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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1891
Page
1
A patient recounts eight years of distress from dyspepsia and indigestion, claiming August Flower relieved his symptoms and ended the chronic suffering. He asserts no other medicine helped and endorses the remedy as effective.
A listing notes a sale price of one dollar and fifty cents with the item to be sold within the United States by ev st. The brief entry emphasizes price and domestic sale channel.
A compact roundup lists diverse tidbits: Washington auditorium plans for 7,000, Panama Canal subscriptions nearing $260 million, public debates over navy manpower, a rose grown in Philadelphia reaching 17 inches, and numerous global notes. It mentions Empress Everenne comforting Prince Napoleon’s children, a New Jersey farm decline, oil wells and output, the Declaration signers’ document sale in England, Alfred Tennyson’s tenure as poet laureate, and varied local curiosities from Boston, Denver, and Chicago. The items mix politics, science, society, and oddities with no single news thread.
The second autopsy on Harris A. Smiler, among four executed at Sing Sing, revealed severe skin damage from electrocution. Doctors describe skin stripping on the eyes nose chin and leg, with scorched flesh and a raw appearance though claimed to be superficial.
Santiago de Cuba papers praise the camera polar method, invented by a local physician, for fighting yellow fever. They report treated patients recovering, including those in advanced stages of the disease, in successful experiments conducted there.
Fulton Gardiner of Chicago claims a new electric drill can bore a hole of any depth by delivering power to the tip. He says there is no shafting needed and the only limit is how far electricity can conduct. He plans to demonstrate at the fair and even drill toward the earth’s center.
La Liberte reports that British papers, seeking to ease uneasiness about the German emperor's reception in England, profess friendship for France. The piece argues England would align with France’s enemies in war, and that France cannot rely on English impartiality despite not formally joining the Dreibund.
Mrs Eliza Ryan an eighty year old widow who has been totally blind for thirty years had a tooth pulled at Lamark Ark The root was nearly an inch long After extraction she cried out with intense eye pain and then said she could see clearly her sight having been restored
District Attorney Read filed in federal court the government s statement of claims on the 20 000 bail posted for Gide on W Marsh fugitive president of the Keystone National Bank Philadelphia with Wm H Wanamaker and John H Jones as sureties.
In Lowndes County Mississippi the new constitution has barely stirred voter registration. Of about 5,000 potential Black voters only 1,200 are registered, and merely forty four Negroes have enrolled, showing waning interest in the franchise.
Daniel Welch, a single colored man, shot and killed two colored men names Eddie Davis and Columbus and a white boy of 17 named Harry Odle near Olmstead Illinois. Welch claims a divine command to drive out all devils. He is arrested and jailed after the incident.
The Bank of Commerce in Sheffield Alabama, previously embarrassed for two days, arranged cash to meet all obligations and resumed business on Thursday morning as usual.
Illinois state entomologist Forbes reports experiments with European parasite larvae that attack Hessian fly eggs in wheat. A wasp shaped mite harms the fly by laying an egg inside the fly egg, destroying it. The parasite, first found in Southern Europe, is being tested in a controlled wheat patch.
Governor Nichols Friday respited Charles Large and William Dial who were to be hanged at Lake Charles. Hand bills promised Houston to Lake Charles excursion with First Regiment band and refreshments but officials ruled the scaffold visible to outsiders, defying Louisiana law. The governor postponed the hanging, disappointing Texas excursionists.
On a Suncook Valley railroad near Pittsfield New Hampshire engineer Charles J Hutchins could not stop a freight train in time as a child lay on the tracks. Hutchins hung from a car and grasped the child through the truck frame dragging the train to a stop. The child escaped unhurt while the engineer suffered minor bruises.
In Parkersburg West Virginia a young man named Charles Pearce son of Captain Jesse Pearce was found unconscious in his boarding house Friday afternoon. Despite efforts by a team of physicians he could not be revived and remained unconscious. Doctors called the case perplexing and without a prior parallel in their experience.
A Blaine family friend dismisses rumors of Secretary Blaine's death sank and reports steady improvement. He notes Blaine is seen riding and walking in Bar Harbor and expects full recovery by summer's end.
Governor Gray of Indiana rejects a New York dispatch claiming Scott Ray was authorized to visit Governor Hill about presidential intentions. Gray says he is not a candidate for vice president and insists on aiming for first place, not the second slot.
A proposal seeks to divert Jewish emigrants from Russia away from a single influx via Germany to distribute them along various European routes. The goal is to reduce attention by avoiding a large arrival stream in New York and to ease processing for destinations across Europe.
Several Parnellites have made overtures to join the McCarthyites on the condition they keep their seats at the general election. Mr. McCarthy refuses a pledge, saying the decision must be left to the electors.
Attorney General Miller has advised the secretary of the treasury that Chinese nationals convicted of illegal entry must be returned to China. This applies even if they initially crossed into the United States from Canada or Mexico.
England and Wales census reports a total population of 29,001,018, up 3,026,572 from the previous census, an increase of 11.65 percent. The figures highlight demographic growth across the region since the last count.
