Death Toll From Storm Rises Across Four States
Reports from Atlanta April 28 describe a deadly wind storm with nearly 450 dead and about 1,275 injured in Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. Widespread damage includes 2 660 ruined buildings and towns across Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and Alabama report significant losses. Floods persist in rivers. Alabama and Georgia face heavy property damage and several cities have cut services. A Mississippi city hospitalizes many injured and expects more. Tornadoes and storms cause additional damage in Indiana and Alabama with multiple fatalities and rising flood warnings in Selma.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Sabama
Columbus
Lucerne
Kenmore
la Mourie
Richland
Amite
Essie
Pingtaugie
Franklinton
Sheridan
Award
Busice
Gilles Bend
Purvis
Churchill
Lorman
Tillman
Malton
Easterville
Braxton
Sunflower
Wafbalak
Wingate
Walls
Nalrohilds Creek
Quitmans Landing
McLaurin
McCallum
Winchester
Pine Ridge
Alabama
Hattiesburg
Miss
Selma
Ala
Bank Robbed Of $60 000 In Manila Fraud Case
Manila April 28 The Banco Eis panole Filipino has faced frauds totaling over 75 000 Pesos about 60 000 in gold. Trusted employees and outside accomplices allegedly honored checks against fake accounts to hide the theft for years. One clerk arrested with more anticipated. Bank to recoup losses from seized property linked to the implicated.
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Manila
Banco Eispanole-Filipino
Evans May Resume Command
Paso Robles Hot Springs Calif April 28 it is announced that if Rear Admiral Evans continues to improve as rapidly as in the past five weeks he will join the fleet at Monterey and be in command when the big fighting ships pass through the Golden Gate. Another excellent rest leaves the admiral in a likely conditioned state for duty.
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Evans
Paso Robles Hot Springs
Cal
Monterey
Golden Gate
Biebi
Burlington Defies Anti-Pass Law By Issuing Railroad Passes
Iowa officials confront Burlington over annual pass list. Law allows doctors and lawyers to ride if they devote time to railroad work, but Burlington reportedly filed a report listing sixty plus doctors and lawyers and about 400 pass holders. Attorney general expected to act against the defiance.
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Iawa
Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Madison
Iowa
Burlington Road
Edward H. Hunter
Charles Lock
Endowment Drive Passes $100,000 at Upper Iowa University
Professor Dickman, vice president at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, reports over 100000 dollars raised for the endowment. The goal is 1500000 with 320000 from Andrew Carnegie. Celebration of the semi centennial is planned for June. President Shanklin reports large East contributions, including a 25000 gift from Hon. Dimitris Babcock, Fayette.
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Dickman
Upper Lews University
Fayette
Andrew Carnegie
Wiliam W.W. Shanklin
East
Dimitris Babcock
The
Upper Iowa University
Waterloo ball team altercation ends with river plunge
Fred Brown, a colored porter, jumped into the Cedar River at Waterloo to avoid trouble with Waterloo players Pitcher Harmon Catcher Lizette and Third Baseman Henoington after blows. He was carried downstream, rescued with rope and ladder as Ira Schindheim lay dead in a Bronx City casket awaiting funeral. A fire from fluttering lace curtains endangered the room but volunteers saved the deceased’s household. Wu Ting Fang to speak at Iowa University in June after invitation.
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Fred Brown
Cedar River
Waterloo
Harmon
Lizette
Henoington
Ira Schindheim
Bronx City
Bom
Aames
Wu Ting Fang
Tar
Washington
Iowa University
Tornado Damage Near Westfield and Inwood Iowa
Two tornadoes near Westfield damage farms and threaten residents. A barn at C W Campbell’s farm south of Westfield is destroyed. four horses survive. Inwood area losses include Lou Ferzie’s blacksmith shop and John Lawrence’s home. a tornado south and west of Inwood fatally injures one person and injures Miss Mary Hanson. Total losses about 50000 with half insured. Rural carrier Henry Frye was carried into the air while seeking shelter but escaped with no injuries.
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Westfield
C. W. Campbell
Millnerville
Lou Ferzie
John Lawrence
Inwood
Henry Hanson
Mary Hanson
Ben Craft
Henry Frye
Frye
Young Farmer Otto Dolph Slain Near Collins
Otto Dolph, 25, was found dead near Collins in a shed with a shotgun beside him. Officials initially suspected suicide, but skull fracture and facial injuries suggest homicide. Coroner Hansen of Cambridge searches for clues as Dolph prepared for his forthcoming marriage to Miss Hat tie Cooper.
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Otto Dolph
Collins
Hattie Cooper
Hansen
Cambridge
Dolph
Accuser Drops Case Against Steinbagen Brothers
Louis and Edward Steinbacen aged twenty two and twenty three were charged with shooting Fred A. Snyder on February night. The case was dismissed by County Attorney Mears of Waterloo after Snyder recanted his identification before the grand jury. Defendants had been jailed since February tenth until trial scheduled for April twentieth.
