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Western Jewell County Devastating Storm Lashes Towns
A massive wind and hail storm swept western Jewell and eastern Cloud counties last Sunday night. It destroyed crops across about three miles by fifteen, with thousands of acres of corn and oats ruined and many homes damaged. Dozens of farmers reported major losses including 70 to 125 acres of corn for several families. livestock injured, houses unroofed, and essential outbuildings destroyed. Police and neighbors aided victims as crops were stripped to ground level and orchards stripped, leaving many farmers destitute.
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Cc. Anderson
Cc. P. Carstensen
Scandia
F. and M. Bank
Jewell County
Jamestown
Cloud County
Elmer
Amos Stafford
Edward Stafford
John Berg
N. Marty
Jake
Nat Stafford
Jake Stafford
Timothy Totten
Edward Totten
John Maxwell
Nathan Pilcher
James Pilcher
Andrew Johnson
August Johnson
Charles Lunblade
Geo. Russell
Kansas