Western Pennsylvania Floods and Blizzard Disrupt Pittsuburg Area
Widespread floods in Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia flood lowlands while a severe blizzard halts Erie Corry and Greenville activity. Rain and heavy snow break records, telegraph wires down, rail service disrupted, and widespread snowdrifts affect travel and utilities across multiple towns.
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Pittssurs
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Allegheny Valley
Snow and flood hit Virginia area near Bristol
A heavy flood extends from Wytheville east about eighty miles, washing away a forty foot bridge on the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Three trains halted, tracks submerged three to six feet for six to eight miles. Farms and fences suffer. snow three and a half inches deep and still falling.
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Bristol, Tenn
Virginia
Bristol
Wytheville
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Storm Floods, Landslides Wreck Pittsburgh Rail Lines
A sweeping storm cripples multiple railroads around Pittsburgh with landslides, snow, and floods. Major routes including the Pennsylvania, Panhandle, Baltimore and Ohio, and Buffalo and Allegheny Valley report delays and blocked tracks. Lock No 4 floods and boats sink. Westinghouse plant shuts down as damage mounts. Local residents suffer rising flood impacts across Turtle Creek and Monongahela river areas.
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Pittsburg
Snew
Pennsylvania
Lnes
Baltimore and Ohio
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Lines
Panhandle
Clinton Mills
Chartres
Chartres Creek
Washington, Pa
Buffalo
Allegheny Valley
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
Rochester
Youghlegheny
Flood Impacts Steel Plants and Water Routes Near Pittsburgh
Two cars loaded with electrical supplies bound for Toronto were lost in the flood. The Monongahela river at Turtle creek mouth rises ten inches per hour as Brad dock and Rankin plants close. Beever Falls Walnut river overflows submerging large town areas. Imperial Glass Works Art Tile Works and Keystone Driller suspend operations. American Steel and Wire plant partly submerged. Damages estimated at forty thousand dollars.
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Toronto
Can
Monongahela
Turtle Creek
Braddock
Rankin
Beever Falls
Walnut River
Imperial Glass Works
Art Tile Works
Keystone Driller Works
American Steel and Wire Plant
Flood Strikes Chartlers Creek Area Wrecks Bridges
Great damage from a historic Chartlers creek flood with bridges washed away and no trains arriving from Pittsburg or Washington. East End and South Canonsburg flooded, Canonsburg China Company and Fort Pitt Bridge Works closed. Many families rescued on rafts.
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Canonsburg
Chartlers Creek
Pittsburg
Washington
East End
South Canonsburg
Canonsburg China Company
Fort Pitt
Train wreck near Buffalo Creek kills engineer Metcalf
North-bound passenger No. 11 derailed as engine plunged into Buffalo Creek between Blacksburg and Shelby. Engineer Metcalf died and the fireman suffered a broken arm. Report suggests a trestle collapse due to rising stream.
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Yorkville
S. C
South Carolina and Georgia
Buffalo Creek
Blacksburg
8. C
Shelby
N. C
Metcalf
Flood Threat Looms Over Wheeling as River Rises
In Wheeling West Virginia on April 20 the flood situation grew dire with rivermen predicting forty five feet by morning. Rain continued though easing, river at 31 feet at 11 pm rising nine inches per hour. Eastern county homes flooded and Elm Grove creek rose quickly prompting many rescues. Benwood to Moundsville electric line suspended due to washouts.
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California
Monongahelar River
Ces
L. Y. Ritchey
Turtle K
Wheeling
W. Va
Elm Grove
Benwood
Moundsville
Blizzard Paralyzes Youngstown With 18 Inch Snow Drifts
A historic blizzard hit Youngstown Ohio on April 20 producing 18 inches of snow and drifts up to 4 or 5 feet. Traffic halted and rail service crippled as wires failed and city cut off from outside communication for about ten hours. Streetcar service was abandoned and property damage included several small buildings and barns under heavy load.
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Erie
Youngstown
Death reveals a double life in War Department clerk
York reports Colonel William B. Yeatman disbursing clerk in Washington dies at 62 under suspicious circumstances. He arrived with a young woman, registered as W. B. Yates and wife, and died after medical aid. The woman fled. police and Dr. Bacon withhold her name as inquiries focus on Yeatman family, residence, and alleged mistress Nellie Williams.
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Col. W. S. Yeatman
War Department
York
William
Yeatman
Washington
Colonel Yeatman
Harry L. Yeatman
Nellie Williams
Regent
Nellie Farley
New York City
Depot Quartermaster's Office
Death Reveals Double Life Rumor In Colonel Yeatman’s Death
Washington reports the sudden York PA death of Colonel William S. Yeatman. Rumors that he registered as husband and wife with another woman were denied by his brother Dr. Robert H. Yeatman. The family recalls Yeatman as a loving husband who buried his wife seven years ago.
