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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1891
Page
6
A fragment from an old newspaper page mentions Kennedy and Garden Bank with unclear references to spring events. Names and places appear garbled, limiting precise identification of individuals or actions. The readable terms suggest local business or social notices without cohesive context or outcomes.
A man identified as Prentice Mulford was found dead in a canoe in Sheepshead Bay after being discovered by Frank Needham. Reports cover drownings in Plattsburg Missouri and other incidents, a Detroit assembly vote on Deaconnesses, a suicide in Lochester, a duel in Loomis County, and various accidents and legal matters nationwide.
At the Lebanon session a Canton Ohio meeting site was chosen for the next assembly. The committee reported the German edition of the common service is with the hymn committee and approved provisional revised catechism not as a confessional standard. A deaconnesses’ home fund and a National Lutheran home for the aged in Washington received a property gift of 30,000 dollars, with adjournment scheduled for Whitsunday 1893.
Memorial Day celebrations spread from Pittsburg to San Antonio with public holidays. Barrages of tributes poured in from coast to coast as Federals and Confederates decorated graves. Notable observances occurred in Murfreesboro, Philadelphia, and Washington with speeches by Pettibone, Morton, Hayes, and Atkinson, while flags rose over homes and monuments in towns from Ohio to West Virginia.
A French farmer in Terre Noire is arrested for murdering his wife and disposing of her body by cremation in a kitchen bread oven. In Kirin China 49 shops burned and 11 died. Emigration to the United States continues with thousands leaving Europe. Germany reports a Socialist treasurer absconding with funds. Cadiz experiences a hazardous blast at the customs house with one dead. London marks Queen Victoria’s birthday. New Hebrides see chaos with natives killed and eaten in conflicts. Nineteen ships wrecked in a Russian lake hurricane. Frost hits potato crops in West Clare and Dublin. Haiti’s revolution collapses, 49 rebels captured as martial law spreads. Legitime Moonlighters kill a farmer in Ireland. Russian crop prospects poor. Canadian crops suffer drought. Cardinal Alimanda of Turin dies, born 1513 and cardinal since 1879. Berlin reports many Russian Jews leaving for America. Brigands derail an eastern train near Tcherakei. ransom demanded and telegraphed to Berlin. Cumoral castle illness affects royal attendants. Irish census yields 7,023,238 population, down 403,674. French tariff debates exempt rough wools and ornament feathers. duties on wool products adopted.
London reports renewed censorship by the Russian government where messages and facts are detained or altered. Even items announced in the Government Gazette may be forbidden to telegraph without stated reasons, leaving letters as the only unaltered channel for public-interest reports.
In Nicholson, Scranton, Jane 1 John Stark and Chester Squires were drowned in Tunkhansock creek near Pierceville while taking out a line. The current swept the cord under the boat, capsizing it and tossing them into the water. A corn salve killed him. Bangor Me June 1 Captain Robert Hichbourne of Stockton died from blood poisoning after using a new patent corn salve on corns, from which he was a great worker.
Peter Hart and others suffer fatal accidents including a glycerine explosion near Bradford and a worker killed at Youngstown. Fires destroy homes in Hillsdale and Strousstown. Indictments and legal actions in Jeannette and Greensburg. Jammed trains, brick assaults, and a fatal collision at Franklin. Court House corner stone rites in Uniontown. A broad roster of crimes, fatalities, and local incidents across Pennsylvania communities.
The Pennsylvania Senate and House debated nominations for public instruction and factory inspector, considered Ballot Reform and Factory Inspection bills, and adjourned with notable votes. The governor signed acts on election law changes and sinking fund transfers. bills on licensing, divorces, and public appointments faced defeats or approvals amid a long session.
In Denver on June 3 seventy five pounds of dynamite exploded in the Atlantic and Pacific tunnel near Silver Plume, killing four men Henry Taylor William Coughlin John Richards and John McHolland and seriously injuring another. The blast is believed caused by a spark while tamping.
A farm home in Beaver City Nebraska burned early this morning killing Valentine Beck's two children, a six year old girl and a two year old boy, whose bodies were burned beyond recognition. A night wind hampered rescue attempts. Another item reports G M Winchester of Titusville died after a guntragedy trial in March following a robbery investigation.
In Taylorstown Washington county Pa a dwelling occupied by Henry Phillips an oil driller his wife and six children burned Saturday Five children escaped through windows One child died from burns shortly after and Phillips and his wife with a smaller son were severely burned after an oil lamp wasUpset into a basket of shavings by the couple authorities noted drinking the previous night led to the blaze
The Federation of Labor informs war workers coal miners will not return to an eight hour demand. Miners blame Knights of Labor for failure to support the strike. Also reported: Edga Thomson Steel Works blast engine cost 60000 dollars and matches three major engines. Carpenters No 180 Braddock plans lumber business to protect members. Pittsburg building trades strike hurts wages and pays. Hartford City Glass Co shuts blast. window glass prices rise. W and L E section men strike. Detroit stonecutters strike for four dollars. Ashtabuls harbor workers replace 800 with new hires.
Product listings show apples cheeses eggs poultry and produce with prices and origins scattered. Items include Elgin Butter Creamery brand from New York eggs potatoes clover seed oats rye and navy beans with various weights and color notes, reflecting a late stage grocery market catalog.
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