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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1889
Page
2
Riot and disasters reported across states in late January
Information from Charleston W V and other cities details a Mercer County riot with seven shot and two killed, a boiler explosion at Duquesne Pa killing two and injuring others, a passenger train wreck near Greenville Tenn with fatally injured engineer, and multiple legal and political moves including Platt and Afro American League notes along with rail and river works reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Flat Top
Mercer County
New York State Court of Appeals
Thomas C. Platt
New York City
Oswego
Duquesne
William Marshall
George Cooper
Robert North
Noland
Missouri
Chicago
Robert Russell
Michael Foy
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Greenville
Tenn
Gregg Dunn
M. Brown & Co
Schroeder
Driggs-Schroeder
England
America
Jon King
Erie Railroad
Philadelphia
George Kennan
John Field
Dr. McVicker
Joan W. Jones
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Toronto
Jones
Boston
New York
Baltimore
New Orleans
San Francisco
Washington
Cant Senverenpers
Detroit
Mich
Henry R. Stowrnn
Athol
Mass
Tur Lighthouse Board
Rav
Winigaam Eagan
Rochester
N. Y
Court House
W. A. Rayburn
Glen
Parsons
James Fursman
Judge Fursman
Troy
Smith & Fursman
Silver Cliff
Cal
James Archer
Joseph Parker
H. E. Waterhouse
Archer
New London
Explan Detorma
John Bridges
Auburn
Kan
Bridges
William Carr
Charles Webb
Wesley
Putnam
Bardell Huntley
Dinger
Taylor
Ceredo
W. W. Young
Lawrence Bank
Pittsburgh
Germania
Long Branch
N. J
Political and Personal Notices Roundup
Illinois figures AP point Apert C Rinceway confidential clerk to the Pension Office. Frank Hitchcock named U S Marshal for Southern Illinois. English engineer Wanker dies. T H Wives named special census statistician for pauperism and crime. A T C Pierson dies in St Paul. Providence mayoral race fails by 250 votes. Jacob L Waldeman ex minister to Sweden dies in Harrisburg. South Carolina governor backs separate railcar seating and Confederate flag preservation. proposes 6 million debt refund. Poet Manrrin Fanquhar Tuprer dies in London born 1810. Prof Robert Parrssey dies at 69 in Sewickley PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apert C. Rinceway
Illinois
Commissioner of Pensions
Ada Tanner
Frank Hitchcock
Wanker
T. H. Wives
Mlinois
Harrisburg
Tyrz
South Carolina
Manrrin Fanquhar Tuprer
London
Ife
Robert Parrersey
The
Presbyterian Banner
Sewickley
Forger Rolfe Sentenced in London for Ten-Year Term
Ernest Norton Rolfe received ten years penal servitude in London for forging a bill of exchange. The judge called him a veteran forger. Across Europe and America, Ergury women faced trials in Hungary for poisoning husbands with dozens of fatalities and many more accused of attempted murder. A Vienna dispatch notes Kendler bank failing with 2,500,000 florins liabilities. White & Potter lace firm Montreal assigned with 100,000 dollars liabilities. A Bochum colliery explosion killed fourteen and injured four on the 28th alt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Norton Rolfe
London
Rolfe
Europe
America
Gross Bezskerek
Hungary
Vienna
Kendler
White & Potter
Montreal
Bochum
Prussia
Notable incidents and deaths reported across the nation
Reports from multiple states recount assaults and injuries on railroad workers in Missouri and Ohio, a fatality from car coupling in Mississippi, and a rash of ominous events including drownings, executions planned at Sing Sing, and a subway era murder suspect. Also noted are political and legal developments in Washington and Utah, with the opening of Chicago’s Auditorium and the fifty-first Congress session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Josephs Co
