Severe storms threaten crops as floods devastate the Midwest
Western and northern Illinois, central Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado report heavy storms with lightning and rain causing floods, crop damage, and destroyed buildings. Five deaths are attributed to lightning in Indiana and Illinois reports note downstream flood risks on the Mississippi. Des Moines and Despidines river rises threaten farmers with losses in corn and wheat as vast areas remain waterlogged and communication broken in hard-hit towns.
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Nouthern Illneis
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Hone
Mississippi
Joliot
Hoodz
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Despidines
Indiana
Wisconsin
Denver
West
Marylands
Ohio
Ravaged Weather and Labour Disputes Mark Early 1900s Trade
The weekly Dun trade review notes unfavorable weather hindering polities and rising labor disputes while fuel scarcity limits manufacturing. Rail earnings rise 0.9 percent from last year and 20.8 percent above 1900. Pig iron output hits a new high of 362,590 tons despite fuel shortage and steel orders lag. Corn and wheat markets surge, with July corn at a record high and speculation driving short covering. Cattle prices reach July highs, hog prices jump, and sheep demand weak as weekly receipts shift.
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Padormt
Newv York
Weekly Trade Review
R. G. Dun
Y Hall
Leiter
Daily Trade Bulletin
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Crops Across Cities
The Dawes commission completes the Seminole allotment in Indian Territory. Regional market listings show Chicago and other cities reporting cattle prices from $4.00 to $8.00, hogs $4.00 to $8.15, sheep $2.50 to $4.50, with grain bids for wheat No 2 red around 70 cents and corn No 2 mixed about 65 cents. Prices vary by city including Indianapolis Detroit Cincinnati and New York with multiple commodities listed.
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Fair Co
Indianapolis
Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Utter
Egux
Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
John W Mackay Dead Last of the Bonanza Kings in London
John W Mackay died suddenly Sunday at his London residence after a brief illness. Present at his bedside were Mrs Mackay, her mother Mrs Hungertort and Countess Trofenet. His body will be returned to the United States to lie beside his son in Greenwood Cemetery New York. He was the last of the Bonanza Kings four with James C Plood William S O'Brien and Tomes G Farr and part of Californians generation including Hopkins Crocker Huntington Stanford Colton. He married in 1867 to Mrs Bryan daughter of Colonel Hungerford.
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London
Tohn
Mackay
Mr. Mackay
John Willim Mackay
James C. Plood
Willam
O'Brien
Tomes G. Farr
John W. Mackay
Hopkins
Crocker
Huntington
Stanford
Colton
Bryan
Dr. Bryan
Daniel Hungerford
King Edward Trapeze Aids Postoperative Recovery
Description from wire-service reports shows King Edward moving in bed with a trapeze system. Two ropes suspend above the bed, with handles within reach to lift and shift him after a major abdominal wound. Queen Alexandra assists, noting relief as the patient changes position with minimal abdominal strain.
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Baward
Alexandea
Edward
Destructive Baltimore Tornado Kills Thirteen
A Sunday afternoon tornado in Baltimore left thirteen dead and vast property damage. Roofs tore loose, trees uprooted, and a storm surge damaged the Merchants and Miners’ steamboat pier, with losses around $400,000. St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church was demolished.
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Baltimore
St. Mary's Star of the Sea
Levee Breaks in Des Moines Notable Social Figure
The passage recalls an exceptional society figure in London and Paris, noting the Mackay family. It mentions John W. Mackay Jr and Chirence Hungerford Mackay as children of Mr and Mrs Mackay. It reports the accidental death of Fohe W. near Paris on a private ride, described as a heart breaking blow to the parents.
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Paris
Mackay
Chirence Hungerfard Mackay
Young Fohe W
Bookmakers claim theft from Chicago safety vaults
More than 35000 dollars vanished from steel barred Masonic Temple safety deposit vaults in Chicago between Wednesday night and Saturday morning. Bookmakers say cash 18369 dollars and two certificates for 3000 dollars were lost. Authorities question the loss, but police consider the vaults robbed, amid complex key arrangements and deposits by bookmakers after racing events.
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Masonic
Masoule Temple
Mts
Washington
George Rose
Benson
Uade
Keausas Receives Carnegie Endowment Across Kansas Cities
Andrew Carnegie has donated a total of 285,500 to Keausas. The funds will be directed to libraries in Kansas City Lawrence Leavenworth Newton Ottawa Salina Winfield Exworth Port Scott and Big Rapids, supporting public library services.
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Troney Wll
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Lawrence
Leavenworth
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Ottawa
Salina
Winfield
Exworth
Port Scott
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Various June receipts Cuba custom receipts at $1,232,252
Brief items report June custom receipts for Cuba totaling 1,232,252 dollars. A wildcat was killed on a Hutchinson Kansas back porch. A Vatican coronation anniversary notes the Pope. Lightning near Hutchinson killed thirteen Griffin cattle. Grant Williams is jailed in Arkansas for Edsward Nolan murder in Oklahoma. A Fort Cobb resident survives attempted baby arson. The Socialist Labor party convention nominates L. A. Knight for governor. Germany's exports to the U S rise to 103,714,004 for year to June 30. George Schallack, son of a local druggist, drowns at Spring River near Lowell.
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Miners Seek Million Dollar Public Aid for Arbitration
The United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis urged public opinion to support a $1,000,000 monthly fund to aid the anthracite strike and to push operators toward arbitration. Mother Jones spoke, Mitchell’s recommendations were adopted, and local unions reportedly hold about $1,000,000 in treasuries. The body adjourned after a singing of America.
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Gale Rocked Chicago Storm Sweeps City in Fierce Weather
A severe gale and torrential rain struck Chicago as wind hit ninety miles per hour and half an inch of rain fell in ten minutes. Lightning and thunder shattered the evening, with damage to property and injuries reported on bridges and ships. Jessie Morrison began a twenty five year prison term for murder in Eldorado Kansas. Russia proposed an international conference to curb trusts and price manipulation.
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Tront
Weather Bureau
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Sheery
Yenra
Oid
Weacher
Rogers Park
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Highland Park
Chicago
Fesr
Hoagta
Jessie Morrison
Russia
Baron de Staal
London
M. de Witte
Agricultural News Highlights from 1901 Farm Census and Locust Prevention
Agricultural report details cheese production on over 16 000 farms in the United States in 1901 and advises surplus milk management. A peach orchard near Alpine Pennsylvania uses netting to protect crops, boosting yields. Kansas reports ripe wheat with labor shortages hampering harvest, 10 000 weeded then 500 responding. Pennsylvania farm value totals 1 001 029 178 with machinery and stock values cited. Census notes tobacco industry capital of 124 089 872 and sales 283 075 046 for 1900, with 9 540 000 000 divers and cigarettes produced and 118 000 000 pounds of tobacco used. Automobiles for farm work appear in France, speed up to eight mph and fuel costs noted. Northern Michigan and Wisconsin land leases for cattle ranches tied to lumber industry and a large Chicago herd purchase linked to Thunder River region draw attention to cattle farming proximity to logging.
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Chicago
Thunder River
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