory and a servant, with bank notes and a staged death at the house. The scene shifts to a game of truth amid warnings and looming consequences.
St Nicholas reports a popular New Year ritual in Russia where youths test fate by a water basin ritual. Paper strips with numbers float around a wax-tapered nutshell boat, stirred to move. the name it first contacts is believed to predict the future beloved. The piece notes two methods and the playful nature of the pastime.
The Philadelphia Press catalogs major quakes worldwide since 1800, noting 24 events with 272,860 deaths. It highlights Charleston 1883 with 57 killed and massive property loss, Yeddo 1885, and other deadly shocks in Turkey Italy Japan South America and Russia.
Giorgio Sinigalla a twenty two year old Hallan officer pursued Fraulein Denya of Vienna, spent fortunes on jewelry and lodging, then sent an ultimatum. Denied, he killed himself as Rome buzzed with anger, police warning the girl to stay hidden to avoid crowds.
A seminary student Rev Newell Dwight Hillis boasted of his skill in modern languages. In the mess room a rough Western theologian interrupted his French recitation with a sharp line. Hillis retorted that the Lord himself might not know what he was saying.
In Colorado a chaotic snowslide at Smuggler Mountain traps and buries five people amid a avalanching scene. Rescue teams race to reach the site as weather hinders efforts and authorities confirm casualties.
Telluride Colorado March 1 A massive snowslide at the Liberty Belt mine on Smuggler Mountain kills and buries many workers. Two slides occurred, wiping out buildings and trapping rescuers. Initial counts place dead from thirty to seventy five with dozens missing. At least two miners die, others are severely injured. News of the disaster reached Telluride by 10 a.m. and rescuers pressed to reach the canyon where bodies and debris lie. In a separate incident at Mount SnoMes Camp Fire mine a snowslide buries three cable crews with Curtis Shelton dead and two others injured.
Newark New Jersey March session hears Vice Chancellor Pitney scold counsel over a proposed data into bonds consolidation scheme. Former US Attorney General John W. Giggs quips balloons, court agrees balloons seem full of wind in the Nour trust case.
In Leavenworth Nebraska boy Frank Burienek shot Daisy Carpenter during a domestic quarrel yesterday and then killed himself. Burienek, a saloonkeeper from Crete Nebraska, had recently moved to Leavenworth and faced a threatened return of his wife, who was coming with a letter to announce reconciliation. The woman is expected to die.
Special from Avast reports Judge John Reagan, the sole surviving member of the Confederate cabinet, is dead at 82. Reagan, once a Texas railroad official and long-serving congressman, passes away at his home in Anderson County after battle with pneumonia.
Chicago May 1 Stephen D P Wick of South Chicago stabbed his wife to death with a pot knife and then killed himself. Authorities say jealousy over her alleged infidelity prompted the act as she was believed to be about to elope with another man.
Constantinople March 1 The sian ambassador Ian Bleno has pressed the porte over the clash near Albania on February 23 in which two Turkish soldiers were killed The ambassador cites Turkey's responsibility and the need to protect Christians.
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