Destructive Midwest Storm Leaves Wide Trail of Damage
A severe cyclone swept through the Northwest and upper Midwest causing nine deaths near Gary and widespread destruction. Homes barns and rail lines were wrecked and telegraph poles down. Wheat losses high with hailstones over eight inches. Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Illinois Minnesota and the Dakotas reported damage including fires floods and extensive crop losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Gary
Hutchinson
Carl Peterson
M. Kenyon
Mr. Johnson
Mike Hunt
Dr. Bentley
Charles Burstry
Northwest
South Dakota
Minnesota
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Carrington
N. D
Stutsman
Wells
Foster
Eddy
Northern Pacific
Loo
Great Northern
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Dakotas
Racine
Portage
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Whitehall
Albany
Lancaster
Pewaukee
Aurora
Harvard
Fatal cloudburst devastates Beech Creek Tennessee
A Tennessee cloudburst near Beech Creek killed at least twenty and feared to reach thirty. William Figan survived as floods swept away his wife and five children and destroyed homes and crops in the East Tennessee mountains. News reached outsiders slowly due to remoteness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Creek
Rogersville
Tenn
Knoxville
William Figan
Figan
East
Tennessee
Rush To New Gold Field In Northern British Columbia
News from Skaguay, Victoria B C reports rich placer discoveries at Pike Creek feeding Tagish Lake. Discovered miners claim $1000 to $1500 in a week with sacks sent to Skaguay, towns in Alaska deserted, and crowds rushing to Bennett for staking. Nuggets reach up to 1200, pans from 10 to 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike Creek
Victoria
B. C
Skaguay
Tagish Lake
British Columbia
Tagish
Bennett
Alliterative Echoes From Seven Weeks At Santiago
A collection of witty clippings and comments on the Spanish American War era. Notable lines praise nautical figures like Dewey and Cervera, joke about soap requisitions, fireproof weapons, and flamboyant phrasing. The piece captures reporter banter and public sentiment from Philadelphia and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
S. Schley
Philadelphia Ledger
Blanco
Boston Herald
Dewey
Philippines
Salt Lake Herald
Carvera
Philadelphia Times
Cervera
Aguinaldo
George Dewey
Washington: Post
Oregon
Irs
Philadelphia ‘Ledger
Woman Overcomes Ailments With Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A letter from Mrs. Nell Hurst of Deepwater Missouri recounts severe womb trouble and related symptoms but reports recovery after five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The notice invites all suffering women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Wood Alcohol and Acetate of Lime Production Report
New Products of Wood describes how 60 percent of wood can become liquid through pyrolygneous processes yielding pyroligneous acid wood alcohol acetate of lime and wood tars. It notes United States dominance in production and cites furnaces yields from a cord of wood and industrial uses for wood alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Not Quite a Conquest
Wagger refuses marriage to a widow due to her 8 year old son. He seeks a solution that would satisfy the boy and the woman while unresolved feelings linger. The dialogue hints at social pressure and competing affections within a small community.
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Wagger
Cough Medicine Ads and 61st Reunion Notice
An old column promotes Piso's Cure for Consumption as a household cough remedy and coins a quip on conduct and clothing. It announces a September 5–10 1861 Boys gathering in Cincinnati for their National Encampment with Nickel Plate Road ticket info. Also lists Mrs Winslow's Evening Syrup for teething pain at 5 cents a bottle.
Fragmented dialogue hints at social snubs and prowess
A clipped dramatic exchange shows Mrs Wakeleigh and Miss Flatleigh debating a maid's dismissal. The talk touches on health remedies and a boast about military buttons and belts, revealing class tension and vanity in a domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wakeleigh
Miss Flatleigh
Omaha Exposition Opens With Reduced Nickel Plate Rates
The Spanish War is over and Americans turn to domestic affairs headlined by the Trans Mississippi and International Exposition, touted as equal in merit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Reduced fares via the Nickel Plate Road apply daily with special excursion plans to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
van Buren Street Union
R. J. Hamiltor
Ort Wayne
Ind
Greater America
Photographer’s Firm Refusal: No Picture Requested
A customer asks the photographer to take a good picture, but the photographer replies in the negative, declining the request. The brief exchange appears in Pick-Me-Up.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot Ease Patent
Allen's Foot Ease relieves painful feet with a powder that reduces swelling and stinging from bunions. It eases tight or new shoes and stops sweating and fatigued feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores, 25 cents by mail stamps, trial package free from A Hen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Ahen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Half the ships in the world are British
A terse historical note claims half the world's ships are British and asserts the best vessels can be converted into warships within forty eight hours, implying rapid naval mobilization.
Lane's Family Medicine Moves the Bowels Daily
An old patent medicine claim describes Lane's Family Medicine as daily property to cleanse bowels and support health by acting on the liver and kidneys. It promises cures for headaches with a price of 25 and 5vc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
It Certainly Is Willie Pa Weather Report
A playful exchange about weather prompts a lighthearted question and answer between a child Willie and Pa. The snippet captures a family moment referencing thunder and climate talk in a rustic, homespun tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Salzer Seed Co Promotes High Profit Wheat Growth
Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts winter wheat rye oats clover and other seeds with claims of 40 cents per bushel wheat prices and sample yields of Salzer Red Cross. The catalog offers farm seed samples by mailing 4 cents postage and includes a Steele quote about the babbler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
Red Cross
John A. Salzer
Nickel Plate Low Rates to Cincinnati for National Encampment
The Nickel Plate offers reduced fares to Cincinnati Ohio for the National Encampment from September 5 to 10. Rights and travel details accompany the promotional notice for members and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
General Greely's 27S Days of Deathe
General Greely recounts 278 days of Arctic hardship endured by his small expedition. He details the deaths of companions and his own prolonged silence before agreeing to publish the tale in the October Ladies' Home Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Greely
Greely
Arctic
Ladies’ Home Journal
Geneal Greely
Snug Harbor Elevator Warning Cited by Messenger Boys
A fragment from a Snug Harbor scene warns riders to take the elevator as stairs are dangerous for messenger boys who sleep on the steps. The quip notes the risk of falling over the sleeping couriers.
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Yale Brosce
Moville
Kean
Navana
Nebraska
Burlington
P. S. Eustis
C. B
Omaha
Ecorn
Hamand
D. C. Albright
Mifflinburg, Pa
B. ¥. Horner
Cleveland
Ripans Chemical Co
New York
Hall
Jim
Detroit Free Press
Fire and Sword
Babbler
Steele
Hood’s
J. C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Howe Seekers
ES Kanemn
Toledo
Defiance
Huntington
Wabash
Peru
Logansport
Lafayette
Southwest
West & Northwest
Pimiah
James Pyle
Jess
Jones
Binghamton
Binghamton, N.Y
Expresa
Ceres
FEF
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