L. Dyer
Kansas City, St. Joe
Council Bluffs
W. I. Daly
Greene Brown
Greenville
Miss
Asic English
Ashland County
Wis
Harrison
Chicago
Witte Bunting
Wapakoneta
Jos
Markley
Rank
Jerr Davis
Minneapolis Tribune
J . Rrv
D. Denasse
Jerusalem
Martin's
Perry
Oliver Fleming
Allegheny City
Broadwell Station
Athens County
Virginia
Maryland
Jackson
Ifog Island
Frank MacArthur
Judge MacArthur
Washington
Baltimore
Juper Anpensox
Salt Lake City
United States
Harry Hall
Nebraska Penitentiary
Provo
Utah
Iyers
Hall
Cronin Case Prosecution Rest Undone by Rebuttal Testimony
The Cronin murder trial proceeds with new testimony from Bailey Dawson and Colonel A C Babcock confirming introductions at hospital events. Police Inspector Ebersold and Pat Dinan described sightings and identifications while prosecutors argue a long planned conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cronin
Wm. Mertes
Carlson Cottage
Hen McBrine
Dyer Thompson
Dyer Thompson, Jr
O'Sullivan
Lake View
Carigan
Burke
Forrest
Mr. Foster
Beggs
Camp 20
Clat-na-Gael
Dr. Cronn
Forest
Schaack
Crow
Mertes
Alfred Kettner
John F. Beggs
Babcock
Gleason
Pacific Hotel
A. C. Babcock
Foster
Dawson
Frederick Ebersold
Rowan Nor
Crowe
Pat Dinan
White Horse
Captain Schaack
Coughlin
Andrew B. Anderson
Nieman
Hylands
Chester P. Smith
Longenecker
James Feltam
Feltam
Republican Ward Club
Grand Pacific Hotel
Bailey Dawson
Mr. Forrest
William Coughlin
North
Bartholomew Flynn
Daniel Coughlin
Elliott
Harrison Street
Bartram
Elliot
T. Conklin
Cronin Hved
History of Cards Origins and Variations Across Cultures
The article traces the contested origins of playing cards from ancient China and India to Europe, noting early American packs with figures like Washington and Adams replacing traditional kings and queens. It mentions 96 card Hindu packs and debunks the Charles II origin tale, citing St Louis Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Alexander
Cesar
Charlemagne
Judith
Palais
Esther
Regina
R. Lanzade
Washington
Adams
Franklin
Lafayette
Venus
Ceres
Minerva
Europe
Charles II
France
St. Louis Republic
Spontaneous Combustion Warns of Everyday Dangers
Science notes spontaneous combustion in common settings. Prof. Tenry cites turpentine soaked rags, oils, hay fermentation, sulfuric acid on bagging, and left open gas jets as fire risks. Ventilation and cleanliness reduce danger, with 70 to 80 degree heat favoring ignition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Tenry
Tenry
Science
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Bloomsburg
William Bigley
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pitenburg
Bigley
Supreme Court of Ilinois
Chicago Gas Trust
Tump
Hazen
Postal Service
Stern & Stern
Ginpert Morrer Levertt
Indianapolis
Ile
Bellefonte
Frank Gallagher
Joseph Mayes
Hugh Dunn
Elliottsville
Scottdale
Edward Callaghan
Powderly
Wise
Byrne
Judge Rucker
Harvey Young
Aspen
Denver
Col
Rucker
Young
Winniam
Korxins
Esther Wagamuan
Phillipsburg
Buford County
N. C
Mattie Cheve
Post Office Department
Caspar Hachule
Missouri River
Leavenworth
C. Gulliland
Citizen's State Bank
Selden
Leyrer
Keyport
Jacob Leyrer
Marshall Hill
Colorado
J. B. Frazier
F. Isor
Stephens County
Sheriff Cross
Frazier
Clermont
Batavia
Ohio
Martin Burke
Patrick O'Sullivan
John Kunze
Patrick Henry Cronin
Longnecker
Biges
Spellmays
Patrick McGarry
Sigular
Edward Spellman
Clark Street
Dr. Cronin
Spellman
Lakeview
Sunze
Kunze
Suste
Steil
Theel
Mr. Donohue
God
Jesus
Dr. Hull
Wing
History OF Cards
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