Great Floods Terrorize the East and Disrupt Economy
The mid Atlantic and New England floods caused widespread destruction from ruined factories and halted rail and electric services. In Pennsylvania and New York, lives were lost and tens of thousands displaced while property damages run into millions. Significant incidents included drownings in Kingston and Wakefield, factory floods in Port Jervis and White Plains, and abandoned streetcar lines as towns battled floodwaters.
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Middle Atlantic States
New England
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Trafic
Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna River
New York State
Delaware
Port Jervis
Sullivan County
Middletown
Bronx
Westchester County
White Plains
Tuckahoe
Mount Vernon
Wakefield
Httle
Philmont
Chatham
Harlem
Central
Elmira
New York
Binghamton
Rochester
Batavia
Dansville
Buffalo
Geneseo
Montezumas Millions Hidden in Yucatan Hills
Dr Rowaton theorizes a vast untapped Montezuma fortune hidden in the Yucatan hills near Lake Chichanka nab. He estimates 456 billion pesos remain unaccounted, about 180 billion dollars in gold, a fund that has grown over 60 years starting from roughly one million pesos, with many lives lost in pursuit.
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Montezuma
Rowaton
Yucatan
Polyues
Chichankanab
In Memory of Lost Sailors Ceremony
A New England coast town held a simple ceremony at the seamen's chapel for missing sailors. Congregants walked to the pier, prayed, and sixty nine children cast bouquets into the ocean. The service ended with a hymn as youths recalled ancient Greece in solemn reflection.
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New England
Seamen’s Chapel
Jesus
Greece
Wife Works the Farm Team in Campton Ky
A Cala boose area farmer Elihu Spears four miles from Campton Kentucky uses his wife and daughters to do farm work while he rides. He keeps a hired Black driver to manage the team and claims the horses are for riding, not plowing, yet he hauls sawlegs cut by his wife and daughters as he begins plowing for corn. The family wears fine clothing and attends church.
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Cala~boose
Campton, Ky
Elihu Spears
Glass hospital for cure of consumption planned in Philadelphia
The article notes a proposed Philadelphia glass hospital to treat consumption with isolated patients and ozone treated air, modeled after a London experimental hospital. It asserts oxygen therapy has yielded cures for ulcers burns wounds lupus over five years and states the Philadelphia project also aims to demonstrate the method.
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Philadelphia
London
Peace Conference proposal bars soldiers diplomats and panmakers
A Calcutta Englishman contributor urges another peace conference barred to soldiers, diplomats, panmakers and their relations. He favors an international police to keep the peace after it is made and calls for Continental powers to abolish armies with England and others sacrificing navies. The reason for keeping the British army is not disclosed.
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Calcutta
England
German Shipping Lines Expand Yangtse Service
German companies now operate six steamers on the Yangtse route between Shanghai and Hankow, plying regularly to connect Shanghai with Hankow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Yangtse
Hankow
President urged to back direct Senate election by people
The piece argues the president can influence constitutional reform toward electing U S senators by direct popular vote. It urges a presidential message to Congress to press the issue, cites bipartisan past support, and links public trust, party discipline, and accountability to officials. It also discusses reciprocity, party purity, and corruption risks in Pennsylvania. It ends with reflections on Prince Henry’s U S visit and U S Germany ties.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Wyne
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Neutrality and the South African War Debate
The piece argues the United States fails true neutrality by allowing British ships to ship horses from U S ports for use in South Africa. It cites Wharton's and Hills International Law, notes British war estimates, and urges transparency about costs and casualties. It references Taft and Kitchener observations.
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Hay
United States
Great Britain
Murray FF
Tuley
Chicago
Wharton
Hill
Holland
Spain
Wich
South Africa
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