29 Apr 1886
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1886
Page
1
A report notes professionals from an indicated medical institution visit Buffalo to provide specialized services. The organized effort showcases collaboration between the IND SURGEONS group and local facilities, highlighting planned patient care and professional exchange.
The readable text shows a troubled plea about invalids and jealous physicians and warns of misrepresentation. It hints at refunds and a willingness to expose deceit, though the fragment offers limited concrete details or context.
An advertisement outlines Dr Pierce and his medical system claiming broad diagnostic power and cure potential for diseases. It asserts extensive data guiding judgment, offering a 1000 page volume and instructions for a price of $1.50, with a 10 cent enclosed fee for circulars.
Fragmentary note on medical science and treatment labeling illnesses as humanity’s malady. Mentions investigation and physician role but lacks clear events or named entities.
A medical association advertises a Special Department devoted to women’s affections offering treatment by skilled staff at the Surgical Institute in London and Buffalo. It promises quick cures for nervous debility memory loss and related conditions and offers a 168 page treatise for ten cents.
Boston reports a new mutual insurance society uniting Rhode Island Connecticut and Massachusetts textile mills. It aims to shield members from unfair labor actions, avoid Knights of Labor authority, and use arbitration. The Massachusetts payroll from joining mills totals about 15 million dollars annually.
In St Louis on April 23 a passenger train on the Michigan Central stopped between stations. A quiet bookish mechanic, later identified as General Master Workman Powderly of the Knights of Labor, wore the engineer’s overalls, tinkered under the engine, and restarted the train in minutes.
Seven miles south of Keyport, New Jersey, J Monroe Smith fears for his family after his wife, previously confined to an asylum, killed his four year old daughter with an axe and injured two other children. The scene ended with urgent medical peril for several youngsters and the mother under restraint.
Curiaco April 23. The Lake Shore switchmen strike in this city is ended as the company reaches a satisfactory arrangement with the workers.
A Mississippi river levee broke fifteen miles south of Helena Arkansas flooding about one million acres of primary cotton land. The crevasse is forty yards wide and cannot be closed. Water ranges from one to six feet, threatening to ruin the season’s crop unless rapid recession occurs. Planting had been halted three weeks prior and stock moved to high ground.
A blast planned at the church of San Luis in Madrid failed to occur at peak attendance. The explosion damaged the church interior and burned two sextons present. In New York a Brooklyn woman suffers blood poisoning after a cat scratch on her lip, swelling to the cheek and jaw.
In Reading on April 22 Alderman Scheetz settled a quarrel between Max Rebstock the Philadelphia brewer and his wife Frieda. The couple agreed to separate with her relinquishing articles bought during marriage. Frieda then married Albert Wolf of Reading and will reside there with him, after Rebstock renounced all marital claims.
Strikers at Have Meyer Sugar Refining Works Green Point clash with police. Three officers seriously injured, one striker head injuries, several wagons of sugar dumped into streets. Reinforcements from multiple precincts quell the riot by 3 10 p m.
United States Deputy Marshal Webb Purdon was killed during a midnight assault on his Manchester Tennessee home by moonshiners. Four assailants were mortally wounded as Purdon fired a shotgun during the siege before dying. A posse pursues the fleeing gang.
An old man named Murphy, sixty, was found at 7 a m in Beaver Brook three feet deep, drenched and muddy, asleep all night. He was brought to the police station exhausted, his mind confused, and drinking likely involved.
Londown April 22 The first gun of the Turco-Grecian war has been fired with Turks the aggressors. A Turkish force attempted to surprise Greeks building earth works on neutral belt territory. Greeks pursued, two Turkish field pieces were captured, Greeks intrenched on Turkish land, Athens orders evacuation and to treat incident as unauthorized outpost affair with no reprisals.
Wilkes Barre Pa April 22 All hope is given up for recovering the bodies of twenty six miners entombed in No 1 slope at Nanty coke. A second bore from the tunnel to the main penely found quicksand and water filling it. It is now regarded as certain the men perished on the first day of imprisonment by falling sand and rocks and cannot be recovered.
