News of the State Bankers Suicide and Tarnished Finances
William A Hammond, president of a suspended bank, leaped into Lake Michigan after a failed era of finances. The body washed ashore at Churn Street Beach as a shaken town mourns. Nearby, other local bankers and officials were found in distress amid a broader financial collapse. The deceased, 67, was an ex-soldier and connected to the National Farmers Bank.
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Tlipats
William A. Hammond
Anette
Fepr
Pivansten
Michigan
Sireee
Churn Street
Corel
Tree
Henry Trusted
Viton County
Prada
Lillis Belcher
Burr Oak
Ann Arbor
Mich
Alexander Hurst
Detroit
Barnett
Wiliam Selfe
Fulton
George
Billings
Blizzard Rages in Northwest and Snow Threatens
The Northwest endures a fierce blizzard lasting over two days as temperatures plummet and travel becomes hazardous. Reports cite widespread wind driven snow, shoreline drifting, and schools delaying openings while governors warn of worsening conditions before a slow return to normal.
Governor Pingree Inaugurated With Simple Ceremony
Lansing January 2 Governors Hazen Pingree and other state officers were sworn in during a modest inauguration attended by a crowd at the capitol. Chief Justice Leng administered the oath as Pingree, Detroit mayor, begins a reform driven term advocating a uniform two cent railroad fare and reorganized railroad department.
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Lansing
Mich
Hazen
Pingree
Capitol
Pin
Gree
Revernor
Rileh
French
Leng
aMee
United States
Detroit
Pineree
Mob Attacks End Police Fight In Grand Rapids Saloon
Grand Rapids police officers Viergiver and Harrington were beaten and wounded when a mob attacked the Sommers & Treadwell saloon. Treadwell was shot by Harrington while the two officers tried to regain control as the crowd fled.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Cwopo- Yepsnen
Vierglver
Harrington
Sommers & Treadwell
Viergiver
Treadwell
Cittleer Vierfiver
Larrington
Jung
The Detroit Opera House Stage Door Exchange
At the Detroit Opera House the stage door exchange features a quip about acting, reading lines, and makeup with a humorous back-and-forth involving a boastful performer. The Detroit Free Press provides a snapshot of theater vanity and perception during a social moment.
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Detroit
Edwin Booth
Detroit Free Press
Melancholy Women and the Pinkham Promise
A clipped ad style piece portrays female illness as common and curable by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites a grieving narrator and another supporter who credits restored health and strength to the remedy, claiming long-standing efficacy and widespread pharmacist sales.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ihs
Laing
Ae Rae Se
Meee Choly
His Mental Burdens in a Chicago Record Psychic Tone
A dialogue from the Chicago Record hints at inner turmoil. Agnes asks where they go tonight and Henry admits a heavy memory clouding his plans. The fragment evokes a tense mood and unfinished narrative.
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Henry
Agnes
Chicago
Michigan Central Niagara Falls Route timetables
A 1990 notice lists Niagara Falls Route trains from Detroit with eastbound and westbound departures. It includes Mall and Express No 4, New York Special No 5, Fast Express No 23, Night Express No 7, Pacific Express No 1, Fast Night Passenger No 5, and other services with scheduled times, stops, and notes about stop policies and time standard.
Trains See Daily Runs From Marshall to Allegan and Toledo
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw trains depart Marshall with No. 21 Mail and Express No. 3 Passenger and Freight No. 25 Local Freight. Westbound Nos. 21 Mail and Express, 26 Local Freight and schedules shown. Trains run daily except Sunday with connections at Toledo and Cincinnati to Jackson, Mich and other lines. General agents listed as T. C. M. Schindler Toledo and Anson Marshal.
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Marshall
Traina Eabt
Toledo
Cincinnati
Allegan
Jackson
Mich
Altegan
VanWert
T.C.M Schindler
Gen Pasa
Agt
AH Anson
Train Schedule for Grand Trunk System Westbound
Trains depart Wattle Crank for Chicago Lansing and Port Arthur with No 11 Mall and Express at 12 14 PM and No 1 Day Express at 6 15 PM, plus No 3 Express Limited 6 50 PM and No 23 BC passenger at 3 35 PM. No 6 Pacific Express No 10 Mail and Express No 4 Limited Express No 6 Atlantic Express operate. No 42 Mixed Train arrives and departs. Several daily trains run except Sunday. Dining cars on all through trains. Way freight leaves Nichols east at 7 05 AM and Battle Creek west at 7 05 AM. Signed McIntyre Assistant Supt Battle Creek AM Parker Passenger Agent.
