Seething Deluge Strikes Dayton Core After Fire Flood
National Cash Register head led relief as Meyers ice cream shop fire and high water created chaos along Main and Wyoming streets. Rescue efforts by linemen and boats failed against a 19 to 20 foot wall of water flooding North and West Dayton, with hundreds feared dead or missing and water, fire, and looting threatening any help arriving.
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National Cash Register Company
Meyers
Washington
Oath Fark
Wyoming
Dayton
Pop Ve
National Cash
Main Street
Appie Street
Wood Working Department
Fash Register Company
Vine
May
Big Miami
Webster
Welock
Miami
Dayton News
Algonquin Hotel
Hamilton Floods Darken Streets as River Rages
Hamilton, Ohio, March 25. A Miami River flood hits the town with streets three to six feet deep and at least twelve known dead. Officials fear the death toll could rise to twenty or more as residents shelter in the main buildings all evening. Militia from Cincinnati arrived but could not detrain due to swift currents threatening safety.
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Hamilton
Oho
Itty
Miami
Roberts
Herman
Leon Ictsel
Cincinnati
South Hampron
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wabash Railroad
Peru
Telehhone
Cineina
Cleves
Electrical experimenter claims carbon electrode current rise
An Enguen electrical experimenter and a Mabier announnced that placing two carbon electrodes at different furnace temperatures can detect electric energy. Movable electrodes allegedly produce low frequency alternating current. Tests used concentric brass and carbon tubes with hydrogen or nitrogen insulation and water cooling. A carbon coating formed on the brass tube as the outer carbon electrode heated.
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Enguen
Muarker
Mabie
Retired Cornell Professor Coined Smog Term
Prof Burt G Wild long active in Cornell life opposed student smoking, coined smog to mark public smokers, and warned by the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette of temperate living. The piece notes use of alcohol with the Welisch mantle for car headlights in Germany and mentions Burma's jade mine history.
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Burt G. Wilder
Cornell University
Ife
College Ife
Cornell
Germany
Burma
Gregson Hot Springs Resort Ad Promotes Pleasures
A vintage notice touts Gregson Hot Springs as a premier Montana destination. It highlights a cafe, large plunge, dance halls, modern hotel amenities, and convenient transport with four daily B A P trains and connections to N P and M P lines, inviting patrons to visit at their expense.
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Kegion
N. P
All Hoosier State Is One Vast Sea
Indianapolis reports a statewide flood killing more than 200 and leaving about 100,000 homeless. White River and tributaries flood business districts, trapping thousands, washing out bridges and leveling levees. Rescue efforts mobilize militia, police, firemen and volunteers as towns from Lafayette to Kokomo suffer massive damage and power and water outages.
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Indiana
White River
Morrie Street
Washington Street
Mercury
Ropa
Ral Traction
Lafayette
Castie
Frankfort
Rushville
Eagle Creek
Mt Pleasant Run
Shank
Board of Public Safety
Watash
Ragebridge
Leland T. Wooley
Purdue University
West Lafayette
University
Wayne County
Hichmond
Tushville
U Mat
Ie Witty
Renea
Kokomo
Wild Cat
Monete
Ohio
Green
Andermn
Marion
Una
Tipton
Noblesville
Wtts
Owe Persone
Indianapolin
Waters of Wabash flood after tornado aftermath
Terre Haute reports 500 homes flooded as the Wabash River rises to 25 feet, cutting rail traffic and forcing residents from Tayloreille and West Terre Haute. Across Ohio and Indiana, towns like Fort Wayne and Hamilton face levee breaks, extensive property losses, and thousands displaced amid ongoing flood calamities.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Terra Haute
Tresidente
Tayloreille
Toberteville
West Terre Haute
Drunkenness Treatment Promises Immediate Results
A drug promotion claims ORRINE destroys desire for whiskey and other intoxicants and can be used at home with no sanitarium expense. It pledges a money refund if no benefit after a trial and offers two forms, powder and pills, priced at $1 per box. Available from Newbro Drug Company in Butte, Montana, and Smith Drug Company in Anaconda Montage.
