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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
1
In Washington on December 28 an immense audience rose to acclaim Schuey after a formal recognition. The gathering included senators and Washington officials, with cheers filling the theater as Schuey received applause from the seating area and box attendees.
The Prosperity Abounds Review from New York summarizes 1901 as a record-breaking year across American trade, finance, and industry. Rail earnings rose 12 percent, bank clearings hit 11.5 trillion, and coal iron ore and textile production surged, while exports showed a slight fall from the prior year.
An effort to transplant a large red salt tree from the will of Arkansas to Forest par Eours without injuring it. The tree stands 160 feet high and 20 feet in center at the base. A double tramway runs from the tree to the river, where it will be floated and towed to St. It is estimated this will occupy...
A misplaced switch caused a North-Western passenger train to collide with a freight engine near Malta Nebol, wrecking the trains and igniting burning cars. Four dead and about thirty seriously injured as steam scalds and debris trap victims. list includes Dena Duncan sleeping car porter and flere. Rescue crews battled flames while autheres and witnesses recounted the chaos and injuries.
The Atlantic express reached the city early in the afternoon while the rest were taken aboard the special train, marking a coordinated arrival and dispatch of trains in a coordinated transport event.
Two train workers are missing and others are badly hurt after a rock slide toppled a rock and derailed an engine near a Chesapeake and Ohio line. Fireman A R Hill and Brakeman E A am are presumed dead beneath wreckage. Engineer Gougy of Grafton severely injured. Official accounts say a baggage car and coach were thrown into the river, with several men killed and others rescued.
Readable fragments detail a planned prison break from a New Federal Unitery Stockade on November 7. Respondents Terner Barnes Fred Robinson and Frank Thompson allegedly aided by worn guards and a stone shed with pals and chains intended to free inmates and seize guards weapons. The plan included overpowering the warden Lemon O Come and firing on patrol, with later transfer to a Kansas penitentiary for forced coal mine labor.
Disappearance case drives renewed search as police believe Ely and Rogers kin fled. Fugitives possibly disguised as a man and woman, with a sundress coat and green top hat noted. Bundle hidden near Central Street. Actively seeking missing Frank Ely and aunt, with woman suspect still at large.
The report notes Frank H Peavey died and a large life insurance policy associated with his elevator ring was issued. The policy was issued in New York and was among the largest single policies of its kind. Details mention a policy amount tied to a Peavey company and cotton storage. In unrelated items, a fire at the forward hold of the Oriental liner Shinavo near Reale Washington, Dec 30, was extinguished after burning since December 22.
Damaged by floodwaters, creeks emptying into the Delaware overflow their banks across Philadelphia area and near Norristown. Mills and industrial plants suspend work as water reaches fifteen feet above normal in parts of Schuylkill and Susquehanna waterways. Homes collapse and cellars flood while roadways flood. scores of families displaced and property losses mount amid rising rivers.
Torrential rains across Georgia Alabama East Tennessee and parts of North Carolina caused widespread damage. Four people drowned at West Point Georgia after attempting to cross flooded Chattahoochee. a freight wreck near Atlanta killed engineer Thomas Reece. Flooding destroyed property worth thousands. cities faced washouts on major lines and river levels spiked. Georgia Colum bus and Columbus area report heavy Chattahoochee rises. Anderson South Carolina dam breach drains Seneca River area. Tallapoosa River near Tallapoosa Alabama sent floodwaters over a recently repaired dam.
New York Dec 20 Captain James Parker of Perth Amboy said Admiral Schley considers the case closed but friends will seek Congress to vindicate him by retiring him on full pay and reimbursing him for the medical expenses.
Descriptive fragment notes despondent mood over children and a presumed death linked to a group dynamic. An iron worker named ABOUEE is mentioned with unclear details about a throat injury and local incidents affecting financial establishments.
The report covers hogs, cattle, and sheep with mixed to higher prices. Hogs receipts around 22,000 with buyers steady, cattle favored by demand, beef steers and heifers showing firmness, veal and calves listed, and sheep noting varied demand across major markets including Minneapolis and St Louis. Prices cited for regions like Milwaukee Chicago Kansas City and Liverpool echo persistent trading activity and regional price differences.
An observed passenger notes minute faults in a girl’s attire during a vehicle ride, from a blue velvet neckstock to a missing sieve and a carelessly placed wire hairpin. A second woman recalls fortune telling claims and says the subject admitted personal clumsiness and untidy habits after a palmist reading.
A fragmented report mixes a Baptist charity event with stray anecdotes about generosity, a wealthy donor, a butcher, and a joke about a dramatic company. The text also cites extreme camel temperatures in Siberia and the Gobi, then shifts to U.S. agricultural totals and a referenced failure.
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