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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
6
Special report from Big Timber Montana describes Prof Farr and Princeton students uncovering Erebisteclo era fossils in Fish Creek country. Bones include massive animals, ornaments on tools, and a two foot tall skeleton of a human plus a likely dog bone group.
A two year old girl, Alice Furlong, missing nine weeks, is found in Chicago and returned to her mother. Inspector Shea reports the child located by officers in a house at Washington Boulevard and Songamen Street with Mrs Hazel Averys in custody. Five detectives made the discovery and took the child to the station.
A proposed ship canal would connect the Firth of Forth in the east to the River Clyde in the west. Plans are laid with parliamentary powers to be deposited in November and strong government backing expected. Estimated cost is 50 million dollars. A London financier syndicate would oversee construction.
A Miller's Station Indiana posse pursues Charles Lindden after he attempted to elope with a young woman, while her father Talen Taylor drew a revolver and guards intervened as the couple fled with a bystander in a scuffle. Elsewhere, a widespread caterpillar swarm devastates Washington Valley, a Minnesota tornado claims multiple lives, and other regional disasters and legal cases unfold across the nation.
The transfer of bureaus to the new Department of Commerce and Labor was completed in Washington with a ceremonial gathering in Secretary Cortelyou's office. Attending were Secretary Mugdy of the Navy and other officials as the former Interior and other agencies shift to the new department.
Milwaukee Police investigate a complex robbery on a train involving a Mister Adams and a Chinese partner, with a $14 600 story surrounding a Buoy certificate and forged papers. The page also reports on resignations at a church, a prominent retirement, a steel company matter, and various local incidents including a killed man in Ohio and the death of bandleader Dan Godfrey.
In Hot Springs Arkansas authorities report serious violence as El Williams, the head of a gang known as the Fake Footrace, was disemboweled using a razor. Tiny Dougherty, awaiting execution, fatally harmed himself by slamming his head against a cell wall amid a feared mob.
Franklin R Anson buys Wolk Producing for 850000 in aPiratesburg New York deal covering Urte Oil Co assets in Pittaburg Pleasant County Wear Virginia and Wolf Crook Chester Hill Margeis counties Ohio. Anson gains 1000 acres with 77 wells yielding 30 barrels daily and a 372000 note on a 1000 dollar per barrel basis.
A passenger on the steamer Soo City vanishes in midlake during a Lake Michigan excursion. Reports say Arthur Kesler and others from the party searched the midlake using devices and a hurricane event later found him near St. Johns. Rescue crews and ship officials investigate the mystery aboard the Soo City.
A catastrophic explosion at Hanna Mine No 1 of Union Pacific Coal Co in Tan Ma Wyoming shortly after 10 am left an estimated 234 men dead with 48 accounted for later. Rescue efforts were hindered by collapsed passages and widespread debris as crews faced gas and fire while pilots and supervisors were overcome by fumes. The mine, opened in 1878, employed about 280 men and featured extensive underground workings.
R. G. Dun & Co weekly review notes uncertain business outlook with weak consumer demand in dry goods and clothing, rising inventories, and tentative price concessions. Steel and pig iron prices steadying, foreign rail contracts discussed, and trade activity mixed with several weeks of widening price trends and cautious hiring.
The excerpt lists varied commodity quotes across regions including Chicago and New York for cattle, wheat, corn, rye, oats, and sheep. Prices range from 1.00 to 4.00 per unit with grade notes from prime to common and mixed lots, reflecting regional market volatility and quality distinctions.
Colonial Copper Mines in Nova Scotia advertise abundant native copper production similar to Calumet and Hecla. They claim a strong balance sheet, 1400+ prominent signatories, and stock at 1.50 per share with potential substantial dividends soon. Prospective buyers urged to invest for early profits and a visit to the mine.
The New York Sun reports on wild fowls across Northeast Mexico near the coalitions of Ingioni county and Neuvo Lean, detailing vast, unsettled ranges, rich soils, and abundant game. It notes the region’s harsh conditions, costly development, and limited Mexican hunting culture, with ducks migrating annually despite limited sportsmanship among locals.
An odd London Express discussion questions a method of induction involving the carotid arteries dubbed the arteries of sleep. The piece notes similar operation described by Kipling in Kin and asks where such an operator might be put to sleep, highlighting the risky, unsettled nature of the practice.
Two Dumfrica men attend a sermon by the celebrated Edward Irving on a Bedland tour. As they depart one mocks the service, and the other retorts with scorn, prompting a terse exchange that ends with the first man touching his companion’s shoulder.
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