Tornado Toll Rises Across Several States
The latest death and injury totals show Missouri with 92 dead and 400 injured while Arkansas reports 68 dead and 350 injured. Texas records 35 dead and 100 injured, Illinois 13 dead 35 injured, Kansas 10 dead 40 injured, Iowa 1 dead, and Wyoming 5 dead amid blizzard conditions.
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Louisiana
Clarence
Wyoming
Arkansas
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Flood Crest Threatens Louisiana And Mississippi Towns
Natchez Mississippi reports a levee break near Vidalia Louisiana as back water nears the town. New Orleans describes two flood crests advancing toward Bayou des Glaises and the Old River with widespread parish impact and rising flood depths across Tallulah Sicily Island and surrounding areas.
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Natchez
Miss
Vidalia
Missouri Pacific
New Orleans
Bayou Des Glaises
Old River
Rayville
Louisiana
Tensas
Madison Parish
Tallullah
St. Joseph
Farriday
Sicily Island
Tensas Basin
Catahoula Parish
Storms Take Terrific Toll in South and Middle West
A three day series of tornadoes storms and blizzards swept the region from the Rocky Mountains to the Southeast killing 225 and injuring about a thousand. Kansas saw the first destruction with a southwest twister Saturday night followed by Monday tornadoes across Texas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Illinois. Missouri faced two major blows in the central region and again at Poplar Bluff.
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South
Middle West
Kansas City
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Illinois
Poplar
Flood fears rise as river floodwaters advance toward New Orleans
The narrative notes a 10 to 15 day window for the river to reach the mouth of Old River about 200 miles upriver from New Orleans. It reports the city is unworried, trusting levees to hold and Louisiana’s 200 year old metropolis to keep expanding despite looming flood threats to cane fields.
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Old River
New Orleans
Louisiana
Sunday Activities and Community News in Farmington
Sunday school events occur at 2:00 PM with a 3:00 PM preaching service. The Chateau choir provided music, a mixed quartet accompanied by Mrs. Webb played a piano program. Mother's Day observances included carnations for mothers. Community updates note deaths, funerals, and interments, plus local engagements and travel mishaps.
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Carl Hanson
Gray Hospital
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Fieseth
Hazel Staples
Kerr Ranch
Miss Hadley
Miss Nagle
Chateau
Farmers’ Ditch
Stella Rahm
Agawam
Nyhus
Smith
Bole Woman’s Club
Barce
Nine Farmers Join County Cow Testing Club
County Agent Robert Clarkson and dairy expert J O Tretsven report a cow testing club formed with nine farmers and 103 cows. Tests will be monthly across four routes Farmington Fairfield Bynum and Chateau with Leon Snyder collecting samples for Clarkson to analyze. Members pay 15 cents per cow monthly for butterfat and production records plus feed cost tracking. Testing to start around June 15 with a four-member board directing the club.
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Robert Clarkson
J. O. Tretsven
Bozeman
Farmington
Fairfield
Bynum
Chateau
Leon Snyder
State College
Clarkson
George Barce
W. N. Walters
Sam Ness
R. A. Eastwood
J. L. Eastwood
O. M. Gaare
Benj. P. Gordon
M. J. Lyon
Oliver Manseth
Xerxes Mighty Army Count by Enclosure Method
Persian king Xerxes sought the size of his invasion force before Thermopylae in 480 B C by crowding 10 000 soldiers into a dense enclosure and repeating the filling process. Herodotus cites 1 700 000 foot soldiers and 80 000 cavalry, with sailors and attendants pushing total to 2 817 000.
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Thermopylae
B.C
Herodotus
M. E. Church Notes
Community church extends welcome with Sunday school at 10 30 a m and morning worship at 11 30. Sermon I Believe with choir music. Farmington service at 3 00 p m. No Sunday evening service due to high school graduation. Ladies Industrial meets next Wednesday afternoon. Robert B Culbertson minister.
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Farmington
Ladies’ Industrial
Robert B. Culbertson
Bamboo Crowned Most Useful Plant in World
An inquiry crowned bamboo as the most valuable plant. The hollow reed can grow to many feet, with square or round stems used for ladders, scaffolding, houses, water pipes, ships masts, beds, tables, cages, handles, penholders, umbrellas, and rods. Young roots and seeds provide food, leaves serve for thatching and weaving, and bamboo supports many human needs in diverse regions.
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East
South Africa
West Indies
Miles of Thread Revealed in Everyday Clothing
The article explains fabric construction with about 25 threads per inch in both directions, giving 1800 threads per square yard. It estimates a suit uses four square yards of cloth, equating to roughly four miles of wool per person. Linen and cotton vastly increase thread length, noting a handkerchief uses 2400 strands and a shirt about three miles of thread.
Raisi the Wind and Sailors' Tactics Described
Nature Magazine notes sailors use mast scratching to raise a breeze and discusses methods. Some favor the fore mast others the mizzen while another technique uses a knife in the mast with handle toward the desired wind.
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Nature Magazine
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