Five Hundred Houses Gone in Bay City Blaze
Bay City Michigan July 26 A great fire swept 40 blocks of business and homes in the south end, with reinforcements from West Tay City Saginaw and Flint. The blaze left hundreds homeless, damaged Miller Turner lumber plant and several firms, with loss estimates around 6000000 and 39 to 500 houses burned. No confirmed deaths, one missing man later found to have died in his burning home. A relief drive organized by citizens and Mayor Linton began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mice
West Tay City
Saginaw
Flint
Common Council
Cohildren Uusle
Berneen
Nowberat
Miller & Turner
Joseph Torner
Spencer & Fisher
Albert Miller
Locern Stever & Larkins
A B. Gould
Methodist
A. M. Miller & Co
Linton
Sacainaw
Linne
Jesse M. Miller
Metropolitan Traction to Expand Capital Stock to Thirty Million
Philadelphia reports the Metropolitan Traction Company plans a reorganization increasing capital stock to 30 000 000. Present holders receive 12 new shares for 10, and may subscribe to 10 percent of holdings at par. A New York entity would buy New Jersey stock for about 120 a share and issue paid up stock for 2 000 000 shares at par, raising tax implications for New York.
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New York
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Traction Company
Air
Thomas F. Ryan
Metropolitan Company
New Jersey
Metropolitan Traction Company of
New York Company
New York Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad June 1882 Financial Summary
The June 1882 monthly report shows air lines east of Pittsburg and Erie with higher gross earnings by 1539, expenses up 46,311, and net earnings down 191,131 from June 1881. Across six months, gross gains rise 1,220,041, expenses up 91,979, net earnings down 150,647. West of Pittsburg and Erie, June 1892 increases gross by 194,264 and expenses by 265,151 compared to 1891, with net earnings down correspondingly.
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Peiladelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Air Lines
Pittburg and
Erie
Pittsburg
Legacy of the riots as coal firm sues for damages
In Nashville on July 26 a bill filed in the Chancery Court by the Tennessee Coal Mining Company seeks 120,000 damages from J E Goodwin and William. The suit targets multiple parties connected with the riots and aims to recover losses from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Coal Mining Company
Nashville
Chancery Court
J. E. Goodwin
William
Mine dispute sparks miner uproar in Briceville district
In a Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company matter, the case stems from recent Briceville mine troubles. Complainants accuse G wit and agents of stirring unrest and inciting inmates of the Coal Creek district into indignation against him.
Ad Dyston Pipe Works Shuts Down Indefinitely
Croorsxatr reports Ad Dyston Pipe Works the country’s largest plant has posted a shutdown notice for an indefinite period. No orders on the books, pipe now fetches 10 to 15 dollars less per ton than a year ago, and on hand supplies are sufficient to last several months.
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Croorsxatr
Addyston Pipe Works
Old Time Gusher Spurs Pipe Gas to Pittsburg
An oil field report describes Greenlee & Forst’s No. 6 near Noblestown flowing 70 barrels per hour and vast activity across the McDonald area. Wells from Forest Oil, Woodland Oil, and Wheeling Gas show varied success while Gettman & Wauke reorganize as the Ruppel Oil and Gas Company to build gas lines to Pittsburg.
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Noblestown
Greenlee & Forst
Marshall Farm
Greenlee
Panhandle
Oakdale
Freeman
Forest Oil Company
Campbell Heirs
New York Oil Company
Fife Farm
Fife No. 1
Fitzgibbons & Co
Fife
Fife Pool
Fitzgibbons, Jennings & Co
McKee
Devonian Oil Company
McDonald
McDonald Bro’s
Primrose
W. B. Moorhead
Woodland Oil Company
Woodland
Crawford Farm
Wheeling Gas Company
Robbins Farm
Crawford
Pittsburg
Gettman & Wauke
McCurdy
Chartiers
Burnett
Ruppe! Oil and Gas Company
Wauke
Moore Farm
Ruppel Oil and Gas Company
Philadelphia Gas Company
Wes View
New York
Slatersville
Frank Lowry
The
and Water Department
Cambridge Springs
B. Forst
Forst & Greenlee
Bedford Springs
Tom Murphy
Bradford
John Galloway
Sistersville
McDonald Yeste
Robb
Plovenc Company
Sinclair Oil Company
Woodland Oltee
Ford
People's Company
Oakdale Oil
Drilling in Peru Yields Oil Field Report and Local Observations
A Peruvian oil field report by T am of Tarport, McKean county, describes west coast drilling with 12 wells producing about 125 barrels daily on average, depths around 590 feet, and a refinery underway. The article notes harsh climate, Spanish customs, and a Pennsylvanian crew building storage tanks as production expands.
