21 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1884
Page
1
A Victorian era testimonial piece touts Hop Bitters as a universal remedy. It recounts a liver breakdown improved after seven bottles and credits the tonic with curing poverty and lingering illness, urging readers to trust the green labeled product and avoid counterfeit impostors.
A mosaic of scattered items from 1872 era press: locust plagues in Mexico, a 102 year old Portland resident, a UK beet crop threat from a German pest, and a Pittsburg glass factory suspension. It notes eduction uptake, vast US appropriations, New York police graft claims, and oddities from London and Paris, including rare fruit curiosities and a salt vein discovery in New York.
Grenada Mississippi and Greenville Texas suffer vast losses in fires. Grenada loses seventy eight buildings over three hours, with 300000 dollars in damage and 65000 insured. Greenville endures sprawling blaze across two squares, destroying fifty to sixty buildings and the county courthouse, total losses around 360000 with extensive insurance claims and incendiary fears.
In Wuceine West Virginia on August 17 Edward Brown of Martins Ferry suffered fatal injuries in a bizarre accident. Lacking gunpowder, he pressed giant powder in a coffee mill to pulverize it. The mill exploded, causing a blast that burned Brown severely and wrecked the mill and house. He crawled from the burning building with clothes aflame, death ensuing from extensive injuries and inhaled flames.
The Kenne bec Journal reports vandalism at Stamwood family cemetery where the infant son of Mr and Mrs Blaine is buried. The marble memorial dating to 1855 had the birth date chipped away, a detective is on the case, and community indignation runs high.
London reports forty one places and thirteen departments in France with cholera deaths, plus many more towns and villages not yet reaching outside reports. The cholera area forms a triangle from Toulon to Auxerre to Gap, spanning roughly 985, 245 and 310 miles.
Jos H Beck herms, a Cincinnati grocer, and his wife rode out for a buggy trip visiting two German cemeteries. After crossing Carthage Bridge the blind horse turned right, tipping the buggy over a 20 foot embankment. Beck herms died from a broken neck. his wife sustained serious bruises but survived.
Oscar Weiburg and four companions from Chicago hunted prairie chickens on Gus Frederickson’s farm near Payton Illinois when Andrew Bremer’s gun discharged mortally wounding Weiburg. An inquest found the facts as stated. Bremer rendered nearly insane by the incident.
On August 17 the coronation of Anam's new king occurred with grand ceremony. French residents and naval officers presented investiture through a gate normally reserved for the monarch and Chinese mandarins. Large crowds of Anamite spectators attended the event.
In Minterspur G August 16 a boy eleven years old, son of John Cutter living just over the Wayne County line, accidentally hanged himself while playing with a rope with other children.
Anoka Minnesota faced a fourth historic fire early today as a blaze devoured the Washburn Opera House and the High School Building. The fire began in the skating rink behind the Post Office and quickly spread through Main and Second avenues, consuming numerous dry goods stores, the First National Bank, and other structures. No lives were lost, but property losses are estimated at least one million dollars with many residents displaced and insurance claims pending.
A violent storm swept Pittsburg and Allegheny between five and six this evening. Heavy rain, hurricane winds, and large hail caused widespread flooding and structural damage. Danziger's trimming store on Market Street suffered roof loss and about ten thousand dollars in goods damaged. Library Hall and a frame house were lightly damaged or blown down, while other frame buildings were demolished. No fatalities reported.
Early yesterday W E Blake, noted anti saloon prosecutor since Prohibition, awoke to a flash and blast. A dynamite filled machine was found later, believed intended to blow up his home, but it failed to explode. Blake reports no known enemies despite heated prosecutions.
July drought battered Ohio with pastures tobacco and early potatoes but heavy rains on July 24 26 boosted corn and early potatoes. Illinois notes variable corn yield while Tennessee reports storms and wind harming crops. Wheat oats rye and barley improve. tobacco prospects mix. fruits show weaker than a month ago with small apples and dropping peaches in Tennessee.
August 18 Pirrsspurg Pennsylvania Austro Hungarian Consul Max Schamberg raised a small Austrian flag over the consulate door to honor Emperor Franz Joseph on his fifty fourth birthday. Chief of Police Braun ordered it removed and Schamburg challenged the move in court arguing the treaty allows consuls to fly a flag over the main entrance.
