17 Oct 1890
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1890
Page
1
A fragmentary notice lists goods and comfort items available at a shop on North Market Street including blankets and spreads. The text is garbled but indicates a local store offering household goods and groceries under a combined retail sign.
The Leland Hotel in New York suffered a catastrophic blaze with at least two confirmed deaths and many injuries. Fire alarm and rapid evacuations succeeded in saving some guests while others perished or disappeared in the flames. Rescue crews battled the inferno as the building collapsed into ashes, with the city centers turned into emergency infirmaries for the injured.
President Depew spoke to a full Grail House gathering in Pittsburgh. Addresses by Mayor Quarley and others highlighted support and regrets from prominent citizens. Letters from President Johnson, Governor Dunyer, and Governor Campbell were read as Depew praised concessions and warned against threats to locomotive engineers’ union.
The article details the state funeral activities for Justice Samuel F. Miller. It covers processions from the Miller residence to Arlington, honorary pallbearers including ministers and military leaders, remarks by W A Bartlett, and the sequence of events at the Senate chamber and Supreme Court. It notes the arrival of the funeral party in Keokuk and the planned services at the Union Church with final interment at Arlington National Cemetery.
Reporter invites readers to express views on the subject of preaching and the modern sermon. The writer asks what the public thinks of preaching, its deficiencies, and whether there is still room for preaching amid competing approaches in religion. Public input may shape the discourse.
Five men died in a massive rack blaze at Mogrohead's McLane's mall yesterday afternoon. Injured workers described a roaring furnace blast and a tumbling heap as flames engulfed the men inside the rack. Names and ages include Edward Wypless, Michael Herin, and "Andy" Marder among the badly burned, with several others seriously harmed. Fire crews struggled to control the inferno as clothing burned and bodies were found amid the debris. bystanders watched as ambulances arrived and the disaster unfolded in the heat of falling debris.
A proposed alliance between the Reading Company and a powerful New York syndicate led by the Vanderbilts is nearing completion. Talks with Vanderbilt interests, including Mr. L. Rice and representatives of Vanderbilts, aim to unite Reading stock and possibly involve Reading’s securities, with potential implications for the South Penn railroad and an outlet to New York via the Reading line.
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