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Bradford
Pennsylvania Tank Builders
Railway and labor strikes and financial actions across early 1900s lines
Gathers multiple brief items on railroads including Pa cific Railroad Companie mining spring Hill work, Vandalia Railroad workers in Indiana striking for higher wages above ten dollars daily facing risks, M M Moores named joint receiver with Henry Fink in Memphis and Charleston line, New York Supreme Court ruling on George Campbell and David Dunham Withers heirs against Frank C Rollins bondholders over 680000. London Grand Trunk Board directs Sir Tyler Hubbard to Canada mid August to review line operations and cut costs.
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Pacific Railroad
Spring Hill
Wera Boot
Vandalia
Indiana
M. Moores
Knoxville
Henry Fink
Memphis and
Charleston
New York Supreme Court
George Campbell
David Dunham Withers
Frank C. Rollins
St. Louis and Chicago Railway Company
London
Grand Trunk Railway
Sir Tyler Hubbard
Great Northwestern Railway
Canada
Weather and crop report from a damaged 1920s era clipping
Heavy rains threaten the Tennessee cotton crop while Northwestern areas report 10 to 15 days late planting. Wheat in the southern regions runs average, rye and barley above average, and the central belt matches last year. Northern counties show about 75 percent of last year’s crop. A Quebec beet sugar company shows liabilities of 00,000 and assets of 5,000. Germany plans strikes on Waldorf and Newtherland Hotels in New York, risking 1,500 jobs due to non union handling of building materials.
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Tennessee
West Farnham Beet Sugar Company
Quebec
Waldorf and
Newtherland
New York
Fire Record Across Multiple Towns Reports Heavy Losses
The fire record lists losses of up to 250000 in New York and 70000 locally with partial insurance. It notes a six story New York Biscuit Company building blaze, a Bellefonte foundry and blacksmith shop destroyed, and forest fires raging over 35 miles of Prince Edward Island track with grain fields and barns burned. A lamp exploded at 33 High Street causing a small blaze that was quickly extinguished.
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Oakesdale
Waeh
New York
New York Biscuit Company
Warren Ridge
Steubenville
W. A. Lake
Bellefonte
Halifax
Prince Edward Island
Mione 108
St. Peter’s Bay
East Point
High Street
The Tom Boy and the Modern Woman
A reflective essay on the tom boy archetype and how such girls often mature into capable, caring women. It argues that early preference for rough play or nonconformist tastes does not doom them to lifelong childishness, citing cases where tom girls become nurses, crafters, or socially engaged adults.
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Brooklyn
Tom-Boy
Discovery at City Hall unearthed Varick stone relic
Workmen digging near the City Hall rear entrance uncovered a brownstone slab 24 by 20 by 9 inches with the inscription A VARI Ps MAYOR ae-1798. The stone was removed for safekeeping as crowds watched. Varick governed 1789 to 1801 and city hall stood on Wall Street before the 1803 cornerstone.
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New York Recorder
City Hall
Reese
Varick
Wall Street
William
Were Livingston
Powder House
Bridewell
County Court House
Arnold
A Stonecutter Dies at His Boarded Home
Ben Johnson a stonecutter living at 34 Fifteenth street was found dying in his room last evening after returning from his dinnerless midday. He died before morning. the coroner was notified and the body moved to the morgue. The cause of death remains unknown. In a separate incident Mike Savietch, while bathing in the Monongahela river, cramped and sank but was rescued and revived after lengthy effort at South Side Hospital.
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Ben Johnson
Fifteenth Street
Johnson
Duncan
Penn Avenue
Mike Savietch
Monongahela River
Southside Hospital
Death Watch Beetle Causes Fearful Tapping Tales
The article explains the superstition of the death watch, noting ticking sounds arise from a tiny beetle that bores into wood furniture and books. It describes the insect’s behavior, including feigning death when disturbed, and the damage it can cause to interiors and collections.
