Ice Gorge Faults Chippewa Falls Flood The Mist
A massive ice gorge thirty feet high formed on the Chippewa River below Chippewa Falls Wisconsin flooding six miles of valley towns. Basements along Spring street flooded and lower floors submerged as water rose six inches hourly last night. The danger extends downstream toward Irvine and Eau Claire as rail and power facilities face flooding and darkness.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chippewa River
Chippewa Valley
Spring Street
Isau Claire
Irvine
Wisconsin Central Railway
Ice floods force Durand area residents to flee
In Eau Claire Wisconsin on December 1 the Chippewa River gorge backed water into low lands below Durand causing rapid flooding. Many families fled in night robes to safety as homes and stores were submerged. A rescue train carried forty to fifty people before the engine had to return. Some may have perished as bottoms and livestock were lost to the cold and ruined supplies.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Durand
Railways Washed Out and Timber Lost in Chippewa floods
Floods in Pepin and Chippewa bottoms disrupt rail traffic as the Chicago Milwaukee and Chippewa Valley line, plus nearby Chicago Burlington and Northern, suffer washouts and log jams. Bridges unsafe, millions of feet of timber in jams, hay losses, and several families rescued from flooded homes. In St Paul a blizzard cost five lives, including 14 year old Elmer Holte frozen near Ada Minnesota. Stevens Point foresees record Wisconsin river flood, with streets flooded and dykes failing. residents seek higher ground. In Fisher Minnesota a bank cashier, M Sanaker, shot himself after fear of inheriting insanity from his father.
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Pepin
Wis
Chippewa
Chicago, Milwaukee and Chippewa Valley
Smith's Slough
Trevino Junction
Chicago, Burlington and Northern Road
Burlington
Chippewa Valley Bridge
Read’s Landing
West Newton Slough
Alma
St. Paul
Telegraph
Elmer Holte
Ada
Minn
Poplar Woods
Holte
Avas
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Wages Reduced at Juyan Shoemaker Factories
Several reductions in wages were announced last night at local labor union headquarters in Juyan Massachusetts. The cuts affect multiple factories in the vicinity and reflect broader labor cost pressures in the industry.
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Juyan
Mass
12 119 Morello and the 100000 turf king in California
12 119 Morello son of Wolus once valued at 100000 died at Rees ranch California. Louis Maverick stoned to death near Summit Ohio on the Chicago drainage canal. two negros Rucker and Lattimore under arrest. Rucker confessed. Professor Newcomb of Salem Mass says X rays cure baldheads. Missouri legislature to consider making prize fighting felony in same plane as boxing. Captain J McA Webster Washington suffers X ray injuries from bullet location attempts. Football record 1896 three killed and 123 injured. Obituary notes Captain James Reynolds Mexican war veteran, Rev William T Cole, Don F Taylor, Sadie McDonald. Italian parliament reopened. Peoria threatened with water famine. Sharkey vs Fitzsimmons match planned. Kid Lavigne matched with McKeever for December 28. New York financial rates and Chicago grain and live stock quotations summarized.
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Morello
Wolus
Rees
California
Louis Maverick
Summit
Hio
Chicago
Rucker
Lattimore
George Newcomb
Salem
Mass
Missouri
J. McA. Webster
Washington
Sydney
Australia
Sadie McDonald
Philadelphia
James Reynolds
Mascoutah
Ills
Hillsboro
William T. Cole
Ashland
Don F. Taylor
Terre Haute
Ind
Heidi Myer Shapiro
Peoria
Ijls
Li Water Company
Grosscup
Sharkey
the Pugilistic World
Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
Story of Beauchamp and Cissy Wins Hearts and Woes
A tale of summer flirtations and social scheming centers on Beauchamp and his rival Hoskins as two women, Miss Cissy and Hoskins sister, navigate affection. Beauchamp's mild slander and a planned engagement scheme unravel when Cissy weeps upon hearing of the sister's betrothal, forcing Hoskins to confess true love. The plot ends as the conspiring couple’s plans collapse and the story drifts into gentler years.
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Beauchamp
Hoskins
Cissy Bell
Cissy
Miss Cissy
Young Hoskins
Europe
Death of piano maker William Steinway in New York
New York, Dec 1 The death of William Steinway well known piano manufacturer occurred in the city after a bout with typhoid fever. He was born in Germany in 1836 and was an expert musician. Burned to death on a steamer in South Haven Mich Two others escaped narrowly as the City of Kalamazoo burned and nearly destroyed the vessel.
