20 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1891
Page
1
Fragmented notes describe Wert, Ohio with Fan Wert Fimes and Fevek Preps. Mentions Guinanys death rate from smallpox, vaccination in one country, railroads, shipping to Brazil, and a Bethlehem experimental gun under water. Includes Burnside will case and Indian enlistment in the army.
A mass rally in Clay Square led to a mob attack on the parish prison. They seized and executed eleven alleged Sicilian assassins including Macheca, Politz, Marchesi and Caruso, with others dying or being injured in the ensuing gunfire. The killings ended with the crowd dispersing after Coroner Lemoniere viewed the bodies, while officials faced sharp criticism over juror bribery and crime handling.
A sensational New Orleans crime tale recounts Chief Henneesy’s belief in a Mafia conspiracy to kill him. On October 15, he faced assassins firing from behind a frame building as he returned home, dying next morning from abdominal wounds after seeking refuge. The case, tied to Mafia figures Matranga and Monasterio, unleashed mobs and a charged trial with mixed verdicts and a mistrial on several counts. In a separate incident, Nathan Ruby killed his employer William West following a quarrel and jealousy.
A blaze on West Fayette street destroyed the Hogan block and adjacent Ayers Oshill Solomon Kluffman and Fay blocks and the mayor’s former home. Losses total 457000 with 235000 insured. Washington street fire adds 685000 loss with 300000 insured. Helpers from Utica Oswego Baldwinsville aided. Vanderbilt and Candee houses escaped.
A jumble of quoted witticisms from the Pittsburgh Chronicle and Chicago Figaro discusses love, marriage, and absence. The notes claim marriage fixes, while experts joke that absence can deepen affection and gifts may not ease romantic trials.
A sweeping flood and winter storm roundup reports Cumberland River levels at 47.7 feet and extensive water damage in Nasnyillie Tennessee, with levee breaks near Mempas and Hillhouse. Weather across several states brings sleet and heavy snow, while notable items include heiress Mrs Mabel Elise inheriting English property valued over 10 million dollars and a fatal fall in Detroit.
London March 14 Mr Parnell publicly released his long expected manifesto to the Irish people in America praising aid to the land league and denouncing internal dissension. He vows to restore unity, purge weak or treacherous elements, and rally for a final effort to win Ireland freedom through constitutional means. Charles Stewart Parnell signs the appeal.
Nasville Tennessee March 14 A blaze at the Central insane asylum seven miles from the city on the Murfreesboro Pike Friday night destroyed the male wing and spread to the rest of the building. About 400 patients were moved to safety to the main building with fears of further loss of life. a list of six cremated victims is released including J S Johns J Burt Dexter Blue Persons and Leta F Holloway among others.
A Carroll County mob in Minas Tennessee dragged Henry Sanders aged 20 from his bed and hanged him to a tree within 200 yards of his home after the accused assailant of 11 year old Angie Belton had recovered from illness in Texas and returned home. The sequence followed Sanders fleeing to Texas then being brought back.
A garbled item reports a waiter throwing a coffee pot at a person named John Gulttivan and a teblessae action over a child’s treatment. It also mentions a thief with parishioners, a coroned woman in Indian Territory who gave birth to four children, all thriving.
At the capital Pursipent Hissisom joins a game of billiards using a heavy cue. P of the treasury is a millionaire stockholder in Standard Of Oo. He began as a dry goods merchant and became a tax champion in the senate with mentions of Senators Wolsott Blackburn Vance Butler Edo and others fond of the game.
An advertisement for August Flower remedy by G G Green, sole manufacturer in Woodbury New Jersey. It claims the product alleviates gloom, indigestion, and violent hiccoughs, portraying a man feeling dull, miserable, and hopeless after meals yet improved by the remedy.
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