News of the Week highlights vast array of financial and criminal items
A digest from North Dakota to New York cites flour trade moves in London, railroad earnings gains and declines, a Gould kin death amid smoking claims, court dismissals in San Francisco, treasury bond purchases, European wheat crop worries, a Baltimore cruiser test, a fatal accident, and multiple local incidents including fires, wrecks, legal notices, and industry shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota Millers’ Association
J. 8. Hillyer
Bismarck
London
Great Britain
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Carton Harris
New York
Jay Gould
Round Island
N. Y
United States Circuit Court
San Francisco
Justice Field
Brockton Court
Sawyer
Turwill
John W. McCoy
Johns Hopkins University
Peabody Institute
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Russia
Hungary
Wreck Victim’s Widow Sues Railroad for Damages
Mrs ALex. Keeder sues Knoxville Cumberland Gap and Louisville railroad for 25000 dollars over her husband’s death in the Flat Creek wreck on the 22d. Other items note Shanghai tendering for Pekin to Chinkiang line costs, a 70000000 rail project, and various incidents including a Philadelphia hospital elevator fall and a mine rescue near Cumberland Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. Keeder
Knoxville
Cumberland Gap
Louisville Railroad
Flat Creek
Pisparen
Shanghai
Pekin
Chinkiang
VETS IN LINE AT MILWAUKEE PARADE MASSIVE VETERAN SHOW
Milwaukee echoed with 35000 veterans marching past the reviewing stands along Grand avenue. Mrs Logan and General Sherman drew cheers as crowds thronged hotels and streets. Delegates caucused to pick a Commander in Chief with Vermont Minnesota Ohio Illinois Michigan New York Pennsylvania debating supports and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Avenue
Fifth Street
Pilaonkioton
West Side
Turner Hall
Light Horse Squadron
General Sherman
Thomas H. Brown
Pensions
Tanner
Warner
State Department
Lucius Fairchild
Juneau Park
John A. Logan
Illinois Department
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Plankinton House
General Alger
Commissioner Tanner
Mrs. Logan
Sherman
Louis Story
Minneapolis Post
Ole Olsen
East Lake
Mich
Minister Post
Georgia
South
Washington
Boston
Saratoga
How Type Is Made and Ostrich Waltz Report
A detailed account explains punch and matrix creation for type casting, the rapid metal injection mold process, finishing and sorting of letters, and standardization of font sizes. A Cape Town observer describes ostriches performing a waltz-like dance led by a male, then a brief quip about a tramp begging for rye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Cape Town
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
State News Items From Ohio Pages
The remains of Ab Wynn were found on his father's farm near Marion, after he died by self inflicted gunshot. A boy, Evenert Crozixi, was killed returning from a camp meeting when struck by bridge timbers and run over by a train. James Collins, Celina plate glass superintendent, was fatally injured by a Dayton and Toledo train. Robbery threats at Melmore and deaths in Kansas City, and Prohibition tickets named in Hamilton County and Mt Gilead. Italians on a rail project struck for higher wages, and various local accidents and legal cases noted across Ohio communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ab Wynn
Marion
Evenert Crozixi
Robert Crosier
Boonesville
Moundsville
James Collins
Celina Plate-Glass
Dayton
Toledo
Tukves
John Downs
Melmore
Mamie Burrow
Tiffin
Kansas City
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Morrow County
Mt. Gilead
Columbus, Lima and
Northwestern
T. S. Waring
Farmers’ National Bank
Greenville
Columbus Grove
Henry P. Owens
Columbus
Martin’s Ferry
Prairie City bank fails with large liabilities
The Citizens' Bank of Prairie City in Jasper County Iowa failed on the 29th with liabilities estimated at 75 000 to 100 000. Assets are claimed to be above the latter sum. The meeting lasted nearly three hours and discussed various allocations for Turkey and India and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ber
Turkey
India
Japan
Citizens’ Bank
Prairie City
Jasper County
Notable Obituaries and Heirship Notices Across States
