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Fragmentary OCR reading notes coin or price terms from 1892 mention. Content unclear but references value in cents. No clear event, persons, or places identifiable.
25 Jun 1891
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reading notes coin or price terms from 1892 mention. Content unclear but references value in cents. No clear event, persons, or places identifiable.
A miscellany of 19th century items notes O Donnovan Rossa musing on returning to Ireland. Alaska influenza deaths rise with grippe like rates. California vineyards substitute white for Chinese labor. Maine official sports a 1859 straw hat. Census work in Italy advances. Emperor Wilhelm seeks to wed sculpture to Wagner.
Ohio Republican convention at Columbus June 16 17 nominated Maj William McKinley Jr for governor by acclamation and endorsed a platform supporting the McKinley tariff bill protection for agriculture labor wool gold and silver coinage and stringent immigration laws. A slate including A L Harris E W Poe W T Cope J K Richards and Charles E Grace was chosen for state offices and board posts with Asa Bushnell as permanent chairman and Robert Nevin as temporary president.
Brief profiles of multiple Ohio candidates born in Niles Canton Findlay and Circleville spanning Civil War service law politics and business. Records note military ranks elections to prosecuting attorney probate judge auditor state treasurer and senate candidacies with ties to Hayes Crook Hancocgt Lincoln Penn and Foraker.
The Natchez social system divided into nobles and common people, with Suns at the top and a strict line of descent. Nobility passed through the female line, females retaining rank forever, while men descend as nobles then ranks. Laws protected Suns from death and mandated the spouse’s execution at burial, forcing marriages to stankards.
A New York Sun quote reveals a match vendor's plan to market a universal sparkler. He notes customers vary in dislikes such as crackling, smoky odor, or box striking. He seeks a one cent box with balmy smoke, crackle-free and strike-anywhere features, plus trade discounts.
Evelina Tolliver laments social limits as a shadow drama unfolds. Miss Evelina notes thin skinned and offensive attitudes while her mother asks about the previous night’s shadow pandemic. Juno receives praise as Susie Jenkins disrupts with a walkout in front of the organice sheet, drawing attention to color prejudice reflected in the community.
A brisk exchange about a book of etiquette where the agent touts a fine set of works. The merchant shows disinterest as the agent highlights a chapter titled How to Give a Dinner, illustrating a practical yet sharp moment of sales and distraction.
A New York letter reports President Hippolyte of Port-au-Prince tried to seize four political prisoners from the Mexican consulate. Diplomats protested May 30, Hippolyte allegedly insulted the flag and crisis deepens as consuls fear retaliation. Douglass trembled, the writer says, and the Monroe doctrine moral stance is challenged.
A large gathering of colored people viewed a drownings scene after a buoyant rowboat collision on Curtis Creek. Seven people perished Saturday night, with several rescued by the tug Mohawk. Names given include Georgiana Titus Lulu Mason John Houston Walter Gaston and an unknown man.
The late Gen Albert Pike's will, filed by the grand commander of the Scottish Rite Idasonry of the southern jurisdiction, leaves all personal property to trustees for the order and forfeits for any child who obstructs the bequest. He orders the Choctaw award fee to his two sons and daughter and all real estate in Arkansas to son Yvon Pike. Funds from sale of his Little Rock property go to the United States to vindicate title, plus repayment for four horses lost in Mexican service.
A skiff carrying Will H Hoenis cher Will Kriepke Sam Randolph Fred Kriepke white and E B Wood and Thomas Eldridge colored was caught in a squall midstream below Golconda Illinois Friday evening and capsized. Will Hoenis cher and Will Kriepke died. E B Wood and Thomas Eldridge survived by swimming to shore. Bodies not recovered.
Dispatches from several Arkansas points report Jefferson Davis memorial meetings where committees were appointed to collect subscriptions for the monument. Good sums were gathered at the meetings.
A mass meeting in Richmond Virginia urged the return of Jefferson Davis The plan calls for a committee to travel to New York to persuade Mrs Davis to entomb her husband in Richmond as the permanent resting place The effort emphasizes Richmond as the most fitting site for Davis bones remains.
