Widespread Disasters and Global Notices Across Week
Heavy rains disrupt New York towns, a Chicago freight strike ends, and a Rochester collision injures twenty with one fireman dead. The Vatican rejection of Taft notes looms, Manila cholera declines, and a river crash sinks a ship near Elbe. Immigrant arrivals to the United States rise by 160,825, led by Italy and Austria-Hungary.
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New York
Chicago
Rochester
Edward
Alexandria
Manila
Prine
Nebraska City
Neb
Law and Order League
Arizona
Vatican
Taft
Paris
Patrick J. Enright
Denver
Premius
Hansel
Elbe
Charles Hill
Brotherhood of Tailors
Westmakers’ Union
Trousers Makers’ Union
Knee Breeches Makers’ Union
Children’s Jacket Makers’ Union
Tobbers
Hayden Lama
Leadville
Ora Iman
John W. Mackay
San Francisco
Carleton House Terrace
Galtero Colonna
Dalles
Ore
Columbia River & Northern Railway
Lyle
Washington
Columbia
Bacolod
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Tetane
Exposition Grounds
Fast Dallas
Texas
Immigration Bureau
United States
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Russian Empire
Finland
Japan
Sweden
German Empire
Norwa
Greece
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
England
Trade Report Signals Cautious Optimism With Mixed Cash Flows
Bradstreet reports last week shows favorable weather and easy money boosting trade and speculation while the immediate scene remains unsettled. Railways show an 8 percent June gain across 1,000,000 miles. iron and steel output booked. lumber recovering. wheat exports drop from prior weeks. US business failures at 174 and Canadian failures at 17.
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Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Disappearance of cash and checks at Washington Park vaults
Mystery swirls around losses totaling 22 183 in cash and two certified checks from three Washington Park bookmakers after vault deposits at Masonic Temple Safety Deposit. Victims: George Rose 13319, K N Murphy 6780, H B Sturgeon 2200 plus others. police investigate amid scratched varnish and empty boxes. deposits now near 35000 with more losses reported. London note reports Pauncefote estate small. widow pension may rise due to the diplomat’s career and expenses.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Masonic Temple Safety Deposit Company
George Rose
K. N. Murphy
Sturgeon
Harry Laudemann
Doc Rainey
Shannon Brothers
Budd White
MacArthur to Succeed Him in Lakes Command
Chicago July 21 General MacArthur departs, handing the lakes command temporarily to General John C Bates, head of the Missouri department at Omaha. MacArthur will reach New York to relieve General Brooke, who retires from active service Monday.
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Chicago
MacArthur
East
Department of the Lakes
John c. Bates
Department of the Missouri
Omaha
New York
Brooke
Bequest to Northwestern University for New Gymnasium
A bequest estimated at 200000 dollars has been left to Northwestern University by the late James F. Robinson, president of the Rock Island National Bank and Central Trust & Savings Bank of Rock Island, Illinois. The money will fund the erection of a new gymnasium.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
James F. Robinson
Rock Island National Bank
Central Trust & Savings Bank of
Rock Island, Ill
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD WORSENS ACROSS LOWER RIVER
Across Keokuk to Hannibal the Mississippi floods widening to 75 miles, with 300 square miles of corn land affected. Iowa and Illinois reports show billions in potential damage and thousands of acres submerged. Levees near Canton and Burlington fail to hold, while farm families evacuate as cattle drown and crops perish. Disease among stock appears amid overflowed pastures. The flood also disrupts railways and towns along the river as officials brace for ongoing high water.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Mississippi
Missouri
Ilinois
Here
Quincy
Lima
Hunt
Canton
Illinois
Mississippi River
Hannibal
Greenbay
Burlington
Skunk
Appanoose County
la Salle
Lil
Vermillion
Ottawa
Governor Ross Suffering A Paralytic Stroke At Dawson
A White Horse Y T special reports from Dawson that Governor Ross, aboard the steamer Columbian arriving from Dawson, was stricken with a paralytic stroke on the 17th and has been unconscious most of the time. His illness is described as serious and may halt several public works he oversees. He has been moved to Major Snyder’s residence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
the United Mineworkers
Mitchell
National Treasury
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
White Horse
Y. T
Columbian
Dawson
Ross
Snyder
General Brooke to Retire and a Fatal Lodging House Tragedy
General Brooke will retire upon reaching 64 on July 21 per a war department order making him a brigadier general who served in the Civil War. In Seattle a miner, Samuel H Lake, killed his brother in law David Thomas and mortally wounded Mrs Mary J Thomas, then killed himself at a Fredonia lodging house.
