Wind Wrecks Towns as Violent Storm Hits Delta Region
A violent storm swept across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama killing over 200 people and injuring hundreds. Towns from Archam to Lumberton were partially or wholly destroyed with dozens of cabins swept away and buildings collapsed. Several victims were transported to hospitals in Hiahahaim Alabama where at least one woman died. numerous trains derailed and property loss was extensive.
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Arnham
Fargo
Mite City
Archam
IndeppHee
Helle Gruve
Melton
Lorman
Yakebde Creek
Lumberton
Mina
Alerm
Alabama
Dera
Bergep
Moore
Pitts
Thoka
Tir
Hiihahem
Ala
McCully
Robbers Lose Nerve During North Coast Hold Up
On a westbound line twelve miles east of Tutto Montana two masked bandits attempted to rob a train but fled after a failed move. Arrests were made of Rudolph Kenk Paul Silenimo and Al Teasdale with German suspects Wenk and Silenlun admitting involvement and claiming they were forced by the masked pair who fled with dynamite said to be carried for the plan to blow a portion of the train and steal the money.
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Tutto
Mont
Nort Pacife
Rudolph Kenk
Paul Silenimo
al Teasdale
Wenk
Siienlun
Walling Mine Tornado Leaves Destruction Across Mississippi
In Mississippi Valley storms several reported killed and drownings while Walls area sees six to seven stores demolished and churches at Memphis suffer severe damage. Wind velocity hits around ninety miles per hour blowing down trees and tearing up telegraph lines.
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Missisippi
Walling Mine
Te Mmaghte
Bandits Baid Phone Exchange Heist Reported
Masked robbers raided the Cumberland tele phone exchange yesterday night assaulting an operator into unconsciousness. They forced Assistant Committe B. H. Hans of the Ballard County Bank at Tandana Kentucky to open the safe and fled with four thousand dollars.
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Baid Phone Exchange
Cumberland
B. H. Hans
Ballard County Bank
Tandana
Caroline Williams Taken to Broome County Home
A distressed 50 year old woman named Caroline Williams, believed by many to be the 'face' on Uncle Sam’s dollars, has been brought to a Broome County institution in New York for care and support.
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Caroline Williams
Sam
Broome County
New York
Sioux City Live Stock Market Friday Quotations
Friday quotes from the Blow dy Hive stock market are reported though the text is garbled. Separate items mention vaccination not compulsory and a supreme court decision about a board of education bars on vaccine dictates. The piece also references appointments at a Greek college and a local high school graduate.
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Sioux City
Blowdy Hive
Miineds Supreme Court
Board of Education
Doueaes
Slagn Ie Kburtlet
Alton
Thoes High School
Tribes near the Persian frontier brace for renewed conflict
Russian forces plan a military expedition to quell brigandage along the Persian frontier as tribesmen of the Shaksetan and Bekliven areas grow hostile. Col Konovalov warns the struggle may extend until Persians yield a lesson from a 15 year past raid.
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St. Petersbrug
Konovalosa
Frontier Guard
Persia
Tehéran
Lead Ore Hoard Found at Kansas City Steel Plant
Workmen uncover a 20 ton lump of lead ore containing gold and silver in an abandoned Kansan City Structural Steel plant site in Argentine. Estimated value over 5000 dollars with about 175 ounces of silver and three hundred ounces of gold per ton. likely leaked from an old blast furnace years ago.
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Kansan
H. A. Fitch
Ates Company
Cadets at Guatemala City Fire On President Etrada Ca Dierg
Dispatches report that eight cadets from the Polytechnic Institute guards fired on President Etrada Ca Dierg as he entered the palace in Guatemala City. The president and several presidential guards were wounded, with one or two fatalities noted.
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Gunter
Guatemala City
Etrada Ca Dierg
Polytechnic Institute
Guatemala
Work of the Black Hand Targets Streator Man
The front of Rizzo Salvatorin' store in Streator was blown out Tuesday night by two men. Salvatori had recently received three men from Chicago demanding money under threat of death from the Black Hand.
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Rizzo Salvatorin’ Gross Cory
Streator
Til
Salvatoris
Chicago
Cotton Mills Curtail Output Amid Poor Market
Text shows Pall River and Alass mills cutting production to offset adverse markets with an expected weekly output down by about 126000 pieces. In Chicago, U S Judge Kohlsaat granted an injunction against five express companies, halting use of express franks and interstate transport for franks.
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Pall River
Alass
Theatrical People Indicted in Kansas City Grand Jury
The grand jury at Kansas City has returned indictments against 142 actors managers and employees of play houses for violations last Sunday.
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Kanana City
Viollationalast
Wreck in Ix Mine Killing Four-Year-Old Boy
A four year old son of Rileworth Martin died when he lit a fuse in powder huts at a coal mine in Ix causing a massive explosion. Buildings and the mine were wrecked.
