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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
7
Time table for West Bound trains effective January 22, 1900 shows week day and Sunday departures from Greensburg to Westport Elizabeth and Washington Linton with multiple stations and sequence of arrival and departure times. Includes am and pm columns and notes on fog conditions and station stops along the route.
Partial timetable notes list trains and times for south and north routes with origin and destination points in Arkansas and nearby lines. It includes freight and accommodation trains with numbers and morning and afternoon departures, plus a note that Sunday trains are not run on this road.
A seven story Bowery lodging house at 4 to 48 Bowery burned early yesterday morning killing six tenants and injuring three. Victims include Charles Buttler John Clark Edward Doyle Henry Jackson aged 85 Stephen Dabney Pearl Gallagher and an unidentified man. Firefighters and police evacuated residents as flames consumed 132 rooms with 90 occupied. The dead were found on the fifth floor where most damage occurred.
In Anderson Indiana a meeting of leaders from the American Flint Glass Workers union formed plans for a cooperative factory in the Indiana gas belt to produce prescription ware. The Bon factory will be built at Maton off Sand with James Morrison supervising. amalgamation of bottle blowers to be decided after July conventions.
Gen James alson military governor of Matanzas and Santa Clara says Cuba faces no uprising. Reporters misrepresent Cuban affairs and claim conspiracies to rise up. Other items note a Steubenville man shooting at his wife, a Chicago Illinois strike event, and a Niagara River crossing incident.
Fragmentary OCR describes a burglary and murder at a Virginia residence. A boy alleges intruder struck parents with a club and escaped with money after an alarm. Details are unreadable and names are unclear.
Archbishop Hennessy, aged 74, long a leader in American Catholic education, died yesterday after a period of paralysis. He suffered a final stroke on February 18 and never regained speech. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia attended before the death at 2 o'clock. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 10 AM with Archbishop Ryan presiding.
In Brreat Go Away near Plimpia Washington on a Saturday night a blaze killed 10 children of Charles Wenger and related family after their parents left for a dance. A 12 year old sister died attempting rescues jumping 18 feet from a window. Wreckage and confusion follow as authorities report unrelated local crimes and skating records in nearby towns.
Fragmentary screed reports Berlin editor trial and bank cashier Marty Aim? accused of illegal entries in reports. Mentions Chicago strike violence, British cruiser incident, Minerva and Hancock losses, a San Francisco dock explosion, arson, and railway burnings. Contains many garbled names and dates. reads as a chaotic collage of contemporaneous events.
An attack on CS Goiier of Cherokee Iowa is described as recently fatal through his hand and back. Bitters reportedly improved his condition, and Grain-O coffee substitute is advertised as a stomach friendly alternative. Public notices invite Washington Township business owners to weekly meetings.
The notice advertises sea passage from Seattle to Nome Alaska with fares at 10 and 25 cents. It states the first steamer will depart Seattle May 20 1900 and provides an address for maps and passenger information in Cincinnati care.
A garbled OCR fragment references English dialect, minority or Asian topics, and investigators. It hints at official homes and monthly timing but contains no clear events or entities.
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