Topeka Relief Measures Amid Flood Reported Loot Guards
The Commercial Club of Topeka and Governor Bailey call for outside aid as the North Topeka flood worsens. Fifty deputy sheriffs with Winchesters are deployed to guard properties and shoot looters. Proclamations urge state wide relief, with Topeka serving as headquarters for distribution and widespread fraternal appeals planned.
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Topeka
Kun
Nooh
Lub
Tospeka
Ponstlésa
Ood
Bailey
Hood
Bulley
South Side
North Topeka
North Side
Porter
Disjointed Message on Marconi System Exchange Mentioned
A garbled note references Marconi equipment and a proposed exchange or connection near a business district. It mentions a person named Jake and a marine context, but the exact details and actions are unclear from the unreadable text.
Danger at St Louis as Flood Destroys Thousands of Acres
Severe flooding in Missouri threatens large tracts of farmland along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Reports indicate more than two feet of high water inundates farms from Alton to areas north, with tens of thousands of acres under water and many farmers facing losses across the leveed regions.
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Missouri
Tornado Toll and Crop Loss Hit Georgia Nebraska
A severe tornado devastates Yew Nolland and White Sul, killing hundreds and injuring many more. About 200 houses and Gainesville cotton wills are destroyed, with property losses around 600000. Nebraska grain farmers estimate 25 percent of corn must be replanted due to wet weather and delayed harvests, while a textile strike leaves over 307000 workers idle in Philadelphia.
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Georgia
Tornada
Yew Nolland
White Sulonday
Es- Balad
Gainesville
Nebraska
Calamity Ravages Gainesville Cotton Mills Casualties Run High
A devastating storm struck Gainesville, Georgia area injuring many and destroying the Gainesville cotton mill complex. Reports indicate at least 100 dead or missing, with about 10 wounded, and much of the city’s industrial center leveled. The Pacolet mills and nearby cottages suffered heavy losses. rescue teams race to recover victims amid wreckage. Names, places, and a grim death toll are documented as crews search the ruins.
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Ghinzsyiliy
Gainesville
Gainesvile
Thi
Southern
Glenscheutes
Lhirty-Lyve
Ramn
Cvelony
Joseph Lorn
Jones
Ian
Monster Strike In Textile Mills Paralyzes Philadelphia
Ninety thousand textile workers idle as a general strike starts in Philadelphia affecting about 0,000 workers across 600 firms. Forty-seven plants granted union demands. remaining mills idle, with 3,000 weavers and 10,000 others affected. Berkshire mills hold out on five day weeks but most dyers are striking. Ingrain carpet weavers seek fifty five hour weeks and a 10 percent wage rise.
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Philadelphia
Ingeain Cer Bet
Berkshire Mills
Ingrain
Death toll in Mood at Popeka not exceeding twenty
Early reports overstated losses as fires caused eight buildings to burn with no deaths. lumber piles burned. New light Monday morning reduced life loss estimates, with no victims exceeding twenty. Whole north city area seemed affected but no one found to confirm initial death counts.
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Popeka
Sen
Lide
Earthquake death toll tops eight hundred in Asiatic Turkey
Official figures from Erzeroum put killed in the Van district earthquake at about eight hundred. Cattle losses are vast and many villages are destroyed or wrecked. Seismic shocks were strongest near Mt. Gipan as spring floods delayed rescue and relief efforts.
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Erseroum
Van
Turkey
Mt. Gipan
Kansas City Flood Devastates Towns Across Ikaw River
In a sweeping disaster a massive flood from the Ikaw River swamped Kansan City and nearby towns. Sixty miles of floodwaters caused deaths, widespread homelessness, and fires as residents counted bodies and braced for continuing losses. Major damages hit Armourvale packing and Argentine suburb with multihundred thousand dollar tolls.
