Local Briefs and Businesses Feature Shop Ads
Mack the jeweler and Dr Mueller advertised in the Nix Building. Hosiery, boys clothing, and Monarch shirts sale at W N Snodgress and W N Shodgress. The Angst pies and Farr Paulus sold bread and candles. A brand new pew currey with canopy top for sale at Schultz drug store. Roswell's hats sold at Snodgress.
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W. N. Shodgress Clothing Store
Farr, & Paulus
Fitz & Paulus
Schultz Drug Store
Monarch Shirte
W. N. Snodgress
Bomb blast hits Byron Baptist church
Rochester Minnesota reports a Baptist church in Byron blown up by dynamite on Friday morning amid local tensions after Rev. Utton left for Lanesboro to join the Methodists. No arrests. Nearby, a Caro Michigan recluse was found dead in bed. over $12,000 hidden on his farm, including $3,000 in government bonds and $9,800 buried in fruit cans. May fire losses rise. US Canada fire leases for May total $16,366,800. In Woodbury County, flooding spurs two new ditches the Garretson and Stoddard, with estimated costs of $45,000 and $40,000 respectively, while West Fork landowners seek $200,000 in damages.
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Rochester
Minn
Byron
Mr. Utton
Lanesboro
Methodist Church
Cero
Mich
William M. Bell
Caro
Fruit Cana
Woodbury
West Fork
Whisky Creek
Teachers Salaries Highlight National Averages
Supt Barrett notes Journal of Education statistics from 1900 01 showing 92094 teachers and supervisors in cities over 8000 population with average salaries 687 29 dollars. Iowa sits lower at 487 44 in 1900 01 from 470 88 in 1899 1900 while New York averages 927 90 and West Virginia 413 25. Also mentions a drowning incident in Chicago Jackson Park lagoon near Spanish caravels involving Jesse L Miller and Frances Evelyn Moore.
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Supt. Barrett
Journal of Education
W. T. Iarris
Commissioner of Education
United States
Iowa
New York
West Virginia
Death Toll Rises in Missouri Floods at Topeka and North Topeka
Seven more flood deaths were reported as the tally rose to 78 with 30 identified. Many bodies remain in wreckage as towns like North Topeka endure total ruin and seven foot water in homes. Union Pacific depot serves as makeshift morgue while other towns recover.
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Topeka
Kan
Union Pacific
North Topeka
Manhattan
Abilene
Salina
Florence
Lincoln
Center
Flooded Mississippi valley ruins and levee breaks hit Illinois
Reports from June 5 to 6 describe the Mississippi flood surpassing prior records from Keokuk to St. Louis. Levees at Hunt and Indian Grove broke, inundating 75 000 acres of bottomland and threatening more as Missouri bottoms flood. Losses include crops, stock, buildings, and levee damage with total damages in the millions.
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Keokuk
Tta
Mississippi
Here
Mississippi Valley
Hunt
Indian Grove
Missouri
St. Louis
Illinois
Mississippi River
Minois
Madison ‘Evee
Merchants Bridge
Granite City
Missouri River Flood Relief and Aftermath Update
Kansas City reports river levels receding and business resuming while waterworks pump blue water from the Kansas river. Damages are revised downward from initial estimates, with bridges and various stores hit. Two bodies found under a rail coach. death toll at ten. Des Moines notes destitute aid reaching 5,000 people with local funds and supplies. Atlantic reports marooned families surviving five days on tables without water or food.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Kansas River
West Bottoms
Des Moines
Hood Suitereye
Atlantic
Many Lives Lost In Gale Off Valparaiso Chile
June 4 Valparaiso Chile reports a devastating gale. British ship Foyledate loses ten crew, its captain’s wife and child drown. Pacific steamer Arequipa sinks with 80 feared dead. fifteen crew saved report wrecked at sea. Captain Todd and all passengers and officers presumed lost. Government dredge Holanda among many wrecks, with significant local loss of life.
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Valparaiso
Chil
Kerry
Foyledate
Pacific Company
Arequipa
Todd
Holanda
Great Loss of Life follows cloudburst in Spartanburg region
In Spartanburg South Carolina on Saturday a cloudburst and floods may claim 40 to 150 lives with a total regional property loss around 2 million dollars. Pacolet reports 1 million in damages including mills 28 000 spindles 3 500 bales of cotton and 200 000 in cloth goods. Several buildings including a cotton gin grist mill church and shops are washed away leaving over 500 homeless and 4 000 unemployed.
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Spartansburg
S.C
Pacolet
President Roosevelt Homeward After 66 Days Abroad
Washington reports President Roosevelt returned to the capital at seven last night after 66 days away. His party logged about 14 000 miles through 22 states and two territories with 256 speeches. A huge Washington welcome greeted him at the White House grounds and he spoke briefly from the rear balcony.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Station
White House
Lynching in Illinois Strikes Belleville After School Shootings
Belleville Illinois was shaken when Wyatt, a black man, shot Superintendent Hertel after failed teacher certificate renewal. A mob of over 1,000 compelled his removal from jail at 11:30 p.m. Wyatt was beaten, dragged through streets, strung to a telegraph pole, and burned in the public square.
