Fire Claims Four Lives In Gifford House Fire
A blaze destroyed the Gifford house and the settling hotel at Doplar Wat Missouri. Four persons were burned to death and many others injured in the fire.
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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
6
A blaze destroyed the Gifford house and the settling hotel at Doplar Wat Missouri. Four persons were burned to death and many others injured in the fire.
Rear Admiral Wradford reports a fresh naval equipment story amid wartime tensions. Willigan M. White, implicated in military frauds, returns to United Rapids to plead guilty. A protracted drought worsens suffering in Kentucky mountain counties. US immigration and census notes show rising arrivals and population shifts. Several political and personal obituaries, deaths, and economic data pepper the year’s late reports.
A collage of brief notes reports Italian emigrant totals and scarce British Victorian Cross holders. Arctic explorer Peary wintering at Fort Conger is noted, along with rail rate disputes affecting a Denver encampment. A Denver city founder now hawks cigars, while a French foreign office yellow book probes US relations. Obits list Col Benjamin West Blinchardy at 74 in Washington.
A historical survey notes the large vote for a governor and discusses the electoral college result. It includes medicine advertisements and miscellaneous items from the era, such as Home remedies and consumer products, reflecting the period’s public notices and oddities.
National Council of Women began its inaugural meeting in Minneapolis on November 1, with morning secret sessions and afternoon open gatherings. The Ladies of the Mareabees of Michigan joined as a national organization as welcome addresses were given by Mayor Gray and Mrs. W. J. Leeds. President Fannie June phrey Gaffney delivered the annual address.
In a Detroit Free Press report a lawyer scolds a witness to tell a straight story about the affair. The witness replies the tale was very crooked. The exchange reflects the tension in the embezzling case under scrutiny.
A reader testifies Grain-O, made from pure grains, improves energy and health once properly prepared. The note claims children can safely drink it, and that it nourishes the system. An editorial snippet mentions a biscuit debate and a sunlit moment in a Philadelphia scene.
The National Grange meeting discussed rail fares and routes to Washington via Cincinnati along the Chesapeake and Ohio line. An official notice, dated November 22, cites ticket pricing and contact details at 24 Clark St, Chicago, for rates and arrangements.
An old advertisement parody warns coughing may be serious. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and offers large bottles priced at 95 and 50 cents. The snippet ends with a jokey exchange about someone dying of enlargement of the heart.
A collage of health claims and commerce notes lists Lanets Family Mediecree promising daily bowel and organ health, Carter's Ink touting quality, and various testimonial snippets. The page cites medical cures, ink ads, and quotations from newspapers in a fragmented late 19th or early 20th century style.
A period advertisement extols health as the key to beauty and happiness. Mrs. WM. E. Bosse of Flushing LI testifies to chronic nervousness female complaints indigestion and weakness improving after using Nervara blood and nerve remedy portrayed as a universal tonic. The piece urges others in distress to try the product as a path to renewed strength and vitality.
At all stages of a woman's life Dr. Greene's Nervira blood nerve rotary is advertised as edible to ward off nervousness overwork and impure blood. It pledges to build up forces harmed by disease grief or exertion and promises quick felt results and lasting benefit. Dr. Greene's office at 5 Weaton Street New York City offers free advice to women writing or calling.
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