Russian boy branded for pear theft
A Jewish boy in Russia who stole a pear was punished harshly with the word thief branded in three places on his forehead, reflecting harsh attitudes toward crime.
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1890
Page
6
Hundred Year Old Veteran Receives Pension Increase
Hosa Brown of Linn County Oregon at age 102, a veteran of 1812, is awarded a pension of forty dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosa Brown
Linn County
Ore
Cannon from Fremont expedition at Kansas Capitol
The old Sacramento cannon traveled with General Fremont on his first expedition and is an object of interest at the Kansas State capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Plains
Fremont
Kansas State Capitol
Hotel Practices Probe Reveals Hidden Sleeping Rooms
Miss Puma S Trapper reports on a survey of fifty New York hotels finding eighteen require female servants to sleep in rooms under ground level. One hotel features a sleeping room ceiling four feet below the sidewalk, exposing harsh conditions.
Public Whipping Sentence for Drunken Behavior in 1663
The record from Massachusetts notes Robert Coles fined £10 for abusing himself with drink. He was ordered to wear a large white sheet on his back branding him as a Drunkard and to stand in the court as deemed fit.
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Massachusetts
Robert Coles
Death of Lieut. Aururvus Rupert French Veteran of Black Hawk War
Lieut. Aururvus Rupert French, sole survivor of the Black Hawk war, died in Baltimore aged eighty one. He re enlisted after Black Hawk and served in the Seminole war in Florida, sustaining severe injuries and was twice reported dead in battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aururvus
Rupert French
Baltimore
French
Florida
Tug of war saying traced to Nathaniel Lee
The quotation origins note a purist English view that when Greeks meet Greeks the tug of war begins. It cites Englishman Nathaniel Lee around 1700 as the author, with the reformulated version: When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.
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Nathaniel Lee
Dairy Dollars Drive Vast U.S. Milk Industry
The Tur American Analyst reports 2.0005 billion dollars invested in the dairy sector, nearly twice the banking and commercial combined. It estimates 15 million cows to meet milk demand and 60 million acres under cultivation to feed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
United States
Edison phonographic doll reaches 135 words
The Edison phonographic doll now speaks up to 135 words, up from 70, widening its range of speech. The text suggests future dolls may talk as freely as humans, with progress hinging on further combination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menlo Park
Curious Old Coppers from Japan and Britain
The Monseng from Japan was an iron coin worth about one two hundred and twenty fourths of a penny. England minted small coins as well, including a quarter of a farthing and a one third of a farthing during the George IV and William IV era. In good condition the latter can be worth a shilling as a curiosity.
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Japan
England
George IV
William IV
General FURLONG claims longest word in record in Wales visit
General FURLONG told a New York Press reporter the longest word is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, the parish church name he saw in Wales. He notes another long name could be found at home by seeking General Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Furlong
New York Press
Mutilation Debate Surrounds Burrows Death
In Alabama a heated dispute centers on alleged postmortem mutilation of Rube Burrows. Authorities note Burrows took care to avoid violence during life, and his ability to deter such acts supposedly shaped his long career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Rube Burrows
Mr. Burrows
Medford Blacksmith Henry Moore Seen as Longfellow’s Inspiration
Henry Francis Moore a Medford Massachusetts blacksmith, aged sixty one, is believed to have inspired Longfellow’s Village Blacksmith. The poet frequently visited Medford before writing the poem and enjoyed conversations with Moore, who agrees he was the model for the brawny smith beneath the chestnut tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Francis Moore
Medford
Mass
Longfellow
Moore
Inevitable Upheaval in Russia Warned by London Telegraph
St. Petersburg correspondent reports alarming interior ministry briefings. Prisons crowded with educated young suspects, disaffection grows, and incendiary clashes occur between peasantry and soldiers across many localities. Czar reportedly troubled by insomnia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
St. Petersburg
London Telegraph
Balloon wedding vows at the State fair in Birmingham
Thomas J. Mims and Miss Gertrude Pitman wed before ten thousand spectators near the grand stand with Rev. S. M. Adams officiating. They floated away in a monster gas balloon with Aero naut Baldwin on a bridal tour, landing on a mountain seventeen miles from Birmingham after about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas J. Mims
Gertrude Pitman
Brewton
S. M. Adams
Aeronmaut Baldwin
Red Mountain
Engineer's bold plan for fast electric railroad
Prof Will iam D Markey of the Edison Electric Light Company pledges to build a railroad and an electric motor to haul a train from New York to Philadelphia in thirty six minutes at 150 miles an hour. He proposes feeding electricity to rails from large dynamos at four way stations. Cars would likely be round and safeguards would avoid strong section effects. the route should be as straight as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Markey
Edison Electric Light Company
New York
Philadelphia
Rich Finds Spark Prospecting In Olympic Mountains
A geologist notes a shift in the Olympic Mountains with new high grade ore specimens. He cites one sample so rich it could not be fairly assayed, potentially valued over $100,000 per ten. Prospectors rush to the area as more specimens arrive.
