Trail of a Tornado Wipes Towns in Minnesota and Iowa
A fierce cyclone swept through southern Minnesota and northern Iowa Friday night, killing at least 78 and injuring over 100. towns such as Emmetsburg Algona Britt Cerro Gordo and Leroy faced near total destruction with forests flattened and dwellings torn apart. The catastrophe disrupted telegraph lines and caused massive property losses estimated in the millions across Kossuth and surrounding counties.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Northwest
Femmeatsburgh
Britt
Cerro Gordy
Algona
Spring Valley
Leroy
Minn
Noor Algoma
Bitchell
Towa
Weseler
Loves
Nest Geage
Cylinder
Gerro Garda Gennis
Boding Valley
Drift
Tower
Turday
Kossuth
Hilleseer
Algon
Robert Stevenson
Charles Lee
George W. Beavers
George Bolan
Dingman
Sweeper
Sweeper’s
Clauseden
Carl Barryck
Carl Barryes
Lee
Myron Schenck
Myron Schenck and Child, Mrs. L. Schenck
Horace Schenck
George Holman
Wean Wesley
M. Casler
Ms Casler
J. W. Dingman
Eden
Rockow
Fred Wyonch
M. Schweppe
Prod Freoch
Prod Freoch, Two Chidren of Thomas Tweed, Two Children of M. Scheppa
Tweed
Joster Camp
Joster
Thomas Tweed
E. Tweed
TE. Tweed
AY Girt
Jacobson
Griggs
Similton
Stuggart
Issa
Emmetsburg
Cyh Inder
Attar
Mason City
Quage
Atwoelusk
Luroy
Anette
Elqmeran
Mises Dupi
Dong
Wis
9 Stors
Aterm
Dodge Crier
Watef
Cearates
Taevaeer
vAs
Vilwa
Woosfax
Lewar Parfile
Glaue
Lowther
Abotelerk
Aventa
Viohuik Dightipy
Thandar
Teage
Feo
Thompson
Bowa
Davastation
Yietare
Darolalion
Tose
Missouri Train Robbery Foiled by Armed Deputies
Four masked men attempted to loot the Denver express near Goin Missouri. Sharpshooters fired a volley wounding a robber and the bandits fled into the woods. Sheriff Sailing and City Marshal Byrnes led the pursuit with railroad detectives. One robber wounded. others escaped.
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Missouri
Denver Express
Santa Fe
Goin
Sharhf
Reed
Chicago
Goelock
Sailing
Scotland County
Byrnes
Memphis
Prescott
Decisive Japanese Victory at Ping Yang Ends Chinese Stand
A detailed battlefield report describes a daybreak Japanese cannonade at Ping Yang and a coordinated attack that left Chinese forces surrounded and retreating. The Japanese seized control, capturing vast provisions and munitions while suffering far fewer losses than the Chinese, including several commanders among the captured.
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Ztenn Ehouragh
Ping Yang Shaw
Chiner
Peng San Ecluten
Pingsang
To-Fung
World records glitter on Serre flat pace track
The Serre flat track set a raft of world records as top pacers competed in heats. Robert Weadle reportedly aimed to beat his own 2021 record. the crowd roared as the pacer surged, finishing in a blazing time. A navy ordnance test at Indian Bread Bay fired four inch shells from Johnson and Midvale makers, deemed satisfactory. In Helena Montana two armed men robbed twenty workers in a Wendy's gambling room, netting hundreds of dollars.
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Serre Flate
Feers Wis
Lai
Robert J
Indian Bread
Ordnance Gaminitios
Navy
Johnson Company
Midvale Company
Cemmdara Sampson
Breckinridge Defeated in Ashland District Primary
W G Owens defeats incumbent W C P Breckinridge in Kentucky Ashland district amid bitter campaign and costly spending. Voter turnout included tense Fayette County clashes and injuries, with women backing Owens and men opposing Breckinridge's past trial remarks. Owens, a Scott County native and lawyer, rises from county attorney to state legislature and national convention delegate.
