Floods Wreck Crops as Midwest Faces Severe Storms
Wild weather from Illinois to Colorado leaves farmers facing millions in losses. Lightning kills several in Iowa and Indiana as rivers rise, cloudbursts flood fields, and crops in corn and wheat suffer extensive damage. Des Moines and Keokuk areas brace for continuing high water.
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Ilinois
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Colorado
Mississippi
Joliet
Despisines
Indiana
Wisconsin
Denver
West
Maryland
Ohio
Lowrz
Missouri
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Missouri Bluffs
Hannibal
Des Moines
Skunk
Quincy
Weather Bureau
Upper
Lagrange
Eddyville
Millstadt
St. Clair County
Fred Weickbrod
Jacob P. Muskopf
Tippecanoe County
Plarvey Heeser
John W Mackay Dead Last of Bonanza Kings Passes in London
John W Mackay the last of America s great bonanza kings and a multimillionaire died suddenly Sunday evening at his London residence. He had been ill four days, slipping in and out of consciousness before dying at 6 30 p m Mrs Mackay her mother Mrs Hungerford and Countess Trefener were at the bedside The Princess Colatzo Colonna arrived from Paris after his death His body will be brought to the United States to rest beside his son in Greenwood Cemetery New York He was the last of the Western mining quartet known as the Big Four and part of Californians in the same generation as Hopkins Crocker Huntington Stanford and Colton.
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London
John W. Mackay
America
Mackay
Tina Jas
Missy
John William Wackay
James ©. Flood
William 8
O’brien
James G. Fair
Hopkins
Crocker
Huntington
Stanford
Colton
Bryan
Dr. Bryan
Daniel Hungerford
King Edward Moves in Bed Using Trapeze After Abdominal Operation
A physician described the apparatus aiding King Edward after a severe abdominal wound. The trapeze suspended from the ceiling lets the king shift positions with minimal abdominal strain, enabling him to sit up briefly and move during recovery. Queen Alexandra helped adjust pillows as he first used the device.
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Edward
Alexandra
Destructive Baltimore Tornado Kills Thirteen at Noon
A Sunday tornado tore through Baltimore injuring thirteen people and destroying millions in property. The storm struck after noon with little warning, toppling roofs and uprooting trees. St Mary's Star of the Sea Church collapsed and the Merchants and Miners' steamboat pier roof was blown off, flooding the pier and damaging goods valued at about 400000 dollars.
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Baltimore
St. Mary's Star of the Sea
Noted Financier John W Mackay Jr Dies in Tragic Accident
The passage recalls John W Mackay Jr son of John W Mackay and Clarence Hungerford Mackay a prominent London Paris social figure. It notes young John W Mackay Jr was killed by accident while riding at a private race track near Paris a few years ago, a heart breaking blow to his parents.
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London
Paris
Mr. Mackay
John W. Mackay, Jr
Clarence Hungerford Mackay
John W
Bookmakers Claim Security Vault Robbery in Chicago
Chicago bookmakers report theft from the Masonic Temple safety vaults totaling over 35000 dollars. The loss includes 13369 cash and two 8000 dollar certificates of deposit amid an ongoing mystery. Police focus on key custody and vault access while officials doubt a break in.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Washington Park
George Roge
Carnegie Gifts Boost Kafisas Across Kansas Cities
Andrew Carnegie has given 285,500 to Kafisas for building libraries in Kansas: Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Newton, Ottawa, Salina, Winfield, Emporia, Fort Scott, and guideline towns along the Arkansas River.
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Kafisas
Andrew Carnegie
Kansas City
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Newton
Ottawa
Salina
Winfield
Mmporia
Fort Scott
Bime Rapids
Baltimore Camp Meeting Tornado Kills One Hurts Many
In North Baltimore a tree toppled toppled a tent during a warm day camp meeting causing deaths and injuries. The storm struck along the riverfront and harbor with sixty four mile an hour winds and heavy rain. rescue attempts faced rough seas.
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Baltimore
Middle
Black River
Patapsco
Weather Bureau
Brief News Items From Various Locations
Custom receipts for Cuba in June totaled 1 232 252 dollars. A wildcat was killed on a Hutchinson Kansas back porch. The Pope celebrated the twenty fourth anniversary of his coronation at the Vatican. Lightning struck near Hutchinson killing thirteen J W Griffin cows. Grant Williams jailed in Arkansas for an October murder in South McAlester Indian Territory. Mrs George Thomas attempted to burn herself and baby at Fort Cobb Oklahoma Territory but was stopped by an elder daughter. Socialist Labor party met in Denver nominating T A Knight Pueblo for Governor. Germany’s exports to the United States for year to June 30 stood at 101 714 064 dollars, up 1 827 050 from 1901. George Schallack son of Dr B F Schallack drowned in Spring River near Lowell Kansas aged 25.
