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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1901
Page
3
The Moline Daily Journal and Republican official paper notes staff titles and contact lines. It lists officers Thomas I Stanley president Warren L Eastman secretary J Maurich Farnham treasurer and pricing for mail and carrier subscriptions.
A humorous, grimy sketch follows William Brazzle whose compulsive onion eating ruins his marriage in Hoboken. His wife banishes onions, courts intervene, and Brazzle is ordered to pay support while the onion craving shadows the home. The piece closes with a macabre satire on burial in an onion bed near the Hackensack.
A reminiscence about Admiral Schley and mischievous shipboard monkeys. The tale recalls a prank of greasing tails, a rigging mishap, and the crew’s rescue, framed as a cautionary note on hubris. It also touts newspaper advertising by a Chicago savings bank as a driver of savers.
Consul General Stowe notes rising demand for American horses and mules in South Africa after the Boer War, with exports swelling from 16,000 in 1899 to over 3.4 million dollars in 1901 for horses and nearly 3 million for mules. The market shift follows war needs and continued postwar farming recovery plans.
Chicago and New York price lines show mixed activity across grains and livestock. Flour standards hold steady while corn and oats show soft and firm pockets, with pork lard and butter ranges guiding meal futures and dairy values in a broad market snapshot.
The Schley court of inquiry halted after 18 minutes as news arrived that Judge Jeremiah Wilson, senior counsel for Admiral Schley, had died suddenly. Admiral Dewey and others expressed shock. the court adjourned for the day and plans for resumption were discussed, with funeral attendance to be arranged.
An engine explosion near New Buffalo Michigan on Tuesday morning fatally scalded fireman Michael Wiley and seriously injured engineer J R B Palmer and brakeman Q J Crouch all of Jackson Michigan. Crouch dragged a hot piece of wreckage to clear a path and save a passenger train. In Springfield Missouri a jealous professor killed a female student at Rolla before fleeing with a mob pursuing him.
In Indianapolis area on September 23, Frank Smith, a colored man, was shot and killed by his brother Robert Smith who lived with him after moving from Kentucky. The quarrel occurred during a birthday anniversary celebration for Robert’s wife.
A report notes the Postmaster General sets stages for a commemorative tissue and glue for a late President McKinley event. Local aeronaut Lisle from Stogerort leapt from a balloon, a 60 foot descent, amid Saturday debris from his ciguaies.
Mrs J ose of Detroit was killed instantly when a shotgun discharged during a family trip home from a nutting party. A five year old boy is suspected to have triggered the gun while riding with three adults. The coroner's verdict calls it accidental death. Female labor accounts for one third of French manufacturing.
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