Black Hills News Notes Thieves Miners and Murder
The Black Hills Times reports rising thefts and robberies in the region with horses vanished and valuables taken. It notes W H Brainera resigning to return to nature and a reading room found in a cave near Ockyfile. Deadwood jail escape attempt ends futile. a dollar pan found under Deadwood sidewalk. Five Sisters of Mercy seek funds to build a Deadwood hospital.
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Black Hills Times
W. H. H. Brainera
Rockville
Ockyfile
Black Hills
Deadwood
Old Main Street
Sisters of Mercy of the Order of the Holy Crece
St. Mary's
Indiana
Tdea
Black Hillers
Wolfe announces comprehensive Nebraska gazetteer and directory
J M Wolfe, famed for regional gazetteers, plans In complete Gazetteer and Business Directory of the State of Nebraska. The volume will include maps, charts, county and river layouts, a state history, and limited advertisements. Publication is expected within weeks with J W Campbell of Chicago handling representation.
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J. M. Wolfe
Iowa
Minnesota
Wyoming
Dakota
Colorado
Utah
Nebraska
Wolfe
Omaha
Union Pacific
J. W. Campbell
Campbell Bros
Chicago
Ills
Omaha's Fire Destroys Grand Central Hotel in Omaha
A late night blaze on the 4th leveled the Grand Central Hotel the largest between Chicago and San Francisco. Five stories burned to ruins by dawn with several firemen missing and rumors of multiple deaths. The building, erected 1872 8, cost over 300000, had been owned by the Omaha Hotel Company and later Foreclosed to Hermann Koutz of New York.
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Grand Central Hotel
Chicago
San Francisco
Omaha
Omaha Herald
Grand Central
Goodrich
Hiram Pomeroy
J. G. Jacobs
Herald
Republican
Omaha Hotel Company
Geo. Thrall
Frank Welch Dead in Norfolk Sudden Death
Telegraph dispatch reports Congressman Frank Welch died suddenly at his Norfolk home from apoplexy. The event shocks supporters and prompts tributes from colleagues and constituents.
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Couressman
Frank Welch
Norfolk
Nebraska State Historical Society Formation Call
The undersigned urge formation of a Nebraska State Historical Society to preserve material illustrating settlement and ties of the state. A meeting is set for Wednesday September 28 1878 at the Commercial Hotel in Lincoln to organize the society, with notable signers listed.
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Nebraska
City of
Lincoln
Alvin Saunders
Geo. L. Miller
Paddock
J Sterling Morton
Robert Hawke
J. D. Lincoln
R. KR. Livingstone
Wm. Adair
D. H. Wheeler
J. L. Edwards
E. Lowe
Elam Clark
John L. Carson
B. Fairfield
Silas Garber
Burton
Frank Welch
E. H. Rogers
Robi. W. Furnas
Thos. W. Tipton
Merited Praise for Two Nebraska Newspapers
The Howard County Advocate at St. Paul and the Aurora Telegraph at Aurora are praised as two of the best conducted Nebraska journals. The St. Paul Advocate fulfills its mission with public interest content, while the Aurora Telegraph, though young, is expanding and gaining popularity and quality.
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Nebraska
Howard County Advocate
Aurora Telegraph
St. Paul
Aurora
Miss Kellogg and Testimonials for Favorite Prescription
News notices praise Miss Clara Louise Kellogg and testimonials from Lincoln and others about voice power. The text urges women to trust Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with claims of cures and a drugstore guarantee.
Relief for Grenada and New Orleans Requests Citizens Send Aid
A series of dispatches from August and September urge rapid aid to Grenada and New Orleans. Medical staff and nurses are requested, with supplies directed to the Howard Association. Volunteers from Memphis and the Soldier's Home offer services as watchmen and nurses. Officials in New Orleans press for Peabody Relief Association rations as distress mounts. Washington considers wartime relief actions with assurances of eventual Congressional approval.
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Garwnavi
Mims
Associated Press
Grenada
Howard Association
W. A. Bearry
M.D
Wasmixeton
Memphis
New Oxnveans
New Dreams
Peabody Relief Association
Gro
G. W. McCrary
Secretary of War
Washington
MeCrery
Washington, D. C
Ellis
Louisiana
New Orleans
McCrary
Congress
Fires wipe out nine buildings at Put in Bay
Telegraph item reports fires at Put in Bay destroying nine buildings with losses totaling 125 000 to 150 000 dollars. Incendiary theory cited and a hotel room theft of jewels and clothing noted. A negro waiter at Put in Bay House reportedly perished in the flames.
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Ohio
Putin Bay
Putin
Bay Houes
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