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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1895
Page
6
A miscellany of aphorisms and headlines discusses education, Japan’s civilizational aims, fortunes of New York’s wealthy, rheumatism cures with gin and horseradish, Indian soldiers in the army, and a casual query about the article word Le.
A Pennsylvania woman named Discord married a Buckeye farmer named Harmony. The article notes one in twenty five enlistment acceptance for the U S Army and quips that their first daughter should be Melody.
Prior Bickmore lectured at the Museum of Natural History in New York illustrating wood durability by displaying an Egyptian image carved in wood allegedly four millennia old.
A recurson type crank writes from Doylestown Pa sending two to six dollars to various parties with no explanation and signs each letter as A Friend. Dr Hansen claims to have found the north pole on a mountain chain, challenging the belief that no land exists there. The idea of an open polar sea has persisted for centuries.
Enouisa letter writers avoid phrases like Your Truly and Yours Cordially and sign as Your Obedient Servant. Trooklyn to honor the Maryland 400 who saved the day at Long Island on August 27, 1776. A monument will be placed in Prospect Park at the battlefield site.
A subscription raised by women named Katharine in England and America funds a gray fossil marble monument over the remains at Peterborough Cathedral of Katharine of Aragon the first wife of Henry VIII. The effort reflects growing public interest in noble historical themes.
The article recalls Oregon horse meat as historic food via 1833 to 1844 missionary use and 1843 Dr Whitman diary. It also cites fifty women graduating from New York University law class focused on guiding legislation. It includes USDA corn crop per capita trends and corn used for hog feed over years.
Admiral Mead r s squadron maintains 13 knots, best ever compared with 12 and typical 10 knots. Reading flagship signals at distance proved chief challenge. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad plans six rainmaking cars for summer tests with agricultural department agents observing.
Reports recount fires deaths and natural calamities from Chester Nebraska to Knoxville Tennessee and Houston Texas. Notable events include Rev Dr W Mitten dorf dies in Dayton aged 64 after two decades as editor of German literature, a 109 year old Mary Truelock dies in Salina Kansas, and a 91 year old Mary Brown dies in Knoxville.
Multiple British warships arrive at Corinto Nicaragua to enforce a harsh ultimatum while chatter from Russia and Japan over peace terms intensifies. Reports also note fires, floods, mine disasters, a bank closure, and other mid century upheavals shaping global and domestic news.
A blaze gutted W. C. McDonald’s tobacco factory on Ontario street in Montreal killing Ilandh and Victoria Thiberneau and injuring about 33, most women. The building lacked fire escapes and had barred windows as panic and chaotic rescues unfolded with ambulances and cabs carrying injured to hospitals.
In San Francisco on April 27 the Durrant murder case widens as handwriting analysis links Minnie Williams to Durrant, while the defense hints at a theory implicating Rev. Gibson. Attorney George Monteith notes similarities between Gibson's writing and the signatures on papers related to the case, strengthening the defendant's position.
The last session of the Fifty third Congress prepared a volume on appropriations and new offices. Total appropriations reached 7 008 520 dollars with 1 773 new offices at 1 313 224 dollars annually and 409 omitted offices at 497 948 dollars, yielding a net increase of 1 364 offices and 815 576 dollars. The navy gains 1 000 seamen and 315 deputy collectors revenue agents to enforce the income tax law. Salaries increased 119 positions at 39 506 dollars and decreased 69 at 18 828 dollars, a net rise of 50 jobs and 21 177 dollars, totaling a 1 642 253 dollar net salary increase for all offices.
Chief Justice Fuller delivers the May April opinion on direct taxes and uniform duties. The decision holds that taxes on rents or income from land are direct taxes and invalid without apportionment, and that taxes on government stock or municipal bond interest flaw the contract power to borrow.
Diplomatic chatter in Washington and London discusses a possible alliance among Great Britain Japan and the United States to counter Russia Germany and France. Some suggest a mere commercial pact to deter the bloc from scuttling the Japan China peace treaty while China may cede territories to Japan amid mid April reports from Yokohama and Peking.
Louisville April 26 Congressman McCreary says he is unalterably opposed to free coinage of silver in response to Senator Blackburn. He supports an international agreement aligned with sound business methods but opposes opening U S mints to the world. The senatorial race gains new interest on silver lines.
R G Dun & Co reports ongoing recovery in industries with safer gains rather than rapid surges. Strikes rise and retail demand lags behind wholesale activity while cotton and wheat markets face mixed signals. Wages advance in several shops, some closures due to orders, and general production shows uneven but improving direction.
John Perkpile shot and killed his wife in her jail cell after learning of her infidelity in Sidney. Authorities chased him as a "wife-slayer" with a manhunt underway, while the victim lay in the morgue awaiting burial.
Tacoma experts estimate Paul Schulze defalcation at more than $500000, possibly $700000, with his death by self harm linked to disgrace and a farewell note found for actress Marie Wainwright. In Campen Arkansas a hail and windstorm caused damage before dawn with 2 inch hail stones.
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