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Olympic Mountains
Olympic
Vast US grain and economic data reported in weekly brief
The report covers U S grain in store wheat 19 7 15 025 bushels corn 7 206 443 oats 4 123 289 bushels industrial outputs mint coinage and treasury figures cataloging federal fiscal activity and Census estimates alongside weather events and notable incidents across multiple states.
Record of diverse early 1900s news items from The East
American record set by E B Bloss Harvard in hop step and jump. National convention of the Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union to meet in Allegheny City November 19 to 21. Brooklyn reports grippe fears and severe coughs. Lizzie Phelps of Binghamton marries William Slattery. Arctic fleet reports 93 whales by October 6 at New Bedford. Frescot trains collide in Providence killing two and injuring one. Pittsburgh session votes against railway engineer federation. Roger Martin dies at 101 in Pittsburgh. Duncansville boiler explosion kills four. Massachusetts forms State Board of Trade in Boston with Charles E Adams president. Miller's Angelus sold for 155000 to a French buyer. Vizcaya and Cornelius Hargraves collision off Barnegat coast, sixty drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
E. B. Bloss
Harvard
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Allegheny City
Brooklyn
Lizzie Phelps
William Slattery
New Bedford
Mass
Providence
R. L
Pittsburgh
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Roger Martin
Ireland
Portage Iron Company
Duncansville
State Board of Trade
Business Associations of
Massachusetts
Charles E. Adams
Lowell
Miller
L’angelus
American Art Association
New York
Barnegat
Vizcaya
Cornelius Hargraves
Fires and crimes ripple across towns from Nebraska to Georgia
Reports detail a wide range of events including a major blaze destroying fourteen business buildings in Ulysses Nebraska and fires in Eureka Springs Arkansas and Newport Kentucky. Other items note political gains by Captain James W Carroll from Alaska and a Chicago gang conviction in Memphis. A gold discovery near Logan South Dakota Iron Creek and a Barnum circus train wreck near Monticello Georgia are also cited along with a Brooklyn World Series game result. A Columbus Indiana man admits a 1874 murder and other local tragedies are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses
Neb
Alaska
James W. Carroll
Congress
Carroll
James DawuiAs
Charles Davis
Pat Galvin
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Logan
Weidman
Newport
H. C. Collins
Eureka Springs
Ark
Monticello
Barnum
Columbus
Ind
Ohio
Thomas Jamieson
Fred H. Leider
New Philadelphia
Kansas City
Drury Underwood
Perry
Thomas Woolfolk
Macon
Frames
Terrific storm sinks emigrant vessel off Cape St Vincent
A severe Mediterranean storm wrecked a ship carrying 700 emigrants near Cape St Vincent on Portugal’s southwest coast. all aboard were reported lost. In Ireland a moonlight gang killed Flanagan and her mother. Mexico floods hit Capotlan Ameca Tasnca with several drownings. A Dutch king was deposed by Parliament. A robber killed a corn dealer Bleier and his family near Pesth. Ontario bans Louisiana lottery ads for posts, with senders facing prosecution. Kelchosky, a Siberia escapee, reached London after fourteen years in confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean Sea
Cape St. Vincent
Portugal
County Clare
Ireland
Flanagan
Tver
Holland
Mexico
Capotlan
Ameca
Tamasca
Pest
Public debt totals and treasury cash amid 1890s shifts
The report lists total public debt at 1 548 621 600 with 681 316 480 cash in treasury and 867 303 120 debtless cash. October decrease stands at 3 668 012 and since June 30, 1890, 30 162 825 has been cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lst
Treasury
Caldwell
Kansas
Messrs. Dillon
O’brien
Sullivan and
Harrington
Irish National League
New York
Winamac
Ind
Grand Meadows
Indiana
Tureves
Wells-Fargo Express
Meadville
Ti Express
Chicago
Leona
Starbuck
Minn
E. P. Byhee
Chillicothe
Tur Stailion Allerton
Independence
