Wreck Delays Pier Work at St Joseph Harbor
Nation's news briefs report a damaged keel section from the steamer City of Duluth foundering four years ago at St Joseph harbor. Piles struck by the wreckage slow a government pier project, with divers noting steel hull sheets lodged near the piles. Other items include divorces, fires, deaths, local industry plans, and municipal notes across Michigan towns.
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Government
St. Joseph
City of Duluth
Duluth
States Association Moves to End Wholesale Marriage
The State Association of Congregational Churches at its sixty first annual St John s meeting in St Jo adopted a resolution urging Michigan lawmakers to ban marriage licenses issued on Sundays and to require a five day waiting period for non residents before a ceremony.
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St. Joseph
State Association of Congregational Churches
St. Johns
Michigan
Mar”Ge
Wandering Grand Rapids Man Found In Woods
John MacCauley a Grand Rapids businessman of MacCauley Bros steamfitters was found wandering near Cooper after missing days. He carried an unused Niles to Grand Rapids railroad ticket and claimed a fictional encounter with hoboes, Buffalo Bill, and a palace car rescue before his brother retrieved him.
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John MacCauley
Grand Rapids
MacCauley Bros
Cooper
Niles
Kalamazoo
Avery Saw Mill Destruction Shocks Alpena
The Avery sawmill, one of Alpena's largest, owned by Richardson Lumber Co., was destroyed by fire. The plant valued around 50, insured for 87. The company plans rebuilding and holds a large stock of hemlock and pine, with five large pine rafts expected to arrive within days via the booms. Another mill will be operated by Avery crews at night. This marks the eleventh Alpena saw and shingle mill lost to fire or explosion.
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Avery
Alpena
Richardson Lumber Co
Hangs Himeclf in Asyloum at Oak Grove Hospital
Herbert Brice, patient at Oak Grove hospital in Flint, hanged himself in a room near the Turkish bathroom in Noyes Hall. He stood on a table, tied a rope from the ceiling, and jumped, dying a few minutes later. Brice suffered melancholia and had been at the hospital since last fall. He was ST years old and a half-brother of the late United States Senator Brice of Ohblo.
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Himeclf
Asyloum
Herbert
Brice
Oak Grove Hospital
Flint
Noyes Hall
United States
Ohblo
Record- setting grape expansion in Michigan belt
John Thiing, postmaster at Lake Cora and noted grape grower, reports over 1000 acres added to Michigan’s grape belt. He says prospects for a large crop are the finest in years as vines endure cold snaps and now hang on thousands of miles of wires across multiple counties.
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Michigan
John Thiing
Lake Cora
Multiple Local Incidents Highlight Wild News in Grand Rapids Era
A collection of brief reports notes a half holiday movement near Grand Rapids, a Kalamazoo carpenter struck by lightning, a four year old hit by a train, a stabbing case in the Thumb, a Parma creamery sold for milling, Rev. J R Andrews committed to Kalamazoo insane asylum, a Barry steamer head waiter drowned, a pistol accident gravely injures a boy near Escanaba, Bree Baptist Church in Davi son dedicated debt free, City Savings Bank executives charged with collapse await trial, naval brigade to cruise off Manistee during State Guard encampment, Ollie Miller loses facial features in a stumping incident, and a Hol land resident dies by suicide after family spurns emigration.
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Detroit
John Seharberg
Saugatuck
Hasaack
Cedarville
Kasnes
Manistique
Fourth Michigan Infantry
Angola
Ind
Caro
Cass River
Anna Johnson
Carsonville
Sammie Broadmore
Brighton
Thomas Rabbit
Dexter
Michigan Telephone Company
Mass City
Greenland
Ontonagon County
Stockbridge
Grand Trunk Railroad
Mason
Charlotte
Lronwood
Maud
A. C. Stevenson
Menominee
Calhoun County
Battle Creek
Jonathan Wood
First Baptist Church
Bloomingdale
Cheboygan
Erwin Eager
Almena
Kahunavon
Ile
Lennie
Len Pierce
Montgomery
Connors
Lapeer
Tron Mountain Company
State National Gluard
Grand Rapids
Copper Country
Hancock
Lake Linden
Muskegon
Charles Stenberg
Munich
Bunker Hill
James Brady
Belding
John Elens
Grand Haven
Michigan
Finland
William Leet
Nellie Leet
Newnham
Jackson
Leet
Albert Kellar
Bertrand Township
Mary M. AL Lrick
Jackson and
Frank Evans
Vassar
Jake Cofield
Leon Larent
Parma
J. R. Andrews
Lansing
Kalamazoo
James Walsh
Chicago
Barry
Charlies H. Hackley
Harold Raymond
Escanaba
New Bree Baptist Church
Davison
Frank C. Andrews
H. R. Andrews
City Savings Bank of Detroit
Recorder's Court
Whelan
Naval Brigade
Manistee
National Guard
Ollie Miller
Bailey
John Hisgen
Holland
Germany
Statue of Rochambeau honored in Washington memory
A bronze replica statue unveiled in Lafayette Square Washington honors French General Rochambeau who led troops in the Revolutionary War. The ceremony drew Americans and French officials, with Congress funding the monument and related entertainments.
