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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
1
A collage of dubious offers appears with claims for asthma powder relief training in bookkeeping and shorthand by correspondence. It mentions morphine cure timelines, druggists in Chicago and Lebanon, and agents wanted with a plea to readers to send stamps for circulars and samples.
The unreadable clipping hints at a page frontispiece and a feature for the year. It references an increased size or ading tone and illustration, but specifics are lost in the damaged text.
A patchwork of brief items reports extremities of public life including czars, counterfeit coins, weather forecasts, medical extracts, trade shifts, and local curiosities. Highlights mention Molotov era figures, American books selling abroad, a Samoa ex-king, a Siberian cat duo, a Davy lamp condemnation, and a potential Berlin outreach by Princess Olympia Bariatinski as czarist power plays mingle with daily oddities and industry notes.
A John Robinson circus train derailed at Union Depot causing wreckage and the death of canvasser George Squires. Bengal tiger, two lions, a leopard, a jaguar, an ibex and a vulture escaped prompting a citywide scramble before all beasts were captured.
The Globe editorial from Toronto argues Canada faces danger over Chamberlain’s fishery role. It recalls two years of Britain, America, and Canada talks, warns of possible non intercourse or war, and advocates unrestricted reciprocity as the only hopeful settlement despite a British politician’s interference.
At Sandy Hook Serge D Smolianoff fired nitro glycerine from a 100 pound Parrot rifle using eighteen pounds of powder. Shells of ninety two pounds carried five pounds of nitro glycerine each with an igniter. Fourteen inch thick wrought iron target displaced up to eighteen inches after three shots, rivets broke, and fragments scattered inside the fortress. The inventor suspects steel shells would have blown the target to atoms.
CuicaGo Nov 6 Four bombs were discovered in the cell of anarchist Lingg following a jail search ordered after the Supreme Court ruling. A cigar box and a rolled gas pipe with caps were found under the cot, wrapped in Arbeiter Zeitung. Lingg resisted being moved and the jail was locked down as investigators examined the contrivances for possible ignition and explosives.
Fourth Auditor Shelley reports Navy finances: appropriations 33,188,396. warrants drawn 15,152,156. balance 22,620,428. vouchers expended 14,894,291. overpayments 28,301. surplus 416,037. Pension payments totaled 1,124,195 for 6,193 pensioners. Auditor urges reform of preaudits on large contract payments and limited disbursements to current needs.
New York health officials report cholera aboard the steamers Alesia and Britannia. The Alesia saw six voyage deaths with thirty five cases among passengers and nineteen fatalities, while the Britannia has four cases since arrival. Officials say quarantine measures have contained the outbreak to the port and will prevent spread to the interior.
Washington reports a Treasury Department statement for October noting a net circulation increase of 13,025,652 and cash rise of 14,240,514. By November 1 total circulation reached 1,396,512,349 and cash 693,... Gold bullion and gold certificates lead cash gains while silver certificates, U. S. notes, and standard silver dollars drive the circulation rise.
Representatives from all pressed glassware factories in New York and New England and a national manufacturers committee met at the Astor House. They decided to shut down every East Coast factory at the end of the month, a move linked to recent worker demands and seen as beneficial to the trade despite a looming strike for 3,000 Flint Glass Workers' Union members in the Eastern District.
A massive explosion in Bridgeport near Parkerspare West Virginia killed two men, F Richter and Julius Buchholz, and injured three others Henry Seber Jacob Kessler and John Elkas as a frame building blew apart while five men sat for supper. The keg of powder detonated from a spark and left only fragments of the structure. The victims left behind large families.
At midnight detectives jailed Wil frit Edward Youse and Adam Miller in Reapine Pennsylvania charged with passing counterfeit money. They confessed detailing the money’s production and implicating a dozen others. Eastern Pennsylvania is said to be flooded with bogus notes and coins with more arrests expected.
A Pattersonville sheriff's posse opened fire on a crowd of 50 to 100 black residents as Attakapas Rangers and locals moved on the town. Four colored men were killed and others wounded. Troops remained on steamboats nearby while mixed reports blamed the posse or militia for the fatal fusillade.
General Sheridan approved Captain Geo E Pond plans for a cavalry and artillery post at Fort Riley Kansas. The project aims to station an entire regiment of cavalry and five batteries of light artillery. Cavalry to be commanded by General Forsythe and artillery by Colonel Williston.
Twenty freshmen at the State University in Manpison Wisconsin were arrested for hazing the son of Professor Rossen Stengel. The student was dragged with a rope toward Lake Mendota before police intervened. The car case was continued until Saturday.
Report from Washington states Professor Cushmas, head of a Government exploring expedition in Southern Arizona, has unearthed an entire ancient city about eighty miles northwest of Tucson near the Salt River and Gila junction, exposing around two thousand skeletons.
Washington November 3 The annual report shows that during the past fiscal year accounts were examined and receipts totaled 918,619,391 dollars while disbursements reached 23,796,762 dollars.
