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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
6
A two story frame building housing the Pearlstein family above a shoe store burned in Buffalo. Henry Pearlstein and five children aged 1 to 12 perished. Joseph Supowski and Karl Brack were arrested as investigators probe the blaze and possible insurance connections.
Berlin reports Herr Sonnenberg denounces Mr Chamberlain and the British army as thieves and robbers in a fierce Reichstag speech. Count von Buelow rebukes such insults and urges no abuse of foreign armies amid peace and friendship. In Savannah, Rear Admiral Schley arrives for a reception and visits with General Gordon.
General Alban, military commander in the district, issued a decree appropriating the South American Steamship Company steamer Lantaro after it refused to charter the vessel to the Colombian government for use as a gunboat. Cannons are being mounted and the steamer will likely sail today to attack the Liberal fleet.
Governor and Mrs Levi P Morton yesterday announced the engagement of their daughter Miss Alice Morton in New York. The notice reflects a social milestone with emphasis on family standing and upcoming nuptials.
Chicago January 14. The board of trade adopted resolutions urging Congress to reopen the Schley case and decide who commanded at the battle of Santiago. The vote was decisive in favor despite a brief scramble led by J T Rumsey to table the motion.
A Rock Island freight train crashed into a work train on a siding at Okene Oklahoma at 6 yesterday morning killing Bridge Foreman H. K. Bear of Rock Island and Carpenter BR. A. Colby of Galva Kansas. The wreck trapped workers but rescuers freed them. Injured were Frank Hoop James Casey and John Yeaton. Four workers on the other train remained unharmed. The cause was a switched lock broken and the switch thrown by an unidentified person. Bear owned a drug store stake with Mary B. Lease’s former husband.
Chicago January 14 The general superintendents of several railroads centered in Chicago send circular letters to operators of passenger and freight trains. The notes are heart to heart talks not reprimands, urging extraordinary precautions and strict attention to orders to avert recent wrecks.
The death toll from the New York Central tunnel accident rose to 17 with Winfield Slutze dying at Flower Hospital after an amputation. New Rochelle resident Richard Molineux remains in precarious condition. Other patients recover or improve at the hospital. the list includes several local figures. Roy Iden, 22, a clerk in St Joseph, was shot and killed during a robbery in a South Eleventh Street butcher shop as two men demanded money.
A disease and remedy filled page notes One Minute Cough Cure praised by a Harrisburg mother for preventing loss from croup. It stresses safety for children and urges every family to keep a bottle handy, with sales pitches across multiple lines. Also mentions Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin and local probate notices in Mills County Iowa with dates in January 1902.
An 19th century anecdote recounts Bishop Whipple treating an Indian's sick tooth after learning extraction from a Chicago dentist. The tale notes his rough first attempt and the Indian praising him, while a second item surveys the evolution of silver tea service.
In a Prairie Dog saloon on Thanksgiving, Grizzly George debates with Wild Bill about gratitude. Bill boasts of a sensational life of crime and a proud family lineup, including a son jailed for horse theft and a daughter engaged to a famed thief, as Wild Bill exits.
The dispute centers on meals and bragging rights as participants argue over who endured the largest ingested feast. Eyewitnesses report heated exchanges between core figures amid the holiday glare, with onlookers split on blame and consequences.
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