This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Week in history reports disasters and political notes
A breadth of items from December 8 to 14 recounts mine explosions at St Etienne and Baltimore, a shipwreck in San Salvador, deaths in Wisconsin and Denmark, political upheavals in Constantinople and Chile, and a blizzard impact in North Dakota. It notes court actions, inventors, and a mix of social tidbits and curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Bell
Peoria
Isls
Dean
Maryland Steel Company
Baltimore
Er Mele ‘Mail Company
Nicaragua
San Salvador
W. H. Peck
Platteville
Wis
Madison
Wisconsin
Rumer
Constantinople
United States Supreme Court
Fielden and Schwab
Baron Arthur Rothschild
Great Financial House
North Dakota
W. F. Standiford
Dwight Institution
Chicago
Crown Prince of
Denmark
Hamburg
Ocean City
Blaine
Valparaiso
Constans
la Grippe
Berlin
Jennie Foster
Brooklyn
Grand Jury
Beaver
W. A. Mellon
W. H. Portsmouth
The
Daily Star
Senator Quay
Cambridge
Mass
C. A. Storrs
Elgin
Cincinnati
Barnaby
Denver
Allen Tibbits
Coldwater
Minn
California
Texas
Russell Sage