Devastating cloudburst wipes Keystone town and more
A massive cloudburst devastates eastern McDowell County West Virginia driving destruction across Keystone and surrounding valleys. Dozens of miles of Norfolk and Western railroad track bridges and property are ruined while the flood leaves hundreds homeless and many lives lost in the affected basin near the Virginia line.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
W.va
McDowell County
Virginia State Line
Keystone
Norfolk and Western Road
Mountain Flood Devastates Keystone and North Fork Regions
Widespread ruin and loss followed a Saturday flood that swept Keystone and North Fork, drowning numerous miners and destroying rail links, mines, and company buildings. Only one colliery survived. Elkhorn and Indian Ridge stores damaged. railroad tracks and bridges ruined. total coal losses reach into millions.
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North Fork
Aynile
Htile Toven
Iveystone
Pocahontas
Mqnor
Waa
Norfolk and Weatern
Ashland
Mhededdore
McDowell Con Company
Sstoanok Company
Boifer
Louisville Company
Rolfe
Gite Company
Indian Ridge
Elkhorn
Crozier Company
Devastation in Pocahontas Region From Cloudburst Flood
Food supplies could be sent to all parts of the devastated region as homeless survivors endure great hardship. The Pocahontas coal field area suffers worst, with Keystone and nearby villages inundated by Elkhorn Creek rising after a cloudburst and hours of rain. Damages include $50,000 to the coal plants and $75,000 to Tierney interests, dozens of coke ovens and tracks destroyed, and 1500 laborers mobilized for repairs.
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Pocahontas Confelida
Suntayy
Oy Bugin
Pocahontas
Hyigh Mountains
Ennols
Vivian Xard
W. Va
Aulnare
Keystone
Elihorn
Likhorn
Jdn
Elkhorn Creek
The
Houston
Tierney
Navy to Test Self Righting and Self Baiting Boat
Navy Department in Washington plans to trial self righting and self baiting fishing vessels. Two boats will be sent to the North Atlantic Squadron for testing with emphasis on their autonomous recovery and baiting abilities.
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Navy
Navy Department
Washington
North Atlantic Squadron
Lincoln Tornado Ravages City and Institutions
A southwest tornado swept Lincoln causing about 100000 in damage. The storm tracked 1.5 miles wide and 12 miles long, wrecking the Lincoln Mattress Factory and severely damaging the Sundy Asylum for Weeble-Minded Children, Odd Fellows Orphan Home, Lin eaton College, and the county poor farm.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Mattress
Smndy Asylum
Min- Odd Fellows' Orphan Home
Lineaton College
County Poor Farm
Indians Lose Injunction Over Kiowa Lands in Oklahoma
Justice Bradley in Washington denies Lone Wolf and allied Indians an injunction against the Secretary of the Interior. The ruling prevents halting the opening of Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands in Oklahoma to settlement.
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Justice Bradley
Washington
Lone Wolf
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
May Wear Shirt Waists in Court Ruling
Judge Wool of the Circuit Court of St. Louis Missouri ruled that jurors witnesses and attorneys may wear shirt waists in court during the heated term. The decision emphasizes comfort while preserving courtroom decorum.
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Wool
Circuit Court of
Early 1904 notes mix: royals politics oil bets and a lemon fad
Elbridge FT Gerry starts a Newport melon craze while the Duke of Cambridge nears eighty two. Roosevelt and Long receive invitations to state events. Alison doubts a 1904 run and Towne and McMalin back oil venture. Tratex ordered to command in the Philippines with White in Germany near Berlin. Crockett curates indexed strap hooks and King Edward plans royal tributes with Seymour Tacs valuing a portrait.
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Far reaching storm damages and deaths reported
Multiple towns report destruction from a violent storm. Foures wrecked and stores unroofed. land bare of trees. a Middletown elevator destroyed. freight cars blown from tracks near Elkhart. Wheat corn and oats damaged. two brothers drowned saving a younger brother near Exit, Virginia. Floods hit Pittsburg area. heavy rainstorm and water damage to buildings and crops. Oswego and Columbus hit by thunderstorm with church damage and ruined crops. A stockman’s son and his dog killed by lightning near Whittler, Florida.
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Tn Elkhart
Willa
Whittler
Insects and Infection Warn of Disease Vectors
A 19th century circular by Surgeon General Wynn urges medical officers to recognize insects as spreaders of disease. Mosquitoes linked to malaria and filariasis. fleas to plague. fleas may carry typhoid and cholera to some extent. Commands include netting beds of communicable patients, fly screens for wards and kitchens, and sulfur fumigation to disinfect large rooms.
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Washington, D. C
Wynn
Marine Hospital Service
Smond
Diver finds guns from Benedict Arnold ship in Lake Champlain
J G Falcon, a diver from Burlington, discovers three wooden gun carriages and about thirty cannon bars and shot from the Royal Savage sunk in 1776. Two carriages will go to the Smithsonian, the third to Bonnington city. Artifacts lay in about thirty feet of water, petrified wood and iron aboard remain. Further digging may reveal Arnold papers lost with the vessel.
