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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1892
Page
6
A jumble of historical snippets reports on soldering with chloride of silver, a California woman fearing cranks, Chilean debt plans for rail and harbor works, relics at the World’s Fair including Jackson and Lincoln carriages, and varied foreign and domestic economic and technological notes.
A Penza dispatch from southwest Great Russia describes a brutal famine as temperatures drop to 58 degrees below zero. Peasants sell or kill horses for food while typhus and diphtheria ravage regions. thousands die daily and relief funds are allocated. Other notices mention famine areas in India and Montana urging public contributions.
The Hotel Royal fire in New York on February 11 killed seventeen people, eleven women and six men. Seven identified, two more partially so, with unidentified burials planned by Friday. Debris removal ended with no further bodies found.
Caroline Gardner a 15 year old coal miner's daughter at Federal Station near the city died after being frightened when two men Thomas and James Skidmore chased her. Coroner held them for manslaughter. Also noted: flour sent to Russia, a quick marriage in Farranport, a damage suit by Katherine Sobis, and various other brief items including Atlantic is higher than Pacific, two sisters killed, a dance knife attack, and a mayor convicted of extortion.
The national board of control approves the October 12 dedication programme for the exposition buildings. The sequence includes a march by John I. Payne, prayers by Rt. Rev. Bishop Brooks, reports by the director general, presentations of buildings, multiple musical numbers, a dedicatory oration by Hon. William C. P. Monroe, and the national anthem, with the director general presiding.
Reading railroad chief McLeod secures control of Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Central railroads and their coal properties in a broad combination. Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Central ratified leases joining the anthracite operations under single management. Samuel Sloan notes Lackawanna & Western sympathy and aims to regulate production and price similarity. Charles Spurgeon laid to rest at Norwood cemetery after simple funeral with large public attendance.
National lawmakers of the Fifty Second Congress engage in key sessions in Washington. Detailed coverage highlights committee work, votes, and policy debate shaping legislation and national priorities.
In Washington Feb 10 12 reports show senate bills adverse to mint expansion through treasury notes gold and silver coinage and farm price relief with a commission study. House adjournment plans and banking safety bills mix with presidential line of succession and guard duties for the world fair. Senate debates include navigation Mississippi and coasting trade. military academy funding advances. House acts include sugar bounty repeal and pension bureau review amid adjournment aims May 31.
At Columbus Ohio on Friday the United Mine Workers of America voted to abolish the defense fund and levy a ten cent per month per capita tax for organizing purposes. The general executive committee may levy a strike-support tax, and a resolution urging Congress to investigate the Pinkerton agency was adopted. The convention backed Chinese immigration limits, popular voting for U.S. senators, and federal miner protections. News items note various incidents and inquiries across the country, including a major opera house fire in Monmouth, a New York firm receiver filing, and multiple criminal and civic developments.
Lincoln's birthday was widely observed February 13 14 15 with bank and office closings and half day at many businesses. Banquets and speeches marked events in Chicago Brooklyn New York Boston and other towns. Notable gatherings honored Lincoln with addresses by Cul lom, Ingersoll, Hirsch and Patterson.
A collage of satirical snippets from a newspaper page explores sharp wit and urban goings on. Jabs at literary agents, a talking point on a hungry tramp, a brickbats exchange about a young man reforming, and a playful car driver tale intertwine with a column on servants wages and restraint. Names and places drift through an era’s voice.
An old advertisement extols a health tonic claiming to cure a wide range of female complaints and chronic disorders. It asserts guaranteed results or money back, urging sufferers to try the remedy for run-down or ailing conditions.
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