Senator Morgan of the Foreign Relations Committee reported a bill to indemnify Chinese victims of the Rock Springs riots in September last. The bill authorizes the President to appoint up to three U.S. officers to investigate and take testimony on the damage to Chinese persons and property.
Edward T. Shaw, who for twelve years carried mail between the Bevery post office and the railway station, was arrested today. He confessed to robbing the mails for several years, taking between three and five thousand letters and obtaining over $1,500.
William Wilworth of Coal Hill Arkansas was robbed of 1800 dollars by highwaymen on Monday night after selling cattle. Two attackers halted him and took him to a creek bottom where he was kept for about two hours. A posse tracked the robbers, who refused to surrender and were shot dead. their bodies lay unburied.
Major Holliday of Spring City, Tennessee, was killed while saving a valuable dog on the Cincinnati Southern railroad near Spring City. He rushed onto a bridge as a Cannon Ball Express train approached, reaching the trestle only to be struck and killed instantly. the dog also died.
Agent McChesney served notice on all Fort Pierre merchants to remove goods and cease business on the reservation side of the river, under Interior Department authority. Indian police delivered the order. The move risks over 500000 dollars and threatens many settlers who vow not to move except at bayonet point amid high tension.
Paris reports Greece will immediately disarm after French urging. Athens confirms the decision causing consternation as the Chamber of Deputies is summoned. Warships from England Italy Austria and Germany have withdrawn from Piraeus anchorage.
Prohibition supporters carried Rica Mono with a 5681 vote margin for licensing liquor sales. Manchester voted anti Prohibition by 626, and Lynchburg went anti by 1188. The colored vote favored anti Prohibition. Renewal is barred for two years. The results paralleled presidential turnout in key areas.
San Francisco cable edition reports in Guaymas that Geronimo's band raided ranches near Imuris destroying Casita station and killing fifteen Mexicans. A company of soldiers pursued the raiders. two soldiers died. Indians believed to move toward Nicori in the Sierra Madre as terror grips the district.
Kansas City Missouri April 26 A Kansas City special reports strikers took forcible possession of the Missouri Pacific yards driving out workers who had gone out six weeks ago. They organized in the yards and moved to the shops where workers left with little protest and no bloodshed. Fires in the shops were drawn and guards appointed to keep new men from returning to work.
James Forrester offered his seat to a lady on a Jersey City streetcar. An Italian passenger forced his way into the seat, provoked a dispute, and pulled a foot long knife, fatally wounding Forrester in the back. The Italian was arrested.
In Clarksville Missouri on April 26 E Weber from Smithville New Jersey won the fifty mile bicycle race in three hours seven minutes forty two and a quarter seconds. The time lowers the world record by nearly thirty minutes.
AvEN April 26 reports the Emir of Harrar has killed all Europeans in the capital and wiped out the Italian scientific expedition led by Count Purro. The grim tally underscores a brutal crackdown amid colonial tensions and regional upheaval.
The New York Tribune notes that daylight removal of furniture from vacant country homes in New Jersey belonging to New Yorkers has become highly successful. Neighbors claimed to see carts and assumed the acts were authorized, allowing the theft to proceed with little suspicion.
In Nokomis Illinois April 25 a thirteen year old boy August Middle was found dead after tying a rope around his waist to lead a colt to water. The animal dragged him, tearing the body, with the knot tightened to a four inch noose.
In CuicaGco April 25, Mrs. Sterling landlady of the Sterling House on Adams Street, with her daughter Emma and servant Miss Whalen, filled a lighted lamp with oil. An oil can exploded, flames enveloped them, Miss Whalen inhaled smoke, and despite fire department efforts all three died after hours of suffering.
A tornado passed one mile from Killeen striking Jacob Aselton’s house and killing a baby in the Norman brothers’ home. The storm, which came from the northwest, damaged the town and its vegetation as hailstones the size of hens eggs shattered windows and trees. The Aseltons and Norman family survived by sheltering in a storm-house.