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Burlington
J. G. Falcon
Royal Savage
Benedict Arnold
Bydisch. Ie
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Bonington
Letter Carriers in Washington Introduce a New Garment
Fifty Washington letter carriers will wear a new garment in a few days with more to follow. The dress, called the shirtecoat, is gray flannel with a attached collar and is not mandatory. It combines features of a shirt waist and coat to avoid the usual shirt waist objections. The garment is belted at the waist and designed to fit over trousers with sides cut to line outside the pants.
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Washington
D. C
Dynamite Attempt Shatters Kansas Church Windows
In Manhattan Kansas suspects connected to Sclutt's Keepers attempted to blow up the Mret Methodist Church using dynamite. Several stained glass windows were destroyed, the steps were badly damaged, and adjacent prisonage avoided damage. Rev. J. M. Miller, pastor, was elected mayor amid a bitter war with the Keepers of Salut. Six members were fined 200 dollars and jailed sixty days. no arrests yet.
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Kan
Mret Methodist
J. M. Miller
Milvur
Wand Nag
Bank Cashier Acquitted at Syracuse Neb on Bank Fraud Charge
Charles E. Cotton former cashier of the First National Bank of Syracuse Nebraska was acquitted by a jury on charges of making false reports to the Controller of the Treasury and abstracting funds from the bank.
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First National Book
Syracuse
Neb
the Treasury
Gunman kills cowboy near Tucson in frontier violence
A gunfight near Tucson Arizona leaves Tom Burns dead after being shot by a cowboy named Wal lace. Several cowboys then rushed the scene as Burns had a record of thirteen killings.
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Nater
Wallace
Om Willix
Tucson
Ariz
Paterson Fire Wreck Kills and Injures Many at 149 Main Street
Explosions tore through a four story frame building at 149 Main street Paterson New Jersey destroying homes and causing deaths and injuries. Twenty one families left homeless as fires raged and rescue efforts continued listing names believed among the dead and injured with several escapes recorded.
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Paterson
Main Street
Amit
Lucinda
Adamson
Jury Returns Verdict in Barker Assault Case
Jersey City judge presided as John G Barker was found guilty of assault with intent to kill for shooting Rev John Keller in Arington on February 3. The jury delivered verdict after eight minutes. Barker faces seven years in state prison and a $2000 fine. Fire and building aftermath followed, with 45 people rescued from three connected structures.
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John Eller
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Harker
Cnse
Keller
Barker
New Jersey
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Wihier
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Decree Removes Duty on Hores and Burden Beasts
Mexico's Turkicform announces a decree removing duty on horses and similar beasts of burden. A notable influx of these animals from the United States to Mexico is anticipated.
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Tas
United Suites
Oil Struck and Jealousy Spark, Messy Island Notes
Fragmentary OCR from a late 19th or early 20th century page mentions oil in an old town, jealous acts leading to a shooting, and scattered references to Carnegie, Pillsburg, and the Massachusetts battleship. The garbled text links crude oil findings with a violent act and assorted international news blur.
Turbulent Alaskan troop realignments and Cape Colony unrest
Fragmented report discusses troop redeployments in Alaska and a plan to merge Alisha forces into the Department of Columbia. It notes Cape Colony rebellion support among Cape Colony farmers sons, while American and baseball notes appear garbled. The piece cites New York team weakness and shifting roles for players in the Baltimore and Philadelphia circuits, with scattered references to managers and pitchers amid a noisy, damaged text.
Miners oppose injunction as deputies flee in West Virginia clash
A U S Marshals posse led by A Hufferd and A Halford faced heavy gunfire from striking miners near Matewan West Virginia. Deputies withdrew after threats and ambush as they served injunctions denying interference with work at culleries and company grounds. The strike, with huts at Thacker and Tick Fork Coke, prompted mass mobilization with thousands of miners occupying mountain passes.
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Kentucky
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Adelbert Hay Killed in New Haven Death Falls From Window
Adelbert S Hay son of Aiito Media secretary and former Pretoria consul died in New Haven Conn after falling from a third story window at the New Barven House. He was 22 and a Yale class of 1898 graduate returning for triennial reunion. Immediate condolences flowed from Secretary Hay in Washington as reports praised his consular service in Pretoria.
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Washington
A Curious Tale Of Coffins And Lamplight Saws
A fragmented Philadelphia Record item describes a woman’s claim for funds to buy a coffin for her daughter, later deemed in good health, prompting an inquiry. The piece then shifts to a vivid description of entertaining squirrels in native woods, detailing their playful mischief and aerial hops, ending with their chattering like guards in the trees.
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Dirk
Sone
Philadelphia
Ons
Private Balloons Open Upper Circles in Paris
In Paris today only families who own private balloons can enter the upper circles of nobility, according to Boston Lerahtf.
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Nobiety
Boston
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