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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1892
Page
3
A Philadelphia and New York syndicate plans an elevated railroad to settle rapid transit questions. A $3,000,000 cash fund was placed, with a total $14,000,000 needed to construct two lines, backed by August Belmont & Co Vermilye Co and Edward Sweet & Co.
Union leaders urge nonenlistment in the National Guard while strikes ripple through Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and beyond. Mill workers in Allentown strike for higher pay as mills idle. bridge contracts in Battle Creek halted over Carnegie iron. Congress nominations update as multiple states name candidates. violent incidents and disasters reported from Georgia, Virginia, Minnesota, and other locales.
During a Denver thunderstorm Gotlieb Meyers an infidel stood on a street corner with friends and cried There is no God This fear is all folly A lightning bolt struck his head and his dead body was carried home The brutal act ended a bold public defiance to belief in God
In Beverly Massachusetts a passenger train collided with a freight train on the Boston and Maine line. Brakeman Frank Heeney died at the scene and Engineer Jones died en route to hospital after being injured in the crash.
An excerpt from the London Graphic describes Bushmen in Namaqua or Damaraland pursuing a man-eating lion. It details dwarf hunters with bow and poisoned arrows and a sleeping skin burr covering, their patient tracking from sunrise to the lion’s death by a poisoned arrow. The piece notes the lion’s behavior and the hunters’ endurance and skill.
An officer frees a gaunt prisoner sent to a convict camp for stealing corn to feed his hungry family. Passengers raise funds to pay a $50 fine, while one man withholds helping, then admits he mistook a repeated scam. The group returns the kindness, and the prisoner expresses gratitude as he departs with the officer.
Snakeskin decor and accessories gain popularity in the United States from the South to New York. Rattlesnake products appear in leather goods, novelty shops, and even cowboy wear in Australia. The piece also notes Waco Texas hosting the country’s largest artesian wells and early American city directories.
In Brenton New Jersey Vice Chancellor Bird ordered alimony for Annie B. Shinn and defined the husband’s obligation to provide a home suited to his means. A mere boarding house cannot fulfill the duty. a true house is required. The decision affects the Shinn case against Howard Shinn, a Bordentown railroad baggage master. Lamplighter, a 3 year old colt, sold for about 25000 to Pierre Lorrillard, noted as among the best in training. Trinkitat, a celebrated brood mare from Lexington, Ky., died at nine, dam of Balgowan and other runners, valued at 15000. Earthquakes. Severe quake shocks hit Southwestern Wales on Friday night, panicking residents and shattering crockery. Washington News. Saturday marked President Harrison’s 59th birthday with a parlor entertainment at Loon Lake, N Y, where he and family are summering. Sanuary. Cholera outbreaks rise in Germany amid heat, with Hamburg reporting deaths but no Asiatic cases.
A protracted conflict between journeymen tailors and masters over piece work led to threatened strikes and a lockout by London employers. The action left as many as 55,000 tailors idle, reflecting a severe disruption in the trade. The note mentions related items about souvenir half dollars and a Roanoke cloudburst causing significant damage and at least one death.
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