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Robert H. Yeatman
Yeatman
Colonel Yeatman
THE
Times
Washington
York
William 8. Yeatman
Mr. Yeatman
Yeatan
Dr. Yeatman
Milford's prodigy Arthur Hall Harper noted for early learning
Milford Delaware April 20 1910 a four year old boy Arthur John Hall Harper is praised as a literary historical and mathematical prodigy. He can name presidents in order recount major events their birth states famous revolutionary generals count to the thousands read a newspaper and describe Cuban and Philippine wars and the death of General Lawton.
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TIMES
Milford
Del
Arthur John Hall Harper
A. J. W. Harper
Lawton
Corresa Sureeie
Tillman accuses McLaurin of democracy misdefinition and plagiarism
In Washington and Columbia reports Tillman denounces McLaurin as a Democrat and claims his definition of democracy is unknown and unrecognized. He accuses McLaurin of copying speech lines and praises his own party fidelity while noting McLaurin’s alleged shift toward Republicans on key votes.
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McLaurin
the Times
Columbia
D. C
Tillman
Charlotte
Kansas City
South Carolina
New Democracy
Senate
Jones
Nevada
Stolen Soldier’s Clothes Case Tied to Ringgold Street Robbery
A National Guard trooper’s home on North Thirty-second Street was entered and robbed of his parade uniform. Investigations by Lt. Taylor and special officers led to arrests on Ringgold Street for a chair theft, with further clues linking a suspect to pawned goods found at Roberts’ residence.
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H. Roberts
North Thirty-second Street
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Ete F. Jackson
Ringgol Street
Roberts’ House
Callowhill Streets
New Road for Delaware Aims at 35 Mile Electric Route
Delaware General Electric Railway plans a 35 mile electric line linking Milford Frederica Magnolia Rising Sun Camden Dover Lexington Florence Smyrna Woodland Beach. Bonds of 1 million dollars secured by Kenney James Lord and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. Directors include Leo Belmont Samuel Nixon Maurice Bernheimer William Graham and others.
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Baltimore
Kenney
James Lord
Delaware
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Dover
Delaware General Electric Railway Company
Milford
Frederica
Magnolia
Rising Sun
Camden
Leipsic
Florence
Smyrna
Woodland Beach
Knickerbocker Trust Company
New York
Leo Belmont
Samuel Nixon
Maurice Bernheimer
William Graham
Philadelphia
Ee Lord
Kent Oventy
Beyners, Co
Sussex County
Dr. W. Cooper
Kent County
Negro Battles Police During Arrest In Philadelphia
John Roskey a 23 year old black man from Fourth street and Girard avenue fought officers from the Tenth and Buttonwood station early yesterday morning. He attacked Policeman Ritchie and Sergeant Buchanan during transit to a cell after being arrested in a saloon at Thirteenth and Callowhill streets for threatening to wreck the place when denied a drink. Magistrate Jermon set bail at $800 for court.
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John Roskey
Fourth Street
Girard Avenue
Tenth
Buttonwood Streets
Ritchie Andrgeant Buchanan
Roskey
Thirteenth
Callowhill Streets
Jermon
Ripley Acquitted in Goebel Murder Case
In Frankfort Kentucky on April 20 the jury found Captain Ripley not guilty of being an accessory to the murder of Governor Goebel after a weeks long trial that drew wide public attention.
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Goebel
the Times
Frankfort
Ripley
Alleged embezzler Keppler nabbed after Chicago escape
William J. Keppler also known as William De Forrest Russell was arrested by Detectives Bond and Murray for embezzling 3500 from Merchant & Co tinplate makers with Philadelphia offices at Sixth and Arch streets He managed the Chicago office and after a prior arrest there was released on bail and vanished before being caught in a local hotel He was committed without bail to await extradition papers from Chicago
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William J. Keppler
William de Forrest Russell
Bond and Murray
Merchant & Co
Philadelphia
Sixth and Arch Streets
Keppler
Chicago
Cunningham
Nine-year-old Estella Lumas Injured by Locomotive
Estella Lumas of 1224 Tree Street is hospitalized at Methodist with life threatening injuries after a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive struck her near Second Street on Friday. Her right leg was amputated above the knee due to the crash.
