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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
2
Diamonds Restored Through The Confessional
In St Joseph Michigan special report, $1500 worth of jewels were recovered by William Washburn president of Anderson Inc jewelers after a Catholic priest returned the jewels from a penitent thief. The July 8 burglary at Washburn & Co in Anderson Indiana yielded the diamonds and other loot but no arrests were made until Chicago helped solve the case. The thief is known but not prosecuted as Mr Washburn believes penitence warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph -Mich
Anderson, Inc
William Washburn
Chicago
William ‘Washburn & Co
Anderson
Ind
Hey
Fire destroys business section of Rantonl
A large fire gutted the business portion of Rantonl J h destroying the grain elevator origin. The post office depot Masonic temple new hotel opera house and both newspaper offices were lost with only the Martin house left standing. Losses exceed 106000 with insurance unlikely to cover the full amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rantonl
J H
Martin
Petition for More Land in Lawton District Draws Interest
A movement has begun at Lawton among homeseekers who failed the recent land drawing. About 10 applicants hold government pens on three reserves in Lawton district totaling roughly 3,330 quarter sections. The group plans to petition the interior department at once to review the land Hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Q. T
Interior Department
Train Wreck Near North Le Roy injures many
A derailment of the Lehigh Valley flyer the Black Diamond occurred near North Le Roy New York. The last two coaches jumped the track crashed along the ties and were thrown aside. Nine are seriously injured and many more bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Leroy
N.Y
Phillips Will Pay All Customers in Full
George J Phillips known as the Corn King says his firm will pay every customer with a claim in full. Notices about accounts will be mailed within a day or two after suspending operations on the Chicago board of trade due to accounting confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
George J1
Corn King
Chicago Board of Trade
Moana Reports Fire Destroys Sitney Dept Store in NSW
The Moana reports the Sitney department store in New South Wales destroyed by fire. Four employees burned to death, one killed by jumping from the fourth floor window. Loss exceeds 3,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Moana
Herden & Son
Sitney
New South Wales
Ory Wintor
Diamonds Stolen From Ohio Jewelry Store
Four men stole a tray of diamonds worth $2,000 from Mrs. A. Seidensticker’s High Street jewelry store in Hamilton Ohio at noon. They used open newspapers as a screen while one distracted the clerk and another grabbed the tray. the quartet escaped.
Colombian Invasion Report Near Colon Venezuela
A dispatch from Willemstad Curacao says Venezuelan authorities report a new Colombian invasion occurred Saturday morning near Colon. The force is commanded by Colombia’s minister of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacoa
Colon
Wabash Man Wins Diamond Badge at Indiana Shoot
Hugh Clark of Wabash earned a diamond badge in the Indiana State shoot held at Lafayette. He scored 46 of 60 amid eighteen entrants and a stiff wind that made conditions tough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Hugh Clark
Lafayette
Unclear Historical Report on Dumont Eiffel Tower Attempt
Fragmentary note describes M Santos Dumont attempting to climb the Eiffel Tower on a Friday morning and seemingly succeeding, though text is incomplete and uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Santos. Dumont
Eiffel Tower
Notable Armageddon of Crime and Disaster Across Cities
Reports recount Pugh’s execution for murder in Brooklyn, Hancock’s death in Asbury Park, Costen’s Staten Island blast with minor losses, a Philadelphia explosion killing up to twenty, a Pan American Central clash near Lockport with two dead, Allentown jewel robbery losses, and suicide of Louis Helpern after Brooklyn bridge attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Pugh
John “Tiegen
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
George B. Hancock
West Park
Staten Island
Simall
Locust Street
Philadelphia
Lockport
N. Y
Thomas Hrland
George Webb
Leonard G. Sefug
Allentown
Multiple tragic incidents and fires reported nationwide
Reports include Jacob Bosley murdered near Chillicothe by George Wood, Thad Brooke killing Mrs Lighthawk and himself in Omaha, a Cincinnati workhouse brush dept fire, fourteen horses burned in Chicago, and a series of industrial accidents. Also noted are political noms in Des Moines, trotting records in Columbus, a Lima factory explosion, a kidnapping, a fatal knife incident in Minnesota, Servant Girls Union and 7000 Pullman porters formations, plus rail and bank news and a Kansas City exposition building fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob &. Bosley
Chillicothe
Ohio
George Wood
Thad Brooke
Millie Lighthawk
Omaha
Brush Department
Cincinnati
Harry Gordon
Chicago
Gordon
Detroit Copper Mining Company
Moorend
Arizona
Edward Weasel
Sugar Lake
Minn
John Lauber
Limestone City
Toledo
Anna Lauber
Justice Tempinton
Lennox
San Francisco
National Steel Company
Mingo Junction
Onin
Thomas Overman
Bridgeport
Iowa
A. B. Gummins
Des Moines
Columbus
Crescens
Ring of Trotters
Cleveland
Lima
Qhie
St. Joe
Mich
Monticello
Servant Girls Union
St. Louis
James Eversole
Tempe
Ariz
Commercial Bank of
Chicago and Alton
Grain Valley
Jacques
Walsh
Pilliam
Sister
Afc
Kansas City
Penitentiary turmoil and murder notes from era events
A jumble of 19th century items reports convicts escaping Lincoln penitentiary overcrowding after a fire, a Confederate leader Judge Price’s death in Chicago, corn trader Corwin Spencer amassing 1,000,000 bushels for a $400,000 gain, Lima Ohio homicide, rail derailment near Nappanee Indiana, a drunken murder suicide in Crawfish Ohio, Mrs. Mary Newberry’s death, a Wichita suicide, and ship Viper wreck off Alderney with crew saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othe State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Neb
