Ohio River Rises Two Feet An Hour Stranding Towns
Cloudbursts flood multiple towns along the Ohio River causing widespread inundation and halting railroad traffic as authorities scramble to assess damage and restore service. Local officials report rising waters threatening homes and bridges, with crews working through the day to clear washed-out tracks.
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Ohio
Clarksburg
West Fork
West Virginia
Pittsburg
West Fork River
Cherry Camp
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Cumberland
Potomac
Four Drowned As Kanawha River Floods Swamp West Virginia
A disastrous West Virginia storm floods large areas from Grafton to Wheeling. Four people drown on the Kanawha River as landslides and washouts cripple rail lines from Grafton to Cumberland. Bridges fail and towns flood, with millions in damage expected and trains halted.
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Kanawha River
Damaged Northwestern Ohio Crops Ravaged by Rain
Findlay Ohio July 24 continuous rains and floods destroy a large share of Northwestern Ohio crops One half the day remains uncut wheat nearly all in the fields sprouting and unfit for harvest oats too wet to cut Hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses in this section anticipated from the past three years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Ohio
Private Car Stalled on Rail Line Enroute to Funeral
General Manager George Gardner of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad and his family are stalled in their private car at Bremen due to washouts on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. They are traveling to attend a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
George #. Gardner
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad
Bremen
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley
Engine and cars in river after washout in Lima
An engine and 25 freight cars of the C H D railroad are in the river due to a washout. Passenger trains are detoured.
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Lima, O
Ohio Adds to the Fear of Floods Around Parkersburg
Heavy rain swells the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers raising flood fears in Parkersburg W V. Telegraph and telephone lines fail as railroads suffer washouts and landslides. Damage includes 150 feet of rail bed washed out near Narrows and widespread preparation for high water. Losses in Tygart Valley and West Fork estimated at 50000 dollars.
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Bellton
Batesville
Moundsville
Sistersville
Ohio
Mountain Lake Park
Baltmore
Weston
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Monongahela
New England
Fairmont
West Fork
Mannington
Kanawha
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Little Kanawha
Little
Waverly
Woodland
Baltimore and Ohio
Littleton
Ohio River
Tygart’s Valley
Severe flooding and rainfall damage hit Marietta Ohio fronts
Rain fell almost nonstop for 24 hours totaling two inches. The Ohio River rose rapidly, threatening Front Street as merchants fear flooding. Crop damage occurred on the Muskingum River as trains into the city halted or delayed.
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Commercial Tribune
Marietta
Ohio
Front Street
Shawnee Endures Record Rain Wind Storm Stranding Traffic
Shawnee and vicinity suffered the hardest rain and wind storm in history this morning. The B&O line and associated tracks have many washouts some over a mile long. Passenger, freight and coal trains are abandoned. Mail service is cut off. Coal plants shut down. Construction crews work. traffic may resume in four to five days.
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Commercial Tribune
Shawnee
Heavy rainfall devastates Caldwell area in Ohio
Caldwell Ohio records unprecedented downpour from 11 last night to 8 this morning. Floods overflow streams and streets, causing widespread damage and inundation across the community. Duck Creek area bears the brunt as water rises and reports indicate extensive destruction.
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Commercial Tribune
Caldwell, O
Ohio
Duck Creek
Severe floods disrupt roads and crops across Ross County
High water across the region has damaged crops and railways including the Cleveland and Marietta Railroad and the Bellaire Zanesville and Cincinnati line. Bridges on many routes between here and Summerfield were washed out and tracks swept away. Towns Ava Bellevale Dudley South Olive East Union Harrietsville Carlisle flooded. Archer & lost 15000 pounds of tobacco. No lives reported.
