Week's News Record from Poteau to Chicago Grain Market
A digest of late January items across U S locales reports mine explosion deaths in Wilteville slope No 4 Washington state and a White House conference between Senator La Follette and President Roosevelt. Flood damage in West Virginia tops a year of pensioner funerals while searchers in Tennessee probe for a missing lumberman. Naval academy graduates hear Bible readings. Decatur descendant dismissed from the Navy. A New York arrest follows a murder case in Massachusetts. Other items note a Roosevelt-Longworth wedding invitation, a dubious Capitol stairway closure, a pastor’s death from a lamp accident, gas-related asphyxia, a funeral expenses resolution, a B&O bridge fire, a pastor’s pneumonia death, a dynamite blast in Worcester, a Gen Slocum negligence verdict, and a bearish to mixed grain market close in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peasiott
Warner
Bristol
Johnson County
Tenn
George C. Juuppert
Annapolis Md
Naval Academy
American Seamens’ Friend Society
Washington
Stephen Decatur
Commotore Decatur
United States Naval Academy
Navy
Bonaparte
New York
Mabel Page
Weston
Mass
Wittman
Maes
Frank W. Shattuck
Advent Chrigtian Church
Whitman
Calumet
Mich
North Tamarack No. 3
Fulton
Senate
Mitchell
Cumberland
Washington County
Capland
Brownsville
Towson
Matthew O’keefe
Learn German in Ninety Days Free Lessons in Dispatch
A promotional note offers German language lessons printed daily in The Pittsburg Dispatch at ten cents a week, claiming easy steps for children. The piece also advertises a Columbus voyage cantata by the Choral Union at Library Hall and a wallpaper sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Dispatch
Daily Dispatch
America
Christopher Columbus
The
Choral Union
Library Hall
Local Notes From Homer City and Vicinity Include Visits and Real Estate
Local correspondence lists visits by Mrs Wa McClare from Morgantown to her mother Mrs Morinda Howard and a storefront project by Wyncoop. It notes Mckee Davis selling land to George Miller for a dwelling, sale of the pool hall to Mr Halleck, and local visits by various residents including the Cesnas of Green Oak and the Frum family from Putneyville. Other items mention illness, travel, schooling plans, a proposed street rubway causing business stir, and ongoing community updates from Homer City and nearby towns. Also notes a purchase line at Curry Run, a future dwelling by John Raivigh, and teaching at Blaine Wassain’s school amid mumps. Includes homely notices of visitors, family illness, and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumvilla
Wa, McClare
Morgantown
W. Va
Morinda Howard
M.G. Wyncoop
Mckee Davis
George Miller
Jack Kerr
Halleck
Charlotte
Minnie Cesna
Clara
Knoxdale
Jefferson County
D. J. Frum
Putneyville
D. W. Douds
Miss Smith
Clark Smith
Homer City
Erma Reed
Graceton
Florence King
Flass
Irene Cooper
Oakdale
Pittsburg
Manor
Mabel Wineman
Paul Reed
Books Neal
J. W. Neal
North Point
John Coy
Grace Palmer
Blacklick
Grace Uber
Ivon
Jess Churchill
John Raivigh
H. IL Touk
Raitigh
Miss Gladis Napp
Blaine Wassain
Indiana Markets and Pittsburgh markets price list
A rapid-fire market summary lists daily prices for produce, poultry, grains, and eggs in Indiana and Pittsburgh. Entries include butter, eggs, potatoes, cabbage, onions, lard, flour, wheat, buckwheat, corn, oats, hay, and cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves with ranges for quality grades and classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Plucky Woman Repels Burglary With Iron Poker
In Norristown Pennsylvania on December 24 a Black burglar attempted to steal silverware from Mrs George Haney. Mrs Haney grabbed an iron poker from behind and struck the intruder, disfiguring him and sending him fleeing. Blood streamed down his face as he escaped the home following the blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristowa
Dun
George Lhuey
Haney
Har
Arta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago
Columbus
Sara
Syoru
Gribemore
Calvin H. Stiffey
Burnesboro
W. Smith
Cherrystree
Ebenezer Smith
John Sides
Surri
R. H. Frey
Blairsville, Pa
Indiana
Blairsville
Estey, Packard and
Haddorff
Work & Son
Indiana and
Penna
W. M. Cunningham
Philadelphia Street
Indiana Roller Mills
Imperial
Dakota
Macks’ Big Department Store
Culloren
D. C. Mack & Son, Propr
D.m.caldwell & CO
D. M1. Caldwell & CO
John McConnell
Hetrick Building
Vici
G. S. Christy & Son
North Sixth Street
City Grocery
Ira A, Myers
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