Fire in Tokio Destroys 1000 Homes. Toll Climbs
Tokio dispatch reports a Sunday blaze gutting about 1000 houses. At least fifty dead with many still missing as firefighters battle remaining hotspots across the city.
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1892
Page
1
Tokio dispatch reports a Sunday blaze gutting about 1000 houses. At least fifty dead with many still missing as firefighters battle remaining hotspots across the city.
In Warezina Virginia on April 12 Mrs. Sarah Ann Shoemaker 75 sues for divorce from her husband 80 a prominent minister of Romney. She accuses cruelty neglect and infidelity. The couple married fifty years and are great grandparents.
April 10 tribune dispatch reports William Hawkinson, of Snyper Kansas, arrives two weeks earlier and seeks marriage with 18 year old Nana Terrill. Her mother delays consent. an elopement is planned with Nana’s twin sister Nona. Hawkinson takes Nona instead, marries her in Dodge City, learns mistake at hotel, and decides to keep the wife. Also notes on local floods and a Wilkes-Barre powder mill explosion killing nine and Wyoming stock rustling.
A collage of jokes on manners and a long portrait of San Francisco lodging life. It contrasts quirky humor with a vivid scene of board through apartments and dining, detailing moves, social rounds, and the lure of city living, while noting indolence and pleasure-seeking traits.
A. Talnorry, dentist, informs residents of Vernaland vicinity that his time is drawing to a close. He has aimed to satisfy patrons and asks for continued support until May 1, inviting those who want to benefit from his experience to call.
In a terse exchange Mr Lotos Nave asks about the relations of Rivers Je and Lena. Mrs Lotos replies the young people are tight lipped. The couple discusses the matter after an evening search on the parlor sofa.
A woman frets about her husband’s opposition to a trip to Europe and asks the doctor if she might become ill enough to go. The doctor answers it’s hard to tell and suggests additional visits to confirm her condition.
A brief comic exchange shows a sister and Johnny discussing miracles during a Sunday school moment. The sister jokes about marriage and the idea of a miracle to explain Johnny's reluctance to wed the new suitor.
A garbled local note mocks Miss De Fashion-Ma with a humorous quip about wearing a vig hat to the theater. The item, labeled not copyrighted, appears in a playful New York Weekly exchange note.
A Detroit Free Press reader reports many attempts over six weeks to locate Miss Vere at Sharpleigh, finding her absent each time. The exchange highlights persistent searches and recurrent misses.
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