Disaster By Floods Ravage States From Canada To South Carolina
A historic storm Friday and Saturday dumped two feet of snow across Ohio and neighboring states causing widespread business shutdowns. Mines factories and streets flooded, wires prostrated, bridges washed away and rail service stalled. Pittsburg area damages reach 2 to 3 million dollars and unemployment hits fifty thousand. Snow blockades disrupted Fort Wayne and Cleveland routes with trains halted for hours.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginias
Entucky
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Salem
Massillon
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Windom
Leavittsburg
Newcastle
Youngstown
Baltimore
Bandits Rob Express Car On Arkansas Train Hold Up
Six masked robbers stopped a Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad express train near the Iron Mountain crossing four miles west of the Arkansas line. They beat the express messenger C. T. Meader and looted the Wells Fargo safe after blowing it open. About $3000 in valuables were taken while passengers remained unharmed. Bloodhounds were sent from Hulbert, Arkansas to track the bandits.
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Arkansas
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Memphis
Iron Mountain Crossing
Arkansas Line
Wells-Fargo Express Company
C. T. Meader
Nelson
Johnson
Hulbert
Ark
Good roads or no mails for rural carriers
The Post Office Department declares good roads are essential for rural free delivery. Patrons on existing routes are warned that unless the roads traversed by carriers are kept in fair condition the service will be abolished. It is claimed the order imposes no unnecessary hardship on farmers. Winter, the sea-
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Post Office Department
Ohio Pennsylvanian flood relief and rural mail expansion
Floods along the Panhandle and Allegheny regions swamp Pittsburg and Allegheny with water damaging homes, stores, and tracks. Estimates place Allegheny damage at about 100000 dollars and Pittsburg at 250000 dollars. Cleveland and Cincinnati report storm damage. Rural mail service will expand with 3 million dollars appropriated for first year, averaging 500 dollars per route for about 5000 routes.
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Ohio
Soho
Panhandle
Bessemer
Alegheny Valley
Franklin
Skobo
Monaca
Aliquippa
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Machen
Ohio River Flood Reaches Historic Levels Late Spring
The Ohio Valley endures the worst flood on record for this late in spring with the Ohio and Licking rivers flooding to fifty two feet. Crops destroyed, farmers ruined, and hundreds of thousands in losses forecast as rains and snow swell the torrent and Cincinnati fears further rise.
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Ohio Valley
Ohio
Licking
Cincinnati
Philander C. Knox named new Attorney General
Philander C. Knox, chosen by President McKinley to succeed John W. Griggs as Attorney General, is a lawyer clubman and horseman with long presidential ties. He faces a sharp salary drop from an estimated $75,000 yearly income tied to Carnegie Steel and kin-dred interests, though he is active in Pittsburg clubs and horse racing.
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Philander C. Knox
Messinley
John W. Griggs
Knox
Washington
Carnegie Steel Company
Duquesne Club
Pittsburg
Americas Club
Brunots Island
Nile Flows Sixteen Times Thames In River Comparison
A Beaumont Texas dispatch notes the Nile’s outflow is sixteen times that of the Thames. The piece also mentions Roman road widths from 8 to 30 feet and Texas state flower blue bonnet buffalo clover covering acres in spring.
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Topeka
Kan
Beaumont
Texas
Dispatch
Texas Western Oil Company
Southwestern Oil Company
Corsicana
Basle
Switzerland
Natural Products and the Free Trade Debate
A discussion contrasting free trade and protectionism. It argues the U S should diversify industries, not abandon ones of value, citing census data and Henry C Carey on increased production expanding consumption and employment. The piece endorses expanding home industry and export capacity backed by practical experience.
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Sir Edward Sullivan
United States
Henry C. Carey
Tully
Encouragement for American Merchant Marine Growth
The text urges strong support for American shipbuilding and merchant marine expansion as favorable interest rates and a booming ocean carrying trade would fuel a high level of industry development and readiness for future applications.
Free trade folly and American industrial strength argues
The Seattle Post Intelligencer argues against free trade urging that the United States should retain farming and mining while expanding domestic manufacturing. It asserts that importing partly finished materials harms, and predicts America will lead shipbuilding and merchant marine as industry grows at home.
