Prairie drought and fires ravage Wisconsin and Illinois
Chicago reports severe drought across the northwest 75 000 square miles with withered crops dry wells and looming water shortages. Fires rage in Kenosha Racine Walworth counties and along rail lines as cattle suffer and forests burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Madison
Bloomington
Michigan
Mississipi River
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Racine
Walworth
Illinois
Fires rage across Michigan as forests burn in multiple towns
Special dispatch reports extensive fires in Michigan including Grand Haven where 1 400 acres burned behind the cemetery and still raging southeast of town. Cedar Springs area around Burch's mill and Coleman wood piles were damaged. Cheboygan area suffers loss of pine fences and barns. Garden City hotel and livery stable destroyed amid wind shift saving the business district. Kent county declares fires in Cedarings and Sand Lake threaten villages as crews fight widespread timber and field blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Grand Haven
Burch’s
Cedar Springs
Coleman
Cheboygan
Garden City
Big Bay de Noque
Robert A.maccdonald
Kent County
Sand Lake
Neebscakt & Grandy
Villagg
West Virginia tragedy follows straws contest for marriage
In Point Pleasant Amos and Bradley Townsend vied for Miss Laidley. Bradley won but minutes later she died from a bullet to the heart. Amos, deemed the likely killer, vanished. The notice also lists varied patents and treasury bullion figures from 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Amos
Bradley Townsend
Ponscatlon
Hheanthy
Miss Laidley
Markets and Prices across Cities and Products
Market notes list wheat, corn, oats, rye, and seeds with varied grades and prices in Tome, New York, Minneapolis, St Paul, Duluth and Milwaukee. Included are lard, butter, eggs and cheese quotes, plus minor dairy figures. Also mentions health product ads and political notes on consulate deaths and diplomatic arbitration statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tome
New York
Milwaukee
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Uluth
St Paul Emerges as a Notable Educational Center
The article praises St Paul as an educational hub noting St Josephs Academy on Nelson and Western Ave as a premier girls school. It describes a large stone building with modern facilities and a wide curriculum drawing students from the northwest and east, urging guardians to request the catalogue and prospectus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wupertaburg
Wiengand
Montana
Viperstone Apcings
G. Paul Wep
St. Paul
Spencer
Minneapolis
Pie Corner
Owatonna
Childern
Ownatomuna
Seymour
Henry
Janesville
Canissa
Northwestern
Minnapolis
Roc. Wilkins
Northfield
Winona
Shade
L. F. Scott
Albert Lea
Hasting
Lewis van Inwegen & Son
L. 8
Follett
Blaine
Cork
Dublin
Clgman
East Saginaw
Mich
Harvey Willis
Oswego
N. Y
Raulinaon
Neillsville
Wis
George Curtis Lee
Washington and Lee University of Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Jerry Vogels
St. Louis
Coniens Academy of
St. Joseph’s Acadecy
Ee. Cereeteny
Bt. Joseph’s Academy
Of Interest to Parents and Public Health Notes
A disparate reading lists Bethlehem Academy in Faribault with details on faculty, heating, and governance. It mentions Wilfred Laurier as Liberal leader, Mary health tonics for overworked women, a Hiawatha steamer fire, urethral stricture treatment, Moxie as a women’s health food, death of Mrs. A. P. Kirkland, Allen's Lung Balsam, Calumet and Hecla mine fire, and dog scent experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Academy
Dominican Sisters
Faribault
Minn
Wilfred Laurier
Blake
Dominion
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
Hiawatha
Port Huron
Mich
Allen
Loe
Calumet and Hecla
Waltham Watches Praised as Best Pocket Timekeepers
The American Waltham Watch Company touts its long dominance and updated Crescent Street and Appleton Tracy grades. It emphasizes the Gold Waltham Ladies watch, famed for small size and accuracy, and notes the Waltham Breguet Hair Spring as a key feature. Genuine watches bear the "WALTHAM" engraving and are sold by top jewelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Waltham Watch Company
America
Crescent Street
Appleton, Tracy & Co
Waltham
Waltham Breguet
Wallham
Waltham Watch Company
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Drouth
Mississippi
Rock Island
South Englewood
Washington Heights
Thomas Baldwin
Sanfrau
Barney McKernan
Frank McDonald
Chris Hoel
James Brien
Jacob Feldtminan
Willliam Zimmerman
Mat de Fore
Lake Superior
Baraga
Marquette
Uganda
Minnesota
Clearfield
Stevens County
Dakota
Brookfield
Moody County
Trent
Ferry
C. J. Newhouser
J. Buchanan
Sogu
N. E. Slinds
Argaville
M. R. Clancy
Colvin
H. H. Stand
Brotherhood
Knights of Labor
New England
John Clay
Henry Clay
Lexington
Clay
Daniel J. Bashrom
Maj
Bush
Claus
Colorado
Springfield Union
Winnipeg
Manitoba
University of Kings College
Windsor
Nova Scotia
University of Oxford
Undertaking Fraternity
Stur
Sydney
Austriia
Palais d’ Industrie
Paris
San Jose
Cal
John B. Buchtel
Ohio
Buchtel College
Akron
Buchtel
John 3. Buchtel
West Virginia
H. BE. Anderson
W. de Brock
J.T. Greenwood
Bel Fire
Apeak
Whittemore
Pena F
Wm. Nievela
Sioux Falls
J. B. Winn
Watertown
Treasury Department
Treasury
Grantv Dakoh
En Athol
J. W. Mes
Leman
Milter
Nk. Beir
Hondaron
Bensit
He Omer
Fettie - Marshall
Hall
State Department
Miller
Rio de Janeiro
Hostetter
M. Ferry
Gen. Boulanger
Brandon
Eee Piso
Fraser
World's Dispensary Medieal Association
PuNalo
N.Y. Ty
Brooks, Alias
Maxwell
Justice Miller
Pierce
California
Massachusetts
Lake City
A. P. Kirkland
Oscar Ayers
Saulonns
Mapteasie Wean
Mithout Warnin
Dan Exour
Farol
Moony
Masonette
Waltham Watches
Ely
Boston
Procter & Gamble
Times
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