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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1891
Page
1
A Watertown druggist extols Boschee’s German Syrup after a patient with a severe throat illness found relief within a few days. He notes strong trust in the remedy and offers assurance of no charge if results fail. The story reflects a local testimonial case linking the product to patient recovery.
Diverse items in the issue cover science, exploration, industry, and public life. Topics include balloon altitude records, Columbus sainthood, Australia polar expedition, beekeeping in Colorado, oil leases near Allegan, and beaverish civic notes. The roundup notes notable figures like Empress Eugenie, Prince of Wales, Senator Morrill, and philanthropist F Rindge, with various statistics on cows, paper pulp, and coffee exports.
Washington report recaps Chilean conflict marked by government navy absence and insurgent Col. Canto leading attacks. Government forces under Gen. Velazquez deployed from Concepcion and Santiago to hem in rebels, who surrendered after 30 hours of siege near the Aconcagua river and northern Coquimbo. Senor Lazcano hailed the outcome and noted missed naval leverage.
A 2 a.m. crash on the Western North Carolina railroad near Statesville saw the fast mail train derail from a high stone bridge into Third Creek. Twenty passengers were killed, about twenty injured, and the wreck prompted heroic rescue efforts as rails spread. Trains resumed on schedule. the bridge remained intact. Concurrent reports note insurgents’ victory in Valparaiso, with Balmaceda’s forces routed and retreat toward Santiago as rebels advance.
A Bound Brook railroad run set a record by exceeding ninety miles per hour. The train completed five miles in 3 minutes 26 45 seconds and ten miles in 12 minutes, averaging 43 seconds per mile.
The committee on uniform rank proposed a plan for a Sons of Veterans guards modeled on U S Army structure. The encampment adopted the report establishing regularized companies regiments and brigades all uniformed and officered under the new code and governance.
An inspired pamphlet in Vienna calls for raising the imperial military credits from 16,000,000 to 18,000,000 florins. It warns of a possible sudden war with only a few weeks to mobilize before the first engagement.
Nine prominent Murray County residents Henry Fincher George Mullins Barlow Mullins William Collins James Bramlett Lew Bramlett and Con Welch have been indicted by the grand jury for complicity in the assassination of Hosea Jones.
Below freezing in Pembina North Dakota reached four degrees below on Thursday night. The harsh cold injured the wheat crop and caused concern among farmers about potential damage to soil and forthcoming yields.
The frost struck Winnipeg Manitoba Thursday night in formidable form with temperatures from two to five degrees below freezing across the province. Much damage is certain as a large portion of the wheat remains green and vulnerable to frost injury.
Eight sailors deserted the U S Eighteenth Pensacola on Tuesday and about twenty more on Wednesday citing the ship’s unseaworthy condition and a wish to avoid sailing to China.
The Gambier and Easby collided at 1 am inside Fort Phillip Heads. Gambier sank with 26 aboard, including five saloon passengers, 15 steerage, and six crew. Easby rescued many, but no survivors were found in the water. Reports cite possible failures in lights and lookouts on both vessels.
A Chilean congressional party seized control of Santiago after Balmaceda fled. In Valparaiso insurgents captured the city amid bloodshed, and a mob destroyed Balmaceda’s mansion, the homes of ex-ministers, government offices, and the Balmaceda family residence as panic and fires lit the sky.
General Dyrenfurth in charge of government rainfall tests at Midland passes through Fort Worth on way to Washington. He celebrates success, saying six rain events occurred in three weeks under adverse conditions, including two heavy downpours and the heaviest rain in three years. He asserts the underlying principle is beyond question.
Rioting among Volga Germans, once prosperous farmers, now in distress as protests against rye export disrupt Vitebsk and nearby towns. Details from Vitebsk show the disturbance was serious as people opposed rye export.
The secretary of the treasury has paid the governor of West Virginia the sum of 27328 dollars, representing the direct tax collected from individuals in Jefferson and Buckley counties.
The Venezuelan congress has refused to ratify the reciprocity treaty yet officials at the state department believe an agreement will be reached. The department notes strong momentum toward a negotiated accord despite initial congressional resistance.
