Crest of Flood Passes City of St Louis Amid Severe Damage
Reports show the Mississippi crest moving past St Louis with waters receding northward. The flood caused multiple fatalities and widespread destruction as a steeple wall of water six feet high breached near Granite, drowning seven workers and thirteen others. East St Louis authorities shut down commerce and schools as parts of the business district flood.
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City of
East St. Louis
Cook
May Special Session Likely To Address Flood Damage
Kansas lawmakers expected to convene a special session within two weeks to appropriate funds for flood relief. Telegrams are sent to all members requesting service without pay. Replies from twenty members have been received so far.
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Kansas
Fragmentary OCR notes provide unclear event hints
The readable fragments mention names like Ng and Toh and numbers such as 7 but the text is garbled and lacks a coherent event, place, or date to form a factual report.
Labor Faction Expels Drivers After Board Vote
The labor body, regarded as powerful, faced internal strife when the Parks faction won. Material drivers and handlers refused voluntary withdrawal from the limited body, leading to expulsion votes. The vote tally favored the drivers twenty to sixteen, with Jim J. Donovan as president and others in leadership, reflecting a split among seventeen affiliated organizations.
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Paul
Ega J
Parks
Ter Wal
Jim J. Donovan
Chel
Lesimen
Atxtéen
Waiters Strike Widens in Chicago With Restaurant Additions
Chicago reports show two more restaurants joined the strike as managers and owners visited the strikers' HQ. Union clubs in Washington Park reportedly engaged as talks continue and major block votes loom for demands expected to run two or three days.
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Chicago
Union
Washington Park
Farme 84 Per Acre Cash Crop Ad in Stouz City Iowa
An advertisement from Stouz City Iowa touts farm land at 84 dollars per acre cash with 34 crop till paid. Mentions mules and a hopeful motto Happiness is a ray of sunshine between two clouds.
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Lown
Stouz City
Fragments of Sidelights and Advertisements From a 1900 Page
A collage of humorous lines and ad blurbs includes quips about honeymoon budgets, lipstick vanity, a cure for consumption, and a Red Cross Ball Blue reference. The text mixes marketing slogans with social observations and stray jokes from a bygone era.
Felt Hat Travels Across Europe After Blowing From Train
A stray felt hat blew from a tourist’s head while he leaned from a railway car in Sweden last year. The hat reportedly wandered across northern Europe as it journeyed from town to town, with the owner tirelessly seeking its whereabouts and hoping to reclaim its passenger.
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Sweden
Europe
Woman’s Nervous Prostration Linked to Uterine Disorder
A 1902 reader letter discusses uterine disorders causing nervous prostration in women. It praises E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relief, noting many sufferers find cure or comfort at home. The message cites a testimonial from Hortman of Philadelphia, dated January 6, 1902.
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Risbexb. Railroad
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