Flooded towns limp on as water rises in tri cities
In St. Louis on June 10 the Mississippi flood swelled to engulf Venice Madison and Granite City. Levees broke backwater crevasses spreading water over tracks and farmland leaving thousands homeless and looting reported as rail losses reach 3 million dollars.
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St. Louis
Tri-Cities
Cahokia
Mississippi
Venice
Madison
Granite City
East St. Louis
Chicago and
Alton
Mattoon
Relief fund in Topeka nears sixty thousand dollars
In Topeka Kansas the relief fund stands at nearly sixty thousand dollars with expectations to cover a new start for North Topeka residents within three weeks. Major donors include Prudential Insurance and Cincinnati groups while mayoral proclamation spurs volunteers to clear mud and sand from flooded north side homes.
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Topeka
Kan
North Topeka
Prudential Insurance Company of
Newark
N. J
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati Business Men's Club
Jury Drawn to Try Jett and White in Kentucky Shooting
Jackson Kentucky June 19 jury selected to try Curtis Jett and Tom White for the shooting of J B Marcum at the courthouse door. Twelve Magoffin county farmers were chosen after hours of challenges and affidavits with extra venire men secured amid robberies and a bridle-abduction incident during the process.
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Curtis Jett
Tom White
Jackson
J. B. Marcum
Court House
Elitor
Magoffin County
Magoffin
Jones
S. H. C. Hurst
Hurst
S. H. Garnett
Special
Ruth Hanna Weds Joseph M McCormick in Cleveland
Senator Hanna’s youngest daughter Miss Ruth Hanna married Joseph Medill McCormick of Chicago at St Pauls Episcopal in Cleveland with a large assembly. President Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt attended a later ceremony at the Hanna home Glenmore with Secretary Loeb aboard a special train from Washington.
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Joseph M. McCormick
Cleveland
Ruth Hanna
M. A Hanna
Chicago
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Howard W. Hanna
Joseph M. Patterson
Robert Allerton
J. W. Beck
Ernest Minor
Cincinnati
James Barney
New York
William Williams
Philadelphia
Malcom McBride
Florence Cobb
Mary Hopkins
Washington
Claire’ Hanna
Adelaide Hamilton
Virginia Johnson
Pittsburg
Frances Lewis
Oregon
Laura McKinley
Eleanor Patterson
Lucia McCurdy
Miss Roosevelt
Hanna
Glenmore
Alice
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Secretary Loeb
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph Medill McCormick
Union Depot
Cochran Engagement Reported in London Dispatch
Bourke Cochran, a noted New Yorker, may announce engagement to Kathleen Emerassie daughter of Lord Justice Mathew of the English supreme court. Cochran is currently in Ireland. Lord Justice Mathew is related to Father Mathew, renowned temperance advocate. Eldest daughter is married to John Dillon, M P.
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New York
Bourke Cochran
Kathleen
Saloons Closed Overnight Under Chicago Order
Chicago authorities ordered all saloons to close at midnight Tuesday as Alderman Dunn and the city council pushed the measure. Violators face license revocation. the order reportedly observed. Also read at Geneva session: Lady Somerset’s address predicting victory over the liquor traffic.
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Chicago
Porce O'Neill
Dunn
Lady Somerset
Geneva
Tuseday
Convention of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Henry Somerset
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Jews Not to Be Molested in Odessa Prefect Promise
General Arsenieff, Odessa police prefect, told a rabbis deputation that Jews in Odessa may pursue their occupations without fear of anti Semite outbreaks and that authorities will suppress such movements at the outset. Gainesville warrant charges Mrs Onie Tanner with murder by poisoning in the death of Wiley F Tanner two weeks ago.
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St. Petersburg
Arsenieff
Odessa
Gainesville
Onie Tanner
Wiley F. Tanner
Murger
Not Needed at Valparaiso Revokes Ship Orders
Orders for American ships to go to Valparaiso have been revoked after a cablegram from Minister Wilson showed their presence is not needed. The June 10 report notes the change in instructions and the reason given.
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Valparaiso
Washington
Wilson
Paris denies Limanteur remarks on monetary issue
Remarks attributed to Finance Minister Limanteur and published in New York and London are denied by Limanteur in a cable from Paris. The denial states there is no foundation to the published remarks.
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Deniea
Mexico
Limanteur
Paris
New York
London
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Howell Brothers
Nunvally
Express
Call
Texas
Tyler Haswell
Pict
Bryan Steam Laundry
City National Bank
Bryan
Iranite
Relief Fund
Cockran
Grand Opera House
Repertoir Company
Stevenson Machine & Repair Works
James & Castles
Bryan Ige
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