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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1888

Page

6

Esther Pitch Ford Death Traced To Chloroform Misuse

Miss Esther Pitch Ford of Lanellag sister of Congressman HOM Pont of Grand Rapids was found dead after a chloroform bottle was used to relieve toothache. She became drowsy and suffocated face down on the pillow while traveling with her sister toward northern state resorts. Coroner's jury returns verdict of death from the drug.

Misa Ford Esther Pitch Ford Lanelag Congressoral Hom Pont Grand Rapids Jilh Mise Fanny State Mart of Corrections and Charitive

Wolver ine Whispers of Detroit Obscure Trials and Notes

The column reports a mix of Detroit and Michigan items: widows securing arrears, convictions for bank fraud and letters theft, a public library gift from Hackley, deaths including Prof Goetz and Dr Bevnham, and various court actions. It mentions local crimes, political chatter, railroad cases, and civic improvements with a flood of scattered names and places across Michigan towns.

Hoover West Bay Chan Join & Tage Wayne Town Shiip Cansemmanty Simi OH. Hackley Hackiew & Hume Boands Muskegon Goetzof Vicksburg G. A. T. Commander Gardner M.el Church Albion St. Paul's Clachanath United States Grand Rapida Sevyerns Frederick Gardner Michigan

Congressional News Wide Range of Legislation and Events

The day covered treaty discussions and a deficiency appropriation. A resolution instructed studying inter state commerce interference with American trade. The fishery debate continued, and the deficit bill drew attention with private pension approvals. Reports noted political visits, protests, arrests, fires, and notable deaths.

Hove Cullom Committee On Inter-State Commerce Rasu Hovst

Tenement House Fire Claims Dozens In New York District

Fifteen people burned to death in a crowded Bowery tenement fire near 107 Howery Street New York. Six more severely burned rescued to hospitals as smoke and flames swept through the block. Fire reached adjoining houses and a nearby theater as victims, including workers and families, were trapped in crowded rooms. A Cleveland detective’s letter with alleged confessions surfaced after the blaze.

Howery New York Pitas White House Harey Miner's & ‘Theatre Wileb Wiler WuIbe

Sheridan 18 Dead General Sheridan Dies at Nonguitt Baas

General Philip Henry Sheridan died at Nonguitt Baas at 1 o clock on the night of the Sth inst. The old heart trouble and long service, including a famed cavalry command, marked a career from Perry County Ohio to the Union victory at Winchester and Booneville. He had been recovering in sea air before his death, with memoir proofs read in his final days.

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Over a Cavern Danger in Findlay Ohio Scientist Warns

A German professor Dr Ernst Weissenbaur From Heidelburg University warns Findlay Ohio of a cavern under the town concealing vast natural gas deposits. He describes multiple rock strata and a furnace like layer over 3000 degrees, predicting rapid disintegration and imminent danger to the town. The report also notes train expansions on major lines and reports on leprosy cases in Lewrande.

Findlay Ohio Ernst Weissenbaur Heidelburg University Hue Bret Fhiudlla Pindlay Etter

Current Events Snapshot From a Turbulent Era

A scrambled 19th century collage notes half-subscriptions to a Panama loan, Sweden forest fires totaling about 4 million, and vast wire failures in New York. It cites German museum pets, Yale grads for Japanese students, Downer estate gifts to Parma nt College, and varied European trade and discovery anecdotes with multiple stray names and numbers.

Panama Florida Germany Esth Bas Yale College Sher Partmonts College Judge Downer Milwaukee Sweden New York City Bandanoa Landkerchieft Uae Las Quentin Shoeburyness Itany Kensie Hornby England Mesineque Paris Shires Lapa London Muubers Dealera Mardeoud Fursistings Ofi

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