Floods Wreak Havoc on Rail Lines and Rivers
Heavy rains swelled the Marias Des Cygnes and Miami rivers, flooding lowlands and damaging crops in Ottawa Kansas area. Ten inch basin rainfall. railways in Butler disrupted with trains halted Wednesday night and resumed by Thursday. Grand River overflow cut traffic to Kansas City. Missouri Pacific line limited. some stock losses reported near Rich Hill.
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Marias Des Cygnes
Miami
Ottawa
Kas
Butler
Rich Hill
Grand River
Here
Kansas City
Missouri-Pacific
Four Drowned Near Joplin in Shoal Creek Tragedy
Joplin May 31 The swollen Shoal Creek claimed four lives when James Scheurich his wife and four children tried to cross the stream three miles south of Joplin. Their boat snagged and capsized. Mrs Scheurich and three children were drowned. The father saved his oldest daughter and reached the bank with her. No bodies had been recovered.
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Joplin
Shoal Creek
James Scheurich
Two Die in Storm as Flood Waters Rise at Clinton
In Clinton May 27 Alex Straurch drowned in high waters while Ben Peterson died from lightning nearby during a storm. Five inches of rain fell. Wakenda River and Moss Creek flooded Wakenda bottom in Carroll county, largest flood since 1888. Water tower view noted.
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Clinton
Alex Straurch
Ben Peterson
Carroll County
Wakenda
Carrolton County
Flood Waters Swallow Duvall and Ayer Ranches in Missouri District
A 300 acre Ayer ranch wheat and other crops were submerged with losses estimated above 30000 dollars. Duvall ranch suffered enormous damage from backwater flooding. Water covered bottom lands east of Rich Hill and a wide area from Burlington depot to Missouri bluffs, with roughly one to ten feet of water. About 15 cattle drowned on Hall ranch. total losses projected near 300000 dollars.
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Ayer
Duvall
Hall Ranch
Rich Hill
Burlington Depot
Missouri
Wavery
Oklahoma storm and flood toll rises across state
Nine deaths mark the latest Oklahoma toll as floods peak. Rivers climb in northern areas with damage to crops in fertile bottoms. Capt. W. A. Welch and Catherine Leming, 8, died at Talihina in Laflore County. Harry Davis, 15, an unidentified man and a 1-year-old girl drowned near the Arkansas river at Tul At Chicotah four were killed.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Capt
W. A. Welch
Catherine Leming
Talihina
Laflore
Harry Davis
Arkansas River
Tul
Storms strike trains and towns across midwest and south
May reports from Larned Kansas describe a moving Santa Fe train damaged as a storm top tore from a baggage car while nearby heavy winds felled trees and smashed houses. Charleston South Carolina notes a hurricane on the coast likely claiming about 25 fishermen with eight boats lost. Nebraska and Colorado storms plus a tornado caused several fatalities in Spenser Liman and surrounding areas.
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Larned
Kas
Santa Fe
South Carolina
Sunday School Convention Delegates Listed by Towns
Delegates registered for the Sunday School Convention at Ohio Street M. E. Church last week are listed by town. Notable names include Rich Hill with Josephine McReynolds and R T Watson, Rockville with Hegnauer and Hammer families, Appleton City, Foster, Hume, Spruce, Adrian, Amoret, Altona, Root Branch and Black Church among others.
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Ohio Street
M. E
Rich Hill
Josephine McReynolds
R.T. Watson
W. D. Nuckols
Zella Nuckols
Jesse Wilson
Beshore
Rockville
Leonard S. Hegnauer
Arthur Hammer
W. L. Hammer
Elda Bartz
Lizzie Hegnauer
Adrian
G. T. Wolfe
E. E. Otto
Emma Hyatt
Amoret
Orla Sergent
Terry L. Hayes
Oliver Church
Roberta Clarke
Mabel E. Hovey
T. E. Wisherd
May Martz
E. E. Martz
Altona
J. B. Whitehead
Jason Deardarf
Carmel
Lee M. Harding
Court records show George White found guilty for assault
Circuit Court notes show jurors delayed by high water. State versus George White resulted in a guilty verdict with a $60 fine and three months in jail. White, a gentleman of color, previously involved in an incident with a knife at the Fraternal Inn. State versus T. A. McChesney began Wednesday morning and remains on trial at press time.
