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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1885
Page
4
Reports cover murder trials and verdicts, Grand Army of the Republic events, strange water wells, harbor clashes, labour strikes, Indian conflicts, noble weddings, poisonings from canned beef, cholera fears, imperial patrols, and riots across North America and Europe with dates, places, and named individuals.
The document lists key positions in the British government and their holders, including Prime Minister Marquis of Salisbury, First Lord of the Treasury Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Michael E. Dicks Beach, Lord High Chancellor Sir Hardinge Gif fard, and others such as Viscount Canbrook, Earl of Harrowby, Sir Richard Assheton Croar, Col. Frederick Stanley, William Henry Smith, Lord Randolph Churchill, Lord George Hamilton, Arthur James Ball, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Edward Stanhope, Earl of Carnarvon, and Edward Gibon as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
At the National Encampment of the Grand Army in Portland a vote of 269 to 174 favored holding the next encampment in San Francisco. The assembly adopted a resolution opposing consolidation with the Sons of Veterans. A telegram from General Grant expressing thanks for sympathy resolutions was read, and a portrait of Grant was unanimously accepted for the family. An appropriation of 500 for Mother Bickelits' nursing service was approved, while opposition to the $8 a month pension bill carried a minority report and the adverse majority decision.
Chicago dispatch reports Mary Klemen, a jailed girl known as a family poison suspect, now confesses guilt not only in the attempt on Alr Michael Freres’s family at Rose Hill but also in causing deaths of her mother, Lena, and father in Dubuque Iowa. Her motive remains undescribed, and she is described as young, frail, and possibly insane.
A fragment from Milwaukee reports insufficient clarity on probable yields and weather conditions. The brief hints at pre and sir second but lacks concrete details or context for full interpretation.
A reflective piece contrasts youth and old age in courage and caution, links kingship to aging power, and praises disciplined reading. It speaks of judging books by their moral worth, duties and temptations guiding faith, and well bred manners blending deference with restrained conversation. It ends with a quiet note on an observant person keeping mental notes to gauge value.
The New York Observer recounts the final hours of Beda the Venerable, as he perseveres in finishing his Gospel with students gathered. He urges diligence, allocates the last chapter, and dies after bidding farewell, his chant ending with Glory to God.
H A Chapin of this city summarizes a road paving method used in Fondon and Paris. A cement and coarse gravel bed a foot thick underlies endwise pine blocks treated with tar. Roman cement and sand fill spaces, creating a smooth surface that sheds water, yields slightly, and cushions horses. It withstood heavy London traffic in Cheapside and the Strand without noise or indentations, differing from Nicholson pavement and costing about the same as granite.
The Troy Times notes roller skating may rise as a popular pastime but likely remains a perennial favorite. Harry Ashman, a professional, recalls past fads from velocipedes to bicycles, describing their brief booms and eventual declines as he reflects on sport trends and business.
In Boston a veteran actor named Fanning appeared before the Municipal Court charged with vagrancy. He sat with his black and tan dog under his arm as the judge found him guilty and sentenced him to six months in the House of Industry. He asked to take his dog with him, and the judge granted the request.
Denver News recounts Ball Parker’s tale of an eight horse buckskin broncho bought from an Indian for eight quarts of whisky. The animal bucked Parker into a 30 foot fall, then a later ride ended with another wreck at a 60 foot cliff. Parker’s gang attempted to tame the beast with a log strapped to its back, the horse later found dead at a 300 foot precipice with the log missing.
A funeral in Trinity Chapel recalls time’s whirligig as American business life shifts from luxury to hardship. A once celebrated New York socialite loses wealth, home, and status, then endures a quiet burial while the crowd remains unaware of her tragedy. The piece cites a lawyer’s Gutenberg Bible sale and medicine ads amid a flood of unrelated items.
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