Chicago Fire Devastates Large City Area
Fire on Clark and Dearborn streets, stretching across twenty blocks, destroys homes along Michigan avenue and burns nearly all of Third and Fourth avenues. Loss estimated between four and six million dollars with about two fifths insured. Major structures affected include Jewish synagogue, Union Chapel, Adelphi Theater, St. James Hotel, Postoffice, First Baptist Church, Church of the Messiah, and Olivet Baptist Church. Casualties reported, city now under control with no further threat to north-side properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Clark Street
Twelfth
Polk
Dearborn
Twelfth Street
Wabash Avenue
Harmon Court
Jackson
van Buren
State Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Michigan Avenue
Jewish Synagogue
Union Chapel
Adelphi Theater
St. James
Postoffice
First Baptist Church
Church of the Messiah
Olivet Baptist Church
County and City Directory of Offic ers and Officials
A listing of county and city officers with terms expiring between 1874 and 1877. Includes judge positions, clerks, deputies, sheriff, treasurer, auditor, recorder, commissioners, coroner, surveyor, infirmary directors, superintendent, physicians, mayor, marshal, clerks, solicitors, engineers, fire department, market master, street commissioner, council wards, board of education, and United States officers with names and term dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Court Common Pleas
W. J. Gilmore
W. RK. Cochran
Clerk Court Common Pleas
Jervis Marpitt
W. Caldwell
Frank Jones
J. L. Vallandigham
W. H. Allen
Timothy Lavin
Marcellus Thomas
David Yeakle
H. P.K. Peck
Samuel Davis
Samuel Long
W. W. Caldwell
George B. Tobias
Wm. Spencer
John C. Weaver
George Vinnedge
Peter Shafer
Jacob Matthias
Samuel Deneen
H. Bistevens
David Lingier
H. H. Jones
J. L. Flickinger
Isaac Peacock
Mandel Shuler
Thomas Reed
George Bisdorff
Middletown Directory Officials Listed for City Roles
Middletown lists city leadership with Mayor W. B. Hedding, Marshal John Crain, and Recorder J. V. Bevinger. The brief entry records key civic posts in the municipal directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hedding
John Crain
V. Bevinger
The Lost Love at Downham Hall in the Spring
Robert reflects on his unrequited love for Miss Angerstein as she accepts an arranged marriage to Lord Rochford. He confronts pain from realizing she will marry another, watches her at church, and clings to a single lingering gaze and blush that haunt him afterwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Angerstein
Constance
Downham
London
Robert
Lord Rochford
Miss Angtmstein
Thad
Ball at Downham Hall Sparks Old Affection
Robert slips into the Downham ball to surprise Constance Angerstein, glimpsing her in pale pink satin as a dance begins. He reflects on past barriers of wealth and status, then briefly takes her hand, feeling a moment of shared power and happiness before the scene ends with a dramatic cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance
Robert
Infested with Lizards and a Woman’s Fearful Ordeal
A Davenport Iowa Democrat excerpt describes a German Buffalo township wife who believed a snake crawled her throat and that lizards were in her stomach. After treatment in St. Louis, doctors reported she expelled stomach fragments from a lizard totaling over six inches. They fear another lizard remains, leaving her in a lamentable condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Township
St. Louis
Davenport
Democrat
Crop statistics and Indian outrages report
The National Crop Reformer publishes estimates for corn oats hay and Irish potatoes consumption in eight states with returns on fruit prospects. Separate dispatch from Indian Territory describes Cheyenne Comanche and Kiowa hostilities including murders scalping and raids near Osage City and Caldwell with calls for military aid and rapid transport to Wichita to protect agencies and ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Crop Reformer
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. L. Beeler
Henry Eger
A. Benninghoffen
John W. Sohn
Robert Allstatter
William Pfau
Isaac Graham
Frederick Schliep
Board OF Education
Henry Dig
L. B. de la Court
Constantine Markt
John G. Weller
John W. Meckley
United States
United States Internal Revenue
Robert Joyce
United States Marshal
M. C. MecMakin
Joe McMakin
John McKee
Middletown Directory
Lnto
King’s College
Constane
Tord Rochford
Miss “Hagerstein
England
Mr. Angerstein
Constance Angerstein
Jagan
Mise
Angermiema
Kansag
Wasuincros
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indian Territory
Osace City
Kaw
E. P. Smith
Washington
Cheyenne and
Arapahoe
North Fork
Canadian River
William Watkins
Caldwell
Kan
Fort Sill
Kingfishers Ranch
Lee and Reynolds
Turkey Creek
Baker's Ranch
Patrick Hennessey
George Fand
Thomas Callaway
Agent Haworth
Hennessey
Teamsters
Stages &c
Skeleton Creek
Laffin
Pond Creek
Anete
Shere
Wichita
Leavenworth
Gratral Pape
Toi J. Mires
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