Vast Losses by Fire Across US and Canada in Year
The article notes that fire total losses in the United States and Canada exceeded 106 million dollars. It contrasts this with the expenses of insurance companies and premiums received, mentions dividends for only a few companies, and includes additional items ranging from a blind inventor's writing aid to notable individuals and mining statistics.
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United States
Canada
Colorado
California
Montana
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Herald Printing Co Public Notices
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Herald Printing Co and postal notices. The readable text references publishing duties and notices but lacks complete details or dates.
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Herald Printing Co, Pustmumns
Grape Incident Recast as Station Rhyme
A trimmed verse from the New York Tribune riffs on travel and fate. The quatrains traverse a steep path to a depot and grave, ending with the humorous twist of renaming “station” to fit the teapot tale.
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New York Tribune
Royal stationery and Dickens lecture claims
The piece notes the Princess of Wales and Queen using distinctive stationery with signatures and royal initials. It cites Mr. Dolby's assertion that Dickens died from overwork, citing a reading of Oliver Twist raising reader pulse from 72 to 118. It mentions the Brooklyn Bridge’s tolls and a chessboard corn calculation from the London Echo, plus a Spurgeon anecdote.
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Mr. DouBy
Dickens
Mr. Dolby
French Moniteur reports New York bells by steam
The Moniteur Universal notes New York lacks hand rung church bells. The Angelus is sounded by steam for five minutes daily with clocklike regularity. It also describes a charity ritual where young ladies on a platform are kissed for $1, with a limit of ten kisses per donor.
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Moniteur
Universal
United States
New York
Sonia
Mad house Fire Tears Through Detached Cottages near Kankakee
A wild blaze roared through several detached cottages near Kankakee Illinois destroying structures. Firefighters battled the flames as crowds gathered. no exact injuries or casualties are reported in the readable text.
Fire at Eastern Illinois Hospital ward kills many inmates
A detached ward of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane in Kankakee caught fire at 3 a.m. in bitter 12 degree cold. Twelve bodies recovered and numerous patients perished or missing after a chaotic escape amid furnaces and weak alarms. Attendants, including Reid, Brown, Rose, and Delvey, aided in rescuing dozens amid heavy smoke.
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Kankakee
Dlinois
Cabbro
Brown
Rose
Wife
Reid
Williams
Labarger
W. A. Reid
R. S. Delvey
Chicago
Thomas Hereley
Hereley
James Colbert
M. Jordan
Alfred Bunyard
Winnebago
C. M. Tyler
Sheldon
C. Shott
John Nathan
Orlando Ellis
Pontiac
Dewey
Ifiez
Dobbs
R. C.williams
J. C. McFarland
Skully
J. R. Willett
Chicagol
New York Ledger Publisher Quips About Imaginary Censor
Robert Bonner, proprietor of the New York Ledger, cites an imaginary old country Indy who reads the paper aloud to her children and objects to any word in a story that she would hesitate to explain to her grandchildren when asked what it means.
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Lyman Dados
Illinois
Chicago
Cty
Iome
Alee
Healey
Denver
Robert Bonner
The
New York Ledger
Indy
Horned toads shipped to China for medicine from Rockland
A Chinaman near Rockland Cab. sent over 2000 horned toads abroad last season to be processed into costly medicines.
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Rockland
Cab
China
Judge Davis laments long‑held feud with woman poet
Judge David Davis recalls a past joke about a woman poet twenty eight years ago that soured their friendship and left her still harboring dislike toward him.
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David Davis
Washington Population Estimate Reveals City Size
The permanent population of Washington is estimated at 212 800 with about 10 000 transients in town. This snapshot shows the city’s living population mix and apparent growth dynamics.
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Victoriano Niguez
Carmen
Mexico
Republic
Washington
Robert Browning Aged 73 Set To Remarry
The renowned poet Robert Browning aged 73 is preparing to remarry amid reports of a new personal chapter. Details of the arrangement remain undisclosed but interest centers on his forthcoming nuptials and public reception.
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Jouxn G. Wurmer
Cincinnati
Merrimac
West
Girls’ High School
Boston
Robert Browning
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