Des Moines River Flood Reaches 1892 Peak Amid Widespread Damage
Des Moines river hit a 20 foot high mark, flooding north side Levee breaches flood homes and cut routes. Raccoon river also overflowed as trains halted west of town. Des Moines dam weakness raises danger to bridges and rail lines. Countywide damage includes crops, livestock losses, and extensive power outages across Johnson and nearby counties.
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Des Moines
Raccoon River
Jevee
Rock Island
Commerce
Des Moines River
Sith Avenue
Chicago & Great Western
Raccoon
Woodbury
Monona
Marshalltown
Iowa Valley
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Linn
Skunk
Squaw Creek
Story County
Fort Dodge
Mall Riddle: Water Passes Yet Uphill Path Remarks
A cryptic note questions the mall’s future as water seemingly defies gravity by running uphill and the phrase implies a paradoxical or mythic condition. The remark suggests skepticism about progress or a symbolic obstacle.
Supreme Court Sustains Foot-Ease Trademark Infringement
Justice Laughlin of Buffalo sustains the Foot-Ease trade mark and issues a permanent injunction with costs and accounting of sales against Paul Hudson and a Brooklyn retailer for selling Dr Clark's Foot Powder. The court rules it imitates Foot-Ease and infringes trademark and common law rights owned by Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York. Similar suits will follow against other infringers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Laughlin
Supreme Court
Buffalo
Paul Hudson
Dr Clark
Brooklyn
Dr. Clark
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Commemoration Planned for Poe Edited Messenger Building
The building in Richmond where Edgar Allan Poe edited the Southern Literary Messenger remains standing and a commemorative tablet is proposed to be placed on its walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Aten Poe
Southern Literary Messenger
Richmond
Pope Delighted by Roosevelt Gift of Roosevelts Works
The Pope praised President Roosevelt's gift of a complete set of his writings and ordered that mosaics from St Peter's and the Vatican be transmitted to the president with thanks. The Vatican workshops produced these fine art mosaics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Moses
St Peter’s
The
Vatican
Egyptian Cotton Promises Southwide Cotton Revolution
Egyptian cotton is being introduced in Texas and is touted to revolutionize the Southern cotton industry. It is described as more desirable than U S cotton and even sea island cotton, with longer fiber and seeds removable easily, reducing processing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
South
United States
Sea Island
Try One Package Defiance Staren Offer
A sales pitch promises a trial of Defiance Staren with a return option to the dealer. If satisfied, customers receive one third more product for the same price and claim it will not stick to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance Starch
Defiance Starch Co
Omaha
Nebraska
California Fig Syrup Co
Co.—California Fig Syrup Co
Wireless Plan for Alaska Reported by Engineer Pfund
J Pfund an electrical engineer arrives in San Francisco en route to Alaska to set up a wireless telegraph link between Fort Gibbons Yukon river and Bates Rapids Tanana river a 195 mile span. The project under Chief Signal Officer Greely aims for completion by October 1. Pfund may later push a station near the Golden Gate to relay wireless messages with Pacific ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. Pfund
Alaska
Fort Gibbons
Yukon River
Bates’ Rapids
Tanana River
Greely
A Job for Buffalo Jones Named Yellowstone Buffalo Warden
Charles J. Jones known as Buffalo Jones was appointed buffalo warden for Yellowstone Park. He has promoted bison preservation and helped secure funding for a government buffalo ranch in the Yellowstone region. Jones will oversee the new facility and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles J. Jones
Buffalo” Jones
Yellowstone Park
Jones
Congress
Yellowstime
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Nabraska
Business Men of
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Omaha Auditorium CO
Et Ao
York State
Francis E. Nettleton
Fiance Starch Co
Omaha, Neb
Defiance
NY Ai
Chemical CO
la Crosse
Wis
Brownell Hall
Vassar College
Radcliff College
Woman's College of Baltimore
University of Nebraska
University of Chicago
Ian Macrae
Feray AS
Dagar
Ww. N. U
Gabe
Tup
D Iste
Iowa
Oxford
Johnson County
Jacob Burkhardt
Wesley Prush
North Liberty
Jacob Neidhiser
Poe
Red Cross
Chandler’s Cream Extractor
Lecumaweeks
Mnotaa
Toney
Chandler & CO
6Th St
Kansas City
Omana Institute
Keeley
Keeley Institute
All Wright
Dude vRy Vuk
Wright
Thompson
Louisville, Ky
Cal
New York, N. Y
Bates Rapids
Nebraska, Wyoming & Western
Mississippi
Contiguous
States
Northern Pacific System
Railroads OF
Atchinson & Nebraska
Chicago
Kansas
G. I
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Lincoln
Black Hills
Lincoln & Northwestern
Colorado
North Platte
Omaha & Southwestern
Oxford & Kansas
Republican Valley
S. W
Wyoming
Wyoming & Western
Fremont
Elkhorn
Missouri Valley
Sioux City & Pacific
St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Pacific Railway of
Kansas City & Northwestern
Union Pacific
Kearney
St Joseph
Grand Island
Sioux City
O'Neill & Western
Miles
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