The Great Chicago Conflagration of 1871 Surges On
Extraordinary fire reports from Oct 8 describe a massive blaze sweeping from a planing mill between Clinton and Canal toward Van Buren and Jackson. Wind drives flames across blocks, destroying warehouses, coal yards, grain elevators, depots, and homes. hundreds of buildings are burned, thousands homeless, and firemen reported killed as engines struggle to contain the disaster.
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Caicaco
Clinton
Canal
van Buren
Jackson Streets
Wellé Street
Addis
Adams
Rivgt Ee
Vans Buren
Adama
Alton
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Vincent, Nelson & Co
Fort, Wayne
Chicago
St. Louis
Canal ‘Street
Alredy
Giles
C. Hoeiea
Marshal Williams
Milwaukee
Cpigac
Monroy Hest
Jefferson' S Street
Chicago & St. Louis
Ft. Wayne
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Fir
Thishdispatch
Bb. Wayne
Bengs
Jara
Bajorder
P & Epot
12Th Street
Jefferson Street
Palmer House
Sherman House
Tremont House
Court House
Merchants
Comany
Chamber of Commerce
Wells
Toky, Ry Run
Metropolitan
Briggs House
Hall & Homes
Vanaltreet
Wear ‘van
Buren
Lincoln’ Avenue
Tee Stusi
Union Depot
Lake Street
Wabash Avenue
Racine
Wis
Cutcaco
Iimita
Chicago Fire and London Blaze Contrast in 1666 Account
The fragment notes a comparison between Chicago's great fire and a 1666 London blaze, citing dates and figures in a reflective, jarred historical tone. It hints at a global perspective on urban disaster and enduring memory, though details are fragmentary.
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London
Chicago
West Point graduate shoots seven buffalo on plains
Report mentions D Grant Jr a recent West Point graduate who hunted on the plains and killed seven buffalo. It also covers Ohio Pennsylvania and Iowa electors, a Bremond Texas speech provoking a flag incident, and GOP renomination sentiment for Grant.
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I'red
D. Grant
West Point
Plains
Texas
Moore
Bremond
German President Idea Sparks Debate in German Press
A Staats Zeitung Chicago article quotes Democratic and Republican German press discussing a proposed German American president idea. It questions if native or foreign birth should influence the presidency, highlighting Carl Schurz and Frederick Douglass as debated figures. It warns against elevating any secretary of state to a political aim.
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Staats Zeitung
Chicago
Democratic
Philadelphia
Democraic
Fred
Douglass
Carl Schurz
United States
Springfield Democrats Patch a Rotten Platform
Illinois Democrats met in Springfield to nominate a ticket they admit is doomed. The platform is described as wind shaken and rotten with various rot types, a patchwork designed to gain power but failing to mend the party. The piece assails the party's leadership and an unnamed congressional nominee who stands on the platform.
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Democrats
Wllnois
Springfield
Chicago
Ulion
Dhs
ATS
Tha ‘ Crystal Waken
Iis
Genargubny
Tinket
Tyeed
The Terriblée-Fiera Sweeping Everything Before It
A fragmentary OCR reads as a dramatic arts item or review titled The Terriblée-Fiera Sweeping Everything Before It Untold Sufféring ve0. The readable text hints at a performance or exhibit with emotional themes and ambiguous references to suffering.
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Jackson “Street
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Erty
New York Independent
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General Grant
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Yee
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Clerks Burne
Central Depot
Illinois Central
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Lincoln Spark
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Fula
Firat Rep
Shorel
Brigg
Oniwido
Payor
Totayor
R.R. Mason
Milvia
Dixon
Jil
Bol
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Anduain
Chicago-in
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Lotrida
Robert
A. Cooper
Hor County
Connnecticut
Boston Traveller
Frank Blair
Hiss
Stephenson County
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Washington
Peck
Prof. Mahan
Illinois
Hon
B. C. Cook
Henry Snapp
Solon Robinson
New York Tribune
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Indiana
Henry Clay Dean
Joliet
State Senate
Congress
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America
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