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Louis
Edward Steinbacen
Fred A. Snyder
Mears
Waterloo
Snyder
Steinhagens
MAY BUY WATER PLANT DES MOINES ACTION
Des Moines commissioners under a new city government move toward cheaper water. An ordinance requires the water company to file detailed earnings and expenses with the first report due June 1. A $10,0000 tax for plant purchase sits idle in bank accounts for potential future use.
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Des Moines
Wreck on Chicago and Northwestern Kills Two
A severe wreck on the Chicago and Northwestern road crushed a man named Drakeman beneath the debris and left him likely to die. Seventeen cattle laden cars derailed across the bridge as the engine toppled. the wreck caused extensive carnage among livestock and scattering debris. A separate report notes Ernest Haemmerie of Iowa City badly mauled by two hounds near Solon, tearing his left leg and shoulder before bystanders intervened. Edward Weissenburger, 36, of Laurel, died by suicide, shooting himself as his brother tried to enter his room after a period of mental derangement. Meanwhile Mineral City mill workers at Fort Dodge returned to work after a week’s lockout, accepting the previous scale up to 25 to 40 percent better than neighboring gypsum regions. Iowa Central machinists in Marshalltown and Askaloosa struck over a wage cut, with helpers and apprentices joining in.
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Chicago and Northwestern
de A. Drakeman
Cresk
Ernest Haemmerie
Iowa City
Solon
Mineral City
United States Gypsum Company
Fort Dodge
Lilley Submarine Teat Committee Hears Brown Argument
Washington April 28 The Lilley submarine treaty investigating committee heard Frank E. Brown Connecticut state senator oppose compelling Lilley to produce letters said to reflect on the committee and Congress. City of Mexico April 28 Secretary Root and family to receive albums of photographs from their visit, described as fine mementos of the trip.
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Lilley
Washington
Frank E. Brown
Connecticut
Congress
Root
City of
Mexico
Ulysses &. Grant
Albu
How to Care for Patent Leather Shoes Long Life
If you want your patent leather shoes to last twice as long rub them frequently with sweet oil or raseline.
Result of Chinese Boycott in Hongkong Apr 25
Report of a China Japan boycott showing 80 percent effectiveness in southern China leading the Toyo Kisen Kaisha to suspend some services. Also notes J. Darnell Brown, former California Safe Deposit and Trust officer, pleaded guilty to embezzling sixty five Sacramento Gas and Electric mortgage bonds and received an eighteen month San Quentin sentence.
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Hongkong
China
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Oriental Steamship Company
Daizell Brown
San Francisco
J. Darnell Brown
California Safe Deposit and Trust Comapany
Sacramento Gas and Electric Company
San Quentin
Woman Enters Eighty-First Day Of Mysterious Sleep
In Los Angeles on April 23 Mrs. Bue lah Hawkins remains in a coma like trance at the county hospital. Doctors warn she may not regain consciousness for a year or more, marking eighty-one days of sleep.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Buelah Hawkins
Waterloo railroad plans 32 million loan expansion
The Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railroad seeks a 32 million loan to extend its business in Waterloo and surrounding territory. Very Rev John Joseph Fedigan, former provincial of the Order of St. Augustine, died at Villanova Monastery at age sixty six after several weeks illness. President Roosevelt offered William P Wheeler of California the position of assistant secretary of commerce and labor, to be vacant when Lawrence C Murray becomes comptroller of the currency.
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Waterloo
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railroad Company
John Joseph Fedigan
Order of St. Augustine
United States
Villanova
Roosevelt
Commerce and Labor
William P. Wheeler
California
Lawrence C. Murray
Keyside Confusion Sparks Dockside Quip Exchange
In a lively chat a sailor and two men debate how to reach the quayside while a bystander and policeman weigh in. The banter centers on a locksmith joke, misheard “keyside” as a location at the docks, with the bystander unsure and the high brow directing toward the water front. A punchline about a gas explosion ends the exchange.
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Goliceman
Gwan White
Keyside
Do- Neeman
Jooney
New York Press
Market Quotations and Cattle Prices Across Cities
The Minneapolis market reports wheat futures with May at 31.05, July 1.04, Sept 1.09 on track. No 1 hard and Northern grades listed. Cattle at St Paul yard show steers $6.00 6.25, cows and heifers $3.00 4.00. hogs at $5.35. sheep at $6.00 7.00. Duluth lists wheat and flax. Chicago market shows cattle values, hogs, and sheep with varied ranges. Grain and provisions quotes include March wheat 87 8, July 83 6, May oats 62 1/2. pork futures 15.17 36.
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Minnneapolis
Minneapolis
St. Paul Union
St. Paul
Duluth
Buluith
Northern
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Ciic
Hak Olet Park
Violet Park
Treckon Sq
Elindale
John Henry Miggles
Blicken Street
Autie
Elmdale
Mr. Migeles
1Orteans Picayune
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Ind
Johnson County
Birmingham
North Alabama
Blount County
Lyon & Wealy
Lyon & Healy
Steinways
Manila Institution
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Carnegie
Into River
Enterprise
Oliver P. Davis
Des Molines
Marshalltown
Clarinda
Davis
Skunk
Nels Aag Arien
H. W. Beebe
de Witt
Edward Weissenburger
Laurel
Weissenburger
Iowa Central
Iowa Central Railway
Askaloosa
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