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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
2
A collage of social, political and cultural observations. mentions include Mofakhamed Dowleh, Italian art imports, Russia and czarina embroidery schemes, France navy plans, Milwaukee German population, Lord Playfair and British science progress, Roosevelt on athletics, and Cromwell's view on parenting expenses.
Rome August 1 Thousands of telegrams pour in as work halts and venues close across Italy for the king's death. Municipalities in major cities plan tributes. Messina held a funeral procession while Palermo staged a solemn demonstration honoring the late monarch.
A chaotic fragment reports public sorrow after the death of King Humbert of Bhat and a silent response to the municipal office. Crowds cheered the new king in some towns while others voiced demonstrations as military and naval forces prepared to take an oath of fidelity to the new monarch.
Vietor Emmanuel HE of Mary tribe, believed prince of Naples, born November 11, 18H in Naylor, wedds Princess Helene of Montemnara in Rome. In a Rome noon meeting, officials abhor the crime, Conservatives plan the obituary line, students parade, no disturbances. Queen regent proclaims new king and immediate parliament. warships gathered as King Victor begins reign.
Aug 1 in Munza Italy details the sudden assassination of the king amid cheering. Gen Paglo Ponzi aids the wounded monarch as shots ring out. The assassin is restrained by a furious crowd, and the king dies after exclaiming it is nothing.
A scrambled report details a London style claim by a suspect from America about killing Humbert. It notes Queen Margherita's flood of sympathy, the shock over King Humbert's death, and Rome officials reporting an assassination attempt. The narrative then shifts to Paterson, New Jersey, identifying Angelo Bressi and Gaelio Fiessi with contrasting aliases.
In Pork Rapids Minnesota on August 1 Edgar Wheelan twenty five shot himself with a Winchester during a quarrel with a girl. The bullet entered through the roof of his mouth and exited the left eye. He is hospitalized in critical condition. He reportedly said she went back on me and I did not care to live any more.
Emma King aged seventeen and Harvey Skeel aged eighteen eloped on Saturday night from Stevenstown. They carried 31 in cash and were arrested the next day at Stockton while walking along the highway. Both returned home under parental forgiveness.
In a lake accident near Columbia on August 1, John K. Jones, carrying his five year old, toppled when the child lost balance. Jones plunged in to save the boy but could not swim to shore. The father’s body was recovered with the child still in his arms.
A Welch Minnesota store was robbed at gunpoint by two men who took only 1.50 from Peter Johnson. In Sioux Falls Deputy Marshal Ludlow arrested G W Belkink in Monroe for a mailroom theft after hours. Fishermen along Fraser River largely returned to work, while Stevenson militia remains on duty. Jack Hiefer received three years for horse stealing after prior lighter terms. Cedar Falls Normal School reports a record Summer session with 800 teachers enrolled from across the state.
London reports operations in South Africa have reached a standstill as Lord Roberts returns with his staff to Pretoria. Commandant General Botha and General De Wet elude pursuit while De la Rey besieges Baden-Powell at Rustenburg. Casualties mount near Fouriesburg and Foerlers Nek as 6000 Boers, wagons and cattle retreat into mountain passes watched by British troops.
General Christian Dewet offers surrender if his followers may return home unmolested. Lord Roberts refuses any terms but unconditional surrender. A dispatch reports Dewet posted on high hills near Relteburg seven miles south of the Vaal. Dewet’s younger brother P Dewet surrendered at Kroonstad yesterday.
Lady Randolph Churchill daughter of Jerome wed Lieut George Cornwallis West at St Pauls Knight’sbridge. The Duke of Marlborough gave away the bride Winston Churchill attended but Cornwallis West family absent aside from the groom’s brother as best man. Ambassador Choate and other Americans were present. The prince of Wales praised the bride as a sensible woman.
Miss Rebecca Murphy thirty five years old died at St Marys hospital Hoboken from septicemia after a pet kitten bite on her finger two weeks earlier. She was at home on Park avenue Hoboken when the kitten lightly bit her finger and the wound soon worsened leading to blood poisoning and death despite medical care.
Much uneasiness grips Bermuda as the First West India regiment displays hostility toward inhabitants. The discreditable conduct begins on arrival with soldiers entering shops, ordering goods, and refusing payment, then intruding on private homes and social gatherings while using abusive language when challenged.
Deputy U S Marshal James Walling reports Oregon grasshoppers sweeping Dawson county Nebraska, destroying wheat and corn stalks, leaving fields barren while hundreds of bushels perish daily. In West Virginia, miners gain ten percent wage rise as coal fields run at full capacity.
Diphtheria remains prevalent in Cottage Grove Minnesota as August begins with multiple children infected. Irving T. Morey and Lewis J. Crippen families report three and two cases respectively. authorities enforce strict quarantine to halt spread.
Theo dore Anderson, a plasterer for the Iron company, was blown by twenty five pounds of blasting powder at the Wilton quarry. He was thrown over a twenty foot embankment but escaped serious injury.
Five cars of the street railway company were damaged by dynamite placed on the tracks during the night. No injuries have been reported and no one is known to be burned from the blast. Authorities investigate the sabotage and warn of further attacks.
North Dakota items report Warpeton and Mayville marriage notes, deaths of Ramsey settlers, wool stocks at Glen Ulin, farmers plowing in Pembina, and ongoing river valley activity. Other notes cite mail routes, Fargo taxes, crop prospects in Nelson, Finley pastors, Bathgate business sales, and Hanchett mine work near Murrey. References to Russian prints in Grand Market, agent changes, and local court actions mix with weather, fires, floods, and patrimonial changes across Morton, Stutsman, and Jamestown regions.
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