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Newspaper
Cedar Valley Daily Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
2
Survivors report AR relief under way as morgues fill and cemeteries operate at dawn. Murphysboro and West Frankfort tally many deaths with hundreds injured or missing. Hospitals overflow while towns like De Soto and Gorham list extensive casualties, most victims being children.
Nature Magazine notes snagittaria as a suitable aquarium plant. For a 9 by 15 by 10 inch tank, start with about a dozen well rooted plants in coarse sand or grit, planted one and a half to two inches deep.
Fragmentary report mentions a person losing a tithe on races and announcing plans after earnings. Details are garbled and names or dates are not recoverable.
Fragmentary note discusses disappointment and uncertainties about plans. It references unnamed persons and vague outcomes, suggesting a mood of cautious optimism amid unexamined risks.
A catalog of devastating floods and cyclones from 1630 to 1923 lists drowning tolls across Europe Asia and the Americas. Notable events include the 1889 Johnstown dam break killing 2,500, the 1900 Galveston hurricane with about 600 deaths, and massive Chinese Yangtze floods with hundreds of thousands lost.
A Chicago report details the tornado casualties and frantic relief efforts. Wednesday’s toll stands at 817 confirmed dead and about 3 000 injured with at least 40 900 left homeless. most deaths concentrated in southern Illinois with 630 in the tally and Missouri 31. Red Cross teams report thousands of doctors and nurses in the field as relief supplies arrive. West Frankfort Murphysboro and nearby towns struggle with recoveries as searchers scour wreckage for victims.
A fragmented quotation argues for free speech as a driver of health and progress, warning that suppression leads to evil and death. The speaker links open discussion to social resilience and the prevention of disease through informed public discourse.
A Tuesday cyclone funeral sheet lists numerous victims across Murphysboro Indiana West Frankfort McLeansboro Annapolis De Soto and Cape Girardeau. The casualties include Eenest Hardich Edward Neil Hugh Reeder Mrs. Oscar Whittington and two children Mrs. Robert Peek Randall Mrs. Fred Tiggs Nellie Mand Ida Burton Jennie Sanders Elizabeth Howard Bill Norris Hugh Dolan Mrs. Charlie Welch Mrs Harriett Taylor John Stewart Fannie Gillis Harry Hughes Lina Burnett Elmer Astes Frank Woods Joe Brown Margaret Neal Edward Clements Fritz Fellows and others.
Princeton Indiana March 20 State Troops patrolled storm torn districts as fresh rescue forces renewed the search for casualties. At the Red Cross station the believed count lists Griffin 40 dead 200 injured Princeton 20 dead 206 injured Owensville 41 dead 64 injured Poseyville 41 dead 30 injured Elizabeth 81 dead 2 injured. Rescuers faced crowds of sightseers while military dines and orders restricted access to relief areas.
Tornado stricken districts in Indiana and Michigan receive 750 tubes of tetanus antitoxin melted from Indianapolis at daybreak. An airplane carries the serums to Carbondale and Murphystown as William Fortune, head of the Indianapolis chapter of the American Red Cross, warns tetanus adds horror to devastated regions.
The text notes the dromedary and camel dromedary naming conventions for the Arabian one bump camel. It highlightsVitiety as a slender, symmetric subtype with extraordinary fleetness. It likens its relation to ordinary camels to a race horse to a cart horse.
Fragmented text describes various tests and repairs but lacks clear dates names or actions. It mentions timing freezing ovens and government parts and watchmaker certificates in a confused manner.
Survivors recount the March 20 disaster in Murphysboro Illinois as rescuers pull bodies from Longfellow school ruins and homes. Principal Fisher describes the scene at 2 32 and the scramble to guide children to safety amid collapsing walls and fire. Villagers search debris for loved ones while a postmaster and miners reflect on shattered lives and shared grief.
A 1918 Iowa weather advisory from meteorologist C. Dana Reed urges running northwest to escape tornadoes. It notes typical southwest to northeast paths, speeds under 45 mph, and widths 390 to 490 feet, with safer options including storm cellars or ditches, and warns of deadly storms on May 21, 1918 near Denison Stanhope Berkley Wellsburg with multiple deaths and injuries.
A garbled item describes stain removal for woodwork using oxalic acid and water with references to vinegar and social noise. The text misrenders names and steps, making core guidance unclear and confusing.
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