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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1895
Page
5
Ithaca reports a sensational tale about Frederick Gordon Rew missing since October 2, 1894. Charles H. Mix swears a tramp confessed killing a man and hiding the body, later tossing it with a stone into the lake near Ithaca. The supposedly dramatic charge remains unverified and no arrest followed.
Berlin debates in the French Chamber of Deputies add focus to German news on courtesy to a French ship. On May 25 the French transport Commerin was unable to proceed in the Red Sea due to engine trouble. The Kaiser’s engineer aided and towed the vessel to shore.
In Indianapolis on June 12 the Bank of Commerce suspended. Cashier William Brosson stated the bank is simply closed for the present, with sufficient funds deposited at the Indiana National Bank to pay all depositors and no one will lose a cent. A year earlier the bank briefly closed, a judgment of $70,000 was obtained by the Knights and Ladies of Honor, and a recent Supreme Court execution was issued against the bank.
A Pacific Mail Steamship Company letter says two women and one man from the Colima shipwreck landed at Naragastilla about May 29 and were cared for by locals. The Americans are now traveling to Mazatlan by mule, a report corroborated by the regional customs collector.
At a negro picnic near Jefferson Indiana on June 12 a brawl drew about 40 people. A woman was left dying and three black men were fatally wounded as razors pistols and brass knuckles were used throughout the afternoon.
A saw mill on Klink street burned from an engine overnight, nearly all undressed lumber saved by firemen. Loss estimated at 15,000 with 5,000 insured. Fire chief reported firefighters prevented greater damage to the property and kept the area from spreading.
Frederick Ohl, a Princeton student from New Castle, Pennsylvania, died early this morning at the hospital after being shot Saturday night by Collins, a negro. The incident occurred in Princeton, New Jersey.
A Schaghticoke resident credits Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy with curing years of kidney trouble and neuralgia After years of pain he reports no serious trouble since starting the remedy The testimonial notes dissolving excess uric acid benefits rheumatism nervous ailments and women’s sickness and cites a hospital officer praising its value
At the Pittsburg Presbytery June meeting Rev. George H. Sheldrake was deposed from the ministry and excluded from communion. He confessed adultery as his own accuser and showed no evidence of repentance or proper judgment. He had preached in Pittsburg and Cincinnati as a noted evangelist.
Curcaco June 13 Receiver McNutt said the Whisky Trust ruling does not affect his duties. He is the court’s servant, ready to obey orders, including selling property or taking other steps. The court must decide if he continues as receiver for a corporation deemed illegally organized and dissolved.
Waterbury police report a in-law dispute led William Bowne to shoot William Harvey at Harvey Brothers saloon at 11 AM. Bowne then killed himself. Both Harveys were noted as longtime local sporting men with a history of bad blood between the families.
Carl Henry Wrage aged twenty three receives notice from the administrator that he is sole heir to his aunt's estate in Hamburg Germany worth one million dollars. Wrage arrived in Chicago poor and friendless a year ago.
MADRID June 11 The government has received advices from Cuba that Colonel Conellas has disposed of Jose Maceo's band of insurgents at Se boruco.
Curcaco June 12 A gasoline stove exploded at Matthew Koch's restaurant last night injuring four occupants of the building.
Governor Morton of New York has rented a cottage at Bar Harbor Maine for the season drawing attention from local and visiting officials. The move signals a possible early political retreat or retreat from civil life as summer plans unfold.
How's This We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure F J Cheney Co Props Toledo We the undersigned have known F J Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Price 75c per bottle Sold by all druggists Testimonials free
A report states financial loss and money troubles drove an individual to a reckless act. The article attributes the decision to mounting monetary strain and related consequences. Details on persons or locations are limited.
Siegmund Schmeicher shot his wife Augusta and then killed himself at their home 310 East Sith Street this morning. The German Hebrew, formerly an agent for the Harlem branch of Metropolitan Insurance, left a note saying he was tired of life due to money troubles and bad luck. Mrs Schmeidler survived a scalp wound and was expected to recover.
Thunderstorm damage at Mr. Thompson's residence in Kiowa Indian Territory left Mrs. Thompson and Miss Leslia Collins fatally burned and paralyzed on the left side after a bolt tore the house end and started a fire. Miss Ella Ward and J. E. Jones were seriously injured while neighbors aided evacuations.
Eugene Debs appeared at the U S marshal's office at 11 15 am claiming illness the day before he promised to return at 4 pm He rested on a jury room couch then was moved toward Woodstock at 5 pm under Chief Hogan The marshal noted the prisoner broke his word but refused to press questions The incident followed by a mass press note in Salem where a young man posing as a Whitney son is wanted for forging a draft and is described as a Albany fraud connection
The Mascot repeats rumors that Frances Willard, head of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, while in England, may marry a wealthy English reformer. Meanwhile CA NAAN New Hampshire reports Walter Leary's shooting of his wife Jennie following intense jealousy and his self-inflicted wound. both likely fatal. The New York court session on Laidlaw versus Sage proceeds with expected cross-examination by Choate. Paris reports French officials urging protection for French citizens in China amid rising tensions. Gail Hamilton remains unconscious with no improvement. Mme Arnelot, who killed Abbe de Broglie on May 11, is officially declared insane.
A cluttered advertisement touts cash bargains on tea coffee crackers and seeds with claims of low prices and guaranteed goods. It transitions to a health pitch for Hood s Sarsaparilla noting appetite and digestion benefits and ends with a brief local obituary style note about Patrick Sullivan an inmate at the State reformatory killed after a scaffold fall. he was twenty one and convicted of grand larceny in New York City.
A Shanghai dispatch to the Globe reports rising hostility to foreigners in central China and a critical situation in Yunnan as sentiments turn against outsiders.
Two thousand miners went to work in Sunday Creek valley yesterday. They based their action on the belief that half a loaf is better than no bread and expected better wares to prevail.
A preacher extols the primacy of health over wealth, arguing health motivates happiness and appearances fade without it. The piece links health to digestion and respiration, cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a digestive system remedy, and claims it cures ailments from indigestion to eczema by cleansing the blood.
In the Bell divorce, Spencer Clinton, referee, rules Mrs. Bell entitled to absolute divorce and 3 dollars annual alimony. The case, once Mary Doe against John Doe, exposed the scandal surrounding Edward M Bell. Clinton cites misconduct with Mrs Martin at the Genesee hotel in 1890, while Edward Bell’s alleged adultery was dismissed. In Omaha, three men failed to rob a Calhoun bank. Jim Ellott of the Dink Wilson gang nabbed with burglary tools.
BeElViSbEr e New Jersey June 14 George Andrews the colored wife murderer was hanged at 10 20 this morning in BeElViSbEr e.
In the heat a patient cannot absorb enough nourishment to effect convalescence. The copy discusses summer sickness worsening illness due to reduced nourishment absorption in hot conditions. Potential remedies and care considerations are implied for prolonged illness during summer months.
The text extols Bovinine as indispensable providing the greatest nourishment in the smallest bulk. It notes that the act of digestion itself is heating and emphasizes the benefit of nourishment requiring the least effort.
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