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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1891
Page
1
Tur Czarewitch, despite his Japanese experience, heads to Paris where danger threatens his heart more than his head. The trip promises cultural immersion and potential peril as he navigates unfamiliar streets and risks.
Philadelphia's city treasurer faces trouble after depositing city funds in a bank deemed rotten. The episode exposes governance concerns and raises questions about financial oversight.
Official records reveal 327,716 divorces granted over the last two decades, averaging more than 16,000 per year, with each grant seemingly easing the next one.
The text lists Don Carlos as ruler titled King of Portugal and Algraves and lord of Guinea with dominion across Ethiopa Arabia Persia and the Indies in the Hmil of the seas.
Rev EQ RO Carswear a Baptist preacher of Avlants Georgia declares in his study that Daniel prophecies fix the year 1901 as the time when time shall be no more. His calculations are said to have impressed a number of people.
A Spanish educator highlighted for a long unresolved issue has not received salary for seventeen years. The extreme case reflects widespread back pay woes, with teachers reportedly owed about 8.7 million in local currency.
Switzerland plans a celebration marking the six hundredth anniversary of the oldest existing republic. The league of the three forest cantons Uri Schwyz and Unterwalden traces its roots to more than 600 years ago and was first committed to writing in 121.
A new life saving device, the Irvine pneumatic gun, throws a line to ships in danger or to persons in a burning building. Air is admitted from a reservoir to the behind the projectile at a pressure of 2,400 pounds per square inch.
Travellers from California Arizona and New Mexico report regiments of tourists armed with kodaks marching through the region. Indians fear the camera men and offer vigorous protests against being photographed by amateur photographers.
Keystone National Bank in Philadelphia drags the city treasurer toward a large public deposit loss. Treasurer Bardsley holds about one and a half million in public funds. The bank's president G W Marah has absconded and cannot be found in the latest reports.
The illustrated article circulating in papers details the appearance wealth and backgrounds of wealthy Pacific slope widows. It tempts enterprising bachelors and widowers to seek fortunes in the West, noting these women hold millions.
The 1939 debt per person figures show Prance at 116.55 dollars with unlisted annuities, Britain about 87.89, Russia 50.79, Austria Hungary 808, Belgium 65.10, the Netherlands 56.05, and the United States 14.05. Much of the US debt is non interest bearing.
The New York Herald notes recent forest fires in New Jersey blocked frosts from the Atlantic seaboard by smoke. It advises agriculturists to prevent killing frosts by starting brush fires on orchard and field margins to generate smoke.
A grand jury in Trenton New Jersey indicts Salvation Army members for loud noises and boisterous shouting. Jurors acknowledge worship freedom but say it should not disturb others. Outcome of the case remains to be seen.
Report discusses a proposed shift in currency style with government greenbacks as a new departure. It notes counterfeit successes and expert officers’ verdict that heavy engraving confuses the eye and harms clear impressions on silver certificates.
Public correspondence from Washington reveals efforts by Secretary Blaine and Sir Julian Salisbury to reach a settlement over the Bering Sea fisheries. Proposals outline suspending sealing during arbitration, limits on killed seals, and guarantees by both nations to prevent open-water killing until a final award.
Correspondence shows U S and British officials discussing seal killing limits on Pribilof Islands, arbitration terms, and urgency to reach an agreement. Secretary Adee reports orders to Rush and Corwin to enforce restrictions if no deal, while British minister Pauncefote cites delays and coordinating with Canada.
In Galena HL on June 2 Elmer Foster a farm laborer and Ada Townsend engaged to be married committed suicide by taking strychnine in the girl's room after a late drive. Ada Townsend died within an hour. Foster died on the bed as the mother found them. Townsend refused to explain the motive.
Between six and eight hundred samples of house letter boxes have been received at the post office department on the request of the postmaster general. A commission including Van Cott New York Jd T Harlow St Louis chairman Thomas N Hearnt Boston Henry A Sherwood Washington will meet June 12 to examine and report on the best box submitted.
Schweinfurth, known as the Rockford Messiah, held a Sunday reception in Kansas City Missouri. The event admitted only faithful followers. He sat with his disciples in silent contemplation as he proclaimed I am the only true Christ amid a hushed crowd. Female members affirmed his claim. The reception lasted about two hours with no public address.
Barnum and Bailey show treasurer Benjamin Fish says Mrs Barnum and he consulted and decided Mr Barnum's body should be exhumed and cremated per his wish. Family opponents dispute the plan.
Berlin reports show daily 600 expelled Russian Jews pass Charlottenburg en route to America with relatives awaiting in Paris and London. Police bar entry to Berlin, refugees spend a night at Charlottenburg station then travel by train. Relief committees say funds flow and aid reaches many, as emigration expands with Baltic ships reserved and London group planning to move about 60,000 Jews.
The Holemeeden, sailing from Hong Kong to Shanghai with Antwerp cargo, grounded on Luconna Rocks in fog April 25. Twenty six crew members escaped in two lifeboats, endured hunger and exposure, and were rescued near Shanghai by a gun-boat and the Myrmidon, after the vessel sank.
