16 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
1
A poem praising Hope as it endures night and storm, looking beyond darkness toward spring. The verses affirm Hope brightening through adversity, with sacred overtones framing Hope as rooted in God and guiding toward renewal.
A serialized tale follows Fannie McLane a young widow invited to Fort Sedgwick where Randolph Merriam and his bride challenge her. Slices cover engagements miscommunications and cross paths with Merriam on a wedding trip as Florence McLane's engagement is announced and travels shift to San Diego.
A New York magnate Mr John Harold McLane is shot outside the University club in Monterey while his wife Florence Merriam and companion travelers watch in fear. The assailant escaped as doctors treat the wounded man. Police withhold details as mystery surrounds the motive and identity of the attacker.
Frances McLane endures legal battles and whispered guardianship plots after the shooting of her husband. Merriam and Ned Parry navigate intrafamily tensions as Fan relocates, fights public scrutiny, and faces pressure from Uncle Mellen and sister Charlotte.
Frances considers reuniting with ex fiancé Mr. Merriam after marrying Mr. McLane. Harriet urges hospitality as Merriam’s widow expresses grief, while Capt. Grafton objects to Merriam’s approach. The scene foreshadows domestic tension at Sedgwick as Fan’s fate remains unsettled.
A fragment recounts the September 16 1702 eclipse in Jersey and the mass fear it triggered. Reports describe prayers, superstitions, hiding from celestial omen, and panicked laboring crowds amid storms and imagined threats. The piece blends historical echo with a later humor column snippet about jobless men and odd barter.
The fragment mentions a banana peel and a man reflecting on lessons for his children. The passage is incomplete and does not provide a coherent event, date, or clear entities to summarize.
In Newark on February 4, 125 pressers and moldmakers at the Trensey fibre plans factory began a strike after failed bargaining. A discharged worker from Pittsburg, Jacob Vess, sparked tension as the union committee urged reinstatement, which Heisey refused. The strikers were joined by moldmakers the next day. Akron notes a death in Wolcott family with ties to Lincoln era officials.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad was sold under foreclosure by Special Master Carlton on Tuesday. Ernest Z. video and AW Whrech, for the reorganization committee, bought the railroad for 1 million dollars, taking on the divisional mortgages and current liabilities totalling about 1.8 billion. The company will be reorganized.
Marietta February 10 Severe winter conditions clog the Ohio river as towboats with 7,000,000 bushels of coal struggle between here and Pittsburg. The Joseph Walton and its fleet ride aground at the Muskingum mouth while the Parley and others face dangers on Carpenter's bar amid rising waves.
In Cincinnati at Vine and Court streets a street car struck a butcher wagon injuring William Rogelhe who died at the scene and fatally injuring his employer Robert Meyer a wholesale meat trader. Motorman George Hofman was arrested on manslaughter charges.
Toledo reports unprecedented cold with lake formation of two to three inches daily. Thermometer fell to 15 below zero. An unknown man was found frozen to death near the edge of the city.
Toledo officials recount grand jury failure to indict Delos Sargeant Charles Sargeant and Minnie Winshike amid charges of wholesale millinery fraud. They are discharged as their attorney Frank Wright faces misconduct allegations for a biased jury charge.
The body of an unknown woman was recovered from a pond in Westwood on Friday morning. It was cut out of the ice. authorities believe she was murdered and her body disposed of there by the killer.
In frigid 20 degree weather on Thursday Rev. Wharton of the Christian church at Coal Run baptized one woman and two men on the Moskingenm river. No hole was cut in the ice and the candidates were immersed.
Gov Bushnell and President Kilbourne of the state centennial commission issue special invitations to governors and registrators of the old Northwest territory to participate in Ohio centennial events.
A four story structure on Superior street housing the Globe Clothing Co burned last night in Cleveland. Losses to building and stock are estimated at 100000 with adjacent buildings badly damaged.
Rendville Ohio miners, long on strike against the United Mine Workers, have broken away and returned to work at 45 cents per ton, 20 cents below the established scale, after months of stoppage in Ohio.
The body of a man was found Friday on Shinak ertown pike south of Dayton. The deceased is identified as Martin Duftinger who lived with his sons near the scene.
The coldest wave of the decade struck Warren Wednesday night with temperatures from 15 to 20 below zero. In Youngstown a Thursday morning gas leak fire gutted J. Resch & Sons leather store, Weick's bakery, Viall's cigar shop and Ockerman's barber shop causing about 30000 dollars in losses, partially insured.
John Holland owned the five story Gold Pen Factory in Cincinnati where a blaze last night caused $57,000 in damage, with $21,000 covered by insurance. The building and factory were both owned by Holland. The incident occurred on February 8.
A sweeping cold snap and brutal blizzard stretch from the south to New York and Washington. Reports note record low temperatures, heavy snow, and paralyzed transportation as ports and cities struggle with drifting snow, halted trains, and shortages.
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