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Newspaper

Lanark Gazette

Location

Lanark, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1896

Page

2

Glowing Worms And Gold Fever At Hot Springs News

At a British science meeting Dr Dawson Tucker reported glowworms emit X rays that pass through solids and affect photographic plates. Nearby Hot Springs sees a rush of foreign miners chasing rich gold deposits six miles northeast amid mounting prospecting. A Cartersville girl recalls enormous sweet potatoes in Pickens County, noting locals cut them with a hapax.

British Association For the Advancement of Science Dawson Tucker Hot Springs Cartersville Pickens County

Mud Turtles Ship to New York Raise Ban Attention

Hunters along the Maquoketa river and tributaries trap mud turtles and ship them alive in barrels to New York where they are served as turtle soap. The season heightens ease of capture as turtles prepare to hibernate and fetch good prices, drawing scrutiny over a new industry ban in eastern Iowa.

Iowa Maquoketa River New York

Temperance Tipples and Society Women Enter Business

A fragment from a 19th century paper notes temperance activists protesting root beer and a push by New York society women to open a restaurant run by John A. Lowery and Margaret Wilmerding. The piece also includes a poem praising virtuous living and civic virtue.

New York John A. Lowery Margaret Wilmerding Hey

Princeton Seaqui Centennial Honors Cleveland Speech

Princeton marks a seaqui centennial celebration with President Cleveland as the keynote speaker. His address urged college men to advance good government and civic duty, praising education while urging political engagement and national unity. The three day event concluded with a banquet featuring an international assembly of educators and leaders.

Great Universitiies Dent Cleveland Hut Princeton United States Thonenathone Savanne Fran Germany Tere Oxford Ellow Cleveland Alexandria Mall Learn We Mark Fife College Well Mrn Leen Atlantic C. E. Green Princeton University Governor Griges Francis L. Patton University Edward Dowden Trinity College Dublin Henri Motjasian Paris Academy of Science George P. Fisher Yale Seth Low Columbia William K. Harper Chicago University A. A. W. Hubrecht Utrecht University Goldwin Smith Eliot Harvard Felix Klein Gottingen Gilman Johns Hopkins Angell Ann Arbor Andrew Seth University of Edinburgh William B. Hornblower Dr. Patton

Primate of Acc England Named Archbishop of Canterbury

The Bishop of London Frederick Temple named successor to Archbishop Benson as archbishop of Canterbury and primate of all England. Temple, born 1821, educated at Tiverton grammar, Balliol College Oxford, served as principal of Kneller Hall training college, and became bishop of London in 1883. He succeeds Edward White Benson and will lead the church.

London Benson Frederick Temple Canterbury All England Kneller Hall Twickenham Temple Westminster Bath and Wells Falkland Islands Rugby Chapel Bampton Oxford Jackson Exeter Bickersteth

Week in review from Oerth to Chicago and beyond

A sweeping miscellany of incidents and deaths. Families move from Byria to New York and dip twoh years old and Taman face changes. Fires, wrecks, drownings, and medical mishaps touch St Louis Columbus Delano and many others. Obituaries span Delavan Niles Columbus Mattoon Highland Park. Also noted are political shifts, legal rulings, and industrial accidents across North America and Europe.

Hibeeh Taman Kuiw Inland N. Y Byria New York City Dip Henry J. Parker Chicago Hooley Henry Peters Johnnson St Louis Columbus Delano Ving Columbus Bryan

Fatal Brooklyn Fire Claims One Life

A Brooklyn blaze destroyed a five story brick factory on Seventh Street and caused about 250000 dollars in damage. One fireman, Alfred Beaumon, died while others were severely burned seeking to rescue him. Fire origin attributed to inflammable materials stored inside.

New York Brooklyn Seventh Street Second Third Avenues Alfred Beaniman Bixby Quigley Beaumnon James J. Ryan Franklin Ferguson Louis Blair Beaumon

Rise in Wheat Fueled by Extraordinary Foreign Demand

New York Oct 24 K G Dans Co weekly trade review highlights a volatile wheat week with cash gains to 83 cents Tuesday then retreat to 77 1/2 cents Thursday and Friday strength. European demand and export bookings from Pacific and Atlantic ports driven by India purchases and Russian yield declines underpin large contracts and rising freight space. Industrial activity shows strong pig iron and steel orders while vessel building climbs in Chicago Boston Toronto Detroit and Minneapolis. Weekly US failures total 274, Canada 0. French statesman Challemel Lacour dies in Paris October 27, former Senate president and diplomat.

