Tornado's Work Leaves Texas Towns Devastated
Ten dead, 25 injured with five expected to die after a cyclone wrecked Herman Neb on Tuesday night. One hundred buildings destroyed, six remain intact. Relief efforts under way with Blair and Washington County funds and tents sent for the homeless. Funeral processions in New Richmond Wisconsin amid graves and unburied dead. A cloudburst in Texas floods valleys. the Butler family perishes and Henry Carver drowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Neb
Blair
Washington County
New Richmond
Wis
Williams Dry Goods
Williams
Hawkins
M. L. Butler
Butler
Henry Carver
Gill Refuses to Relinquish Post as Topeka Moves on
The state board of health in Topeka elected Dr J B Alexander of Illawatha as president and Dr W B Swan of Topeka as secretary with Ina Colburn of Topeka as stenographer. Dr Gill the current populist secretary fought the choice and said he would not surrender the office. Fourth class postmasters around Topeka oppose rural free delivery and farmers sign protests arguing the system will cost postmasters their jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill
Topeka
Kan
State Board of Health
J. B. Alexander
Illawatha
W. Bb. Swan
Ina Colburn
T. Topeka
Pennsylvania Democrats Meet in Harrisburg for Nominations
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania Democrats gathered to nominate candidates for supreme court judge senior court judge and state treasurer. The convention adjourned shortly after midnight without selecting a candidate for supreme judge, delaying decisions to today June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Drift face collapse injures two near Central City
In Galena Kansas on June 15 Charles 2 ger was killed and Abe Rennan seriously injured when a drift face caved in on them in the Dansigburg pines near Central City, three miles east of town. The entire face gave way trapping the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drift Ware
Galena
Kan
Charles
Ger
Abe Rennan
Dansigburg Pines
Central City
Sedalia Markets and Local Commodities Listed
Market items include new wheat no. 2 and oats graded by quality, plus corn, timothy hay, bran, and various bulk feed products. Wholesale flour and veal prices appear alongside phosphates and eye salve advertisements as part of the town’s marketplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipstaff
Forethought and thrift cited as path to success and health
An editorial style notice extols planning to seize opportunities and avoid costly mistakes. It contrasts prudent behavior with shiftlessness, promotes Chamberlain’s remedy for cholera and diarrhea, and advertises Grain-O as a healthful coffee substitute priced 15¢ and 25¢.
Sale of Green-house property in Sedalia on July 6 1899
Legal holder of a February 20 1896 chattel mortgage public notice for Pettis county Missouri directs sale of the Green-house at 1200 South Moniteau street Sedalia at 10 a m July 6 1899 to satisfy a due note. Items include two horses a spring-wagon road-wagon lumber wagon harnesses a greenhouse and related personal property. Mrs Anna E Massir acts as holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuerens
H. Chas. Koeppen
Recorder’s Office
Pettis County
Missouri
Edward L. Steinmetz
Knoxy
Dave
Sixth and
Ohio
Moniteau Street
Sedalia
Anna E. Massir
Allew Railway Roadbed Improvements Improve Northern Pacific
The article touts decade long upgrades on the Allew Railway including widened roadbed, steel bridges, brick tunnels, heavier rails, and grade reductions. It notes larges sums spent in 1898 and earlier, new locomotives, and luxurious through cars on routes from St Paul and Minneapolis to Tacoma Seattle and Portland. It invites readers to request Wonderland 99 from Charles S. Fer, General Passenger Agent, St Paul, Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lve
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
Empire
Pulman
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Northwest
Charles S. Fer
J. Paul
Minn
Wonderland
Sutherlands Eagle Eye Salve Promises Quick Eye Cure
A claim that Sutherlands Eagle Eye Salve clears styes granulated lids sore eyes and weak vision quickly is presented as a guaranteed remedy sold in tubes by reputable druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otherland
Sutherlands Eagle Eagle
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Walter Baker
Thas Dean
Mark
WAL
Baker & CO. Limited
Dorchester
Mass
St Lewis
New York
Mortable
Vinces
P. Hoffman
West Main
Neal
Robert Cleary
Delaware Street
Kansas City
U.S.A
G. P. Bennett
A.S. Bennett
Drs. Bennett & Bennett
Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons
S. Kentucky Avenue
Herman, Neb
Texas
Indapo
Hindouo Remedy CO
Chicago
A. T. Fleischmann Drug Company
Fourth and
Ohio Streets
Nervita
Nervita Medical CO
Clinton & Jackson Sts
Ill
Otis W. Smith
Peryecto Co
Rapper Ton Bidg
Otis W.smith
Sedana, Mo
Chichester’sa
Galycco
Alwaye
Chichesters
Bane
I’ Chichester Chemical Co
Indiana Square
Philada
Sedalia Markets
Servant-Harker Drug Co
Fleischmann
Caligraph
New Century Caligraph
United Typewriter
North Eighth ST
ST. Louis
M. T. Slane
West Third Street
Sedalia, Mo
Wesern Woodmen
C. W. Hawes
W. A. Northcott
Allew Railway
Hmann’s Pharmacy
Alamo
Hammrocks
F. Taylor
Cain
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