12 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1902
Page
1
The passage extols the ideal of "the fruit of the loom" while condemning frail older women forced to labor under harsh conditions. It asserts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription can cure diseases weakening women by establishing regularity, drying drops, healing inflammation, and correcting ailments. It portrays gendered health claims and factory-working hardships.
Dorothy Stiles a 16 year old girl near Bay City Minnesota is said to be dying from a mysterious disease that has left her joints stiff and her body turning marble like. Doctors deny a chemical causation while the parent cites bathtub experiments as a possible factor.
Washington reports more than 20 million missing amid fraud inquiries touching treasury funds and health department integrity. Baseball scores noted with rain delays and extra innings include Chicago beating Boston 5 4, Athletics 1 Detroit 0 in 13 innings, Cleveland 17 Baltimore 11, St Louis 8 Washington 1. Brooklyn and St Louis games delayed by darkness or rain.
Emperor Roosevelt receives Prince Chen and Chinese ministers at Sagamore Hill. The party praised the U S for preventing Pekin destruction and toured New York firemen drills. They will depart for Niagara Falls after luncheon and a garden visit.
A violent wind and rain storm toppled a new three story brick store and residence in Allentown. Frank J. Schroth, 38, was on the roof and killed as timbers collapsed. Eight workers escaped injury. John Kransley, Dice Gallagher, and Harry Wieder sustained injuries. Other items note burglaries, a fatal head end collision in Huntington and a funeral committee for Senator McMillan.
Report from Shenandoah PaccAlog cites farmers in the Catawissa Valley fearing raids by strikers and urging federal or local protection. Farmers plan a petition for sheriff's protection as losses and costs rise, with figures totaling about 71.7 million across wages, deployments, and depictions of market impact.
Deputies and strikers exchanged shots at Throop six miles north of Scranton, with no known injuries. The Pancoast Coal Company washery and pumping station were guarded, ammunition exhausted, and attackers driven back as darkness fell. Separately, Wilmington shipyard Harlan & Hollingsworth funding plant sold to United States Ship Building Co for about 1.565 million pounds.
A movement to preserve John Brown's home near Korth, New York, gains attention as local tourists visit the Adirondacks site. caretaker Reuben Lawrence has long tended the property but lacks funds for repairs. Proposals include engraving markers for the graves of Brown's two sons, which currently are identified only by wooden stakes.
A fragment speaks of a fatal injury to a conductor or engineer, with roads impassable for miles in every direction. The language is garbled but hints at a railway incident and disrupted travel. No specific names, dates, or locations are readable.
Peoria police arrested Edward Flanagan after a day of fires set by an incendiary. Five buildings burned or suffered major damage, including Val Blatz Brewing storehouse, Dooley Brothers coal sheds, Neu miliar’s Avery barn with 19 horses, C W O’Leary livery, Horace Clark & Sons flouring mill, and Mrs Reggie residence. Total losses near 25600 with 12000 insured. Firefighters battled blazes that threatened a large city area.
A Baptist church in Leslie Georgia was struck by lightning during Sunday services. Richard Dodson, cousin of Atlanta's Hon W A Dodson, died instantly while about forty others were seriously injured. The building burned and toppled but rain prevented total destruction.
The text notes Justice Gray resigns and mentions his successor, with reference to the unwritten rule about court appointments. It discusses the next term of court and the Senate confirmation, indicating pending changes in the judiciary.
The Daily Mail reports Generals Botha De Wet and Delarey will land in England next Saturday. The colonial office arranged a Southampton reception with the royal yacht visit and naval tours, while Kruger supporters urge preventing their landing and consider sending a Dutch vessel to intercept them.
The Matin reports the German Crown Prince, 20, shows desire to renounce his rank after a Bonn university visit and a violent interview with Emperor Wilhelm. A woman is believed involved. Paris dispatches note he has fallen for a beautiful American girl whose parents once lived in Paris.
Reports from Caracas say revolutionaries under General Penal captured Barcelona, Venezuela, after three days of fighting. Government forces suffered 60 deaths, including General Ruperto Bravo, as Barcelona, a key shipping point near Guanta coal mines, faces strategic tension. Ensuing cable cut and German intentions at Porto Cabello raise alarms prompting a potential U.S. marine deployment to protect interests.
Destruction at Petit-Goave leaves four thousand homeless. aid arrives as Firminists accused of burning the town. In St Petersburg a Warsaw forged banknote factory is exposed with $2,000,000 in circulated fakes and $45,000 private losses. In Louisville a carpenter wounds three women before killing himself. in Paterson a Laflin and Ranger powder mill explosion injures workers.
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