14 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1896
Page
1
The text lists church activities with services on the second and fourth Sundays at 104 Mw and weekly midweek worship. It mentions YFG and U V, Sabbath meetings Saturdays at 7 AM, and other groups including Mining and O F ball events in a shared building.
A severe thunderstorm near Omaha Nebraska killed three people. The dispatch reports miners entombed by an explosion at Prince Coch pit and a series of other distant incidents including heat deaths and a prison yard execution in Utah.
A scorching heat wave is blamed for 128 deaths across New York Philadelphia Washington Baltimore Bayonne Newark Albany Jersey City Pittsburgh Rochester Chicago Louisville Memphis Cleveland Cincinnati San Antonio and other spots. The tally reflects today’s fatalities as the heat spreads from the East to Midwest and beyond.
Miss Cecilia Charles after fleeing Havana hid in boy’s clothes to board the City of Washington and stow away on its departure. She paid fare, received a stateroom and female garb aboard, and escaped the harbor undetected before revealing herself.
In San Francisco a bold robbery nets $1200 from Lachman & Jacobi wine firm. Superintendent Ciprico stored payroll money in a cabinet. a hidden trapdoor and cut wood in a partition concealed the two sacks of gold. No suspect found. the method suggests a night work by a insider familiar with the office.
In Brighton New Jersey Aug 11 five members of Jeremiah Frasier merchant family are seriously ill from suspected poison in a meal two daughters are in danger and Mrs Frasier and two sons are unconscious. Also reports New York trousers strike and Emma Ashley trial update.
Wheat harvest progresses rapidly with quality better than forecast. Prices for barley and oats listed, along with dairy products, produce, and meats. Salmon noted as a market helper as August begins, with mixed signals on overall market strength and value trends in Portland.
Readable fragments list prices for grains, rope, sugar, coffee, tea, rice, and meat across multiple markets. Includes quotes for Alaska, Manilla rope, Java coffee, Costa Rica and Caracas exports, salted beef and mutton terms, and July August delivery notes.
A garbled OCR fragment lists items like sacks of goods, stores and prices. Text mentions 70 abe and 28¢ per item, with miscellaneous terms such as ducks and boxes. Difficult to identify clear entities or a cohesive event.
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