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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1892
Page
3
The Carnegie Steel Duquesne mill near Pittsburgh returns to full operation after a brief strike. Most workers resume old positions, while a blacklist keeps a few out of work. Homestead-favored lessons on unity are cited as the cause of earlier failures.
After 16 conferences, the Amalgamated Association and Pittsburg iron manufacturers settle the 550 per ton puddling rate for the coming year with a 10 percent cut in finishing, affecting about 35,000 iron workers in and around Pittsburgh, pending Mahoning Shenango valley deals.
Jamestown, N Y. August 6. Patrick Towd of Dunkirk shot and killed George Heath of Jamestown then killed himself. Towd, accompanied by two ladies, fired after Heath. both men were said to be under liquor. Towd died moments later in a nearby building after four more shots.
The Fifty-second Congress adjourned after a day of routine business and heated debate. The Senate extended Sundry Civil appropriations, discussed the World’s Fair bill, and rejected the De Armond bullion plan. House actions included passage of the Sundry Civil bill and final conference on pensions and spending. The day closed with a final adjournment at 1 o'clock.
A collision between two B&O freight trains on a curve four miles east of Connellsville Pa resulted in about seventy derailed cars. Brakeman White was killed instantly. Fireman Beltz died in hospital from severe injuries. Fireman Miller of Greenwood suffered a mangled leg, with amputation believed avoidable.
A fierce Wisconsin storm struck Green Bay, Casco, and Red River Wednesday morning. Josephine Devaux, 14, was instantly killed by lightning. a Casco man and a Red River man also died from lightning strikes. Fruit damage reported heavy.
The town of Rezecze in Vohynis suffered arson across six locations, leaving the settlement destroyed. Ten residents died and many are injured, with hundreds rendered homeless.
William Reese aged 104 from Bolivar Westmoreland County dies at home after retiring at 88. He came from a long-lived family with relatives reaching 103 to 104. He and wife raised 10 children Isaac Jacob Joseph Abraham Benjamin Rachel Leah Rebecca Mary Elizabeth. several sons served in the army during the rebellion and others became businesspeople in Pittsburgh.
A Palos cable report describes the 400th anniversary celebration of Columbus's departure. The Santa Maria towed by a gunboat through mist to warship lines, then sailed with the Spanish flotilla past La Rabida and into the sea, amid salutes. Washington dispatched acknowledgments to Palos and La Rabida for the commemorations.
Caruthers ends pitching era as Nash succeeds him in Boston and DERS becomes Louisville’s new ace. The champion race appears hot with Kern joining Philadelphia and Bassett shining for Louisville. St Louis, New York, and Chicago share strong lineups as ex-Brooklyn players appear in Pittsburg. Doyle and Gillespie receive praise amid a trend toward discipline after league consolidation and central power.
A mosaic of labor notes reports numbers of domestic servants in England and women in coal mines, harvest labor in Minnesota and North Dakota, and 117000 Italian oil trade workers. It covers wages from Texas railways to Berlin workshops, with incidents of strikes, ferry drownings, and migrant labor across the era.
A compilation of odd data and historical tidbits across science geography and history. Notes include London’s coal use claim, New York art treasures valued at seven million, tribal salutations by joint cracking, 1797 tobacco by the yard, and the vast areas of empires. Also listed are tall chimneys in Scotland, facial resemblance observations, Galileo’s telescope origins, Lincoln’s programme offer, silk production ratios, and notable battles and regiments with dramatic fates.
The article argues half the seasonally linked illnesses arise from improper dieting across seasons. It urges adapting diet to season and body needs, warning against excessive heat in summer from overfeeding. It explains heat-producing foods versus those nourishing nerves and muscles, recommending vegetables, white meats, fish, and fruit.
The Corsican vendetta themes bleed into modern crime as Damplette, after a two month sentence for shooting at Andrei, returns to crime and is jailed for two years. Evidence links his grandfather’s hard labor for life to Andrei’s grandfather’s murder forty years earlier. The Calignani Messenger notes the Treadwell mine in Alaska yielded over five million in gold bullion, and questions who purchased it.
The crop returns to the Department of Agriculture show corn condition slightly better than July, rising monthly averages from 1.1 to 82.5. States north of the Ohio River improve modestly. west of the Mississippi show greater gains except Kansas and Nebraska, with high values across the South. Spring crop figures also trend lower, while several crops and regions exhibit small shifts in condition and acreage.
San Cristobal Mexico faced widespread destitution after a July 30 quake destroyed all but the parish church, leaving 15,050 people homeless. Five weeks of heavy rains worsen misery as a common fund is raised in San Cristobal and Mexico City to aid rebuild efforts. A separate note reports Judge J C Normile of St Louis died by suicide after filing libel suit against the Post Dispatch, leaving an unsigned note about Florence White.
A brief note discusses the habit of drinking healths as a social custom and traces its origins, describing it as a curious and common practice within gatherings and toasts.
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