26 Jul 1894
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1894
Page
1
A garbled OCR text fragment shows incomplete dialogue including a quoted line about a gate and a mention of Miss Giddey. The readable portion suggests a narrative with interrupted speech and missing context. Names and events are uncertain due to the damaged source.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions cold, pity for Mrs Jingle, a reference to ointment and soap products, and a Boston Herald style mention of Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents. The text reads as disjointed ad copy with broken quotes and stray phrases.
A fragment notes a slight cold and the scrofulous condition of impure blood as a concern, hinting at health beliefs of the era without further detail or context.
A collage of facts and curiosities touching Holland colonies, Panacea in Missouri, self harm among minorities, Pineville sulfur wells, New Orleans watermelons, a Chicago bar admission, steamboats to South America, California almond crops, Japanese incomes, Argentine cattle losses, Niagara suspension bridge history, Buckhannon's Shakespeare folio, Turreted Turpe t population, Trajan's Danube bridge, Muskeeon toy industry, Saxony mines, Montpelier oil, weather bureaus, and varied antiquarian and social notes from old newspapers.
Washington reports Surgeon General Wyman receives note from Dr. Eldridge on bubonic plague in Yunnan Canton and Hong Kong. Epidemic spreads from Canton to Pakhoi and Hong Kong with high mortality. Quarantine tightened on ships from infected districts. precautions extend to Japan and potential U.S. risk.
Superior fire department rushed to South Range Wisconsin Sunday afternoon to protect the village from a widespread forest fire. Several buildings burned, fires rage within thirty miles of the city, and dozens of settlers have been burned out. Several sawmills destroyed and thousands of feet of standing pine charred.
Carl Browne leads seventy Coxey marchers into camp at Whiuwrxetos Delaware after a Washington trip to press bankers and brokers. Browne says the group will proceed to New York to meet the bosses themselves.
On Sunday twenty nihilists were arrested in St Petersburg. No reason given. speculation centers on a plot against the life of the czar. Authorities expect further action as the investigation continues.
Atlantic and Pacific railway shops at Atavevergive N M were closed indefinitely Saturday. About four hundred men are laid off as a direct result of the A R U strike amid a financial downturn.
The Standards Constantinople correspondent states that more than a thousand people were killed in the recent earthquake. Government authorities and relief teams coordinate efforts to assist survivors and restore order in affected areas.
A head end collision near Cincinnati on the Big Four line involved engine No 470 and another engine. Fireman Taylor was killed, and Engineer Hart was injured. Several passengers and tramps sustained cuts and bruises, with no other fatalities reported. The crash followed a delayed route near Fern Creek as trains collided after a braking attempt by Engineer Diver.
In Erin Tennessee on a Saturday night a duel on the depot platform left two men dead. Allen Olcott betrayed Miss Virginia Reed and fled from Kentucky. Robi Reed pursued, forced Olcott toward a train, and Olcott shot Reed. Reed mortally wounded fired back, killing Olcott, then died an hour later.
United States Consul German at Zurich says there is a shortage in Switzerland after last fall’s hay famine and surplus stock was killed. Beef on the hoof urges American cattlemen to communicate with the Swiss Butchers' association president.
Early Monday morning the steamer Louise was seized just east of Point Pelee island by the revenue cutter Petrel. The Louise is a vessel engaged in the fishing trade running between a city and Beamington Ont. The cause for the seizure has not yet been ascertained.
Washington July 24 Senator Gorman said Monday's visit to the capital was rumored but not connected with the tariff conference. He added the visit was entirely pleasant with no hard feelings shown by either side.
The Ven Rocres Porst in Iown Harbor reports on Monday’s race where the Allennia defeated the Vigiant.
Chicago whispers detail a plan by the American Railway Union and the American Labor Union to absorb all non railway labor and coordinate wage readjustment to pre panic levels. A January convention would report wage cuts from 1892-94 and pressure corporations to restore pay, with a general walkout if denied. Debs' influence looms as leadership debates whether to fuse Knights of Labor or preserve its identity.
In Quirago on July 24 the United States circuit court began contempt proceedings against Debs Howard Kelcher and Rogers under Judge Seamans attachment. The packed courtroom, deputy marshals, and labor crowd reflected high interest as Judge Grosseup presided and both sides presented their arguments. Two defendants, Overton and Driscoll, remained absent with later hearings set for Tuesday.
DeiitH Minn July 23 Mrs Anne Shager of this city a short time age brought a contest against Amos Carr over pine lands near Elephant lake northwest of Duluth. The contest grew bitter and expensive, Carr fixed up 80 agreement with her. The contest has been declared off and they will be married next Tuesday.
San Francisco July 23 Col zy FT Hall assistant U S treasury agent stationed on St George island Berhring sea reports about 2 500 seals taken this year from St George and more from St Paul to meet the government quota of 7 500. He predicts seas are increasing and with proper management there will be no scarcity henceforth we will take this number and have abundance to spare.
In Wasate Ton July 24 Secretary Gresham finally admits an article quoted him sent a telegram to Tokio expressing regret over continuation of Japan's unjust war on Korea. He apologizes to Japanese minister Tatano, accepts the quotation's accuracy, and says unfair construction followed. Entente cordial to be restored. war danger between Japan and China deemed averted with Korea reforms.
Dunovan Minn July 24 Jeff Hildreth and other owners of the Little American mine Rainy Lake City arrived noon with twenty seven ounces of free gold and rich concentrates from one day’s stamping. The free gold valued at forty nine dollars came from thirty tons of ore. The Rainy Lake mill runs day and night and stamps will be doubled at once with a new mill planned.
In Guicago on Monday afternoon a fire on Van Horne street killed Moritz Arka and left Frank Cizek fatally burned. Ten houses totaling 16000 dollars and much household property were destroyed, leaving twenty families homeless. The blaze started by four Antoine Cizek children playing with matches in a shed.
Advices report a mountain cloudburst in Prieta district southwest of Satu Lto. The torrent washed away several ranchmen and shepherds homes and at least fifteen men are reported drowned.
Debs and eight ARU members including C Ss McAuliffe F W Archibald Eugene A Debs were held for trial by United States Commissioner Bloody on charges of conspiring to obstruct the mails. No bail is set for Debs, believed to be in care in Chicago.
Coastal Tixople July 24 reports the engagement of Abbas II of Egypt to Ermine, youngest daughter of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz who was murdered in 1881. Ermine is 16 and Abbas about 20.
The Senate debated the agricultural bill with a final tally near the House figures and discussed Indian appropriation funding for schools and industrial programs. House activity included bankruptcy legislation, land entry extensions, and conference talks on tariff and other measures amid partisan clashes.
A lynching occurred in New Spenta Louisiana on Monday, targeting Vance McClure a Black man accused of assaulting his employer's daughter. While the police jury met nearby several men seized the jail keys, accessed the jail yard, and hanged McClure in the hallway of the jail building.
Central News reports a private dispatch stating Japanese aircraft bombarded Korean ports. The claim notes attacks near major port facilities as tensions rise in the region.
Wasurxetom July 2 records show Gresham, Lamont, Smith, and General Bissell meeting with the president at the house Monday evening. The situation was reviewed but not concluded. Secretary Carlisle left the White House late in the evening.
Last night at Coal City in a remote district of the tour US a man named John Brown killed himself after being deserted by his partner for another man. Authorities report the death was self inflicted and linked to personal tragedy. The incident occurred prior to July 4.
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