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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
7
A South London parson who visits as a substitute preacher assisted an old asthmatic woman up the front steps. On reaching the top she asked who would preach, and she asked to be let down saying she would rather hear a windmill creak than listen to him. The clergyman gently aided her down and noted his preaching duty.
Dallas Texas has floated a loan of 150000 dollars at 4 percent interest the lowest rate ever obtained by a southern city of the second class.
A gang of about a dozen professional robbers tried to blow open the Sperry and Warnustff bank at Ashley Delaware. Nine men kept citizens at bay while three dynamited the vault. They looted cash and horses then fled as the blast drew the town’s alarm. Damages are extensive but no injuries reported.
Mrs Ida Rennell a plucky widow walked from Pine Ridge Tennessee to Nashville Illinois a distance near 500 miles to be with her aged mother before the latter’s death. She learned that if she had written before leaving she might have ridden all the way in a Pailman car as relatives have since accumulated wealth. Rennell’s husband died a few weeks ago leaving her penniless.
Martin Trons once led a labor union and directed the Missouri Pacific strike in the eighties. He died November 17 at Bruceville, Texas, about twenty miles south of Waco.
Charles Hoyt famed playwright died at his Charlestown residence at 7 15 p m after months of paresis and decline Following his return from Hartford private asylum he showed little chance of recovery and faded with appetite loss until death this morning Attendants and friends had noted his serious condition since August release by court order
A Duluth dispatch reports German heir heirs allege misfortune in Johann Mueller who died December 1898 in St. Mary's hospital West Superior. He ignorantly left forty acres on the Mesaba range valued at 250000 dollars with Carnegie interests holding an option. A Catholic priest previously held a mortgage of 800 dollars on the land.
Delegate Dennis T Flynn of Oklahoma says cattlemen occupying the Kiowa and Comanche country will block settlement as the allotment act deadline December 6 nears with only about half the work done. He notes 300 smallpox cases among the Indians hinder efforts to speed up allotment work.
Mrs Anna Jackson died November 17 at her Kennett Missouri home after years of seeking a pardon for her son James T Cuassells who killed deputy Nat Gains in Kennett. The governor had promised a Thanksgiving pardon but she fell ill and died before the reunion.
Rev G M Tourtellot, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ida Grove Iowa, accidentally shot and killed companion J S Burger while duck hunting near Turin Iowa. Burger rose from grass between the flock and the minister as he fired, taking the charge in the head. Death was instantaneous. The minister was prostrated with grief.
Ethel Moe sitting by the stove in Portland Michigan when celluloid side combs ignited from heat. Her head of hair was destroyed and she suffered serious burns along with her mother who was badly burned while trying to extinguish the flames.
Intense heat over three days in Pittsburg causes suffering among mill workers. A serious case occurs at the National Rolling Mill in McKeesport with Alexander Jacobson overcome at work and not expected to live.
Will H. Brady a prominent young Detroit businessman died by suicide with a shotgun at his residence. He was a grandson of Gen. Hugh Brady a notable early Michigan figure. no reason was given for the act.
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