Northwestern Flood News Warns of Vast Losses Across States
The spring thaw floods the Missouri and connected rivers across South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska. Vermillion river and Des Moines river rise and overtop banks driving residents from homes. Bridges, waterworks and mills fail. rail lines damaged. Sioux Rapids Sioux City and Omaha face rising waters. No fatalities reported yet but property damage is expected to be extensive.
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Northwest
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Vermillion
Yankton
Jim River
Huron
Salem
Hurley
Flandreau
Rock Valley
L. H. Dearborn
Rock River
Sioux Rapids
Cherokee
Des Moines
MacVicar
Iowa River
Iowa Falls
Alden
Northern Milling Company
Humboldt
Sioux City
Omaha
Elkhorn
Norfolk
C. St. P
Fitzsimmons in Franco Returns to San Francisco
Retired champion Bob Fitzsimmons lounges in the Bald win Hotel San Francisco where floral boxing device decor celebrates his career. He declares no further challenges, says he will quit while ahead, has earned enough to support his wife and baby, and claims to have defeated over 400 men.
Beet Sugar Bounty Bill Aims Beet Mill Expansion
Representative Maxwell of Nebraska introduced a bill to encourage beet sugar and syrup production by paying a nine year bounty per ton of sugar from beets. The schedule offers 75 cents for years one to three, 50 cents for years four to six, and 25 cents for years seven to nine.
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Maxwell
Nebraska
Congress
Prison doors open as Lincoln bank wrecker released
Charles W. Mosher ex-president of Capitol National Bank of Lincoln was freed at noon after serving five years in the Sioux Falls South Dakota penitentiary for falsifying bank records. He spent five months in jail before transfer to Sioux Falls and completed the term with good time allowances. Mosher declined to speak to reporters, then departed for Omaha to face indictments, with plans to visit his ill wife in Chicago after contacting his brother who runs a boarding house.
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Lincoln Bank
Sioux Falls
Charles W. Masher
Capitol National Bank of Lincoln
Neb
S. D
Ith
Mosher
Milwaukee
Omaha
Chicago
Youthful Heiress Missing from St Louis Home
Ella Burden, 11 years old heiress to $100,000, vanished after leaving school in St Louis. She left with friends near 5:30 p.m. and has not been heard from since. Her father Mr Burden and grandmother Mrs Burden have alerted agencies and offer a large reward, suspecting kidnapping.
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Ella Burden
St. Louis
Mrs. Burden
Mr. Burden
Ella
Oliver Optic in Critical Condition in Boston
Renowned juvenile author Oliver Optic, real name Willam T. Adams, lies near death at his Dorchester Avenue home in Boston after a trip to Jamaica. A severe cold following his return and a weak heart have left physicians with little hope of recovery.
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Dorchester Avenue
Harrison Square
Boston
Willam T. Adams
Oliver Optic
Mr. Adams
Jamaica
Oecamie
Most Daring Diamond Robbery At Spokane
A daring robbery in Spokane Washington saw a tray of diamond rings worth 3600 stolen from I Dornbergs jewelry store. Clerk Max Goldstein was blinded by powder tossed into his face as the thief seized the tray and fled.
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Spokane
Wash
I. Dornberg
Max Goldstein
Goldstein
Oldest US resident Francisco de Lacruz Garcia dies at 117
Francisco de Lacruz Garcia, claimed oldest man in the United States, died in Los Angeles California on Thursday at age 117. A native of Sinaloa Mexico he reportedly had documents supporting his claim and had long been linked to a notable old age record.
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Chicago
United States
Harrison, Troop
Congress
Loomis Streets
Francisco de Lacruz Garcia
Los Angeles
Cal
Sinaloa
Mexico
Father Maraschi
Pacific Coast
St. Ignatius College
San Francisco
St. Ignatius Church
Ile
Dover Constitutional Convention Rejects Single Tax Plan
A Delaware constitutional convention committee of the whole approved by 20 to 5 a section barring the legislature from adopting the single tax system. The measure requires including both land value and building value in real estate assessments for state, county, school, municipal and other public uses.
