Floods and Snowblockade Paralyze Railways Across States
Widespread storms caused two days of continuous rain and snow with high winds. Rivers flooded Pittsburg causing $2 to $3 million in damage and 50,000 workers unemployed. Snow blockades near Massillon Ohio delayed Fort Wayne routes for a day. Bandits robbed an express car, blew a safe, and fled as bloodhounds pursued from a nearby convict camp.
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Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Salem
Massillon
Ohio
Cleveland
Lake Erié
Windom
Leavitsburg
Newcastle
Youngstown
Lake Erie
Baltimore
Nelson
Johnson
Halbert
Ark
Good Roads Ore No Mails Farmers Told To Keep Highways Open
The Post Office Department says good roads are essential for rural free delivery. Patrons on existing routes are warned that services will be abolished if roads used by carriers are not kept in fair condition. The order aims to avoid undue hardship on farmers as winter approaches.
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Post Office Department
Massive Ohio Valley Flood Damages Across Pittsburg and Allegheny
A severe Ohio Valley storm flooded Pittsburg, Allegheny, Cleveland and Cincinnati. A 150 foot slide at Soho blocked a track for fourteen hours. One hundred feet of track at Skobe dropped fifty feet into the river. Lines from Pittsburgh to Wheeling suffered major damage with miles underwater. Estimated losses reach $350,000 for Allegheny and $250,000 in Pittsburg residences and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Soho
Panhandle
Bessemer
Allegheny Valley
Franklin
Skobe
Monaca
Ajiquipp
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Pittsborg
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Alegheny
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Record Ohio River Flood Threatens Farmers and Towns
Severe floods devastate the Ohio and Licking rivers with water at fifty two feet. Crops ruined and hundreds of farmers face destitution as rains and high water surge. Past floods of sixty one feet in Cincinnati foreshadowed greater danger this season.
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Ohio Valley
Ohio
Licking
Partie
Cincinnati
Rural mail routes expansion eyed for next year
The article notes farmers must keep roads open for door delivery as a $3,000,000 rural service appropriation becomes available early next fiscal year. Chief Machen pegs the average route cost at $500 annually, estimating about 5,000 routes will be established with clerical hire and supervision added.
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Machen
Philander C. Knox New Attorney General Profile
Philander C. Knox is named to succeed John W. Griggs as Attorney General after McKinley’s appointment. He faces a substantial income drop from Carnegie Steel and Kin dred interests, with an estimated $75,000 annual figure, as his salary will be about one tenth. A prominent clubman and horseman, Knox leads multiple clubs in Pittsburgh and New York, and has paid large sums for horses.
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Philander C. Knox
McKinley
John W. Griggs
Knox
Wshington
Carnegie Steel Company
Washington
Dagquesne Club
Pittsburg
Americas Club
Brunots Island
Water flow on Nile surpasses Thames roads claim
A scrambled clipping notes water flow on the Nile is said to be sixteen times that of the Thames roads. It mentions law, a Topeka attorney, a county suit against fifty insurance firms, and anti trust laws, all in a garbled context.
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Topeka
Kan
Ander
Tate
Lincoln’s Body Moved To New Lincoln Monument Tomb
The remains of President Lincoln and three family members were transferred from a temporary vault to the catacomb of the new Lincoln monument in Springfield. Officials and state figures observed the ceremony as caskets were opened and placed in the final resting place with plans for a formal dedication on October 15.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Monument
Gov. Yates
Alfred Bayliss
M. O. Williamson
Lincoln Guard of Honor
State of
Illinois
Springfield
TO WED HIS CHAMPION. X32 MARRIAGE REPORT
Prof Herron and Miss Rand are said to be to be married. Rev George D Herron lectured in Brooklyn and attacked religious conditions. He claimed the church has persecuted reformers and cited divorce statistics across countries, noting high American desertion cases and city versus country disparities.
Fragmented OCR texto reflects incomplete political note
The readable fragments show a discussion around freedom and Christianity with uncertain context and garbled wording. No clear event date or identifiable organizations are present.
Remeha Onin Vv 3 a Pea Da ECU
A fragmented OCR item lists unclear terms like Remeha Onin and ECU with scattered digits and punctuation. No coherent events, people, places, or dates are readable to summarize a definite news item.
Growth of Divorce in the United States
The piece traces divorce rates from 1870 to 1900 with rising percentages from 3 to 8 percent of marriages ending in divorce. It notes 23 427 U S divorces in a year, 20 111 world divorces outside the United States, and a global excess of 3 361 divorces in the U S.
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United States
Famine Strikes Western and Central Siberia
Fearful destitution spreads across western and central Siberia as drought ruins crops and fodder. Immigrants wander starving, selling cattle at ruinous prices while bread soars and children suffer from malnutrition amid eastern Siberia’s worse conditions.
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Siberia
Russia
Elds
Take Great Night Sure in Acknowledging the Curtain
The item presents a brief notice noting a curtain acknowledgement event titled Take Great Night Sure. It emphasizes a ceremonial recognition and references unspecified participants and venue details.
Peruna Adverts Claim Cure for Catarrh Across Locations
Notable claims from Peruna advertisements describe cures for catarrh in various locations including throat bronchial tubes lungs and head. Personal letters from Edward Stevens Mrs Edward Stevens Frederick Williams and Mrs W A Allison praise Peruna’s complete recovery and urge others to try the remedy as a cure rather than a palliative.
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Peruna
Ars
Frederick “Williams
South’ Side
Society of
Chicago
Cuyler Avenue
Red Williams
Frederick Williams
Nickel Pirate Road Announces Same Day Round Trip Fare
The Nickel Pirate Road will sell Sunday excursion tickets between any two stations at one fare for the round trip good for the day only. Buy by wire phone or call on nearest agent or C. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne Ind.
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Nickel Pirate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Kind Lady and Nation's Brother Exchange in Dialog
A headlined social spot records a brief exchange where a Kind Lady asks a man named Walker Miles to save a dime from strong drink. He replies that he is Nation's brother, and she confirms she does not recognize him.
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Walker Miles
Mr. W. M
Mrs. Nation
Grain-O Healthful Coffee Substitute Promotes Digestive Ease
If coffee unsettles digestion and disturbs sleep Grain-O offers a grain based drink as a pleasant, healthful alternative. It purportedly has none of coffee’s bad effects, tastes similar to the finest coffees, and costs about 14 to 25 cents. It is pitched for both children and adults and urged to ask grocers for Grain-O.
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Costa
One Lesson Well Learned
A dialogue fragment shows a nephew pleading to tell his father by phone after being kept late at school while Uncle Karl questions his whereabouts. The exchange captures a family moment centered on a late return and communication between mother, father, and child.
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Karl
Nephew
Papa
Con sumption cure ad leads to mixed letters from Springs Indiana
An OCR fragment from Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 discusses a cure for consumption and coughs and colds with a cryptic quotation about self conquest and enmity. The readable text is incomplete.
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Jobhn
Boyer
Springs, Ind
Bar Ad Promotes Dr. Restorative Six Bottles
An old Utah newspaper fragment advertises Send-no Bar for six bottles of Dr. Restorative priced at five dollars and fifty cents. The text references state context and notes Mormon and Irish mentions in a fragmentary way.
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State of
Utah
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