Official statistics show provincial debts of 14.902 billion lire about 2.93 billion dollars, equaling 514 6-10 lire per person and 515 3-10 lire per hectare. This is in addition to the national debt topping 24.000 trillion dire, nearly 5 billion GUO.
Wade Thomas and Bob Reed, both described as colored, were buried in a cave-in at the Alice furnace in Birmingham Alabama on Friday morning and smothered to death.
Constantine Ashargan once a million aire and later a ten dollar a week clerk visited Interpreter Arberly at the barge office in New York Sunday. He inherited a million from his Athens manufacturer father, squandered it in seven years, then another million from his mother and eight more years. After a yacht and travels to Constantinople and Rome, he came to the United States, beat his way to New York, and now seeks a third fortune from an Alexandria uncle. If it materializes, he plans a serious life back in his homeland, claiming to have learned a hard lesson.
Nine members of the Kite Arctic exploring expedition arrived in Halifax then headed to New York. They reached 77 deg 43 min N and 70 deg 20 min W, reporting luxuriant flowers amid eight inch vegetation and many specimens. They found Greenland charts wrong, left North Greenland expedition with Peary at Melville Bay, and weighed 118 tons of specimens. Prof Heilbrin mapped Murchison Sound and noted Herbert and Northumberland islands.
The Journal of the Chamber of Commerce in Paris reports that the Belgian government plans to declare Antwerp and other Belgian ports free ports. The aim is to establish Belgium as Europe’s warehouse.
In Hanover New Hampshire a town meeting approved a reward of 1500 dollars for the capture of Frank Almy the murderer of Christie Warden. Mrs Warden sent a letter authorizing division of any legal share of the reward among those who risked their lives the day Almy was captured.
The commissioner of pensions appoints Dr. J. Li Middleton as a member of the pension examining surgeons board at Winfield West Virginia.
News reports Balmaceda’s followers clash with congressionalists as Coquimbo promises trouble. Gen. Basquedano named interim president by the Valparaiso Junta. Balmaceda is said to have fled toward Buenos Aires after leaving Santiago with family and valuables. Esmeralda and Lynch accompany transports. executions proceed under martial law in Valparaiso.
A Sunday riot in Valparaiso saw laborers and government deserters torch and loot Balmaceda partisan properties. Fourteen fires raged overnight, destroying about two million dollars in property. Marine guards from the United States Britain France and Germany, plus a foreign-colony volunteer civil guard, maintain order as operations continue.
A large party of Hebrew refugees arrived Monday from the Cunard steamer Etruria and were detained by immigration authorities for examination of their physical and financial condition. Many are penniless and came with families, misled to believe they would be welcomed and given homes by the government.
Report from Paris and London citing congressional agents that Don Augustin Edwards will become Chili president. He ranks among the wealthiest Chilians and funded the revolutionary cause early in the insurrection.
The steamship Arizona arrived in New York Monday with eight Sea Gull sailors among its sixty crew, recounting a tragedy that left twenty six crew members stranded after a gale wrecked the Sea Gull near the African coast.
During a Montreal circus street parade on Monday several lions in an open cage began fighting. Equestrian Lawler tried to quiet them but was seized by a lion and lacerated badly.
A broad snapshot of Ohio happenings features a Medina man dying in prison from typhoid, a Tiffin liquor dealer arrested, a Bellaire plant moving to Chicago with a large bonus, and various local incidents. The piece notes rail and telephone expansion, mosquito complaints, a Thanksgiving Messiah performance, and political notes across counties.
Advice on conduct urges restraint and sincere kindness over showy hospitality. It cautions against judging others as romanticized while promoting perseverance, cheerfulness, and genuine concern within daily life at home.
A collage of quips, cartoon captions, and light humor from 19th century or periodical sources. It includes Mrs Sleek on mourning dress, Count De Queer jokes, a jeweler's witticisms, letters between Jake and Cora, sea mollies, a Washington Star line about cultural curiosity, a spelling reformer joke, a cemetery sales gag, and two dying anecdotes among dandies, all presented in brisk newspaper card style.
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