Devastating Gulf Wave Destroys Coastline and Props
A colossal gulf coast tidal wave sweeps New Orleans Mobile and surrounding areas. Reports detail flooding isolation and immense property loss with hundreds of ships lost and rivers backed up. Telegraph lines fail as residents face rising waters and feared casualties along Mississippi River towns and port districts.
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Blany Gulf States
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States
Molic
Ala
Ims
Mobile
O’clark
Western Union Telegraph Office
Moble
Dixie Limber Company
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Alabama
Texas
Louisville and Nashville
Gulf Coast
Fensacuola
Port Eads
Cobden
Nne
Reese
Brien
Port Fads
Burns
Velasco
Outre
Cheamore Caminada
Grand Isle
Louisiana
Mississippi
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Biloxi
Mississippi City
Ocean Springs
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Chef Menteur
Lake Pontchartrain
Illinois Wheat Harvest Sets Record Since 1894
Illinois crop summaries show wheat yield at 17 bushels per acre across 1,810,000 harvested acres for a 31.1 million bushel crop, the largest in years. Oats yield averages 29 bushels with wide regional variation, while corn prospects fade under extreme heat, with statewide conditions at about 40 percent of normal as of August.
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Ilinois
Illinois
Ilxets
Milneis
Yates Fires Dental Board After Germany School Claims
Gov. Yates demanded resignations from the State Board of Dental Examiners following charges by J S Worman American consul to Germany J XN Crouse head of the Dental Protective Association and W Black dean of Northwestern University Dental College. They accuse the Germano American School of Dentistry and Cosmopolitan Post Graduate School of Chicago of operating without board recognition and certifying graduates. Consul Worman says young Germans were brought here with certificates signed by former board members. Joselyn attended the meeting and faced questions as the board dissolved and sent resignations to the Governor. He will be discussed for possible action.
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Yates
State Board of Dental Examiners
J. S. Worman
Germany
J. XN. Crouse
Dental Protective Association
W. Black
Dental College
Northwestern University
Illinois Census Bulletin Reveals Demographic Shifts
The Illinois census bulletin details 1,589,915 school age residents with 1,488,320 native born and 101,585 foreign born. It lists native and foreign white counts, militia and voting ages, and native born voter totals, noting racial and parentage trends across Cook County and the state, including historic population figures from 1870 to 1900.
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Wlinois
Cook County
Minos
Mlinois
Lanois
Illinois
Stata
Islander Sinks After Iceberg Collision Off Alaska
The steamship Islander, flagship of the Canadian Pacific Navigation fleet, collided with an iceberg off Douglas Island Alaska while southbound with a record passenger load. About sixty five aboard drown as boilers exploded during the sinking. survivors recall panic and cold, with gold and cash total losses reported.
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Douglas Island
Alaska
Islander
Canadian Pacific Navigation
Victoria Skagway
Douglas Isand
Foote
Skagway
Victo
Juneau
Sven Ox
J’urs R Bishop
Mr. Preston
Seattle
Dawson
Death in Crossing Collision in Chicago Streetcar Smash
Five killed and thirteen injured in a grade crossing collision at 47th Street and the Pennsylvania tracks in Chicago. An west bound electric car ran through gates into an express train at 8 p.m. Saturday. Lt. H Bowman was motorman. brake failure blamed after wrecked car inspection. Conductor W J Fulton corroborates brake issue. Sixty-two passengers aboard.
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Chicago
47Th Street
Pennsylvania Tracks
Lt. H. Bowman
W. J. Fulton
Crop trouble eases as trade steadies and stocks hold firm
The crop scare has largely passed with expected improvements ahead and only modest damage to business thus far. Merchants regain willingness to place orders, August dullness aside, while steel strike developments create mixed effects, tinplate prices rise, and one third of steel output is cut. Stock prices stay firm though cautious buying persists. The money market edges higher with rates at 4 to 5 percent.
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Northwest
Northern Pacific Road
Amiss
Steel Corporation
Trust
Chicago
Tien Mm Well Street
Wall Street
MacArthur Returns to U S From Philippines War
Gen Arthur MacArthur arrives in San Francisco aboard the Sheridan after a three year absence. He remarks on improved civil and military control in the Philippines, notes lingering criminal bands, and predicts safety will soon allow travel across the islands. Also reported: Col Walter Howe to command New Orleans post. Missouri Grand Army posts push schoolboard acts. John and Thomas Considine charged in Seattle with police chief murder.
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MacArthuur
San Francisco
Sheridan
Arthur MacArthur
Philipping Ishands
United States
McArthur
San Franciso
Manila
Philippines
Beass
MacArthur
Civil Administration
Civil Commission
Luzon
Texas
Omaha News
St. Louis Chronicle
New York
Denver Post
Admiral Schley
San Francisco Bulletin
Sampson-Schley
Toledo News
Making Radium for Market Increases Commercial Production
French and German chemists report radium being produced commercially. M Besson notes Societe Centrale de Produits Chimiques uses over a ton of uranium minerals to yield half an ounce of radium requiring six tons of chemicals and fifty tons of water. Radium emits light in the dark due to tiny electrified particles akin to X rays, with negligible weight loss over eons. At present radium is used only in laboratory experiments.
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M. P. Besson
Paris Society of Civil Engineers
Societe Centrale de Produits Chimigques
M. Besson
Fair Exchange Yetn Rovpery
Gustave Doré, while in Ischl, sketches a country wedding and loses the book containing the drawing. A anonymous thief returns a gift walking stick with a gold head and gem, while Doré later proves his identity to a Lucerne mayor by drawing a street potato sellers scene and is offered a form passport.
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Fair Exchange
Gustave Dore
Ischl
Ischi Dore
Vienna
Ischi
Switzerland
Lucerne
Monsieur Gustave Dore
Dore
Aport
Iron Will Trial Ends With Quiet Victory
An English club tale describes two men arguing over willpower. One boasted of greater will and challenges the other to emerge from a corner before being twice commanded. The quiet challenger calmly waits, then extends the test to a week, prompting the boastful man to retreat and end the experiment.
All One Vast Family of European Sovereigns
The sovereign families of Europe though divided by 211 political differences are a single vast family bound by blood and many intermarriages. Every crowned head in Europe, except the King of Sweden, the King of Servia, and the Prince of Monaco and Montenegro, is descended from Mary Queen of Scots.
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Europe
Turkey
Mary
Sweden
Servia
Monaco
Sontenegra
Boomerang opinions and political snippets across papers
A compilation of pithy quotes and observations from various newspapers. It covers historian disputes, political appointments, naval rivalries, drought impacts, labor and consumer prices, and ironic commentary on public figures and institutions. Names like Maclay Hanna Schley Sampson and Morgan recur amid diverse international notes.
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Maclay
Denver Post
Hanna
St. Paul
Cervera
Admiral Sampson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Detroit News
New York Evening
Topeka Journal
Chicago
Toledo News
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Illinois Census Bulletin
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Savannsh
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Kate Leimeister
Cleveland
Will
Harry Mestayer
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John Murray
Alendota
Iowa
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Elsie
Imogene Walker
Cora Wallace
As Park
Cal
Walter Howe
Forty-seventh Infantry
Vicksboro, Miss
Grand Army
Missouri
John and
Thomas Considine
Wash
Meredith
Gen. MacArthur
Detroit
Ottawa
Canada
Pierpont Morgan
Epworth League Girls of
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Buffalo News
Baltimore News
Buffalo Times
San Francisco Evening Post
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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May Yohe Hope
Japan
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