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Belleville
O—K. Wyatt
Schoola Hertel
Wyatt
Steamer Flying Eagle Sinks After Bridge Collision
At Hannibal Missouri on June 4 a steamer and a barge struck a draw and sank in 40 feet of water during a Methodist Sunday school excursion. Four youths ages 15 to 17 died, Lonnie Curts Laura Coppage arry Eichmenberger and Peggy Harvey. Most passengers were rescued from the bridge before sinking.
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Hannibal
Flying Eagle
Lonnie Curts
Laura Coppage
Arry Eichmenberger
Peggy Harvey
Falled tax millions and firm closure in Toronto
The great banking firm of A. E. Ames & Co. closed its doors at noon yesterday amid liabilities reaching ten million dollars. The sudden closure shocks Toronto investors and employees as details of the collapse circulate.
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Toronto
A. E. Ames &Co
Roosevelt Western Tour Ends With Unity Message
President Roosevelt concluded a western swing with stops in Freeport Rockford Rochelle Aurora Toliet Dwight Pontiac Lexington and Bloomington. He spoke at the Lincoln Douglas debate site in Freeport unveiled a monument and later addressed colored soldiers at the tomb of Lincoln in Springfield. He also attended dedications in Decatur Danville and Indianapolis noting the unity of the American people and urging expansionist ideals. A separate record from Waterloo notes a Rock Island Railroad trust deed of 6.5 million filed late but neglected since 1884, with a 1934 expiry and about 20 000 words in the instrument and 45 dollars in filing fees.
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Freeport
Rockford
Rochelle
Aurora
Toliet
Pontiac
Lexington
Bloomington
Leaver Simole
Springfield
Iil
Roosevelt
Lincoln
University
Decatur
Danville
Flindy
Indianapolis
Washington
Blackhawk County
Rock Island Railroad Company
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B.C. 4. & N. Railway Company
Ohio Republicans nominate ticket in Columbus convention
The Ohio state Republican convention named Myron L. Werrick for governor Warren Jen Y Warding for lieutenant governor Walter D. Quilbert for auditor W. 9. McKinnon for treasurer Wade Hampton Ellis for attorney general Augustus M. Sommers for supreme judge I. A. Jones for school commissioner George H. Watkins for board of public works The platform praised President Roosevelt and McKinley policies and urged his 1904 nomination while pledging Ohio Republicans to Hanna's reelection. Also notes Roosevelt sermon in Washington and Hobart statue unveiled in Paterson New Jersey with Griggs addressing audience.
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Columbus
Myron L. Werrick
Cleveland
Warren Jen Y Warding
Marion
Walter D. Quilbert
Caldwell
W. 9. McKinnon
Ashtabula
Wade Hampton
Ellis
Augustus M. Sommers
Springfield
I. A. Jones
Stark
Board of Publi Works
George H. Watkins
Pike
Rooseyelt
Ohio
Roosevelt
McKinley
New G A R Department Commander Promotes Key Appointments
Col L B Raymond of Hampton assumed command of the state G A R department. Appointments include George A Newman as assistant adjutant and quartermaster general, C H Talmadge as inspector, Charl A Clark as judge advocate, F L Davis as chief mustering officer, and C W Routien as senior aide and chief of staff. Raymond urges larger membership and appeals for reinstatees at favorable terms.
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L. B. Raymond
Hampton
Adj. Gen. Newman
George A. Newman
Cedar Falls
C. H. Talmadge
West Union
Advoenate
Charl A. Clark
Cedar Rapids
F. L. Davis
Missouri Valley
C. W. Routin
Col. Raymond
Thi
Supreme court hears but does not decide county filing question
Special correspondence reports the supreme court avoided ruling on whether a filing with the county auditor counts as a filing with the board of supervisors. Judge C A Bishop held that it does not, requiring an actual presentation to the supervisors for legal filing, with the clerk alone deemed insufficient.
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Supreme Court
Polk County
Board of Supervisors
C. A. Bishop
Bishop
Annual report of the auditor on insurance volume grows
The thirty fourth annual report of the auditor of state on insurance other than life is issued from the office of Auditor Carroll. The volume was ready for distribution two weeks earlier than last year and covers the year 1902. Auditor Carroll notes a substantial increase in business volume.
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Auditor of State
Carroll
Suburban fire in Ottawa destroys 28 houses
A Wednesday night blaze in the Halil suburb across from Ottawa destroyed 28 small worker dwellings. Loss estimated between 35000 and 40000 dollars with no insurance. About 100 people rendered homeless by the fire, being cared for by the city.
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Ottawa
Halil
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