Destructive Northwest Storm Ravages Metropolis and Louisville
A sweeping cyclone and tornadoes cut a wide path through Metropolis Illinois and Louisville Kentucky, destroying hundreds of buildings including Falls City Hall and large churches. Thousands feared dead or injured with fires and looting reported as rescuers battled darkness and debris into the night.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Crunda
Onita
Metropolis
Ilc
Bowling Green
Louisville
Jefereenville
Ind
Kentucky
Ilinois
Indiana
Pal
Hunir
Ulse
Eighteenth and
Maple Streets
Seventeenth Street
Broadway
Sixteenth and Pheainuh Twelfth
Jefferson
Union Depot
Seventh Street
Market
Main Streets
Main Street
Seventh
Twelfth Street
Market Street
Jefferson Street
Tenth
Chirteenth
Walnut Street
Thirteenth
Fifteenth
Chestnut
Falls City Hall
Market Stract
Jewel Lodge
The
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Humboldt Lodge
Order of
Odd. Fellows
Falls City Masons
Jiwel Lodge
Ladies of Honor
William Jenkins
Kons
Knights of Honor
Hoebts
Schreutze
Hes
Isville Legion
Louisville Board of
William Cornwall, Jr
Severwag
Lamarillo
Ill
New Counterfeit Ten Dollar Note Alert Issued
Secret Service Chief John S Bell warns of a counterfeit ten dollar note circulating in Louisville Cincinnati and St Louis. The bill bears Germania National Bank New Orleans check letter C series 1882 and features a brown back with a brown scalloped seal and coarse vignettes. The note’s back is well executed while face lathe work is poor and ink lines imitate silk lines. Detected counterfeit may deceive careless handlers.
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John S. Bell
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Lms
Lousville
Cinciinnati
St. Loui
Germania National Bank of
New Orleans
Rosverans
Register of the Treasury
C. N. Jordan
United States
Centol
Labor and Industry News From Townsend Area and Beyond
Labor unions in Trunton New Jersey report growing activity including a public library and reading room. Brussels owner Banox De Sellliere has gained control of Quebec root sugar factories. A New York women’s meeting supports factory inspectors. A Manchester mill announces a machine that sews 8000 buttons daily. Laurel Ridge Colliery plans strike actions over unpaid labor claims. Emperor William governs responses to worker strikes across German districts.
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Trunton
N. J
Banox
de Selliere
Brussels
Quebec
WOMAS
Dentaml
New York City
Amalgamated Brass Workers
Manchester
Laurel Ridge
Mahoney Plane
Peon
Tris
Wiliam
Germany
Mississippi Flood Devastates Skipwith and Surrounding Areas
The Mississippi rise caused levee breaches destroying Skipwith Mississippi eight miles north of Vicksburg. The breach widened to 600 feet with water four to ten feet deep across the town, washing away stores and homes and forcing evacuations. Rescue boats were sent from Greenville and Helena as towns like Mayersville Hayes and Laconia faced imminent inundation.
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Mississippi
Skipwith
Issaquena County
Vicksburg
Miss
Take Washington
Lake Washington
Steele Bayou
Thoszsows
Dresster
Wlyeedhineer
Greenville
Emma Eloridge
Wilgon
Pointe
Metare
New Orleans Picayune
Ississippi Loveey
Mayersville
Fitters and
Hayes
Evergreen
Memphis
Hood
Laconia
Titan
Lech
United States Engineers
Helena
Ark
Combs
Eld
Pillow
Austin
Tenn
Crovasse
Rosa Leo
Tragic Mine Explosion at Alabama No. 4 Kills Four
At a coal mine in Burg Alabama a lamp ignited loose blasting powder in a powder house near Mine No 4. A fatal blast collapsed the mine entrance trapping ten workers. four died, six were fatally hurt, and the rest suffered lighter injuries. Rescuers recovered charred remains as they freed survivors.
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Burg
Ala
Iune
Frank Coxe and partners buy Great Okewilnoke Swamp tract
Frank Coxe of Asheville General P M B Young and others purchase the Great Okewilnoke Swamp in South Georgina at 25 cents an acre. The estimate places the tract at 400 000 acres. The property will be ditched and developed.
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Frank Coxe
Asheville
P.M. B. Young
Okewilnoke
Georgina
World events mix with ship notes and disasters abroad
A jumble of brief items reports France disappointed over Chicago World's Fair location, Lord Dunraven sending a yacht note, several deaths from accidents and disease, fires, floods, and political shifts across cities like New York Philadelphia Trenton and Madison.