At Blenheim Ontario, Mrs. David Clarke drowned herself and her two youngest children Friday afternoon. Her husband deserted the family with their five other children last fall.
The peach crop of the country will be millions of baskets, signaling a strong year for growers and markets nationwide as harvests ramp up across major growing regions.
John Most, an archist, appeared Friday in New York court for resentence after an appeal for a new trial was denied. Judge Cowing sentenced him to one year imprisonment, and Most accepted the sentence stoically.
Premier Abbott states no special legislation will be introduced in parliament and the government will continue the Sir John MacDonald policy. The remark underscores the governing stance amid ongoing debates on constitutional and legislative reform.
Herman Haile, a New York animal dealer, wrestled a 14 foot boa from a bag after a fractured bag hole allowed the reptile to escape. His daughter Julia and two friends watched as Haile and the snake fought, leaving his arm badly bruised before the boa was reboxed.
A Sunday early morning riot at Heman's camp near St Louis involved 60 drunken laborers assaulting Italian workers guarding the new water works site. One Italian, Catalize Francisco, was fatally wounded and 22 others fled with belongings, as police arrested several men and the Italian Consul demanded protection and an official inquiry.
The Writing Telegraph Co. transmitted handwriting 1030 miles from Chicago to New York along the Postal Telegraph line. Test conducted at the Postal Co. Chicago office under General Manager Gump with many reporters present. Rain and wire contact reduced legibility of some characters, yet the instrument clearly drew every letter.
A telegram from Peru reports that the Chilean ship Esmeralda landed fifty men on Tabosguano islands to seize provisions. Island workers attacked, killed, and seized arms, the ship fired eighty shots until ammunition ran out. The message denies any Chilean government gain from Lobos Islands and calls for action against nitrate speculators.
Ex Senator McDonald died at his home in Indianapolis Indiana Sunday night at 1145 PM after a period of semi consciousness. He awoke early Sunday believing the end near and summoned Mrs McDonald to give simple funeral directions before passing away without apparent pain.
A thirty five pound gold nugget was unearthed in the newly discovered gold district of British Guiana and sent to England as a specimen of the colony's auriferous deposits.
Gen. Pope accompanied by his family on the St. Louis to East journey was forced to halt in Toledo, Ohio due to illness. Officials hope a day of rest will permit resumption of travel.
A petition of three hundred thousand names will be sent to the czar in St Petersburg within weeks asking leniency for political prisoners. The Siberian Exile Petition association organized the effort. The petition will fill several large chests.
Daniel Freas of Elmhurst Pennsylvania, a well known local man, was fatally shot at his door by unknown persons on Saturday night, with no view or clue to the assailants.
In Doake's pond near Washington Pennsylvania three boys aged eight to thirteen drowned while trying to save each other after one boy dived to aid a companion. John McKeown worth four million dollars, son of the late John McKeown oil magnate, led the daring rescue attempt. Walter Jones, nephew of a local church leader, leaped in to help his friends but perished as well. John Chanlis, nephew of the millionaire, also died in the tragedy.
Flood waters along the Missouri River near Kansas Point opposite St. Joseph Missouri erode land and threaten a new channel two miles downstream, prompting concern over altered navigation and local terrain.
The available cash balance in the U S treasury Monday June 22 was nearly 48000000 including deposits in national banks and subsidiary silver The net surplus is 4664879
Mrs Barbara Weidemann widow of a Chicago tobacconist is under arrest on two charges of poisoning her husband who died in May from arsenic like symptoms.
Troop D of the Second cavalry has departed Ft Wingate bound for the Indian country amid tensions as the red men quarrel over cattle theft among themselves.
The flags across Indianapolis stood at half mast in honor of the late Joseph E. McDonald. His funeral is set for Wednesday afternoon and is expected to be a major Indiana event. Telegrams of condolence arrive from many sources, including one from President and Mrs. Harrison.
In a disreputable Winston North Carolina house a colored woman and a man named John Smith were killed. Wilmer Walker is held for the crime.
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