Destructive Kirksville Cyclone Leaves Dozens Dead
A cyclone tore through Kirksville at 6 20 last night, along a quarter mile path destroying 400 buildings. Rescue work followed as two hours of chaos yielded twenty five confirmed dead, with estimates suggesting fifty to sixty may be dead and nearly 1 000 injured. A list of the dead and injured includes Williams Howells Mrs W H Sherbourn James Weaver Sr Theodore Brigham Ed Beman and many others. Authorities warn daylight will clarify the full loss of life and property.
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Kirksville
Bach
Williams
B.howells
American’ School of Osteopathy
James Weaver
Theodore Brigham
Ed. Beman
W. W. Green
Bessie
Henry Billington
W. ‘Glasee
Hobson
Harry Mitchell
Mary Mitchell
John Parkin, Sr
T. Mahaffey
C. “Woods
A. Little
Joe “Woods
Joe Woods
A.W. Rain‘schott
A. W. Rainschott
Peck
Anderson
Stephens
Billings
Col. Little
Penschott
Maud ~ Waddell
H. ‘Kirk
A. I. Peal
W. S. Smith
George ‘Hennons
Mills
Deadly cyclone devastates Kirksville area destroys homes
Intense darkness fell as a cyclone struck Kirksville causing fires in the ruins. rescuers faced danger while roofs were lifted and debris burned. Dozens feared dead including Henry Lowe and three children near his home. Many farmers reported severe losses and other fatalities noted in the countryside.
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American School of Osteopathy
State Normal School
Mece Ward
Patterson
Kirksville
Henry Lowe
Yqowe
Fifteen Killed As Tornado Strikes Newtown Town
Chillicothe Mo April 28 A tornado likely from Kirksville hit Newtown Sullivan county last night causing terrible destruction. Fifteen people reported killed in town and many others in surrounding country. Heavy rain followed the wind.
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Newton
Chillicothe
Kirksville
Newtown
Sullivan County
Rail Bridge Collapse Kills and Wounds Several in Bust
A Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad bridge washout near Newtown leaves killed and injured. The station agent reports casualties including Sherman Besper and Laboen Tmivans with wives and children, along with Hays children, Evans, M. J. Jones and others.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Newtown
Sherman Besper
Laboen Tmivans
Willeam Trays
Hays
Eavans
M. J. Jones
Heavy rain and storm lash Wisconsin towns
A statewide storm last night brought general rain with damaging effects. Antigo suffered a cloudburst flooding basements and blowing two smokestacks at Antigo Roller mills. Madison endured a cloudburst with a tornado and lightning striking the German Lutheran church steeple. a basement class escaped injury. Wausau saw a lightning fire and crippled telephone service. Dartford’s construction site was blown down. Plymouth’s Martin Batchant home was struck by lightning. several structures reported damage and widespread outages.
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Antigo
Fifth Avenue
Madison
Capitol
Robert T. Restrail
Arthur Pardee
Brown Brothers
Faurbach
Wausau
Dartford
Charles Thrasher
Plymouth
Martin Batchant
Terrific wind storm leaves town in shambles and deaths
A wind storm with rain and hail struck Soldier valley near Onawa Iowa on Wednesday night. One child died and six others were seriously hurt, including George Furne and Harry Furne. Homes were torn apart, livestock and crops destroyed, and the entire area suffered extensive damage as the storm moved from George Swenson’s farm to nearby properties. Les le Furne, 10, was found dead sixty feet from the house.
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Onawa
Soldier Valley
Lesle Furne
George Furne
Harry Furne
Lewis Larron
Furne Place
Amundson
Peter Peterson
Furies
Leslie
George Swenson
Monroe County
Crawford County
Rev. J. H. Hijoreham
Anton Hanson
Arnt Amundson
M. W. Dryden
Lumsey Peters
Cloudburst Damages Muscatine Streets and Delays Trains
A heavy cloudburst with thunder and lightning struck Muscatine Iowa around noon yesterday. The storm damaged terraces and tower streets and temporarily suspended street railway service. Local crews assess the extent of damage and restore traffic as power and lines are checked.