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Clyde
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Foreign Trade Surplus Rises. Agriculture Dominates Exports
Statistics show for year 1600 exports totaled 1,370,763,571 dollars with 49 percent from agriculture, while imports reached only one tenth of that. The export surplus of 520 million supports securities gains and a strong balance, easing worry over tariffs with Germany. The shift toward nonagricultural exports reduces alarm over German trade barriers on farmers.
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Hitchcock
United States
Germany
Wrong Then and Now a Miltonian Reply
A Miltonian letter responds to Mr. Bryan of Commoner arguing that Lincoln era lessons oppose the Republican party. It rebuts the notion by asserting Democrats once opposed Lincoln and that the current GOP stance may be correct, doubting Bryan’s past critique.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Mr. Bryan
Milton
Miltonian
An Incentive to Theft and the Wilson Tariff
The writer argues that a free trade tariff spurs theft by depriving bread winners of work and wages. Workers become charity cases or enter the poor house, and prisons overflow under the Wilson tariff. Yet the swindle makes it hard to find anything to steal under that scheme.
Clergy Endorse Peruna For Catarrh Relief
Prominent clergy including Bishop James A Handy of Baltimore declare Peruna effective against vocal organ catarrh and sedentary clergyman debility. Handy says he used the remedy at a friend's request and recommends Peruna as a tonic and safe cure.
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James A. Handy
D. D
Baltimore
Notable Cures and Peruna Testimonials From Readers
Letters from Mrs. Edward Stevens of Carthage New York and Mrs. W A Allison of Chicago praise Peruna for treating catarrh cough and general weakness. They report complete recoveries and improved appetites after six bottles and frequent use. The notices invite readers to write to Dr Hartman for free medical advice from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
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Edward Stevens
Carthage
Peruna
W. A. Allison
Sheffield Avenue
Chicago
People’s
Nickel Plate Road Sells One Fare Sunday Excursion Tickets
Beginning Sunday May 6, the Nickel Plate Road offers round trip excursion tickets between any two stations at a single fare, valid for outbound and return on the same day. Contact nearest agent of C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind by write wire or phone.
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Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Buffalo
Clayoon
T. P
Mars messages prompt exchange with scientist and skeptic
A Baltimore American item notes daily messages from Mars. The Eminent Scientist asks how answers can be understood if messages aren’t, while the Obtuse Person replies that the answers are also unclear to them.
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Mars
Baltimore
Grain-O: A Grain Drink as Coffee Substitute
A healthful grain based drink claims to aid digestion and nerves, avoids coffee’s side effects, and tastes like the finest coffee. Marketed as a budget friendly table drink for children and adults, it costs about 15 and 25 cents.
Poser quote on Sunday ice dangers and Gaquimaux boys
A fragment from London Gaiety questions what Gaquimaux boys do on icy Sundays. The aunt responds with a cautious yes about drowning risks for young skaters, reflecting a dialogue on danger and cultural note.
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London
Con Sumption Cure Ad Claim From Indiana Reader
A reader from Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 praises Piso's Cure for Consumption as unmatched for coughs and colds. The quote also notes self mastery as a personal foe or friend depending on self conquest.
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John F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Noted Utah Irish Aformon and Dr Shoop Restorative offer
An ad asserts that individuals with dyspepsia can obtain six bottles of Dr Shoops Restorative by mail for six dollars if cured and free if not. It also claims no Irish Aformon in Utah.
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Dr. Shoop
Wis
State of
Utah
Lane's Medicine Claims Daily Digestive Benefits
Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement support claiming health benefits and gentle effects on liver and kidneys. It advertises prices of 25 and 60 cents and touts curing headaches with stated outcomes.
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Lane
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South Carolina
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Vperuna
Frederick Williams
South Side Ladies’ Aid Society
Cuyler Avenue
Pred Williams
Mirs
Victor Emanuel II
Italy
Mrs. Austin
Western Canada
Ottawa
An— Ee
Reaul
Minn
St. Paul
Manitoba
Assinibuig
Saskatchewan
Alberts
F. Pedley
Keyt. Holmes
Big Four
Indianapolis
M. W. McInnes
Merrill Block
Detroit
Mich
Gov't of Canada
DE. T. Felix
Gourque
U. S
Canadas
Europe
T. Hopkins
Dan-Ameri
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Callon
Fort Ind
Mirena Iner
Utes ClaiSyra
Piso
Gretaion
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