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9| Fire clestrted the Union hotlt;A I at Brookston kt Thursday night, j In a room on tbek?er fl°°r thfc I frame t^ructure was Brookston Reporter printitf^J®06’ and a millinery establishment owned by Mrs. CottreM also eccupiefi 1 space on that floor and was where the fire originated. The hotel, which was recently overhauled by the present manager, Mr. Charles C. Stewart, was owned by Chester C. fYfcrfch, publisher and editor cK. the Reporter. The hotel contained twenty-eight rooms and was a familiar place wkh traveling men. AH the building and its contents were totally destroyed, and Mr. French had no insurance. The Brookston Reporter was one of the oldest country newspapers in this part of the state, having teeew established nearly thirty yearsn g° •The tile mill at Brookston, owned by Robert H. Little, also burned down last Sunday morning, the origin of the fire being from the Monon milk train north which passes that point at about 6:30 o’clock. This mill was built in 1892 and had been doing a big business evor since.
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New Richmond Record
New Richmond, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 24, 1901
Page 5
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