Destructive Floods Strike Consuegra Spain In 1891 Deluge
Descriptions from Consuegra and surrounding provinces detail a catastrophic European flood in 1891. The Armarguillo river turned areas into a lake, 4000 cattle drowned, villages swept away, homes ruined, and crops destroyed. Government relief, bank donations, and royal involvement aided survivors.
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Mississippi River
Spanish Peninsula
Europe
Chicago Graphic
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Consuegra
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Spain
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Aranguez
Toledo
Indiana's New Governor Ira D Chase Brief Sketch
Ira D Chase becomes Indiana chief executive after Governor Hovey's death. A 57 year old New Yorker with ancestral ties to signer Samuel Chase and Revolutionary patriot Rufus Chase. Loyal Republican, veteran Civil War volunteer, and longtime G A R leader. The Moon Flower describes a rare Amazonian vine with moon phase tied blooming. The plant thrives on air with minimal roots and shifts color with the lunar cycle. Also practical health tips note child choking first aid and castor oil remedy. Mottoes of John Wesley urge thrift and generosity.
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Ira D. Chase
Hoosier State
Hovey
Chase
Indiana
New York
Samuel Chase
Rufus Chase
Prescott
Nineteenth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois
Grand Army
Department of
Congress
C. C. Matson
Beals Baby Boy Mystery Shrouds Kansas City Kidnaping Case
Abduction and recovery of banker Beals' baby in Kansas City raises questions about the man who delivered the child and collected a $5,000 ransom. Albert King and Lizzie Smith are jailed. King says nothing while Smith claims to have been abducted with the child. The Beals family refuses to prosecute.
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Kansas City
Beals
Albert King
Lizzie Smith
King
Colorado
Canyon City
Joseph Dennis
Laura M. Dennis
Sarah E. Dennis
Mount Carroll
Ill
P&vin
George D. Ford
Lizzie “Smith
Ford
Mr. Beals
After the Sparrow The Feathered Pest Now Being Slaughtered in Illinois
The piece condemns the English sparrow as a harmful pest invading Illinois, noting lawmakers classed it with mad dogs and snakes. It cites a federal Agricultural Department study and portrays the sparrow as destructive, preferring grain over insects, with limited beneficial impacts.
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Illinois
United States
England
Bird
Agricultural Department
Fiji
Lumpy Jaw Cattle Disease Attracts Medical Debate
The piece reviews actinomycosis or lumpy jaw, a cattle disease linked to the Peoria Illinois trial. It cites experts on contagion risk to humans, noting transmission by inoculation and notes a case where a woman developed jaw abscesses after exposure to infected meat.
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Peoria
Chicago
Ziegler
A. Roulf
No Room for Old Mother Dream of Days of Hope
An aging widow with three children travels to find a son, John, in Kansas after being shunned by daughters Mary and Martha in the city. A sympathetic train agent provides quiet aid as she longs to return to John’s rough but loving care, dreaming of a cottage and family warmth.
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Kansas
Kanas
Eve
Mary
Martha’s
Tam
Martha
Atchison Globe
No Procrastination for Joe The Fishing Enthusiast’s Urgent Buy
Joe Jefferson a devout Walton follower keeps keen eye on new fishing tackle. He once urged his sons to enter a store to buy a rod that might not be there later. Reex Begonias can root quickly in warm weather with careful sand planting and shading.
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Joe
Joe Jefferson
Izaak Walton
Texas Lineman Recalls 500 Volt Lightning Shock
A Texas lineman who survived a 500 volt electric shock describes his experience as a blinding flash, then a lifting sensation as if flying, followed by a blank spell and a tingling return with a brimstone taste, similar to common lightning accounts.
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Texas
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Urcia
Alcira
Amaguillo
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Jucata
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Baby Boy
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