Greorce Roparpee
South St. Paul
B. F. Rogers
W. E. Rogers
Charles Fischer
Haymarket
Pittsburgh
Tunts Ammack
Columbus, O
Elizabeth Anderson
Lizzie O. Smith
Willimantic
Conn
Apvicrs
Yokohama
Kobe
Turkey
Irish Envoys Arrive in New York for US Mission
William O'Brien John Dillon Timothy Harrington and T D Sullivan arrived in New York aboard the La Champagne greeted by a large Irish American delegation. They plan a campaign in America to explain the Irish land question and raise funds while urging support for home rule and relief from distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William O'Brien
John Dillon
Timothy Harrington
T. D. Sullivan
John EK. Moore
Irish Societies
City of
General O' Beirne
Barge Office
Fire Island
O’brien
Sullivan
Mr. O’brien
Mr. Sullivan
Ireland
Dillon
France
Havre
Harrington
O'Brien
Great Britain
Hoffman House
Irish National League
Messrs
Albany
Grant
Gill
America
Parnell
Mr. Dillon
Balfour
United States
House of Commons
Mr. Balfour
Tipperary
London Times
New Tipperary
Free America
Governor Hill
Patrick Gleason
The
National League
Eugene Kelly
Parliamentary Fund Association
James O'Gorman
England
Akron Woman Kills Two Girls in Bridge Tragedy
In Akron New York, Sarah McMullen, 19, pushed Delia Brown and Nellie Connors from a sixty five foot bridge over Murderecreek. Nellie died. Delia survived with severe injuries. McMullen attempted suicide and is jailed in Buffalo. Authorities note love triangle motive involving Delia’s father and Nellie’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
N. Y
Bufrfalo
Erie County
Sarah McMullen
Buffalo
Patrick Brown
Delia Brown
Nellie May Conners
Akron Cement Works
Delia
Constable Burns
Sarah
Nellie Connors
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Simon Brown
McMullen
Brown
California Stage Robber Confesses After Capture in Chicago
George Shinn and Charles Dorsey known as Thorn confessed to a California crime spree begun in 1889. They raided stages near the American River, Wells Fargo boxes yielded cash and gold bars, and they carried out multiple robberies in Illinois before returning to Chicago where Shinn was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shinn
California
Chicago
Sacramento
Cal
Georg Shinn
Charles Dorsey
Thorn
San Quentin
J. B. Hume
Shinn
Folsom
Forest Hill
Placer County
Illinois
American River
Drew
Thieves Hit Illinois Central Ticket Office Safe
Thieves broke into the Illinois Central ticket office at Lake street on Friday night and escaped with 700 dollars in cash and 500 dollars worth of suburban tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuicaGco
Illinois Central
Lake Street
Bride for a Day Ends in Widowhood for Congressman’s Daughter
Miss Mary Butterworth, daughter of Ohio Representative Butterworth, wed Houghwanut Trowe at his sickbed in Washington. He died 12:15 PM the next day, leaving a modest estate and no will. Attending figures included Mrs. Roosa, Mrs. Howe, doctors, and guests from President Harrison to Minister Ryan, who sent gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Butterworth
Ohio
Washington
Roosa
Dr. Bartlett
Mr. Butterworth
Cambridge
Mass
Longfellow
Elias Howe
Harrison
McKee
Miller
Dresden
Murat Halstead
Ryan
Mexico
Peters Asks For Time To Pay Debts In Four Years
In Grand Rapids on October 31 creditors owed by R. G. Peters met with chair D. B. Dewey and secretary A. J. Dovel. Assignee Henry reported assets about 3 million dollars and liabilities 2 million. Peters said four years could yield 4 million to pay all claims in full. Secured creditors favored time to convert assets to cash to avoid undue harm to unsecured creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
R. G. Peters
D. B. Dewey
Chicago
A. J. Dovel
Manistee
Henry
Detroit
Peters
Coal Train Demolishes Hotel Brunswick in Huntingdon
A loaded thirty six car coal train jumped a misplaced switch and crashed through the Hotel Brunswick in Huntingdon Pennsylvania. It then landed in the yards of the Girard and Jackson houses causing $25000 in railroad damage and sending guests into the streets in night clothing. No property damage estimate could be secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingdon
