Tornado Toll Rises in Illinois Towns Mattoon and Charleston
A devastating tornado swept central Illinois on Friday and Saturday killing 54 in Mattoon and 38 in Charleston with hundreds injured and thousands homeless. Indiana and Kentucky also reported deaths as state relief efforts mobilized. Authorities estimated total property losses near $6 million while militia patrolled wrecked districts and a citizens relief fund formed to aid the displaced.
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Chicago
Kansas
Tinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Arkaansas
Kentucky
Alabama
Tlingis
Mattoon
Illinois
Charleston
Andy. Bar
Iy, Ky
Dyersburg
Tenn
Dyer County
Blytheville
Ark
Hebron
Kouts
Ilineis
Wilaeis
Springfield
Lowden
Dickson
Krauser
William Klauser
Champaign
Citizens’ Relief Committee
EF. C. Craig
The
Bar Association
Sidney M. Katz
A. L. Davidson
American Red Cross
Hil
Andale
Kanee
Arkansas
Cyclone Death Toll Grows in Collected Lists
The May reports from Mattoon and Charleston publish revised casualty lists from the cyclone. Names include Mrs. E Hyde and many others, with children among the dead, and note several unidentified and missing. Additional Indiana victims list includes Leslie Kenny and D B Pesh among the dead.
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F. A. Spaulding
FE. Mullinix
A. Turner
Jest Davidson
Lizzie Hickey
Miss Liewellen
Miss Heritage
S Swanson
Kurt White
D. Hallowell
Charleston
Jil
B. O. Barnes
Clark Nelson
Bid Warman
George A. Smith, Sr
Alta Stewart
George Kilgore
Sue Traver
Ted Kananss
John Wong, Jr
George Briggs
Clem Wright
Napoleon Huffman
Willam Lung
A.D. Bayless
Jesse Huddleston
Johanna McMahon
Will Cobble
Frank Cause
J. R. Sweeney
Erven Jenkins
J. A. Colby
Nellie Bingamin
Chirence Bingamin
Sarah Linder
Bert Needy
Satan Shores
J. W. Johns
Douglas Nugent
Mildred Owings
Wilson Goodman
Indiana
Leslie Kenny
Robert Kenny
Hebron
D. B. Pesh
C. J. Bessecker
New York City
How to Answer Questions on Registration Cards
Government issues circulars to simplify the June 5 registration. A universal answer sets age at twenty one to thirty inclusive for all, including natives aliens and those ill. Circulars list twelve questions with guidance on names, addresses, birth dates, citizenship, birth place, current job, employer, dependents, marital status and race, and prior military service plus draft exemption grounds.
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Main Street
Chicago
Cook County
Uupursaiess SA Tow
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Naturalization Court
Columbus
Vienna
Austria
Paris
France
Sofia
Bulgaria
Japan
China
Phia
Custom House
National Guard
Regular Army
Navy
War Department
Farming as a business boosts profits for Canadian wheat
A call to treat farming as a business dominates a discussion of high grain prices and potential returns. Examples from Western Canada show investors earning substantial profits on wheat, with affidavits citing yields of tens of thousands of bushels from hundreds of acres and returns well above costs, highlighting favorable soil, climate, and long-term land payments.
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Moore
United States
Canada
C. A. Wright
Milo, Laws
Des Moines
Champion
Alberta
Hewitt
Messrs. Smith & Sons
Vulcan
Newell J. Noble
Nobleford
Nancy Coe
Nancy Cee
One Day to Register for War Draft
War department urges nationwide registration with only one day designated for all males within specified ages. Five days were previously allowed to distribute forms, but the proclamation sets the single registration day as the required period.
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War Department
Rivalry Among States for First Complete Registration
The citizenry has shown remarkable response to the registration call and state heads have demonstrated zeal, creating notable rivalry among commonwealths to claim the honor of the first complete registration returns.
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Commonwealths
Magic Corn Lift Freezone Ad from New Zealand Year
An advertisement touts Freezone a corn and callus remover by direct application with no pain. It claims instant drying shrivels the lesion without skin irritation and easy removal. The note mentions a New Zealand government revenue figure of 64,493,413.
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Cincinnati
Adv
New Zealand
Nervousness and Blues in Washington Park Woman’s Letter
A Washington Park mother of four describes nervous spells and backache from female issues, saying Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills restored her health. She remains youthful in looks and credits the remedy while inviting others to seek free advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Washington Park
Ene
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Maas
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Angwid Mattoon
Public Library
Memorial Hospital
American Hotel
Jackson Street
Committee On
Gale Crushes Business Center
Dodge Grove
Valaraise
Tid
Kouts, Ind
Joseph and Sons of
Enevigue
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