Dam in Middlefield Floods Chester Town
Flood Hollow dam failed at 6 last night sending a wall of water into the Westfield river. The town of Chester is submerged in darkness as timber and debris scour the streets. Bancroft bridge and 600 feet of tracks were swept away. Families fled to safety as the big reservoir surged through Flood Hollow.
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Chester
Mass
Middlefield
Westfield
Fiood Hollow
Witfield river
Flood Hollow
Bancroft
Boston and Albany
Caro
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pittsburg
Philadelphia Mystery Ends With Daughter Under Questioning
In Philadelphia 19 year old Annie Stover is detained as a witness after her father George F. Stover, a 47 year old cigarmaker, died from a head wound. Police doubt suicide or stray bullet theory as Annie claims she found him unconscious on the lounge and alerted authorities.
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Philadelphia
George F. Stover
Dauphin street
Annie
Up-To-Date Liver Pill Offers 506 Reward for Cures
A 506 reward is offered for cures of liver complaints including dyspepsia sick headache indigestion constipation and costiveness when patients strictly follow Liverita directions. The patent medicine is described as purely vegetable with packs of pills and stamps accepted at Clinton and Jackson Streets in Frederick Maryland.
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Tutt
NERVITA MF
Clinton
Jackson
Clinton E. Main
Frederick, Md
Damage by the Storm Floods Hit Pittsburg Allegheny Region
Floods across Pittsburg and Allegheny cause $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 in losses with 50,000 workers idle. Rail lines suffer heavy damage, extensive landslides, and submerged districts. Rivers recede slowly as more towns report wrecked bridges, soaked cellars, and ruined fruit crops across the Ohio Valley.
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Biz Industries
Ohio Valley
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Fort Wayne
Salem
Massillon
New Castle
Youngstown
Skobe
Monaca
Asquippa
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Bessemer
Carnegie borough
Rochester
Ohio
Beaver Falls
Thomas Elmes
Clara Carter
Steubenville
Mingo Junction
Little Italy
Aliakanna
Monongahela
Morgantown
Greensboro
Brownsvills
Floods and storms sweep multiple states with rising rivers
Irate residents along the Ohio River fire at liners as floodwaters rise and wash foundations away. In Wheeling 500 homes inundated, many factories shut. losses exceed 100000 dollars. Elsewhere snow storms hit Erie and Mayaville, Tenn., with heavy accumulations and delayed trains. Connecticut towns face Highland lake overflow and evacuation notices. A water heater explosion in Pittsburgh claims engineer John Brown and injures Abner Moore.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Cincinnati
Jvast nicht
Wheeling Island
Bellaire
Benwood
Bridgeport
Martin’s Ferry
Martin
Connecticut
Winsted
Conn
Highland lake
Pittsburg
Andreson
John Brown
Abner Moore
Countess Quadt New Belle of the Diplomatic Circle
During the German ambassador’s vacation in Washington, Countess Quadt, wife of Count Quadt, is already recognized as the belle of the diplomatic corps while Count Quadt serves as first secretary of the emirate and enjoys popularity in the capital.
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COUNTESS QUADT
Holleben
Washington
Count Quadt
emirate
Couitess Quadl
diplomati: corps
French and German forces unite under delicate Pekin accord
In Peking a large Franco German military camp shifts toward the front with 8000 French and 6000 Germans awaiting reinforcement. Officials say cooperation is tied to Shan Si border limits. Chinese commander Lin is reportedly retiring, though confirmations vary. Foreign ministers hope not to breach the boundary and stress independent cooperation.
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Ching
Pao Ting Fu
China
Kwang Su
Lin
Shan Si
Prince Ching
Shan- Li
Pekin
Marlboroughs Reunited After Separate Paths in Europe
Paris April report says Duke of Marlborough and Duchess, long apart since Christmas, reconciled after he traveled in Spain and met her at her father’s Paris mansion. They rode to London together, signaling resolved relations amid prior discord.
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Papa Vanderbilt
Paris
Duke of Marlborough
atte
Spain
Bristol
Place Vendome
Avenue des Champs Elysees
London
Duchess of Maiborough
Cocking main halted by McCarthy at Homestead
In Jersey City on April 22 President C A McCarthy of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals stopped a cocking main at Homestead. About half the birds, from Nyack, Jersey City and Paterson, had fought when the door was burst. 102 men were arrested. Bail was set at 15 dollars each.
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Jersey City
C. A. McCarthy
the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Homestead
Nyack
Paterson
McCarthy
Justice of the Peace Lane
Chinese Minister Wu Plans Conservative Reform Memorial
Shanghai April 22 Chinese Minister Wu Ping Fang prepares a memorial to the Chinese government based on his Western world observations. He urges a middle course of conservative improvement, aligning China with modern methods while avoiding drastic upheaval. The plan envisions a streamlined foreign service and Western administrative models. The memorial, aimed to guide imperial policy, argues China has resources and people to match Japan’s modernizing success.
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Maio Wu
Ping Fang
China
sisterhood of nations
Mr. Wu
imperial
Washington
Europe
America
Japan
Pekin
tsung-li-yamen
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East Second Street
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Joulesville
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Tero
Patrick Street
West Third 7th
Peterarille
F. G. Thomas & Son
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Chile
Valparaiso
congress
Senhor
Anibal Zanartu
department of the interior
Augusto Orrego Luco
Luis Martiajane Rodriguez
DR. JAMES
PITTS RURAS
STRAWBO VES
Erie
Mayaville
Maysville
Front street
Tennessee
Knoxville
Deebires dadurenad Veteriu
Wilkostaive
George P. Richards
Plymouth
Gible
Abram Nesbitt
Seceml National bank
Mare
Richard
Nesbitt
Mexico City
Austria
Mexico
Vienna
Jose De Teresa Morida
St. Louis
Chicago
Buffalo
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N. D
Mis nah Kyoren
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
Singapore
Sir Thomas Lipton
Dumbarton
Scotland
Lady Dufferin
Galbraith
Madison
Franklin
Richard O'illen
New York
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Frasquini
Rendallsville
John Andiga
Andiga
Ising
SHMISTER WU
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St. Petersburg
Russia
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Manchuria
Si inn
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