Train wreck injures forty near Rincon on Overland line
A Southern Pacific Overland passenger train No 22 derailed about a mile south of Rincon California. Four cars plunged down a forty foot embankment, two into the sea. About forty people injured, some seriously, including broken bones and severe bruises. Most were buried under wreckage but none killed.
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Overland
Southern Pacific
Brutn Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Rincon
Matty
Ane
Big Fire at Racine Destroys Southern Manufacturing District
A severe blaze in Racine Wisconsin gutted the southern manufacturing district, causing about 300000 dollars in damage. The fire began in a boiler room at Racine Boat X Manufacturing, and a nearby gasoline tank exploded sending sparks to adjacent plants. Firemen took six hours to bring the flames under control.
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Racine
Wis
Racine Boat X
Cyclone wrecks homes near Welsh Louisiana
A cyclone struck about three miles south of Welsh Louisiana Sunday night sweeping a five mile path. The home of wealthy farmer B Carroll and outbuildings were wrecked. A hired man and his wife were seriously injured, their daughter slightly. Reports say two white men and a negro were killed by lightning west of Welsh. Memorial Day events included naval demonstrations with over two thousand veterans in Gience. Memorial exercises had children participating. Governor Beckham sent Danville infantry to Jackson to guard courts and jails during trials. Carnegie provided 12000 in steel bonds for traveling scholarships at Royal Scottish Academy.
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B. Carroll
Hedgesg
Bulgaria Leader Faces Threats Amid Assassination Fear
Dispatch reports Prince Perdivand of Bulgaria fearing assassination after receiving numerous threatening letters. He orders his bodyguard trebled to guard his life.
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Tenna
Perdivand
Bulgaria
Des Moines River Flood Damage In Iowa City Delays Hope
Flooding in Des Moines and surrounding areas caused $750000 in damages, with $150000 from bridges and utilities. The river peaked at 24 feet and fell three feet by Monday as relief efforts mobilized. Thousands displaced, churches and schools sheltering, and city officials restricting boat movement to prevent looting. The bridge arches failed, destroying falsework and halting streetcars as residents walked home in cold June weather.
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Des Moines
I,lee, Fi Steak Company
Brest
Cansottieux
Charyre
Hospitala
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue Bridge
Buffalo hunter James Allen dies after fall at home
Ait nee James Allen, an aged bachelor farmer near Sergeant Bluff, Woodbury County, is reported to have died after a fall at his home around 2 a.m. He was about 65 years old, weighed around 200 pounds, and came west in 1856, a period when he is said to have shot the last buffalo in the region.
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James“Alen
Sergeant’ Bluffs
Woodb
Aresie
Aden
Mathewson Surrenders After Sheriff Wound in Council Bluffs
Mathewson, sought for assault and murder plans, surrendered to authorities after wounding Sheriff of Council Bluffs during a night incident on May 7. Governor had offered a $300 reward for his arrest. He had been in Canada before returning. Bail set at $10,000. Deputy Sheriff Baker recovering from his injuries.
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Mathewson
Binfrige Mathewson
Counci Blois
Baker
Davenport Tragedy Miss Benetta Cook Drowned in Mississippi
Body of Miss Benetta Cook, a Davenport society figure, was found in the Mississippi River after a Tuesday disappearance. Coroner’s jury attributed death to drowning, with uncertainty over violence or personal crisis. post mortem indicated long exposure and advanced decomposition.
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Davenport
Mississippi
Benetta Cook
Hose’ Scandrett
Cook
Boone River Overflows Threaten Webster City Damages
The Boone River tears through Webster City after continued rains, flooding banks and risking widespread damage. In Cedar Rapids Judge Preston sentences 49 year old Leyi Norris to fifty years in prison for a family mistreatment case with revolting details.
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Webster City
Preston
Cedar Rapids
Leyi Norris
Agan
Hull Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Judge Advocate Dept
Maj John A Hull son of Congressman Hull of Des Moines promoted to lieutenant colonel stationed at Omaha in the judge advocate department. He is the youngest man at his rank in the army.
