Tragic Diamond mine disaster at Braidwood
Seventy one miners drown as a vast flood swamps the Diamond mine near Braidwood Illinois. Quicksand and a collapsing surface create a 40 by 60 feet hole, trapping workers below. Many escape via an air shaft while others perish, leaving fears of more casualties and delayed body recoveries.
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Braidwood
Iris
Tom Daly
Ste
Will County
Grundy County
Hugh Strickland
Pieson
Ramifica Hons
Chicago and Wilmington Company
Themia Sheik Agjutaet General Ui
Ax Py, Fiton
Negepgitton
Chicago
Eta Tae
Com
How to treat women in pocketbook cautionary note
An editor warns about handling finances with women and avoiding exposing spending. the piece suggests restraint with money and contains dated attitudes toward gender and consumer habits, reflecting period rhetoric on male-female financial dynamics and prudence in expenditures.
Floods Subside After Destruction Across Ohio Valley
Floods in the Chile Valley recede slowly with widespread damage from Cincinnati to Cairo. Louisville Jeffersonville and New Albany report extensive building wreckage while cold snow and a 30 degree temp drop worsen conditions. Relief efforts include coal and food distributions, with six thousand homes destroyed and thirty five thousand people dependent on charity. Total damages estimated at about four and a half million dollars. river gauges show fifty one feet nine and three quarters at Cairo.
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Chile Valley
Cincinnati
Ag IU
Louisville
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Wednesda
Indianapolis Journal
Lawrenceburg
Madison
Aurora
Ohio
Ihe
Fire Department
Associated Charities
Dayton
Cairo
Piamis Point
Notable Incidents and Deaths Across North America
Citizens of Tellersburg lynch Williams for an outrage on a white woman. Samuel J. Medill dies at Quincy. Gail Hamilton offered peastepats of the Massachusetts Workhouse. Berlin opens relief bureau for Ohio river floods. Thrasher's Corners Ontario floor collapses injuring sixteen. Nebraska Senate demands adjournment only after railroad bill passes and is signed. Stock losses hit Texas cattle and sheep in cold weather. Sing Sing convicts locked in for strike threats. Swine disease sweeps Winona County killing hundreds. James B. Amsden of Grand Rapids dies by strychnine while insane. Berlin approves ban on American pork products. Father St Cyr, earliest Chicago clergyman, dies in St. Louis. Colonel R A Packer dies in Jacksonville leaving $10 million. Connecticut Masons confer degrees for $10. Winter storms cause minor cattle losses. Carondelet iron mill strike fires started by nonunion workers. Mrs. Paulitsch wins $12,500 damages from New York Central. London Ontario bank closes amid factory shutterings. Prison unrest at Sing Sing. 232 on bread and water. Irving Carey informer letters surface in Dublin. Several court and political notes across Michigan and New York.
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Citzens
Tellersburg
Indiana
Williams
Samuel J. Medill
Chicago
Quincy
Ilinois
Gail Hamilton
Massachusetts
Berlin
Thrasher's Corners
Ontario
Nebraska Senate
Texas
Sing Sing
Winona County
Minnesota
James B. Amsden
Grand Rapids
Richigan
Bundesrath
Father St. Cyr
St. Louis
R.A. Packer
Pennsylvania
Jacksonville
Florida
Connecticut
Carondelet
Missouri
Paulitsch
New York Central
Mahon Banking Company
London
F. B. Lewis
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
San Antonio
New York
Bangor
Maine Central Railroad
A.D. Pickard
Carmel
Abigail Dodge
United States
Misa Burke
Carey
Industrial School For Girls
Middletown
Obscure 1880 Census Wood Use and Monument Plans
Gleanings notes odd figures from 1880 census showing wood use at 140,587,499 cards valued $806,950 and mentions the Washington Monument height milestone. It also cites Richard Busteed pressing New York Central for enclosing the Egyptian obelisk, and an Albany Clinton Street mansion built by Gen. Philip Schuyler offered for sale for a business development. England in 1880 and 1881 under adult FASIOR a Fefused to permit 80.
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United States
Washington Monument
Hoston
Richard Busteed
Brooklyn
New York Central Fork
Case
Philip Schuyler
Clinton _ street
Albany
England
Miss Swiber Shines in County Spelling Contest
From Our Own Correspondent Anna Swiber, aged 13, spelled the school down at Convis Center Tuesday evening. An oyster supper was held Wednesday at the Lanse of W P White for Sunday school, about 7h attendees and $20 cleared. March 3d Mr D Hubbard wills at Convia Center inviting farmers to hear him. Temperance Alliance election at Austin school house on 28th. Ez L Mingus of the Detroit Free Press visiting town. Bridges suffer from thaw as a brick store blocks street.
