Michigan History Mixed With Wrecks And Drought Reports
The clipping reports a shipwreck search near Alpena for the Powabio carrying about 25,000 in gold and copper, a diver named Pelkey dying in the wreckage, and recovery attempts. It notes West Bay City track tampering at Williams Street, various fires, bank issues, and a counterfeit note case. It covers drought in South Haven, steel cattle guards at crossings, a mine production record, and several local incidents including deaths and accidents throughout Michigan.
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Rome
Alpena
Lake
Heres
Pelkey
Wand
Polkey
West Superior
Wis
T Railroad
West Bay City
Long Wiliams Street
Cincinnati
Saginaw & Mackinaw
Calumet & Hecla
Aliauer
Kearsarge
South Haven
Lake Michigan
Steel Cattle Guard
Nii
Michigan
Wort
Mra HL Nuvliteweil
John Holst Beroes
Raginaw
Flirt
Holst
Watergilot
Lyman’. How
New York
Mra
Voting outcomes across Michigan and states shift GOP gains
A sweep of Michigan results elects Charles B. Belknap GOP in the Fifth District amid strong urban turnout in Grand Rapids. New York favors Democrats, giving Flower in New York City a large lead, while Des Moines and Nebraska show tense statewide races. Ohio and other states reflect mixed results with McKinley leading Ohio and various governors and legislators deciding party control.
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Michigan
Melvin H. Ford
Charles B. Belknap
Republican Congressional Committee
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapds
Belknap
Lawrence
Hutchins
People's
Tonia County
Ortens
Alleson
Kent County
Detroit
Hawn & Pinkgree
Hazen &.Ree
John Minor
Dowortine
We. Ge Thompson
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Deineer
Pingree
Thompson
Miner
Letorous
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Clerle
City Treasuron
Pollow
Guvernoret
Cantidates
Neswell
Flower
Nermaska
Nebraska
Gleevar
A. J. Post
Supreme Court
Ole Vinginny
Virginia
Mekinley
Amienicas
Ohio
Campbell
Around the State items mix odd posts and accidents
Perry Younes named postmaster at Blurtom and Ossco, Hillsdale county, while Willets fills Altoona postmaster role. Daniel Doign, 71, dies of heart disease in Jackson. four boys drown near Morland Ontario. A pastor in Menretta shot in thigh, 93. Grand Rapids ex-alderman Hugo Thum moves to Riverside. Boat wreck near Grend Haven. railway crash and multiple arrests. Local church calls widen. freight delays and labor matters noted.
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Daniel Doign
Jackson
Willets
Altoona
Moola County
Lyons
Saginaw
Sinclair
Carleton, Co
Deseot Pormer
Menretta
Hugo Thum
Aldertran
Grand Maids
Riverside
Cal
Lo Ruse Orange
Lace
Morland
Ont
William Miller
Minato Rawhamer
New York
Englewood
N. J
William Jones Petinkey
Otsego Tedian
Joceson
Lev. Thoms W. Melecon
Traily Epincopes Check
Kay City
St Panis Ehurch
Mingoapolis
Douglas
Chianatherengo
Donita
Wisconsin Pine Lands Settled at Astland Opened to Public
The United States land office at Astland Wisconsin opened two million dollars of pine lands for settlement attracting a large, excited crowd. Special agents oversaw the process while the line of eager applicants, including families and single individuals, moved through the doors. A special train delivered settlers who had long lived on the lands or squatted nearby, and about 250 applications were filed.
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Wisconsin
Astland
Wis
United States
Tiany Iostapees
Burglar Charles Schmidt Dies by Morphine In Prison
Charles Schmidt, sentenced to fifteen years for burglary, carried morphine to a prisoner named Mrs Grave in Quentin Cal prison. He died hours after a large dose, amid alleged negligence by guards who failed to search and provide medical aid. Schmidt linked to the Jacot/Bell San Francisco case and to the Sidneyell murder testimony that helped convict Sam Jacobson. His death ends hopes of solving the Jacobson case.
Varied 1900s news items mix of fires politics and crime
Scattered notices report printers replaced by scabs at Terlin, Paul Thal named Russian consul in Chicago, Carter Harrison to acquire the Chicago Times, and oil production rise in Pennsylvania. Separate items note a New Portland fire, a fatal shooting in Xenia, a major blaze in Eildwood Iran, a Milwaukee tanter’s death from choking, a lumber yard fire in Lowell with high insured loss, Vermont Gov Page guiding a US senate appointment, and a railroad project linking the US to Central America. Also reported shelter for 96 paupers near Hollidayburg and a malformed late fragment about a woman.
