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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1886
Page
1
The notice urges clothing buyers to consider summer wear with a focus on Owen Brothers’ stock. It touts ready made trousers and all wool suits at low prices, claims quality and value, and notes a large department for children's clothing. The piece promises new arrivals during wash-out sales and positions the shop as a town fixture offering savings and reliability.
A saloon on West Malte Street was raided after reports of gambling. Arrested were William Clark and nine others including Perry Sterrett and Richard Scott. The suspects faced charges while a pursuit followed at the center of town. A separate incident involved a misdeed near Yellow Sprites Street, with one fugitive later secured through bail.
Three youths Edward son of Harnott Dwight son of Spring and two others ride their wheels into a flood. Water swirls, clothes soak, and the party struggles to cross the stream as the torrent rises. A misadventure ends with the group swept downstream and the wheel kicked aside, their afternoon ride turning into a soggy, sobering memory.
A week of storms across northern Ohio culminated May 15 in a violent tornado belt that devastated towns from Chen to Dowation. Homes were razed, hundreds were left homeless, and casualties mounted as trains were wrecked and rivers flooded streets. In nearby Fort Wayne region towns wrecked, with several fatalities and extensive property loss reported as inhabitants worked to recover.
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