Fire and disasters strike during night in New York
A warehouse blaze in New York caused by a storage firm ignited a warehouse and a nearby hotel, triggering multiple alarms and injuring several firemen. Nearby orphan asylum was threatened, with two hundred residents evacuated. In Canada a train collision near London and Port Stanley left many dead or missing, while Kiln Steel works accident in Cincinnati left six likely dead and nine severely burned.
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York
Ruijtan Storage Company
Swighth Street
Farni Dames
Hotel Normandie
Fallarks
Rilie
Solon A. Ridabacke
Goelet & Tate
Jock
Donnelly
Accu
London
Port Stanley
Mcage
Kiln Steel Works
Ashland d Archer Avenues
Crop reports show better Dakota yields overall
Farmers claim crops across the county will average higher than last year with larger acreage promising more grain. Corn and potatoes look especially strong though some complain of wheat.
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Kimball
Dakota
Romance of Mollie Garfield and Stanley Brown Engaged
The announcement confirms the engagement of Miss Mollie Garfield to J. Stanley Brown. Brown, a longtime Garfield aide and confidant, rose from secretary to trusted adviser and later banker with ties to the Cleveland estate. Mollie, a former schoolgirl, is now twenty eight. their marriage seals a romance decades in the making.
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Mollie Garfield
J. Stanley Brown
Mr. Brown
Stanley Brown
General Garfield
Brown
Garfield
White House
Gen
Mollie
Miss Mollie
Washington
Gen. Garfield
Cleveland
Wees Pirowai
Local papers gain reprint rights for county proceedings
The Mitchell Mail and Mt. Vernon Gazette may print county commissioners' proceedings under a new law requiring three papers in each county. The Woonsocket Times will be cut and pasted for distribution. The Alexandria Herald editor Taylor and his wife mourn the loss of their young son, described as the apple of their eye, who died suddenly after returning home from an eastern visit. Sioux Falls Press notes Dakota faces division and candid argument.
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Woonsocket Times
Mitchell Mail
Mt. Vernon Gazette
Taylor
Alexandria Herald
Sioux Falls Press
Dakota
Press Critique and Self-Reflection in Local Papers
The Huronite is censured after being found guilty, while the Press is urged to respond to criticism. The Woonsocket Times notes the bravery some see in harsh journalism but calls for tempered action to avoid injustice and humiliating retractions.
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Woonsocket Times
Governor Hesitates Over Yankton Insane Hospital Plans
The Pioneer Press notes Gov. Pierce has not approved the enlargement of the Yankton insane hospital. It argues the law requires expansion and trustees’ misdeeds, if any, must be addressed by proper legal channels. The public examiner and trustees dispute details, with a court or jury seen as the proper venue to resolve veracity.
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Gov. Pierce
Pioneer Press
Yankton Insane Hospital
Ayer
E. Haines
Lindale
W. J. Fowler
M. D
Greenville
Tenn
Mary C. Amesbury
Rockport
Susan L. Cook
Albany — St
Bostom Highlands
Mass
Millie Jane Peirce
South
Bradford
Memphis
Topeka
Sidewalk Construction Ordered for Kimball Street impact area
City council directs owners of all properties along the east side of Kimball street from First to Fifth streets to build a six foot wide pine sidewalk within thirty days of notice. The project uses two inch thick lumber on four stringers and includes street crossings similarly built, with 20d nails. Attest T F Mentzer J F Kimball Mayor. erk June 30 1887. We have a number of one and two horse hay rakes that must sell immediately Moore Co.
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Kimball Street
First
Fifth Streets
City of
Mitchell
T. F. Mentzer
J.F. Kimball
Sidewalk Ordered for Sixth Street North Property Frontage
Mitchell city council resolves that owners of half the property on the north side of Sixth street between Kimball and Lawler streets must build a six foot wide pine sidewalk with two inch thick planks on four stringers within thirty days of this notice. The connecting crossing will be similarly constructed. T EF Mentzer mayor and J F Kimpall clerk. June 30 1887.
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Sixth Street
Kimball
Lawler
City of
Mitchell
T. EF. Mentzer
J. F. Kimpall
Mitchell City Council orders Lawler Street sidewalk project
The Mitchell city council resolves that owners abutting the west side of Lawler street between Fifth street and the alley between Seventh and Eighth streets must construct a six foot pine sidewalk with specified dimensions and materials within 80 days of publication, with crossings also of pine plank and stringers.
Aisles of Trinity and Its Wealthy Graves
A Philadelphia Times overview recalls Trinity Church wealth in New York, its centuries of litigation, vast endowments, and charitable ties while describing its graveyard as a somber, hallowed space. The piece notes estimated wealth from fifty to two hundred million dollars, annual revenues above half a million, and many connected churches and hospitals.
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Trinity
New York
Hannah Marsh
Trinity Church
Trinity Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
New York City
Philadelphia Times
Personal matters and notable figures marked by modest notes
Hogarth's Chiswick house in neglect. Gen. Buckner once edited New Orleans. Theodore Roosevelt shows Texas ranch interest. James Russell Lowell aging in appearance. Joseph H. Choate at Stockbridge. Capt Jack Hussey saved lives at Castle Garden yet cannot read. Senator Stanford owns a 5000 acre world’s largest vineyard. Will M Carleton elected Hillsdale College trustee. Patrick A Collins leaves Boston for two months in Europe. John Donaghue sculpts life size John L Sullivan statue.
