Fire Sweeps Johnstown After Flood Leaves Town Aflame
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on June 25 a fire followed a flood threatening one ward school and about thirty nearby buildings. Militia and workers fought flames with earth and water as debris cleared, fire under control after two hours, with losses around 3500 dollars and reports of several fatalities from a dynamite blast at a hardware store.
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Johnstown
First Ward
Stoney Creek
Laboreras
Phillips
Kentucky contractor slain by Italian pair in Bell County
G W Norwood of Birmingham was murdered at his Cumberland Gap camp by Tony Cravasso and his brother. Tony was hanged in Pineville after a trial conducted by Judge Lynch. the younger Cravasso was jailed but killed by a rifle shot on the road as officers moved him toward Pineville.
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Stalians
Lauravinte
Evening Times
Bell County
G. W. Norwood
Birmingham
Ain
Cumberland Valley
Cumberland Gap
Tony Cravasso
Tony
Cumberland Gap Tunnel
Norwood
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pineville
Lynch
Cravasso
Tropical cyclone devastates western Cuba with deaths
Western Cuba endures torrential rains at historic highs causing floods from Batabano to Havana. Four killed at El Vedado and two at Cerro with town floods and disrupted telegraph service. total deaths believed over seventy as damage to property and ships remains unestimated. A separate report notes royal nuptials in Bexar and a major Manhattan brass factory fire with $300,000 losses and a bank cashier’s forgery conviction in New York.
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Cuba
Havana
Teporta
Bataclana
New York
Manhattan Brass Company
Firstavenue
Farming and Stock Advice From a Chicago Bureau Column
The piece blends tips on field readiness, crop harvest timing, and care of draft horses with notes on roads and markets. It cites Princeton Illinois selling seventy nine horses for twelve thousand five hundred seventy dollars, warns against early soil cultivation when wet, and urges balanced feeding. It also mentions Illinois and Connecticut statutes against imitation butter, and references disease in New York state horses along with farm management maxims.
Notable Local Advert: Baird Becomes Famous After Remedy Testimony
Our old friend Robert Baird of Muscatine, long a state senate secretary and politician, rose to fame after praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy in ads. He recounted a Des Moines bout with bowel illness cured by two doses, costing less than rivals. Also notes 25 and 60 cent bottles sold by J W Niece and details of the 1689 Marshall County Teacher's Institute at Lacon beginning July 22.
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Walker, Lown, News
Robert Baird
Muscatine
Lows
State Senate
Chamberlain
Baird
Des Moines
J W. Niece
Marshall County
Lacon
Henry McCormack
Normal
C R. Vandervort
Peoria
C H Watt
Sparland
Algo
McCormack
Watt
Vandervort
Ong
M. Ong
Henry Republican celebrates 88th year with Burt leadership
The Henry Republican marks its 88th milestone last week under editor and proprietor George Burt. Contemporaries praise the paper as a clean, home printed weekly with exhaustive local news. Burt is hailed as a model journalist deserving success and prosperity.
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Minonk Blade
Henry Republican J
LXEV
George Burt
Blade
la Salle Republican
Henry Republican
Wenong Gazette
Republican
Bro Burt
Tonica News
Bro
Burt
Catarrh Remedies and Health Advertisements
A collage of medical claims and ad copy describes Nasal Catarrh symptoms and a 50 cent Dr Sage's remedy with a $500 reward for uncured cases. The page also weaves in moral tales, obituaries, political notes, and product pitches from Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pierce's pills, plus a July issue note for Godey's Lady's Book.
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Dr Sage
Moxie Promoted as Nerve Nourishment and Health Aid
The advertisement touts Moxie as the famous albuminoid nerve food that supports absorption when digestion fails. It claims to banish nervousness and fatigue from overwork and dissipated habits, noting nervous exhaustion stems from nerve malnutrition and that tonics are unnecessary. Sold by Dr Powell Henry.
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Powell
Henry
Pierce
Worth's Dispensany Minigan Association
Main B Street
Buffalo
N. Y
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Cana
Roya Baking
Wall St
N Y
A H Kinnear, M. D
Illinois
Gresser
W H Jones
Henry, Ill
CP Ace
Regulator
Third Street
City Drn
F. M Pendleton
Magnolia
Fredd& Potter
Attorney AT Law
Henry, I. Reems
Second Street
Public Square
T. Q. Hildebrant
Henry, Ill. Witt
Court of Claims
Supreme Court of the United States
W. A. Smith, D.V.S
Chicago Veterinary College
Spartland, Ill
Chillicothe
O. J. Lanigan
Burgess Dros
Wenona
Ill
H. A. White
Wyoming
Bradford
Ira M. Ong
Oot
Horry
Ofice
Geo. F. Worley, Ee TY
Wits
Marshall, Putnam
Oreere Sor Bee
Lee Dyes
Paris Seine
Osaer
A. Powell, Henry
Aly
Chicago
Express
S.m
Night Express
C.H
FCAT
al Johnstown
Bexarx
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Louise
Schleswig
Germany
Koegel
John Wherry JR
Futrail Ill
Peyer
France
Princeton, Ill
Pittsburgh
Field
Connecticut House of Representatives
N. J. Shepherd
New York State
A. G Nail
Hamilton County
Iowa
Luwa
IlNnola
Saya
Tower
Kansas
Nebraska
California
Shasta Courier
WDPD
Boynton Outagamie Co
Wis
Mary
John
Edwin Leland
Ottawa
LaSalle County
Leland
Philadelphia
Fremont
Jack
Jill
Julius
Starr
Internal Revenue
Vhco
Geof Wilson
Bureau
Henderson
Knox
Marshall
Mercer
Putnam
Rock Island
Stark
Warren
H. H. Kinckman
Board of Education
Hood
Godey
Omik
Vibrator
Tor
Nichole
Shepard
Moxie
Ass Kirk
Ware
Cloun
MTG
SOAP
FEHS
U. S
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