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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
2
Chicago reports a massive flood across Ohio and Indiana with Dayton and nearby towns hardest hit. Estimates place deaths from 1,284 to 1,450 as relief efforts mobilize. Ohio requests 280,000 in aid while state militias assist. Rescue remains nearly impossible in flooded districts amid demoralized rail service and dwindling supplies.
Mrs W. L. from Mobile, Alabama, recounts fourteen years of kidney trouble and suffering before using Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root. She notes dramatic improvement after one 50 cent dose, continued use, and claims warding off Bright's Disease. She urges others in the South to try the remedy for two months in spring.
An old advertisement urges Dr Kier Con Binghamcon and Dr Kilmer Co to send a sample bottle to Blas hamton South Carolina for a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It promises to convince anyone and notes regular fifty cent and one dollar sizes available at all drug stores. The Muscatine Daily Journal is named in the copy.
New York March 28 rail executives estimate the flood crisis has halted cross state traffic with losses ranging up to 20.9 million dollars and possibly higher. Ohio and Indiana networks are heavily disrupted as floods sever lines and only the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern near the northern edge can run through trains today. Big Four lines report washouts and collapsed bridges between Terre Haute and Cleveland, binding rail service across the region.
Flood conditions unleashed early today as the Muskingum river overflowed its banks, flooding McConnalsville and surrounding areas. The national guard troops were called out to assist, with no reports of talus or fatalities available in the chaotic early updates.
Dayton reels from a Miami River flood. Two hundred bodies found by floaters, with death toll likely in the hundreds. Gov Cox coordinates relief as water recedes slowly, morgue set up, and trains of provisions head toward Dayton from Indianapolis and Springfield. Many homes and businesses wrecked, with vast inundated districts and disrupted gas and water services.
A promotional text claims a simple remedy can peel away dull skin to reveal a fresh, youthful look. It describes nightly use of a wax product, asserting gradual, painless removal of the old layer and a lighter, smoother skin underneath, with testimonials of improved appearance.
Widespread Peru Indiana flooded with reports of 20 to 300 drowned. officials in South Bend and nearby towns relay conflicting tallies as waters recede and relief boats struggle against a swift current. Authorities warn numbers may vary, with estimates ranging from 20 to over 140 deaths, while many residents cling to roofs awaiting aid.
Eighteen members of a committee met at the Young Men's Christian Association building to set a date for a mass meeting on April 6. Bernard C. Roloff of Chicago, a noted charities worker, will address the gathering, with plans for a central church venue and a musical program. A telegram signaled his willingness to attend on April 8, and steps toward a permanent organization and a board of directors were outlined.
With the Ohio river and its tributaries rising rapidly, residents fear a flood throughout the day. The Muskingum river also climbs at its headwaters, flooding Stockport Beverly McConnallsville and Pleasant City and interrupting wire and rail communication.
The streets and offices were blocked, workers unable to reach jobs, forcing many to the city outskirts or home. Requests for Ireland Food and Supplies highlighted urgent food and medical needs as emergency stock ran dry. Fear of typhoid from river water rose as Tartman reservoir shut off the clear water supply, though rainfall subsided after forty eight hours.
Classified notes list multiple farms for sale with various acreages and prices per acre. Mentions pasture, grain and stock farms, and proximity to a town in Iowa. Includes inconsistent OCR-like figures and a statement about many farms available for inspection.
CORRESPONDENT 18 STRANDED. News Associations Unable To send Men to Stricken Districts. Chicago March 26 Some idea of the difficulty in getting men into the flood districts in Indiana and Osio may be obtained when it is stated a staff man sent from the Chicago office of the Associated Press yesterday noon had not reached Indianapolis by 9:80 this morning. The best he could do after traveling all day yesterday and all night was to reach West Indianapolis. There he was halted with 20 immediate prospects of being able to enter the city.
Steubenville Ohio March 26 The Ohio River at 9 AM stood at 4 feet and rising seven tenths of an inch per hour. Western Steubenville inundated with 25 houses flooded as families are rescued by wagons. Five large manufacturing plants forced to close affecting about 300 workers.
The Princess theatre screens The Mexican Spy this evening a melodrama about a dissipated youth Tom who steals $5,000 from the paymaster to pay gambling debts and is pressed to steal fort plans by a Mexican spy Rivera. Mary Lee lends her jewels to cover the loss and Tom seeks redemption.
Kewanee Minnesota March 2. The annual election of officers of the Central Timais Trotting and Pacing Association here resulted in W. D. Emerson of Aledo as president, Theodore Bollon of Cambridge as vice president, Chan L. Trimble of Princeton as secretary, and David Hickey of Bedford as assistant secretary.
Datesfixed list shows Cambridge and Wy oming entries with multiple day ranges plus scattered city notes. Mentions Princeton Sener Hewanee Aledo Brant and Kewanee with various months and days, including a stray April 24 reference. The passage reads as a skeletal schedule fragment lacking context.
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