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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1891
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR style passage mentions Fen Bert Lines Trentiss Or and Tete Pye An, discussing gold, color, and secrecy. It references Arthur and a senator, population figures, and a furnace scene with misery. The text is garbled, lacking clear events, dates, or identifiable actions.
The report from Commissioner Raum shows June 30 1891 pension rolls totaling 8 18 180 with many widows and orphans listed and an aggregate value of 476 16 pensions. Land filings for the year include 2 163 000 acres in cash sales timber land and railroad selections with 20 241 filings and 77 000 in fees. Railroad and mining incidents reported include a Spain train collision killing 20 and injuring 23, plus a Tammany monument unveiled at Gettysburg and multiple local notices from Nebraska and other states.
An individual named Albert J. Moorehouss died by suicide at his residence in Delaware cone Bos. The report notes prior overheating while driving exile and a long illness preceding death. Also mentions Nancy Hanks racing news with a Kentucky meet.
The Chandler townsite choice triggers a water crisis as residents of a vast stretch face extreme thirst. Reports describe sickening delays, rationing, and panicked crowds seeking scarce supplies in a drought-scarred region. The distress escalates amid abandonment of Chandler and rising prices for muddy, dangerous water.
A compilation lists deaths and incidents across several states including Texas Indiana Minnesota and Wisconsin. Entries mention a Madison man’s death in Illinois a fire in Leadville Colorado and a runaway health of various local figures with brief notes on fatalities disappearances and business disruptions.
Terrific fires sweep across Minnesota in early September. Pine City faces imminent destruction as flames surround the town and threaten timber and property losses estimated at hundreds of thousands. Firefighters struggle to contain the blaze while winds push flames toward wooded outskirts.
A mosaic of late 19th century clippings describes naturalization hurdles at the port of embarkation, a suicide tied to illness, a lynching in Ameyutix and Rankin’s death after a confrontation, a New Jersey explosion casualties update, and trainman deaths in Hartford. Additional terse notes reference ongoing currency and political debates with Blair and Cleveland in the context of fiscal policy.
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