Joan Dietrich of Canton, Ohio, named as one of three heirs to a $500,000 fortune from her brother Joseph Dietrich who died in Texas. Genera Isaac F. SuePaaro died in Billingham Massachusetts at seventy three. served as senior aid to Gen Lyon and led the Third Missouri infantry before becoming a Missouri Democrat editor after the war. Montana Democrats nominate Toole for governor and Maginnis for Congress. Liverpool? Hiram Mathewson of Cambridge Mass as heir to late Hiram Pearson’s estate, about $300,000. Maryland GOP fixes October 1 Westminster convention. Pennsylvania Prohibitionists nominate J R Johnston for treasurer with a platform backing Australian ballot and universal suffrage. Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrates 80th birthday at Beverly Farms. George Fawcett Rowe, playwright and actor, dies in New York at sixty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bayliss
Cincinnati
Wu. Beebe
Norwalk
Cleveland
A. J. Jackson
Thomas Cook & Son
New York
London
Charles Stokes
Jackson
Canada
Monte
Jacob Kick
Mansfield
Geo. Smith
Joan Dietrick
Canton
Baltimore
Joseph Dietrick
Texas
Fink
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus Chair Company
Columbus Bolt Works
Thos. F. Kenie
George Suydam
City Fire Department
Daniel J. Sheridan
Halliday
Mount Gilead Bank
Henry Gray
Martin Woodside
Tiffin
Law. Aiken
Sharon
Presbyterian Church
Wm. G. Deschler
Johnstown
Foraker
Louisville
Medina
G. W. Lewis
Common Pleas
Vol. Shank
Litchfield
Jacos Miter
Aultman Agricultural Works
Richland
B. F P. Cling
Thomas Bradley
Solomon Daubenspeck
Wm. T. Sheely
C. H. Burney
Hiram Baer
R. FB. Work
Joan Clements
Ravenna
Indianapolis
A. Ley
Akron
Columbus
B. Hamington
Valley Railway
Ina Sarra
Knop
Joan Dietrich
Law
Joseph Dietrich
Genera Isaac F. SuePaaro
Billingham
Mass
General Lyon
Lyon
Shephard
Third Missouri Infantry
Hiram Pearson
Chicago
Hiram
Mackinaw Straits
Lake Michigan
Mathewson
Maryland
Republican State Central Committee
Westminster
Pennsylvania
J. R. Johnston
Pittsburgh
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Beverly Farms
George Fawcett Rowe
Alt
England
Turbulent World Notes From Late July Dispatches
Reports from the Russian frontier record a 27th alt earthquake in Khensorik burying 120 people. Mesopotamia suffers Caorena ravages despite cutoffs. London dock strikes grow with 130,000 on the 27th alt, coal shortages shut factories, 250 steamers wait cargoes. Half of Dubno burned on the 17th ult with enormous losses. King Malietoa declines royal prerogative. Mataafa still rules in Apia. North China and Japan struck by typhoons drowning at least 5,000. London dock owners plan a $5 million cooperative harbor dock in Thames modeled on Boston–New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khensorik
Caorena
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
London
Dubno
Russia
Apia
Malietoa
Mataafa
China
Japan
Thames
Boston
New York Harbor
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News OF the
Philadelphia
Mason Smith
Democratic State Central Committee
Rome
Department of State
American Presbyterian Mission
C. C. Bennett
Burlington
Vermont
Richford
Autree J. Jackson
J. B. Grimes & Co
West Union
Treasury Department
United States Shipping Commissioners
Oregon
T. F. Oakes
Cracin
Hopkinton
A. Coburn, Son & Co
Ohio Penitentiary
W. J. Dann
C. C. Corner
H. A. Lanman
Illinois Central Railroad
Waterloo
H. H. Clark
Gould Southwestern System
Dodson
Sthult
Treasury
California
Beardsley
Board of Survey
United States Steamship
Navy Department
Dennis A. Kelleher
Beck
Kelieher
J. H. Clark
E. C. Jones
Selma
Meridian
American Legion of Honor
Supreme Commander
Massachusetts Council
Ironton Pig Iron Works
Buffalo
McConnell
Coughlin
Beggs
Burke
O'Sullivan
Woodruff
Cronin
Super A. M. Putram
Brandenburg
James Miller
Inman Line
Paris
Sandy Hook
A. H. R. Flake
Brooklyn
Tue
Charlemagne Tower
Mystic
Conn
Congress
Weeping Water
Neb
Sopris
Denver
Col
James Danachy
Ann Jones
Jaybridge
Bidwell
Reno
Nev
Tuer Barbers
H. H. Warner
Rochester
Missouri
The
Platte
Wingate
N. M
W. S. Stewart
Sixth Cavalry
Cornwall
Dansville
William Sears & Co
Grand Rapids
Henry A. Sage & Co
Easton
Alt. Sage & Co
Micnaxl Posse
Shelby County
Ind
Tur Embreville Iron Works
Jonesboro
Tenn
Willliam McCrosxry
St. Joseph's College
Bardatown
E. Siocum
Antwerp
Lown Sxornsor
Portland
Tweed Ring
Ring
Tur Bn Legion Select Knights
George F. Howard
Ill
Ira Creech
Joplin
J. A. Lindsay
Bradford
W. R. Sheen
Lawrence
Kan
J. W. Carr
Omaha
Joan Turner
Charles Walker
Layatteville
W. Va
J. Fry
Connress Man McKincey
Columbia
Southampton
Cumberland
Meom
Homestead
Arkansas
Louisiana
Neat
Daveverry
Xenia
Tux Cronin
Epward Hitchcock
St. Louis
American Bar Association
Harrison
Pexwn
Prince Chun
Empire
Price Chun
War Department
Jefferson Barracks
Milwaukee
Old Tecamp
Logan
Eighth Street
Tenth Street
Grand Army
W. T. Sherman
Lile
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