A Chippewa uprising on the White Earth reservation nears crisis as police tear down a hall where what the article calls orgies occurred. Delegations from Leach Lake arrive, tensions rise over land settlements and delayed government payments, with fears Gen Merritt may send troops to prevent a massacre. Chief White Clode appeals for order as cries of retaliation surface.
The German emperor and empress attended forenoon worship at St Pauls Cathedral in London on Sunday and rode in an open carriage from Buckingham Palace. In the afternoon they visited Lord Salisbury at Marble Hall, with high officials present. They will depart Hatfield House Monday afternoon, the emperor to Windsor to bid farewell to the queen and the empress to Felixstowe to rejoin her family.
In a letter to Richmond citizens Mrs. Davis widow of the late Jeff Davis says she has chosen Virginia to care for his body. She notes the claims of other states, but asserts his fame belonged to the South and praises Richmond for steadfast support during the South's defeat.
A recent careful survey of the crop situation in the Northwest reports unusually good wheat stands in Minnesota and North Dakota No 1 hard districts. Rain and temperature were favorable with minimal damage from winds rains or insects. Red River Valley expects to beat its best record at 35,000,000 bushels while farm hands are scarce and harvest wages range from 2 to 2.5 dollars per day plus board.
It has troubled friends and family to keep Blaine engaged to ward off dementia. He fears sudden death, believes his condition is improving, and wants to be left alone. His physician notes the serious mental impact of that fear.
The will of the late Hon Hannibal Hamlin was filed for probate in Bangor Maine dated August 23 1878 and makes no public bequests A movement is under way there to raise a monument to the ex vice president by popular subscription
Joseph Murphy a member of a group of confidence men on an excursion train near Chicago Sunday afternoon was fatally shot by Constable John F Dillman as he tried to flee. His companion William Wilson was arrested.
The czar and czarina will greet the French squadron at Cronstadt on July 23 and attend a banquet aboard the Magenta. The czarina and czarewitch are officially slated to visit Paris in September.
A state department report from Commercial Agent Griffin warns France and Europe must rely on American wheat. It cites 1890 French yield of 119,436,827 hectolitres and a 128,000,000 hectolitres demand for 1891, with 82,779,000 hectolitres expected for 1891, noting European buyers hope for U.S. grain as Europe braces for a shortfall.
After luncheon the emperor left Hatfield for Windsor Castle to say goodbye to Queen Victoria. The meeting showed cordial sentiment as the imperial party, escorted by Lifeguards, departed to London while the empress set off for Felixstowe to join her children. Farewell dinner at Lady Dudley’s followed.
Minneap olis hosts the decennial Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor convention with over 10 000 delegates expected. New England train led by Father Endeavor Clark arrives. officials report world wide growth with 1 008 980 members to date. Melbourne cable greeting, Bishop Vincent note, and Otis Tiffany address.
The Athos reports Fred Douglass, U S minister to Hayti, quit Port au Prince as Hayti would not recognize a U S representative, preferring to sever official ties to avert U S interference. Haytian officials fear United States influence and may sacrifice diplomatic intercourse to avoid it.
Minister Fred Douglass denies a Saturday broadcast claim he would resign from the Haitian mission. He says few die and none resign from positions he holds and plans to seek an extension of his sixty day leave, with a view to returning to his post in time.
Dr. Palmer's speech is shaping policy as northern Louisiana parishes endorse the anti lottery and threaten action to abolish the state lottery. New Orleans clubs form in support of the stance, strengthening organized opposition statewide.
A San Jose dispatch states Costa Rica seeks reciprocity with the United States and plans to grant concessions asked for. Costa Rica will send a strong exhibit to the Chicago fair, anticipating the United States will be the primary consumer of its goods.
Cholera prevalence at Mecca forces returning pilgrims to undergo a twenty day quarantine at El Tor before resuming their voyage through the Suez canal.
The common pleas court directed H. H. Yard to appear today before the council in vestigating committee. Yard was served but will not appear as his counsel appeals the order and the supreme court issued a writ to bring up the records. A stay until the supreme court ruling delays proceedings and Yard cannot be compelled to appear until next term.
In St. Paul Minnesota Judge Thayer instructed the jury to find for defendants in the United States vs John M Egan and C H Holdridge of the Chicago St Paul and Kansas City railroad over selling 5000 St Paul Chicago tickets to C H Petsch at seven dollars each.
George Francis Train arrives in Chicago from New York as part of his around-the-world journey to beat his previous time. He spends an hour at the Palmer House with local press before continuing to New Whatcom Washington.
A historic note reports over seven tons of diamonds from South African mines and 638 stones found by a British Guiana gold mine owner. It mentions African natives rolling cigars and an imitation wine made from figs in Algeria via fermentation.
A collage of light humorous lines from 19th and early 20th century papers. snippets include exchange between Miss Mabel and a suitor, a socks remark from Old Bellows, a lemonade memory, and playful quips about love gossip and theater etiquette.
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