06 Sep 1894
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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
1
Frayed OCR text conveys a garbled dialogue about a father and a visit, a call to a cook, and a vague incident at a store. A line references Wyse of the prominent source Union and a bitten person entering a store last seen week. Moral urges patronizing a ruse and hints at women’s help and a theologist.
Readable fragments describe a sale notice with dates in October and a mention of a ticket agent and a passenger deal. The text also strings together a reference to a catarrh cure and Ram’s Horn, with garbled names and prices. The overall item lacks coherent details.
A severe forest fire sweeping northern Minnesota over two days left a massive death toll and widespread destruction. Reports place the dead between 263 in Hinckley and up to 1,500 overall, with hundreds burned near Mission Creek and in surrounding towns. Widespread telegraph outages delayed casualty tallies as fires raged and winds carried smoke and embers across Duluth and nearby communities.
Ohio State News reports a sensational tale from Fremont involving Fred Albritton 18 and Lillian Oram 18 who wed August 16 at Lacarne via Rev C K Fillibrown. License was in Sandusky and the couple treated it as a joke. Parents investigated to find the minister unordained and the marriage null.
Infernos in Pine Kanabec and Carolton counties and Burnett county Wisconsin sweep through Pine City Hinckley and surrounding towns. At least 400 settlers and others perished or were suffocated with the death toll possibly rising to 500. Known dead include 150 bodies recovered near Hinckley and dozens more in Pokegama Mission Creek Sandstone and other towns. The blaze destroys Hinckley with 250 to 300 dead and 500 to 600 homeless.
The Fifty Third Congress adjourned in quiet fashion as most members left early. A large crowd of Knights of Pythias filled the galleries but vitality was at a low ebb. Only about fifty members were on the House floor and a quorum point halted unanimous consent. Senate attendance was similarly sparse.
Delegates from states and territories gathered in Denver for the fundamental 1¢emP Big Com gress opening. Secretary Fred presided as W. E. Smythe and officials urged unity, independence, and cooperative western development through public lands, jobs, and homes. Governors and the mayor welcomed attendees, then credentials were reviewed.
A long collection of disparate statements cites distances to Chicago churches, Tokyo exports, German streetcar motors, Alabama paper, and various oddities. Includes claims about Alaska publishing, U.S. home ownership, ages for marriage in New Jersey, celery farming acreage, and a two horned snake seen in Waycross Georgia, among many other scattered items.
Krxeston New York September 3 fires along Ulster and Delaware railroad blaze through hundreds of acres of timber, meadow and brush. Farmers shield buildings by plowing around them while smoke chokes cities and fruit withers. Drought threatens New York water supply with no meaningful rain since June and New Paltz reservoir running dry.
Sixty Canadian pilgrims attended Sunday mass in the hall of the consistory in Rome. The pope acted as celebrant and, after the service, allowed the pilgrims to kiss his toe and spoke a few pleasant words to each of them.
Marquette Mich Sept 3 The western division of the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic road is crippled by the loss of bridges in forest fires. Several other roads have suffered serious losses.
The Daily News correspondent in Vienna says cholera is raging terribly in Rusetew Poland with Stepnica Mie show and Pinczow identified as major centers. Inhabitants are camping in the woods and refusing to obey medical orders, concealing the sick and treating them independently.
In Rocnestee New York on September 3 a wealthy hermit named John Metrav was murdered and robbed near the city authorities report a fatal assault and theft.
Springfield dispatch reports a bold robbery at the Wabash ticket office at noon Monday. A safe was pried open and about $1,000 in coins and silver were taken. a single deaf mute woman, serving as a train employee, was the only witness.
Directors of a Pittsburgh baseball club released Buckenberger who had managed the team for three years. Catcher Connie Mack was chosen to manage the club starting this season.
Imes Haskett, 32, a resident of Stranghaus, died by self inflicted gunshot on a morning after prolonged illness with consumption for over two years. The report notes his declining health and hasty action amid a long illness.
In San Francisco Thomas St Clair one of the sailors aboard the bark Hesperus who was sentenced to hang on September 21 has received a presidential respite extending the delay until November 2.
Parkersburg West Virginia September 4 O H Stapleton who has been operating a collection bureau here for several years has assigned assets estimated at $4,000 with liabilities not yet known.
Epixauren near Veitch, 65, died recently at the university town. The deceased, known as Momisy, was a poet and author, with ties to Prof. John at Glasgow. The report notes several published works and a lingering influence in regional literary circles.
Sep Hongkong reports success in eradicating plague cases with authorities announcing a free status. Public health officials urge continued vigilance and sanitation measures to prevent a resurgence.
A chaotic scene unfolds as gangs dig trenches to halt fires spreading from a gas field. The fires extend over a broad area on both sides of the region, with men fighting to control the blaze and protect nearby property.
Readable lines describe a fragmentary Danville incident with unclear persons and actions. The text lacks verifiable details such as full names, dates, places, or outcomes needed for a precise summary.
Mapisox Mississippi September 4 W W Moore brought from Fanning Rankin county died Monday from poisoning, his brother dying soon after. Fourth victim from same can of ice cream served at a Fanning wedding repast last week. E T Potter married to Miss Ella Allen. Collation served after ceremony. guests suffered violent retchings. The bride's home turned hospital as doctors aided the injured.