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Middle States
Asirep
Rearp
New York
France
Chicago
New York Yacht Club
Lord Dunraven
Ruckand
HerMasx
William Bakereen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Red Rock
Penn
Iite
Erie Railway
Danien E. Sickyes
New York City
Crief
Palace Annox-McUonp
Lebanon
Andrew Shirk
McCord
Trenton
N. J
Joan McCarthy
James Corbally
Norfolk
Norfolk, Conn
Todays Pond
David Dows
Dows
Hor Yan Ler
Philadelphia
Boon
Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Garfield Monument Plans Move Remains to Cleveland Shrine
Cleveland reports that James A. Garfield’s remains will be moved from the public vault to the Garfield Monument crypt during dedication ceremonies. Ex President Hayes and ex Governor Cox will speak. invitations go to national and state leaders. The project is funded by popular subscription with about 2,000,000 dollars raised. the monument features a statue by a new block and a dome with stained glass.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New Yorker
James A. Garfield
Mme
Cleveland S
Garfield
Memorial Temple
Monumon
Harrison
Campbell
Ovary
Hayes
J. D. Cox
Grandma Garfield
Gaile
Hosecrans
Orator
Verositent
Gayptieht
Ducet
Memorial Tempe
New York
Captured Amazon Margaret Thorne Finally Placed in Custody
Accomack Virginia authorities capture Margaret Thorne after years eluding arrest for liquor selling. Nearly 60, weighing 300 pounds, she resisted officers with help from her family and the Charley town Tigers, prompting a midnight pursuit and bench warrant.
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Margaret Thorne
Charleytown Tigers
Gillett
Toosk
Lnw
Marygarst
Jact
Iast
Guenther
Margaret
Charlestown
New York Couple Convicted in Fraud Case Amid Broad News
Ey-Suenirr Fiack of New York is sentenced to two months in prison and a $500 fine for conspiring to procure funds from his wife. His son William gets four months and $500, and attorney Joseph Meeks one month and $250. A reporter hiding in the verdict room is jailed thirty days and fined $250. The First Baptist Church in Boston marks its 225th anniversary. Additional items note Newark ex-convicts, political nominations, storms, and various local incidents.
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Ey-Suenirr Fiack
New York
Froude Ufent Civorcn
William
Joseph Meeks
Flack
First Baptist Church
Boston
Newark
N. J
Cuaunery M. Depew
Charleston
D. C
Louisville
Aputman Steraza
Rowan
United States Navy
Bright
Washington
Alton Angler
Georgia
Rheims
Frank D.allen
United States
District of Massachusetts
Frank Buchanan
United Biaterial
Missouri
Clarence D. Clark
Supreme Court of Wyoming
Court of Claims
Representative Grasp
Bim
Silcott
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Lohr
Kay North
Philadelphia
Witanens
Visim
Lang
Tver
Conddential
Phinclailar
Amterdam
Big G
Chicago
Fire Hits Washington Protestant Orphan Asylum Boiler House
Early morning fire damages the boiler house and laundry at the Protestant Orphan Asylum in Washington. Nurse Mrs Tyler awakens matron Mrs Wright and her son Dr. W B Wright who signals the alarm. Children are guided to the chapel. no injuries or deaths reported as flames are controlled swiftly.
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Protestant Orphan Asylum
Washington,d. C
Tyler
Aire
Wright
W. B. Wright
On the Weight of Lead in Battle and Historic Firepower
The article recounts Marshal Saxe's claim that 125 pounds of lead and 33 pounds of powder kill a man and cites Cassendi's calculations from the battle of Solferino showing 700 bullets per wounded and 4200 per killed. It notes the Franco-Prussian War needle gun and 12,300 shots per enemy casualty, ending with a World War era quip about war’s awful noise.
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Marshal Saxe
Saxo
Cassendi
Bolferino
Cussendi
Bogert
St. Louis Republic
Antique Breguet Watch Survives Napoleonic Era Trials
A 1760 Breguet open face watch, once worn by Napoleon era figures and passed through Moscow retreat hardships, survives to modern times. Its delicate mechanism can repeat hours and quarters, but in recent six months it shows weakness, traveling through Chicago jewelry shops.
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Breguet
Paris
Napoleon
Moscow
America
Chicago
Ter
Deafness Cure Claim and Lottery Crackdown
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous and promises $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It urges sending for free circulars from F. J. Cuenxer & Co. in Toledo and notes London authorities halted lotteries benefiting care facilities.
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F. J. Cuenxer & Co
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