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Terlin
Paul Thal
Chicago
Carter Harrison
Chicaro Times
Pennsylvania
Firo
New Portland
Moe
J. Myers
L. C. Clive
Xenia
Eilwood
Iran
Thomas Figns
Milwaukes
Win
Brazil Under Arms and Martial Law Declared
A Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports the president has convened new representatives and declared martial law in the capital and nearby Nictori area for two months to restore order after congress’s actions. The army backs the government as provinces applaud the move, while Washington notes U.S. concerns over Brazil’s unrest and potential factions seeking constitutional change.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Nictori
Pralo Crande
Congress
Toanlfante
President de Ponseca
Washington
Department of State
Cunger
Brasil
Brae
Vie Neva
Scammers Posing as Farmers Attar Agents Deceive Chicago Vendors
A fraudulent scheme by individuals posing as Farmers Attar agents in Chicago targets farmers nationwide. They solicit bulk orders at wholesale prices and claim a small master fee, then ship fake goods valued far less than charged. Farmers are robbed of hundreds of dollars, with sugar samples used to entice orders.
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Chicago
PureluMog
Rash
Bult
Chinese Puzzle Case in Savannah Detention of Wong and Jim Lee
Savannah detectives traced Wong Chao and a Chinese girl to Fisk University in Nashville Tennessee on a complaint by Lan Kee a New York merchant. They also arrested Jim Lee who had arrived with Wong Chung. The story involves alleged abduction theft of $4000 and a complex chain of moves between Savannah Nashville and New York with a Chinese newspaper report and Wing Chin Lai involved.
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Savannah
Fisk University
Nashvile
New York
Jing Lee Rowan
Lee Ker
Wong Chong
Styles
Wing Chin Lae
Savanash
Lar
Jim Lee
Nashville
Lee Kee
Savannat
Cabinet shakeup and ministerial shifts in Canada
Chaos in the Canadian cabinet with Chapleau to remain interim minister of the interior until a successor to Edgar Dewiney is named. Angers will join as minister of agriculture replacing John Canning. A controversial prohibition meeting in Orange Mass drew sharp exchanges with Rev Judson and Rev Sudson, amid a fatal shooting in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Arthur Andersen killed by Ernest Haver. Anderson’s killer jailed. a Cleveland iron works proprietor, James K Lewis, dies of heart failure.
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Ae Ortiwa
Out
Sapec
Cabines
Chapleau
Premor
Prewut
Sir John Thompson
George E. Foster
Chaplewa
Timanil
Edgar Dewiney
British Columbia
Colvet
Bout of Commons
Unt
A. K Angers
Quebec
John Canning
Parson
Parsee
J. Wesley Hill
Utah
Orange
Mass
Harrison
Gov
Russell
George Sudson
Congregational Church
Judson
Universalist Church
Bill
Ernest Haver
Arthur Anderson
Oshkosh
Wis
Andersen
Accklamt
Grand Rapids
James K Lewis
Lalor Irie Iron Works
Cleveland
Baltimore Blown Up Rumor Roils Navy Yards
Report claims the U S cruiser Baltimore was blown up by Chinese torpedo boats near Valparaiso with many lives lost. Brooklyn Navy Yard shows unusual activity as Miantonomah and Atlantic prepare for service amid tense U S Chili relations.
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Navy Yards
New York
Herald
Valparaiso
United States
Baltimore
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Miantonomah
Atlantic
Navy Yard
Navy
Chili
Mgehan Lety
Mosaic of a Misth Marriage Ends in Barn Fire Tragedy
In Pesetown New York Richart Foote perishes when his barn burns. The next day his charred remains are found. Mrs Foote confesses that Foote left the house toward Usebarn before the blaze. Jobe Furman allegedly killed Foote with a tool and emptied kerosene to cover the body before setting it alight. Furman and Mrs Foote are under arrest.
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Richart Foote
Pesetown
N. Y
Foote
Poole
Mra. Poote
Jobe Furman
Smith
Windsor
Usebarn
Furman
Peete
Olul
Purtton
Burmin
Baron Ore
Fuote
Briggs Victorious In Tumbling Heresy Case At Presbytery
Fragmented report says Dr. Briggs wins a rebuke against Dr. Van Dyke in a presbytery dispute over doctrines. The vote favors continuing the trial process, while colleagues criticize or support various motions amid a lively scene. Nearby, a city sewer collapse in Ypsilanti kills James Slown as workers uncover a dangerous trench. A rescuer is trapped by gas but later pulled free after hours of effort.
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New York
van Dyke
Col
BloCool
James Slown
Ypsilanti
New City
Huron Street
Despie
I Attu
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