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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
3
A sweeping weekly digest lists hailstorms in Columbia Dakota Territory and a cloud burst near Nogales Arizona Treasury errors in Philadelphia Times cashiers. It notes deadly weather across Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh and other cities with sun strokes and fires damaging mills refineries and factories.
Summarizes baseball standings with Detroit and Chicago notes, then covers a wide range of 19th century incidents including legal rulings on federal jurisdiction, factory fires in Pittsburgh and Chicago, lynchings in Kentucky, weather in multiple cities, accidents and fires, drought relief, explorations of labor unions, and border contract labor rulings.
At the Des Moines gathering a full ticket was nominated with W. G. Farnham of Plymouth County named for governor. The platform calls for harsher liquor laws, lower passenger rates to two cents a mile, woman suffrage, and postal savings banks. A St Louis death report notes the passing of Supreme Reaper of Records and Seals Chris-of- at age fifty seven.
Fragmentary notices report Luoxiae Swagzy marrying Sp the 14th. H. Lewis declined a nomination on the 15th. Mrs. Carkaninx Van Buaga Quiyan Piet died aged unknown on the 15th. Roygaerts, noted as a Choctaw figure, died in New Orleans at 74. David I. Wiauman, secretary of the Cleveland Humane Society, died at 75.
A chaotic mix of reports covers a gunpowder explosion casualties, a fatal train wreck near St Thomas, floods and earthquakes across Quebec Ontario Cairo Malta and Sicily, political moves in Newfoundland Canada Ireland and Turkey, industrial fires in Quebec and Montreal, and notable figures including a famed Essen magnate death and a balloon crossing attempt.
News briefs describe heat waves in the south, a massive fire at a New Jersey chemical works, and a $1,000,000 wheat loss from a Minneapolis elevator fire. It notes the death of MT Hunter, a former Speaker and U S Senator, and other violent incidents across multiple states.
A Grand Trunk excursion train from Port Branley collided with a Michigan Central freight train in St Thomas. A blazing oil fire swept cars and buildings, burying Engineer Donnelly and injuring many. at least twelve killed and about 150 injured. Names and exact fatalities remained uncertain at report time.
The Patriarchal Circle conclave elected H. W. Bernhardt as Commander and other officers in Rochester and Michigan City areas. A Scottsboro, Alabama county treasurer’s safe was robbed of 150 dollars, and Richard Campbell, son of the county judge, was murdered in bed by an axe. Reports also cover Liberia starvation letters, prohibition effects in the South, President Cleveland’s visit, no Hawaii news, Irish Crimes Act passage, and a large 1 million dollar fire at a New Jersey stable complex.
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