Greenville Deluge Submerges City as Levee Cut Eases Flow
News from Greenville Mississippi on March 30 reports widespread flooding with thousands of acres of delta farms submerged. A northern levee cut aimed to relieve city water pressure. relief boats operated while residents in the southern section used skiffs. The flood threatens cattle and crops. life and power are disrupted, with isolated reports of a shifting river channel near Leland Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Miss
LaGrange Crevasse
Vicksburg
Leland
Ark
Shields
Saloons Smashed by Osborne Daughters in Winfield
In Winfield Kansas on March 30 two sisters of John Osborne armed with pistols and hatchets smashed doors and wrecked property at two saloons. They forced entry at Art Schmidt's and threatened the bartender who hid behind the counter, then damaged bottles. At Chad Thomas' saloon they smashed a front window when barred entry. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Kan
John Osborne
Art Schmidt
North Main Street
Chad Thomas
Cuba and United States approve reciprocity treaty in senate
Havana reports the reciprocity treaty between Cuba and the United States, amended by the US Senate, passed in the Cuban senate by 12 to 9. The approval is final and unconditioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
United States
Senate of the
Senate
Stradbroke Farmer Dies With Wheat Stack Standing
London report recalls a Suffolk farmer from Stradbroke near Eye who vowed 34 years ago not to thresh his wheat while under 10 shillings a quarter. He kept the vow and died recently with the stack still standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stradbroke
Eye
Suffolk
Zeigler Arctic expedition sails from Tromsoe after repairs
Capt. Coffin and twelve expedition members reach Tromsoe to prepare for the Zeigler Arctic voyage. Repairs on the expedition steamship America are finished and all stores will be bought in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tromsoe
Norway
Coffin
America
Northeast storm hits Savannah area with flooding and wind
A northeast storm of considerable severity persisted all day in Savannah and Tybee Island. Winds reached 65 miles per hour at Tybee. The weather caused extensive damage to wires, trees, and fencing and flooded low-lying areas on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Tybee Island
Remains of Gen Hector Macdonald Arrive in London
The body of Gen Hector Macdonald arrives in London from Paris at 7 am accompanied only by close family. The coffin is moved discreetly to Kings Cross and later to Edinburgh where a 6 am burial is planned as hundreds of Scots and clan groups gather amid emotional demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hector Macdonald
Paris
Hector
Edinburgh
Kings Cross
Macdonald
Scotland
Combat at Istib Macedonia Leaves Many Dead
Constantinople reports a fierce clash at Istib with Turkish troops and insurgents. Eighteen insurgents are said killed, Turks 15 wounded or dead, tied to an attack on Turkish depots. Belgrade dispatch notes Macedonian Sarafoff bands suffer heavy losses at Vladimirov and Podareshe. At Raslovzi near Serres Turkish forces killed 13 revolutionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Istib
Macedonia
Sarafoff
Vienna
Belgrade
Vladimirov
Podareshe
Raslovzi
Serres
Immigrant arrivals at Ellis Island break Sunday record
New York on March 30 reports 4,569 men women and children processed at Ellis Island surpassing all prior Sunday totals. Commissioner Williams notes arrivals from ships Philadelphia Campania Savoie and Graf Waldersee fed a record surge in the harbor as the rush season begins and cases may exceed past records by thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ellis Island
Williams
Philadelphia
Campania
Savoie
Mrs Miles III Stricken With Heart Trouble at West Point
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles wife of Lieutenant General Miles became gravely ill with heart trouble at West Point on Saturday and was moved to a hotel where she has stayed during a visit with her son Cadet Sherman Miles. General Miles arrived from New York and found her improved but confined to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nelson A. Miles
West Point
Sherman Miles
Gen. Miles
Lions Run Rampant as Pittsfield Crowd Faces Panic
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on March 30 two Bostwick trained lionesses escaped from a show and roamed the streets at dawn causing panic. They killed one horse and maimed another before one lioness was shot dead and the other captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Bostwick
Miners' Work Suspension Ordered in Michigan
Bay City report states President Williams of the Michigan district orders a suspension of all work in Michigan coal mines while a conference between operators and miners representatives determines next steps. The action pauses mining operations pending talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Michigan
Williams
Iron workers threaten Chicago general strike over wages
Chicago on March 30 reports that structural iron workers threaten a general strike Wednesday to halt building operations as contractors refuse wage increases. The move affects skyscraper frame work and could disrupt construction markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wage Increase at Berwind White Coal Co Abolishes Gap
Windber miners, 4000 strong, receive a 12 percent wage rise for machine miners. Motormen salaries jump from 24 to 80 cents per hour as Berwind White Coal Co posts the new pay scale in Johnstown Pennsylvania on March 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Berwind White Co
Windber
Gustvus Swift Dies After Surgery at 63 in Chicago
Gustavus Franklin Swift, president of the Swift Packing Co, died at his home on Ellis Avenue after an operation for gall bladder infection. He began as a Boston butcher, pioneered refrigerated cars, and built a nationwide packing empire with 22 607 employees and over 25 million in capital. The fortune is estimated at 7 to 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Swift Packing Co
Ellis Avenue
Mr. Swift
Herbert L. Swift
Boston
Harrisburg
Sandwich
Mass
Massachusetts
Swift
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
St. Paul
Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
Alleged Counterfeiters Tied to Ashland City
Nashville detectives moved Gid Ashe and Robert Schwab to jail after a weekend arrest for counterfeiting. Investigators found six bogus $10 gold pieces, coining moulds for five cent and $5 gold pieces, a stamp to raise dollar bills, and a cache of letters between Ashe and associates in Cincinnati and Chicago. Schwab's home yielded moulds and more fake coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Gid Ashe