The French chamber of deputies votes on the pork tariff on Thursday but the result is not assured. The government plans to stick to its original proposals on American pork and fight the committee's report in the senate. Hon. Whitelaw Reid declines to discuss the chamber's action, hoping for withdrawal of the prohibition and a new market opening for American produce.
The Buckingham theater in Nashville Tennessee recently opened by Fred Jones of Memphis burned shortly after midnight Sunday. The four story building was gutted and the fifteen residents who slept inside escaped down the front stairs in their night clothes losing all their belongings.
A three month old Jersey calf in Morris Husler’s Washington township Hancock County Ohio weighs seven and a half pounds and stands eleven and a half inches high. The young animal bags and sports around the corral and grazes like other cattle despite its tiny size.
A Berlin ministers council concluded no need to summon the Reichstag to discuss the grain tariff. Rye trades at 200 marks with expectations for a drop to about 186 marks in a few weeks due to favorable harvest prospects.
Death notice for Chief Engineer J F Bingham of the United States steamship Alliance who died at the U S consulate in Yokohama on May 11. The remains were buried at Urakame, Japan.
In Lake Himen within Novgormi government a severe hurricane wrecked nineteen timber vessels and drowned all their crews. The disaster details the scope of loss and the peril faced by mariners.
Victoria sealers cable a protest to Sir Charles Tupper opposing the bill to close Behring Sea for a year as it faces discussion in the British House of Commons.
Crop reports from southern Russian provinces to the Volga indicate yields will run about 40 percent below the average. Officials warn weather and conditions have curbed production across the region.
A civil outbreak in the Mebrides islands ends with the hiring of 590 natives and 24 hours of tied bodies seen by the vicies, as reported in local records.
Advices from Paris report Teheng-Ki-Tong, former first secretary of the Chinese legations in London and Paris, condemned to death for alleged swindling abroad. After privately negotiating a £7,000,000 loan, he was recalled, fled to China, and upon return faced arrest and execution as punishment for his actions.
A London blue book publishes recent Britain United States correspondence on sealing in the Bering Sea. It shows Lord Salisbury approving a suspension of seal catching pending arbitration and notes from Pauncefote and Blaine on a close season and British timetables. The document ends with Parliament's consideration of Smith's bill to authorize a ban on sealing.
Report shows gold coinage 75,000 pieces valued at 2,591,881 dollars. Silver coinage 4,802,515 pieces worth 2,812,906 dollars. Minor coins 1,750,000 pieces valued at 37,309 pounds. Overall totals 6,605,585 pieces valued at 3,930,206 dollars.
A farm horse belonging to Valentine Deck perished in a house fire seven miles from Teaver City Nebraska while Mr. and Mrs. Beck and their two young children were away. The child ages were a girl six and a boy two. All perished in the flames.
Public debt rose by 622 915 during Macy. Treasury cash total reached 3 607 077 868 97.
The article reports serious drought stress on Canadian crops across multiple provinces. Wheat and canola conditions worsen as rainfall remains scarce, threatening yields and farm incomes. Weather forecasts show limited shower chances in the coming week.
A brief report notes Mata Gos travels to Matas and identifies a secretary in New York to discuss iging soality. The article hints at official steps and potential coordination among local figures.
A massive weather outbreak drenched over half the country Tuesday night with widespread rain and fierce winds. Milwaukee reported the worst electrical disturbance on record, cutting telegraph and telephone lines. towns in the Dakotas were cut off and a tornado near Watertown raised fears of loss of life and property.
The Washington Star notes the US and Great Britain agreed to a closed season to avoid seizures of poachers but arbitration terms remain unsettled. Blaine has not replied to counter suggestions, leaving the State Department in doubt about a swift settlement. Cabinet discussion occurred without Lord Selisbury providing clarity.
A boiler burst at J. I. Jordan’s saw mill near Bowing Green Caroline County Virginia killing five workers and wounding eight others. The dead include William Lees Lawrence Slayes William James John Fry and Weseam Cattlet. Rescue and medical aid were swift though several survivors remain gravely injured. Cause of the explosion is not yet known.
Vancouver dispatch reports sealers prepare to sail under German or Italian flags if Great Britain and the United States fail to reach a close time agreement. Producers vow not to be balked and rumors circulate of a raid on American islands for seal skins.
A southward cyclone passed Watertown South Dakota on Tuesday afternoon with a 100 foot wide path. Five miles south two houses were carried away. At Waverly twelve miles northeast two injured. Three people killed at Hazel seventeen miles southwest. No other fatalities reported. Heavy rain and hail followed but did no further damage.
A locomotive engineer W. M. Harrington died on the eve of marriage when the Alabama Mineral line above Talladega split three switches and caused a wreck. Fireman Frank Ellwood and quarry worker John L. Hammond were also killed. Hammond leaves a wife and two children.
Gen Stewart Stanley of South California proclaims discovery of the law of variation in maximum tension of aqueous vapor a principle once thought impossible. He claims a century of research culminates in solving a major problem and enabling regulation of atmospheric conditions.
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