Central Alabama Storm Destroys Crops and Floods Rivers
Heavy rains across central Alabama cause widespread damage to cotton and corn with losses estimated from ten to thirty percent in parts near Belton Selma and Thomasville. River floods threaten crops as weather officials warn of rising levels and ongoing washouts hamper river work and emergency responses.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Coean
Chaffee
Weather Bureau
Comtral
Speelulo
Belmo
Troy
Beltin
Alabang
Antiggs
Selma Sayes
Cain
Thomasrilie
Thomasville
Strewn for Miles With Territory: The Louisville and Nashville Is It in Many Places
A fragmentary line references the Louisville and Nashville and a broad territory phrase. The text hints at widespread scattering across locations but provides no clear event, dates, or individuals.
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Louisville
Nashville
Nashville Railroad
Missing in the Woods: Telegraphed Wreck Strands Signals
Reports say occupants lie in a hopeless wreck for nearly a day with no outside contact. Efforts to repair lines between Mobile and New Orleans are hampered by wind and storm damage, leaving the area isolated.
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Bething
Mobile
New Orlegon
Gulf
Polen
Weather Bureau Tracks Gulf Storm Northerly Move
The center of the gulf storm sits south of Memphis Tennessee and has moved north about fifteen miles in twelve hours. Heavy rain near Memphis totals over three inches in twelve hours with brisk winds. Maximum winds reached forty mph at Atlanta and thirty-six mph at Memphis and Nashville. The system is not yet widespread north of the Ohio river. The storm is expected to move northeast this weekend bringing rain and strong winds to the Ohio valley and Lake regions.
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Washington
Memphis
Atlanta
Cheddanooga
Jacksonville
Nuashville
Ohio River
Boothern Indiana
Bouthern Milneis
Gulf Coast
Ohio Valleys
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Destructive Mobile Hurricane Passes Ashore
After a tropical storm struck Mobile Alabama on Wednesday, winds of up to seventy miles per hour caused widespread damage. Reports describe uprooted trees, toppled chimneys, broken streets, and submerged areas along the bay with ships and vessels driven offshore. Rescue parties and military units assisted as crews assessed wreckage at Port Clair and surrounding points while several vessels were reported lost or damaged.
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Mobile
Als
Cis Vlty
Poard
Coat Artillery
Harold
Paperio Cortez
Ienausien
Royal Street
Dixie
Mit
Metronymous Bros
Magazine Point
Molle Io
Charlies Mobr & Bone
Dauphin Street
Bia Ateck
Anthony
Shipping damage and shipwrecks from Pensacola storm
A severe August hurricane wrecked several ships off Pensacola. The French steamer Cyrano reports the American steamer Avelyn ran aground near the bar, with cargo valued around 400000. The Porto. ice bark Ceppheta was badly damaged, and the storm sank the schooner Tortagas with a large cargo.
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Pensacola
Fla
Avelyn
New York
Pensacola Bar
Porto
St. Thom
Africa
Ber
Pont
Iffy
Tortagas
Mohit
Apainchicola Witt
Cypri
Lynne Ber
Gochorage
Crop Damage Report Stuns Meridian and Alabama Regions
A Meridian dispatch reports severe crop and shade tree losses across East Mississippi and West Alabama from a gulf storm. Damage includes toppled crepe myrtle trees, destroyed shopfronts, and widespread business disruption as trains run late and street traffic clogs in the aftermath.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Birmingham
Meridian
Miss
Pointe Aong
Mis
Gulf
Rice crop damaged by storms along Lower Louisiana
Reports from the Lower Louisiana east and New Gahan describe widespread heavy damage to the rice crop below New Orleans with the heaviest loss on the coast by the river. Floodwaters covered fields and trees were torn up, wrecking quarantine fences and inundating storage, with the crop thought totally ruined in places.
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Lower Louisiana
New Gahan
New Offeaas
Storm Felt at Memphis Weather Brings Rain to Corn
A Memphis report notes the Southern gulf storm caused steady rain with wind, helping corn and vegetation. The August storm’s impact is described as beneficial to crops and local greenery amid unsettled conditions.
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Memphis
Teen
Men at Joliet Join the Steel Strike Wave Across Cities
Pittsburg reports the Joliet clash intensifies the steel strike with Milwaukee set for a decisive vote today and Chicago eyed as the next target. Organizers claim 70 000 idle workers while operators insist public sentiment favors nonunion plants and potential reopening plans span McKeesport Wheeling Bellaire Duquesne Homestead with 16 000 already mobilized for action.
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Beran
den la Jima
Duquesne
Homestead
Carnegie Company
Guina
Shafrero
Preakjent Bhatter
Industrial Amalgamated
Joe Pierce
Terre
Duncansville
Alice
Righ
Miwa
Chicago
Nenare
Esha
Strike Plan Emerges Among New England Mills
Reported efforts to forge a strike by Matthew C J Borden, a leading textile owner in New York, as mill workers in Ball River and New England loom toward a wage-cut backed stand. The Textile Manufacturers association supports a 15 percent wage reduction set for December, risking widespread disruption in the cotton goods trade and potential curtailment of output.
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New York
Matthew C. J. Borden
Borden
Om- Riese
New England
Vextile Manufacturers’ Association
Berdten
Neorden
Pall River
Wiees
Ball River
Thor
Fall River Labor Unions Vote on Imminent Strike
In Fall River on August 1 labor unions plan a united step toward a strike over a 13 percent wage cut. Tonight the Weavers’ Association holds a special meeting to vote on the concession and the planning of the nationwide stoppage. Officials expect a strong turnout as about 800 members may back the action to oppose the wage reduction.
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Fall River
Moon
Wittee
Muanufacturers
aNheugi
Miners May Strike Over Wages Without Agreement
In Elinorville Tennessee August 16 miners and operators in District No 10 reach no wage accord. The district faces division with mines at Cumberland Valley and Tennessee sites at risk of stoppage as union leaders threaten action if terms are not settled soon.
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Elinorville
Teno
Milneorkers
Pelegatas
Canis
Dea
Jellies
Cumberland Valley
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Vie
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