Wisconsin Tornado Hits Oshkosh Sparta and Dane County
A Wisconsin tornado struck Oshkosh at 8 PM injuring several and causing extensive property damage. The storm leveled the Northern Fair Exposition Building and St Paul Depot and damaged churches, mills, and homes across Oshkosh. In Madison and surrounding areas debris blocked streets, roofs were torn off, and trees were uprooted with many structures damaged or destroyed. The damage in Oshkosh statewide tallies near 300000 with limited insurance, while Sparta and Dane County regions report widespread destruction but no confirmed fatalities.
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Osuxoss
Wis
St. Paul
Fox River
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Robert Webster
Child
Henry Hoffman
Will
Richard Hoffman
Charles Ciles
Henry Pohlow
Austin Slattery
Wright
Mantgox
Vilas
Presbyterian Church
Wa. G. Carter
Cole
J. C. Thorp
Wm. Jacobs
Frank Niebuhl
Mendota
Savane Klander
E. T. Surtiss
Fitch Brothers
the Fair
A. B. van Cott’s
Court Street
Dr. Garret
Attorney Bleekman
West Oak Street
Franklin Street
Epgertoy
Albion
Dunkirk
Christiana
Dane County
Storm damage across Wisconsin towns and nearby states
The week’s reports describe extensive damage from a severe storm system hitting Appleton and other Wisconsin towns on July 9. Tobacco sheds, fences, barns, and a new Catholic church were leveled or damaged, with crops unroofed and hundreds of structures affected. horses and cattle killed, and losses running into thousands of dollars. Nearby communities like Plainfield and Centralia also report wrecked buildings, damaged mills, and flooding risks, while other items recount a mad dog incident, a Mormon girls disappearance case solved, and assorted curiosities from cities like Boston and Cincinnati.
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Appleton
Wis
Fourth Ward
Fleming
Stovexton
Wheller Prairie
John Patterson
Plainfield
Centralia
Port Edwards
Here
John Edwards
Waktewater
Dudley Griffin
Diary of a General’s Week Reveals Declining Strength
A diary records the General’s week showing improving pulse but growing weakness and exhaustion. July 4 includes sympathy messages from Phelps Fielda Edmunde and others at an Independence Day gathering in London. Later entries note quiet days, telegrams from the Emperor of Japan, varying sleep quality, and a steady decline with fluctuating symptoms.
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Phelps
Cyrus W. Fielda
Edmunde
Duke of Argyle
John Bright
Lononday
Japan
Mackin Sentenced Five Years In State Penitentiary
In Carcaco Ill on July 7 Judge Moran overruled Mackin s motion for a new trial in the perjury case tied to Eighteenth Ward election frauds. Mackin received a five year penitentiary sentence with a 15 day stay to seek writs of supersedeas. Proposals argue jury illegality and constitutional rights. The summary includes June crop report and a lynching incident in Highland Home.
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Mackin
Carcaco
Ill
Joseph C. Mackin
Moran
Gray
Supreme Court
Wisconsin items in a lakeside news roundup
A sweeping Wisconsin newspaper item details multiple incidents and notices including drownings and deaths from lightning and accidents, local and state meetings such as Universalist conferences at Koshkonong Lake and the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association at Janesville, a roller coaster accident at Eau Claire, and various veterinary, mining, and public notices. It cites births, deaths, and arrests, with names, places, and dates throughout.
Pied of His Injuries Leads to Death at Catfish Farm
Julius Belitz aged 14 died from severe burns sustained when Van Etta's stock barn burned at Catfish in Osage County yesterday morning. He had worked on the farm for three weeks. A second brief note reports Mrs. Robert Turnbull, 69, mother of Mrs. J Howard Jenkins, dying of heart disease at Ospros Wisconsin. President Cleveland is pictured wearing a white Derby hat.
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Anna, IL
John G. Tygett
Tygett
Anna
Tygeth
Josesvinie
Wis
Julius Belitz
van Etta
Catfish
Ospross
Robert Turnbull
J. Howard Jenkins
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Nilwaukee Business Directory
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Roebe
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Toombs James
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Jackman
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Chas
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