Omaha Tornado Strikes City Leaving Destruction
A powerful central storm tore through Omaha and surrounding towns injuring many and destroying homes. Fires erupted across blocks near Twenty four th and Lake, with hospitals and morgues set up as rescuers and volunteers worked through wreckage and downed wires.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
W. A. Connell
Ives
Twenty-fourth
Lake
Sixteenth
Binney
Bemis Park
Joslyn Castle
Convent of the Poor Clares
Twenty-Ninth
Hamilton Streets
Sacred Heart Convent
Jobn Newman
Mabel Newman
List of Destructive Tornadoes
Willis L. Moore of the U S Weather Bureau notes a series of violent local windstorms and tornadoes affecting Omaha and surrounding regions. The text lists historic storms with high death tolls and property damage including St Louis 1896, Louisville 1800s, Adams County Mississippi 1840s, Galveston 1900 hurricane not classed as a tornado.
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Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Omaha
Colorado
St Louis
Louisville
Adams County
Misa
Electricity to Propel Ship Jupiter Turbine Power Trial
An important experiment in marine propulsion will propel the Jupiter at Mare Island navy yard. The vessel, under construction since October 1911, will be powered by electricity produced from dynamos driven by turbine steam engines.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
Hay's Hair Health Ad Promises Quick Color Restoration
An old advertisement promises Hay's Hair Health restores natural hair color for men and women of all ages. It claims immediate results and offers a free sample with a purchase, endorsed by local druggists and tied to Harfina Soap.
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Gladys Crook
Clit Daniels
Mary Kondsen
D. C. Bryant
Fesler & CO
Smythe
Davey Pharothe
Hay
Absolut
May
Harfina
WERT
Seiler
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Long Branch Record
United States
Biebby
Cook's Bee Hive
E. Cor
Cookman Ave
Main St
Asbury Park, N. J
Broadway
PROTO
Mitchell European Aireal Novelty
Chester & Jones
Carolina
Wm. J. Burns
Alice Joyce
Red Bank
Cree & Sanbourn
White Street
N. J
Hotel Directory
Price's. Hotel
Pleasure Bay
Shrewsbury
New England
New York
Wm. &. DE Lisle
Lisle
Ralston
South Ouiata
Photon By America
Press Association
Sixteenth Street
Jes
Mother
Myself
T Cauke
Child Institute
Storm
Patrick Hynes
Cecilia Bigelow
Mr. Hynes
Ari
Cecilia
John Wright
Wright
Norfolk
Pandora
Dolayi
C Saber
E. H. Smith
Signal Corps
Fort Omaha
Post Hospital
A. L. Green
RE. W. Dixon
Dixon
Bia
Cassius Shimer
McCabe Methodist Church
Mr. Shimer
Oscar Carlson
Calumet
Leavenworth
American Press
American Press Association
Galveston
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Daily Record
the Big
Hitsing M. F
McDonald's Market
Eatontown
Iowa
M. F. McDonald
Jacob C, Shutts
W. R. Warwick
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