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Dover
Del
Demand for Commercial Loans Gains in Trade Review
Dun s Weekly Review notes steady but below peak trade levels with weekly gains in labor and production. Demand for commercial loans has sharply increased, especially in dry goods and iron and steel sectors, while ore cost uncertainty slows metal progress and some deals are deferred. Also reports a Texas kidnapping thwarted as Hughes was fatally shot by detectives during an attempted abduction of a pawnbroker s child.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Norrie
United States
Canada
Hughes
Southern Pacific Railway
T Houston
Texas
Frank Dunn
Dunn
Sol Edel
Edel
Hrehes
Slughes
Famous Old Soldier Dead at Indianapolis
John Parshall, longtime old soldier, died suddenly in Indianapolis of heart failure. He helped guard the final disposition of John Wilkes Booth and swore never to reveal Booths resting place. Parshall also joined the Alexander expedition to Utah against Brigham Young.
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John Parshall
Indianapolis
Ind
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Booth
Parshall
Alexander
Utah
Brigham Young
Illinois House considers ban on kinetoscope fight screenings
A bill introduced in the Illinois House at Springfield seeks to prohibit exhibition of the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight and any other contest banned by state law in the state.
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Tlinois House
Springfield
Cleveland Arrives at Princeton Home After Surprising Visit
Ex president Grover Cleveland reached his new Princeton, New Jersey residence Friday. He was greeted at the depot by his private carriage, and a light rain made the three mile drive seem dreary. Students offered no celebration as his arrival was unanticipated. Cyclist Titus Reinstated by L A W board in Baltimore.
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Cleveland
Princeton
N.J
Bishop urges negroes to arm after lynching
The Reverend Henry M Turner, bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and editor of the Missionaries' Voice in Atlanta, urges Black readers to arm themselves in response to two lynchings in Louisiana. He calls the act damning and tells readers to keep loaded weapons ready against mobs that invade their homes.
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John Johnson
Archibald Joiner
Louisiana
M. F
New Orleans
Victims of High Water in Memphis
Over 3,000 homeless are being cared for in Memphis Tennessee as four rescue steamers arrive from flooded areas landing 100 refugees. Many are half clothed and exhausted from exposure. nearly 100 stood waist deep in water awaiting rescue. Vacant buildings house about 1,500 refugees who sleep on floors yet have food and clothing. Relief committees appeal to southern states for aid as rumors of heavy losses spread. The governor of Arkansas withholds state assistance, and the city faces a week or more of shelter needs.
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Memphia
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Wrecked steamer Ville de St Nazare survivors reach Newport
Four survivors, rescued nearly dead from starvation and exposure, arrived on the schooner Ilitia at Newport Rhode Island. They reported thirty seven aboard the steamer Ville de St Nazare. only they were saved as others died or jumped to the sea. The wreck’s precise time and place could not be stated. Also note: Union Pacific trains between Cheyenne and Laramie now have agents to exchange foreign coupon tickets for UP tickets to destination for prompt settlement.
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Ilitia
Newport
Ville de St. Nazare
Union Pacific Company
Cheyenne
Laramie
Wyo
Messrs. McLeod and Hart
Union Pacific
Dives to His Death from Palm Beach Tower
Brodie Williams, a high diver, leaped from a seven foot tower into a fireball at Take Worth in Palm Beach Florida. He struck the bottom, suffered a broken neck and died within hours.
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Brodie Williams
Take Worth
Palm Beach
Florida
Market Quotations from Multiple U.S. Cities
The report lists cattle, hogs, and sheep bids across markets in Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Sher park, Buffalo, and New York. It includes prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, butter, eggs, potatoes, and broom corn, with varied grades and regional ranges noted.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Sher Park
New York
Iowa Legislature Aims at Tax, Wages, and Pianos
Senate and House clashes marked a session with readings and amendments to the public health bill, payroll cuts for road supervisors, and fence law changes. A dramatic midweek debate centered on government influence in the building and loan law, with Speaker Byers resigning for investigation. A lecture on musical instruments traces the piano’s origins from harpsichord to fortepiano.
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House
Byers
Dillon
Deven
House of Representatives
Lambert
Jackson
Des Moines Building and Loan Association
Byers Oy
Weaver
Louisa
Temple
Clark
Haniel
Worth
Byington
Johnson
McDowell
Lown
Ways Aid Montes Committee
Literature as a stream shaping young minds in schools
Charles Dudley Warner argues that literature should be a nourishing stream for children's minds, equating good literature with vital air for growth and warning against trivial tales that sow only weeds. An Irish joke about Pat adds a lighter note to the discussion.
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Public Education Association
New York
Charles Dudley Warner
Johnny
Pig
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