Tragedy in Chicago Furniture Fire Kills Twelve
Fire at L Fish & Co on Wabash and Nineteenth streets traps eleven women on the sixth floor. Two managers Miner Bell and H M Mitchell die while rescuing victims. Explosion starts the blaze. three hours later the building is destroyed with losses near 250000 dollars.
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Chicago
L. Fish & Co
Nineteenth Street
Wabash Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Miner W. Bell
H. M. Mitchell
Isaac Fish
Bell
Mitchell
The
Fish Company
Town marshal killed amid Northport dynamite rampage
Spokane reports a 47 year old man named Martin Kloose detonated dynamite at Mrs Kellison’s home after pursuit by townsfolk. He killed Town Marshal John Dietrich during the stand off and then shot himself as escape proved impossible. The event left Northport in a three hour panic.
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Spokane
Northport
Wash
Martin Kloose
Kloose
John Dietrich
Mrs Stevenson Reported Sick in Mexico City
Mexico City march 26 Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson widow of the famous novelist is said to be ill in her Gut apartment likely due to high altitude. The fragment notes confusion and unclear phrases about her condition and location.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dislike Cannonism Reflects Indiana Insurgency
Indiana sentirment favors trimming Speaker Cannon and shunning his party over Cannonism and tariff ties. The piece praises Curtis of the Chicago Record Herald as a prolific, trusted columnist whose daily letters captivate readers across genders and nations.
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Indianapolis News
W. H. Blodgett
Indiana
Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
Cannon
Congress
William E. Curtis
Chicago Record Herald
United States
Curtis
Record Herald
Mumory
Mr. Curtis
Washington
Mexico
Paris
India
Chicago
Government Commission
South America
James G. Blaine
Bureau of American Republics
Lovery Learned Society
Europe
Record Herald ‘Office
Patagonia
Kamchatka
West
Local social notes and small moves in Elkhart area
Mrs Himebaugh visits grandmother Mrs Martin. Orrin Fuller improving in Elkhart. C F Myers and son Paul visit A P Kimenez. Vern Himebaugh and Lafe Macomber visit Albert Statemen’s family. Alverta and Wilma visit Elkhart Tuesday. George Roush relocates family to Shupert place. Moses Vanacoick moves into former Roush home. Community gathers for Yeoman couple with Go shen residents. Henry Sherman’s horse runs away. Jefferson Cafe closed due to sickness. house on South Third Street for sale with contact details. Beeson store advertises raster cards and dyes.
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Shupert Place
Moses Vanacoick
Parisian Sage touted as cure for dandruff and hair loss
A 1909 advertisement claims Parisian Sage kills the dandruff germ and stops falling hair and itching scalp within two weeks. It promotes hair growth and is sold by Lynn Hottel, with mail orders via Giroux Mfg. Co., Buffalo. The item also lists various estate matters and discharges in local probate, plus a note about a rocker sale at Stiver's.
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Sangerbond
Paris
America
Goshen Democrat
Lynn Hottel
Giroux Mfg. Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Francis Koeg
Jessamine Street
St. Paul
Minn
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Ser Elcore
C. K. Runyan
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Elkhart
Ind
McKibben & Freyberger
Fryberger & McKibbin
N. Main St
Goshen, Ind
Lincoln Avenue
Cc. W. Myers
Mrs
Ellen Hanson
East
Madison Street
Charles W. Haywood, M.D
Monger Block, Etkhert, Ind
Beck’s
Main
Washington Streets
Leininger’s
Michigan
Hawks-Gartner Res
Hawks Drug Store
Girl
Kellison
John Dietrick
Trump
Urs
Robert Stevenson III
Blodgett
Diana Politic
Dunlaps News
Jefferson Cafe
South Third Street
Court Square
Beeson’s
Probate Court
Jonas Loucks
Isaiah Hoover
Sarah Hoover
Martha
John Hoover
Strafford Maxon
Tullar J. Woodard
John Richardson
Byron F. Smith
Mary Smith
A. C. Meir
Samuel Ren
Eastman Kodak Agency
Golden Rule Drug Store
Stiver’s
A. B. Stigner
Goshen
Wilkinson Street
C. B. Stiver
Main St
Newman
Williams
St. Michigan St
South Bend
New Paris
Milford
Leesburg
Warsaw
Walkerton
North Liberty
Plymouth
New Carlisle
LaPorte
Michigan City
Ries
State Loan Company
Bank Bidg
South Bend, Ind
Twomey Cort
Veler
Smith
Remington
L. C. Smith
Underwood
Oliver
Buckessderfers Bi Casey Cvdane
Inc
W. Jefferepe Bivé
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