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Seattle
Wash
Samuel H. Lake
David Thomas
Mary J. Thomas
Fredonia Loaying House
Wheat Report from Portland and Tacoma Markets
Wheat prices in Portland show bluestem at 65 to 65.5 cents with nominal declines. In Tacoma values hold steady with bluestem at 69 cents and club at 67 cents. Good deeds are better than creeds.
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Portland
Walla Walla
Bluestem
Tacoma
Club
Mississippi drought devastates corn crop across twenty counties
Mississippi reports from Jackson dated July 21 outline a severe drought halting corn in over half of twenty counties and widespread cotton damage between 60 and 75 percent in the delta. Tallahatchie forests burn as drought spreads, with earlier excellent prospects deteriorating in two weeks. Washington releases July 22 show Philippine customs revenue comparisons through April 30, 1942 versus 1899 1900 and 1901. Chicago notes July 20 describe oats volatility from a July option corner led by Evanston mayor James Patten. Glenview golfer Louis N James, 19, defeats Eben Byers in Pittsburgh in the annual championship finals.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Tallahatchie County
Delta
Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Philippine Archipelago
Glenview Golf Links
Summer Catechism Question From The New York Times
A humorous exchange from the New York Times features Teddy asking how a milking process ends. The dialog highlights a playful rural inquiry about the milking finish.
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Pop
Teddy
New York Times
Baltimore Tornado Kills Eleven In 15 Minute Fury
A fierce July storm struck Baltimore at 1 30 p m resulting in eleven deaths nine by harbor drowning one by a falling tree and one by a live wire. Homes and trees sustained heavy damage across the city while the harbor and riverfront areas bore the brunt of the fury.
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Baltimore
Joseph Cooper
Schuler
Cooper
Mia
H. Hunt
Powhattan
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Breslau
Wolf Street
Concord Street
Merchants & Miners’ Transportation Company
Weather Bureau
Violin Colo Proves Popular With Uncle Jospeh
A fragment from Yonkers Statesman shows Uncle Joseph reacting to violin color and orchestra music with humor. The exchange contrasts retail music taste with a desire for wholesale bands, capturing a light local tone.
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Jospeh
Ceuta
Yonkers Statesman
Modest Request to Deboe Obstacles Federal Records
A Kentucky reader asked Senator Deboe for every government document since establishment. Deboe replied in essence that the freight cars nearby are all busy, implying logistical delays. The exchange reflects early 20th century bureaucratic humor in Washington Post coverage.
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Kentucky
Deboe
Washington Post
Humorous Scribbles Show City Life in Short Snaps
A collage of quips and gags from various papers including Chicago Post and Philadelphia presses. Jokes range from social satire to quick quips about hairdressers, the milkman, bookkeepers, and a barber, with witty lines about society, theater, and daily misadventures.
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IEA Company
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Hil
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Great Northern
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Good Roads
Northwest
Rosas
John Brooke
Miles
Wheat Report
Boise, Ida
Jas. Patten
Evanston
James Ie
Sheffield
Chicago Post
Bingles
Blobbs
William
Atlanta Constitution
Bobbie
Will
Nicaragua
Ohio
Beate Journal
Waltery
Tate
Puck
Mike
Cook
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Teotinal
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Barnstormer
Baltimore News
Tess
Philadelphia Press
Favoritelum
Pepprey
Wayfarer
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Philadelphia Record
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