In Matteawan New Jersey Nellie Smith, bitten by a dog six weeks ago, is improving under Dr A J Jackson. Her sixteen year old brother Thomas fell ill last Thursday, became violent and barked like a dog. Doctor unsure if dog bite occurred or hydrophobia, suggests nervous hysteria from sister’s illness.
In Dayton C April 25 a blaze gutted five hundred cattle pens at the Dayton Sugar Refining Company. The fire started in the hay department and is suspected arson. One hundred twenty six cattle were inside and all were burned. The pens had been filled Wednesday after the cattle were sold to Charles Zachritz who removed all but the burned cattle.
A woman named Harrison died on passenger train No. 4 of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad near Mitchell Indiana shortly after two this morning. She traveled from Mexico to Charleston West Virginia with brother and sister. In the last stage of consumption, the arduous journey proved fatal. Remains were taken to Louisville for burial preparations.
Frederick Blazer of Crestline was instantly killed by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree beside the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad track two and a half miles east of Crestline. The storm lasted about thirty minutes with heavy thunder, hail, and a fatal strike that also left a wife.
Henry Fryer aged sixty eight a longtime gate keeper at Druid Hill Park Baltimore was found dead last night hanging from a tree near the park gate. Authorities believe he balanced on a vine training accident caused his fall and entanglement leaving the body warm at discovery.
Port Huron Michigan April 25 Henry A. Smith intoxicated fled a thunderstorm and sought shelter in a neighbor's house. Neighbors mistook him for a burglar and shot him dead. The incident underscores danger of mistaken identity in severe weather.
St Louis master plasterers adopt eight hour workday starting May 1. daily wage rises to 3.75 dollars from 4.50 for ten hours, effectively a 15 cent increase per day. Journeymen expected to accept with no trouble anticipated.
Official Denver Mint figures show Colorado mineral production for 1885 totaling 22,561,000 dollars. Gold yields reach 5,000,000, silver about 500,000 and 700,000, with lead at 3,861,000. The report places Colorado as a significant mineral producer for the year.
In Caldwell Ohio on April 24 Mrs. Lizzie Way, wife of Charles Way of Gravesville, Monroe County, was killed when an infuriated cow gored her. The horn pierced her neck, causing almost instant death.
During a severe thunderstorm in Anton on April 25 the spire of the United Brethren Church was struck by lightning and shattered to the ground. No fire occurred and damage is about 31 000 dollars. Local repairs will be required.
Washington April 24 report by Joseph D Weeks employed by the Census Bureau outlines the number location causes and results of strikes and lockouts in 1880 The study notes underreporting by both sides uneven responses and the tendency to magnify or downplay strikes It details regional and industry patterns the ratio of successful versus unsuccessful actions and the financial impact including idle workers and lost wages with 228 158 estimated idle days and 13 million plus in wage losses.
A destitute Englishman arrived in Hamilton J with no money or friends. The mayor provided funds after inquiry and the Young Men's Christian Association supplied support. He later secured work and repaid the mayor and the YMCA, returning the funds and reimbursing the charity for meals he received.
The report covers Senate and House activities from April 20 to April 26. It notes executive communications, a rejected treaty on Weil and La Abra claims, nominations confirmed, and bills on judges salaries, Indian Affairs, liquor studies, and naval academy topics. It details river and harbor work, labor troubles, constitutional amendments, and various court and judiciary measures.
Now ceiled rooms are being advocated in England not merely for a cozier appearance but because they are believed to provide better ventilation by preventing the accumulation of an upper layer of foul air.
Sugar cultivation starts in Southern Florida with over two hundred acres prepared for cane near Kissimmee City where a sugar factory is planned.
Ohio lawmakers debated and introduced bills from April 17 to April 23, addressing taxes and county officers. Proposals include changing auditors start date, banning bankers on boards of equalization, regulating water rents, and penalties for strikers. House and Senate passed local measures and a roster print for War of 1812 soldiers.
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