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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1892
Page
4
A Nag's Head NC sermon July 24 by Mr Dixon centers on Isaiah 32 17 the peace and quietness that come from righteousness. It contrasts war and destruction with peace and strength, uses vivid parables of a drifting anchor and a storm center, and ends with confidence in God guiding tomorrow.
The London Telegraph describes brutal child labor and abuse across England from apprentices and factory workers to chimney sweeps and workhouse children. It cites excessive flogging, near starvation, hazardous work, and dangerous living conditions, warning of systemic neglect before reforms.
A timid witness in a New York City legal matter recounts how lawyers twisted his character and bullied him on the stand. The stressed witness, who saved his own life by staying calm, vows to murder if summoned again, arguing courts must protect witnesses from harassment.
Mr. Thomas R. Ballentine, a wealthy Norfolk truck farmer, plans a widows home at Brambleton Ward. He bought a full square for the center site, with a $75,000 building to be designed by any Philadelphia architect. Ballentine, childless, wills rents from city property to fund the home. He rose from Currituck County NC to wealth, now near four million. Cor. Richmond Dispatch.
The Seymour Paper mill in Windsor Locks faced a strike after female workers objected to a Japanese supervisor's arm tattoo featuring obscene pictures. President O Hara from New York investigated. The supervisor was reassigned and finishers returned to work at 1 pm following the dispute and interviews with workers.
A ten year old Rumford girl Ada Curtis fell from a boat into the Androscoggin. She went to the bottom several times but kept calm and held her breath. Each time she touched the bottom she sprang free and surfaced, escaping a watery grave. The Oxford Advertiser notes her calm presence of mind as the key to the rescue.
Alexander Berkman, a 26 year old New York compositor, shot Henry Clay Frick twice and stabbed him in Frick's private office. Berkman carried dynamite cartridges and attempted to blow himself up as he was overpowered. he was taken to Central police station amid a mass of onlookers.
July 25 Pirristitu hearing on release of Home stead strike leaders Hugh O'Donnell and Hugh Ross resumes. Court crowd mostly Homestead workers. Commonwealth opposes discharge, says murder degree unclear. witnesses include Pinkerton agents and Carnegie clerk testimony notes O'Donnell present but not actively firing. Hearing adjourned to Monday amid ongoing Berkman inquiry.
A historical account of Henry Clay Frick from Fayette County born 1845 detailing early work at a whisky distillery, rise in coke and coal, branch lines, major acquisitions pushing holdings to over 35 000 acres with nearly 10 000 coke ovens. It notes his 1888 pay to join Carnegie companies and his role as chairman of the merged firm, plus brief family details in Pittsburgh. Also reports Wheeling Supreme Court stay on the execution of William Maier wife murderer, delaying the August date while Germany insanity evidence is reviewed.
New York reports that Alexander Berkman, a Russian Jew once with the Freiheit staff, is suspected of being an anarchist agent sent to incite violence against capitalists. Authorities describe him as a thin man with a mustache, seen in the city days ago, and believe he may be involved in the Pittsburgh case against manager H. C. Frick.
In Youngstown Ohio on July 25 a massive labor demonstration under the Amalgamated Association protested the Homestead lockout. Burgess McLuckie William Roberts and David Lynch spoke amid strong anti Carnegie Frick sentiment. The crowd numbered 10 000 to 12 000 and resolutions promised moral financial and if needed physical aid to Homestead workers.
Washington July 25 reports Joseph H. Manley has resigned as Augusta Maine postmaster after joining the national Republican executive committee. Walter D. Stinson has been nominated to replace him.
The steamer H F Dimock brought from New York the passengers of Vanderbilt's yacht Alva after it was run down this morning. Captain Henry Morrison and the owner Frederick W Vanderbilt along with guests George De Forrest Louis Webb Winfield Scott White and Frank Riggs were aboard, returning from Bar Harbor to Newport. Thick fog impaired navigation and the Alva anchored near Pollock Rip lightship withHorns blown as a warning to nearby vessels.
July 25 Mt Upton resident Jaimes Metcalf found a large owl trapped inside a chicken coop after a stick propped door was knocked down. A brood of fowls lay inside or near the owl with several chickens reportedly missing or battered. The odd discovery signals a predatory visit by a hoot owl during a quiet farm morning.
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