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Bellaire
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Wigie Creek
Cleveland
Lorain
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio
Barbour and
Tyler
Three Fork Creek
Barbour
Cleveland and Marietta
Here
Summerfield
Ava
Bellevale
Dudley
South Olive
East Union
Harrietsville
Carlisle
Archer & It
Ross County
Springfield Flood Devastates Town and Nearby Areas
A major July storm struck Springfield last evening, flooding Buck Creek area and waterlogged High Street bridge. Extensive damage reported along Water North and Columbia streets, Snyder Park, Ferncliff Cemetery, and Ohio Southern tracks. trains halted from Fremont City. Rescue operations ongoing for stranded residents. numerous streets and parks submerged. city traffic stopped. Estimated county damage around seventy five thousand dollars with crops affected in South Charleston and Tremont area.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Buck Creek
North
Columbia
High Street
Snyder Park
Ferncliff Cemetery
Ohio Southern Railroad
Grand Opera House
Ohio Southern
Fremont City
Locust Grove
Grand ‘Opera House
Bechtle Bridge
Second Lutheran Church
C. S. Kelly
P. P. Mast
Limestone Street
Mayor Mast
Sprin Street
Setty
Balentine
O. McWilliams
Water Street
Bram
Julia Glass
East
Columbia Street
Warder
Fred Ernest
Carl Caskey
Nye
York Street
J. Monathan
Nathan Ebner
James McMannus
Mathew Kinsella
Albert Johnson
Peter Moran
Tom Burk
Chas. Wood
Michael McHugh
Harrison Street
Lawrence
Pape Ee
Medway
Enon
Tre- City
South Charleston
Tremont
Trains Delayed by Washouts Near Dayton Traffic Halted
Big Four trains from the east used the N Y P O track until a washout at the State dam east of Dayton stopped all eastbound service. Rain and flooding cripple telegraph and telephone lines as rivers swell with the Mad and Miami rising to three year highs.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Eee
N. Y
State Dam
Athe
London Ohio Deluged by Heaviest Rainstorm in Years
City sidewalks flooded to three feet as the lowlands filled during a severe rainstorm. The event was described as the heaviest in many years, with continuation noted on the sixth page.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Matthews defies court over Hammond annexation tax dispute
Indiana Governor Matthews urges Hammond officials to continue collecting taxes on annexed territory despite a Federal Court of Appeals injunction. The letter responds to Mayor Mott's plea for state assistance, arguing state judgments bind residents and criticizing federal overreach.
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Hammond
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Mott
Caroline M. Forsythe
Indiana
Forsythe
Ilinois
Supreme Court
Federal
Supreme Court of
Woods
Sound Money Convention Seeks August Indianapolis Call
Democratic committee named to issue a formal call for a National Democratic Convention to be held by Sept. 2. Indianapolis hosts a conference with leaders from Illinois Ohio Iowa Wisconsin Kansas Missouri Michigan Minnesota Nebraska debating a unified anti Chicago platform. Eckels denies carrying a Cleveland message and hints Palmer as a possible ticket partner.
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Chicago
Gold Standard Democrats
John R. Wilson
Indiana
Henry Wilmer
Iowa
F. W. Vaughan
Nebraska
Eckels
Cleveland
Illinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Kensouri
Michigan
Texas
Annesota
Henry S. Robbins
W. D. Bynum
Sick Man Cuts Throat At Madison County Home
Jonathan Goodykoontz of northern Madison County attempted suicide on a sick bed in Anderson Indiana. A brother found him with a wound to the throat and blood pouring as he pulled the bed clothes aside. Doctors have little hope for recovery.
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Commercial Tribune
Anderson
Ind
Jonathan Goodykoontz
Madison County
Henry Hurdel Brink Dies After Woodland Disappearance
Henry Hurdel Brink, a wealthy Woodville farmer, was found lost and demented with $1,300 missing after selling land days before his disappearance. He died today from exposure. Relatives say money loss drove his mental collapse. details on recipients of the funds remain unknown.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Henry Hurdelbrink
Woodville
Chickens Trigger Shooting in South Portsmouth
Mrs. L. C. Thompson was shot in the jaw by William Pierce during a dispute over Pierce's trespassing chickens. The incident occurred in South Portsmouth, Kentucky, as Thompson drove the chickens from her yard after ongoing quarrels about depredations by Pierce's children. Pierce fled or fled authorities as local pursuit followed.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
L. C. Thompson
South Portsmouth
William Pierce
Pierce
Esas
Sound Money Democrats Invited to Hold Convention in Indianapolis
An invitation and telegrams urge the National Democratic Party to hold its sound money convention in Indianapolis Indiana. Signed by Rwin president Evans Woolen secretary on The Board of Trade and various business interests express a wish to provide facilities and accommodations.
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Hoosier Capital
Indianapolis
E. S. Bragg
Chicago
Clu
National Democracy
Rwin
Evans Woolen
Board of Trade
Bragg
Adequa Merchants’ National Bank
Paclanet Co
Indiana National Bank
Nion. Trust Co
S.A. Fletcher & Co
The
Indianapolis Journal
Eeeee, Co
State Bank of Indiana
Postal Tel-Cable Co
Western Union Telegraph Co
Rate War at Columbus Drives Rival Excursions
In Columbus Ohio a rate war among the Pennsylvania Big Four and B and O lines flares over Sunday excursions to Cincinnati. The B and O claims rights from Zanesville Newark to Columbus, while Pennsylvania posts a 150 dollar round trip to Cincinnati. Big Four adds a Cleveland trip at the same rate, with possible Cincinnati plans pending. Tension remains high as lines threaten further rate cuts.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Big Four
Minister in a Fray In Millersburg Town Scene
In Millersburg Ohio on a July evening Isador Weigand a saloon keeper struck Rev R M Marshall of the Christian Church over the head with a beer bottle amid a melee. The dispute grew from Marshall accusing Weigand of causing a man’s death by plying him with whisky. The saloon war is expected to rekindle.
