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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
2
A sudden mudslide buried Kwareli in Tehowa district killing about 250 people and destroying cattle and crops. Five kilometers from the town, the disaster is paired with other incidents including Minneapolis shaft fatalities and a San Francisco strike riot.
A quarrel between the wives over access to a rainwater barrel led J. C Hughey and Charles Harper to duel. Harper was killed. A fire at the Stumpter Lumber Company mill in Sumpter, SoC destroyed over 500,000 feet of timber and several homes. In Chicago, the Packers trial against major meatpackers is postponed to November 10. Milford burglary nets $400 from Robert Smith’s grocery safe after dynamite blast.
The New York Herald reports North German Lloyd Steamship Co plans a Bremen to Charleston direct line. I J Watson SC Commissioner abroad coordinating with agents to set sailing date. He says companies cooperate with authorities to solve immigration and boost US agriculture with European population overflow.
Miss Margaret Livingstein Chanter daughter of John Jacob Astor announces engagement to Richard Aldrich veteran editor and critic of The New York Times. The wedding planned for early fall will unite two prominent figures famed for philanthropy and shared devotion to music in a high society romance.
The Isthmian Commission contemplates a windfall from reclaimed junk on the Panama isthmus. About 7 200 tons of cast iron scrap sold for 60 000 inspires officials, with expectations a future salvage could be worth 200 or more per ton once gathered and sorted.
Mrs. Ivarl Grant reports a man woman and boy set her Covington home ablaze tied and gagged her then fled as she lay in a nearly vacant lot. The woman allegedly tried to leave her to die but a boy intervened and saved her life before police revived her. Her husband is abroad in the Philippines.
Henry Sefawind, a Cleveland naturalist, files for divorce and alimony claiming ten years of henpecked marriage. He seeks legal separation and support for himself and two children, alleging his wife kept all earnings and once reduced his food to cover clothes purchases. The Sehwinds own substantial property in Mast End.
Five people died from extreme heat in Draluth Minnesota the other day. Thermometers along the main street showed 66 degrees in the shade from Loyom to sundown. Humes Pierce a pioneer citizen was at work on the Northern Pacific dock when he was stricken. Ateambukincee carried land to his home where he died hours later. The other deaths were infants in the west end.
A sequence of earthquakes rattled Doonville Princeton Owensville and other southern Indiana towns on Friday, lasting three to five seconds. The shocks moved west to east with panic as residents fled businesses and streets. In Boonville the courthouse shook severely forcing officers to flee as crowds gathered outside. Owensville reported three distinct tremors, heightening fear among residents.
A preliminary statement from the United States Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor reports that the bureau’s hatcheries produced a total output just under two billion fish fry in the last fiscal year, marking an increase of about 200 million over the prior year. The aggregate output stands at nearly two billion with gains noted from prior year figures.
Miss Martha Carts of Chicago has spent fifteen years searching for her father. She learned from the Denver directory that he was living in a Salvation Army ragalaise. The man identified as he recently died, and Miss Carts says she is an expert and will provide or stand home for him.
Monrad A Tend and Nordal Nelson were exposed to poisonous gases while near an elevator shaft in Oneida Black II Minneapolis. Their companion attempted rescue but both men died from the fumes.
A fatal accident occurred as a severe thunderstorm swept over western Saint Louis during the Western golf championship. A golfer named Gem Reho was struck and killed on the golf links where the event was being held.
A boy named Krituier aged seven was found dead in a stable area of MOR Bell's store in Lewisville after an incident on a trapeze. Police indicate strangulation as the likely cause and investigators are treating the scene as a homicide.
Fragmented OCR text indicates a Maine election result with references to Republican gains and political figures, but content is garbled and difficult to parse into concrete names, dates, or outcomes. The readable bits suggest party dominance and associated personnel involvement, though specifics are unclear.
Two boys died in a fire started by children in a dog shed in Coveland OQ. A neighbor’s burns are reported severe as a brother is listed in critical condition. Peter and John Quinn, believed local youths, perished in the blaze.
In Tantons Pa a fire fatally burned Nettie and Limily Smith while their father Pyeed Smith was seriously burned trying to rescue them. The blaze destroyed the girls clothing as they perished and left the family grieving.
A trolley collided with an empty tank car train near Atlantic Refining Company’s point in Philadelphia killing three men and injuring many otters. The trolley carried about fifty passengers returning from work at the oil refinery.
A section of a large Garford Company factory under construction in Elyria Ohio collapsed, burying several workmen. Reports say three men killed and six severely injured.
Mrs. Camillery Miller of Oakland dies after a car overturns on a curve near Milpitas. Miss Marian Van Horne Berkelea, not a State University student, is reported in critical condition.
A shooting three miles from Birdsville Pickett County Tennessee left one dead and three others fatally or seriously wounded. The assailant states the attack was a mistaken identity targeting the wrong people.
Clarence I. Woosba, vice president of the People's Coke Company, died by suicide in his bathroom at his Chicago apartments. The incident ends a tumultuous period for the gas and beverage firm amid ownership disputes and market pressure.
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the state law governing mineral leases constitutional in a case tied to a Virginia mine on the Minnesota range. The mine was once valued at several million dollars, reflecting its prominence in regional mining history.
James AL Deerdin of Escoarbo Michigan receives 675000 dollars from the North German Lloyds for a patent. The payment marks a substantial settlement in an invention claim involving a fireman from Escoarbo.
Government crop report shows record high yields for principal cereals, surpassing last year's bumper production and indicating a strong agricultural season with gains for farmers and the national supply.
The board has 825 university educators signed on to adopt 300 simplified spellings where feasible in correspondence. New York leads with 130 signers, Illinois 130, Massachusetts 92, California 67, then Michigan 52, Missouri 42, Pennsylvania 81, with Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas and Maryland each over 20. Since August 1, additional university men have joined.
Reported investigations into hotels of questionable repute in St Louis follow a killing linked to a couple, with property owned by prominent men and women in business and social circles. Proprieties run by a West End woman and her brother’s firm are named, with potential penitentiary charges for owners and operators.
The body of Mrs Elmer Filmore was found on the banks near Snyder Park lake Springfield in stockings and a chemise. Her husband is under arrest after evidence suggests a struggle and a possible choking death with a search for Pearl Jones accompanying the case.
An attempted derailment near Ironwood Michigan failed when an ore train hit the dynamite placed on a switch. The locomotive was wrecked and track torn up. the engineer and fireman were slightly injured.
Jack Leroy was fatally burned while preparing a balloon for ascent in McPherson Kansas when gasoline exploded on the fire. J La Perl, previously injured in Wichita from a balloon fall, is mentioned in connection with the incident.
In San Francisco the car men’s union voted to return to work and submit wage and hearing disputes to arbitration. The decision followed a large meeting of the union.
Cuban rebels claim victory over government troops in three battles with many killed or wounded. A plan to remove l Alma from the presidency is under serious consideration.
The report notes steady production and rising demand in Chicago, with forward work and MoUs driving investment. Wholesale orders and leather and paint shipments surge, while crop prospects and harvest near, keeping steady wholesale and mercantile collections despite high raw material costs.
The fragment shows prices for hogs sheep and wheat across multiple markets with figures like 1.00, 44, 650, and 4.00. Mentions include Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Toledo, and Cleveland area terms. The text appears as a rough ledger of bids and market quotes with numerous garbled words.
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