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Hogarth
Chiswick
Gen. Buckner
New Orleans
Theodore Roosevelt
Texas
James Russell Lowell
Joseph H. Choate
Stockbridge
Sluss
Jack Hussey
Castle Garden
Senator Stanford
Will M. Carleton
San Francisco Brick Pressed From Coal Axes
A San Francisco firm claims pressed bricks endure severe tests without baking or burning. A speculative theory on earth destruction suggests polar ice could penetrate to the core and trigger a global explosion once it reaches the fire. Fire heat might detune pianos. not via string expansion but air dryness affecting sounding boards. Spruce boards resist temperature changes.
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San Francisco
Odd garden marvels and famed figures in brief
A rosebush in Jolina A. Connor's garden near Murraysville Pa bears over 800 blooms and similar oddities include a Canterbury bells graft atop foxglove. Other notes recount a 150 year old buttonwood felled in Burlington N J and a Middletown Ill maple grown from a twig. Multiple brief items cover tips, sports gossip, and notable people from Edison to Cheney and Irvine.
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Jolina A. Connor
Murraysville
Lisbon
Elder Ward
Iowa
Mich
Burlington
N. J
Middletown
Ill
Australia’s Waterless Districts and Australian Giants
The article notes drought losses in New South Wales with vast livestock declines and huge financial sacrifices. It highlights irrigation advances, rapid immigration, high wages, cheap living, and rich timber resources. It compares Australian gum trees to California sequoias, citing Mt Baw Baw’s tallest eucalyptus as surpassing sequoias by about 150 feet.
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New South Wales
Australia
California
Victoria
Clement Hodgkinson
C. E
Mammoth wine vault rises with brick walls and vast capacity
The 275 by 300 foot vault features thirty inch hollow brick walls and 250 heavy timber columns supporting a multi arch roof. Double windows pierce the walls as it nears completion with 1,500,000 shingles planned for its brick and sand covered roof. It will hold over 90,000 square feet of wine casks in Red Bluff California.
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Red Bluff
Cal
Jupiter Moons Exhibit Dark Transits Across Disk
Observations noted in the Arkansaw Traveler describe surprising dark transits by Jupiter’s four satellites while the planet remains fully lit. Two moons sometimes cross as dark objects, the third and fourth also produce dark transits, and the first appears brown at times. The cause of this phenomenon remains unexplained despite recent months of study.
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Jupiter
Arkansaw Traveler
Lightning strike fatality in Texas with unusual metal clues
A Black man in Texas was killed by a lightning strike. Investigators found in his pockets two horseshoe magnets two melted copper cents a partly melted nickel stuck to his watch and a melted nickel rim around his money purse suggesting strange metal residues at the scene.
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Texas
Victoria's Crown and a Pet Spaniel Dash
In Leslie's reminiscences the young queen Victoria is described with her pet spaniel Dash awaiting her return. On coronation day she hears Dash barking in the hall and rushes to bathe him, tears welling up as she, in her state robes, appears almost childlike to onlookers.
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Leslie
Victoria
Palace
New York Tribune
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Quilion
Joseph Orphan Asylum
Juincinnaty
Charles Gross
Brule
Moore & Co
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Fifth Street
Seventh
Eighth Streets
Seventh and Eighth Streets
J.F. Kimbach
Helen Sballard
Omaha
Moor: & Co
Annapolis
Fanker
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Aix
Chapman
Buffalo Club
Pittsburgs
Jack Leary
New Havens
Johnny Troy
Mike Kelly
King Or Hudson
8. Louis Browns
von der Abe
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Nationals
Williams
Treasury
Walpole Warren
Holy Trinity
England
Henry Drummond
Chatauqua
Farmingham
Drummond
Stephen Thomas
Shenandoah Valley
Boston
Bunker Hill
Ossory
Hynim
Edison
Lawrence J. Ibach
Newmanstown
G W. McCormic
Thomasville
Joaquin Miller
John Vance Cheney
John P. Irish
Golden Gate
Sierras
Canaler
Tie Mechanic
Tie Niiner
Pioneer
Ces
Auter Ss
Out&t
George Stinson & Co
Portland, Me
America
H. Hamhwerr & Co
Portland
Maine
H. Haucett & Co
Ainc
Mall
HH. J. Johnson
Mortcade Sale
Michael I. Shannon
Davison
Territory of
D. i
Richardson Brothers
Sahvori
Territory
Lois Nes
Etfon
Tage No
Davison County
Silate
Sanborn County
Morgece
Register of Deeds
County of
Sanborn
Mitchell, Dak
Mortcazees
Wins8ck & Mentzer
Territory OF Dakota
Elzin L. Dusenbury
Silburn Dusenbury
A. P
D.T
Alexandria
Dakota Territory
D. T
A. D
R&r
City Council
J. F. KrarBab
Belle M. Baker
Henry Parry
Andrew Murphy
Thomas Harney
Eugene West
Gro
B. Everrrr
Tl. E. Mayhew
Andrew J. Whiting
William B. Tobey
Charles F. Drake
Adelbert U
B. Everitt
Register
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Philadelphia
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