Destructive fire hits Pears Salt and Lumber mill
East Lake area reports a Sunday night blaze at the Pears Salt & Lumber Co mill results in an estimated 10,000 loss with $92,000 in insured value. Water Walker of Lexington is to stand trial for a Friday shooting of James Darrough. Foresters by the Bay Cites merge under High Chief Ranger Brown to form Court Bay City No. Edgar Britton named chief agent of the railroad group. Flint’s Ho Lane to become its sister. A Bay County court house project, a $100,000 plan, is under discussion. Shingle and sawmill workers strike, 200 unemployed. wage demands reach 120 percent. Rev. J. M. Patton urges ending evening services at Westminster Church. Peach trees survive cold but face moth threats from night insects.
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Ue Pears Salt & Lumber Co
East Lake
Bay Cites
Wm. B. Brown
Lapeer
Court
Bay County
Menominee Shingh, Sawyers and Weavers Union
J. M. Patton
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Grand Kapitis
Dean's Ojitointment Offers Skin Relief
Ad touts Dean's Ojit ient as a cure for eczema and irritated skin. Claims it calms delicate skin without harm. Sold at drug stores for 40 cents.
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Dean
Conte
Knights of Pythians meeting and banquet in Detroit
Report from Michigan Grand Lodge events detailing installation of officers, a charity endowment fund proposal of 1400 dollars for entertainment at the Detroit site, and a Knightly demonstration plus a banquet with Rathbone sisters and visiting knights. Names include Marie, Robert, Miley, Sylver, George Lark, and others.
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Urow
Rogie
Mich
Michigan Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythian
Tiday Vleetal
Fulluwe
Bennatt
Bie
Rapihi
George
Lark
Chie
Miley S
Ciaptios
Bartiereek
Exchenge
Deas
Prem Dodge
Detewit
Rathbone Sisters
Iron and oil hopes rise in Hubarbeton mining rush
The St. Johns News reports Hubarbeton residents and investors, led by Terre Naute backers from Saginaw, securing options and planning work next week on a coal prospect while a nearby farmer Ayis AC Cores believes he has an iron mine after years of lightning damage and rusting water.
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Hubarbeton
Terre Naute
Ind
Frielian
Turing
Ayis AC
Cores
Dolins News
Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root Promoted for Kidney and Bladder Ailments
An old health ad explains three stages of kidney and bladder trouble and promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root. It claims relief for symptoms like frequent urination burning sensation and abdominal pain and offers a free information packet by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co Binghamton NY.
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Bright
Kilmer
Dr. Kifer & Co
Bingtomton N.Y
After His Fortune. A Kansas City messenger survives Indian attack
A Kansas City Kansas messenger from 1864 era Holliday Express, W H Bridgens, carried $100000 in cash on a stage from Leavenworth to Santa Fe. Surviving a brutal Indian assault, the two men fought with knives as horses were released and men fled. Bridgens hid the treasure in canyons for weeks, subsisting on berries until returning to civilization. The employer rewarded the survivor with a token of gratitude.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas City Journal
Pennsylvania
Holliday Express Company
Leavenworth
Santa Fe
W. H. Bridgens
Hrndrens
Mavages
Untitled historical notes from a weather and local life page
Fragmentary report details a spring storm with rain and damage near Portland and Detroit Grand Rapids line. It mentions a 14 inch precipitation, injuries from a garden rake, and local figures like Rev. Suttin and Ruth Lintsey. Also notes carpenters busy amid a building boom and prices dropping for potatoes at 50 cents.
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Hart
Farner Wilges
Jackson
Suttin
Ooweo
Nlw
East Main Street
Guk
Michigan Colunieore
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Session Report
The 0 motrinee Splok oF Orasint The (ith Annual Gowvotting st the wn's Christian Penperanie Quinn rated Co was held in the MB. oh, Ale, Minh, May 10 with Ce Pes Me MF Waterbury in rhe ehere. Delegates from St. Louis attended. treasurer reported a balance of about thirty dollars. Resolutions urged temperance, suppression of liquor sales, and church cooperation. Adjourned with thanks to Dr. Bruske and Dr. Pettyjohn. invitations to college buildings and sanitarium noted.
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Christian Penperanie Quinn
Ale
Minh
Waterbury
Pat Beckner
Geusie
Howitt
Choagh
Rollell
St. Louis
Ueasurer
Treasury
Luttle
Vice
Union
Alma
Seville
Sowers Memorial
North Star
Baying
Bruske
Laura Haviland
Michigan
Quartette
Presbyterian Charet
Beckner
M. D. Carrol
Halls Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Internal Remedy
A vintage advertisement asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated with internal remedies. It promotes Halls Catarrh Cure as a blood-purifying tonic that acts on the mucous surfaces and claims a famous compound called Thincampois. Manufactured by CHENEY CO. Toledo Ohio, sold by druggists for 1.80.
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Eich Wondwell
Cheney
Toledo
Two Mr Springs and the Mail Swap Mystery
In the Twentieth Infantry at Camp Wikell two men named Sprin g, one from Massachusetts and a Private in Company M, shared a mail mix up. They traded heartfelt letters and even barter exchanges of packages and rumors until neighborly coincidence revealed their fates and the unusual double identity ended with ongoing mail swaps.
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Camp Wikell
New York Press
Massachusetts
Montack Point
Sergt
Atoll
Pennsylvania
Springer
Sergi
Joseph Spring
Awell
hSuy
Molly
Edo
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