Robert Schwab
Ashland City
Ashe
Cincinnati
Chicago
Schwab
Trans-Continental Railway Planned From Quebec to Port Simpson
Toronto reports Canada will build a new trans continental railway called the Trans Canada, running parallel to the Canadian Pacific from Quebec in the east to Port Simpson in the west. It will lie 200 to 400 miles farther north, slicing through the wheat and pulp wood belt and traversing the heart of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
Quebec
Port Simpson
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Trans-Canada Railway
Dartmouth Freshmen Drowned Canoeing on Connecticut River
Robert M. Baker of Worcester and John B. Kenerson of Roxbury, both freshmen at Dartmouth, were drowned while canoeing Sunday in the Connecticut River at Hanover New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N. H
Robert M. Baker
Worcester
Mass
John B. Kenerson
Roxbury
Dartmouth College
Connecticut River
William V. McKean, Public Ledger editor, dies at 83
William V. McKean, editor in chief of the Public Ledger for nearly 30 years, died at his Philadelphia home Sunday at age 83. He retired from the paper in 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William V. McKean
The
Public Ledger
Brothers Fatally Hit by Locomotive at Locust Point
Frederick Rowe and his brother Edward F. Rowe aged nine were killed when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive at Locust Point on Sunday night in Baltimore. The two boys were walking near the tracks when the accident occurred. Local authorities investigated the incident for possible safety negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frederick ‘S. Rowe
Edward F
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Locust Point
Doctor John P. Wood Dies at 101 in Coffeyville
Dr. John P. Wood of Coffeyville Kansas died Sunday at age 101 in Thomas Oklahoma. He had practiced medicine for 75 years and was widely known in his field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Okla
John P. Wood
Coffeyville
Kan
Wood
Alleged poolroom raid ends with arrests in NYC
In a West Third Street poolroom raid detectives forced entry after breaking through a floor. Proprietor William Daly and a dozen others were arrested. Detectives Kerr Fogarty Vallely Collins and others used disguises and force to flood the maze like rear rooms before entering the poolroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Third Street
William Daly
Kerr
Fogarty
Bennings
Vallely
Collins
Jimmy
Empress Fractures Arm in Germany While Riding
Berlin March 28 the empress fractured her forearm in a fall from her horse in the Grunewald forest. She was aided to a hunting lodge and a physician arrived by automobile at high speed. Emperor William helped her to rise as doctors reported a simple fracture and satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Grunewald Forest
Adelbert
William
Gunker
Berchtesgaden
Alfred Knapp Indicted in Multi Murder Case
Alfred A Knapp was indicted Friday for multiple murders. He laughed when told of the indictment and said he was not worried. Trial cannot begin before May with subsequent cases of Fred C Wellner and Samuel Keeler likely delaying Knapp’s fate to June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Alfred Knapp
Knapp
Alfred A. Knapp
Bsiden
Fred C. Wellner
Miltonville
Samuel Keeler
Wellner
Keeler
Chiefs of revolution ratify peace accord in Uruguay
In Montevideo on March 28 an assembly of revolution chiefs ratified and acclaimed the peace convention signed with the government the previous Monday marking a turn in the Uruguayan conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Women immigrant inspectors kept on duty in New York
Washington directs the continuation of the women immigrant inspectors in the New York office until the president returns from a western trip. The Times Shanghai dispatch notes American bankers' commission delegates presented their indemnity bond for signature by Chinese representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Immigration Service
New York
London
Times
Shanghai
Bankers’ Commission
Prevention of Corruption Bill Passed by Lords
London March 28 The house of Lords Friday passes the prevention of corruption bill making it a penal offense to offer or accept gifts or bribes with the aim of influencing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Lords
Mother's Powders for Children Promoted with 25 Cent Sample
An advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children from New York's Children's Home cure for fussiness teething disorders stomach trouble and worms. Sample free offered by A S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Also includes a humorous dialogue about money and a Detroit Free Press quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Cure for Cold and Remedies in Vintage Ad Snippet
A fragment from an old advertisement page lists remedies for colds and coughs including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and He n Honey and Tar. It cites satisfaction refunds and references other products like Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Pike’s Toothache Drops. The text also includes quotes and Easter eggs of period opinion and a butter color claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Cuticura Remedies Promoted Across the World
An 1901 notice from Pietermaritzburg advertises Cuticura products including Resolvent pills Ointment and Soap with prices. It promotes a 64 page work on humours of the blood skin and scalp and lists British French Australian depots and Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation as sole proprietors in Boston United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charterhouse
London
F.C
Rue de la Paix
Paris
R. Towns & Co
Sydney
Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation
Boston
U.S. A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zeigler Arctic Expedition
Gen. Miles III
West Point, N. Y
Lionesses
Larne
Gustavus Swift
Ashland City, Tenn
TRANS
Continental Line
Wm. V. McKean
Dodd
Remers
Lancaster
Maine
Charley
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Baltimore American
Detroit Free Preas
Ascum
Philadelphia Press
A. Bronson Alcott
Eorge Wm. Curtis
St. Jacobs Oil
Justice Finnemore
Bible Women’s Society
Bible Women
Robert Isaac Finnemorf
Natal
Pietermaritzburg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!