Fatal Flood Routs Pocahontas Valley Some 200 Dead
A deadly flood devastates Pocahontas Valley as waters sweep through towns. Reports say about two hundred lives are lost, with widespread destruction and towns blotted out by the rushing water.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
9
Keystone Flood Destroys West Virginia Town and Threatens Death Toll
A vast flood along Elkhorn Creek devastates Keystone and surrounding Pocahontas fields in West Virginia. Officials estimate property losses near 2 million dollars as communications collapse and life losses may reach two hundred, with Keystone nearly wiped off the map and many prominent coal leaders among the drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefieldy
W. Va
Johnstown
Norfolk & Western
Elkhorn
Pocahontas Coal Field
Elkhorn Creek
Ennis
W.va
Vivian Yard
Coal Company
Keystone
Poncahontas
Pocahontas
Cubans Satisfied With Platt Amendment Actions
General Wood reports Governor General Wood says the Cuban constitutional convention’s acceptance of the Platt amendment is met with general satisfaction across the island. A major issue remains commercial, seeking better markets for Cuban products without tariff barriers, while U S action awaits a Cuban government and senate ratification for reciprocity. An order on debts and mortgages is expected to ease recent fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Wood-converning-affairs
Cuba
Congress
United States
Senate
Wood
Proclaimed Billings Citizen Accused in Cattle Theft
Billings Montana reports accuse Garven of complicity in the theft of $18,000 worth of cattle from the Cree Indian Agency. Federal authorities allege stolen cattle were found on Garven’s ranch. Robert Lee faces trial for the same case amid past prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garven
Billings
Mont
Thige
Creek
Robert Lee
Murder at North Bend leaves tramp dead and suspect jailed
Joseph Dusseldorf, a tramp, is jailed in Fremont Neb for murder after stabbing Durkin and another tramp while they slept in a box car at North Bend. A third victim died from wounds. Dubious motives include a prior quarrel and Dusseldorf's drunken frenzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Dusseldorf
Fremont
Neb
North Bend
Durkin
Dusseldorf
Riedder
Adelbert Hay Dead After Falling From New Haven Hotel
Adelbert C. Hay son of Secretary Hay and former commissioner to Pretoria was found dead on the sidewalk in front of the New Haven house in New Haven Conn Saturday morning. He retired to his room at 1 o clock after spending the evening with friends in apparently excellent spirits. A passer-by found him at 2 30 lying prostrate on Chicago street side of the hotel. The night clerk identified him as A S Hay. Yale classmates identified him. It is believed he became ill and fell from the window for air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert C., Hay
Hay
Comsyt
Pretoria
New Haven
Chicago
A. S. Hay
Yale
Boy Drowns While Swimming in Platte River Near Fremont
Carl Tonjes a 14 year old boy drowned in the Platte River just east of the Fremont bridge while swimming with his brother Paul and Bert Kittle. They tried to rescue him after he leaped ten feet into the current but were unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Tonjes
Platte River
Fremont
Paul
Bert Kittle
Lonjes
Millionaire funds endow Western churches plan
A Denver bank holds 1,000,000 in securities donated to endow people s churches nationwide under a liberal movement led by Dr. Thomas of Chicago. The plan confines administration to Dr. Thomas and key promoters. In Montana at Jaggers ranch Sam Moore shot William McKenzie after a quarrel over a horse. Moore fled fourteen miles for aid and surrendered after McKenzie died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
W. H. Thomas
Chicago
Jaggers’ Ranch
Horse Prairie
Mont
Sam Moore
William McKenzie
Moore
McKenzie
Wyoming
Rannotk
Reading Strike Expands As 6000 Weigh Shorter Hours And Pay
In Reading Pennsylvania over six thousand railroad shop workers walked out demanding shorter hours and higher wages. The walkout followed by hours later saw boiler makers in locomotive shops join the strike, triggering the largest stir amid the active Reading Iron company dispute. A Buffalo New York firm Bros was entirely burned in a destructive fire with estimated losses of 140000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Reading ‘Railroad Company
Reading. Iron Company
Low Farm Wages Highlighted by Labor Bureau Report
The bulletin of the United States Department of Labor cites the North Carolina Bureau of Labor annual report showing average monthly wages for farm laborers: men 8.91 dollars, women 5.27, children 3.58. Including rations valued at 3.82 and housing and other provisions valued at 6.23, total average monthly earnings reach 15.36 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin of the
United States Department of Labor
North Carolina Bureau of Labor
The New Bicycle and Stomach Bitters Ad
An 1900 style notice touts a bicycle model as nearly perfect and urges no improvement is possible. It also promotes Volostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and related ailments, warning against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volostetter
Australian Newspapers and Major Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Titles
The Sydney Bulletin is a weekly newspaper from Sydney along with the Daily Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph. In Melbourne the Argus and the Age are published, while in Adelaide the Advertiser and Register are issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amorg
Australia
Sydney Bulletin
Sydney
Daily
Morning Herald
The
Daily Telegraph
the Argus
the Age
Melbourne
Adversiser and Register
Adelaide
Grain-O cereal drink pitched as coffee substitute
An advertisement urges readers to try Grain-O as a coffee substitute sold by grocers. It claims Grain-O resembles mocha or java in color but is made from pure grains and gentle on sensitive stomachs. Price listed 15 to 26 cents per package.
Patient Consultation Question Raised by Chief Physician
In Tit-Bits a discussion unfolds about whether a case requires a medical consultation. The first physician asks if a consult is needed and the second agrees, noting the patient is extremely wealthy.
Cure claim ads mix with old city notes
An assortment of patent medicine pitches and odd quips appears, including DreKline's Great Nerve Restorer cure claim and a trial bottle offer, along with testimonials attributed to Dr R H Kine Ltd in Philadelphia and a Minnesotan note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DreKline
R. H. Kine, Ltd
Philadelphia
Halls Catarrh Cure Goes By Constitutional Claim
An old advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The text also notes a social notion that many women feel a false pride in their store hair.
Japanese Artist Shimada Sekko Arrives in California
Shimada Sekko, noted Japanese artist, arrives in California for about a year before Europe. With artistic pedigree and 35 years of BBC, he has earned wide renown and numerous medals. Several works purchased by members of the Japanese royal family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Shimada Sekko
California
Europe
Mr. Sekko
BBC
The Thinner Man’s Hair and His Fussy Combing
The thinner a man’s hair becomes the more careful he is in combing it. The observation notes a link between hair density and grooming meticulousness.
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Tant News
Tramp
Adelbert Hay
Founds Peoples Church
Bros
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W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Price
Atarr
Rch
Bladoe
Nature
Phelps Brown
Addirvssy
O.P. Brown
Acia
Newbureh
N.Y
Natalie
Ron XY CO
York
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