Double storm devastates Peoria Illinois in 1843
A dual storm struck Peoria at 10 PM and 2 AM causing extensive damage and casualties in Kingston Mines and surrounding towns. Three people were killed and ten injured, with railway wrecks and factory roofs blown off. Communication cut for hours, boats missing, and storms reaching Bloomington.
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Peoria
Ilinois
Kingston Mines
George Reardan
The
Electric Company
George Ashlock
Reardan
Peoria and Pekin Union
Iowa Central
Illinois Central
Toledo, Peoria and Western
Big Four
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Corning & Co
Clark
Harned & van Maur
Charles Cannon & Co
Dry Run
Chicago
St. Louis
Two Counts No Conviction in Lowell Larceny Trial
Boston report on June 11 details Mrs. Alice French facing four larceny charges in Middlesex Court East Cambridge. The defense presented her as the sole witness, claiming no Lowell connections and explaining a misused check sourced through a Boston intermediary.
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Boston
Alice French
Helen Walworth
Mary Soulis
Middlesex Court
East Cambridge
Edward Caldwell
Stoneham
James McGrath
Woburn
Alice B. Courtney
Gregoire
Lowell
McGrath
Caldwell
Courtney
French
Moffatt
Melrose Highlands
Devastating Central Illinois Cyclone Strikes McLean County
A massive cyclone swept across Central Illinois from Livingstone to McCoupin, cutting a 100 mile wide path over 200 miles long. The storm killed at least three in McLean County, injured many, and caused estimated damages of 300 000 to 400 000 dollars. Merna bore the worst losses with the town hall destroyed and three dancers killed.
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Bloomington
Livingstone County
McCoupin County
Illinois
McLean
Ilinois
McLean County
Merna
Kinsella
Wind Storm Pounds Northern Illinois Areas
June 11 report from Jacksonville Illinois notes a strong wind storm with no damage in the immediate area. Danvers on the Alton road north of Jacksonville is reported wiped out after the Kansas City limited train departed. Meagre reports indicate widespread damage in counties to the north.
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Jacksonville
Danvers
Alton Road
Coat Color Dispute Weighs Little in Guilty Verdict
The trial centered on a blue serge coat claimed by Mrs. French as black yet worn in court as evidence. J H Murphy urged jurors not to fix on color, arguing other testimony favored the defendant despite two counts of guilt. The jury returned guilty on two counts. Iowa case counts were dismissed.
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J. H. Murphy
French
Bancroft
Highland Congregational roll call celebration at church
The annual roll call at Highland Congregational Church drew about 210 attendees with 190 to 200 responses. Guests included Deacon Cyrus Emerson of Waltham and Mrs. Liddell of Vermont. A reception for new members featured Rev T Clayton Welles and family, while music by Miss Fenton accompanied prayers, songs, and letters from distant members.
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Highland Congregational Church
Cyrus B. Emerson
Waltham
Edgar E. Liddell
Vermont
Miss Bowers
Edward Peabody
T. Clayton Welles
Boston
Pardon Granted Neeley by Palma in Cuba Amnesty
Havana June 11 C F W Neeley who March 24 was sentenced to ten years and fined 56701 for complicity in Cuban postal frauds was released under the amnesty bill signed June 9 by President Palma. The measure grants amnesty to Americans convicted of crimes in Cuba during the American occupation and those awaiting trial.
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Havana
C. F. W. Neeley
Palma
Cuba
Indictment Not Found for Miss Condon in Plymouth Case
Plymouth June 11. Plymouth county grand jury reported findings to Judge Pardy and failed to indict Bertha E. Condon of Worcester. She was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill Dr. Maurice Quinn of Brockton.
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Plymouth
Plymouth County
Pardy
Bertha E. Condon
Worcester
Maurice Quinn
Brockton
Traveling tips in Europe spark gifts and humor
A Detroit traveler recalls European tipping obsession from Switzerland to Chamouni. He details paying extra tips to hotel staff and officials, bribes for imagined inquests, and the quips of officials about gratuities. The anecdote ends with tipping railway staff before leaving.
Prices Current Lowell Market June 11 1997
Grocery and grain prices from Munn Co J B Cover Co D W Horne Co Killparthos FP Putnam at 15 Prescott street list items for meat fish and grain including pork beef veal mutton poultry and lard with ranges for several cuts and products plus fresh fish prices and salt cod clams oysters and mackerel noted in a lowell retail market listing
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Lowell
Munn & Co
J. B. Cover & Co
D. W. Horne & Co
Killparthos Bros
Turkey
Lam Blake
King Edward and Queen Alexandra Host American Banquet
A London crowd watched as King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended a formal dinner at Ambassador Choate's residence. Guests included J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Choate, and Lord Rosebery. The event, marked by U.S. and British cordiality, was hailed as a triumph for American prestige in England.
