Michigan Bounties and Reform Echoes in 1891
The article discusses Michigan bounty payments to veterans enlisted before February 6 1864, with rapid statewide processing and direct checks. It quotes Major William McKinley praising the Republican Party and notes a new Michigan fish law prohibiting spears nets and explosives with penalties of up to 25 dollars fine and thirty days jailed.
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Michigan
Quartermaster General
Adjutant General
Board of State Auditors
New York Recorder
Turner
Wmn. McKinley
United States
State of
Focal Aviv
Ore in the Rocky mountains promises stronger iron
Boston iron worker George A Clarke claims a new ore from the Rockies can improve iron by increasing tensile strength 10 to 25 percent with only 0.5 to 1 percent added. He asserts better fluidity and polish, and notes the ore’s origin is undisclosed as he seeks control. Chicago Tribune reports his claims and field location details.
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George A. Clarke
Boston
Rocky Mountains
Sayers
Clavianatl
Chicago
Clarke
Chicago Tribune
Lightning wrecks Morion home in Athens and wiring melts
A vivid report from Athens describes a noon rainstorm where a lightning strike melted a rod over Willian Henry Morion’s house and caused extensive damage. The bolt jumped to the tin gutter, melted it, and sent molten metal across the area including a tin basin on the back porch and an iron pipe to a distant well. The incident damaged woodwork but left all contacted metal melted. observers noted the powerful, hazardous effect of the strike.
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Tkebtatog
Willian Henry Morion
Athens
Atlanta Constitution
Fragmented Odds and Ends From a Distant Paper
In a jumble of items a thief pockets a jewel from a flat in Malate while a chase unfolds. A water supply story from Jordan reaches the Berlin royal palace for royal christening rites. Other notes mention skeletons at Stanford and Berkeley lectures, a trotting stallion, and a Civil War veteran’s service.
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Jordan
Royal
Berlin
Hollensollern
Joashua
Fuld
Opened for settlement on vast South Dakota reservation
A historic land offer describes the Sission Lidian reservation at the eastern Lountary of South Dakota, boasting one billion acres of fertile farming sites near St Paul and Minneapolis markets. It promises first come, first served homestead entries of 100 acres, with rail access via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway and continuous settlement opportunities for eager home seekers.
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Lountary
South Dakota
Twin Cities
Northwest
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Atoutier Reservation
Chicago, Milworker & St. Paul
Ticketa
Summit
Waubay
Wilmot
Wheaton
Mini
Ajl Ucket
United States
Chisige
Milwaukee , St. Mant
Gia
Lo Ukeroun
Chicago
Uil
Mich
Ohio
Mil & St Paul
Griswold St
Detroit
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Leland Stanford University
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Rancom
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Chas
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APA
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Hiss
Dibner
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Seriou
Berry
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Lycetacas
Couelier
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Jepie Jey Crassy
Osobela
James Kalorte
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Hubbard
I. Vanden
Smith & Glass
Bert Woodward
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Toronto
Granite State
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Graham & Morton Trans. CO
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Mona
Jorrete Ari
Olas
Steaurbant Express
Neward
Alene
Lowel
Oniea
Eitel
WMA Ree Bot
Delavan
J M. Montigel & CO
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Alma Sanitarium CO
Alma, Mien
Jas. G. Kress
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