Galveston Gazette mentions Thurston headline
Fragmentary OCR notes a Galveston entry about Sam E Thurston with sparse context and no clear event or date.
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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes a Galveston entry about Sam E Thurston with sparse context and no clear event or date.
In Lashmoo Park vicinity Detroit Mich a collision sank both steamers City of Rome and Linden. City of Rome gross tonnage 1998 home port Sandusky Linden gross tonnage 4 home port Sandusky Linden on first voyage. Two cooks Hardy and Wixe perished with Linden all other crew saved. Vessels lie in twenty five feet of water channel open. Rome sheered and rammed Linden while passing on coal laden trips.
Copenhagen reports broad Stockholm and Swedish discontent over King Oscar’s council speech urging Norway’s peaceful dissolution of union. Sweden’s government faces heavy criticism for seeking negotiations with Norway and may resign. Rumors say King Oscar may abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Gustasus.
George Keever, a Pennville resident, was shot by his wife after he tried to force entry during an argument. He threatened to kill her, then broke in as she warned him to stop, and a shotgun blast through the door struck him in the shoulder hip and possibly the abdomen.
A westbound D R G W passenger train wrecked at Pinto eighty miles west of Grand Junction Colorado. Five coaches ditched and several died including Engineer Charles Schraeder of Grand Junction. Many passengers injured. details were withheld as a special train with three Grand Junction doctors departed after the incident.
Stephen F. Graves of Waterford near Goshen Indiana was granted a divorce by Judge Funk after alleging his wife threw fishwater on him while in Sunday clothes, whipped him with a stovewood stick and a broom handle. The couple married in January and lived together a year producing two children.
A safe in John Winter's Fontanet saloon near Brazil Indiana was dynamited and robbed of about 150 dollars. The cash register was demolished and rifled. The explosion shattered the frame. residents heard it but feared to investigate due to lack of police protection.
In Durango Mexico City special report twenty three deaths occurred within thirty days due to scorpion bites. The state offers one cent bounty for each dead scorpion but few insects are captured.
The Vicksburg Exchange Bank at Vicksburg twelve miles south of Kalamazoo Michigan shut its doors. It is a private institution that had been in business about twenty years.
Fred Williams alias John Coxey and Tom Baker, wanted on a murder charge in Evansville, Indiana, were apprehended in Sumner, Indiana and transported to Evansville for custody.
Governor Deneen issues a reprieve for Johann Hoch of Chicago until July 28 so the case can be reviewed by a Supreme Court justice for a writ of super sedeas.
A Muskogee report claims a theft tied to Chickasaw warrants is suspected to exceed the Creek warrant case and may involve a fugitive banker from Tishomingo. The sum is undetermined but estimated between 100000 and 250040 dollars.
Fire swept through the Jard refining building at the packing plant of Schwareschild and Sulzberger in Armourdale causing an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. Fire crews fought the blaze through the night with damage listed to the packing house and adjacent facilities.
Four hours after Frank Burns of Kinsman Ice Cream Co was electrocuted while adjusting a dynamo in Cleveland, Nicholas Johns a fellow worker, met a similar fate with another electrical machine 200 feet away. Both men were employed by the same company.
The Board of Lady Managers of the World’s Fair learned that no report has been made to Congress regarding the 100000 appropriation and has hired a male expert to straighten out the matter.
Officials blame a deliberate act for the Mentor Ohio wreck of the twenty century flyer in which nineteen per sons died. The Lake Shore line will drop the eighteen hour schedule between New York and Chicago and resume the former twenty hour run. Investigators found the switch open and locked, with railway officials asserting a plotted saboteur caused the disaster.
The United States plans a summer capital 150 miles from Manila, near Berguat, to avoid Calcutta climate. Officials will relocate seasonally, requiring new buildings and housing. The move aims to protect health and efficiency, resembling Simla in India.
In a quiet town Ocean Meredith decorates her cottage for Independence Day while recalling her ancestors and the fight for liberty. A city girl abroad learns the meaning of the holiday through a day of parades, veterans, and patriotic lessons from family and townsfolk.
A reflective piece recalling Fourth of July traditions from childhood with cannon blasts, fireworks, lemonade, and a long gone celebration. The narrator questions modern commemorations while praising the vigor and dangers of earlier firework displays and the patriotic rituals shared by families.
Sunday Magazine recalls a playful Fourth of July scene with children and fireworks, note of patriotic Filipinos embracing the day like a young boy with his firecracker. The piece blends comic dialogue among rockets and caps with reflections on American history and festive feeling.
Gladys Miller of Crams Town suffers serious injuries from a rattlesnake bite. Many incidents follow including drownings, shootings, fires, and a fatal barge accident. A Terre Haute youth drowned after striking a submerged stone. another 19-year-old died at South Bend while studying at a business college. Fire damages a livery stable. several accidents and legal actions unfold across Indiana towns from Lafayette to Princeton.
A fragmentary testimonial describes Catarrh of the stomach improving after using Peruna. The writer claims nausea headaches and loss of appetite diminished within weeks and months, with overall better health and a cleared system following treatment.
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