York K. G. Dan & Co Review of Trade Pacific Atlantic India Chicago Boston Toronto Detroit Minneapolis United States Canada

iLLING is MELANGE Principal Happenings of the Week

A Danville Illinois recap notes Rev. Frank J Vrooman, a Chicago Presbyterian clergyman, loses his post after a church commission finds his language conflicted with doctrinal standards. Vrooman’s credentials are to be returned and an appeal may follow. Other items include a hoax dynamite bomb scare at East Chicago Avenue station involving Alex Carlson, emery powder inside a skull marked tube, and a safe police follow up. General Morton C Hunter dies in Bloomington after a paralysis illness. he was a Civil War era commander and Indiana monument organizer. Within Summerfield Schiller burglary links to a prominent citizen. Mrs. Schiller injured. bloodhounds misled twice. Peoria bankruptcy affects Moses Conigisky Dry Goods. assets and creditor details. Dubuque creamery supplier firm Haney Campbell shows $82,000 mortgages. Illinois ballot printing requires large 21 by 24 inch sheets. Knights of Pythias elect officers in Illinois. Chilean cabinet resignation fears grow. coalition to sustain Errazuriz forms. In Guayaquil, property restored after revolution, banks reopen.

Danville Frank J Vroutman Chicago Vroomean Presbytery Ony Vrooman Congregational Church Kenwood Presbyterian Wcs Antapperl General Assembly Gainsbury, III The Syn Oct Aveue Alex Carlson Larrabee Street Carlson East Chicago Avenue

The Music of Niagara Hagens Thayer Analyzes Falls Tone

Musician Hagens Thayer argues Niagara emits a musical tone rather than a roar. He describes hearing a grand G chord four octaves below and identifies harmonic relations from positions on Goat Island Luna Island and Three Sisters Island. He explains pitch by counting vibrations and notes a steady beat of one per second.

Hagens Thayer Niagara Falls Niagara Thayer Thad Long Iris Island Goat Island Luna Island Three Sisters Island Trinity

Fire Uproots Goose Island Elevators in $1.5 Million Blaze

Twenty five fire engines and two steam tugs battled a massive fire on Goose Island destroying Pacific elevators A and B and several nearby frame structures. Estimated loss reached 1.5 million dollars. The blaze threatened Armour, Hale and Curtis facilities and other flammable materials as crews could not approach within a block. Grain superintendent P. J. Perry reported over 1,000,000 bushels of wheat stored in the elevators, valued at 500,000 dollars and fully insured.

Chicago Goose Island Pacific Chicago and Pacific Elevator Company Armour Hale & Curtis Crescent Coal Company P. J. Perry Perry

Tynan Arrives at New York After Escape Claim

P J Tynan reputed Phoenix park murder fugitive arrived on the Saale from Bremen and was met by his family. He refused wide discussion, praised his alleged innocence before Scotland Yard, and said his Ireland England conflict would soon begin. He spoke of prison treatment, denied anarchism, and claimed a successful mission while highlighting danger to others.

New York P. J. Tynan Phoenix Park Bremen Tynan Europe Scotland Yard Ireland England

Market Roundup Shows Mixed Rates Across Bonds and Commodities

New York financial markets report firm money at 6 percent, mortgage paper rates steady, and sterling exchange easing with bankers bills at 4 3/4 to 4 5/8. Bond prices decline, with U S government issues lower. Chicago grain and livestock quotes record limited activity, corn and oats trading nominally. Live cattle and hogs see varied bids at Union Stock Yards, with heavy receipts and price ranges from 2.75 to 4.76 for steers and 2.60 to 4.60 for cattle. Milwaukee grain notes offer regional prices for wheat, corn, oats, and barley with no major shifts noted.

New York Financial New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange United States Chicago Det Union Stock Yards Western Rangers Western Milwaukee Grain

Crowds Gather for Returns at Madison Square Garden

Crowds throng Madison Square and upper Broadway as a searchlight beams signals and bulletins on Fifth Avenue. Newspapers hawk extras while vendors sell peanuts and toys. Youthful partisans, some oddly dressed, weave through the crowd shouting slogans. Night wears on as crowds swell, then thin after final results are read.

Madison Square Upper Broadway Madison Square Garden Fifth Avenue Twenty-third Street New York Ernest J. Ingersoll Century

Bishop Whipple Marries at Seventy Four in New York

The Rev Henry B Whipple bishop of Minnesota aged seventy four married Mrs Evangeline Simpson at St Bartholomews Church New York He remains active and travels by horseback thousands of miles yearly on missionary visits He spoke at Westminster Abbey in 1858 and interceded for Sioux during 1862 conflict. His bride is about eighty five.

Withrow St. Louis Delavan Wis Perry James Niles Mich Juliana Bedimah Rogers Columbus Herman Eckhardt Mattoon Ila Charles Wallace Highland Park Ill Everett Anderson Ind Mishael Broonenberg Henry Benjamin Whipple Minnesota Evangeline Simpson New York Northwest Henry B. Whipple St. Bartholomew's Church Bishop Whipple Lincoln pan-Anglican Council Westminster Abbey Michael Simpson Massachusetts New York World

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