Michigan forest fires devastate counties and towns in Michigan
Fires driven by gales ravaged north Michigan destroying Case in Presque Isle county and threatening Cheboygan. Heavy losses hit Presque Isle Leelanau Charlevoix Otsego with widespread timber and lumber mill damage. A homeless camp moved to Onaway while Wolverine Rondo Kentucky and other areas faced destruction. Large lumber company assets burned and a twenty mile fire front persisted.
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End
Presque Isle
Peer
Leelanau
Charlevoix
Otsego
Case
Onaway
Legrande
Wolverine
Rondo
Michigan Central Station
Kentucky
Borne City
Cheboygan
Cheboygan County
Tower Mill
Tubbs Manufacturing Company
Richanison Lumber Company
Lobdell Raily Company
Foote Wins Michigan G A R Commander Role in Detroit
Foote, a Kal Amazed patent attorney, elected department commander of the Michigan G A R at the encampment in Detroit, defeating Eugen Parker of Monroe 273 to 105. Other officers elected include Geo L Holmes Detroit senior vice commander J J Trake Jr St Joseph junior vice commander and Rev William Putnam Lansing chaplain. The encampment will meet next in Kalamazoo with Fayette Wycker Lansing named assistant adjutant general and Capt James E White Kalamazoo as assistant quartermaster general. A medical director was chosen Solman Howard City. Mrs May Stocking Knages Bay City won the W R C commander post after a lively Thursday session.
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F. Foote
Kalamaze
G. A. R. Department of Michigan
Light Infantry
Detroit
Eugen Parker
Monroe
Parker
Geo. L. Holmes Tetroit
J. J. Trrake
St. Joseph
Mich
May Stocking Knages
Bay City
Storm tears into Michigan farm belt causing widespread damage
Dispatches from southwestern Michigan report a wind driven storm with rain and electricity Sunday. In Kalamazoo lightning struck the German Lutheran church tearing away the steeple. Beaton Harbor suffered heavy damage to fruit trees corn and wheat. Hin dale barns were burned with seventeen cattle killed. Graving crops suffered great damage.
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Michigan
Kalamazoo
Beaton Harbor
Hindale
University Budget Appeals and Regent Peter White Tribute
The Regents passed appropriations advancing the University of Michigan budget and prepared the annual report due in July. They adopted resolutions praising Regent Peter White. Also reported is a tragic incident in which a 12 year old girl, Amanda Carlson, was gored by a bull near Dagzert, escaping through a wire fence after severe injuries.
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Univer of Michigan
Ske
Peter White
Manda
John Carlson
Dagzert
Kipling Postoffice Robbery Dampened by Surrounding Goods
The Kipling suburb post office inside a general store was robbed on a recent night. Robbers piled nearly all the clothing and dry goods around the store safe to muff le the blast when they blew the safe. Stamps and money were stolen, amount unknown.
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Kipling
Gladstone
Two Die in Saleos Fire At Jacobsville Saloon
Esko and Johnson perished in a blaze at Matt Hattala's saloon and residence in Jacobsville. The fire destroyed both buildings, leaving the two men burned to death in the inferno.
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Saleos
Esko
Johnson
Matt Hattala
Jacobsville
Murdered in Bed in Detroit. Brother of Quarrel Partner Suspected
Albert Tribulowski was shot while sleeping beside his wife in Detroit and died. An ante mortem statement says the assailant spoke to him as he fired and Tribulowski identified the voice as that of the brother of a man he quarreled with over a year ago during card games.
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Albert Tribulowski
Detroit
Marshall
James Brennan
West
Annaose
Ife
Chicago
Indiana
Hom Brennan
Grasshopper Invasion Threatens Michigan Farmlands
A repeat outbreak of grasshoppers threatens Michigan farms, with reports from Marblehead noting fields swarmed by immature pests. Farmers in Schoolcraft County faced significant damage last year, and fears grow that crops will suffer again this season.
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Michigan
Schoolcraft County
Marblehead
Criminals Nab Adrian Couple Over Counterfeiting
Officers arrested Mr and Mrs Starry Crabill of Adrian on counterfeiting charges after a sheriff’s search of their home uncovered a plaster die for a 18 silver dollar and other making tools. The pair reportedly gave conflicting statements amid the investigation. Roy May of Lowell pleaded guilty to forgery in Grand Rapids but received probation after his widowed mother, present in court, was moved to tears as the judge and audience were touched. Juror Owen Dodge offered the boy fare home with his own money.
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Starry Crabill
Adrian
Crabill
Roy May
Lowell
Judge Perkins
Grand Rapids
Preparations for Wolverine Fourth of July Celebration
The town readies the biggest Fourth of July in Wolverine history as residents plan parades, concerts, and fireworks. Meanwhile, local deaths include John Patton of Flush ing township at age 72, noted as Genesee county’s first white child born west of Flint, and Frank Bunting, 25, Cleon township treasurer found dead by hanging. coroner rules self-inflicted. Deputy State Game Warden Sloyt seizes nearly a ton of undersized white fish from Grand Haven fishermen.