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Flint
Mies M. A. Hortang
Homer
Romeo
A. ‘Wetherbee
Vicksburg
Marshall
Burleigh
Cooper Bros
D. M. Oxborne & Co
J. Deyo
Jackson
A. E. Howell
Donna D
Howell
Ida I. Miner
I. D. Warren
Joseph Daniels
Baptist Church
Randall
Homer Lodge No
C. M. Dolph
Mra
Mary Anson
Huy Hopkins
W. J. Webster
W. T
J. M. Dolph
W. M
B.C. Adams
Fannia Hoffman
Lawrence Holmes
W. C
C. M. Adams
Doho DeGraff
Anna Swiber
Convis Center
Lanse
W. P. White
D. Hubbard
Convia Center
The
Temperance Alliance
Austin
Gur
Ez L. Mingus
Detroit Free Press
Burlington
M. H. Edmunds
Tn Marshall
Earl Smith
Gilbert Warner
Warner's Lake
Horace Chandler
Grand Rapids
Kennedy Sanders
Rork's College
Lettie Howard
Burlington Station
Friay
James Phillips
John van Blarcum
New York State
Nelson Osborne
Virginia
Michigan
Baptist Society
Eastern Hotel
R. Martin
H. P. Jones
Barnes’ Hotel
New York City
Newton notes from our own corrrespondent
News from Newton reports health concerns of Mellor, a social planned at A R Cole's near Ceresco, and travel updates. It notes wheat conditions, local shipping, high river, several illnesses, and community events plus obituaries and school happenings.
Wilder & Ott machinery sold to Coldwater buyers
A current report states Wilder and Ott heading factory has sold its machinery to Coldwater parties. The piece notes local events include our American Cousin not meeting village expectations, freight trains on the Air Line, school district transfer debate, and various town developments from bridges to new brick blocks and street improvements.
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Wilder & Ott
Neva
Albion convention to be held by Y M C A
Local notes report Theron Soule back on the street and Dakota travel plans of J A Thomas. The next state Y M C A convention is set for Albion. Measles affect pupils at the central building. James Ott injured on ice. A college chapel literary event planned by two societies tonight.
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Theron Soule
Albion
Aldrich & Loder
James Ott
College Chapel
James M. Welch
Willard Warner
Dakota
J. A. Thomas
W. J. Conklin
Conklin & Mosher
Ypailanti
Reuben Emory
Loren Portales
Juli Devinne
Wes
Remoy
Howe
Tion
Agence
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Ilineis
General News
Isaac P. Chambers
William H. Vanderbilt
William G. Smith
Albany and
Susquehanna
Rob
John E. Massey
Poth
Cleveland
Fayette Brown
Brown, Bonnell & Co
Liandrai Bakers ™ Yee
J. P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Road
Morgan’s
Louisiana
Morgan Steamship Lines
Congress
Edwin D. Morgan
Memphis
Trotter’s Landing
D. Masson & C Co
Montreal
Reformatory
Dublin
Cavendish
Burke
John Dwyers
Jamies Mullett
Buffalo
Alonzo Cottier
Charity
Lansing
U. S
Judge Newton
O. M. Barnes
Burrows
Crosby
Cutcheon
Ferry
Hanchett
Hannah
Lacey
Marble
McMillan
Newton
Palmer
Willits
Withey
Tourspay
John Moore
Brookbridge
Webber
Moore
Schuyler
Seager
O. Fisher
B. Grummond
Lothrop
Stout
Dunston
Willita
Perry
Barnes
County News
Mellor
A. R. Cole's
Ceresco
W. S. Lincoln
Bia
Litchfield
Adelbert Hyde
Yokonshi
N.L. Brockway
Blake House
Anneliza Young
Opera House
E. P. Se
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E . Js
Ero
Nichols, Ard & Co
Battle Creek
Cannes
Battle Creek Bus
Peter Zang
Tilly
Chicago Club
Canada
Battle
M. C
Galesburg
Kane
W. B. Chamberlain
J. Lloyd Breeze
Ann Arbor
Breeze
John Godsmark
Bedford
Rogers
R. Costes
Kalamazoo
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