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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
6
Topeka recounts a devastating flood with 175 to 200 lives lost and millions in property destroyed. Homes burned, trains halted, and residents clung to rooftops as rescue teams labored amid cold rain and rising waters. Identified dead include Karl and Orville Rupp and G H Garrett’s son.
Reports describe heroic rescue work by E L Bailey and E M Alexander among rising waters. Thousands driven from homes as flood winds sweep North Topeka. Officials estimate hundreds may be dead or missing, with women and children prioritized in evacuations and fires abating only slowly. Local citizens donate generously while shelters open and relief trains move to aid survivors.
An advertorial style notice promotes Dr Kings New Life Villa as a remedy for dyspermia, headaches and liver or bowel troubles. It claims gentle, thorough relief and markets through Sharrar and Mul hotland's drug store.
Lansing June 9 Senate members withdraw from the Colby reform measure amid talks of concessions to House and possible Baird endorsement. Rumors fly of concessions on circuit judges or governorship. conference attendance denied. nine Colby bill senators refuse to attend. Senate passes master bill and names a conference trio. House approves but delays adjournment date.
An elderly resident near a Sugar Factory reports kidney pain and backaches eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Havins & Rhodes drug store. He says he feels young again, can work a full day, and has recommended the medicine to others. Foster-Millburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. sole U.S. agents. Remember the slogan Doan's and take no other.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters quickly relieve nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upset by cleansing the stomach and bowels and boosting blood flow. It promises rapid benefits and a money back guarantee by Sharrar and Mul holland druggists.
Washington reports the United States Supreme Court refused a writ of habeas corpus for Whitaker Wright, a financial operator held in New York awaiting extradition to England on fraud charges. The complaint accuses Wright of committing fraud in England while directing an English corporation under a treaty framework.
An unknown man fired a pistol shot late Sunday night as he left the residence of Professor John F. P. Hicks assistant at the Oklahoma agricultural experiment station. Hicks sustained a wound described as slight. The assailant fled and remains unidentified.
The Jewish community in St Petersburg on June 2 gratefully acknowledges American subscriptions for relief of sufferers at Kishineff. They commend the United States for taking the lead both in material aid and moral sympathy.
On Monday Erie police resignations were accepted, leaving the city short of officers after all but ten quit. Patrolmen had threatened to resign unless salaries rose by $15 per month, signaling a citywide labor action amid ongoing unrest.
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