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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
4
A collage of notes on divorce law in Paris and the latest from Washington and Middletown. Satirical quips on gambling wives, medical debates, and a Philippine revolt update mix with social trends in Boston and Cleveland. The piece laments bank failures and warns youth about quick wealth while noting public reforms.
A long piece discusses the Georgia anti trust law as a comprehensive measure based on free competition and public good. It warns on enforcement depends on officers and courts and expands into reflections on listening without prejudice and selective hearing citing John D. Beight and Mr. Gladstone.
A Cleveland weather report sparks a court clash as a weather forecaster Ong is jailed for refusing to testify and pay fines. The judge questions the need to compel verbal weather data while critics demand protections for journalists and forecasters from coercive legal pressure.
New York houses dominate the world in wooden box production, accounting for over ten percent of global business. Large establishments use patent automatic machinery and ship to Europe, Asia, and Australia, with one firm turning over ten million feet of lumber yearly into boxes.
In dialogue from a New York Journal item, a Boston bride is referenced as part of a wedding procession on the way to a crematory, prompting a terse exchange about the fate of the bride.
Historic flood described as riverside inundation hits El Paso and nearby areas. Walls break, embankments fail, and workers race to shore up levees as floodwaters surge. Reports note dozens of casualties, displaced residents, and salvage efforts amid rising waters and ruined homes. Authorities coordinate rescue and shelter operations as the Rio Grande reaches dangerous levels.
A second Helen Keller tale follows Linnie Hughewood, a 17 year old from South Dakota, aided by Miss Tagnewood at the Dent and Dum Institution. The story traces her journey from isolation after a spinal disorder to learning to speak through finger spelling and sound imitation, aided by a subscription-funded program and teaching from Dora Dent. The piece recounts their early life, education, and the sensory world she navigates, including visits to London with vivid street scenes and the bustle around St Paul’s.
A profile of Mrs Carter Harrison wife of Chicago mayor elect Carter Harrison III. Born in New Orleans to Judge Ogden, she is described as Southern in bearing, educated at the Sisters of Mercy Convent, Catholic, with two children Cay ter and Edith Ogden. The Harrisons’ travels kept them out of Chicago society in recent years. She speaks French and German and is an accomplished concert pianist.
A fragmented OCR piece discusses a proposed monument to the German field marshal von Moltke in Bresta. It notes a design choice with an equestrian figure, a winged victory, and a crown, intended to honor his memory and Germany’s military history amid wartime sentiment.
The article discusses brick manufactory from fur with a ten pars mass and brick weight estimates around 25 to 38 pounds per square centimeter, noting tall unstacked piles and crushing weights. It also mentions a heated romance critique by a writer, with Mrs Homans named as the remaining authority on the matter.
Fragmentary OCR paragraph mentions advertising and a baseless phrase about a “thrembase hit” and bets. No clear event, names, places, or dates are discernible beyond New York Journal reference and vague hints of a rumor.
A farmer named Frank Liwoe and seven others were near Duluth when dynamite exploded during land work. The blast killed Liwoe and another man, wrecked a nearby house, and left a wife and another son missing or injured.
Fragmentary OCR text references a May date and relief distribution to Ferris and others, noting an appropriation of 200 000 and a question of unexpended funds. Names and places are garbled, but the core idea concerns status of relief money and related authorities.
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