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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
10
The Cowleys move to Hollow Ash Hall, a damp haunted house on a hill, sparking family clashes over ghosts, finances, and a plan to prove the place is safe. Mr. Cowley remains steadfast, vowing to sleep with a revolver while Mrs. Cowley and daughters endure the dusty, creepy interior awaiting improvements.
The Cowley family moves into the haunted hall where Miss Rose Cowley, a pretty young visitor, braves the terrifying setting. Catherine Cowley shudders at the ghostly scheme while Mrs. Cowley remains practical and loyal to her husband who insists on inhabiting the place. Exterior ambush by village children and a dramatic first view foreshadow an eerie new chapter.
The party moves from room to room in a deserted house where a nameless weight lingers on every heart. Mrs Cowley and Catharine pale as Rose stops laughing while Mr Cowley tests his nerves in a nervous, fidgety manner. An unseen companion seems almost real driving them from the place as they pass from room to room.
The Nebraska Supreme Court upholds Frank L. Dinsmore of Odessa facing execution by hanging for the slaying of his wife and her lover Fred Lane. The court notes a fair trial and sets no need to revisit crime details, while a bill on penitentiary executions attracts attention.
W H Langford, president of the Citizens Bank of Pine Bluff, received a letter from the Neely gang demanding 50000 dollars by Sunday or he says his seven year old son Jack would be kidnapped and his eyes burned out. Police were alerted and two officers waited near the drop site but no one appeared. The city is raising a reward as officials pursue the criminals.
A Reichstag vote backs a plan to establish imperial plate works with Krupp and other manufacturers reducing prices to support production and national aims.
A prominent member of the Commons reports that the chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach may propose a sugar duty and possible countervailing duties in the forthcoming budget. Government discussions stress secret provisions while editorial voices in The Times question sugar duties, noting the political risk to free trade principles amid growing tax needs.
David Brown died at his home in Nebraska City at 10 45 yesterday after a period at death's door. Born November 8 1837 in Buck's County Pennsylvania he moved to Nebraska City in 1859 and served in the state legislature and as postmaster from 1870 to 1876. He married Jennie M Lombard in 1871. a son Herbert W survives. His brother John Brown arrived from Chicago before the death.
A midmorning insurgent ambush near Silang and Dasmariñas Cavite left three Americans dead two scouts wounded and one missing. Four horses and a mule were killed. Captain Mair arrived too late to stop the enemy retreat as Meads transport carried General Free man and sick soldiers to Manila. General MacArthur reports arrivals of Lawton and other units from San Francisco.
The rivers and harbors house committee arranges two inspection trips. The first goes to Savannah at once, and in June they travel to the Pacific coast visiting Galveston and gulf ports, then Los Angeles and up to Puget Sound visiting harbors, with members traveling as private individuals.
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