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Hull
Congresatuao Hull
Des Moines
Omaha
Judge Advocate's Department
Army
Experiments With Flax Near Spencer Attract Seed Trade
Owen Sheehan, flax mill superintendent at Spencer, organized a shipment of flax seed from France. A large tract east of town will be prepared for growing flax for export and home use, with more land to be rented. Last year residents tested home grown and imported seed. imported seed yielded better fiber and price. Seed comes from Germany and Russia, and local growers hope demand for home mills will grow as the crop expands.
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Spencer
Owen Sheehan
Thie Flax
Hip
Green Valley
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Kheelian
Mraneé
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Sheehan
Death by live wire in Bronx City accident
Harvey D Beott killed near Fourteenth and Myrtle Streets in Bronx City while repairing a live line for Town Telephone Company. Witnesses describe immediate death from 2300 volts as Pearl Godfrey and others watched, with injuries and a blue glow and burning odor noted. George Ingledue, an electrician, was stunned while attempting to cut the wire.
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Bronx City
Spectitora
Pearl Godfrey
Marvey
Bedtt
Town Telephone Company
Fourteenth and
Myrtle Streets
Sioux Cty
Ineman
Scott
George Ingledue
Cedar Rapids Bohemian tragedy ends in double shooting
Rozne, a wealthy Bohemian property owner in Cedar Rapids, shot his divorced wife three times after she gained divorce with alimony and child custody, then shot himself. The wife is serious but may recover. Rozne admitted purchasing the revolver to kill both. They had lived together twelve years and shared a contentious marriage.
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Cedar Rapids
Himsolf
Wendl Rozne
Rezne
Bon
Prohibition Platform Debate Ends With Heated Clash
A heated town platform session adjourned amid a clash over the prohibition plank and a contested slate of nominees. Voices rose as supporters championed or opposed the money question while listing candidates including D Dewey for railroad commissioner and W Orr for attorney general, with Ward of Poli County noted among public instruction leaders. Henry County naming J H Scullot as governor candidate drew emphasis amid the statewide discussion.
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Marah
Stowne Peter
Hangon
Mahaska
Man Killed By Freight Train Near LeMars
A man about eighty years old was killed by an Omabe freight train north of LeMars while sitting on the track about two miles south of town. He appeared intoxicated and was mangled. A notebook bearing the name A Miller and a poll tax receipt for John George were found on his person. The coroner will hold an inquest.
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LeMars
Omabe
A. Miller
Pence
Bilbley
John George
John Frey
Parole for Frank Baird Prompts New Trial Hopes
Friends of Frank Baird of Greaton push for pardon or retrial after he was shot during the Sullivan robbery at Hamilton. Baird, jailed in Madison penitentiary, claims he will reveal startling testimony and aides in the case if tried again, while his bond was reduced from 11000 to 6500.
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Frank Baird
Greaton
Hamilton
Baird
Richards
Des Motned
Ti 4A
Wreck Near Dayton Shuts Northwestern Traffic for Days
A broken wheel flange caused an extra freight on the Northwestern to derail near the Dayton hollow bridge. Twelve cars left the track and tumbled into the Des Moines River, tearing the bridge and halting traffic for several days. The engine and tender remained, and no injuries were reported.
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Dayton
Dayton Hollow
Northwestern
Des Moines
Eddyville Flood Locks Town In Water
Eddyville residents report the town flooded with water surrounding every house from one to six feet deep. About five hundred people are homeless as relief efforts race to reach the stricken area near Oakaloosa.
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Eddyville
Dek Moines
Rolle
Oakaloosao
Dow Molyes Jury Convicts Plonk of Assault in Trader Killing
A jury at Dow Molyes found Bdb Plonk guilty of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury for killing Alex Buchre, a horse trader, in a quarrel. Judge Glyen sentenced him to three months in jail.