William Cecil Price
United States
Buchanan Sund
William C. Newberry
Chicago
Corwin ‘H. Spencer
St. Louis
Lima
Ohio
W. A. Jones
Jones
Nappanee
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Alexander McChillough
Crawfish
Mary Newberry
Dubuque
Austin Adams
Iowa
Supreme Court
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cleveland
Johno Feockefeller
Mark Hanna
Hamilton Hotel
Wichita
Kan
Fie
Elmer Scripture
Westport
Multiple Disturbing Incidents Reported Across States
A Memphis trolley derailed injuring five. a minister’s body found in the Ohio River near Paducah. Juan Rocha hanged in San Antonio for murder. Fire at Paducah shops caused $25 000 loss. Ice cream poisoning in Leesburg left ten ill. Mrs Bunkley died. Gov Jones’s daughter Carrie Jones crushed by a Montgomery streetcar. A Jackson inspector killed a rival in a datable dispute. Ellis Glenn sues for $50 000 in Parkersburg. Eds Glenn trial fallout cited. Dr Mat Yerger killed in Tarnallak. Dennis Hannon loses both legs due to sleeping position causing gangrene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn., Street Railway
Bayou Gayoso
James M. Frazier
Qhbio
Paducah
San Antonio
Texas
Juan Rocha
John Grimsinger
Rocha
Grimsinger
Illinois Central Shops
W. R. Bunkley
Leesburg
Bunkley
Carrie Jones
Thomas G. Jones
Montgomery
Ala
Executive Mansion
Gov. Jones
W. J. Ligon
Jackson
Miss
Lavid L. Shelton
Shelton
Ellis Glenn
United States Court
Parkersburg
W. Va
William Richardson
Eds Glenn
Ir. Mat Yerger
North
Louisiana
Tsllulak
William R. Spann
Memphis and
Vicksburg
Yerger
Spann
Verger
den, Hannon
Louisville
Meyer
Gladstone Heir to Wed Paget Daughter in Steady Match
Society note announces the marriage of Herbert Gladstone son of the late William E. Gladstone to a daughter of Sir Richard Horner Paget. The match reflects prominent family alliances and extends social ties within the peerage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Gladstone
William E. Gladstone
Richard Horner Paget
Baragee
Global headlines and market notes from the week
The weekly RR G Dun trade review reports postal receipts near doubling since 1890, a looming general strike in steel mills, Manitoba wheat yields of 55 to 60 million bushels, calls for navy expansion to deter Germany, and stalled steel settlement talks. It notes extensive forest fires in Northern Ontario Quebec, tariff defeats in Brazil, five killed in Rio riots, and mixed corn prices with rising short-seller losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
Hugh Mexellar
Manitoba
Northwest Territory
Murdock
United States
Germany
Kaiser
South America
Pierpont Morgan
Ralph Izard
Navy Department
Machias
Boston
Hampton Roads
Colon
Panatma
Ontario
Quebec
Ottawa
Rio de Janeiro
Charles Page Bryan
Brazil
State Department
Northwest
RR. G. Dun & Co
Amalgamated orders call for nationwide steel strike
A fervent call from T. J. Shaffer urges Amalgamated and union men to join a mass strike against the United States Steel Trust. He warns of dire consequences, including widespread job loss and potential bloodshed, if the dispute remains unsettled by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Steel Trust
Shaffer
United States Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
T. J. Shaffor
Market Reports Show Mixed Farm Prices Across Cities
Chicago to Indianapolis to Detroit and beyond report cattle from $2.50 to $5.75 and hogs up to $6.10, with sheep in $2.50 to $3.75 range. Wheat generally rises to around 70c per bushel, corn mostly 55c to 67c, oats 34c to 38c, rye 54c to 63c, butter 19c to 20c, eggs 13c to 15c, and potatoes about $1.05 to $1.10 per bushel across markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste
Toledo
Robbery at Selby Smelting Vault Stuns Vallejo Officials
Thieves tunneled into the Selby Smelting and Lead Company vault at Vallejo California and carried away refined gold and bullion valued at 280000 to 350000 dollars. Two large bricks worth about 50000 remained, others hidden in a bank near the tunnel and a boat. Investigators from Contra Costa San Francisco and Vallejo pursue the case. robbers fled with a metal haul and left two bricks behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aep
Selby
Vallejo
Gal
Selby Smelting and Lead Company
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Veale
Contra Costa County
Sanford
Reform Edict Circulates From Chinese Court
A reform edict from the Chinese court is reported, mentioning an American involvement and a Monte Carlo reference on an island. Reuben Hill of Richmond Kentucky is acquitted of a shooting charge. A sum of 1 006 silver dollars is missing from the Commercial Bank in Chicago. A fire in Hanover Pa foundry causes $100000 loss and Schodewald’s yarn mill in Philadelphia faces $75000 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Reuben Hill
Richmond
U.S. Cates
Commercial Bank
Chicago
Hanover
Local land race pits Woods against Mat tie and Beals in court
Five hundred Law ton businessmen sign contest papers alleging Woods violated the homestead act. Miss Mattie Beals of Wichita won No. 2 in the lottery but must file on a lower value claim, as the townsite ballot shut her out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie, Beals
Wichita, Kan
Lawton
Woods
July Sets Heat Records Across the Nation
July records show extreme heat with higher than ever temperatures across much of the country. Chicago alone shattered its record twice, hitting 102 degrees on July 16 and 103 degrees on July 21. The weather bureau notes twentieth century warmth continued to outpace previous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mercury
United States
Kruger's Mental Decline Report Stirs Alarm
Reports from London warn that former South African leader Paul Kruger is losing his grip on reality. Observers who recently met the Transvaal president fear a total breakdown may follow, signaling a grave turn in his condition and its political implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruger
London
Transvaal
Beief
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