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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1893
Page
6
A collage of curiosities and aging figures highlights long-lived residents in Vermont and Lynn, birthday celebrations, artistic notes from Boston, and musings on Victoria’s wealth. Anecdotes about Goethian-era figures, an aluminum violin, and moon-view explanations pepper a broad, era-specific miscellany.
An 19th century discussion cites Tissot and others on why women live longer than men. It notes beliefs about talkativeness aiding health, and counterpoints about quieter, regular habits. The text references theories on gendered aging and health practices with limited clarity.
The senate advanced the diplomatic and military funding bills and approved the army and Indian appropriation items. Bentons Hauchett of Michigan nominated to the U S circuit court seat to succeed Judge Jackson. House actions included relief for George W Sputs and passage of the pension and sundry civil bills, with conference reports on several appropriations and a veto on extending Hawaii measures. The treasury notes total war claims at 17.6 million.
Week ending the 24th saw US clearing houses aggregate 1.216 billion dollars, up from the prior week. News items include Oakland fires, 230 business failures in seven days, arsenic poisoning in Ohio, factory union talk in New York, a Bridgeton club with lethal ballot game, Ellis embezzlement case, a Nashville murder trial fatality, militia reorganizing in Arkansas, a San Francisco shooting and suicide, a deadly house fire in D C, a Missouri rail tax robbery, and other varied crimes and accidents across the country.
Rewer Davemont near Knoxville exposed to a gold brick fraud for 62500 while oyster boats wrecked near Laurel Maryland leaving seven oystermen dead. Fires destroyed mills in Felton Georgia and St Paul Minnesota with losses up to 200000. A belt of fatal accidents and violent crimes across multiple states, including lynching, suicides, drownings, and a forthcoming hanging in Mount Vernon Missouri, fill a sprawling brief of disasters, crimes, and legal notices.
A mess of crowded dispatches reports a French steamer Donual sunk in a collision near Saigon with seven drownings. Other items include M Jones Ferry elected president of the French senate, bank discounts in Vancouver, and a list of legal and criminal incidents across Europe and the United States, with noted fires and court actions.
Articles signed for a world championship fight with $10,000 aside. Stake holder Daniel H. Blanchard holds the purse. Bout set for the second week in December 1813 in a 4 foot ring under Marquis of Queensbury rules. Winner takes entire purse and side stakes.
Feb 27 New Bedford reports the brig Sagna wrecked on Cuttyhunk island with sugar cargo. A rescue attempt saved the crew except five killed by a large wave as lifeboat was needed. The dead include Captain Timothy Aiken Jr Isaiah Taylor Hiram Jackson Willing Brightman Frederick Aiken.
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