Levee Fights Growth of Flood as Greenville Evacuates
Hordes of ants and workers pile sand along the threatened levee while engineers state the dike is holding. Many Greenville residents flee the city as the flood crest nears, with farmers moving to higher ground and stock driven from danger zones. Officials warn of possible widespread inundation if the break occurs, but say the river’s crest is being managed to allow laborers to reinforce protections.
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Greenville
Vicksburg
Golden Lake
Destruction and Relief Across Flooded Tennessee Region
Reports describe towns flooded up to ten feet in Debris from the Mephis area aid arriving tents bedding and clothing deployed relief from Osceola Ark and nearby towns. Refugees relocated to Memphis and Eilokman Ky while federal and state supervision watches over three thousand people. Engineers warn water diversion toward the St Francis Basin should ease the Barfield Helena stretch. Inundated communities include Wilson Marked Tree Poinsett County Deckerville Tyrenza and Crawfordville with potential widespread agricultural losses and major sawmill interests at Wilson and Marked Tree.
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Jarea
Mezh- Phils
Osceola
Ark
Jwate
Damm
Chex News
Northern
River District
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
Wyanoke
Memphis
Eilokman
Imme-diate
Memp
St.Francis Basin
Barfield
Helena
Marked Tree
Poinzett County
Wilson
Mississippi
Big Lake
Crittenden County
Deckerville
Poingsett County
Tyrenza
Poinsett County
Crawfordaville
Mit
Tosa
Clarke
Smith
Ited
States Engineer Corps
Edmonson
Ed Monson
St. Clair
St Francis River
Delta Lands Saved by Massive Delta Flood Defense
Vicksburg Mississippi April 9. Reinforced dikes guard the delta shores as hundreds of men under government engineers and plantation owners battle the Mississippi flood near Millers Bend above Greenville. A breach would flood central and southern cotton country. 300 state convicts and negro laborers pile sand to reinforce the dike while residents evacuate to higher ground.
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Delta Lands
Vicksburg
Miaz
Millers Bend
Greenville
Brewer
Taakta
Miller's Ben
Flood stage reached at New Orleans amid Mississippi flood threat
The Mississippi River reached flood stage of 22.5 feet at New Orleans at 7 PM, with a 0.2 ft rise since 7 AM. Forecast says gauge may hit 22.5 feet by May 1. authorities brace levees with revetments and sacks. Vessels slowed to 10 mph downstream. patrols and revetment work at Atherton, Bayou Sara, Lake Providence, and Angola. Most fear nearby towns while New Orleans levees remain four feet above predicted high gauge.
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Crescent City
New Orleans
Pointe-a-la-Hache
Atherton
Bayou Sara
Lake Providence
Angola
Louisiana
New Oreans
Mortuary notices and a Pulitzer anecdote in one column
A busy death notices page from Macon Georgia records Mrs Callie Glawson and several others including Mrs Alice Wells Mrs Mattie Fitzpatrick and J A Hollyfield with funeral plans and interments noted The piece also recounts a magazine anecdote about Joseph Pulitzer jokingly foiling a would be assassin and ending with a publisher's benched reminiscence
Government Inspection May Solve Great Cotton Problem
Major John M. Carson of the U S Bureau of Manufactures tours cotton states urging a system of government inspection grading and certification to improve packing and prevent losses. He argues for a national framework to record bale quality weight and staple attributes and to aid farmers with bank credit while maintaining farmer and merchant flexibility.
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John M. Carson
United States
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Carson
South
Major Carson Ia
Piedmont
Fragmented ad text on medicines for liver and bowels
A jumbled OCR fragment markets a tonic claiming to strengthen the liver stomach kidneys and bowels. It touts a plan to sell a first bottle and then a second, with unreadable punctuation and garbled phrases suggesting a sales pitch.
Taft Wins Uncontested Kentucky Delegates In State Race
In Kentucky Taft earns nine uncontested delegates with Roosevelt winning one as split contests led to two conventions in eighth and tenth districts and two sets chosen. Taft also gains six delegates yesterday for a total of fifteen uncontested, while Kentucky to complete its twenty six at large delegates tomorrow amid harmony in the fifth district. In Vermont half the delegates were split evenly between Taft and Roosevelt with four at large to be chosen tomorrow. Washington reports charges by Dixon accusing federal officeholders of political activity in Kentucky and Taft officials dismiss the attacks as unfounded.
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Louisville
Taft
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Montpelier
Vermont
Chicago
Stroggie
Taft Washington
Joseph M. Dixon
Civil Service
Internal Revenue Department
White House
Dixon
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
United States
Bradley
Arkansas
Harmon
Republicans
New York
Rochester
N. Y
Nicholas Murray Gutler
Committee On Resolutions
Resolutions Committee
Edward B. Vreeland
Barnes
Rogt
Koenig
New York County
Butler
Republian
Worntren
Woman Suffrage Party
New York City
Weighting tragedy ends life of 850 pound man
Boston reports the death of Abraham Sodekson from fatty heart degeneration after reaching 850 pounds. Four weeks earlier he weighed 434 pounds, and during illness he gained about twenty pounds daily.
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Boston
Abraham Sodekson
Sodekson
Mrs H G Clark of Jakin Dies After Illness
Mrs H G Clark a leading young matron of Jakin Ga died after about nine weeks illness Her husband her mother Mrs Anna Hansell of Jakin and several brothers and sisters survive Her brothers Tom Hansell of Jacksonville and Lannis Hansell of Gainesville Fla Her sisters Mrs Lipscomb of Plant City Fla and Mrs Parker of Donalsonville Ga Clark was 31 and had lived in Jakin for years.
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H. G. Clark
Jakin Jakin
HB. G. Clark
Jakin
Clark
Anna Hensell
Ares Tom Hansell
Jacksonville
Fla
Lannis Hansell
Gainesville
Lipscomb
Plant City
Parker
Donalsonville
Gars Clark
Jaking
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