Brunswick
Girard and Jackson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Four Men Die in Portage Iron Works Blast
A boiler explosion at the Portage Iron Company rolling mills in Nuneansville near Altoona Pa after 8 p m Friday evening killed four men and left several others with burns. Names of the injured were not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncansville
Altoona
Portage Iron Company
Nuneansville
Moltke Refuses a Dukedom Stirring the World
RLIN Oct 31 reports that Von Moltke refused a dukedom offered by the Emperor though it would have been titular. The decision limits the soldier’s duties to serve the Fatherland. Also from Orry Missouri Hessian fly pest devastates early towns hurting wheat crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moltke
Rlin
von Moltke
Kansas
Orry, Mo
Missouri
Corner Stone Laid for W C T U Temple in Chicago
The corner stone of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union temple at La Salle and Monroe streets was laid Saturday in Chicago. Frances Willard presented a silver trowel, and the structure will rise thirteen stories with Willard Hall and a memorial fountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
la Salle and
Monroe Streets
Second Regiment Armory
America
E. J. Thompson
Florence’ P. Kelloch
Bishop Fallows
Katherine L. Fiske
Whitney Mockridge
Mary A. Lathrop
H. A. Delano
la Salle Street
Monroe
Union
Willard
Frances Willard
Monroe Street
Willard Hall
Westminster Abbey
England
Woman's National Publishing House
Cotton Fire Destroys 7000 Bales on Leona Steamer
An oiler on the Mallory line Leona reported a fire in the hold at pier 20 East River New York on a Saturday night. 7000 bales of cotton valued at 100 dollars each were lost, with vessel damage estimated at five thousand dollars and total losses near six to seven hundred thousand dollars. Passengers were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leona
Mallory Line
Pier 20
East River
Wells Fargo Office Robbery At Meadville Pa
Two men robbed the Wells Fargo Express Office in Meadville Pennsylvania Sunday night. Agent P Moore was bound and gagged after the doors were opened by the armed assailants who then opened the safe and took between 10000 and 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells-Fargo Express
Meadville, Pa
Meadville
Wells- Fargo Express Company
P. Moore
Infant dies after carpet fire caused by gasoline blast
In Prorta Illinois Mrs Carisco dropped gasoline while cleaning a carpet Saturday. The infant asleep in the room was forgotten and died Sunday night after neighbors carried it outside. The incident ended tragically with the child’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prorta
Ill
Carisco
Cholera Toll in Japan Reaches Vast Toll
San Francisco reports Japanese advices show 8425 cholera cases and 25911 deaths since the outbreak began. The epidemic has largely subsided across the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Debt Reduction Report Shows October Decline
The Treasury Department debt statement released Saturday records a net October reduction of 3,608,012. Total bonded indebtedness excluding Pacific roads stands at 632,283,390 with 63,979,850 in 414 per cent bonds and 508,203,850 in 4 per cent bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinaton
Treasury Department
Murdered His Mother in Cincinnati Navy Man Charged
Michael Kelly of 8 Lawrence Street attacked his mother on October 22 in Cincinnati. She died Sunday. Kelly, a Navy man, is jailed on murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Navy
Michael Kelly
Lawrence Street
Kelly
Five Hundred Lost As Turkish Fleet Disaster Reported
Advices from Yokohama via the Oceanica state the Japanese warship Kongo departed Kobe on October 19 carrying survivors from the Turkish fleet Ertougroul. Of 500 lost, 2950 bodies have washed ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Yokohama
Steamship Oceanica
Kobe
Turkey
Wealthy Kalamazoo resident commits suicide