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Estella Lumas
Tree Street
Methodist Hospital
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Old Second Street
Estella
Washington Notes and Naval Appointments Reported
Fourth class postmasters named in Pennsylvania include Elsie Wher ry Blake and M G Sayfiles at Clarksburg Consul Watts in Jamaica notes seven yellow fever cases at Port Royal white troops ordered to the bills Agriculture negotiates cable crop reports with Europe Hungary already agreed Iain H N Manney ordered from New York Navy Yard to command the Massachusetts replacing J Train who joins the Board of Inspection and Survey Presidential callers include Sir Junan Pauncefote and the British Ambassador new credentials presented War Department order reserves Amaknak Island area except lighthouse tract Cuban property claims totals show several individual awards.
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Pennsylvania
Elsie Wherry
Blake
M. G. Sayfiles
Clarksburg
Watts
Bigoten
Jamaica
Port Royal
Department of Agriculture
Hungary
Iain H. N. Manney
New York Navy Yard
Massachusetts
J. Train
Board of Inspection and Survey
Junan Pauncefote
Sir Ran
Edward
United Sates
Weather Forecast For Eastern States and New Jersey
The United States Weather Bureau reports rain Sunday across Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware with varying gusty winds and colder conditions. Monday brings fair skies and warmer temperatures. western areas expect warmer after rain or snow Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
Manayunk Mills Close Two Weeks Over Trade Slump
City notes two week shutdown at William and James Stafford blanket mills in Manayunk due to dull trade. Presbyterian evangelistic work expands to Newark New Jersey Louisville Nashville and Chicago. Civic Club education dept hears Dr. Lindley Keasley of Bryn Mawr discuss Economic Geography.
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William & James Stafford
Manayunk
Presbyterian Evangelistic Committee
Newark
N. J
Louisville
Nashville
Chicago
The
Civic Club
Lindley M. Keasley
Bryn Mawr College
Nichols Committed Death by Own Action Inquest Finds Carbolic Acid
Henry L. Nichols a wealthy New York business man and Hempstead resident died by his own action at the Keely Institute where he was treated for alcoholism. He disappeared from Long Island six weeks earlier and was found in Broad and Brown streets room where he drank carbolic acid after leaving the institute. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death by own action and poisoning.
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Henry L. Nichols
New York City
Hempstead
S. 1
Dugan
Nichols
Keely Institute
Broad and Brown Streets
Long Island
Atlantic City
Parents Charged With Cruelty in Camden Case
Ernest Valentine and Mary Sage face cruelty charges after neighbors report they beat their young children. Valentine said he began punishment after seeing Mrs Sage beat her child for misdeeds. The cases were continued for further hearing upon request of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
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Ernest Valentine
North Front Street
Camden
May
Justice Schmetz
Abel Smith
Society For the Prevention of
Mary Sage
Sophia
Valentine
Little May
Bank Fails to Open Doors in Vancouver
Vancouver Washington April 20 First National Bank of the city failed to open its doors and is now in the hands of National Bank Examiner J W Maxwell President Charles Brown and Cashier F L Canby have not been seen since last night officials report the bank’s condition is under inquiry.
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Vancouver
Wash
First National Bank
National Bank
J. W. Maxwell
Charles Brown
F. L. Canby
Reward Offered for Return of Willie McCormick by Priest
The Rev. J A Mullin of Sacred Heart Church Highbridge announces a $10 000 reward for the return of Willie McCormick and for the arrest of his kidnapers The boy disappeared on the night of March 27 and the priest says kidnapping crimes are increasing and drastic action is needed to curb them.
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New York
J. A. Mullin
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Highbridge
Willie McCormick
McCormicks
Father Mullin
McCormick
Poisoned Rhubarb Sickens 27 Hollidaysburg Girls
Twenty seven girl students at Hollidaysburg Seminary fell ill after eating canned rhubarb served in a noon luncheon. Lead poisoning symptoms prompted doctors to act and antidotes saved most lives. Helen Greevy and Edna Gable were hardest hit but under care and recovering.
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Altoona
Hollidaysburg Seminary
Helen Greevy
Edna Gable
Quay Says He Has No Meeting Planned With Durham
The Beaver Statesman reports that Insurance Commissioner Durham was expected to confer with Senator Quay. Quay said he had not seen Durham and had no arrangement to meet him in the near future.
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Beaver Statesman
Washington
Durham
Senator Quay
Philadelphia
Removed by Experts Ase Cach Corns
Partial readable notice from a late 19th century classifieds column lists Fowler and Hanna at 204 Coestnut Street selling corns or related remedies. wording is fragmentary and OCR garbled.
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Masicurine
Fowler & Hanna
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