Harbor Appropriations and Local Developments Across Michigan
Captain Keller recommends harbor budgets for Michigan City and St Joseph plus continued work on Kalamazoo River and Muskegon Portage Lake. Other notes cover Baroda farming finds, Baraga water bonds, Mull’s mining claim, shrinking celery and wheat crops, population shifts, and a planned Muskegon sheet-piling harbor improvement.
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Nornal
Charles Keller
Grand Rapids
Michigan City Harbor
Ind
St. Joseph Harbor
Kalamazoo River
Holland Harbor
Black Lake
Manistee
Harbor of
Portage Lake
Sous
Frankfort Harbor
Charlevoix
Keller
Muskegon
Fire at Michigan Barrel Company factory in Grand Rapids
A costly blaze destroyed the Michigan Barrel Company factory in Grand Rapids. Losses are estimated in thousands with insurance covering the same amount. Adjacent lumber yards and buildings were saved. The plant, the state’s largest of its kind, produced refrigerators baskets and barrels. Fire began in the engine room and cause remains unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Michigan Barrel Company
Chand Rapids
Shou
Smallpox Outbreak at Kalamazoo Insane Asylum
Twenty nine cases of smallpox and varicella among attendants and patients at the Kalamazoo insane asylum traced to a female nurse who had recently been away. The nurse’s initial illness was diagnosed as chickenpox with unknown origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Michigan News Briefs: Frost Hits Crops and Local Ventures
The blueberry crop in Northern Michigan nears failure after an early frost. Sherman plans a street fair in August. Potatoes around Brighton suffer under constant Colorado beetle activity. Hillsdale nears completion on a new shoe factory with machinery installed. Upper Peninsula lumber camps struggle to hire enough workers. Maple Grove stockman Charles Dunham dies after bull incident. Walpole Islands appoint Jim Kickanosway as new chief. Stockbridge grants a thirty year gas or electric franchise to CG BR De Pay and W. J. Dancer. Beek Brewing and Malting plant in Alpena nearly ruined by fire with $40,000 loss and $15,000 insurance. Mulliken Bank cashier Riley M Reed dies. N. Berry of Grand Rapids dies suddenly. Port Huron’s 13-year-old dies in an accident from impalement while jumping a stick obstacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Sherman
Brighton
Hillsdale
Upper Peninsula
Charles Dunham
Maple Grove
Tie
Jim Kickanosway
Walpole Islands
Dadiaus
Algonac
Common Council of
Stockbridge
CG. BR
Beck Brewing and Malting Company
Alpena
Riley M. Reed
Bank of Mulliken
N. Berry
Grand Rapids
Sbe
Schley demands naval court of inquiry over Maclay charges
After three years of attack on his character Admiral Winfield Scott Schley calls for a naval court of inquiry to probe historian Maclay and his History of the United States Navy. A civil libel suit against Maclay and publishers Appleton is planned if warranted.
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Acke
Winfield Scott Schley
Naval Court of Inquiry
Maclay
United States Navy
Santiago Harbor
Long
Navy
Annapolis
Sampson
Schley
Schhley
Appletons
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Court of Claims
Brooklyn
New York
Cervera
Farm Exports of 1900 Show Broad Foreign Markets
Agricultural Department reports show 1900 exports of U S farm products to over a dozen countries surpassing 10 million dollars each. United Kingdom bought 408 million, Germany 134 million, with Asia gaining sharply and Europe absorbing most sales. Totals for meat dairy and other items reach about 844 million, with Britain taking 107 million in meat products and 32.7 million in live animals.
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Agricultural Department
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
France
Belgium
Italy
Canada
Japan
Denmark
Cuba
Spain
British Africa
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
South America
Asia
Europe
United
Starving in the Klondike report from Nume and Kobuk district
Joseph Davidowitch, a Russian, arrives at Nume with accounts of 200 miners in the Kobuk river Notze bue Sound country facing severe food shortages. He cites a strong strike on Squirrel creek 200 miles up the Kobuk, credits Capt. Coogan of the John Reilly for the find, and notes winter starvation among dogs in Coogan’s expedition. A separate Texas case reports a man found dead with a knife. authorities debate murder versus death by own action.
