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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1889
Page
2
A fragmentary entry emphasizes careful transcription of proper names and dates. It urges legibility of letters and figures, noting difficulties with deciphering unclear signatures and the need for faithful reproduction as evidence of the writer’s intent.
Portland schoolmaam Georgia Rattan draws attention with suggestive name as fashion circles praise dandelions. The Congressional Library in Washington houses 615,781 volumes and about 200,000 pamphlets, the nation’s largest book collection.
The New York Legislature, in a landslide vote before adjournment, enacted a measure requiring all freight cars in the state to be equipped with automatic couplers, aiming to improve rail safety and handling.
The year 1889 brings unusually hot weather then severe May frosts and ensuing floods and disasters affecting life and property, creating an extraordinary historical record of climate and damage.
Mrs A G Gordon journeys from San Francisco to Saratoga in a baggage car to be with her pet a St Bernard weighing 260 pounds. The dog reportedly carries 2000 dollars life insurance. The next census will use electrical census machines with a novel device for reporting names said to be errorproof.
A humorous historical remark notes there are many men named John Smith in government roles in the country. The speaker quips that such abundance makes one reflect that Pocahontas saving the original John Smith may have been an act of mistaken kindness.
A Boston woman questions the value of spiders in a thirty stanza poem suggesting disuse in Boston, while noting that in other regions spiders are used by women as handy utensils to cook meat.
Mrs Gladstone is honored with a bracelet by the Women's Liberal Association in London as they present her with congratulations on her golden wedding. Mrs Ann Pearsall Smith, an American, is noted for delivering the best woman's speech of the evening.
There are eighty five national cemeteries in the United States costing the Government over 250000 dollars. Registers list 325000 inhabitants with 148833 nameless. Graves of the unknown are tended as carefully as those of the known.
The 1864 embankment collapse near Sheffield killed about 250 people and caused roughly 1.6 million dollars in damage. Charles Read’s description in Put Yourself in His Place memorializes the event and its enduring memory.
The article asserts, on good authority, that Alaska’s coast line exceeds that of the United States. It notes Alaska includes eleven hundred islands, some sizable, and describes the territory as an empire in extent with a vast interior still untouched by civilization.
A Murray County Georgia gentleman owns a deed to land in Kentucky bearing Daniel Boone as witness. The aged document is musty but the handwriting of the famed frontiersman remains bright and legible.
Mrs MALINDA SKELLEY of Millersburg Pa lost a $5375 pension when she married and changed her name to Mrs Anderson eight days earlier. A pension grant letter and voucher were issued but had to be returned to Washington.
A rare sight in New York harbor, the gun boat cruiser Buzzard arrived from Bermuda to carry dispatches to New York for cable transmission to the British Admiralty. The Queen's ships rarely dock in American ports due to desertion risks.
Official Agricultural Department data over ten years indicate five European countries import more potatoes than they export with an average net import of 13.5 million bushels, Britain taking about 10 million. Germany France and Portugal export more than they import, led by Germany at 10 million. The United States imports about 1.7 million bushels more than it exports, while Canada exports about 1.99 million bushels more than it imports.
Historic flood roared from the South Fork dam, sweeping Johnstown and nearby towns. experts warn typhus risk from decaying bodies as relief efforts surge with 2,300 bodies recovered and estimates of up to 8,000 dead. Rescue teams move through wreckage while looting reports are contained and aid pours in from Pittsburgh.
Johnstown, June 3. Recovery of bodies occupied thousands as debris trapped victims under wreckage. Six corpses were pulled from a small rubbish pile in the morning, with authorities believing most deaths occurred under collapsed houses as the torrent swept the town. Dr. D G Foster noted victims likely died from violent contact with objects in the river.
Report from Johnstown Pennsylvania on the disaster shows streets filled with volunteers and crowds seeking the dead. A school building serves as a morgue with hundreds of unidentified bodies, while a two mile line transports coffins to the site. Nuns who prayed in their chapel survived as floodwaters collapsed the convent.
Report details a May 30 to May 31 flood in Johnstown. Warned late by officials, residents fled too late as the dam collapsed at 3 30, towers and bridges swept away. A Nineveh patch uncovers 188 corpses. total dead rising to 230 after graves buried under four feet of alluvial sediment.
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