Otsego's Fair Forty Build a Town Library
In Otsego Michigan, four dozen women raised funds to finish a 600 structure for a public library by staging schemes, socials, and odd jobs. Husbands and neighbors funded the effort after the Ladies' Library Association organized community efforts and an entertaining town hall event highlighted their ingenuity.
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Ogusego
Mich
Chicago Tribune
Otsego
Ann Arbor
Kalamao
We Mn
Otseza
George Easton
Miss Cregant
Edsell
Baker
Miss Beard
St. Patrick’s Day
Miss Smith
Drew
Lindsey
Kalamazoo
New Esilrosd Bridge Over the Peer Elver Texas
Engineers test and describe a new bridge over the Peer Elver in Texas. It spans 185 feet with long and short spans, supported by girders and stone, carrying two to two and a half tons per lineal foot on shorter spans and two tons on longer spans. The crossing is noted as among the country’s finest. The article also mentions a Vienna Opera House dance history exhibit including dances from ancient to modern times.
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HeurziSces
Texas
Seyret
TiSscuti & Or
Vienna Opera House
David
Johnstown Restores After Flood with Memorials and Growth
Eastern reporters witnessed Johnstown in recovery three years after the May 31 1889 flood. New housing, stores, hotels, and manufactories rise as Grand View Cemetery preserves memory with 800 unknown graves and a 23 foot monument funded by relief funds depicting Faith Hope and Charity.
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Johnstown
Grand Views
Grand View
Rockefeller Gifts Pour In To University Of Thrace
The report states John D Rockefeller and the University of Thrace will receive a total 3 million dollar gift from wealthy Baptists. Rockefeller has contributed 2.6 million, with the final million recently delivered. Rockefeller, president of Standard Oil, is noted as a leading American financier living in New York guarded by private police for protection.
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John D. Rockefeller
University of Thrace
R. Harper
University of Chicago
Mr. Rockefeller
Nhachéiy
Standard Oil Trust
United States
New York
Baptist Nomination
Fire destroys Gen. Logan mansion in Chicago
A historic Chicago home of Gen. John A. Logan was destroyed by fire last week. The long time Lake Park Avenue residence hosted notable guests including James G. Blaine, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Sherman. The corner house once housed Judge Anthony and the blaze appears incendiary. A separate oddity notes a South Dakota farm horse with eight feet, otherwise sound.
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John A. Logan
Chicago
Jn 4. Logan
Lake Park Avenue
Gen. Logan
James G. Blaine
U. S. Grant
W. T. Sherman
Anthony
Destructive Kansas Tornado Leaves Towns Wrecked
A massive Kansas tornado caused extensive destruction across Kiowa Sumner County Augusta Towanda Wellington and Towanda with multiple fatalities reported. Homes churches and businesses were leveled or damaged. dozens injured and communications down as crews survey the wreckage.
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Kansas
Kiowa
New Haven
Sumner County
Sedgwick
Butler County
Augusta
Towanda
Will Rhodes
Rhodes
Missouri Pacific
Ben H. Maple and
J. Morehouse
Frank Shephard
Wellington
William Little
Little
Joe Showualter
Portland
John Bristow
South Haven
John Moorehouse
Moorehouse
John Burmaster
Norfolk
Neb
Whoeaton
Merrill
Wis
German Lutheran Church
Ottilie Olman
Lena Kunkel
Des Moines
Guthrie Center
Panora
Dexter
Earlham
Greenfield
Menlo
Casey
Adair
Burlington and Northwestern
Burlington
St. Joseph
Chicago
Pearce Street
Horace Mott
Edward Mott
David Hulett
Street, Young & Kent
How a Well Is Drilled Thousands of Feet Deep
A detailed description from the Indiana Partner explains the oil and gas drilling process. A derrick 60 to 90 feet high supports a walking-beam engine, drill, and stem weighing over two thousand pounds. The process advances in stages with casing, reaming, and sand-pumping to reach depth, while samples are collected and labeled at intervals.
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Felter
Indiana
Persia's Only Vessel Keeps Solo Standing in Shipping Lists
Persia remains the sole nation with a single ship in world shipping lists. The lone vessel is a 38 ton steamer that has weathered the year’s incidents. The Standard Oil Company may drop its standard yet the performance continues inside the tent.
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Persia
Standard Oil Company
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H. L. Miller
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Hattie Mitchell
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Indian Territory
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Nebraska
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Minnesota
Kansas City
Fourth
Hannibal and St. Joe
Missouri
OIL and Gas
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