People Moving About in Allegheny and New York Hotels
Mrs E Morris of Ridge avenue Allegheny travels to Chautauqua Lake with niece Edna Schmidt. The party includes Mrs William J Friday Jr and sister Miss May McElroy of Philadelphia, plus various officials and manufacturers. Several Pittsburgh residents are listed as registered guests at New York hotels, including J L Garner, L W Plumer, and others across Fifth Avenue, Westminster, Continental and more.
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E Morris
Ridge Avenue
Allegheny
Chautauqua Lake
Edna Schmidt
William J. Friday
May McElroy
Philadelphia
A Johns
Internal Revenue
Nontown
Henry Oe Dr
Large
St. Charles Hotel
Clarence A. Adams
Franklin
Homestead
M. K. Jacobs
Brownaville
Anderson
G. Rhea
Oil City
George H. Love
Somerset
Seventh Avenue Hotel
J. L. Garner
L. W. Plumer
Fifth Avenue
B. G. Follansbes
Mia Follansbes
J. F. Robinson
L. Rober
Miss Wicht
Westminster Hotel
B. A. W. Harris
On. Nicholson
Continental
J. G. Morrow
Sinclair House
J. A. Murphy
New York
J. G. Templeton
F. Torrance
Astor House
W. D. West
Metropolitan
Wingard
Broadway
Hess
Sturtevant House
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Southern
T. Am
Tarport
McKean County
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Brown
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Li Jes
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Raughty
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Alderman McPike
Harriet Minch
Sna
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Madame M. Yale Company
West Fourteenth St
State Street
Chicago
Madame Yale
Mme. Yale
WSF Gristal Pharmacy
Joseph Peepeten & Son's
Markee Street
Christy's
Smithfield
Fourth Avenue
E.C. Stiefel & Co
J. Kimmel &Co
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W. P. Martsoll Drug Company
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Holland
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Allegheny City
E. Holden & Co
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G. Eisenbeis
Knorcher's
Servia
Europe
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New Vor
Brown & CO
Charles P. Smith
Thirday
Wood St
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Netherlands
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England
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Pacific Near Tennessee Inc
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Colonnade Hotel
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Extreme Ocean End OF Kentucky
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Stephen J. Kiek
Chalfonte
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Serene
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M. A. Meloney
Albion
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Gustav A. Knoblauch
Charles McGlade
Capeny
Lafayetts. John Tract .Co
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Cape May
N May
F. Theo. Walton
Carleton
Bhai
Hinkeen
Prop
Parker House
Ves Girt
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Woodslrear
Gas and Electric
Bella
Thos. Devlin
Continental Hotel
Sea Isle City
WN. J
Monmouth House
Spring Lake Beach
Hotel Lafayette
Fine Heights
Allegheny Mountains
Missions Region
Jane
Grier
Birmingham
Huntingdon County
Oliver and Beautiful
Ellwood City
Pittburg
Ft. Wayne
Rockies
L. B. Nixon
Bedford
LB norTy
Mountain House
Cresson Springs
Mountanna
Ohrentans
WM. BR. Eee
Sapte
Mares, Cambria Unty
Tskill
Kaaterskill
H. P. Burney
Greene County
Ittsburg and
Lake Frie Railroad Company
Bt. Lewis
Youngstown
Beaver
Clevel
Cincinnati
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Salamanca
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Kaplen
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Wis Meck
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GEO
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Ilkinabarg
Cop
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PENN
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Onongahels
Caly
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Elizabeth
West Pennsylvania
M. Roe Uller
Apollo
Psulton
Bisisville
Mieceialor Bargane
Gan
Fifth Avenot
Try Street
Chas. E. Pugh
J. R. Wood
Pase
Pittsburgh Union Station
Ennsylvania
Central Time
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Fort
Santart Fox Martins Ferry
Bridgeport
Bellaire
Halo Fehope
Pom Handic
Dararr
Cone
Clacianad
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Wheeling
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Poutimar Steerisc
Cass
Eass
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Pittsburgh
Dally
Joseph Wood
E. A. Ford
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Ajith
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Ain
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Newark
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Pass
Union
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Buffalo
DuBois Rose
Wes
Emlenton
M. Braeborn
Llegheny Valley Railway CO
David M'Cargy
James P. Anderson
Ags
Ttsburg
Anderson St. Saat
Centon
Conon
Peel
Grove City
Oem
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