Death Toll and Destruction From Southern Tornadoes
Reported deaths exceed three hundred with about 1 200 injured and thousands homeless across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama from Friday's tornadoes. Destruction focuses on Amite La Purvis Miss and surrounding towns as photographs reveal widespread debris and displaced residents.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Amite
Purvis
Miss
Local Demographic Snippet from Georgia Alabama Counties
Readable fragments list locations in Georgia and Alabama with several town and county names including Locust Grove Cedartown Cave Springs Albertville Hatton and six totals. The text presents a partial inventory of places and counts without a clear narrative or event.
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Grange
Harris
Griffin
Melton Locust Grove
Cedartown
Cave Springs
Alabama
Albertville
High Mound
Hatton
Leeshburz
Settlement
Blounteville
Result of collision leaves Gladiator deaths at five
News from London reports the Gladiator death toll rising to five with twenty three missing and six injured after the St Paul collided with the British cruiser off the Isle of Wight. A naval court and Trade Board inquiry will investigate.
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London
St. Paul
Isle of
Board of Trade
Tiger
Berwick
Isle of Wight
Death toll rises from Mississippi storms and Alabama damage
Reports from isolated Mississippi towns add fifteen deaths to the storm toll, with Alabama fatalities at Albertville and Fort Deposit. The tally near 268 may climb toward 400 with new death notices. In Albertville a five year old and Emmett Russell die from injuries as martial law and militia are deployed after the cyclone devastation.
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Atlanta
Mississippi
Albertville
Ala
Alencon
Miss
J. C. Coleman
W. E. Bobbo
Emmett Russell
Fort Deposit
Comer
Tornado Rips Through Sparse Fast Mississippi Area
A Meridian report describes a disastrous tornado crossing sparsely settled land south of Mobile, damaging crops and timber while a remarkable wind and hailstorm ravaged Causeyville and nearby timber properties in Southern Mississippi and adjacent Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
Register
Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Causeyville
Alabama Territory
Fifteen Dead in Perry County Storm Reach
Report from the Alencon area Perry county says a Friday storm killed fifteen people and injured others. The dead include W. K. Howell and his wife and seven children, plus seven members of a Richton-area family. The storm’s strongest force passed south of Richton destroying property as wire lines remain down and details come in by courier and mail.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Alencon
Perry County
W. K. Howell
Richton
Victims Listed After Gladiator Collision Off Isle of Wight
Portsmouth reports the casualty list from the collision of the cruiser Gladiator and the American liner St Paul. Drowned include four named crew members. one seaman died in hospital. seven more injured. missing are Lieutenant Graves and fifteen sailors. Portsmouth mayor appeals for national relief funds for Gladiator Tiger sufferers.
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Portsmouth
Gladiator
St. Paul
Isle of Wight
Cowdrey
Widgery and
Sieberres
Golden Hill
William G. P. Graves
Tiger
Tornado Lashes Johnson County Townships
A tornado in Johnson county, Providence Indiana, on April 27 demolished barns damaged houses and destroyed telephone and telegraph service. The storm moved northeast about one-eighth of a mile wide and caused estimated damage of at least 50 000 with one reported injury.
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Providence
Ind
Johnson County
Toll from Alabama storm climbs to 29 dead
Reports from North Alabama list 29 deaths and about 200 serious injuries after a storm that crossed Blount County. Many outlying areas near rails and telegraphs have not yet sent in reliable figures.
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Birmingham
Ala
North Alabama
Blount County
Governor Blanchard calls state troops to aid tornado sufferers
In Baton Rouge the governor orders military authorities to assist relief efforts after a statewide tornado. Tents will go to Amite City where many residents are homeless.
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Baton Rouge
Blanchard
Amite City
Blizzard in England Paralyzes Railways and Towns
A historic blizzard in southern England lasts thirty hours with a violent northerly gale and eight foot snowdrifts. Rail traffic telegraph and telephone networks are disrupted. Tramcars and autos are blocked, many districts isolated, exposure deaths reported, and fruit crops severely damaged. London remains cold after a snowy spell.
