01 Feb 1894
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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
1
A poem traces chimes marking life from infancy to old age. The final chord signals death and the summons of a lord, with each time phase sounding in its era. Anns Temple reflects on time and faith in the Times.
The Queen pursues the Prentiss in a furious Mississippi steamboat race from Baton Rouge toward Port Hudson. Both vessels push to the limit, steam and crew strained to the breaking point, ending in a catastrophic explosion and the loss or injury of two hundred thirty-nine passengers and crew.
In a chaotic rush of steamboat danger Le Fevre steadies Coralie and me and urges us to move to the rear as he heads forward to warn the crew. A survivor recalls his shouting toward the pilot house amid the roaring boiler pressure and imminent catastrophe.
A survivor recounts the Queen steamship wreck on the Mississippi, Coralie aiding victims while the Prentiss ferried two hundred to safety. Police arrest Coralie and I for attempted abduction as townsfolk crowd the magistrate. sensational charges follow amid disaster chaos.
In Edwards county Texas the Devil's Sink Hole draws locals and scientists alike as a natural curiosity or possible shaft of a deserted Spanish silver mine. Explorers lowered ropes to about 150 feet without reaching bottom, fueling speculation and awe.
Leslie's Weekly profiles Utah under Governor Caleb W West ahead of statehood. A diverse population formed by Mormon missionaries for forty years faces a transition as church and federal powers unite. West, Kentucky born, 52, a lawyer, earns 23000 yearly and lives simply in a two story brick mansion used as executive offices.
A French engineer M Bazin proposes a roller ship design to reach speeds near thirty knots. An Atlantic liner would rest on eight rollers immersed about twenty six feet and towered by a platform twenty four feet above water. The vessel would move by engines driving the rollers, aiming to cut Southampton to New York to four days. Plan shows a four hundred foot ship with seventy foot diameter rollers turning twenty two revolutions per minute.
The piece recounts debate over Barbara Frietchie’s waving of the Union flag near Frederick during Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 march, notes letters from J R Markens and Whittier’s inquiries, and recounts Frietchie’s later fame, alleged resilience, and place in local legend. It links competing claims, family bravery, and historical memory across decades.
A safety note urges using a thick folded newspaper or cloth to cover a charged wire and avoid direct contact. Do not touch with metal or bare hands. lift with a stick or board to keep distance while the wire remains suspended and away from the body. The piece also notes the earth as center of the universe and the polar star as vision’s limit in a wide aerial cosmos.
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