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Commercial Tribune
Millersburg
Isador Weigand
R. M Marshall
The
Christian Church
Weigand
Marshall
Religious controversy flares in Wilmore clash
In Nicholasville Kentucky on July 24 tension grows between sanctified Methodists and Presbyterians in Wilmore. Mrs Mary Snell of Serre delivered a tirade against Rev B O Guerrant after a sermon at the Wilmore sanctified camp meeting Sunday. Journalistic exchanges follow as the dispute widens.
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Commercial Tribune
Nicholasville
Wilmore
Mary Snell
Serre
B. O. Guerran
J. C. Harris
Nario Bh Pnche
Colonists Prepare Dakota Move From Indiana
In Madison County eleven Dunkard families plan to depart Anderson next Tuesday forming a Dakota colonization party. Leaders include Wilders Fessler Holder Frank and Clinton Holder Joe Layne C L Layne and Peter H Krom with their families.
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Commercial Tribune
Anderson
Ind
Madison County
Dakotas
Wilders Fessler
Holder
Frank
Clinton Holder
Joe Layne
C. L. Layne
Peter H. Krom
Otto Renner Named Attorney for State Food and Dairy Commission
Otto Renner is appointed the legal adviser for the local department of the State Food and Dairy Commission, succeeding Judge Amos Dye. The appointment comes amid enforcement actions tied to violations of state food laws.
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Otto Renner
The
Food Commission
Department
State Food and Dairy Commission
Amos Dye
Sewall Crushed as Watson Emerges Nominee at St Louis
At the convention in St Louis July 24 delegates clash over rules then proceed to vote for Vice President. Texas and Tennessee shift to Watson, who is nominated unanimously amid darkness and pandemonium. Sewall, Skinner, Burkitt, Mimms, and others receive scattered votes.
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Gen. Weaver
Maryland
Watson
Skinner
Burkitt
Mimms
Page
Sewall
Texas
Tennessee
Hall
Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Crowés
Committee On Rules
Cranks
Bowman
Alabama
Carolina
Richard Parks Bland
O'Neil
Maine
Tom Watson
Georga
Ignatius Bacon Shakspeare Donnelly
Mississippi
Frank Burkitt
Montana
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Judge Greaves
New Jersey
Scheol
Tom Patterson
Colorado
Arthur Sewall
Patterson
Stewart
Nevada
George Washburn
Arms Cantwell
Chicago
Senator Allen
Washburn
Butler
North Carolina
Allen
Maj. Guthrie
David
Jonathan
Guthrie
Ohio
Seitz
Jonah
Georgia
Horses Burkett
Cyclone Davis
Alexander Gantt
People’s Ciy
Washington City
Carl Browne
Gantt
Weaver
Burkett
Craynes
Skenamie
Nereed
Son
Fecon
AL Id
Cision
H. Eggleston
Prayer Time Dips as Delegates Absent at Populist Convention
In St. Louis on July 2 delegates to the Populist Convention offered prayers with many absent. Pops Rose stood with bowed head as a prayer was offered while about half the delegates were seated.
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Allen
Wilber G. Williams
Union Methodist Church
Bex- Govaite
Colorado
Peffer
Kansas
Gen. Field
Virginia
Helen Gouger
Indiana
Marion Todd
Michigan
E. H. Emory
Wisconsin
Emory
George Gaither
Alabama
Pops
I am here to fight Sewall in the convention
George Abbott of Nebraska urged the convention not to change the regular order and declared his intent to oppose Sewall on every proposition. His shouted pledge drew both cheering and loud cries as delegates responded with support and derision.
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Committee On Rules
McGrath
Illinois
Howard
Barney Gibbs
Alabama
Sewall
Weed Pomeroy
Newark
N. J
Ignatius Donnelly
Minnesota
People’s Party
National Committee
Bryan
Wa Fw
Iare
Donnelly
Judge Green
Nebraska
Allen
Yep Howard
Senator Allen
E. W. Brown
Massachusetts
George Abbott
Cyclone” Davis
Jerry Sim
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Mountains
Whobeling, W. Va
Marehall
Wetzel
Belmont
Monroe Counties
Baltimore and Ohio Main
Ohio River Railroad
Cochransville
Tyler County
Morgantown
Piedmont
West Virginia Central
Baltimore
Roaring Creek
Charleston Road
Dry Fork
Bellington
Monongahela River
Erminie
Ravennes Bryan
Perry County
Caldwell
Matthews
Court
Matthews Explains
Sound Money Convention
Democratic Committee
Don. M. Dickinson
Detroit
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Washington
New York
Grover
Ottawa
Palmer
Gordon
Hill
Mr. Eckels
City
Kentucky
Preacher Guerrant
Dakota
Dunkards
Great Wheat Land
Judge Dye
Bland
A. A. Noe
G. A. Lloyd
Rochelle N. Y
Ms. Pennington
Sweet Singer
Arkansas
Uncle Sam
Capt. Lloyd
Pennington
Jerry Simpson
Park
ST. Louis, Mo
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