Record Run Shatters World Cycling Mark at Springfield
J Berio rode 2 miles in 4 minutes 48.8 seconds to break the world record. The feat follows Tay lor's prior mark set last fall.
01 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1892
Page
1
J Berio rode 2 miles in 4 minutes 48.8 seconds to break the world record. The feat follows Tay lor's prior mark set last fall.
General JoaN Bidwell, a prohibition candidate for president, issues his letter of acceptance arguing liquor traffic causes most evils. The piece lists numerous congressional nominations by party and district across several states including Missouri Michigan Arkansas Washington Illinois Mississippi Texas Georgia Iowa Kentucky and more. It notes Boise state convention nomination for governor John M. Burke and Japer R. F. Graves as prohibitionist candidate for Washington governor. The Socialist Labor Party held a national convention in New York City naming Simon Wing for president and Charles H. Matchett for vice president. Squire Massey Brassey, longtime justice of the peace, dies in Aber deen Ohio at 71.
Reports recount numerous disasters from the era including a capsized British steamer on the Hooghly drowning fifteen crew, a Gratz flood destroying buildings with many feared dead, and Welsh miners trapped with some rescued. Cholera fears drive emigration stoppages. several deaths and wrecks cross Europe, with fires, assassinations, and a London cemetery shooting also noted.
Democrats in Nebraska at a Lincoln convention nominate J Sterling Morton for governor. The platform denounces prohibition and backs direct US Senate election and district based presidential electors.
European cholera cases rise with outbreaks in Hamburg London Antwerp and St Petersburg. Emigrants in Liverpool and Russia see cases. American authorities urge vigilance and potential immigration suspension to prevent spread. Treasury and health officials coordinate with customs and Marine Hospital to avoid a full national quarantine unless necessary.
Three convicts including Edward Huntley and John Davis attempted to escape Jackson Michigan State Prison at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Huntley and Davis were shot and killed. Lige Bullard surrendered and other guards saved the escape. Police say the trio intended to murder the guard and escape with a ladder and knives. The wounded were hospitalized and likely to die.
General McCook, aged sixty two, commands the department of Arizona. A West Pointer and former instructor, he served in the late war with Sherman. His brothers also fought, and the first shot from Fort Sumter was fired under Abner Doubleday who now resides in Mendham New Jersey as one of the last surviving old fort officers. There is occasional worry about devilish slander.
A Paris jury returns not guilty verdicts for Marquis de Mores and acquits his seconds Count Lamassi Guerin and Capt Panjade along with M Delorne for aiding the killing of Captain Mayer. The four seconds faced indictment for complicity in the death, but were cleared.
MABEL Besant, sister of the novelist, enjoys thirty to forty mile bicycle spins with a companion. Dr. Oscoon of Cohasset Mass has led a church there for fifty years after Harvard Divinity. Josefh DC WaAsnineron of Tennessee, congress representative, is a wealthy descendant dubbed the Watcher of His Country.
A Salem Oregon canning company has canned 50000 pounds of strawberries this season valued at about 2000 dollars. About six other canneries at different locations have preserved roughly the same quantity each.
A mocked advertisement touts sugar coated anti dyspeptic granules described as tiny and easy to take. It claims mild act to relieve indigestion biliousness and liver stomach disturbances with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Glass vials are advertised as durable unlike wooden or pasteboard containers.
Hudson North Carolina resident Albert Hartley survived pneumonia after using Boschee’s German Syrup. Brother died of pneumonia. Gardiner of Aurora Texas avoided a bad attack by timely use of the remedy.
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