Henry R. Wolcott of Walhoun County near Albion hanged himself Saturday morning. He was a wealthy man and officials say insanity was the sole cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Henry R. Wolcott
Walhoun County
Albion
Dreaded Collision Sinks Steamship Vizcaya and Schooner
Off Barnegat New Jersey a collision between the Vizcaya and the four masted Cornelius Hargraves caused both vessels to sink with over sixty feared dead. Eleven German lifeboatmen perished aiding Erik Berendensen wreck victims. rescues and listings detail vanished crew and passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Erik Berendensen
Slesvig
Leopold Brothers Firm Fails In Chicago
Leopold Bros Co a Chicago wholesale clothing firm founded in 1856 faces liabilities around 300 000 as money tightness and slow collections press the failure. The business once worth about 1 million yearly ran seven story Quine and Franklin building employing about 120 workers and outsourcing to tailors. deaths and widows withdrawals weakened capital and boosted unpaid debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Bros. & Co
Chicago
Quine and
Franklin
Murder in California Woods Ends Two Brothers’ Lives
In Westront California this Friday morning Frat Mason shot two brothers in law Charles and Matthew Van as they slept in the Mason home. Mason fled into the woods with a rifle after the killings. Additional shots were heard and concern grows he may have killed others or himself. Mrs. Mason is unconscious from the shock as officers search the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westront
Cal
T Woods
Mason
Charles
Matthew van
Mason House
de Mason
Mas
T Vann Brothers
New Orleans Seizes John C Panni In Embezzlement Case
John C Panni was arrested on a Belville Illinois requisition for embezzling $3 from German singing societies and brought before Judge Mary Friday on a habeas corpus writ. The court found fatal defects in commitment and affidavit, but Panni was rearrested by Sheriff Ragsland with an extradition order and left for Illinois with his pursuer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jd. C. Panni
Belville
Ill
Jo Mary
Habeas Corp
P Nter
Ragsland
Clair County
Pilcher
Fatal blaze destroys Gainesville home and man dies
In Gainesville Texas on Friday morning the residence of Harry Heyman burned. Heyman was found inside the burning building and died later that afternoon. Authorities suspect the fire started from a tar explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Harry Hyman
Heyman
Woman Douses Fight With Boiling Water on Street
In Giluitziin Pennsylvania on Wednesday a woman washing nearby flung a bucket of boiling water into a street fight. One man suffered severe scalds as his skin peeled away in strips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilui TziIn
Convention of Clerks to Meet in Detroit for Union Organizing
A call issued by Clerk's Union No. 5036 to retail clerks of America for a December 8 convention in Detroit Michigan to organize under the American Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Labor
Retail Clerks of America
Ameri Federation of Labor
Shot Husband Sparks Tragedy in Bremincham
In Bremincham Alabama on November 1 James Williams a newlywed shot and killed her husband Thurse Jealousy sparks a fatal quarrel. She attempted suicide but was saved and now lies jailed awaiting further action.
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Marion
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Sherwood
Leavenworth
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Roger
Department of Dakota
William Notting
Grand Rapids
Louis Wolf
American Federation of Labor
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United States Circuit Court of Arkansas
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Board of City Affairs
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Frank Mason
Westport
Matthew Vann
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Foreign Intelligence
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