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A. Owens
Ashland
Kentucky
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Madeline Pollard
W. G.owens
Owens
G Owens
Settle
Bourbon
Franklin
Woodford
Fayette County
Col. Breckinridge
Lie
Breckinridge
William C. Owens
Scott County
Blue Grass
Columbia College Law School
Bia
Saint County
Legisature
Gwons
Chicago
Scandal in High Society Involving Drayton and Mrs Drayton
A society scandal unfolds as J Coleman Simyton files for divorce from Charlife Augusta Drayton amid allegations of infidelity. The case recalls earlier public episodes linked to Vanderbilts and Astors, with social backlash and presumed exile from New York circles.
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Coleman Deayton
Er Neto
Anant William Jr. Vanderbilt
J. Colemia Ksyian
Charlife Augusta Drayton
Willias Astor
John Jacob Astor
J. Coleman Simyton
Hallett
Gnaiky
Tery
Tals
Frival
Phar
Mura Oe
Bear Hunt Spreads Through Telegraphic Cittes
A bear is reportedly roaming the Telegraphic Citess area near Peavis in Ohio. Reports also note a Belgian canal at Denver and other scattered items including resignations, political nominations, and local foreclosures amid a sequence of unsettled incidents.
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Pefinnes
Ohio
P. Hronkart
Denver
Colo
Chica
E. A. Sisaatess
Howard County
Ind
Matthews
Keating
Govearnor
Ghecieneux
Nevada
Tsolders
The
Whisky Trust
New York
Detroit Builder Levi Essey Praised For Homes and Health Cure
Detroit builder Levi Essey recalls building hundreds of city homes and cites the Newberry McMullan and Campau blocks. He recounts illness from varicose veins, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for pain relief, and endorses the remedies as a wonder for many conditions from paralysis to nervous weakness.
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Levi Essey
Detroit
Gratiot Avenue
Levi Elsey
Moran Street
Gratiot
Elsey
Newberry & McMullan
Campau
America
Fent
Nhl Ea
Evening News
Northru
Woodward Avenue
Williams Peale
Vim
Farnon
Williams’ Medicine Co
Seberestady
N.Y O
Grains of Gold Aphorisms on Virtue and Temperance
A fragment from a moral column listing maxims on money moderation kindness duty repentance and self mastery. It urges conquering passion, finding justice in behavior, and accepting correction, with advice that gentleness helps the mind and wrong avoided strengthens character.
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Tose
Yawning and the Devil in Art and Ritual Beliefs
A fragment discusses yawning as a medieval religious habit to bar the devil from the mouth. It notes cross signs and a belief of demonic possession linked to visions in Renaissance art, including depictions of spirits emerging from mouths and Judas Iscariot’s scene in the Sistine Chapel.
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Springfield Republican
Europe
Italy
Sir John Mandeville
Kapland
Dudas
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Michael Angelic
Judas Iscariot
Snake Editor Mourns Absence of Local Serpent Tales
A Boston editor laments the waning season of extraordinary snake stories. He recalls rattle snake feats from Exeter to the West, including giant cobras, sea serpents, and other bizarre encounters, while planning to travel west for fresh sensational tales.
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Boston
Exeter
Att Tauker
Anase Elier
Washington
Pacific Ocean
California
New England
West
Sneezing can be blocked by pressing on the upper lip
A medical note explains that applying firm pressure to a branch of the trigeminal nerve near the upper lip can suppress sneezing by dulling a reflex on a slight nerve impulse. The test shows sneezing fails when that nerve is paralyzed, though the sense of touch remains intact.
Unclear Snippet Discusses Slow Pace of Justice
Fragmentary text contemplates junement moving slowly after an enemy and resting along the way. It mentions listening to praise for a number 660 and expresses dislike, but no clear event or named entities are present.
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