Terrible cyclones sweep through Northwest history
A St Paul Pioneer Press review recounts ten years of Northwest cyclones from June 1877 to June 1884. It details Hazel Green destruction in 1877, Mankato and Red River country damage in 1880, fatal losses in New Ulm and Grinnell in 1882, Racine and Illinois storms in 1883, Rochester’s deadly August 1883 cyclone, and the 1884 Marine Mills wind event with limited casualties and heavy property losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hite
Hazel Green
Lafayette County
Wis
Mankato
Lake Crystal
Faribault
Blue Earth
Nicoliet
Minn
Polk
Audubon
New Ulm
Brown County
Renville
Nicollet
West Newton
Wellington
New Uln
St. Paul
Pillsbury
Grinnell, Ta
Malcom
Grinnell
Iowa Congregational College
Chicago
Northwest
Racine
Sangamon
DeWitt
Jersey
Ilinois
Rochester
Dodge County
Washington County
Marine Mills
Yellow Medicine
French Cabby Cracked After Two Years On The Run
A model Paris cabman known as Poirat, two years in the trade, is recognized by plainclothes police as the escaped lunatic sought for years. He confessed to the charge and was taken to the asylum. He had previously hired a doctor who certified his insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iGalignani
Prief
Jehu
Halloa
Poirat
Asa Fare
The Mad Donkey of Mentone
A mad donkey in Mentone attacked its owner and a veterinary surgeon after being bitten by a mad dog. The two men fled for Paris with the donkey’s brains, as Pasteur examines two new patients from the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mentone
Pall Mall Gazette
M. Pasteur
Paris
Springtime recital turns to courtroom farce
In a Cincinnati Times-Star snippet a man in springtime rhapsody defends his theft of a watch as the judge quips about spring. The defendant, dubbed spring poet, denies the charge, shifts from toothpick to witness stand, and ends jailed for nine months with a fine. The scene ends with a riotous confrontation and a tainted autumn motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Times-Star
Calaboose
Herman Hart
Santa Claus
Bold swindler plies confidence tricks in Boston
The article profiles Plymouth White alias Frank Parke alias Plinn White, a notorious confidence man who left Boston a year ago and resurfaced after a six month scheme. He duped Ivory Hezleton and his wife out of about 2041, plus a board bill, and swindled other investors, claiming vast wealth while eluding arrest after crossing the ocean sixteen times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Plymouth White
Frank Parke
Plinn” White
Ivory Hezleton
Lyman Stireet
Jenks
White
Hezleton
Chicago
John W. Tuesley
Tuesleys
One Way of Spelling It Savannah Note
A Jasper clerk notes an entry in an account book reading To one Mose quit a net, illustrating a curious spelling phrase from the Savannah news page. The line captures a regional linguistic quirk, reflecting how phonetic writing can blur meaning in ledger entries.
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Savannah News
Jasper
Mose
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St. Paul Pioneer
Latouchere
London
Prof
Loshe’s
The
Megart
Parti Arties
Arnold Lohse
Dresden
Germany
Yas
Grollers Adit
Lutthager
Wyman A Luyis
D. Shear’s
Our
D. Shear
Ochellhammer & Lesser
Schellhammer & Lesser
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
A. B
Couree
Lake Eite
Wests
Shrought Puilman Palace
Pullman
Toute
St. Lows
Minnesota
Dakota
Mubruaorado
Kansas
Texas
Weat
H.garfield
Damesiosn
N.Y
J.M. Ferris
Hass
C. Co. Emmons
Pittsburgh
Maryland
FEN Carriage Works
Warren
Aplitt
G. Koebley
Knapp & Case
J. H. Mitchell & Co
Game Line
Warren, PA
Dome, General Fire, Life and Accident Business
Beaty Rick
A. A.avis’ Store
Rounds
West Spring Creek
Warren Co
Johnson & Siegfried
Beecher& Copeland
Suspension Bridge
Warren, Penn’a
Walter A. Wood
W. Anson Wood
Gowrie
NEW Hartford
Beecher & Copeland
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