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William Steinway
New York
Germany
South Haven
Mich
Robert van Ostrande
Joseph Land
Covert
City of Kalamazoo
Weather Indications for Indiana Illinois and Adjacent States
Weather indications for twenty four hours from 8 p m yesterday. Indiana Illinois fair warmer winds northers becoming easterly. Michigan Wisconsin generally fair continued cold northwesterly winds. Iowa fair slightly warmer winds variable southerly.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Young Woman Sees Brother Off At Grand Central
A young lady was driven by her brother to Grand Central depot to catch a late train. In a hurried moment the porter stowed her satchels under the seat and she boarded quickly, kissing the porter and giving her brother a quarter before departure.
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Grand Central Depot
New York Times
Trains Schedule Fragments From South Region
Train times show arrivals and departures from east and south stations with daily and weekly exceptions. Numbers 1 and 8 run daily, 8188 and 87 daily except Sunday, and other services depart or arrive at listed morning and evening times with hours largely in local notation.
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Bouth
Trains Run Daily to Madison and Nearby Stations
Ro 101 leaves for Madison. No 109 arrives from Veleaseb. No 161 leaves for Madison. No 164 arrives from Teevecesseeee BIB0 D. Freight trains carry passengers. All trains daily except Sunday.
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Madison
Svecees
Madieon Gaited
Dodgeville Line Passenger and Freight Arrivals Noted
Train notices show passenger No 201 leaving toward Dodgeville and freight No 971 arriving for Dodgeville. Additional times list passenger Wo 202 arriving from freight and line 264 from 7340, with sundry belts and agent mentions amid unclear digits.
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Dodgeville
Creo
Trains Schedule Fragments Freeport to Chicago and Back
Fragmentary timetable notes show trains leaving Freeport for Chicago and returning with times like 7:20, 10:40, and 6:30 p m. The text indicates freight trains do not carry passengers and includes daily or Sunday only service notes amid unclear OCR.
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Freeport
Chicago
Reese
Esce
Holder
Agers
Railroad timetable notes and connections at Rock Island
Train schedules show arrivals and departures with through coaches to Chicago Milwauk ee Rock Island and connections from Freeport to Beloit Janesville Madison Rockford and other points. Baggage checked through to destination and agent J B Sweat listed.
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Madteon
Rockford
Chicago
Rock Island
Miecakes
Freeport
W.w
Beloit
Traiwe
Weat
Lelano Yeguars
Clinton
Dubuque
St. Paul
Srant Rapida
Chicago Great Western Trains From South Freeport Schedule
The Chicago Great Western Railway lists direct routes to Chicago and major hubs. Trains No. 3 and No. 4 Chicago limited and Express run daily or Sundays with departure times around 6:15 pm and 6:26 pm. Ticket office at Drewwater House. stage connections from Drewater House at 7:45 am, 1:00 pm, and 7:45 pm.
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Chicago Great Western RY
Chicago
Dubuque
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dea Moines
St. Joseph
Kansas C
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Chippews Falls
Hhuselt
Journal
Fisher, Minn
M. Sanaker
Bank of Fisher
Kid” Lavigne
Saginaw, Mich
Charles McKeever
Marlborough Athletic Club
New York Financial
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Cmcaco
Board of Trade
Burbanks
Hebron
Union
Texas
Western Rangers
Hoskinses
Humphrey
Humphreys
MED. CO
EAD
Willem Stig
Peres Aazel Oil
Gsonvate Lithia White Rock
White Rock Lithiated
Mawthorn
White Rock
Congrese
Betheeda
Rubinat Candal
Friedrichehall Ebutter
Hunjadi Vwanos
Carlebad Gprudei Appolinaiie
Vichy
Aca
Amu
Vas Ingic
Wilbur Lumber Company
Exchange St
Brewater House
W. M. Sanford
Aoman
TOWER
Dawson & Gco
Dearborn Street
Llincis
Tahwa East
Ueypars
Eter
McHenry’s Bakery
Saratoga
Coly House
Stephenson Street
Court House
Madison Line
Chicago & Northwestern
J. B Sweat
G. Fitz
G. & Lat Forreston
Staver & Co
Sovereign
Brown
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