Heat and Storms Ravage Cities Across the Nation
Reports from July 3 describe extreme heat and deadly prostrations in major cities from Philadelphia to New York and Chicago. Thunderstorms bring brief relief in some areas, while lightning strikes kill and injure several people and devastate buildings in multiple states.
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Ashington
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Phoenix
Ariz
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Boston
Chicago
Davenport
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Little Rock
Memphis
New Orleans
New York
North Platte
Pittsburg
Salt Lake
St. Louis
Springfield
Vicksburg
Washington
New England
Newland Maynard
Jacob 3. Rogers
Ninety-fifth Street
West End Avenue
Lorenz Weilher
Riverside Drive
St. Agnes Church
Brooklyn
Dead Creek
Cahokia
Ill
Louisville
Central Kentucky Asylum For the Insane
Lakeland
Here
James Howard
Stevensport
Mat Mercer
Baseball results and travel notices from early 1900s Detroit area
Baseball scores list American League games with Chicago Detroit and others, plus National and Western Association results. Travel notices advertise Buffalo Bill show in Clarksdale, railroad tickets for Detroit lines, Fourth of July rates, and Queen & Crescent routes to California. Customer letters extol White Wine of Tar Syrup as a tonic with local endorsements.
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Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Athletics
Brooklyn
St. Louiz
Cincinnati
Pitts
Philadelphia
Western Association
Indianara Ia
Dayton
Wm. Stevennor
Kingaville
H. F. Wyatt
Fleeing gambler tied to Michigan raid shocks town
Sheriff Cady raids Hungerford’s gaming den in Mt Clemens recovering $500 from five $100 bills after a hotel robbery where a wealthy woman lost $300 in cash and $600 in jewelry. Suspects Fletters and Smith jailed, Hungerford missing with jewelry believed held by him. Smith known as a “sure thing man” from Toledo. Additional items note suicide of A S Bliss in Bakersfield and various brief state updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cady
Hungerford
Charles R. Smith
Harry Hungerford
Frank Fletters
Fletters
Smith
Fietters
Toledo
Mr. Clemens
Mt. Clemens
Kalamazoo
Clemens
Mich
Unprecedented Storm Ravages Jackson With Demolitions
A severe storm struck Jackson Michigan around six last night damaging structures and uprooting trees. The house of Daniel Shea was blown down and a corner house under construction was torn from its foundation and moved twenty feet. A barn and outhouses were destroyed while rain and lightning caused a sharp temperature drop and residents reported geysering water spouts nearby.
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Jackson
Mich
White Jackson
Hali
Daniel Shea
Belden
Damon
Detroit Boy Dies In Accidental Fourth of July Shooting
Mrs. Irving Lutz of Detroit arrived in Jackson with two children to visit the Cordon family. Her 7 year old Ralph was fatally shot when the Cordon boy discharged a loaded shotgun while handling it for the Fourth of July. The blast disemboweled him and killed him almost instantly. the Detroit husband was notified.
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Jackson, Lid
Irving Lutz
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Jackson
Alfred Cordon
Lutz Jad
Detroit Baker Died After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Detroit July 3 Michael Murrihy of 70 Cherry street drank carbolic acid at 5 PM and died within 20 hours. Ill since Sunday from sunstroke, he procured the chemical and was found near a fence corner. He was about 50, survived by widow and three children. AlsoHenry Robinson, 45, struck by a train in Grand Rapids yesterday, left with a broken leg and fractured skull. David H Englich, prominent farmer and Civil War veteran, hanged himself in his barn at Boston township after years of fits post discharge.
