The Floods of 1927 Wreak Widespread Devastation Across States
A monumental flood disaster from 1927 affected 15 states from Iowa to Louisiana and New England. It caused 457 deaths, displaced hundreds of thousands, and inflicted billions in damages. The American Red Cross aided over 600,000 refugees, with substantial relief still in place months after waters receded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Delaware
Rhode Island
Iowa
Louisiana
New England
Mississippi Valley
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Arkansas
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Illinois
Oklahoma
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Maine
Ohio
Laconia
Ark
Bearestown
I.il
New Orleans
Nashville
Tenn
Arkansas City
Montpelier
Concord
N. N
Hartford
Conn
Little Winooski
Central
South
Middle West
Sailors Refuse America Go to Jail in Norfolk Case
Sixteen Lascar sailors from the steamship Suveric told a judge they would rather face jail than go to America because of the cold. They admitted signing for duty but rebelled when ordered to Norfolk, Va. The court sentenced them to four weeks in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Glasgow
Lascar
Suveric
Norfolk
India
Sardines Sold One by One in Orient
Dr Julius Klein reports natives craving American sardines sold one at a time from tins in the Orient. He cites China and Japan looking to America for food supplies and predicts prosperity after current China troubles with goods like phonographs radios clocks instruments shoes and other knickknacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Seattle
Wash
Sumatra
Julius Klein
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
China
Japan
America
Iowa
Doctor Klein
Relief agencies receive large voluntary gifts from New York societies
The report notes $35,000 in voluntary contributions and relief work support augmented by the Vermont and Massachusetts societies of New York. The Vermont society sent $65,000 and the Massachusetts society $30,000 to their home states to aid relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Massachusetts Societies of
New York
Oates Champion Herman Trelle Repeats in Chicago Show
Herman Trelle of Wembley Peace River Alberta Canada won the world oats title at the International Grain and Hay show in Chicago. His prize oats weighed 49.6 pounds to the bushel marking a second consecutive championship for Trelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Trelle
Wembley
Peace River
Alberta
Canada
Chicago
Trelle
Printers Dunlap and Claypoole Honored for U S Constitution
In Philadelphia a bronze tablet was unveiled honoring Capt. John Dunlap and Lieut. David C. Claypoole, the first printers of the Declaration of Independence and the U S Constitution. The Dunlap & Claypoole shop stood at 134 and 136 Market Street, now Horn & Hardart property. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania mounted the commemoration with exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Washington
Arst
America
John Dunlap
David C. Claypoole
Dunlap & Claypoole
Market Street
Horn & Hardart Baking Company
The
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Congress
Snake Found in Mail Box Sparks Route Protests
Mail carriers in Hutchinson Kansas protested to Postmaster Armour over box contents on routes. A carrier found a dead snake in a street box and another reported a live toad leaping at him when opening a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
Armour
Toad
Boston Senior Claims Hitchhike Championship
William C. Woolfson, a Boston University senior, says he has traveled 18,000 miles during his college career for nothing and declares himself the hitchhike champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William C. Woolfson
Boston University
Girl's Lincoln story wins big literary prize
Katharine Holland Brown of Quincy Illinois wins the largest literary cash prize, 81000, for a pre Civil War novel The Father beating 1391 manuscripts from across the United States and abroad The 90 000 word work features a father and daughter in Illinois with Abraham Lincoln as a key figure The prize is shared by the Woman's Home Companion and the John Day Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Katharine Holland Brown
Union
Gertrude B Lane
The
Woman Home Companion
Richard J Walsh
John Day
Dorothy Canfield
James Branch Cabell
Miss Brown
University of Michigan
Phi Beta Kappa
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago type girls say female ideal named Corinne Kelly
Prominent artists including John Norton of the Art Institute describe Chicago girls as a new type. Corinne Kelly is selected as the typical Chicago girl, a brunette of five feet three and a half inches, 124 pounds, with gray blue eyes and bobbed hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Norton
Chicago
Art Institute
Corinne Kelly
Foulois Promoted to Brigadier General and Assistant Chief
Foulois rises to brigadier general and becomes assistant chief of the air corps. Born in New England in 1889 and entering the army in 1900 as a private, he served during World War I as a brigadier general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieggt
Col Benianun
Tdboulos Stiles W Viater
Sims
Arms Air Corps
New England
Army
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quidde and Buisson Named
Prof Ludwig Quidde of Germany and M Ferdinand Buisson of France were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Quidde originated many international peace schemes and Buisson has long pursued peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig Quidde
Germany
M. Ferdinand Buisson
France
Quidde
Buisson
Also Mentioned on This Page
East
Henry W. Lavigne
Worcester
Mass
Pacific Coast
U. S. Constitution
S His
Lincoln
BIG Literary Prize
Michigan
British Columbia
Italy
Capitol
Oklahoma City
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Foulois
King
Arabia
England
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!