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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
7
Twenty eight bodies lie at the morgue and twelve others are hospitalized after a devastating fire at the Rochester orphan asylum. Twenty six victims were children aged two to fourteen, with two adults among the dead. Attendants’ gallant efforts and hospital scenes marked a tragedy unmatched in local fire history.
Representative Hill of Connecticut introduces a bill to keep the legal feeder silver dollar at parity with gold. The measure, along with a Levy bill from New York, will be reviewed soon by the house committee on coinage with hearings for Secretary Gage and other financial authorities.
On January 4 the river and harbor committee approved a provision authorizing the president to negotiate or arrange with Canada to fix levels of the Great Lakes and contiguous waterways as much as possible.
The Navy orders Admiral Kauts to retire from his post as chief of the Pacific station effective January 28. Rear Admiral Casey, commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, will succeed him. Rear Admiral G W Sumter moves from Port Royal to replace Casey.
The Turkish government furnished D. Thomas Norton, newly appointed United States consul at Harpoot, with traveling papers that serve as a safe conduct for him to reach his post, subject to the U.S. securing a formal exequatur from the Turkish authorities.
The navy department received a telegram from Commander Sargeant aboard the Scorpion announcing a mission or action involving Minister Loomis. The brief telegram notes a veiled operational context and potential liaison with the minister in the described region.
A fragmented report notes growing tensions over asphalt franchise rights and municipal approvals. The piece hints at ongoing negotiations and potential legal or regulatory action affecting roadwork contracts.
A January report says miners in the ate era fields will return to work as mines agreeing to pay the requested scale resume operations. All mines are included except the Northern Coal company.
A January 8 fire in Wilkinsburg, a Pittsburg suburb, destroyed the Penn building housing Caldwell and Omer dry goods and millinery and an adjoining row of stalls. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars. Cause of the blaze remains unknown.
In Topeka a public meeting sparked sharp exchanges as Kansas editors criticized the champion who remarked it would be preferable to hear clods on his daughter's coffin than her marrying the average young man. The clash underscores tensions surrounding attitudes toward marriage and social norms in the era.
The battleship Alabama is to join the North Atlantic squadron at Pensacola Florida. A shore drill camp will be set up on Santa Rosa Island before coal and provisions are taken aboard for a Gulf cruise. The fleet plans to return to Pensacola around February 16 and stay possibly until March 6.
North Hall Fraser, Bulloch County tax collector, reports a Memphis letter claiming kidnap of his 10 year old son Bass in Atlanta. Demand is for 5000 dollars with Bass's signature as proof. Fraser, a student at a tech school in Atlanta, has not been seen for days. Kidnappers say they travel to Kansas City for negotiations.
The Manchester Union reports a Philippine parcel sent to Mrs Margaret Sullivan, mother of Lieut William Sullivan. It contained a roll of fine veiling made by Iloilo natives, two polished shuttles, and a brief letter dated December 15 describing the weaving craft.
North Carolina reports for the two years ended June 1990 show 16 627 criminal trials and 10 345 convictions. The total is about 2 000 fewer than the prior two years, indicating a drop in cases.
An ad promises one hundred dollars for a catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The text urges readers to send for a remedy from Toledo Ohio and to buy from druggists, claiming the product’s efficacy.
The Army Returns show Britain's 220000 Tomm y Atkinses are mostly English with 26500 Irish and 16500 Scots. About 2500 listed as unknown and 142 described as foreign.
An old humorous quip contrasts a Boer father with a child about choosing between a Bible and a gun when faced with danger. Also advertised is a nerve remedy claiming permanent cure with a free trial bottle and treatise offered by Ca. R. H. Kane Ltd in Philadelphia.
A fragmented ad style passage mocks cosmetic claims and a cold cure pill box note. It mentions Putnam Faceless Dyes not spotting and a BromQuinine tablet with Br. W. Grove’s signature and a money back promise. It also references social norms in England about mentioning a girl’s bloom.
A tense domestic moment unfolds as every time the wife tenses her lips over tipping, the husband fears she will ask for money. The pattern suggests strain over financial requests and money-related anxieties within the household.
A note describes children choosing non tea coffee free beverages, and a glass falling in the kitchen signaling a domestic storm as the household tests GRATWOT.
An assortment of short ad copy and aphorisms featuring Carter's Ink claims, inexpensive phonographs, Beeman's Pepsia Gum, Parcur's Harm Bataan hair product, and various quips about law and small men becoming great.
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