Storm sweeps New Albany area leaves dozens dead
Tornado struck New Albany Indiana and surrounding districts on Friday night causing at least 37 deaths in New Albany and up to 42 statewide with about 150 injuries and estimates of $2 million in property loss. Early damage reports cited Holman Jeffersonville Sullivan county and surrounding towns with several homes destroyed and many trees uprooted as it moved from the northwest toward Louisville and Harrods Creek. Relief efforts are under way with Red Cross volunteers and military units assisting hospitals overloaded with the injured.
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New Albany
Ind
Indiana
Holman
Jeffersonville
Sullivan County
Hendricks County
Decatur
Delaware County
Howard County
Corydon
Flat Rock
Corydon Pike
A. M. Floyd
Cumberland Telephone Company
Pike
Henry Bell
Harrods Creek
Louisville
Jefferson County
West Union
St. Edward’s Hospital
St. Edward’s
George Strack
Counciman
Fourth Ward
Strack
Henry
Indianapolis Red Cross
J. J. O’connor
Central Division
the Red Cross
Carolina Canter
St. Edward's Hospital
Elizabeth
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Seymour Company
Indiana National Guard
Field Hospital Corps No.1
Indianapolis
Elks
DePauw
Ate. W.C. DePauw
Éie
New Albany Tornado Toll and Aftermath Report
Thirteen seven bodies recovered from the tornado ruins in New Albany Ind with search continuing. Three hundred homes destroyed and one thousand left homeless as martial law and National Guard units arrive to guard against looting. Fire, discomforts, and property loss raise estimates to about 1.5 million dollars.
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New Albany
Ind
National’ Guard
The Dead List From New Albany Tragedy
The total of dead includes Mrs. Martha Bunch Albert Peyton Elsie Lopp Mary Botts Ella Ehringer Louise Didelot and three children Agnes Louise Alberta Edward Johns Jr Gertrude Johns Mary Spickert and infant Elizabeth Gudker Ruth Parish and infant Charles McCaffrey Mary F Lapp Jacob Fess Mary E Lomax Allen MacLean Caroline Canter Rose Huff five years Victoria Zurschmiede George Zurschmiede Louise Umbret Edith Tona Gwirak aged five John Wesley Davis a negro woman and two negro children. Additional reports list Mrs John Huff and two children Martha Shringer Clarence Mass Mathews a 9 year old girl Elizabeth Metz Charles Newkirk.
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New Albany
Ind
Martha &. Bunch
Albert Peyton
Elsie Lopp
Mary Botts
Ella Ehringer
Louise B. Didelot
Agnes
Louise
Alberta
Edward Johns
Gertrude Johns
Mary Spickert
Elizabeth Gudker
Ruth Parish
Charles McCaffrey
Mary F. Lapp
Jacob Fe
Martha Shringer
Clarence Mass
Mathews
Elizabeth Metz
Charles Newkirk
Great Demand for Canadian Land Draws American Farmers
Reports indicate a large influx of U S settlers to Canada’s West in spring as crop yields and high prices entice farmers. Affidavits from Alberta and Manitoba show high per acre yields. buyers seek Free homestead land and low prices. The trend boosts settlement in Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba.
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United States
Canada
G. H. Beatty
Nanton
Alberta
Sidney &. Phillips
Beddeford
Long
Lethbridge
W. Quinn
Milk River
Robert Tackaberry
Nobleford
Boulton
Newell J. Noble
Nancy Coe
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Castoria Endorsed as Safe Remedy for Children
Advert says mothers should inspect Castoria for the Fletcher name and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. It claims children cry for Fletcher's Castoria and promotes it as a famous infant remedy.
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Fletcher
Candles Price Rise Linked to Energy Measures in Paris
In Paris retail grocers raise candle prices after new consumption measures for gas electricity and petroleum. Tallow candles now cost seven to eight cents up from three or four, and small five inch solid candles now fetch six to seven cents from two.
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Paris
France
Cascarets advertisement promises swift relief from indigestion
An old Cascarets ad urges readers to take a 10 cent box to end headaches biliousness sour stomach and foul gases. It claims Cascarets cleanse the stomach remove fermenting food and excess bile from the liver and prevent misery from a sluggish bowel.
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