Floods Ravage Mid Atlantic and New England States
Historic floods sweep the Middle Atlantic and New England states with widespread property loss and numerous fatalities. Passaic and Paterson in New Jersey suffer heavy damage while Newark battles overbanks. Derby and New Haven see bridges and tracks damaged. factories flood and tens of thousands lose work.
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Middle
New England
Athintic Strate
New Eaghid
Hammdreds
Fereataya
Passaic River
New Jersey
Paterson
Passaic
Wallington
Newark
Newark Bay
Ato
Derby
Crun
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Newhaven
Record of Great Floods Across New York and Pennsylvania
The report details widespread flood damage across New York towns including Elmira and Binghamton and Pennsylvania cities like Pittsburgh. It notes submerged streets, flooded rail lines, power plants shutting down, and hundreds of homes evacuated. No major loss of life recorded, but extensive property and industrial disruption described.
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New York
Delaware
Neversink
Tort Jervis
Sul- Hyun Counnry
Coshocton
Narrows
Sullivan Amnty
Horeat
Middletown
Newfoundland
Wakefield
Mt Philinoent
Chatuin
Harlan Division
The
Central
Elmira
TSS
Binghamton
Rochester
Hatavin
Dansville
Buffalo
Geneseo
New York State
Syraenage
Onondaga Creek
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Pittsbues
Wyoming Valley
Last Survivor of War of 1812 Granted Pension Increase
Hiram Cronk of Dunn Brook Oneida County New York, born April 29 1800, the last survivor of the 1812 war, may receive a pension increase after a favorable report from the congressional committee on pensions. Cronk, 108, is among the dwindling list of original 1812 veterans and widows still receiving benefits.
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Hiram Cronk
Dunn Brook
N. Y
Congressional Committee On Pensions
Dun Brook
Oneida County
Hirm Cronk
Frankfort
Herkimer County
James Cronk
Kasper Cronkhiten
Washington
Jasper
James Cronkhiten
New York
Vikram Uinonk
Pat's House Stands Not Mine During Gale
Pat, lodging in town, sleeps through a fierce wind as the landlord fears the house may blow down. A servant wakes him and asks about the storm, but Pat nonchalantly says the house does not belong to him and tells the servant to relay that to the master.
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Pat
Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railway Company
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Robert Somerville
Adams Street
Pacific Coast
Mrs Sarah Shirode Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills
In Stental Ind March 10 Mrs Sarah A Shirode says kidney and bladder troubles afflicted her until Dodd s Kidney Pills cured her. She urges fellow women to try the remedy and notes its effectiveness in various ailments. The testimonial cites personal relief and lasting trust in the product.
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Stental
Ind
Sarah A. Shirode
Dodd
Rurode
Padd
Earliest Russian Millet Promises Rich Hay Yield
Agricultural ad notes millet as a prolific hay source with claims of 53 tons per acre. Includes seed price details from John A. Salter Seed Co. and freight terms. Also contains unrelated items on presidential cabinet skills, Lane's Family Medicine, and a note on the Church of England's weekly income.
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Ube
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis. C
Lydia E Pinkham Testimonial for Mothers Health
A testimonial extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing childbirth and postnatal recovery. Mrs J N Walkins reports dramatic relief and recommends the product, with a note offering free counsel to expectant mothers and urging correspondence to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Also an ad for a sewing machine claims easy threading and high agent earnings from Shatteey National Automatic Nard's in New York.
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J. H. Wasris
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Ill
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