Million Dollar Chicago Fire Destroys Monroe Street Block
A seven story blaze at 220 and 222 Monroe street Chicago caused near one million dollars in losses to Wooley Co and Edwards Stanwood Co plus adjoining boots and shoes firms. Nine firemen injured, several seriously, as icy conditions hampered efforts and roof collapse endangering crews. Firemen O Connor Evans Carey O Hara Padden rescued by colleagues. two captains and three pipemen survived with minor to serious injuries.
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Chicago
Monroe Street
Robert O'Connor
James Wolley
William Padden
Michael O'Hara
John Evans
William Carey
Thomas O’connor
Luke Hayes
Oswald
Wooley & Co
Woolen Goods
Edwards, Stanwood & Co
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
Edwards
Boots
J. A. Butler Paper Company
Henry O. Shepard Printing Company
O'Connor
Evans
Carey
Padden
O'Hara
Captain O'Connor
O’connor
Callahan
Fountain
Horgan
Four Lives Lost In West Virginia Hotel Fire
A gas explosion at the Kinkead hotel in Fairmount West Virginia on December 31 caused a large fire. Four people are believed dead and a fourth story window jumper was severely injured and unconscious. Three inmates are missing as search continues in the ruins. Nearby buildings including a dry goods store grocery and armory were destroyed or damaged affecting national guard equipment and tents. Estimated loss about sixty thousand dollars with little insurance.
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Fairmount
W. Va
Kinkead
Margraves Ury
Snyder’s Grocery
Springfield
West Virginia National Guard
Fire destroys two Ashland houses in zero degree gale
Fire discovered at 3 15 this morning in the Tierney property used as a storehouse and in the adjoining Cady house gutted. Tierney loss 1500 with 1000 insurance, Cady 1600 uninsured, furniture 600 uninsured. Two firefighters Blake and Swinningon injured.
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Ashland
H. G. Tierney
E. J. Tierney
Henry Cady
Tierney
Francis C. Blake
John D. Swinningon
Hook and Ladder Company
Atwater on Alcohol as Food Misleads Health View
The piece rebuts the idea that small alcohol doses can substitute for food, arguing findings do not support moderate alcohol use. It cites Prof. Atwater of Wesleyan, who warns that alcohol is not food and should especially be avoided by young people.
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Prof
Atwater
Wesleyan
Ahern Baby Named Aloysius Patrick After Misfortune
In a lively Philadelphia Press exchange, Cassidy and Mulligan discuss a terrible event at the Ahern christening. The baby was reportedly hurt, and the name Aloysius Patrick Ahern is proposed, with jokes about the initials.
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Cassidy
Aherns
Mulligan
Aloysius Patrick Ahern
Philadelphia Press
Lincoln Portraits of Nobility and Tenderness of Heart
A Springfield Republican feature recounts Abraham Lincoln's humane character, loyalty to justice, and decisive acts such as issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. It narrates anecdotes about pardons, religious views, and Lincoln’s strategic courage, including the McClellan episode that led to emancipation.
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Mr. Lincoln
Army of Humanity
Vicksburg
Massa Linkum
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Lan
Linovin
Gen. McClellan
President
McClellan
Gen. Blair
Harrison
Washington
General Blair
Frank
Springfield Republican
Not Counting the Latest Trio in South Africa
A London Chronicle reflection recounts British reverses from the Afghan wars, the Crimea, the Indian Mutiny, and the Zulu and Transvaal conflicts. It notes the Ladysmith siege among broader losses, arguing the empire endures despite defeats and highlighting military resilience and spirit.
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South Africa
Lord Roberts
India
Isandiana
Col. Glyn
Helpmakaar
Chard
Bromhead
Commissariat
Rorke’s Drift
Impi
Natal
Transvaal
Bronker
Spruit
George Colley
Laing’s Nek
Gordon Highlanders
Ingogo
Colley
Majuba Hill
Highlanders
B&th
60Th
Egypt
Soudan
Hicks Pasha
Osman Digna
Sinkat
Baker Pasha
Trinkitat
Gorgon
Khartoum
Abu Klea
Herbert Stewert
Abu Kru
Charles Wilson
Gordon
London Chronicle
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BON Marche
Jardiniere
Morris
Bashment
DEPT
Rockingham
Ec. Roc
Japan
Tron
Avene
Oxfords
Johnson Laboratories, Inc., Phi
Lawton
Chicago Record
Horace Deming
Connecticut
Dick Gower
Board of Military Martinets
Jesse
Vaux
Philadelphia
Frank P. Blair
Missouri
Richard Vaux
Peninsula
Frank Blair
McClel
Ladysmith
George White
Khyber Pass
Isarnel
Quetta
Bolan
Wade
Khyber
Afghanistan
Dost Mahomed
Khan
Khelat
Barnes
Cabul
Crimea
Russia
Lower
Bengal
Punjab
Delhi
Lucknow
Cawnpore
Shére Ali
Louis Cavagnari
Donald Stewert
Mainach
Burrowes
Kandahar
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