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Oald
Rileworth Martin
Ams
Train wreck on Langgain Lumber log road near Williamsport
Reported incident states nine aided in wreck while nine Italian laborers were killed, two fatally injured and dozens more seriously hurt on the Langgain Lumber company log road near Williamsport Pennsylvania. Baron de Keven Ruslan ambassador mailed from the same day for Russia on the steamer Ma Lennvania to be guns at Octoberen.
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Roeen
Rema
Baron de Keven
Russia
Manlevtania
Yatil Opteben
Turbulent Tornadoes Strike Nebraska Towns and Surroundings
Four tornadoes hit Valley Springs Nebraska and nearby areas causing extensive damage to buildings. A cyclone near Pender Nebraska demolished homes, injuring residents and killing a baby. West of McCook and along the Big Sioux Valley more structures were wrecked as storms moved through.
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Nebraske
Pakota
Valley Springs
Pioux Falls
Sioux Palle
Pender
Nebsaya
Dick Walker
Mr. Walker
Emil Magnusson
Sirs. Magnussen
McCook
Big Sioux Valley
C. W. Campbell
Wertfeld
War veteran Henry Dorman reaches 109 in Missouri
Henry Dorman of Liberty Missouri, a Civil War veteran born in New York, celebrated his 109th birthday. He enlisted in 1863 at age 64, fought at Gettysburg and other battles, was wounded, and later lived in Lamar and Missouri. Pension increased to 50 dollars monthly as he ages. He quit tobacco in 1901 and lives with his late wife's family.
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Menry Dorman
Liberty
New York State
Congress
Mr. Dorman
Miscuri
Lamar
Dorman
Union
Michigan
Feld
Flo
Gettysburg
Truth and Quality Appeal to the Well Informed
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a reliable laxative. It claims gentle cleansing and relief without debility, notes physician approved ingredients, and urges purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Armored Train Marks First Use at Tinge of Harris
The first armored train was employed during the tense period at Harris in Tate.
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Haris
Tate
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Anecdotes Ref to Sullivan
A garbled 19th century ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers 100 reward for any uncurable case and cites testimonials. The text also weaves in vignettes about Flore Sullivan, a New York detective and dramatic anecdotes from city life.
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Halle Arch
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drukgletn
Unusual Autopsy Finds Reversed Organs in Judge McKeighton
Johns Hopkins surgeons discovered startling organ reversals in the body of St. Louis Judge John E. McKeighton during an autopsy. The heart lay in reverse position, kidneys appeared fused as a horseshoe, and other organs were inverted after his death at age 66 following a February illness and March hospital transfer.
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St. Louis
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
John E. McKeighton
St Louis
McKeighton
Worth Ten Dollars in Court Plot Unearths Marriage Bond
In a curious Columbia court case a white man named Wd Rigging faced charges over his wife, formerly Adam Templeton. The court required a bond twice the value of the disputed property and Rigging set the wife’s value at ten dollars.
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Columbia
Fern
Wd Rigging
Adam Templeton
Riggine
Trust Agent Fined in Bridge Trust Case
William N. Cleveland nephew of President Grover Cleveland and partner in Huston Cleveland of Columbus was fined 600 dollars and sentenced to five days in jail for being a bridge trust agent.
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Wiliam N. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Huston & Cleveland
Columbus
Army Officers Promoted to General Ranks
The president nominated Trig. Gen. Thomas H. Barry for major general and Cols. Charles Morrison and Philip Reade for brigadier generals on Wednesday.
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Trig
Thomas H. Barry
Charles Morsris
Philip Reade
Mercy Hospital Fire Leaves Thirty Patients at Risk
Ble Rapids Michigan reports a fire at Mercy hospital on Tuesday trapped thirty patients in the hose vital as the blaze began. Local responders battled the flames as survivors were evacuated and authorities assessed damage.
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Ble Rapids
Mich
Mercy Hospital
Great Fly Wheel Bursts at North Shore Mill
Two men were killed and two seriously injured with several others lightly hurt when a huge wheel burst from bearings at the North Shore Electric plant in Waukegan. The incident disrupted operations and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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Thore
Eleetele Company
Wauhegan
How To Test Linseed Oil In Paint Adulteration
Instructions describe detecting adulterated linseed oil on black surfaces by iridescence, kerosene odor from corn and fish oils, and a blowpipe test for white lead. National Lead Company offers free instructions via mail in New York City. Also mentions Dorset watercrossing industry and a promotional card set from Mingling Bros.
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National Lend Company
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Wisconsin convict faces trial for horse theft in South Dakota
A Wisconsin inmate named Mrenetit is to be tried in a regular term for grand larceny linked to a string of horse thefts. His family, based in Park, Iowa, calls him the black sheep as prosecutors note prior penitentiaries.
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Wisconsin
Blowk Folia
Trebic Park
Tijoms
Caldwell
Hartlond
Indian Boys 118 Coffin and Near-Future Death
Two Sioux warriors from Rosebud visited Presho near the Missouri River to buy a coffin for a 17 year old Indian boy expected to die soon. Relatives prepared the coffin in advance so it would be ready when the sick man dies. He is to view and approve the coffin’s design for his final journey to the happy hunting grounds.
