Relief Efforts Strain as Flood Survivors Multiply
Memphis April 21 The Mississippi floodfronts at Vicksburg Helena Natchez and Bayou Sara show stationary or falling water but relief work is overwhelmed. Refugees flood Delta towns as relief committees scramble to aid destitute. levee repairs continue amid heavy demand and uncertain drownings reported near Bayou Vidal. The flood threatens Concordia Tensas and Madison parishes with rising waters and potential losses.
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Helena
Natchez
St Joseph
Bayou Sara
Biggs
Reed's Levees
Hancock’s
Concordia
Tensas
Madison
Red
Mississippi
St Francis
Greenville
Rosedale
Cairo
Bayou Vidal
Madison Parish
Thomas Blackman
Major Willard
United States
Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup Praised in Virginia Letter
Mrs J E Smith of Reams Station Virginia writes that Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup eases teething pain and comforts babies. The ad notes the remedy sells everywhere for 25 cents and calls it the best for children’s teeth.
Confession of Kelly in Cashier Stickney Murder
Montreal April 21 Joseph E L Kelly has confessed to murdering cashier Stickney at Sothersworth New Hampshire and to robbing him He claims no accomplice and says he killed after Blow struck Stickney and then slashed him with a knife The money bag was thrown from a train and found in a pond at Sil Clete Junction Kelly recalls other incidents including disguises and thefts He warned police he faces execution.
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Sdmits
Montreal
Joseph EL Kelly
Stickney
Sothersworth
N.H
Kelly
Carpenter
St Clete
St Justine de Newton
Sil Clete Junction
Cole
St. Justine de Newton AC
Aggie Ashton
Seven Republican mayors elected in Illinois and other notes
Nuggets of news report a boy dying near St. Croix Indiana from polecat wounds. Seven Illinois mayors elected as Republicans while Democrats won in five cities. A man and wife were held up and beaten in West New York New Jersey. Senator Penrose introduces pension bill for General Meade’s two daughters at $100 monthly each. Fighting at Lochiel along the US Mexican boundary leaves one bandit dead and one Mexican wounded.
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St. Croix
Ind
Ilinois
West New York
N. J
George G. Meade
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Lochiel
United States
Mexico
Greeks Stand Firm in Crete War Theater Shuffle
London dispatches report Greece and Turkey locked in maneuvering for Crete which remains under guard by powers. Turkish forces press toward Tyrnavo and Reveni while Greek troops defend key elevations and seize Damasi and Prevesa positions amid shifting frontline reports.
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Associated Press
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Larissa
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Tera
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Janim
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Damasi
Reveni Pass
Damast
Genzre
Smolenitz
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la Tissa
Edhem Pasha
Crown Prince
Athens
Revent
Heouna Pass
Elassina
Trinayva
Tymare
Reveni
Ouna
Arta
Imranet
Damas
Prevesa
Spetzia
Gulf of Arta
Milonus
Damaal
Thevsia
Deadly Prize Fight Ends In Fatal Injury At Athens
Philadelphia April 21 Vernon Haverstraw Brickmaker likely died from injuries after a boxing match with Leslie Pearce of Camden at the Olympic club in Athens Pennsylvania. The bout had been scheduled for 15 rounds with Vernon collapsing after a left swing as Pearce ducked. Pearce was arrested but others fled. About 2,000 spectators watched a fight where Vernon showed a strong effort despite a crash outcome.
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Pearce
Philadelphia
Hilly Vernon
Haverstraw
Leslie Pearce
Camden
XN. J
Olympic Athletic Club
Athens
Paul Dime
Amsterdam
Olympic Club
Jst
Delaware
Buried by a Hypnotist at Simceez Ontario
In Simceez Ontario on a Monday afternoon Professor Ferris the hypnotist placed a subject in a trance and buried him six feet deep for three days. Shen Jackson and a posse demanded removal but the professor refused. After county attorney consultation the sheriff cannot act. The buried man still has air through a box and resembles a corpse but without extreme pallor. The case causes great public excitement.
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Simceez
Ferris
Shen Jackson
Tt Fessor
Brother's Murderous Revenge in Port Gibson Oklahoma
The Rogers, who captured Crawford Goldsby aka Cherokee Bill, arrived in Port Gibson I T. He stepped onto the depot platform and was shot dead by Clarence Goldsby, a brother of the outlaw. About 200 people gathered as 50 shots rang out before the crowd apprehended Goldsby. He is about 21 and has been regarded as a peaceful, harmless youth.
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Jacksonville
Louise Gato
Edward Pitzer
Port Gibson
I. T
Rogers
Crawford Goldsby
Cherokee Bill
Clarence Goldsby
Ohio Electrocutions Opens First Time in State History
The first electrocutions in Ohio occurred after midnight at the Ohio penitentiary annex. William Haas, 19, and William Wiley were executed in the new chair after repairs and heightened security. Haas murdered Mrs. Brader by throat cutting and arson. Wiley killed his wife in Cincinnati twenty days later.
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Columbus
Oho
Ohio
New York
William Haas
Bushnell
Haas
William Wiley
Hans
Wiley
Annex
Brader
Willam Wiley
Cincinnati
Gentry Sentence Commuted to Life by Board of Pardons
The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons advised commuting James R. Gentry’s death sentence to life imprisonment, a move announced last night and approved today by Governor Hastings. Gentry was slated to be hanged in Philadelphia tomorrow for the murder of his sweetheart Margaret Drysdale Yorke two years ago in a Philadelphia hotel.
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Gentry
Harrisburg
Board of Pardons
James R. Gentry
Hastings
Philadelphia
Margaret Drysdale
Badge Yorke
Weather Clerk Stockman jailed for contempt in Cleveland court
Major W. W. Stockman of the U S near bureau was jailed by Judge Ong for contempt while testifying in a damage case. He claimed government orders required him to attend only after official duties. The judge fined him five dollars and costs but later remitted the fine after discussions with district attorneys. Stockman was released. Five miners died in a Brigham City snowslide. Ruly Birch, famed minstrel, dies at 65 in New York after a long illness.
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W. W. Stockman
United States
Bureau
Ong
Stockman
Sluckman
Major Stockman
Cil
Dodge
New York
Ruly Birch
Bright
Zemiths Granted New Trial for Murder in Wilkesbarre
Anthonie Zemiths, convicted previously of killing Andrew Yelsley at the Blackman mine in late August 1595, was granted a new trial. The hearing began yesterday afternoon before Judge Savidge with Zemiths last seen with the victim before the shooting.
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Zemiths
Wilkesbarre
Anthonie Zemiths
Andrew Yelsley
Savidge
Yelsley
Blackman
Eisley
Zemitis
Stock and Produce Markets in New York and Philadelphia
New York dealers eyed Graeco Turkish war effects with brisk early purchases and a market reversal from yesterday. Philadelphia prices showed flour, grain, meats, and oils firm or steady with mixed movements across cereals, fats, and livestock amid thin demand and varied futures.
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Baito
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del. & Hudson
Erie
Lake Erie
Lehigh
Pennsylvania Reading
Ile
Gentoc
Liberty
Cathe
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