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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
3
Ellen Osmond e reports fashion trends favor tall slender silhouettes while soft rounded forms under corsetry are still portrayed. The piece highlights blouses as a dominant style with varied sleeves and corset design, noting soft hip bands and new sleeve shapes for day and evening wear.
The London Telegraph reports doctors and matrons urging that engaged women be barred from probation at training schools. They argue engaged plans distract from nursing, while supporters say a year of nursing benefits married or single women. The policy aims to keep the profession focused and free from matrimonial interference.
A brief item from the Chicago Record-Herald notes a floral theme and a witty exchange about a florist, highlighting subtle social humor rather than a major event. The dialogue centers on a man who passes a florist’s window with ease and a woman who comments on it.
In Brooklyn Life a humorous note asks if evidence in a divorce suit showed Mrs. Flash as giddy. The quip recalls the judge and five of the jurors voicing a desire to marry her, highlighting social wit of the era.
The lesson recounts Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb and Jesus appearing, with Peter and the beloved disciple, and the message of the resurrection. It notes the Easter theme of life overcoming winter and the belief in immortality through Christ.
A summary of quarterly study lessons with golden texts from Acts and Epistles. Outlines include The Promise of Power, The Lame Man Healed, The First Persecution, The Sin of Lying, The Second Persecution, The Arrest of Stephen, The Stoning of Stephen, The Ethiopian Converted, Temperance, and admonitions to imitate God and walk in love.
King Victor Emmanuel gains a Rome license after a police commission hearing. Emperor William offers a prize for a farmers meter car while King Edward VII reportedly cures insomnia via an automobile spin and plans a third minibar. The Iron Crown of Lombardy, 1500 years old, is famed as rust free and bonded to its holy nails.
United Mine Workers of America adopt a provisional strike plan at Shamokin to withhold work on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays if no wage and conditions compromise is reached by April 1. President Mitchell warns a strike is imminent as appeals go to the National Civic Federation.
In a Monday morning wreck near Mingineers Gorge, four men died and three were injured when the Pittsburg Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago line trains collided. The dead include Norman Graham of New Castle Pennsylvania and James Thomas of Ashtabula. Injured were Carl Bishop of Ashtabula Mingineers Gorge Weather Erie Pennsylvania and Frank Brown of Ashtabula harbor. The crash wrecked two engines and derailed cars, suspending traffic for hours.
In Formosa a battalion fully protected from mosquitoes for 161 days during the malaria season reported zero malaria cases, while an unprotected battalion in the same period endured 299 cases. Also noted: separate incidents in Topeka and Reading involving mayoral altercations and wage increases for puddlers. Fire destroys a Tobacco Warehouse in Connecticut with estimated losses of 75 000 dollars.
Gen. Miles testifies before the Senate military affairs committee detailing his opposition to the proposed staff bill. He argues abolition of the inspector general corps would harm army efficiency and warns centralization could create a military autocrat, threatening democratic principles.
The Frisco's new Meteor train left the track on a curve near Francis yesterday. Four passengers were seriously hurt including William Atkins of Kansas City with a left arm injury, Mrs Maud Kivett of Kansas City hip sprain, Mrs Magowan of St. Joseph internal injuries, and S F Dutton of Kansas City who was thrown through a window and cut. The train crashed as cars left the track except baggage and coaches. engine and crew were tossed, auto brakes stopped the locomotive on the embankment and trestle approach.
Ardmore Indian Territory March 25 Rev Ensley Lamar a business preacher shot and killed Calvin VanWinkle aged 24 a well to do citizen of Cumberland Sunday night. Lamar had declared no other Christian belief than the Holiness sect worth considering and the remark provoked William VanWinkle the slain man’s Baptist father to invite him outside where the quarrel escalated and ended in the shooting.
In Havana on March 29 the court delivered sentences in the Cuban postal base embedding case. Neely and Reeves received terms of imprisonment and fines, with multiple defendants named in the complex arrangement. The Chicago scene and other cities echo the global reach of the proceedings.
Fifth district circuit judges heard arguments for George Ury and Marsh Lindsay seeking reversals of their murder convictions of William Johnson. Grounds include irregular overruling to quash indictments improper publication of testimony and alleged prosecutorial misconduct in procuring perjured witnesses for payoff or immunity.
Vessel owners have joined the ship carpenters and caulkers in a labor conflict with American Shipbuilding. Carpenters began a ten hour day strike January 16. Vessel men previously earned 3.45 dollars daily on workboats while workers got 2.75 dollars and the company kept 50 cents per man. After the walkout noncation men were hired at 2 dollars a day, yet the company netted 1.23 dollars per man instead of 50 cents.
Mike Ferenz escaped from the Cleveland workhouse on Friday March 22 using a prearranged plan. He obtained a long hooked pole to catch the fence top climb over and descend on the opposite side onto railroad tracks. Deputy Mack found the pole still hanging on the fence as he fled. Pereng had the worst record of any inmate.
Cleveland jury after 26 hours deliberation returns a guilty verdict against Strong on the second count of the indictment for assault with intent to rob. Penalty ranges from one to 15 years in prison. Strong awaited the verdict with a smile regarding the murder case of Emil Goodman.
In Columbus on Sunday the molders strike at the Rurig Engineerlng Co. plant led to a clash with replacement workers. Raymond Lackey suffered severe injuries and Thomas Suddleson was cut and bruised, both strikers. Three strikers and one non union man were arrested.
The body of Tony Tireber of Celina Ohio was found Friday a half mile east of Fort Recovery along the railroad trace. A revolver with two empty shells lay beside him and a bullet hole was in his temple. Tireber was a wealthy Celina businessman and had been in Fort Recovery the previous night.
John Duran a Hercules Torpedo Co teamster was killed yesterday afternoon when a wagon he rounded at the magazine north of Findlay exploded. Seventeen hundred quarts of nitroglycerine detonated producing a shock felt as far as forty miles away.
Edith Gordon 16 returns home to Cleveland with Kittie Cochran after being taken to Chicago. Henry Zarsky stays in Chicago. Florence McCoy 2 dies en route from Colorado to Jamestown. An oil gusher at Harmonyville cause notable activity. Three postmasters appointed in Washington. list includes Shriver and others.
Darbyville resident Harry Carpenter and an accomplice robed the Ohio post office on Wareh Street in Columbus. Carpenter pleaded not guilty before United States Commissioner Johnsten and was held on $1000 bond for hearing March 16, following Everete Roby’s confession from jail.
Ohio lawmakers report March actions in Columbus with measures on real estate transfers after spouses declared insane, penalties for unauthorized dramatic or musical works, state depositories, bonds for Cleveland parks, and new gaming and election provisions. Bills include tax powers for counties, cocaine sale limits, and penalties for bribery and primary election ticket switching. The Senate adjourned shortly. weeks show 1100 bills introduced and 14 percent enacted, with 41 general and 104 local laws.
Reports from superintendent Captain AW Stiles describe alleged cruelty at the girls' industrial home at Lancaster. A postmortem on an inmate found heart trouble as the cause of death. Local officials promise inquiry as brewing industry tensions surface and a German name linked to a family legacy appears in society chatter.
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