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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1892
Page
6
A dense set of miscellaneous notes recounts curious facts and items: eagles nesting for fifty years near Lake City, library glove damage to books, giant human skeletons in museums, autographs auctioned in London, emigration in British Columbia, moon photography, Queen Victoria era needlework, hunting trophies, and Alaska products.
Kansas City and surrounding towns face the worst flood in years as the Missouri and Kansas rivers rise. Dozens of homes flooded, sewers backing up, and assets from Armourdale to St. Louis threatened. many families evacuated, some boats used to move possessions, several deaths reported along the river front.
A cyclone struck Avensta Kansas on Friday tearing through the south end and leaving fifteen residences reduced to kindling. Santa Fe stock yards and wires were blown down and several injuries reported including Ellsworth Hadley and Frank Marsh, though no lives confirmed. The funnel cloud lingered for an hour before passage and most wires remained down.
Senate drafts a $1200 annual grade for letter carriers and authorizes a $100,000 public building at Pierre. A Methodist conference backs a Sunday-closing condition on the world fair bill. House debates silver ore duties and sundry civil appropriations as Pinkerton inquiry opens. In Creston Iowa, James Dooley allegedly killed his aunt and 10-year-old cousin after a forged revolver order, with lynching fears reported.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs adjourned sine die in Chicago after electing officers including President Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown of New Jersey, First Vice President Mrs. J.D. Harvey of Chicago, Recording Secretary Mrs. J.C. Crely of New York, Corresponding Secretary Miss May B. Temple of Tennessee, Treasurer Mrs. Jane Cooper of Colorado, Auditor Mrs. H. H. Robinson of Massachusetts, and a board of directors: Mrs. Lilla M. Ketchum of Ind, Mrs. E. C. Sterling of Missouri, Miss May Rogers of Iowa, Mrs. Fannie P. Massachusetts, Miss Catherine Nobles of Louisiana, Mrs. Lindon W. Bates of California, Miss Octavio W. Bates of Michigan.
The Mississippi valley deep-water convention convened in Mesputs Tennessee with Rep. John C. Tarsney presiding. A resolution was adopted urging the U.S. government to provide continuous funds to improve the Mississippi River and its main tributaries for safe navigation and maximum feasible deep water operations. The item is part of a long dispatch covering various local and national matters reported May 14.
May 13 Mintasp Michigan Midland salt and lumber plant explosion at 1 35 PM wrecked the mill killing four men and injuring many others. The dead include John Allen A L Malcolm Richard Stears and Eugene Van Valkenberg. Injured listed by name. Owners blamed by some for defective boilers. plant and salt block valued at 50000 lay in ruins.
A vast water spout flooded mines near Fuenskirchen, sparking a deadly disaster with at least twenty two men dead in one pit and many more missing. Survivors and rescuers raced to reach flooded levels while upper mines remained passable for workers to surface.
Letter from Mrs Sarah J Coz praising August Flower after doctors treated heart disease and rheumatism. She claims the remedy restored health, strength, and vitality, saying it saved her life and left her stout and hearty. Includes dated testimonial context and endorsement language.
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