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Proent Saginawian
Saginaw, Mich
George Davenport
Saginaw
Nicholas
Martin
Lawton
Ingham County
Mason
George D. Drake
Pontiac
August Zick
Benton Harbor
Muskegon Traction & Lighting
Howard Griffith
St. Joseph
John D. Gowell
Hesperia
Charles Carigon
Muskegon Traction & Lighting Co
Port Huron
Port Huron Power & Lighting Co
Detroit
Mich
Michael Murriby
Cherry Street
Murrihy
Grand Rapids
Henry Robinson
Himaen
Saranac
David H. Englich
Boston Township
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co Excursion Ad
The floating palaces of the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company are promoted as more beautiful this season with added conveniences. Parlor and state rooms are newly furnished and connections with railroads at ports are improved. A two cent stamp for illustrated pamphlet is requested. Fourth of July excursion: Detroit Southern Railroad offers round trip tickets at a fixed fare for July 3 and 4, retuning by July 5.
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Michigan
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company
A. A. Schantz
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Southern Railroad
Remains of Ex Gov Pingree En Route to Detroit
The body of ex Governor Pingree lay in state in New York as leather trade representatives prepared an escort to Pier 15. Casket weighed about 1000 pounds, with white flowers and a $1000 oak case. The procession then traveled to Detroit with pallbearers from Detroit New York and Philadelphia.
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Pingree
New York
Cadillac
Pier 15
North River
Philadelphia
Beston
Broadway
Zeeland
American Line
Fultop Street
Stephen Merritt Burial Co
Frank C. Pingree
Essex Center
Detroit
Tony Weiler
Ping
Tuesaday
Undertaking Rooms
York
Honolulu Resident Guam Native Faces US Citizenship Question
In Honolulu on June 26 via San Francisco, United States Judge Estee signaled he would not admit a Guam native to US citizenship. The applicant has lived in Hawaii for many years. Judge Estee suggested only Hawaiians, admitted by congressional act, are eligible Polynesian citizens. The House adopted a concurrent resolution opposing Hawaii's annexation to California, with Home Rule supporters voting in favor.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
United States
Estee
Guam
Hawaii
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
California
Mining Town Destroyed Near Globe Arizona
Mining avn of Globe located 100 miles east of the unit has been almost totally destroyed by fire. The Joss is very gay. The vires are down and par ars are unobtainable at present. Tom L. Johnson's Brother. Albert L. Johnson of Cleveland Ohio, brother of Mayor Thomas I Johnson, died last night at Port Hamilton, a Brooklyn suburb.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Globe
Tom L. Johnson
New York
Albert L. Johnson
Cleveland, O
Port
Hamilton
Brooklyn
Rust Disease Described Through Humors Beliefs
A fragment describes a skin condition by medieaval ideas of humors causing patches that burn, discharge, and itch. It frames the ailment as persistent, annoying, and enduring while humors remain in the system, noting it is radially and ured by ancient theory.
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Geo. Gempel
Maumee
Bell
Citire
Collin's
Rollin's Cafe
Taylor Bros
Pastoffice
Nerve Slavery
Isa
Orn
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Company
Buffalo, N
W. J. LaFraugh
Mononent Park
Og E
Telegram
Adrian Daily Telegram
C. 8. Pennock
Albig’s
South Main Street Nation
SSS
Hayes’ Cash Shoe Store
N and Clayt
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Lansing
E. H. McCallum
State Board of Health
Asia Minor
South Haven
Ludwig's Pier
Muskegon, Mich
William Babcock
Charles J. French
Muskegon
Ogdensburg
Harmon
N. Y
Hood
Johnson & Andrews
Detroit Southern Railway
Adrian
Deroit
Vis Wabash Railroad
Canada
California, Queen & Crescent
Queen & Crescent
Pacific Coast
W. C. Rinearson
G. Pp. A
Matters IN
Braca of
Owosso
A. S. Bliss
Bakersfield
Cal
Bliss
Onos- 50
The
Maccabees
Richmond
Rocky Mountain
Bermane
Cash Dry Goods Co
Stevens
Cc. Ackley
Mulzer & Son
North Main Street
Wesleys
Adrian Dail
ROE Clothing CO
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