Fifty Pounds of Dynamite Destroys Tool House at Big Rock Cut
DerevH March 15 A large blast at the rock cut shattered the tool house using fifty pounds of dynamite. The explosion rattled the city for blocks, with the opera house hotel St Louis and board of trade buildings rocked and windows blown out. Dozens rushed outdoors as debris and a deep crater marked the scene. Several structures sustained cracked walls and some moved from their foundations.
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Opera House
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Board of Trade
Milwaukee Aims to Secure 1889 National Encampment
Milwaukee leaders report progress toward hosting the Grand Army national encampment in 1889. A Tuesday conference at the Light House Squadron armory gathered members from the chamber of commerce commercial club common council and Grand Army representatives to organize funding and related plans.
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Grand Army
Light House
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club
Common Council
Wisconsin
Legislature to Probe State University
The Iowa legislature vows to investigate the state university as part of a broader review of state institutions. A Tuesday plan includes a $30,000 Congregational church project at Watertown Oak. Minor domestic political and legal notes follow.
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State University
Congregational Church
Watertown
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The Irish Flag on City Hall for St Patrick’s Day
New York aldermen unanimously back a resolution urging Mayor Hewitt to fly the national and Irish flags atop the city hall flagstaff on St Patrick’s Day. The mayor has ten days to act, with the expectation that the display may not occur before the holiday.
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Court House
St. Patrick's Day
Board of Aldermen
Divyer
Hewitt
St. Patrick’s Day
Pennsylvania Experts Believe in Dakota Coal Oil
Reports from Manpan Dakota March 14 claim Pennsylvania oil experts and prominent locals expect oil in the Dakota coal region between here and Montana Wyoming. They warn Northwestern Dakota could see emigration if coal fields keep yielding wealth and oil and gas are found.
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Dakota
Manpan
Dak
Wyoming
Montana
Northwestern
Cow
Western
Mitchell Dakota Civic Directory and Fraternal Listings
A lengthy roster lists Board of Aldermen First through Fourth Ward members, Board of Education officials, secret societies, Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and related offices. Civic notices include church schedules for Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregational, Catholic, and other denominations. Meeting times for W.C.T.U. and Ransom Relief Corps are given, with locations at Masonic Hall and Odd Fellows facilities.
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T. F. Singiser
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Mitchell, Yakota
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Geo. A. Johnson
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Ll. Q. Hardesty
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Chanka Lodge
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Hall
Jerome Wiltze
Vo Iehell
Dakota
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Adams
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Ransom Post
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E. A. Durfey
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Ularly Gvery
Su Fellows’ Hall
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Damascus Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
D. Martin
Elmer Miller
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O.O. F. Hall
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Brighton Hotel Destroyed Rumor After Blizzard
New York reports communication with Coney Island cut by a severe blizzard. Telephones and telegraph lines are useless and no trains run to the beach since Sunday night. It is rumored the Brighton hotel was overturned and destroyed by the storm.
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Coney Island
Brighton
New York Struggles to Rebound After Severe Snow
March 15 report says New York City is practically isolated as streets lie under ice and snow two to fifteen feet deep. Trees protrude from drifts while normal conditions seem unlikely to return within a week.
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Parlor Physics and a Sage Parishioner Quip
A string experiment can evoke vivid ear sensations by passing it around a head and drawing fingers along the cord. The Arkansaw Traveler notes the effect can mimic thunder. A New York Ledger quip recalls an old clergyman saying anger fades as one must endure the same neighbor.
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New York Ledger
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