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George White
White
Green
Vanderbilt Will Filed After Lusitania Death
Alfred G. Vanderbilt's will, drawn in 1913, names his second wife as heir to three million dollars, a mountainside country home, and English property. It sets up five million dollar trusts for the second wife’s children and an elder son, leaves the art collection to the elder son, and divides the remainder between Alfred G. Vanderbilt and George Vanderbilt. The estate is estimated north of thirty million dollars.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Lusitania
George Vanderbilt
Six Texans Killed In Auto Ditch Crash
Dallas Texas May 31 Six members of the Mozart Choral club returning to Dallas were killed when their motor truck left the road and plunged into a twenty foot ditch four miles from the city Several drowned in the creek water The dead include Faith Culp 14 Frances Payne 22 Phoebe Ballinger 7 Robert Corpening 11 Roscoe Hamilton 23 and Alex McKay 27 D F Parker among the injured is not expected to live
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Dallas
Tex
Mozart Choral Club
Faith Culp
Frances Payne
Phoebe Ballinger
Robert Corpening
Roscoe Hamilton
Alex McKay
D. F. Parker
Property Transfers in Deer Creek and Rich Hill Areas
Several parcels change hands including C J Sells transferring to Ira Rockhold et al in Butler for 2500 dollars. W H Schoeber sells to AG White in Standish add Hume for 300. Tom Brown to J L Dunkle parcel 324 A Sec 24 Deer Creek for 1625, then Dunkle to Brown 15 A Sec 24 Deer Creek for 750. W E Compton to Clarence Raybourn 203 A Sec 34 Deepwater for 1000. Mary R. Davis to S M Davis lots in Rich Hill for 500. David Thompson to E Hern lot 3 block 1 Reese’s add Hume for 100. E A Kimble to A L Gilmore tract 16 Deepwater for 45. Clifford Anderson to J J Mudd 61 A Sec 30 Deer Creek for 1000.
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C J Sells
Ira Rockhold
David Thompson
E Hern
Reese’s
Hume
E A Kimble
Gilmore
Deepwater
Clifford Anderson
J J Mudd
Deer Creek
Children Day celebration set with services next Sunday
Readiness for Chil dren s Day celebration stated with all services at usual hours next Sunday. Bible sermons, special music, and a young people's chorus are planned for the night. Claude S. Hanby is noted as minister, with reference to upcoming summer entertainment.
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Young Peoples Chorus
Claude S. Hanby
Modern Fence Building at Missouri State Fair Grounds
A new steel wire fence on steel posts surrounds the Missouri State Fair Grounds in Sedalia for the fair from September 25 to October 2. The unclimbable, boy proof enclosure uses the best materials and modern construction, aiming to boost gate revenue by preventing under canvas crawling and improving security.
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Sedalia
Missouri
Fair Grounds
Prominent Society Leader Mrs Fish Dies in New York
Garrison New York May 26 Mrs Stuyvesant Fish a renowned social leader and philanthropist died at her country home from a brain hemorrhage She was about 60 born Marion Graves Anthon in New York and married Stuyvesant Fish on June 1 1876 to which she devoted much of her charity work She and her husband supported many causes and entertained generously
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Fish
New York
Marion Graves Anthon
Stuyvesant Fish
Hamilton Fish
Grant
Died at 86 in Huntsville relative of Seastor Cockrell
John D. died at his Huntsville home aged 86. A Bryan supporter, he swore during the 1906 campaign he would not eat his hair until the avengers changed and his long locks hung about his shoulders.
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Huntsville
John D
Seastor Cockrell
Bryan
Missouri Suffragists Plan 1916 Ballot Drive
In St Joseph on May 26 the Missouri Equal Suffrage Association voted to push Missouri as a 1916 suffrage campaign state and outlined tentative petition work akin to 1914. Officers elected include President Mrs Walter McNabb Miller, St Louis vice presidents Miss Amy R Haight and Mrs Charles Passmore, and Mary B Bulkley as treasurer.
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St. Joseph
Missouri Equal ‘Suffrage Association
Missouri
Walter McNabb Miller
Columbia
Morrison Fuller
St. Louis
Charles Passmore
Kansas City
Amy R. Haight
Brandsville
Helen L. Million
Mexico
Mary B Bulkley
Richard Taaffe
Carthage
Jersey Cows Sale by E H Rosier
Eight head of pure bred Jersey cows to be sold by E H Rosier. Ages 2 3 and 4 years old with four cows accompanied by heifer calves. Contact phone 333-11 on 17.
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E. H. ‘Rosier
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Kansas
The
Rich Hill Review
Bridge and
Montieth Junction
Fox
Chicotah
Charleston
S. C
Nebraska
Spenser
Liman
Colo
Elizabeth Chapel
J. W. Voris
Beulah Bowers
Root Branch
E. L. Burton
Black Church
Katie Wheaton
Circuit Court
Vanderbilt
Ohio St. M. E. Church
United Drug Company
East Side
Butler, Mo
John D. Cockrell
Corn Belt Mortgage CO
Jabes L Lombard, Pres’t
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