Sleepy Eye Fire Destroys Businesses and Parts of Town
A Thursday morning blaze in Sleepy Eye destroyed Muffin's Hotel, Bingham's Elevator and Lumber Yard, and nearby buildings, with total losses near $25,000. The conflagration started at R H Bingham's warehouse beside the Commercial Hotel, aided by strong winds and hydrant trouble. Firefighters saved the Windsor and Gibbs buildings, while insurance covered portions of the losses for Commercial Hotel, Bingham, and Gibbs, leaving Gibbs with limited coverage.
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Muffin
Bingham
R. H. Bingham
Sleepy Eye
Gibbs
Windsor Hotel
Hays
St. Paul
Commercial Union
Phoenix
Home
Continental
Western Mutual
Albert Lea
Liverpool
London
Globe
Springfield
Royal
Niagara
Connecticut
Lesson of Lincoln and the fight against class rule in Minnesota
A Minneapolis Lincoln Washington celebration note from John Lind regrets missing the event due to family illness. The address links Lincolns perseverance to modern struggles against economic slavery, monopoly power, and railroad coercion, urging patience, civic action, and legislative rate regulation to curb corporate dominance. The piece cites Lincoln, Webster, Philips, Depew, and a bankruptcy bill debate in Congress as part of the broader warning about concentrated wealth and political peril.
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John Lind
Minneapolis
Lincoln
California
Maine
Soen
State Department
Ibl
Washington
Minnesota
Republican Party
Ius
Ullinbee
Republic
Daniel Webster
Wendell Philips
Chauncey Depew
United States
Debated The Maine Explosion Theories
A New York Journal and New York World telegrams reinforce external causes for the Maine disaster. Sailors aboard the battleship at Key West claim a flame flashed from under the vessel and the blast threw them upward. Naval observers and Senator Butler criticize accident theories and argue a submarine mine or torpedo caused the explosion, while noting Spanish treachery and port conditions in Havana harbor.
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New York Journal
Maine
Key West
New York World
Havana
World Telegram
Sigabee Down
Phillip Hiebborn
Ose
Wader
Sigshee
United States
Washington
Hosiery Line Debuts as City’s Largest Stock
A new hosiery line titled Fast a is promoted as the largest in the city. Shoppers are urged to call and learn the pew prices and view the latest goods.
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Amos Krag
Crone Bros
Commission
Abraham Lincoln
Fower House of Congress
Henderson
Town
Butler
Na‘ional
People's Party
Capt George
B. St. Julien Cox
Hia Offien
Ibuing
Cox
Bik Stury
Imrooment
Joan
Lon Gax
Weil
Tomeyer
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