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Wolverine
John Patton
Flushing Township
Genesee County
Flint
Charles Sloyt
Grand Haven
Kalamazoo
Frank Bunting
Cleon Township
Aetna
Washington Street
State Tax Commission
ROVER CLEVELAND DIES AFTER 1906 ILLNESS IN PRINCETON
Grover Cleveland the only surviving ex president died at his Princeton home after three months of rheumatic gout and acute indigestion. He had diabetes and gout for years and married Frances Folsom in 1886. He grew ill after his failed 1888 bid for a second term and retired to New York City.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Land
White House
Frances Folsom
Benjamin Harrison
New York City
Chicago
Stephen Grover Cleveland Career Milestones and Life Events
A concise timeline traces Stephen Grover Cleveland from early life in Caldwell Kasex County to major offices he held. It covers birth in 1837, family moves, law practice, Erie County roles, Buffalo mayoralty, New York governorship, and the 1884 presidency with a record veto rate, plus marriage to Frances Folsom and post White House years in Princeton.
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Horn
Caldwell
Kasex County
N. 7
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Fayetteville
New York Institution For the
Buffalo
Erie County
New York
United States
Frances Folsom
White House
White House June 2, 1886. Defeated In Campaign For Re-Election In 88, x di
Venezuela
Princeton
Life and Death of Grover Cleveland Highlighted
A lengthy obituary outlines Grover Cleveland’s health struggles and recovery before his death at 8:40 am on a Wednesday. It traces his birth in 1837, early schooling in New York, legal studies at Rogers Bowen, and rise from assistant district attorney to Buffalo mayor, New York governor, and the 1884 Democratic presidential nominee and president. It notes five children, four surviving.
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South
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
United States
Caldwell
N. Y
Fayetteville
Grover
Clinton
New York Institution For the
Rogers, Bowen & Rogers
Buffalo
New York
Erie County
Lanning, Cleveland & Folsom
Charles J. Folger
Cleve
Princeton
N. J
White House Bride Frances Folsom Cleveland Passes
Frances Folsom Cleveland widow of former President Cleveland dies leaving a nation in mourning. Born July 21 1864 in Buffalo she became the White House bride on June 2 1886 and was the youngest and most admired mistress of the executive era. Her death brings sorrow to diplomatic circles and many friends across states.
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Frances Folsom Cleveland
White House
Cleveland
Oscar
Emma C. Folsom
Cleevland
Buffalo
Miss Folsom
Magnate Fish Fights For Fair Play In Rail Brakeman Case
Stuyvesant Fish, aboard a Chicago bound train, intervened to reinstate a dismissed brakeman after hearing his case. He arranged a five minute halt, coordinated with conductor Jim, and sent a telegram at the first stop to restore the man to service. Fish said his action reflected his belief in fair play, noting he once swung a lantern himself for such justice.
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Illinois Central
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Great Northwestern
Stuyvesant Fish
C. B. Russell
Chicago
Mr. Fish
Jim
Tle
Kentucky Court of Appeals on Apportionment and Interstate Commerce
The Kentucky Court of Appeals in Adams vs Bosworth cites Raglind vs Anderson to hold that invalidating an act which apportion s the state into districts need not declare earlier unequal districting unconstitutional if public acquiescence indicates acceptance. It also cites Adams Express Co. v Commonwealth to affirm that a local agent's handling of a C O D interstate liquor shipment does not remove the transaction from interstate commerce, reversing a Kentucky appellate ruling in light of Heyman v Southern R Co.
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
Adams
Adams Express Company
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Heyman Vs. Southern R. Co
Supreme Court Reporter
Southwestern Reporter
Subtle insult recalled in western anecdote by Foraker
Senator Foraker grimly recalls a harsh jab from an opponent describing a western scene. He tells of two cowboys in a village street with one dangled a silver watch by its chain to mock the other as a father had been lynched. The tale highlights raw frontier humor and the political sting.
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Senator Foraker
Palladium
Up to His Tricks at New York Dinner
Lord Rosslyn recalled a notorious spendthrift, saying at a New York dinner that while at Oxford he warned his uncle he would blow his brains out if not sent a hundred by Saturday. The uncle answered by recalling a prior telegram and gifting his revolver, which the heir then pawned.
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Lord Rosslyn
New York
Lemion
Oxford
Visitor in Prison Ponders Trusty Con Vict
A fragmented quip frames a prison scene where a visitor questions a guard about a nearby inmate described as a trusty. The guard confirms the inmate’s status, prompting the visitor to inquire which trust he held.
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Puck
Israel asks for a king in a changing world
A Sunday School lesson on First Samuel's demand for a human king versus divine theocracy. The speaker argues rulers corrupt, but God warns and guides prophets. nations drift toward worldly power, while true faith endures under God. Emphasizes judgment for seeking worldly approval over divine will.
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Omrlecen
God
Israel
Ezy
Canaan
Samer
Sameel
France
Napoleon Bonaperte
Sons of
Samael
Phariees
Sumer
Church and Clergy Report During General Synod Session
The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America at Asbery Park shows 117,139 members in about 700 churches. Joseph Elsinger of St. Paul donated a site between St. Paul and Minnne. Rev Samuel Freader of New York, an Episcopal minister, renounced orders and became a Jew. Freeder will be deposed from the priesthood and will not return to religious work.
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General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Asbery Park
Joseph Elsinger
St. Paul
St. Paul and
Minnne
Samuel Freader
New York
Episcopal Church
Mr. Freeder
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Foote
Leeta Postoffice
Adrian Couple
Lansing
Olivet College
Barnaby
Rebekah
Rossini
Stabat Mater
Congregational Church
Industrial School For Boys
Harry Monroe
Michigan Central
George Flure
George Doty
Carrie Lockard
Charles H. van Alstyne
South Haven
Rover Cleveland
Ed Badinage
Sam & ‘Jolden
Kinex Reiic
Jesus
Samuel
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