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Presho
Mietonri
Rosebud
Prechy
Whit
Boy Burned to Death in Lyman County Home Fire
Alva Dulaney, four year old son of a homesteader in Lyman County, accidentally set his clothing ablaze after finding a lit match. Fire quickly consumed his clothes and severely burned him. despite his parents rushing to help, he died after hours of agony.
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Kamchman
Alva Dulaney
Lyman
Meath
Hagertig
Mitchells Corn Palace Cancelled Amid Prohibition Fight
A report claims Mitchell halted the Corn Palace event on election day due to saloon opposition. Saloons reportedly contributed 2000 dollars to the fund, later withdrawn. Civic Federation backers pledged to cover the amount, promising a bigger Corn Palace this year.
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Mitchell
Aloons
Civic Federation
Grape-Nuts Revives Suffering Patient in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin reader reports dramatic improvement after using Grape-Nuts for a long illness. The individual weighed 90 pounds after years of weakness and bed confinement, then began to recover with daily Grape-Nuts meals and milk, regaining appetite for fruit, meat, and vegetables.
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Treasue
Wis. Indy
Ulsid Pris
Orca
Turley by election yields temperance majority and water works funding
Turley voters backed temperance candidates by a large margin in a by election. A $90,000 water works bond won approval, with a strong campaign from temperance supporters. Lightning struck Le Carlson home. hero Ira Carlson and baby survived.
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Hurey
Turley
Micense
Waeter
Tome
le A
Prairie fires burn across six counties in the state
Fires swept through Headle Handy Faulk Pet er Bully Stanley Lyman destroying farms buildings and livestock. Broadland suffered severe losses but Lebanon and other towns were saved with heroic efforts. No deaths reported though authorities warn new settlers to heed prairie fire dangers.
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Hamu
Dakota
Headle
Handy Faulk
Peter
Bully
Stanley
Lyman
Rub
Couply
Feadle
Broadland
Walt
Lebanon
Petter County
Tn Raiiley
Sully
Brule
Faulk
Beale County
Hroadland
Wool Growers Meet in Belle Fourche Addresses Law Adequacy
The Belle Fourche Wool Growers association held a meeting after the World Western Stock Growers’ gathering. A committee of Fred Harris, W. H. Sutherland, and Jon Arnold will examine the state law on sheep disease control and report needed changes. A second committee of M. Monk, F. E. Bennett, and Jack Hinds will study live stock shipping laws. The old board of directors, W. M. Lindley, EB Bennett, F. R. Cook, Jack Hinds, W. J. Sutherland and D. M. McGahey, were re-elected.
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Belle Fourche
R. A. Ramsay
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Fred Harris
W. H. Sutherland
Jon Arnold
M. Monk
F. E. Bennett
Jack Hinds
W. M. Lindley
EB Bennett
F. R. Cook
W. J Sutherland
D. M. McGahey
Fatal Prairie Fire Near Sisseton Claims Woman
Word reached Sisseton Tuesday that Mrs Freeman wife of a farmer near old Port Sisseton died in a prairie fire last Sunday. Reports also spoke of another woman and a child possibly killed. Fire reached close to the city forcing fifty men to battle the blaze as thousands of dollars in property were destroyed. The hills burned fiercely Tuesday night.
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Sisseton
Freeman
Old Port Sisseton
Prohibition and Local Elections Across Multiple Towns
In a thirteen year high turnout several towns voted on prohibition with mixed results. Kimball, Milbank, Redfield, Tyndall, and Milier reported clear pro or anti outcomes, with mayors elected and license issues decided by narrow margins amid a heated campaign. The era's wave of local contests framed by saloon influence and governance.
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AGH
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IL May
Pear Street
Mow Tork
Hower
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Diane
Florrie’ Bullivan
Flore Sullivas
Signis
Bullivan
Sullivan
Lin
Johnny
Snyuwll Storey
Noel Dead
Yor
Noel U. 8
My ‘Lel ‘Thuretay
Dorset
England
Irmauis
Zoological Post Carda
Mingling Bros
Meng
Marae
Mr. Stub
South Dakota State News
Gondy
Coffin
Corn Palace
Chamberlain Metalus Saloons
James W. Sanford
Chamberlain
J. K. House
Sanford
Campaleu
Beth
Warreurs
Mitchell Gors Dry
Kimball
John Parcker
B. W. Ryan
Griswold
Lumbard
Winn
Zeemlicka
Truessell
Dewey
Dubs
Miller
Miler
Redfeld
Redfield
Milbank
Tyndall
T. V. Pia
W. Taubwnan
White Lake
A. H. Rivanecus
Lizener
Dodds
Guars
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Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
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Adache
Eitthe Piller
Menter
Western
Canaba
Leung
Tee la Pecs
Lna
Foy Ecw
Wetrasan
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