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Dow Molyes
Bdb Plonkatt
Alex Buchre
Glyen
Fragmented 19th Century Text on Invasion and Colonies
The fragmentary OCR references Napoleon Bonaparte, a displaced American secretary, and Swedish actions amid colonial Cuba. It mentions 806,709 settled Americans, 5,600,000 population, and a land area of 3,025,000 square miles with historical figures and places garbled.
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Napoleon Bonaparta
Cuba
Atch
United States
Brasunttle
Alablea
Treasury chief backs 10000 Chesao canal shares scheme
Seventy five years ago the Secretary of the Treasury subscribed for ten thousand shares of the Chesao netke and Ohio Canal Company amid reports of a popular scheme. Reports traced crowds heading to North and South Carolina for gold discoveries while Spain began a policy of commercial exclusion with duties on flour imported at Havana. Announced discoveries of over twenty suns and diameters up to sixty thousand miles were noted. Charles Carroll of Carrollton, survivor of the signers of the Declaration, received a privilege from Congress.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Chesao Netke and Ohio Canal Company
George, Washington
North
South Carolina
Spain
Havana
Wan
Charles Carroll
Carrallton
Vivor
Congrewa
Iran and Russia Agree on Refugee Register Fifty Years On
Fifty years ago Iran and Russia agreed on a refugee register agreement affecting political refugees. The accord, tied to territorial considerations and international oversight, shaped subsequent refugee policy. No further details are provided in the fragmentary text.
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Iran
Russia
The
United
Luxurious railroad sleeping cars elicit bids and wartime sales
The item mixed plans for a luxurious sleeping car under W Wagner and a wartime push to procure miners from a foreign country with high wage demands. It notes Confederate price offers for corn, potatoes, salt, flour, coffee, and tea, and mentions the St. Louis Board of Trade chartering a steamer loaded with fresh fruit and vegetables. The dispatch references actions near Vicksburg during Grant's operations.
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Guy Tendent
Lo’ Cium
Lincoln
St. Louis Board of Trade
Grant
Vicksburg
Mise
Fragmentary 19th Century News Snippets with Names
A garbled early American era collage cites Ralph Waldo Emergon and his daughter in Concord. Cuban insurgents clash with a Spanish garrison near Guatja. Philadelphia centennial commissioners seek mineral buttons from states. Gladstone condemns American damages claims over the Confederate ship Alabama as a gigantic error. Lost States Court of Claims awards to British citizens for cotton losses during the Civil War era. Shoman and Gan seized at Savannah during the Ollyll War.
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Ralph Waldo Emergon
Guatja
Gladstone
Startes Court of Claims
Cattoy
Gan
Savannah
Crowning of Alexander III and other 19th century events
Twenty years ago Alexander III was crowned Emperor of Anagia in Moscow. Reports mention Jay Gould and a contract with a Mexican government official. Michael Pagan hanged in Dublin for involvement in the Phoenix Park murders. General Crock defeated a large Apache force in the Sierra Madre. The Brooklyn Bridge dedication occurred with Cheater Arthur and others in attendance. Col Robert G Ingevawl held a long speech in Washington related to the Star Route trial.
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Anagia
Kremlin
Moscow
Jay Gould
Tig
Michael Pagan
Hangad
Dublin
Phoenix Park
Crock
Indiana
Sierra Diedro Mountaing
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New York Sand
Brooklyn Bridge
Cheater A. Arthur
Grover Glovaland
Low
Robert G. Ingevavl
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Ten years ago ball for Infanta Bub ly and Infuite Don Antonio
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a ball in Notv' 'or MON he. A Washington assembly voted for hereay Prof Briggd for Lord Bullebury in Belfgat to characterize Gladstone's Irish home rule as a hubedlle measure.
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Don Antonio
Spain
Cireulo Colon-Cervantes
Gener
Washington
Briggd
Lord Bullebury
Belfgat
Gladatone
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