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Muscatine
Moore to organize Wisconsin Spanish War veterans
LaCrosse April 28 Colonel Martin J Moore former Third Wisconsin volunteer infantry commander is asked to organize Wisconsin veterans of the late Spanish war into a national body like the Grand Army of the Republic. He issues a letter to every Wisconsin company supporting the plan. Whitecaps at Work in Wisconsin Valley Junction April 28 a Cutler farmer badly whipped by eighteen masked men over alleged cruelty to his wife. Pana April 28 Companies H and D depart for Elkhart to guard ex Governor Oglesby's funeral then return to Pana.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Martin ‘J. Moore
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Wisconsin
Grand Army of the Republic
Whitecaps
Valley Junction
Cutler
Eigct
Pana, Ills
Decatur
Bloomington
Elkhart
Tanner
Oglesby
Pana
Sheridan Sails Home with King and Body Escort
The United States transport Sheridan departed Manila for home with General Charles King and Mrs. Stotsenberg aboard. Mrs. Stotsenberg is transporting her husband’s body to the United States.
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Manila
United States
Sheridan
Charles King
Death of Sam T. Jack in New York at 46
Sam T. Jack, prominent theatrical manager, died last night in New York at age 46 from cancer of the Hyer.
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Sam T. Jack
New York
the Hyer
General MacArthur Division Breaks Rebel Line at Rio Grande
General MacArthur's division crossed the Rio Grande and routed the rebel army at Apart. Rebels fled toward San Fernando as two trains assisted. Twenty prisoners were captured, including a Spaniard, and a Maxim gun was taken. American losses were one Montana soldier dead and several wounded.
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Rio Grande
Apalli Station
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Twentieth Kansas Regiment
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Nebraska
Antonio Luna
Illinois Board Sparks Resignation Demand over Hotel Bill
Springfield April 28 The state board of agriculture closed a regular meeting with President Fulkerson requesting S. W. D. Stryker resign from the board. Stryker, from the Eighth district and state fair superintendent, faced protests over a hotel bill. he denies unfair treatment and vows not to resign. Also Palmer to move to Carlinville for rest and his autobiography. health declines. Chicago scores in League baseball and Western League open with mixed results.
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Ills
State Board of Agriculture
Fulkerson
W. D. Stryker
Stryker
John M. Palmer
Carlinville
Soldier and Statesman
Palmer
Wisconsin approves anti-pass and marriage license bills
Madison reports the long fought-over anti-pass bill was approved by both houses. The assembly concurred with senate amendments to the True marriage license bill. Twelve other bills were passed. The senate also handled miscellaneous business, sending several bills to third reading.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Senate
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble Says Citizen
A Freeport resident testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his kidney pains and backache after extended symptoms. The ad notes the product offered by Emmett & Burrell and Foster Milburn Co, urging readers to remember the Doan's name and avoid substitutes. A Doornkoop battlefield monument for Jameson's Troopers is described. Ely's Cream Balm claims to cure nasal catarrh with a pleasant aroma. A Cairo wedding invitation is described as a three day event with feasting and decorations.
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Isaac Newton
Tiane
Doan
Carpenter
W. W. Wheat
Elk Street
Dean
Emmett & Burrell
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
U.S
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Tar bottle refunds and iron aluminium horse shoes note
A period card lists several consumer notices and testimonials. It includes refunds for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar bottles if coughs fail to cure, guaranteed small bottles for satisfaction, and endorsements for Foley's Honey and Tar. It also reports Finnish tests favoring aluminium horse shoes in cavalry use and a Malagasy school spearman enrollment note.
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Greene’s
Exuert & Barret, C. P. Guenrutt & Co
H. J. Mooar
Finland
Stoddard Lectures Offer Special Terms for Readers
The Journal offers subscribers special terms to secure John L. Stoddard's lectures now ready for distribution. The work spans ten octavo volumes with 4,000 views and 4,000 pages of description. Sample pages and terms are available from Stoddard Lecture Club Suite 517 315 Dearborn St Chicago.
