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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
3
A blaze at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Convent in Sparkill near Nyack devoured the dormitory where about 300 children slept. Three children and one servant perished, three sisters fatally injured, four sisters injured, and thirty others hurt as heroic rescue efforts by the sisters and staff saved the inmates.
Twenty five prisoners from McIntosh county are in Savannah custody. militia units from Liberty county and other troops converge on Pelgals swamp twelve miles from Darien to disarm armed black residents. Authorities plan widespread arrests or possible extermination, while Darien remains tense and deserted as whites mass at the swamp.
Mrs Susan McPherson about 50 was killed when dragged by a Seacoast railroad engine at Wrightsville Beach while walking with two grandchildren on the plank. She fell across the track and died after being pulled twenty feet and begging for relief.
In Lenoir News style a report recalls two dogs owned by Frank Munday and Sid Prestwood that growled during a meeting. A scuffle led to Frank’s dog performing a stunt on Sid’s, Sid attacking with a club and fatally killing his own dog by mischance. The second item is an old trust advertisement seeking trustworthy persons to manage home office work with a $600 yearly salary plus expenses.
Advertisement seeks trustworthy individuals to run businesses from home with a steady salary of 900 yearly plus definite expenses. Monthly 75 and strong references required. Respond with self addressed stamped envelope to Herbert E. Hess President Dept M Chicago.
General Roe announced that at least ten thousand soldiers will march in Dewey's parade in New York. He says he is swamped with applications from Maryland Ohio Texas Washington South Carolina Florida Rhode Island New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
London dispatch notes a St James Gazette report that General Joubert found reserve shell cartridges inefficient. The article says orders were issued to renew supplies across Europe.
Investigation into the Northampton farm reveals brutal abuse of convicts under Supervisor Lewis Summerell. Testimony shows Jim Lowe beaten to death by Sears and another man whipped until blood spurted with others deprived of food and medical care for days.
The Life Saving Bureau reports the schooner William L. Parks loaded with lumber from North Carolina to New York was stranded near Cape Henlopen last evening. All six crew members were saved, but the vessel is a total loss.
A Sunday blaze in Readin Michigan wiped out twenty-one business and home structures. Several residents were seriously hurt while battling the flames. The ad copy touts Browns Iron Bitters as a universal cure for blood nerves and stomach ailments, a claim from decades of use.
A Melbourne man credits strict P O and O steamship rules with curbing romance on sea voyages. He recounts sending for a fiancée who landed and married a junior officer, then bringing his sister who proved engaged to another officer, leaving him to declare he will cease importing females.
The Dukes of Northumberland maintain an exclusive prescriptive burial right in a vault of St Nicholas Chapel at Westminster Abbey. The Seymours once rested there, and in 1883 the vault reopened for Lady Louisa Percy, elder sister of the then Duke.
Relief in six hours for kidney and bladder distress by New Great South American Kidney Cure. Claims prompt pain relief in bladder, kidney and back for both sexes and rapid water retention relief. Sold by E F Nadal, Druggist, Wilson, NC.
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