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Chicago & Grand Trunk Division
Wattle Crank
Ita
Chicago
Lansing
Port
Aron
Canadian Pointe
Bas P
Atlantic Express
Pt. H
Nichols
Battle Creek
Harper's Bazar 1897 Forty-Second Year Preview
Harper's Bazar announces its thirtieth volume in 1897 a premier fashion journal for women featuring Paris fashion letters New York fashions weekly pattern supplement engravings of Paris and New York designs and columns on health sport etiquette housekeeping and social events with humor and literary notes encouraging subscriptions as a welcome gift to wives sisters and companions from Harper & Brothers.
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the Bazar
Momn
Katharine de Forest
Paris
New York
San Moy, Bande
Kapuis
Red Bridge
Maria Dowse Veolo
Qhunmaliian
Octave Vhanet
Harriet Prescath Spafford
Martin Harland
Kath McBeery Stuart
Viola Rosehorn
Margaret Sutton Prisca
Museo Weekly
Critecol
Verge
T. W. Higgin
Frallery
Harver's Bazar
Ikgz
Nereapeporn Ace
Harper & Hrothers
Harper's
Harper’s Weekly 1897 Preview and Plans
Harper’s Weekly outlines a 1897 program with cartoons, serials by Mary E. Wilkins, Meebo Wellsin, and John Reed, and ongoing coverage of world events, arts, and science. The notice promises readers a seminal year with literary features and illustrated journalism, plus postage-free subscriptions in the United States and Canada.
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Iarper
Far East
Europe
New England
Mary E. Wilkins
Larks
Meebo Wellsin
John Reodrick Thangs
Teter Newell
Diepartmeniss
Wyck Tiel
Era- Mure
Mao Bos. Martin
Harper & Brothers
Harpers
States
Canada
Merive
Harier & Brutiters
Baagga
Cary
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Hammond
Chicags
Chiace
Siemal
Worthern
Simu
Haran
Louis
Veatiattei
A. Walker
Bela
Walker
Newrtry
Leo
Wilkins
Menominee
County Board of Supervisors
Oberdorffer
Wisconsin
Detroit Car Lines
Tom Jb. Johnasen
Fort Wayne
Tan
Tom J. Johnson
Cleveland
Detroit Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Perrott
Detroit Railway
Citizens’ Company
Mesara
Johnsen
Pack
Fort Wayne Company
Detralt Railway
Way City
Bay Ciy
Father Bogack
St. Stanislaus Church
Father Bogacki
Varrisville
James Aniersen
Arcona
Mire Retert Drolaen
Haynes Townships
Anierson
Hig Yaugey
Blurey
Igebsen
Farmers' Institute
Dhadeeh
Anderson
Jankever
Nwelepsa
Latur Gyppdnes
Beavis Tetroit
Jan
Wales Union
Pengde
Cguvernor Mingres
Bemis
Chi- Caen
Senate
Mame Hubert ¥. Ogg
George Mulromey
Citizens’ Railway
Mulruoney
Mulrooney
Probmieglats
Albion
Pee Dickie
Prohibition National Executive Committee
Addrss
Pittsburg
Lins
Michigan Niles, Mich
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Governor Pingree
Ishpemini
Sehoo
Tienen Peningula
Ishpeming
University
Stat]e Normal Schools
Linnavan
Circuit Court
Michigamme
Winter & Buess
Sergus Woods As & Suluun
Hig
Butane
New York Financial
Monevron
Calcanoa
Board of Trade Today
Hebron
Union Stock Yard
Texas
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Northern
Teysele
Yarley
Daige
Dbs
St. Louis Grain
Sv. Loers
Ftye
Conemai
Abe M. Agatha
Wipdeue
Hye
Tnek
Derhorr
Vijo
Casytoria
Michigan Central
Niagara Falls
Trojan
Mayrahall
WEAT
N.Y
Kalamazoo
Utpeord
Ticket Agt
Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw
Grand Trunk Railroad System
Frex
L. B. Silver CO
Aule
Mason
Copyrights &O
Paruota
America
Washington Ofice
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Broadway
Harper's Bazar
Rex
Sal
THE
Michigan Farmer
Dewatt, Mich
the Statesman
Nateka
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