Firemen Save Lives in Brooklyn Row of Wooden Tenements
A fire at 120 Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn destroyed eight wooden tenements. Fireman Owen Smith carried a 7 year old girl Annie Bowen and Edward Ashworth to safety from the fourth floor. Injured occupants were removed to hospital and are expected to recover from pneumonia risks. Loss is about $30,000 with adequate insurance.
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Panama Canal Company
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French Chamber of Deputies
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Kate Sundon Abandoned After Terrific North Sea Storm
Nine Were Lost News reports the British bark Kate Sundon from Shields to Pensacola abandoned in a wrecking North Sea gale on Nov UK. The vessel suffered torn sails and damaged masts, crew perished or died from exposure, captain and wives rescued by a passing ship and brought to safety.
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Lornwho Motor Dint at the Continental Hour
The article reports the illness of a performer named Florace who adopted a stage name and appeared at the Continental Hour in Philadelphia. Family members from Brooklyn and Washington accompanied him as doctors watched his condition, noting he had shown brief improvement.
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Deadly fire hits St Paul and nearby town mines
A disastrous blaze in St Paul and surrounding firms including Gittnes Cooper Co and Pernell Osun Kirk Co causes estimated losses of 900000 to 1000000. Gas poisoning kills Mary Eufoon and her two sons Peter and Newton. neighbors rescue others as doors break. Congress opens in Washington with sermons, and a Duluth ore report notes a west Masaba iron boom with multiple new locations and railroad plans.
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Deatery
Gittnes, Cooper & Co
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Cooper & Co
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Kirk & Coe
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Mary Eufoon
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Newton
Duluth
Minn
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Minister Lincoln Arrives on Vacation in Greet Brilals
Hon Robert T Lincoln United States minister to Greet Brilals arrives for a weeks stay on leave of absence. He plans to remain there briefly as he completes his vacation.
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United States
Brilals
Ome
Michigan News Briefs From Benton Harbor To Ypsilanti
Reports recount a Benton Harbor stabbing near fatality. a Fort Gratiot case of a stepdaughter’s injuries. Muskegon hosting Mason events and tax picks. road and transit notes on Michigan Central crossing. Also mentions Congress Belknap, Gladstone era details, and a Ypsilanti death in Essex English-born citizen with sons in Detroit law firm and public roles.
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Heighte Templar
C. T
Mr. Hills
Michigan
Belknap
Bred Wurzburg
Hhatilo Crook
Michigan Central
Ludington
Chicago & West Michigan
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Adolph Grealish
Grand Hupdla
Charles Laitelt
Fuillage Pote
Hewien
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Grant Wavet
Gartley House
Benton Harbor
Garrick
Michigan Masonite Mutual Life Insurance plans merger
Stockholders of the Michigan Masonite Mutual Life Insurance Company meet December 1 in Grand Rapids to decide future relief or dissolution. The company, not insolvent with about 15000 in assets, contemplates merging into the Mutual Reserve Life Association of New York, refiguring existing members, and possible cash dividends or relief from assessments.
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Ebigan Masonie Mutual Life Insurance Ans Fation
Grand Rapida
Tion
Mutual Reserve Life Association
New York
View Montville Board Adopts Tuition for Pupils
The View Montville village board in Eaton County approves a weekly tuition of 10 cents for all pupils studying Latin in the high school. The measure is referred to the superintendent of public instruction for an official opinion from the attorney general, who notes no chief payment obligation for any pupil for any study pursued as a non camden.
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Quietiound
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Local notices and deaths across the state headline
George W. Abbey a Michsad jeweler dies of heart disease. Misers at Jackson’s coal line reappear as Michigan funeral directors plan Grand Rapids meeting January 12 and 14. Inkoming’s city hall dedication noted with spending. Augustus J. Mome dies in Cleveland delirium tremens. Charles IL Hadley of Muskegon criticized in public. Burglars steal $800 worth of merchandise from Jones Patenn’s Hardware in Constantine. Lake Superior Lumber plans a new plant at Ewen with band mill and four shingle mills. Aunt Harriet Darton, famed as a bride, near death. Alderman Jones Durpatrick of Lansing absent two days. friends alarmed. Dowell Moore Masonic lodge helps furnish room at Grand Rapids home. Cleary’s Business College in Ypsilanti graduates class of eight. Unoccupied dining hall run by M K Church Indies at Lansing burns. arson suspected. Nathan Colby dies after long illness. Flushing State Bank to become new bank succeeding First National Bank Dec 1. Directory compilers print 13,800 marines in volume, city census to 41,400 subs.