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John L. Stoddard
California Tourist Car Schedule Change
After March 14 the through Tourist Car to Los Angeles via the Chicago Great Western Ry in connection with the A. T. & F. Ry will run every second week instead of weekly. It remains the best route to California points and travelers may obtain rates, times, and leaving dates from any agent or F H Lord, General Pass and Ticket Agent at Chicago.
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Maple Leaf Rout
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Race question disrupts session at International Sunday School convention
In Atlanta Georgia on April 28 delegates from Georgia and South Carolina faced seating clashes between white and colored participants during the committee on nominations. A heated fight over colors and party lines led to both white and black delegates being seated on the nominations panel as police weighed law separation rules. A conference between police and the entertainment committee, led by Colonel Candler, resolved to let delegates sit as they wished.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Carty
John M. Green
Cheargia
Witham
Candler
Murderer Henry Brunot sues to void deed to farm
Henry Brunot of Pana Illinois files suit to set aside a deed of April twenty one conveying a forty acre farm to his mother Emma Brunot claiming since he is a minor the deed is void. He also sues the heirs of Jane Brunot for a one fifth share of her property and a guard is maintained over him to prevent self harm.
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Pana
Ills
Henry Brunot
Emma Brunot
Brunot
Jane Brunot
Girl the Cause of Homicide in Danville
In Danville Illinois Jesse Sutherland stabbed Jo Albright after a dispute over a girl. Albright knocked him from a buggy with a stone then they fought and Sutherland stabbed him severing a jugular vein. Sutherland then drove home with the dead man and later surrendered. The two had quarrelled over the girl for some time.
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Danville
Ills
Jesse Sutherland
Jo” Albright
Grape Creek
Sutherland
Albright
Rumors of Miles to Manila Stir Washington
A Washington rumor says General Miles may go to Manila. Other notes report a drowning in Weyauwega Wisconsin a live asp mailed to a New York druggist vast river heat and a cruel divorce in Janesville Wisconsin. A Milwaukee cable plan and Mazet inquiry gains authority. A puntish robbery attempt on Alderman Meagan at his Oconto hotel ends with escape.
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Washington
Miles
Manila
Starley Borham
Weyauwega
Wis
George E. Stemy, Jr
New York
Chicago
Michael Remash
William A. McCommons
Isabelle McCommons
Jane
Princeton University
D. C. Greiner
Terre Haute
Ind
Harrison
James Meagan
Northwestern Depot
Oconto
Meagan
Facts from a bygone world tease curious truths
A mosaic of claims covers Berlin music schools honeycomb cells nobles in Spain and Bermuda borders, billiards origins with the Knights Templars, crisis reports in Europe led by Germany, Ainu tattoos in Japan, a Russian noble’s 16 room paper house, London banks interest gaps, Britain’s 90 million pound annual poor relief, and a dog bark arrest myth in Japan.
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Berlin
Spain
Bermudas
West Indies
Europe
Knights Templars
Germany
Japan
London
Great Britain
Siberia
Paris
Story of Sterility Suffering and Relief Letter
A letter to Mrs Pinkham recounts chronic back pain heavy menses and infertility. After patent medicines and a physician failed, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is praised for relief and eventual pregnancy. The writer, Mrs ConA Ginson, reports improvement and ongoing use.
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Dar
Pinkmam
Lydia
Pinkham
Snow
Mas
Cona Ginson
Yates
Manistee
Mion
Your Medicine Worked Wonders Mine Barnhart Testimonial
A testimonial from Mine Barnhart of New Castle Pennsylvania claims a seven year illness including womb descent, leucorrhea, back and leg pains, dyspepsia, and nervous stomach tremors were cured by the medicine, enabling her to enjoy life again.
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Barnhart
New Caste
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