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London
England
United Kingdom
Caracas Patient Plague Measures Urged by Cas tro
President Castro asks the academy of medicine to draft Caracas sanitation steps to combat bubonic plague if it breaks out. The academy orders immediate rat destruction, daily street and building washing, and elimination of infection foci of any kind.
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Caracas
Castro
Academy of Medicine
Academy
Woman Shot to Death in Brooklyn Suburb
Mrs Annie Griffith thirty five was shot to death by Frank McIntyre a boarder at her Brooklyn home after an evening of drinking McIntyre went to her room fired five times and then surrendered to police Griffith was away at the time and no motive was given.
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Amite
Louisiana
Lucerne
Kenmore
Laemourte
Richland
Basie
Pine
Angie
Franklinton
Sheridan
Avard
Eunice
Mississippi
Gilles Bend
Purvis
Churchill
Lorman
Baltimore
Annie Griffith
Frank McIntyre
Griffith
Brooklyn
McIintyre
McIntyre
J. G. Day
Frank A. Day
John A. Johnson
Fairmont, Minn
Mail Bags Stolen En Route to United States
London officials report two mail bags from London to the United States containing securities and valuables worth 500000 were stolen in New York last month. One bag headed for St Louis by the Majestic arrived March 26. the other for Brooklyn by the Philadelphia arrived March 29. Both bags vanished while transferring between ships and the post office. Authorities sought to keep the theft quiet during the probe.
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London
New York
St. Louis
Majestic
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Wallace Polk Tragedy Stuns Byhalia Family
In Byhalia Mississippi on April 27 Wallace Polk a noted farmer killed his wife wounded his eighteen year old daughter then shot himself in a suicide pact or act of despair.
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Byhalia
Miss
Wallace Polk
Great Lakes Navigation Opens From Buffalo
Buffalo April 27 navigation on the Great Lakes opened as the first fleet of package freighters left port and began steaming up the lakes. The vessels were observed to be moving steadily as they cleared the harbor in the fire fields.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Great Lakes
Rumors of Cabinet Meeting in Mexico Over Central America
April 27 City of Mexico reports say President Diaz called a cabinet meeting to discuss Central American affairs and that the United States and Mexico have reached an agreement. Six battalions may be moved to Tapachula on the Mexican-Guatemalan frontier, but official confirmation is lacking.
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City
Mexico
Mexican State Department
Guatemala
Diaz
United States
Tapachulta
Two DC lumber figures John Libbey and Charles Church dead
Washington notes the deaths of John Edward Libbey born November 22, 1837 in Washington and Charles B. Church born September 11, 1826 in Jefferson Maryland. Both led in the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the District of Columbia and were longtime figures in the lumber trade.
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Washington
John Edward Libbey
Charles B. Church
Inhabitants Association
District of Columbia
Mr. Libbey
Mr. Church
Jefferson
Frederick County
Maryland
Fire destroys Boston store and harms Hammond building
Joliet townsfolk report a blaze on April 27 that leveled the Boston store with losses of 85000 to the structure and 109000 for contents, while the adjoining Hammond building sustained about 26000 in damage. The fire heavily damaged the area and prompted emergency response.
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Joliet
Boston
Hammond
Lightning Death Claims Father and Son in Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia on April 27 Robert Harrison and his six year old son Thomas were killed when lightning struck their home. The tragedy occurred in this county during a severe thunderstorm.
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Huntington
W. Va
Robert Harrison
Thomas
This County
Baseball Scores from American Association and National League
In Toledo Milwaukee 0 and Columbus Kansas City 5 2 Louisville Minneapolis 1 Cincinnati 4 St Louis 0. The summaries list results from multiple games in the American Association and National League with Cincinnati defeating St Louis 4 to 0.
