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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
6
An eclectic weekly digest highlights current overseas events, weather notes and notable incidents. The column surveys global happenings with brief items touching crises fires and other developments as reported by telegraph sources.
Agent Erwin reports to the commissioner that educated young Indians on Ponca Oto and Oakland reservations are largely idle and unproductive. He cites that work is done by middle aged non English speakers, with widespread drinking gambling and moral decline.
Local readers note a surge in deer during the current season with more game reported than in the past twenty years. Hunters in the Adirondack area describe frequent sightings and successful shots, though forest patrols remain active in Wilcan searching for poachers and enforcing regulations.
On a wet track a Detroit bound trolley struck two residents near Ann Arbor and Jackson electric suburban lines. The fatalities include Jonalh Finteen a retired raimer and Perd Fenton whose five year old grandee was with them. Witnesses report the car plowed across the trash and direct impact near the city limits as the driver tried to stop.
A fragmented report describes a train incident with mention of a Lafayette air broadcast. Names and places are garbled but imply passengers weary and a confrontation or disaster aboard a moving train. Railroad workers and observers faced fatigue as the event unfolded.
Fear grips residents after the Wickerson family Adbert Jepsan and Julia Woackerson are found murdered and burned in their home ten miles west of here. The Wickersons were well to do farmers and authorities suspect robbery and arson to cover the crime.
Captain Harrington of the navy has been appointed president of a court martial to try Ensign Alfred C. Owen on charges of absence from duty after leave and conduct tending to destruction of good morals including issuing worthless checks.
Philip Nagie is held by police in Irenton Ohio for the murder of William Wade. Reports say two twenty dollar gold pieces found on Nagie came from Wade’s funds, and if proven he will be taken to Upper Sandusky for trial.
The Fort Wayne Temps Theatre presents The Wild Rose and Isabel Irving in The Crisis, with show listings for November. The programs suggest a lineup featuring Irving in a stage drama alongside a separate feature titled The Wild Rose.
Commander Wilson of the United States gunboat Panther reports battle at Cienaga on the 5th. Liberal forces were repulsed and Santa Marta remains safe. An antiist warship Retribution was present.
The FE. B. Willard & Co. store at Steece near Ironton Ohio containing the post office was robbed of 200 dollars in cash 35 dollars in stamps 1000 dollars in government bonds notes and in surance policies.
Earns on Mitchell day was celebrated across the anthracite mining region of Pennsylvania with parades and speeches. The text also reports a string of incidents including Julia Marlowe's collapse in New York and a major bank vault break in Sedus, plus numerous other violent and criminal events across the country.
A white photographer Thomas Elmore killed Milford Stephens in Jellico Kentucky. The second congress of Southern Pacific land and immigration agents at Houston elected G H McKinney president. Two masked men robbed Brodhead depot of 600 dollars, some of which belonged to the post office. Fairmont powder factory suffered 30000 dollar damage from a large powder explosion. Catholic prelates attended dedication of Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Dallas. Louisville Commercial and News sold to a New York-Louville partnership. John Nall Sr shot Kemp Eversole at Nall Rods camp on the Knoxville La Follette Jellico railroad. Eversole employed as foreman. self defense claimed.
Reports note Guatemalan volcanic unrest threatening communities and a legal settlement over a family dispute while Brussels confirms a Brussels visit for Commissioner Walsh. Amid international chatter Solomon Amaral highlights Azores enthusiasm for US annexation as边 Gen Uribe Uribe yields to Colombia’s army. Farther east a Manchurian rail dispatch claims Bodune captured by bandits with Russian relief, and Sheng authorities shift to new commercial treaties. Measles epidemic in Swaim Chitha area claims hundreds, while a Mississippi incident ends tragically as Emanuel Crump hangs himself after a lynching scene.
The article reports U S plans to establish naval stations in Cuba once the treaty is ratified. It notes President Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving proclamation setting November 27 as a national festival and details various international and domestic actions and opinions affecting U S policy and markets.
The Rev James S Stone of St James Church Cass and Huron streets says churchgoers are decreasing nationwide due to business and social life strain. He lists five reasons including weariness from modern life and lack of variety and urges restoring worship as the remedy.
President Theodore Roosevelt designates Thursday November 27 as a day of general thanksgiving. He urges the nation to cease work and offer thanks to Almighty God for the past year’s blessings, noting prosperity and moral uplift under divine favor.
The Kaw river valley Kansas potato harvest nears completion with unusually large yields and strong quality. Farmers report yields up to 350 bushels per acre and prices around 25 cents a bushel, potentially earning over 50 dollars per acre. Seed potatoes are kept for seed from early October harvests, with Early Ohio from Minnesota used as pure Northern seed.
At the convention of the Christian Church held at the Coliseum in Oma(h)a Nebr 14 000 persons communed amid a vast service. The state was served with the sacraments and religious observance.
The Weekly Trade Review notes increased railway equipment and iron and steel demand, with coal shortages looming and vast rail purchases abroad. It highlights robust labor, eased money pressure, rising wheat exports, record grain movements, and steady retail trade despite mild weather and occasional slowdowns in pockets.
A market roundup lists live cattle hogs sheep and grain futures across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with price ranges for wheat corn oats rye and dairy items. Notable figures show Chicago hogs 4.00 to 6.75 and New York creamery butter 23 cents, eggs 20 to 24 cents.
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