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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1871
Page
7
A Chicago fire scorched Clark Street destroying cemetery fences and tombs while vaults and graves were overturned. The blaze forced residents to flee as bodies lay unrecognizable and a post office and Reynolds' block burned, with survivors recalling harrowing scenes and a banker fleeing with cash.
Governor Lucius Fairchild appeals to Wisconsin residents after a vast forest and brush fire spree along Green Bay. He cites 1000+ dead or missing and 3000 destitute, urging relief throughout Green Bay depots, with food, clothing, shelter, and farming supplies needed for months.
A New York commercial report notes steady prices across dry goods with firm prints and woolens, strong demand for bleached textiles, and active but uneven trades. Bleached sheetings and shirtings remain in demand while unbleached sales weaken. prints edge up, and broad fabrics stay largely steady with high quality preferred.
Mr Cuannes W Hassam of 7 Wail Street New York is the contact for inquiries about Anitrond Laneds. The note directs readers to write to him if they wish to know anything about the subject.
Jay Cooke & Co promote First Mortgage Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railway with seven and three tenths percent gold interest. Secured by first mortgage on rails, equipment, and over 23 000 acres of land per mile of track, or 501 acres per bond. Highest price for U S Five Twenties. other marketable securities welcome in exchange. Details via Jay Cooke offices and branches.
A Wisconsin settlement near Little Sturgeon Bay was burned killing the proprietor John Williamson his wife and two children and about 53 others with earlier reports suggesting 29 bodies in a 10 by 10 foot area. Rescue efforts sent 10 injured to Big Sturgeon Bay for care as 12 families faced total loss with 52 men in and around the mill. The total dead likely ranged from 41 to 70 with crews finding six bodies in one house and a man and child in a well. A doctor’s quip about a party references lingering dangers of strong drink. The Ohio Senate and House balance is cited as 18 to 18 and 159 Republicans to 46 Democrats respectively.
Reports from Minnesota describe a vast forest and prairie fire that scorched villages, farms and cities, killing hundreds and destroying countless structures. The blaze menaced settlements from Glencoe to New Ulm, with three hundred fifty farms consumed and losses estimated in the millions. The disaster era ends with few signs of the storm’s path and burned out remains.
An old advertorial page touts California vegetable products yielding the California Vistean Brewers oil medicine for rheumatism debility and fevers. It extols Hazard & Caswell’s Cod Liver Oil from New York as pure and preferred by physicians. Also promotes Monroe Taylor's Cream Yeast Baking Powder and Jonsson’s Axoylpe Liniment for coughs and throat and lung diseases. Vegetine is advertised as cleansing blood and restoring vital powers.
A period piece urges protection against weekend chills and fevers through Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It claims the tonic purifies fluids, tones organs, boosts digestion, and guards against dysentery and bilious disorders during seasonally volatile weather. It promotes preventive use and rapid relief for existing fever and liver or stomach complaints.
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