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Toledo
Milwaukee
Columbus
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
National League
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Market Quotations Minneapolis Wheat Report
Minneapolis wheat prices quoted April 25 with May at 1.055, July 1.04 percent, Sept 0.90. Market notes on track No 1 hard at 1.0943, No 1 Northern 1.07, No 2 Northern 1.055, No 8 Northern 0.98 to 1.03.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Market quotes from St Paul cattle hogs and sheep
St Paul market report lists cattle good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.75, cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.00, veals 8.75 to 6.28. hogs 5.25 to 5.47. sheep wethers 6.00 to 6.25 and lambs 6.76 to 27.00.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax price notes from Duluth markets
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 1 hard at 1.09, No 1 Northern 1.075, No 2 Northern 1.034, May 1.045, July 1.04, Sept 91 ̶7c. Flax to arrive with May 1.17, July 1.19, Sept 1.194, Oct 1.1944.
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Duluth
Northern
Tragic Bakery Killing in South Chicago
In South Chicago a 35 year old worker Parnell Grzea welski was stabbed to death by Antonio Flak during a bakery quarrel over a trivial matter. Flak was arrested for the killing.
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Chicago
Parnell Grzeawelski
Antonio Flak
Flak
Market quotations for cattle hogs and sheep
Chicago market report lists prices for cattle beef Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and hogs by class including light mixed heavy rough and pigs. Sheep and yearlings and lambs are also priced with specified ranges and figures.
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Chicago
Fire destroys two barns near Mayslick farms
Mayville Kentucky April 27 A fire started by night riders destroyed two large barns on the farms of Alfred Peels and J D Raymond near Mayslick. Loss not accurately known but said to be heavy.
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Mayville
Mayslick
Alfred Peels
J. D. Raymond
Venom Extracted From Lance Head Viper at Bronx Park
In a historic medical first since the 19th century, doctors at the Bronx Zoological Park, led by B. W. Runyon, performed a venom extraction from a lance head viper captured in New York. This marks the second time such a procedure has been done in medical history.
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New York
Science of Medicine
Bronx Zoological Park
B. W. Runyon
Dynamite Damages New Bristol County Bridge
A mysterious dynamite blast severely damages the New Bristol county steel bridge over the Taunton river linking Fall River and Somerset. The $750,000 structure loses about $15,000 in contractor costs. 50 pounds of dynamite shattered the pier and girders, cracking the pier top and shaking the entire north side of Fall River.
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Fall River
Mass
Bristol County Steel
Somerset
Taunton River
Market Summary Chicago Wheat and Corn Prices April 23
Chicago price report shows Wheat May at 97 4 and July 59 1/4 cents, Sept 55 1/2. Corn May 66 1/2 cents, July 62 3/4, Sept 61. Oats May 53 cents, May 52 1/2, July 46 1/4, Sept 36 1/2. Pork May 13.00, July 13.82 4, Sept 18.62. Butter creamery 20 25 pounds. Eggs 14 cents. Poultry Turkey 14 cents, chickens 12 1/2 cents, broilers per dozen 3.50 to 5.50.
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Chicago
Boy Hero Drowns Saving Friend From Icy Lake
In Minneapolis on April 27, eleven year old Joseph Moore leapt into Lake of the Isles from a sinking boat to bear weight for his playmate Allen Potter. Moore's sacrifice failed as Potter also drowned before aid could reach them.
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Minneapolis
Joseph Moore
Lake of the Isles
Allen Potter
Allan Potter
Taft Denies Havana Dispatch On Resigning After Nomination
Secretary of War Taft rejected a Havana dispatch that quoted Thomas P. Eagan of Cincinnati claiming Taft would resign after the Chicago nomination and that Governor Magoon of Cuba would take his place. Taft called the report wholly unauthorized.
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Washington
Taft
Havana
Thomas P. Eagan
Cincinnati
Chicago
Magoon
Cuba
Stewart Woodford prize won by Misa Elizabeth Cook
The telegraphic notes report Misa Elizabeth Cook won the Stewart L. Woodford oratorical prize of 100 in gold at Ithaca New York. Other brief items note King Manuel to tour Portuguese provinces after oath on May 6 and Clemenceau attending Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's funeral in London.
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Stewart L. Woodford
Misa Elizabeth Cook
Ithaca
N. Y
Manuel
Clemenceau
Paris
London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Grant Peace
Metropolitan Temple
New York City
Ulysses S. Grant
R. Williams
Soo
St. Joseph’s Hospital
St. Paul
Minneapolis
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