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London
United States
Victoria
Duke of Norfolk
Duke and Duchess of Portland
Lord Roseberry
Earl and Countess of Pembroke
Earl
Countess Spencer
William
Lady Vernon Harcourt
A. J. Balfour
Balfour
Earl of Derby
Alice Stanley
J. Pierpont Morgan
Whitelaw Reid
Reid
Harriet Lane Johnston
James Buchanan
Great Britain
John S. Sargent
Douglas Robinson
W. S. Cowles
Lord Kenyon
Stanley Clark
Gosfora
Henry White
White
J. Ridgeley Carter
William Woodward
Choate
William C. Hustice
Eustice
Riddrison_ Clover
Clover
Edward B. Cassett
J. L. Saltonstall
Boston
J. Montgomery Sears
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Michael Herbert
Herbert
Edmund
Lincoln Bayliss
William Wetmore
Specil
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Ambassador Choate
Carleton House Terrace
Princess Victoria
Mr. Choate
Mrs. Choate
Miss Choate
Miss White
Mr. Cheate
Lord Lansdown
J. P. Morgan, Sr
Edward
Lord Lansdowne
Mr. Morgan
King
Richardson Clover
Edward B. Cassatt
Wm. Eustice
J.P. Morgan, Jr
Edmund Lincoln Bayliss
Wm. Wetmore
Douglass Robinson
Roosevelt
England
Herr von Dulong
Mile. Landi
M. Gilibert
Mlle. Destandre
Evelin Stuart
God Save the King
Lord Rosebery
Tagged codfish study maps migration of marked fish
The United States Fish Commission tagged 4019 codfish from Wood’s Hole between 1897 and 1901. By January last 140 tagged fish were reported caught with detailed capture data. Tagged fish moved from Vineyard Sound to Newport, Long Island shores, and south to Atlantic City, with most frequent hits on Long Island, Narragansett Bay, and Nantucket shoals. The results suggest southern New England to New York New Jersey cod form a connected, not isolated, substock within the broader shore cod population.
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United States Fish Commission
Atlantic Ocean
Wood's Hole
Mass
Fish Commission
Vineyard Sound
Tarpaulin Cove
Newport
Long Island
Gay Head Light
Westhampton Beach
Wood's Hole Harbor
Amagansett
Point Judith
Mantoloking
N. J
Georges Bank
Atlantic City
Narragansett Bay
Nantucket Shoals
New York
New Jersey
Cape Cod
Commission
New England
Massachusetts Bay
Maine
New York Sun
Working Girls and the Pinkham Remedy
An appeal to industrial workers about chronic female health issues and the Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound. The ad touts thousands of cures and includes patient letters praising the remedy for conditions like whites and bearing down. It encourages women to seek the free advice of Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss May Buxcanen
Middle Village
P. O
Long Island
N.Y
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Publishes Testimonial Notice
The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company announces a $5,000 reward at National City Bank in Lynn Massachusetts for anyone proving a testimonial is not genuine or published without the writer's special permission.
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National City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Scarcity of trained seamen hits Columbia at Brooklyn Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard receives ship Columbia strained by seamen shortage. 240 men aboard and 250 landsmen unavailable for duty reflect a broader navy transition from three to four year enlistments. Training ships lack full landsmen, while new recruits arrive green and enlistment lags slow. Buffalo chartered to bring 800 men for the Philippines, yet crews remain scarce as ships await fitting out.
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United States Navy
United States
Columbia
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navigation Bureau
Bureau
Vermont
Department
Washington
Buffalo
Philippines
Brooklyn
Asiatic Squadron
Navy Yards
Brooklyn Eagle
Rose of the East poem and quatrain from Boston Transcript
A verse fragment titled Rose of the East presents a lyric meditation on passion and longing. The poem contrasts sacred imagery with mortal desire, ending with a note from the Boston Transcript about a white poplar used as a natural lightning rod.
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Boston Transcript
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Lavesay
Lean County WI
Roll Call
Neeley
Dr. Wood
Arthur Rhodes
Rhodes
BRAIR
Merrimack Street
Miss Condon
Switzerland
Europe
Chamouni
Canton
Monsieur
Detroit Free Press
Java
Rio
Japan
Lehigh
Franklin
Steve
Cumberland
Queen
Ambassador Choate’s
His
Navy Department
Rose OF the East
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