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Cuba
Hutchinson
Kan
Vatican
J. W. Griffin
Grant Williams
Arkansas
South McAlester
I. T
Edward Nolan
George Thomas
Fort Cobb
O. T
Sociaist-Labor Party
Denver
T. A. Knight
Pueblo
Germany
George Schallack
B. F. Schallack
Spring River
Lowell
Schallacks
Reed on Castoria Sustains Centaur Company Suit
Vice Chancellor Reed in Trenton New Jersey sustains Charles H. Fletcher president of The Centaur Company in its case against the C. W. Link Drug Company. The decision upholds an injunction to stop counterfeit Castoria packages that imitate the original in bottle size labeling and wrapping to mislead consumers and directs the defendant to seek new markets.
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Reed
Charles H. Fletcher
Charles HL. Fletcher
CO. W. Link Drug Company
Philadelphia Inquirer
German chemist develops plant anaesthetic fluid
A German chemist creates a fluid that injected near a plant’s roots can anesthetise it. The plant stops growing yet remains green, appearing lively while its vitality is suspended. Temperature changes do not affect the foliage, and blooms persist in open ground or hothouses, with the formula kept secret.
If I Had Dodd’s Kidney Pills 25 Years Ago
Delog Hutchins of Sonoma Michigan credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with ending years of rheumatic pain from a northern service in Louisiana. After four boxes his back hip and legs pains vanished and his hands feet and knees improve though remaining stiffness persists. He praises local druggist Fred Parker for urging continued use.
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Sonoma
Mich
Delog Hutchins
Dodd
Mr. Hutchins
Louisiana
Fred Parker
Mr. Parker
The Sure Way of Debt News Row
The Life quotation depicts a sharp exchange about debt collection and honesty. A collector questions a debtor while the other asserts never paying bills, revealing tension between creditor and debtor in a dramatic exchange.
Allen's Foot Ease advertisement and humorous nurse exchange
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Age and powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREH Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y Nurse on duty to patient’s mother asks when she can go to bed The mother replies you were a trained nurse
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Allen’s
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Household Advertisements
An early ad listing Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. It promotes moral integrity and urges good housekeepers to use Red Cross Ball Blue available at lending grocers for 5 cents.
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Hall
Boy trades coat for dollar to get sister’s coat
A 9 year old boy enters a pawn shop on a bitterly cold day and offers his overcoat as collateral. The pawnbroker lends a dollar and a quarter after eight cents interest so the boy can retrieve his sister Maggie’s coat for her work. The boy endures the cold saying he is used to it.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Maggie
Notre Dame University advertised as premier western college
The notice promotes Notre Dame University inviting readers to request a free catalogue with terms courses and programs. It highlights a thorough preparatory school a commercial course for business and St Howard's Hall for younger students. The piece praises 58 years of active educational service and mentions broad national renown.
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Notre Dame
Notre Dame University
West
Sch
St. Howard’s Hall
University of Notre Pe Notre Oes Ae Theron Hoe
Nea Commercial Wong Suan
Ageesha
Ats St
Mel
Morrissey
Penny Leads to Husband in Fortunate Ad Reply
A job seeking woman with one cent spent it on a postal card replying to an advertisement. The businessman hired her, admired her work, and months later offered marriage. During the honeymoon he reflected that paying a penny to mail the card changed her life. She responded that she dropped a penny in the slot and got a husband.
Henry James Novel Headline Sparks Book Publication Rumor
Puck reports the book form of Henry James latest novel will retain its piquant mystery and that the opening sentence serially published in a magazine has impressed discerning readers. It also notes J M Barrie may have deciphered meaning in Tommy and Grize while rummaging in his attic and that paper manufacturers press him to publish at a low bid.
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Henry James
J. M. Barrie
Tommy
Grize
Puck
SPECIAL LOW RATE EXCURSIONS TO NEW YORK CITY AND ATLANTIC CITY
Low round trip fare of 18 dollars offered by Lake Shoppe and Michigan Southern Railway on July 17 and 31 and August 7 and 14. Return limit twelve days. Tickets valid by boat between Cleveland and Buffalo and Albany and New York with optional Niagara Falls and Chautauqua stops. Information at City Ticket Office 180 Clark St or C F Daly Chicago.
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New York City
Atlantic City
Lake Shoppe
Michigan Southern Railway
Cleveland
Buffalo
Albany
New York
Niagara Falls
Chautauqua
Clark St
C. F. Daly
Chicago
Help cried in distress amid midnight illness
A fragmentary line shows a distressed cry for help heard in a doorway as a policeman suggests placing an ad in the want column. The note ends with an attribution to a Philadelphia press item and a New York address dated March 25, 1901.
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Want
Two Different Things in Stray Stories Dialogue
A witty exchange from Stray Stories contrasts wealth and marriage. The wife boasts of marrying into riches while acknowledging the husband’s poverty despite wealth. The line signals social emphasis on financial status versus personal fortune.
Quotations on Bleaching and Endurance From a J. H. Evans Ad
A fragmented quotation extols whitening ball blue and keeping clothes white. It urges grocers to package it, noting the virtue of enduring affliction as a blessing.
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J. H. Evans
Surgical Operations Rest Advised After Procedure
A physician advised rest after surgical operations described in the report. The account notes the patient’s recovery progress following the procedures and the recommended period of recuperation.
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