Hanging by religious frenzy linked to madness in Eckley case
Reporter notes a party of Irishmen killed a Hungarian man and a woman at Eckley, with no arrests yet. In St Louis a courtroom scuffle ended in a throttle hold and rescue. In Milwaukee a man and family member went insane from religious excitement. the father is missing and the son reports the father is in Hell as the old man is found hanged.
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Eckley
Milwauere
Wis
Ludwig Roeschel
Roeschel
Local Ads Prompt Interested Shoppers at City Shops
The notice column highlights Henry Weiler offering books albums pictures and dolls on Third Street. Matteson & Co promote furnishing goods and five cent Nickie Plate Cigars are sold by James Rogen. Hequembourg runs a sale with a piano prize draw every five dollars. Opera House Block houses pianos and organs. McCarthy's sells decorated dinner sets. A one-horse harness is offered. barber shops will close Sundays starting December 10 1916 with new hair cutting and shaving fees. The ad copy also mentions Byegianes and other items for sale and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butcer
Milwaukee
Boston
Ophelia
Jersey
Upton Warrants Declared Unexecuted by Bank Directors
Special Dispatch to the Evening Observer reports a warrant for the arrest of Upton, the defaulting president of the City Bank, issued by Edward Harris and W F Coggswell, attorneys for directors, has not yet resulted in his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Pacific National Bank
Upton
City Bank
Edward Harris
W. F. Coggswell
Weekly Bank Statement Discloses Mixed Shifts in New York
Special Dispatch to the Needing Observer from New York reports loans up 2.631 million, specie up 1.292 million, legal tenders down 1.491 million, deposits up 2.437 million, circulation up 14 thousand, and a reserve decline of 808 thousand four hundred.
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New York
Board of Trade discusses freeing canals and treaty breach
A Toronto daily note reports the Board of Trade debated freeing the canals. It claims the Nova Scotia government caused the trouble by not honoring the international treaty, highlighting tensions in this long standing dispute.
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Toronto
Opt
Board of Trade
N. S
Ex-Suspect McDermott Sentenced for Speech at Meeting
Special Dispatch reports McDermott, once a suspect, is sentenced to one week imprisonment for remarks at a meeting claiming the gallows reeked with blood of innocent people convicted by a drunken jury and partisan judges.
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Evening Observer
Treland
McDermott
Christmas Mass Schedule Highlighted by Night Service
The solemn Office of Matine will be chanted at 1 P.M. followed by a midnight Solemn Mass conducted by Very Rev. Fr. Guido C. P. Fr. Michael will deliver an appropriate sermon. Morning Masses are at 6:30 and 9:00, with a 10:30 Solemn Mass and sermon.
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L P. x
Guido
C. P
Michael
St Marys Parochial Closing Exercises Impress Dunkirk
An eye witness commends St Marys Parochial School for its closing exercises on Thursday the 31st. Pupils are praised for discipline, instruction, and guardianship by skilled teachers. The writer believes graduates will hold their own in the academy and reflect well on Catholic youth in Dunkirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Dunkirk
Dutchess county poorhouse inquiry clears superintendent
The investigating committee exonerates the Dutchess county poorhouse superintendent from blame. They credit Mise Carpenter of the state board of charities for her complaints but say innates misled her. Also notes recent deaths and a report of accounting trouble involving Marshal Knox.
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Dutchess County
Mise Carpenter
State Board of Charities
Co operation Among Farmers and Local Civic Unity
The piece argues for stronger farmer cooperation to boost agriculture and community. It recalls old log rolling and communal work as examples of collective effort and notes past absence of heavy drinking. It urges forming school district clubs and reading agricultural papers to engage youth and sustain shared enterprise.
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Bacon
Nothing but toil and longing in mixed domestic scenes
A fragmented meditation on work and desire shows a wife lamenting endless toil and a husband’s neglect, while a merchant and a man in velvet reflect on their precarious standing. The section shifts to cheese fair critiques, then home crafts, blasting powders, and a giant 21 inch white Manila rope for New Zealand service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Emma Bassett
England
New Zealand
Weather summary at Signal Station Washington Observation
Partial text notes 3 Pon lower lakes with cloudy conditions and light fall in temperatures. Southerly to westerly winds, light rain, and a falling barometer are indicated in the era’s observation fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Observation
Dunkirk Markets Prices in Duneire 1882 Trade List
Market column from Duneire dated December 22 1882 lists breadstuffs flour oats corn meal and bran with prices and suppliers including Mulholland & Co and various carriers and rail lines such as Canada Southern Central Pacific and Adams. Also notes special prices on carloads of cement lime and salt and items like mackerel lard and bacon with assorted pork products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad. Mulholland & Co
Park, Mess
Akron
Portlan
Poultry and meats market report and farm goods notes
The market runs through poultry and meats with dressed items by Thos G Jones and others. Hay and straw demand remains steady, millfeed in good demand, wheat and corn prices steady with slight shifts, dressed hogs sold quietly at 7.5 to 8.12 cents per pound, and wheat, corn, oats, and barley prices listed for Toledo and on the boards with general activity described as dull to steady.
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Thos
G. Jones
Canada
Tlc
Toledo
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N.Y
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