Near Newsite in Tallapoosa county, James Ashley and his son Robert attacked farmer Robert Cross in a field. Cross, who had kissed Ashley's daughter at church, was held while seven bullets ended his life. A posse pursues the Ashleys, with a possible lynching if caught.
A four story brick flat at 374 and 376 Park Avenue on Fifty third Street burned early Monday. Nine families inhabited the building. In the panic a mother threw her Emily, age four, from a window forty feet above the sidewalk. The child struck an awning and survived, then reached the sidewalk unharmed.
Hinckley Minnesota reports a gentle rain after forest fires Saturday that leveled much of the town. Only two to three buildings remain, the population of 1700 previously sustained railroading and lumbering industries. Officials fear the death toll in the region may reach about 1000 across the state and neighboring Wisconsin.
Detouttu Minnesota relief efforts move forward as a train brings about 250 destitute and blistered survivors from the St. Paul and Duluth route. Fifty bodies found at Sandstone, many identified, search continues for the dead. A second train with supplies clothing and doctors will depart for the burned districts early Monday afternoon.
Gov Waite issues quarantine against Oklahoma after New Mexican herders barred from Colorado drive their herds into the strip aiming to enter Colorado from New Mexico. New Mexico may retaliate with a Colorado sheep quarantine.
The steamer John Wilson arrived from Bluefields reporting quiet conditions there. Markethead returned from Port Limon with no new foreign arrests. All but one who were not taken into the interior were given five days to leave the country and departed.
Ottawa Ont Sept 4 The Dominion Labor congress began its business with energy on a national holiday The main topic is adopting a labor platform to unite all organized labor bodies under one program.
The remains of the late Representative Shaw lay in state Thursday morning guarded by twelve uniformed Knights of Pythias. The congregational delegation and over fifteen hundred knights attended the obsequies, and all business was suspended.
Steubenville reporter: Charles and Joseph Miller, itinerant workers, crushed to death while attempting to steal a ride in a Panhandle boxcar loaded with rails. The car jolted forward, pinning them against the car and killing them instantly.
Washington, Sept 4 Labor day becomes a legal holiday for all government and public offices and onlookers. The first Monday of September is now a public holiday equal to Christmas New Year’s Day February 22 May 30 and Independence Day.
In Minneapolis leaders organized relief for fire victims with food and clothing to Pine City by Tuesday morning. Cash contributions exceed 12500 dollars, Firemen's Relief Association gave 1000 dollars, police to donate. Businessmen plan resolutions for James M. Root in tribute to the engineer's bravery.
In Sennett Arkansas on September 4 Miss Julia White of Gibson City went sparrow hunting with a Martini rifle. She fired and loaded the gun leaving it with Gibson Taylor a Kentucky visitor. She warned him she would shoot and then fired. Taylor’s body will be shipped to Louisville Kentucky to his relatives.
A Pennsylvania conference between window glassworkers and manufacturers ends in a wage reduction of 22 percent from last year. Workers approve the cut after resisting a proposed 45 percent. Factories will resume operations soon under the agreed terms.
At Gallipolis Ohio an amateur beheading scene derailed when a substitute with a real ax appeared. The doomed actor Frank Canaday fled the block as the ax swung. the substitute’s aim narrowly failed to sever the head, leaving the act in shock and chaos. Mines in the Massillon District to Reopen after idle period. A three man committee from the Massillon Coal Operators association will hire new workers and restart mines at sixty cents per ton within a week, with operators united to share losses from the wage dispute affecting about two thousand miners.
Benjamin A. May has been named receiver for the Ashtabula corporation of Chicago after the firm defaulted on interest payments on bonded debt. The West Virginia corporation, organized August 1, 1891, issued bonds totaling $100,000.
Edward 8. Dean of 27 Dean Street, a wealthy retired businessman, shot himself early Friday in Cleveland. He placed a shotgun against his heart and died instantly. Dean had suffered from dropsy for several years and ended his pain.
Hussar Aug 31 The Cooperative Rolling Mill Co formed to reopen the idle mill at this place has declared its first dividend of 1 percent. All employees except the bookkeeper have contributed 30 percent of their earnings to the general fund since startup, and many express dissatisfaction with the payout.
Sept 1. Lipszy O reports John Mack William Johnston and William Mahan, youths from the western part of the county, attempted to saw bars in a jail escape bid.
Massillon Ohio workers for Central Union Telephone Co went on strike after contractors offered 35 cents for a six foot hole. Dry hard soil prevents earnings from exceeding about 70 cents a day under the present rate.
News from Sept 1 reports John F. Elder, agent for Metropolitan Insurance Co., has been mysteriously absent for about two weeks. Company officials are reticent about details.
United States Marshal Henry Bohl and Post Office Inspector C L Wayland arrested Albert Heed in Couumars O on Friday night. Heed was taken into custody at Flushing D where he was captured as an embezzling poster in Idaho.
Fostoma Dero, wife of Adam Johnson, a young farmer near this, elopes with the hired man James O. August 41. The fragmentary item notes a scandalous union involving a farmer and his laborer, with few further details available.
An instructor at the Chicago university experienced cramps Friday afternoon causing disruption. Further details are unavailable in the fragment.
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