Disaster Sweeps St Louis as Cyclone Rakes City
A devastating cyclone hit St Louis and East St Louis, driving 80 mph winds for thirty minutes. Reports from May 25 to May 28 say 1,000 killed or injured, with countless homes and factories destroyed, rivers and morgues overwhelmed, and hospitals filled beyond capacity. Fire, darkness, and collapsed telegraph lines hindered communication while steamers and trains were wrecked along the Mississippi. Municipal power and streetcar services collapsed as chaos spread across both banks.
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Dead and missing in St Louis flood wreckage aftermath
May 29 report from St Louis details a devastating cyclone that left about 315 dead on both riverbanks, with many injured and vast property losses. Wrecked factories, destroyed homes, and Lafayette Park show the catastrophe. rescue efforts continue as thieves prey on the wreckage and hospitals struggle amid destruction.
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Electric light advance by Tesla and Edison in vacuum tubes
The Electrical Review reports Nikola Tesla has perfected a wireless vacuum tube lighting system. Edison reportedly developed a new lamp using a Crookes tube with fluorescing crystals to convert Roentgen or X rays into white light, claiming greater efficiency and intensity than ordinary arc lighting.
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Rant Against Pedestrians and Wagons on Paved Streets
A Chicago Post letter writer rails at pedestrians and wheeled traffic, arguing for laws to protect wheelmen. He complains pedestrians cross at corners, children and elders disturb rights, and wagon and carriage users should move to unpaved streets. He urges council action at the bicycle club meeting.
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Woman's Nights Rejects Equality in Love and Independence
A speaker rails against formal equality, favoring better treatment by men than by women or society. She mocks emancipation, endorses dependence on a trusted man, and humorously requests three male guides to vote, reflecting wary views on women’s rights and public life.
Umbrella-like Curiosity at District Building Exhibit
Maj. Moore curates a District building display of items used by criminals chased by metropolitan police. A centerpiece item resembles a well used umbrella or stage umbrella as seen in Uncle Tom's Cabin era theatrics, drawing interest amid the collection.
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Metropolitan Police
Marks
Uncle Torn
Ingenious Rope Ladder Burglary Described by Police
A police report details a burglar using a rope ladder and extending stick to access second-story windows. The device, similar to a telescoping pole, extended about 13 feet and was secured with two books on the sill. The tool was linked to James Moore, convicted of housebreaking, who learned the craft while at sea and later worked solo as a summer thief.
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Washington Post
When and How to Bathe by Dr Cyrus Edson
Dr Cyrus Edson former president of the New York Board of Health writes on bathing advising against cold showers for tired or exhausted individuals as the bodily reaction may fail. He notes resting before bathing is better and warns against bathing within two hours of a hearty meal as it can derange digestion and endanger life. He mentions cases of illness and death from bathing with a full stomach.
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Cyrus Edson
New York Board of Health
The Size Of The Sun As Seen From Smoked Glass
A historical note explains solar size by comparing the Sun’s disk to the Earth with smoked glass. It states the Sun’s diameter as eight hundred and sixty six thousand miles and claims about 266 billion pounds of weight, plus vast spacings between Sun Moon and Earth, illustrating gravity with a 150 pound man weighing two tons on the Sun’s surface.
Seven Impeachment Trials Highlighted by Harrison
Ex President Harrison writes in June Ladies' Home Journal about impeachment the constitutional provisions and lists seven cases from 1797 to 1876. William Blount John Pickering Samuel Chase James H Peck Humphreys Andrew Johnson Wilton Belkago, with only Pickering and Humphreys convicted.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
William Blount
Tennessee
John Pickering
Unites States
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United Stes Supreme Court
James H. Peck
United States District Court
District of Miasouri
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District of Tennesgee
Andrew Johnson
Wilton W W. Belkago
Pickering
City police plan plainclothes patrols against speeders
Several Nernoit policemen in civilian clothes will mount bicycles to patrol business streets with others to take women and register formal complaints against wheelmen who ride at dangerous speeds. The city attorney warns wheelmen have rights and may sue the city for damages if pavement is defective.
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