Earthquake Devastation in Japan Hits Gifu and Beyond
News from Yokoyama dated November reports a catastrophic 28 October quake in Japan rivaling 1855 ruins. Nearly 4,000 killed in Achy and Gifu with another 4,000 wounded, 42,000 houses destroyed, and widespread fires in Gifu city. The disaster, centered in Mino and Owari, left 200,000 homeless as shocks continued and regions felt tremors as far as Rikushu.
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San Francisco
Japan
Yokoyama
Achy
Gifu
Mino
Oawari
Hio
Rikushu
Tokio
Kuno
Mia. van Dyke
Owari
Seto
Fujiyasei
Hakusan
Gongen Hill
Inaba
Minneapolis Wins Bid for 1892 Republican National Convention
The Republican National Committee selected Minneapolis Minnesota to host the 1892 convention on June 7. Delegates from rival cities pressed their cases at the Arlington hotel as Washburne urged northern support and hotels for the event. G F Johnson noted Ohio’s strength while Merriam warned of regional political shifts as Minneapolis edged ahead.
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Washinaton
Republican National Committee
Minneapolis
Minn
Arlington Hotel
Washburne
Northwest
G. F. Johnson
United States Senate
Ohio
Chenggo
Chi
Merriam
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Richmond and Danville dividend talk amid security meetings
Fresh wrangles over dividends and control implicate Richmond Terminal bonds held by First National Bank worth about 500000. Directors weigh informal moves to protect Richmond and Danville properties as meetings discuss whether to issue a dividend on preferred stock.
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New York
Richmond Terminal
First National Bank
Richmond
Richmond and
Danville
Storm Swept Damage Reports Across Cities
Storms from Georgia to the northeast devastate telegraph lines and structures. Reports describe roofs torn from depots, shattered chimneys, and widespread power outages across Meadville Pittsburgh Wheeling Canton and Cleveland with fires collisions and injuries.
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New York
Ita
Georgia
Florida
Baltimore
Richmond
Washington
Philadelphia
Montreal
Toronto
North Carolina
Ohio
Erie
Meadville
Menpvituz
Penn
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad
Pass
Georgia Girls College Life and Needs at Mitixposville
A letter from Julia Montgomery CrowzL to a recipient in Mitixposville Georgia details life at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Girls. It describes the boarding arrangement, daily routines, and multiple industrial and academic departments, including book-keeping stenography telegraphy dressmaking cooking and art. The writer urges support for expansion and a library, praising the president and faculty and emphasizing mothers should send daughters to the school.
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Mitixposville
Epiror
Georgia Normal and Industrial College For
Girs
South
United States
Georgia
Oxford
Sumter
Julia Montgomery Crowzl
Nelson Tifts Remarkable Wealth and Civic Work
Americus mourns Hon. Nelson Tift at eighty seven. A northern by birth, he supported the Confederate Veterans Home as a trustee and dedicated his late years to aiding veterans widows and orphans. His enormous wealth was widely noted and his fortune was estimated around three.
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Americus
Nelson Tift
Confederate Veterans’ Home
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Eve
George D. Wheatley
Col. Lamar Street
Cotton Avenue
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Lena
Department
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Western Mail
Pennsylvania Railroad
Irvin
Phillipsburg
Michael Gody
Bunga Ma
Camiage
O. Ho
Pittsburg
Chicago Presbytery
Chicago
General Assembly
Columbus
John Cartain
Alabama
W. M. Erskine
Huntsville
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Lusso
Miller City
Here
Johnny’ McGuire
Johnny
United Weaves
Canada
Rees
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Wacenna
W. Va
Wheeling
DiEvelano
Erie Road
Perfest
Canton, CO
Ameanty
A Totm
Jostin
Crastoc
the Normal and Industrial School
MN Sedgeville
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