In Berks County Almshouse a young man with a fifty pound weight tied to his leg was found in a cell. He was identified as the neighbor's son, sent to the asylum as punishment for waywardness, not mental illness.
J B Garrison known as the living skeleton died at his mother’s home in Ritchie County Waertine West Virginia after enduring long illness following his notable marriage to a Philadelphia woman several months earlier.
In London August 16 the Parramatta River race in Australia saw Hanlan defeat by Beach prompting surprise. Hanlan, heavily backed, faced a strong favorite in Beach who surpassed Laycock expectations. A principal London backer wagered £500 to £100 on Hanlan, now a heavy loser, while many insist he did his best to win.
New York on August 18 reports the Arizona won the ocean race against the Austral and Servia. It arrived this afternoon after completing the Liverpool passage in seven days six hours fourteen minutes.
Sr. Josepa August 18 eight prisoners broke from the County Jail at 10 this morning. They escaped through the sewer pipe from the water closet. One man was captured. The remaining seven are still at large.
Washington dispatch reports Mrs Edmund Hudson known as Mary Clemmer died in the city tonight. The veteran correspondent had long tracked political affairs and was a noted observer of public life.
A man about thirty at the Bee Line bridge in Cleveland Ohio drew a revolver and shot himself twice in the left side before leaping into the river. He was recovered and taken to City Hospital where doctors expect recovery. Police found money and papers identifying him as John Griffin of Argyle New Jersey. A railway ticket showed travel from Fort Edwards New Jersey to Toledo.
Dover New Hampshire reports a severe heat wave on August 18 causing outdoor work suspension. Thermometer at 100 degrees at 10 o clock led to multiple prostrations among workers and bystanders as authorities issued warnings.
PHILADELPHIA August 18 Doctor Woodward U S A one of the physicians who attended President Garfield died here today.
Indianapolis report says Ex Governor Hendricks and his wife arrived from the East. His acceptance letter will be published after Cleveland's letter, and Hendricks will not actively campaign though he will speak at Muncie on September 6 if invited.
Maprio reports a terrible plague of locusts in Central Spain causing major crop damage around Ciudad. Preliminary estimates place losses at ten million dollars impacting local agriculture and livelihoods.
August 17 report states famed pianist Abbe Liszt sent an autograph letter to friends denying rumors of blindness at Bayreuth. He asserts he remains able to work without difficulty and continues his musical activities.
The New York trade centers on furniture made from buffalo horns not from bison. Horns come from cattle killed in abattoirs and sold at slaughter houses for low cost, then dried scraped and polished. German makers from Saxony largely dominate this burgeoning industry as prices rise above carved wood.
A long, dense column reports a string of Missouri and Ohio items. It covers a Findlay suicide, drownings from a skiff accident, tax adjustments in Cincinnati, murderers seeking appeals, libel suits, embezzlement cases, a jail inmate’s dice theft, local business insolvency, a doctor’s death by morphine, a band tournament, jail reform petitions, drownings of children near Loveland, a Newark water works vote, and other local tragedies and curiosities. It also includes philosophical musings on the Iron Mountains and a mix of legal, criminal, and societal notes.
The article recalls that courts forbid ward marriages without consent and explain the Infants Settlement Act 1855 allowing youths to settle estates with court approval. It cites cases of contempt for illicit marriages, including a nobleman’s plan involving a ward and a Fleet Prison parson, and another instance of a poor woman jailed for marrying a male ward who was intoxicated at an alehouse.
Toulon, chief town of Var, sits on a bay with two large basins named old and new port. Fortified by promontories and a peninsula, the town expanded 1856 to host 150 ironclad frigates. It endured repeated sieges from Goths to 1793, with plague visits since the fifteenth century including the 1721 outbreak.
A small bootblack visited the mayor with offers of five and three cent shines. The boy explains two kinds of polish, one costing five cents per shine. He says he works during vacation to buy clothes and will quit school when it begins. He lives with his unemployed father and handles cooking duties, leaving the mayor amused by the exchange.
Philadelphia Times reports an expansive overhead wire system totaling about six thousand miles. The piece highlights the city’s extensive electrical and communication infrastructure and the reach of its distribution network.
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