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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1891
Page
1
A compilation of scattered items notes immigration topics, transit plans, banking deposits, speed records, patent claims, factory openings, postal mail volumes, statehood bids, and world affairs. It cites incidents from Chicago to Australia, with figures on gold output, debt, and population, plus curiosities about parroting rail and ship progress.
A powder mill explosion at Central City West Virginia destroyed the building and killed three men. Fourteen thousand pounds of powder burned with debris flying for miles as workers and rescuers searched the site. J W Bales of Huntington West Virginia is listed missing with a seriously injured and several others hurt.
Funeral services for the late James Hussell Leawell were held at Appleton Chapel Cambridge Mass at noon Friday. Distinguished literary and professional figures attended. no service at Elmwood his home. Bishop Phillips Brooks and Rev William Lawrence met the remains. honorary pallbearers included O W Holmes C P Crane, J Holmes, Charles Norton, John Bartlett and President C W Eliot of Harvard University.
A Colima volcano eruption near Mexico City sends ash storms three to six inches deep on rooftops and streets while lava streams burn all in their path. The governor sends a commission to study the eruption as authorities report a ship named Achar ran ashore near Tuxpan with all crew saved.
A severe hail storm battered Lake Benton and Fulda causing shattered windows and widespread crop damage. In Lake Benton the 4:50 to 5:00 PM hour saw large hail destroying north and west glass, with losses estimated around 2000 dollars. In Fulda hail heavier than goose eggs damaged crops including corn flax and small trees, with most standing wheat oats and barley damaged and yields cut to about one third.
A planned shipwreck exhibition near Tar Harbor Maine will demonstrate life saving service work. W G Milliken arranges the event using the old schooner SP Adams 15 tons to drift ashore near Otto Creek Point while Cranberry Island life savers watch and attempt rescues. The show aims to draw Mt Desert area spectators despite safety concerns.
W. T. Ellis of Texas promotes a plan to colonize Afro Americans in Mexico claiming six thousand names ready to go. He says Mexico offers land in Vera Cruz Querataro San Luis Potosi and Oaxaca with favorable cotton prices and perennial yield. Ellis asserts the scheme would give colonists ownership and prestige within five years amid southern racism tensions.
A mammoth balloon ascension at Manhattan Beach near Denver drew thousands. The craft rose with Prof Ning and a couple to be married aboard. At 3000 feet it burst in a storm, the silk parachuted the occupants to a corn field seven miles away where they lay unconscious for hours.
The so called Negro Messiah addressed a Parse audience in St Pauls on Sunday. He delivered a strong calm sermon with pointed references to the Negro race and its role in world history. His main appeal urged the descendants of Ham to an equal place in Christian work.
Martha Millen, a Black woman slated for execution in Chester South Carolina for poisoning her husband, has won a stay of proceedings and has appealed to the state supreme court.
Frankie Lavelle, from Cincinnati, died after a parachute detachment at Coney Island. She plummeted several hundred feet, her skull crushed and bones broken on impact.
The funeral of George Jones of the New York Times was held Friday at Al Soul's Church on Madison Avenue. Dr Heber Newton officiated and the floral decorations were described as exceedingly beautiful.
The French wheat crop is estimated at ninety million hectoliters leaving a deficit of thirty two million hectoliters. As a result the customs surtax on wheat will be suspended for one year.
Lieut. Senriven, commissioner to Central America for Latin American departments, reports that the government of San Salvador will erect its own buildings at Jackson Park in Chicago.
Reports from Salton indicate the desert lake is rising about three quarters of an inch daily, now holding 4,400,544 cubic feet of water. With the Colorado River delivering far more flow than prior years, the basin below sea level could continue to fill, signaling permanent salton basin supply.
A mob of about 200 White Caps hanged Monroe Evans and John Evans near Baileytown after overpowering guards. The father and son, white men, were accused of shooting Pierce Mooney but Mooney was unharmed. The incident occurred Saturday night amid widespread Cullman county unrest.
An aeronaut died after leaping from a balloon during an ascent at Macerata Italy. A large crowd watched the craft drift over the Adriatic ten miles inland before the aeronaut plunged into the sea and perished as the balloon rose free and disappeared.
Two deaths and twenty four illnesses linked to water from a foul well near Milwaukee Wisconsin. John Engal died and a daughter of Jacob Tassai, who lived nearby, also died. A marsh near Bassai's premises is thought to have allowed marsh water to contaminate the well.
Iowa reports an extraordinary crop year with oats dominating yields. The oat average is expected around sixty to seventy bushels per acre, with some areas reaching a hundred bushels. Oat weights run thirty four to forty pounds per bush. Railroads respond by expanding grain car fleets to handle upcoming movement.
The Platte river valley from Oakland Mills outward looked like an inland ocean on Monday as floodwaters rose quickly. The river exceeded banks for nearly a mile on both sides, trapping livestock and leaving farmers scrambling to find safety for their animals.
The Russian minister of finance states rye yield at 711 million poods. Demand exceeds supply by 994.53 million poods for people and sowing, requiring substitution of potatoes and maize to fill the deficit.
In Belvedere HL the sun scorches the land and dries the corn swiftly. Ground is hard and the corn in the milk stage shrivels as ears and stalks dry. The harsh weather threatens the harvest.
A fire at R O Knights Co. crockery store in Jacksonville Florida sparked a massive two block blaze spreading along Forsyth and Main streets. In six hours the Tremont Hotel and numerous blocks and forty dwellings were destroyed. Windy conditions and dynamite caused glass to shatter, injuring several. Estimated loss about one million with insurance around 650000.
In 1890 twelve million two hundred one thousand two hundred fifty scholars enrolled in U S public schools. Twelve thousand teachers, and expenditures of over 122 million dollars surpassed Britain Germany and France combined, a point of pride for American students.
A Botzen dispatch reports a cloud-burst near Hoetzen that swept Kollman village, washing away men and cattle and destroying half the houses. Forty people drowned as the gorge torrents flooded the valley and flooded the Hremer railroad track. The disaster began at midnight, the water causing avalanches and long railway damage.
Assistant cashier Charles Lawrence of the Keystone National Bank in Philadelphia was sentenced by Judge Hutler to seven years in the penitentiary for making false entries and conspiring with fugitive president Gideon W. Marsh to defraud the bank. He was fined $100.
A Tuesday crash between Ostrowo and Los Witz involved two passenger trains. Both trains derailed and wrecked at full speed, ten people died and many were injured as coal from locomotives ignited fires and rescuers fought to save the wounded.
Reports indicate extreme heat in the southwest caused suspected sun stroke deaths among cattle. Stockmen from Pratt and nearby counties confirm cattle fatalities as the heat wave persisted, impacting herds and raising concern for livestock health.
A meteor spooks picnickers near Fort Wayne. hail of incidents from Muncie to Greenfield includes lightning strikes, barn fires, and a fatal accident. Notable items cover education policy changes, money found, tax board shifts, and local business efforts to attract industry. Shipments, snakes, and odd occurrences populate a broad rural-urban snapshot of Indiana life.
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