Viking ship voyage draws Chicago crowds for World’s Fair lore
Citizens greet the Viking, a copy of Norway’s famed discoverer ship, as Capt Andersen and Capt Gunderson lead the craft from Christianså to Chicago. The voyage funds Norway’s Seamen Home charity, showcasing Norse heritage and the World’s Fair celebration with a public reception along the river. The voyage aims for St Paul by month’s end and St Louis by December, with a possible U. S. government purchase considered.
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Chicago
Athols River
St. Paul
New Orleans
Andersen
Horrent
Goyetad
Norway
Erik
America
Ca Oupt ‘Andersen
Ke Wolfae
Gustave Gunderson
Cbris Christensen
Christians
New Foundland
London
Beamasnu
Ho Vikinga
Ido
Whitefield Township Sunday School Convention Sees Busy Annual Meet
The Whitefield township Sunday School convention held its sixth annual gathering at Center M. E. Church with a full house. Notable attendees included Mrs Wilmot of Prairie and Hon J H Jones with many others as officers and speakers. The program featured papers by Mrs Wilmot and Miss Kermeen, a sermon by Rev Hazard, and reports from Canter Bonham Niblook and others, ending with a benediction.
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Whitefield
M. BE
Mra Wilmot
Prairie
J. H. Jones
Major Webber
Robert Kelley
O. Huffman
James Newman
John Thompson
Oscar Hill
Charles Aukland
Mra Clift
Waughop
Kermoen
Co. Society
David W. Runnells
Samuel Clift
Clift
Misa Waughop
X. O. Wilmot
Nodern
Appeneets Ste Moparts Nes
Christian Endeavor Societies
Wilmot
Hazard
Ella Kermeen
Rev Ry, Hazard
Jona Neonle Sonperniua
Hill
Cornelius Fluffman
Co.soaisty
Society
Ray Nesbit
J. O. Hill
Annie’ Thompson
W. BR. Brokaw
Canter
Susie. Waughop
Nea Ik
City Council Minutes and Public Works Actions
The November 6 1893 city council meeting reviewed and approved minutes and various bills. Aldermen Frommel Camp Helper and Brown discussed treasurer and street reports, electric lights, and a safety removal of the old Christian church, plus a river walk pipe project funded from the contingent account.
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B. ’ Forrest
Alex Brown
Chas
Frommel
Chas -A
Camp
L. N
Geo
Helper
John Dauber
Stever
Otere
Ald Frommel
Ald Camp
Michael Murray
Elias Herr
Bickermen
Geo Worley
Paskel
Monahan
Odille
Stresta
Cusvsye
Lambert
Henry Electric Co
A. G
Humphrey
Treas
Ald
Ryouch
Ald Helper
Ald Fromme
Poe
Ald Harrington
Ald Ocamp
Ald Brown
Ald Helier
Brown
Chas A. Camp
Ely's Cream Balm for Catarrh Relief
Michael Herr, a Denver pharmacist, testifies to using Fly’s Cream Balm to ease five year catarrh. He reports restored smell after one bottle and calls the balm the only satisfactory remedy that cured his condition. H. L. Meyer of Waverly, New York, concurs with endorsement.
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Ely
Michael Herr
Harmacist
Denver
Fly
H. L. Meyer
Waverly,n.y
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Spence
Rock Island
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New York
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Me.Kinley
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Chica
Henry
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Farm Journal
Republican
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Bork
Wis Pound
Michael Mobe
LE Sige
Pride
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Arthur
Miles
Charles. Bumner Crrby
Gideon
Julia
Peoria
J. H. Morrow
Joseph H. Halc
Daisy
Warner
John Warner
Prrsons
John Johnson
Clear Creek
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Chicago, Peoria and Southwestern Railroad Company
Metropolitan Block
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Azpreen and Mall
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Statu Rate Association of Lepers
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