07 Feb 1891
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1891
Page
1
A fragmented digest recounts oddities and social curiosities, including comments on poets marrying, deaf mutes, and pauper housing. It mentions Mr Nestes aged ninety five in a Gosport workhouse and odd world facts about hearers, travelers, and artistic figures, with scattered references to Siam education and oysters in Baltimore.
Epitome notes Senate bills to bar tobacco sales to youths under 16 in the District of Columbia. Includes references to changes to the Interstate Commerce Act, witness depositions before notaries, a Des Moines port of delivery, Alaska survey, and various appropriation measures.
Reports from Washington describe weekly totals for exchanges and grain supplies, with wheat and corn inventories noted. Funeral services are described in Washington at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, with burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. News of debt, militia officer commissions, and various accidents and disasters from multiple states follow, including train and mining incidents and factory explosions, all reflecting a turbulent period.
A misspelled, fragmented OCR brief describes destruction in Mississippi and Arkansas including a fire at the Watahoose and the Viton plant, a near fatal assault on an individual, a suicide, a two child incident, and mass poverty appeals. Also noted are an Arkansas plant loss, a Missouri jail booking, a Clay County cyclone disaster with deaths, a Townsend town aid appeal, and the St Louis grain merchant Tyson failure with liabilities around 200000 dollars.
The report lists battles and disasters including Avr Shepingiussia hospital destruction with many deaths, a stagecoach robbery of 810,000, and revolts in France and Ireland. It notes political moves in Vienna and Washington, the DAKOTA Indian war costs, ship clashes near Ningpo, and a legal purge with hangings and pardons amid global unrest.
The 1891 proclamation announces reciprocal duties between the United States and Brazil. It details Brazil’s planned free import of specified US products and a 4 percent duty reduction on others, aiming to boost sugar and farm product exchange and strengthen bilateral ties. The note cites Blaine and Brazilian ministers, signaling a broader commercial realignment.
A summary notes the Canadian Pacific as the longest line and Manhattan railcars carrying over four hundred million passengers last year at five cent fares. It cites a railroad publication finding over four hundred US accidents in 1800 with more than half due to drunkenness disobedience of orders or careless conduct. It mentions the Great Western Argentine railroad planning an oil burning test with Mendolza Company and one hundred thousand cubic meters of crude petroleum at twelve dollars per meter, plus total railroad employes, number of corporations and total miles.
In Crunk Nebraska on a Wednesday morning a masked burglar killed Mrs. B. S. Cowles and severely injured her husband, banker at the Pacific Bank. Robbery motive is stated. valuables including a gold watch and diamond brooch were taken. A price of 5000 is offered for the murderers. The crime prompted a village-wide manhunt.
Seventeen or more miners perished in a flood at Joanesville No 1 slope of Hayden Co and another at Grand Tunnel Wilkesbarre Susquehanna Coal Co. A new slope flooded trapping men while others escaped. Rescue efforts underway with pumping and investigations into causes amid frigid conditions.
A sub committee report outlines plans for a 1803 Pan Republic congress in the United States or other city, independent of the Columbian exposition. It would feature two delegate bodies from world republics and major organizations, promoting free institutions while excluding religious institutions.
Governor McIntosh was shot and killed by United States Indian Policeman Bob Marshall during a Creek per capita payment incident twenty miles west of the agency. Government Agent Miller and Ipsley, escorted by guards, had just delivered the second $100000 before the fatal confrontation. In Indianapolis the Farmers Alliance formed an interstate cooperative committee with Eli Hobson as president and A A Brown as secretary.
Jen nie Barth, captured during a Revival meeting at Spring Lake, dies after a bath at Kalamazoo Insane Asylum when hot water is poured into her tub. The incident follows reports of her prior mental breakdown and a harsh, distressing end to ill treatment.
Gainesville Tennessee resident B W Baldwin reports German Syrup as the best medicine for coughs and colds after trying many remedies. Charleston Illinois druggist R Schmalhausen says it gave immediate relief and a lasting cure for a severe lung cold after numerous prescriptions failed.
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