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Washington
Lafayette Square
State
War
Navy
Rochambeau
Vendome
France
Horace Porter
Congress
United States
Proeneh
Loubet
Gaulois
Brugere
Ournier
Sahine de Lafayette
Lafayette
Countess de Rochambeau
Yorktown
Louis XVI
Valley Forge
Newport
Col. Rochambeau
Atlantic
Clinton
New York
New Jersey
Cornwallis
de Grasse
Chesapeake Bay
America
Paris
Robespierre
Napoleon
Legion of Honor
Bonaparte
Hoar Attacks Philippine War In Forceful Speech
Senator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts delivered a forensic attack on the Philippine war, accusing officials of waste and cruelty. He contrasted past gratitude for liberation with present enmity, urging humane policy aligned with independence and the golden rule.
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Gitter
Ielands
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Presbyterians Adopt Creed Revision at General Assembly
The Presbyterian General Assembly in New York adopted a largely unanimous report from the creed revision committee, sending the changes to presbyteries for ratification. Key amendments liberalize doctrine on infant salvation and remove the Pope as anti Christ, adding a new chapter on God's love, missions, and the Holy Spirit.
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Presbyterian General
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
New York
Rome
Christ
Swindling Farmers and Phony Pest Remedies
A retired farmer warns that bands of sharpers exploit official farm notices. After government declares new pests or insects, con men push powders and methods to profit from farmers and gardeners, sometimes claiming to halt locust ravages with ineffective treatments.
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National Agricultural Department
Washington
Burned at the Stake in Texas Lynching
Dudley Morgan, a Black man, was burned to death in Lansing Texas by a mob of about 4000 men after a train arrival. Morgan confessed to the crime and implicated another Black man. He was bound to a stake, surrounded by fuel, and died as the crowd demanded a slow death. The victim Mrs. McKay identified him as her assailant.
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Dudley Morgan
Lansing
Texas
Morgan
McKay
Henry E Harris Dies in Duluth of Promaime Poisoning
Henry E Harris aged 35 author of The King of Andora died in Duluth Minnesota from promaime poisoning. He was the son of the late A A Harris a distinguished Virginia Confederate officer and longtime resident of Fort Scott Kansas and a prominent figure in Kansas politics.
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Henry E. Harris
Andora
Duluth
Minn
Promaime
A. A. Harris
Fort Scott
Khan
Kansas
Aftermath of Mount Pelee Mounts Terror Rampant
Devastated Martinique and St. Vincent face ongoing volcanic danger as Mount Pelee and La Soufriere erupt intermittently. Widespread death tallies reach 28 000 in St Pierre and 1 800 on St Vincent with thousands more missing or burned. Aid from the United States and private sources pours in to relieve suffering.
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Mount Pelee
la Soufriere
Martinique
St. Vincent
St. Pierre
Fort de France
May S
Riviere Blanche
Guerin
United States
Mobility Among Americans From Census Figures
The article notes that out of 65,843,302 native-born Americans, 13,803,051 live outside their birth states and 10,469,738 foreign-born residents bring total mobility to roughly one third. New York sent 1.8 million residents to other states and received 534,000. Vermont shows a remarkable pattern with births abroad matching half its current population.
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United States
Europe
New York
Vermont
Rebels Defeated in Chi-Li Province After Leader Capture
The Chinese government reports complete defeat of southern Chi-Li rebels and captures their leaders, signaling a decisive setback for the insurgents.
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Chi-Li
The Council at Jerusalem in Early Church History
The article reviews the council of Jerusalem from Acts 15 focusing on Gentile inclusion without circumcision, the tensions between Jewish and Gentile Christians, and the roles of Paul, Barnabas, Peter, and James. It notes the private then public hearing, the Spirit’s guidance, and the resulting Antioch letter advising Gentile converts to abstain from idols offerings blood and strangled foods and from fornication to avoid scandal.
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Jerusalem
Paul
Jesus
Temple
Israel
Barnabas
Peter
Antioch
Gal
Apostles
Eldes
James
Life Insurance Debate Reflects on Policy Sales
A man with an incand escent beard quips that life insurance people are queer. The dialogue explores the paradox of persuading customers they may die soon to buy coverage while insurers must believe they will live long enough to issue a policy.
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