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Move to reinter Grant's body at Arlington faces renewed push
The plan to move General Grant's remains from Riverside Cemetery in New York City to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington is to be revived in the coming congressional session. Veterans from Union and Confederate ranks are invoked in support, arguing Grant’s tomb belongs at Arlington and the nation should fund a fitting monument. Strong sentiment crosses regions, with western army survivors and Potomac veterans among the advocates.
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Planing mill fire and shipping woes across towns
A chaotic digest of incidents including a Newark New Jersey planing mill blaze costing around 100000, South Dakota railcar shortages delaying crops, and various court actions, financial reorganizations, and shipping movements. Names and places span Milwaukee Paris Monte Carlo Logansport Chicago and London, with notable figures and institutions noted.
Indians Not Content Breach Rumor Amid Dakota Movements
Telegrams from Gen John B Brooke and Gen Schofield report unclear Big Foot movements and improved Sioux content. Brookes says no definite scope yet and no sign of the winter outbreak repeating, while Schofield notes better government administration and general quiet among tribes this winter.
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Department of Dakota
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Big Foot
la Reservation
Pine Ridge
Brooke
Schofield
Fatal Morphine Tragety in Rhinelander Homicide Case
Two Michigan men, William Houston and William Brown, died after drinking whisky laced with twenty grains of morphine. Mrs Houston, accused for years in the plot, dissolved the drug and served it in a drink at Houston's home. A coroner's jury will order postmortem inquiry into the deaths and source of the poison.
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Maine memorial meeting taints Chicago execution tribute
A sparsely described Maine gathering honored an execution in Chicago with lifelike martyr portraits and a large red flag on display. George Vaughn triggered a stir by claiming release from anarchist influence to speak, while others debated addressing the group without betraying religious teachers. In Nyack New York a child accident at a cider factory site left serious injuries after a barrel rolled downhill.
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Almy Must Hang Sentencing in Abrinie Warden Case
Almy the mvedar of Abrinie Warden was sentenced after trial at Plymouth N WM. The defense argued diminished responsibility, but the court sentenced Almy to hang on the first Tuesday in February. The article mixes court notes and a New York banquet summary with multiple named officials and events.
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Indians and Whisky At Whipple Barracks Prescott
Troops at Whipple barracks Prescott Arizona report a marauding Apache company gaining whisky causing days of turmoil. Seven soldiers guard, many wounded, some in hospital, and the unit to be moved. Judge Ross in Los Angeles sentences a Yuma Indian to death for the murder of an elder. Grand Rapids sherdman Gould killed September 11. two widows hire counsel to sue the railroad for damages seeking compensation.
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Millionaire Newton to Face Defraud Case in Des Moines Court
John Newton, reputed millionaire from Holyoke Massachusetts, and M. F. Oxford stand accused in Des Moines of conspiring to defraud the United States government. The plan allegedly involved shipping large quantities of old newspapers to inflate railroad subsidies. Proceedings saw the court overrule defense objections as the case proceeds.
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Newton
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United States
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Des Moines Wnd
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Methodist Missionary Committee Sets Domestic Budget
The Methodist general missionary committee in Cleveland raised domestic appropriations to 500000 dollars and affirmed Bulgaria missions at 20000 dollars. Other allocations include Africa 95400, South America 50545, China 108072, Germany 30000, India 121, Italy 814, Japan 17562. A banquet at Mumbo Hall followed with remarks by Gibson, Bishop Puss, Bishop Newman, Buckley, Bancroft Robinson, Warren, and others.
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Terrific Bear Fight Near Helfenstein Pa
Six farmers near Helfenstein Pennsylvania were attacked by two bears while hunting a cub. A brutal hand to hand clash left several men injured with extensive wounds. James sustained a severed arm injury and Sprecht lost an eye, others badly hurt.
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Richard Specht
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Robert Mina
James
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Twelve Degrees Below Sere Aberdeen Dispatch May 17 88
Report from Aberdeen dated May 17 1888 notes frigid conditions with widespread train delays of one or more hours. Weather states near freezing across regions with morning lows and notable agricultural impacts. Mentioned places include Huron Blemarei Fort Buford Minnedosa and Fleiena with various temperature notes.
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Bala Producer Prank Melburne Plans Texas Series
Melbourne figure Bala Producer Prank Melburne completed arrangements for a ruin making company. Last week men from Goodland Kansas went into the Texas panhandle and produced a feed of fala before returning. The company lists base capital of 100000 dollars and will operate under the Goodland falu producing association law.
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Prank Melburne
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Sleldourne Law Charg
Prisoners Brutally Treated at Arkansas Facility Reported
A federal prisoner alleges severe abuse at a Little Rock facility with branding and beaten inmates. The account claims such treatment was common under orders from the U.S. attorney general and notes several prisoners were moved to Columbus, Ohio.
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United States Attorney-General
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