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Joseph Davidowitch
Nume
Kimball
Kobuk River
Notzebue Sound
Nobuk
Davidowich
Wulan
Squirrel Creek
Kobuk
Coogan
John Reilly
Arctic City
Carter Harrison A Shirtwaist Man
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago appears in shirtwaist garb at his office drawing attention among city hall staff. Officials plan to imitate the move with many preparing similar attire and accessories for public officers.
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Carter Harrison
Chicago
Congress
Hanberdasher
Boers Seek Homesteads in Oklahoma Territory
About 350 Boers arrived in Lawson Oklahoma Territory after traveling from New Orleans. They registered for homesteads and plan to become citizens, hoping to establish a Transvaal in Oklahoma. Captain Joubert leads the group and speaks English. most women join later if land is secured.
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Lawson
O. T
New Orleans
Transvaal
Oklahoma
Joubert
Fighting Piet
Alabama
South Africa
England
Kruger
Fosburgh Trial Opens in Mass For Sister Slaying
Robert Stuart Fosburgh faces trial in Fitzgerald Massachusetts for the death of his sister May I Fosburgh last August. Prosecutors say the shooting followed a family quarrel while the Fosburgh family claims burglars attacked the household. A jury was seated within thirty minutes of voir dire.
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Robert Stuart Fosburgh
May I. Fosburgh
Fitzaffield
Mass
Fosburgh
New England
Robert
Fusburgh
Labor contractors in Yucatan accused of trafficking
Brief notes claim labor contractors in Yucatan hold white slaves. A $5,000,000 London hotel project follows money. A fire hit Joshua Texas business district. Legal and insurance figures cited. Col John Ward Jordan, Civil War Indiana regiment commander, has died in Louisville. Norman A Dodge named United States commissioner at Fort Worth Texas.
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Yucatan
London
Joshua
Texas
Laws
John Ward Jordan
Louisville
Norman A. Dodge
United States
Fort Worth
Tessa
FT. J. Rewell
Union of Farm Hands Organizes in Knox County
Indiana tillers of the soil form Parm Laborers' Union No. 9247, a branch of the AFL, already drawing 27 farms into its fold. Wives and daughters praise shorter hours and better living, with meetings held twice weekly in open air or local halls as they seek fair wages and arbitration. Reports touch on Rockefeller Morgan Paris bank plans, Miss Tilman declared insane, and Alaska measles deaths in St Paul and St George.
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Indiana
Parm Laborers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Knox
W. H L. Brevoort
Knox County
Stowe
Cape Town
Rockefeller
Morgan
Paris
Miss Tilman
New York
Alaska
St. Paul
St. George
Abram Chooses the Land of Promise Over the Plain
The narrative recounts Abram and Lot quarreling over pasturage and wells in the Negeb, prompting Abram to offer a peaceful separation. Abram surveys the land from Mount Bethel, selects the Jordan Plain for Lot and the uplands for himself, then returns to Hebron to worship and reaffirm his loyalty to God. He preserves his honor by declining spoils and anticipates a future child and renewed divine promise.
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Abraham
Lot
Abram
Canaan
Egypt
Nile Delta
B. C
Negeb
Judah
Arabah
Jordan Valley
Maritime
Bethel
Barth
Jerusalem
Haran
Jordan
Lut
Stuuaria
Ebal
Gerizim
Sheehem
Esdravlon
Canaanites
Lord
Hebron
Quik
Enna
A Skillful Dodger in the Chicago Tribune
A terse quotation centers on a shopkeeper and his reputed lover as a boastful remark about a trusted hand in the business. The exchange underscores cunning and loyalty within the establishment.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Physician Humor From a Revere Teat Exchange
A brief dialogue shows a physician jokingly presenting a bill to a patient who claims to feel strong enough to tackle anything. The scene captures a light moment in a medical setting with a patient responding confidently.
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Adrian Township
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Elizabeth Larson
Green Bay
Martin Dewitt
Solomon Foster
Millers
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Supreme Court
AL J. White
Battle Creek
Oman
Board of ‘Prade
Hart
Cotil Thie Guumer
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Kansas
Winfield Scott
Klondike
Joseph Davidowich
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Lawson, O. T
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