Iowa News From Des Moines and Cedar Rapids Gossip
The report covers court actions in Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Clarion including divorces desertion and a suit for damages. It notes a Shiloh monument excursion with thousands of veterans and mentions local improvements dairy and labor figures as well as a mass of small notices from towns like Ottumwa Lehigh Lost Nation and Port Madison.
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A.B. Nash
Ottantus Station
de Kelly
Clinton Canniggai
Alvin Cule
Port Madison
Ind Cignratke Association
Burlington
Lowns
Lost Nation
Competive
Larson
Davis LH. Thompson
Stuty Dairy
Wright
Des Moines
Mississippi River levees fail amid historic flood near Memphis
Widespread levee breaches threaten Memphis and surrounding towns as the Mississippi rises to record levels. North Memphis residents evacuate. streetcar service ends. railroads damaged. The St Francis levee near Price's Landing in Arkansas broke, creating a new channel and worsening flooding along the Wolf River and Yazoo Mississippi basin.
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Memphis
North Memphis
Wolf River
Yazoo
Mississioni
St. Strancis
Price's Tanding
Ark
Mississippi River
Weice's
Ollylash
Rlac
Trice
Pecan Folut
Fogleman
Robbers Hold Ohio House In Four Hour Siege
Masked, armed men entered the Cridersville home of Mya Reicholderfer and bound James Teichieldorfor his son and two women. They ransacked the house for money, seized notes drafts worth seven thousand and twelve hundred dollars in cash, took jewelry and wages, and fled with eight thousand dollars after threatening the four injured residents. The victims were found half dead from fright by a neighbor.
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Walevlag
Teetlonian
Ton Mattes Hackmen
Tiwitt Eypewriter Company
Des Moines
Umny
Sanit Jaltala Tapraveniit Company
Bax
Masson
Fedopal
Tony Dox Muites
Cleotrie
Hell
Weiner
AG Shilligadath
Abmosa
Agni
Amoso
MG. Allen
Dea Moines
Geneva
Timothy Tayi
al Willino
Lyon
Litestun
Whe Rey
D. O. Stuart
Shalmadesh
Terril
Diakuty
Minnesota
Moore Station
Martin Stewart
State College
TH. C. Arney
Gapitel City Woolen Mills
Des Moiney
Danace
Olver Conger
Towa
Anpervis
Ims
Treasurs
Keworres
Davenport
Be. Louis
Mississipp
Isaac Stanerd
Toalodu
Wit Murphy
Mercy Hospital
Webster City
Uwhlel
Yous Loys
Vella
Des Molinos City
Nevcompany
Woman's Christian Association of
Council Bluffs
Ye Association
Brenlow
Des Molinos
Lawrencu
Ohio
Mya
Jacob Teichieldorfor
Cridersville
Sara
Reicholderfer
Blanche
George Inmes
Joby
Yous
Eclock
James
Lttte
Spectacular April 90 event planned at St Jannis
A grand anniversary celebration marks the 100th Towninna Purchase, with Roosevelt and cabinet expected to attend along with the diplomatic corps. Foret President Cleveland to deliver the main address. Cardinal Gibbons Bishop Potter and Bishop Hendricks to represent major churches. Governors from many states anticipated. National Commission listed.
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St. Jannis
Prsident Roosevelt
Diplomatic Corps
Cleveland
Cardinal Gibbons
Potter
Hendricks
National Commission
A. Pibile
Henderson CG. Corbin
National Guard
Fla
Cwo
Levees Near Breach Prompt Aid and Refuge Disasters
Hundreds of men work to save levees as riverfront areas flood. Refugees on high points are surrounded, with packets overwhelmed by demand. The crisis grows with potential death tolls and ongoing exhumations and investigations into mass casualties.
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Appenia
Alarming Flood Precautions On Lower Mississippi Levees
Reports from the Tower Minalanippi districts describe growing flood danger as planters arm themselves and workers guard embankments from Memphis to New Orleans. Convicts are enlisted with guns to prevent tampering and ensure levee integrity amid expected record floods on the lower Mississippi River.
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Tower
Minalanippi
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Wennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Ohioe
Minsour
Memphis
New Orleans
Yozoo-Miasissippi Levee Board
Coal Operators Acquitted by Chicago Judge
Chicago Judge Chatlain instructed a jury to acquit coal operators indicted for illegal combination and restraint of trade. He ruled the state lacked jurisdiction, sustaining their defense that the charges were interstatutory and dismissed the case. Defendants leapt with joy as they left court, while prosecutors lamented the ruling though not surprised.
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Chicago
Havana
Chatlain
Specral
T Heir
Uherlnin
Btate
Chetlam
United States
Few-Line Interviews and Political Quips Across Regions
The text compiles brief quotes from diverse figures including Booker T. Washington, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Bishop McLawrin, reflecting on struggle, labor action, and leadership. It tangentially notes New York nerve questions versus South Carolina sentiment, mentions Yale and Harvard presidents on family statistics, and cites Admiral Dewey on naval gunnery progress, all conveyed in terse interviews.
Treaty Ratified as Senate Approves Reciprocal Cuba Pact
The Senate voted 60 to 16 to approve the reciprocal Cuban sugar treaty after amendments and adjourned sine die. Debate featured Senators Masterson and Berry opposing changes limiting future duty reductions and restricting reciprocity with other sugar producers. Amendments included a cap on duty cuts and provisions on immigration and labor, with several withdrawn to enable adjournment. A request to publish all speeches from the Colombian treaty debate was debated. the president cited insufficient time to provide figures for defense of the canal.
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Senate
Tony
Master of
Goulafima
Berry
Dingley
Afl
Sugne
Ely
United States
Mio
Gorman
Congressions
Lanna
Stairbanks
Dex Pow
Gurman
Llane
Morgan
Pittsburg Painters Weigh Possible Strike At Four Dollars
A chaotic OCR inspired report notes Pittsburg painters may strike for a four dollar daily wage. It references multiple trades from Duluth to Michigan and hints at broader labor unrest with wage demands, organizing drives, and union activity across building trades and crafts in several states.
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