Detroit Michigan November 3 L D Loss foreman in the mixing department was caught in a belt and crushed before the machinery could be stopped. His head neck back legs and arms were broken and one leg nearly torn from the body.
In Hawkins County at Big Poor Valley Mrs Wim Alvis found her ten year old daughter in a large fireplace burning rapidly. She leaped into the fire to rescue her child, but her clothing caught fire and she was fatally injured. The husband lies prostrate and unable to help.
James Smith, a respected Boc.iover resident, shot and killed Al Frazer at his gate after suspecting an affair with his wife. Smith then killed himself with a pistol shot. Frazer died at once and Smith died within seconds.
In Union Springs Missouri Ava District Henry Robinson a Black man was hanged today for the May murder of an elderly Black man who had a young wife. Local authorities carried out the sentence after a trial.
Jacksonville dispatch reports two new yellow fever cases in Tampa today both mild, and two deaths. Thirty six patients remain under treatment and are convalescing rapidly, signaling easing severity as the outbreak continues to be monitored.
Gus Lamert, 25, suddenly became insane this morning in QueBrc and fatally slashed his wife and child before turning the knife on himself. Authorities doubt any of the victims will recover as the wife’s hands were severely mutilated during the struggle.
An explosion at a Knoxville area sawmill in Macoy Georgia kills owner Forest J. Matthews and two African American workers instantly, with another Black helper fatally scalded. The boiler had been in use twenty years.
Luke Russel a young farmer from Crayven County was shot and killed while assisting to arrest Billy Williams a colored man who escaped after the shooting. The incident occurred in Raveien North Carolina in November.
Philadelphia, Nov. 4 The board of health reports that lepers have been smuggled into the port and are now in the city, prompting health authorities to take action.
London reports that Baring Brothers has contracted to aid in forming a Steam Navigation Company of Genoa. The line will run from Genoa to the mouth of the Rio De La Plata in South America, with a passage time of seventeen days.
The Crown Prince worse. Return, Nov. 7. A new growth has formed in Crown Prince Frederick William's throat too deep for oral operation. Physicians consult and Prince William speeds to his father's side.
The board of visitors to the United States Military Academy at West Point has submitted its report to the Secretary of War. The management of the institution is highly commended.
Curiaco reports extensive prairie fires sweeping Illinois and Wisconsin. The blaze threatens forests, fields, and grain stores, with authorities warning residents and logging operations of severe material damage across affected counties.
Nov 3 report from Moon City Iowa describes the elopement of Thomas Jefferson a colored horse jockey with Martha Faber a white young woman of respectable family. They have bought tickets for Minneapolis and the incident stirs local sensation as parents vow to intervene to rescue their daughter.
Griascson November 4 Mr. Michael Simon was today elected a magistrate of this city. He is the first Jew ever made a magistrate in Scotland.
Dr Porter reports to the Marine Hospital Bureau from Tampa Florida that seventy four yellow fever cases and nine deaths occurred in the past week. The year to date total is 325 cases. Epidemic is reported to be subsiding.
Springfield reports Governor Oglesby has received multiple threatening letters in recent days, warning violence if he refuses executive clemency for the condemned anarchists.
Fifty nine fishermen have been missing since the gale. Sever bodies lashed together have been washed ashore at Erabies.
Newarr New Jersey reports Thomas Wallace a convict at Essex County penitentiary Caldwell was shot in the head and killed instantly by a guard during an escape attempt last evening.
Nashville Tennessee November 6 a white man about twenty six was found dead in a loader lumber car he had been dead two or three days and is supposed to have come from Alabama stealing a ride in the car
Springfield Illinois dispatch reports the State militia prepared to respond if needed, with troops held in readiness as authorities consider a potential deployment. The brief note notes peacetime precaution amid unresolved tensions and rapid developments in the region.
A collision between freight and passenger trains on the Atchison and Nebraska road at Brenner Station near Atchison Kansas today left several people dead and injured.
Prof Comstock asks how to pronounce stingy. The clever student replies it depends on context: applied to a man or a bee. The line captures a witty classroom exchange about word usage and humor.
An old man named Sniffkins signals breakfast by lowering into the kitchen and starting the coffee mill when he believes his daughter's suitor has lingered past the limits set by rising coal and gas prices. The scene hints at homely domestic routine and frugal constraints shaping morning rituals.
A survey of bee eyes explains the compound eye with thousands of facets, cones, and nerve rods forming a complex optic system. Debates persist whether it is one organ or an aggregate of many eyes, with experiments and theoretical views including Muller's mosaic hypothesis and modern refinements by Dr Hickson.
A Sun newspaper survey notes rich owners lavish collars on dogs, with a gold and silver chain collar valued at 200 dollars on a greyhound. Many New York dogs wear 100 dollar collars, mostly owned by married women, while some fine dogs avoid shows to escape exhibition.
A collage of quips and humor from various papers. Jokes range from nautical puns to social commentary about a fire at Colonel Doggerty's wagon factory with remarks from Judge Witherspoon and Governor Standish noted among attendees.
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