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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1888
Page
6
A Pittsburg mine explosion leaves thirty six bodies recovered with many more believed entombed. Rescue workers and grateful townspeople aid, while a makeshift morgue handles the grim toll as relatives gather at the shaft to seek word of missing loved ones.
A Fernandina dispatch reports 15 new cases and nine deaths in the past 24 hours. Relief funds are short and despondency grows among workers and residents. Gainesville warns fever may become epidemic unless cold weather curbs spread. Weather offers little relief.
Jacksonville reports 33 new yellow fever cases for the 24 hours ending 6 p.m. today and five deaths, bringing totals to 4,469 cases and 384 deaths. Weather is cool and clear. Signal service sergeant Townsend predicts light frost. Macon and Augusta open free passage for locked car excursion trains from here to points north of Washington and the Ohio river, the first leaving Thursday night.
In PailapEpma on Nov 10 the Court of Common Pleas No 3 issued an attachment for contempt against John W Keeley for disobeying an order. The court kept the injunction and held Keeley in contempt over Keeley motor disclosures while extending the stay on transferring his discoveries to a new stock company.
In Cincinnati on Nov 10, the court ruled in favor of the American Exchange National Bank of Chicago, holding that it acted within its powers when honoring 600000 in drafts drawn by E L Harper of Fidelity National Bank. The bank had cashed 400000. other drafts were refused by the paying banks. Receiver Armstrong had warned funds were insufficient. The proceeding stirred when Armstrong set aside 23 percent dividend funds and the court ultimately determined the bank’s sale of paper lacking intrinsic value did not exceed its powers.
Washington reports corn yields for 1880 onward show the aggregate grown near 2 billion bushels, about 32 bushels per person, with Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas and Nebraska supplying 64 percent of output. Potatoes maize and hay yields are detailed by state, noting strong southern area expansion for hay and widespread high yields in the northern belt. The general average corn yield close to 27 bushels, with buckwheat averaging 12 bushels per acre and total buckwheat around 11 million bushels.
The first anniversary of the hanging of the Chicago anarchists was celebrated in Pittsburg at Lafayette hall. Albert Dorwin of Chicago spoke against the police and said their deaths should be regarded as a victory. The event closed with a German language drama titled The Nihilist by August Spieg performed by local actors.
Ottawa delegates met Sir John McDonald asking for a post office and free water power in the northwest. They propose tax relief on irrigation water use and request freedom from timber dues due to their prairie settlement twenty miles from timber.
New Haven reports at 9 p.m. Ex Senator Barnum rests easier after a slight improvement yet his family harbors little hope. Lime Rock New Hampshire notes at midnight that his condition remains very critical and physicians fear he cannot live through the night.
FIRM STATEMENT BY PANATKA OF FLORIDA ON MAY 3 1887 THAT BOTANIC BLOOD BALM B B B IS IN STRONG DEMAND AND HE IS BUYING IN HALF GROSS LOTS. CUSTOMERS ARE SAID TO BE ALL WELL PLEASED.
A letter from Newtor North Carolina dated June 25 1887 details a ten year battle with rheumatism. The writer claims direc treament failures and credits B B B Blood Purifier for relief and requests a book of wonders by mail.
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