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Newbro Drug Company
Butte, Mont
Smith Drug Company
Anaconda Montage
Cox and ten Cincinnati bankers indicted in trust case
George B. Cox former president of the defunct Cincinnati Trust Company, two officers, and eight directors face sealed indictments from the Hamilton County Grand Jury. The charges include misapplication of 135000 tied to loans to Ford & Johnson Chair Company and the abstraction of 852500 in notes by bank officers and directors.
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George B. Cox
Cincinnati Trust Company
Ohio
Hamilton County Grand Jury
Ford & Johnson Chair Company
Cincinnati Trust
Mass Drowning Toll After Peru Flood Catastrophe
A flood on the Wabash River levee breach near Peru Indiana left many dead as 200 or more drowned in homes and thousands displaced. Governor Ralston appealed for coffins food and clothing while Fort Wayne and local groups organized aid efforts amid chaotic relief. Survivors huddled in hills near the courthouse as night wore on and warnings were scarce.
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Indianapolis
Peru
Ind
Ralston
Marston
Fleming
Fort Wayne
Penu
Groupe
How to Make Cough Syrup at Home Saving with Pinex
A vintage home remedy card describes making cough syrup from granulated sugar, warm water, and Pinex extract. It claims a pint costs little, lasts long, relieves obstinate coughs, and stimulates appetite while soothing throat membranes. The ad urges readers to ask their druggist for Pinex Co. product details.
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Norway
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Flood Menace Shuts Down Ohio Valley Areas
Heavy rainfall in Northern and Western Pennsylvania pushes flood danger across cities including Ol City Bradford Ware Titneville Greenville New Castle Sharon and surrounding regions. Allegheny and nearby streams surge with power cuts water outages and many bridges wrecked. Damage widespread with homes homeless and infrastructure losses across multiple towns amid reports of a wreck train bridge collapse near Meadville.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Dilchty
Bradford
Wareten
Titneville
Greenville
New Castle
Sharon
Oi City
Spartansburg
Ol City
Allegheny
United States Steel Corporation
Barrell
Lake Erie
Meadville
No Word From Former Butte Man in Dayton
James Jackson, a former Butte resident, lives in Dayton two years after leaving Hutte to run a business there. George Lester, also from Dayton and now in Butte, sent several telegrams without reply as Dayton, a city of about 128,000, faces reported troubles along the Miami valley.
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James Jackson
Hutte
Dayton
Jackson
Tonkin Clothing
George Lester
Butte
Lester
Miami Valley
Cincinnati
Greatest Floods Of Half Century Ravage Midwest Towns
The Wahath river surged to 2h feet driving residents from homes as interurban service halted and communications deteriorated. Governor Ralston received flood relief appeals from Conners, Indiana. Ohio and Indiana towns faced extensive inundation with bridges washed away near Akron and Valley, while Madison and Youngstown regions reported massive steel mill closures and thousands idle. Many areas reported homelessness and displacement amid the third storm, with riverbanks overflowing and routes cut by floodwaters.
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Covernor Ralston
Conners
Ind
Ene Dusinews
Rushville
Akron
Ohio
Middleton
Ohio Valley
Cada Aa Louie Tm
Kenta
Indiana
Operty
Liberty
Wayne
St. Joseph
Mawmee
Mary's
Courage
Biwood
Tania
Life saving crews race to rescue marooned in Ohio flood
Delaware Ohio reports a deluge on the Olentangy River left between 25 and 100 feared dead with many clinging to house tops and trees. Rescue teams from Toledo and other stations rush to reach survivors as loose houses and debris drift downstream.
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Ohio
Toledo
Walter Thames
Vince
Eho
Cateh
Bet of
Perse
Silas Smith
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