Floods Devastate Cairo Drainage District and Memphis
Reported breach of the Mobile & Ohio levee floods the Cairo drainage district north of Cairo, Illinois, submerging nearly 1,000 homes and many plants. Refugees rise to about 3,000 in Hickman Kentucky, while Memphis sees extensive flooding and thousands displaced. President Taft orders ration distribution. $260,000 relief is debated in Congress.
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Memphis
Tenn
Weather Bureau
Hickman
Reel Foot Lake
Dyer, Lake, Obion
Lauderdale
Tennessee
Cairo
Ill
Mobile & Ohio
Frances
Bridge
Chicago
Urbandale
Montana
Glasgow
Mont
Here
Lismis
Washington, D. C
Bureau
Taft
Quartermaster General
Department of the Army
Mississippi
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Federal court appoints receivers for Detroit railroad case
Detroit Michigan April 6 Federal Judge Angell signed an order appointing receivers Frank W from Detroit Dudley and Waters of Rapids and Newman Erb of New York. The state denied the option of the railroad for a 4000 dollar bond issue.
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Detroit
Mich
Federal
Edge Angell
Frank Wall
Dudley
Ohio towns report accidents and political moves across the state
In Dayton Mary Manti a 3 year old was struck by a streetcar injuring her right arm. Lima notes petition against a saloon with 500 electors. Delaware Gideon convention May 25 26 expects 50 delegates. Findlay jury verdict in a $5 000 alienation case. Athens Daniel Fleming dies in Kissimmee at 90. engineer on the John Bull line. Columbus Lorena Fullen arrested after running away to marry John Reed. Circleville Homer Parcells 45 dies when barn door falls crushing skull. Upper Sandusky Zachariah Smith dies of heart disease. St Clairsville special election April 15 bonds for new high school. Celina David Beery found with throat cut and skull fractured. bloodhounds used. Columbus Senator George K Cetone may be next indicted legislator tried. Marion Joseph Justice critically ill after stroke. Berea German Wallace college seeks 100000 endowment boost. gift announced as from a friend. Cleveland parish house robbery yields about 1000. suspect captured with 428. Delaware Mrs Henkle near death after poisoning scare. Springfield fire ruins Brixler broom factory. four fire rigs stuck in mud. Newark Prof Gilpatrick dies at 76 after long Denison tenure. Youngstown police hunt for $1000 missing from John Murray. Findlay morphine pills killable 2-year-old daughter of Overholt.
British Miners Leaders Order Men Back to Work
The Miners' Federation, after a long conference, advised all miners in Great Britain to resume work. The move could bring 1,000,000 strikers back to mines and restore employment to 1.5 million workers in other industries affected by coal shortages. In Kentucky, union coal miners and operators meet over wage scales and the Cleveland compromise, with both sides expecting adoption and possible condition modifications.
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London
Miners’ Federation
Great Britain
Louisville
Union
Western Kentucky
French Bandits Kill Driver and Loot Wagon Near Paris
Four bandits seized an express wagon near Choisy-le-Roi six miles from Paris. They killed the driver by strangling, looted valuables, and discarded the body by the roadside. No trace of the criminals has been found.
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Paris
France
Carouy
Villeneuve-St. Georges
Chantilly
Choisy-le-Roi
Three Men in Balloon Safe After Mysterious Disappearance
Dresden reports three Danish officers disappeared for three days after ascending March 31 in the Count Zeppelin balloon headed for the international balloon cup race. The craft drifted to the Baltic at Stralsund after a detour to the North Sea. The balloon has a gas capacity of 77,695 cubic feet.
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Dresden
Saxony
Count Zeppelin
North Sea
Baltic
Stralsund
Pomerania
Zeppelin
Nellie Bly Jail Writ Planned in New York
A writ to commit Mrs Elizabeth B Seaman known as Nellie Bly to jail for contempt will be issued by Judge Hough and delivered to the U S marshal. The contempt stems from her failure to pay a $600 fine and to answer questions about her ironclad company now in bankruptcy.
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New York
Elizabeth B. Seaman
Nellie Bly
United States
Hough
United States District Court
Seaman
Ironclad Company
Roosevelt Jr. Enters Wall Street as Bond Clerk
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. becomes a full fledged pupil in finance and makes his debut in high finance as a bond clerk at Berton Griscom and Jenks offices, 40 Wall Street, New York.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Wall Street
Hisebut
Berton, Griscom & Jenks
Held for Murder of Wife in Hibbing Area
Virginia Minn April 6 John Backa a homesteader near Hibbing was indicted by the grand jury charged with murdering his wife and held for trial.
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Virginia
Minn
John Backa
Hibbing
Free Sample Cured Tetters and Resinol Endorsements
Advertisements tout Resinol Ointment and Soap with a free sample offer. A mother from Stovall Virginia credits Resinol for curing her baby's tetter and the copy highlights the product’s broad skin care claims and physician backing.
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Bertha Hodnett
Stovall
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Gruet Buys More Than He Can Pay For Horse
Cobwigger and Cohen exchange remarks about a horse named Dot in a shopper’s dialogue. A customer asks seventy five dollars while curiosity and social vanity surface. The piece critiques excess and trust magnates limiting others.
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Gruet
Cohen
Medical Genius Impresses Rich Patient Hopeful
An old doctor sees a young physician walking with several shabby companions. He asks who they are. The reply, whispered in confidence, says they were hired to sit in the reception room to impress a potential rich patient.
So You're the Chap That Makes Mud Sheads
A brusque young man at a studio supper meets a renowned sculptor. He quips about mud sheds, mispronounced as mud sheads, provoking a quiet retort from the eminent artist. The exchange appears in Youth's Companion.
Road trek amid scarred lanes near Waterville or Rutland
The scene follows Blinks and Garraway as a car struggles over wet damaged roads. Garraway suspects they are near Waterville or Rutland but remains unsure, reflecting the uncertain journey. The snippet ends with a prompt about Harvard and Carlisle in a separate exchange.
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Blinks
Garraway
Waterville
Rutland
Harper’s Weekly
Superficial Impression and the Detective Trick
A quoted exchange portrays detectives as mysterious figures while Mrs. McGudley notes that their heavy literary labors leave little time for real detection. The dialogue hints at a satirical view of detective work and its perceived verbosity.
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Manuel Bonilla
Honduras
Bright
Ohio
Dayton
Mary Mantia
Lima
Shook
Delaware
Gideon Organization
Athens
Daniel Fleming
Amesville
Kissimmee
Fla
John Bull
Schnectady
Albany
N. Y
Columbus
Lorena Fullen
John Reed
Circleville
Homer Parcells
George Dresback
Pickaway Township
Upper
Sandusky
Zachariah T. Smith
Wyandot County
Ohio State Historical Society
Republican County Executive Committee
St. Clairsville
Celina
David Beery
Nickerson
George K. Cetone
I. E. Huffman
Marion
Joseph Justice
Ohio General Assembly
Putnam County
Berea
German-Wallace College
Cleveland
St. Paul’s Croastian
Jessie Way Henkle
Merle Henkle
Springfield
Clay Street
George Brixler
Fense
Newark
J. L. Gilpatrick
Denison University
Granville
Youngstown
John Murray
Murray
U. S
Chumce Coma
Smith
Jongs
Royal Poinciana
Palm Beach
Otel
Samuel Pitcher
Bears
the Centaur Company
Ni Reed
Castoria
Freddie
Cobwigger
Howell
Harvard
Carlisle
Powell
Cambridge
Willie
Grape-Nuts
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek
Michigan
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