Topeka Flood Toll Overstated Deaths Reported
Topeka flood reports claim fewer deaths than feared. Water in the Kansas River fell fourteen inches by Monday night, with widespread sickness threat from diphtheria scarlet fever and measles among refugees. Relief efforts mobilized while concerns of looting and supply shortages persist.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas River
Manhattan
Wamego
Henry Jordan
Mr. Ward
Garrett
G. H. Garrett
Forest Kutz
Louise Seahaven
Story
George MM. Story
John L. Adams
Smith
West Side House
North
North Topeka
Topska
W. J. Bailey
Roosevelt
Gad
Carrie Bishop
Shu
Bert Hed
Christ Hoapital
Et Ssecret
Milia
Junction
Floods devastate Iowa towns and farm lands
Southwest Iowa experiences severe flooding with Pacific Junction and Hamburg submerged and crops ruined. Des Moines area reports hundreds of homes flooded and a projected $500,000 in damages in Des Moines. The Missouri River bottoms flood thousands of acres across Iowa and Missouri, threatening livelihoods and prompting emergency relief. In Hamilton County, Iowa, the Iowa Supreme Court confirms Mrs. Sinclair’s title to the Sinclair farm after years of dispute stemming from her husband William Sinclair’s affairs and legal battles.
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Pacific Junction
Hamburg
Missouri River
Burlington Railway
Iowa
Missouri
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Boma
Madrid
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Nelle Hand
Wantraman
Sinclair
Twain
Boone
Webster City
Prohibition Convention Nominates State Officers in Marshalltown
The Iowa Prohibition state convention at Marshalltown adjourned after nominating J. P. Hanson for governor J. H. Schull for lieutenant governor J. A. Ward for superintendent of public instruction E. Dewey for railway commissioner William Ord for attorney general and others. A platform rejected the tax on liquor revenues, supported woman suffrage and direct senatorial elections, and opposed divorce. Also reports of court actions, a fatal lightning death, a Cedar Rapids double shooting, and university president Dr Gordon moving to Howard University.
Hundred Die as Tornado Ravages Gainesville Ga
A two minute tornado from a clear sky wrecked Gainesville and nearby areas on June 2 killing about 100 people and wounding 15. Most victims were women and children employed in cotton mills. Cottage losses totaled around 160 with extensive mill damage and many at Pacolet mills in New Holland. Relief efforts mobilized with doctors, a special train, and a public appeal for funds under Governor Terrell.
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Gainesville
Southern Railroad
New Holland
Pacolet Cotton Mills
Pacolet Company
Jnseph Logan
Atlanta
Terrell
Georgia
Porto Cabello Harbor and Cork Trade Notes
Porto Cabello features a fine harbor and Lac Guayra offers an open roadstead with a ready breakwater. The text notes Spain supplies cork valued for its 20,000 square miles of cork treatments.
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Porto Cabello
Lac Guayra
Spain
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Thomas Ryan
Albert Divers
Myers
Corncil Grove
Madison
Ind
Fred A. Symes
Rolfe
Bailey
Mason
Symes
Cherokee
Vincent W. Walters
Liberty Township
Jews Cty
Stameouc
Goen
New York
Henderson
Wendl Ravas
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Episcopal Diocese of
Gordon
Tabor
John Gordon
Tebor College
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Gaines
Ville, GA
One Price Clothiers
Eammetsburg
H. W
Beebe
Vici Kid
Hlaknattiirs
ALA
Theile
City Wall
Emmetsburg
Town
W. ¥. Grove
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