Illinois swept by fierce storm halts statewide destruction
A historic storm struck Illinois Tuesday night causing wide property damage and several deaths. Bloomington suffered the worst losses with half a million dollars in damage and a dance hall tragedy in Merna near Bloomington. Peoria Champaign and other towns faced toppled buildings flooded streets and scattered casualties.
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Hiinois
Blossington
Peoria
Champaign
Tri Sona
Bloomington
Vanmage
Merpa
Pekin
Groveland
Minier
Dijon
Hopedale
Delevan
Peope
Ice mine plans near Playstiff Arizona discussed
Readable fragments describe a proposed ice industry in northern Arizona near Playstiff. The plan aims to extract vast quantities of ice from cave sites at Clark's valley head, seventeen miles southwest, with temperatures dropping sharply inside. Routes connect to other caves and storage, suggesting a regional ice supply scheme.
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Arizona
Eladerate
Playstiff
Ariz
Wien
New San
Edmselft
Tis
Great American Desert
Toose Caves
Clark's Valley
Playstaff
Ons
Tousapou
Col Arthur Lynch Arrested on Arrival in England
Ex Boer officer Col Arthur Lynch, elected MP for Galway in November, was arrested Wednesday morning on arrival in England from Dieppe. He was taken to Bow Street police station and arraigned for high treason after evidence was read. Lynch intends to return to Mangasd and take his seat, warning that detectives monitor his movements. A cyclone victims outbreak in Goldad Texas reports five dead this week and growing lockjaw among blacks and whites alike. Brigham Young's 101st birthday was celebrated in Salt Lake City.
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England
Arthur Lynch
South Africa
Galway
House of Commons
Dieppe
France
Col. Lynch
London
Bow Street
Paris
Mngsad
Jto
Ten Die In Chicago Sanitarium Fire Near Wabash and Twenty-first
A fatal blaze at the St. Luke Society sanitarium in Chicago on Monday afternoon killed ten residents and injured many others. Victims included Adderman William F B Kent, a Fourth Ward resident known as Blind Billy Kent. Police arrested eight staff and inmates, including the sanitarium president John P. Naeel, during coroner investigations. The five story building sustained extensive damage with little recoverable details as investigators sought the cause.
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St. Luke Society
Wabash Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Chicago
Adderman Wiliam FB. Kent
Fourth Ward
Billy
Kent
Aldermanent
Newell
John P. Naeel
City of 40 000 Wiped Out in Guatemalan Earthquake
The Guatemala earthquake devastated Quezaltenango and nearby towns San Pedro San Mateo San Juan Amatitlan and Solola. About 2000 people died instantly and 440 were injured as buildings collapsed and fires broke out amid torrential rain and thunderous shocks. The ruined city will be abandoned for a new town built a few miles north.
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Guatemala
West Indies
Guatemiala
Central American
Nexas Temnapzo
Srs
Mins
San Pedro
San Mateo
San Juan
Amatitlan
Solola
Quewethenango
Quezaltenanizca
Better Stick to the Farm Editorial Advice for Country Boys
A Chicago Record Herald piece argues against cityward migration by country youths. It warns of overcrowded markets, low wages, and poor living conditions, urging farming as a stable path with ownership or purchase of land and greater independence. Telegraphic briefs accompany the opinion.
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Chicago
Touarig
Yuang
Clicaro Record-Herald
Winter and spring wheat crop prospects and acreage shifts
The report notes a slight decline in winter wheat condition and a higher spring wheat status than last year. Spring wheat acreage fell about 2.51 million acres (12.5 percent) with declines across 13 of 19 states. Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska show large cuts due to weather and crop shifts. Winter wheat condition averages 76.1 on June 1, with gains in several states and declines in others. oats and apples also show varied conditions. Peach prospects remain favorable amid overall crop weather and regional differences.
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Washington
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River Valley
South Dakota
Nebraska
Town
Oregon
Michigan
Ulinois
Kansas
Indiana
Oklahoma
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Wisconsin
Iowa
Tinos
North Carolina
Michigan ST
Maine
Ilinois
Hin
Pennnsylvania
Kentuckyivernia
Tennessee
Missouri
Lower
Missouri Valley
West Salt
Missouri Yiles
Ebuels
Alissouri
Pacific Coast
Record May crisis reports and ice price rise in Chicago
May reports show fifty personal crisis incidents in Chicago setting a record. The Chicago ice trust raises ice prices due to a strike and water shortages. The Leavenworth fight ends with Cary Nichols fatally wounded after a knife attack by Theodore Fields.
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Emperor Wiliam
Wadmen
Yopeka
Townsend Miller
Jamaica
L. A
Chicago Ice Trust
Louis D'Aurignac
Madame Humbert
Humbert-Crawford
Tunis
Humbert
Zaghwan
Kansas
Clifton
Colby
Columbus
Concordia
Downs
Elmwood
Ellis
Enterprise
Erie
Fredonia
Florence
Kan
Leavenworth
Ian
Theodore Fields
Cary Nichols
Field
Nichols
Fieldgg Iields
A Dog's Queer Taste in Tobacco Told From Bristol
A Philadelphia Record item recounts Peter Jenkins of Bristol who owns a tobacco chewing dog that has chewed since puppyhood. The dog, over ten years old, accepts every chew offered by Peter and swallows it without apparent ill effects, a curious sight to observers.
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Peter Jenkins
Bristol
Philadelphia
Peter
Dodd's Kidney Pills Dramatically Aid Local Patient
After twenty years of his wife’s illness in Lasks Springs Indiana William Catterson reports his wife’s marked improvement after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He praises the remedy for restoring her health and credits it with a near recovery.
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Lasks Springs
Ind
William Catterson
Catterson
Dodd
Mr. Catterson
Predecessor’s Short Stay Ended by Climate or Cooking
A Philadelphia Press quotation recalls a short tenure by a missionary who blamed climate for his death. The cannibal chief counters that their cooking likely played a major role, implying the missionary was killed.
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Philadelphia Press
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into Allen's Foot-Ease
Foot powder promises quick relief for tight new shoes and sore feet. It claims to cure corns bunions swelling heat and sweating and is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a sample offer mailed by Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY. The second fragment describes removing weight from a medusa by exposure to stone, noting water as most of its weight.
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Allen’s
Allen S
Olmsted
LeRoy
Asia
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other notices
A garbled newspaper fragment advertises Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional cure with price notated as Td cents. It includes unrelated lines about Beethoven’s mother, a self dating stamp offer, a quotation by Madame Swetchine, and an advertisement for Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product. It also mentions Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restaurer trial bottle offer and a carpet moth prevention tip.
Skeleton in wall revives forty year murder mystery
A New York Sun correspondent reports a village skeleton found embedded upright in the wall of Stephen Van Demark's house near South Troutsburg New York. The remains are believed to be Louis Schwartz missing for decades since the Civil War era, with a ring bearing an S on a finger noted as evidence.
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South
Troutsburg
N. Y
New York Sun
Stephen van Demark
Louis Schwartz
Schwartz
Tie
Germany
Steuben County
Fox
Palmyra
van Demark
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertisement and Quotation
An old ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue with a 2 oz package priced at 3 cents. It includes a quip about lighting out a suitor and a testimonial praising Piso’s Cure for Consumption for croppy children. The page also notes remarks on weapons by Mrs. F Callahan dated April 16 1901.
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RED Cross
Stamps and Printing Outfits Offered by Fort Wayne Supplier
Catalog and price list requested for air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits including daters. Mail Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. Also a note that the Atlantic Ocean is named after Mount Atlas and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children advertised with a two cent bottle price.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Ind
Peruna Endorsement Prompts Free Summer Treatment Offer
Mrs Kate Taylor of Chicago testifies Peruna is the finest tonic for recovering strength after illness. Dr Hartman offers to direct treatment of female catarrhal cases at no charge during the summer, inviting applications to The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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Annie McKay
Sons of ‘Temperance
Spadina Ave
Toronto
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Anna McKay
Chaplain Sons of Temperance
Hicago
Ill
Monroe St
Kate Taylor
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Keep Your Bowels Strong With Cas Carets Candy Cathartic
Constipation or diarrhea when bowels are out of order. Cas carets Candy Cathartic makes them act naturally. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, roc.
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Tarrington
Jordan
Boone
Ved
Oskaloosa
Law
Referson
Marshall County
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Comet
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Golad
Texas
Brigham Young
Saltake City
Horrora
Jacob Clute
Fred W. Eberhardt
Austin
Mobile
Ala
Jeune Crop Report
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Hall
Beethoven
Madame Swetchine
Irving
Dr. Kline
R. B
Kline
Letd
Arch St
Atlantic Ocean
Mount Atlas
Ryle
Peruna
PSOAP
Niagara Falls
R. G. Thompson
P. QT. A
Swabash R. R
Fort Wayne, Tnd
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