Flood Devastates Monterey with Mass Casualties and Homelessness
A historic flood in Monterey Mexico left more than 600 bodies recovered and about fifteen thousand homeless. Property losses mount to twenty million dollars as rains drenched Friday through Sunday. Many buildings collapsed with people on roofs as the Santa Catarina river surged half a mile wide. In Seattle and Idaho reports, choirs refused admission fees, a Grand Forks fire destroyed a town, and a poisoning incident killed a couple in Ball Lake cited as Rough on Rats used in dumplings.
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Mexico
Nome
Ife
Wwe Briesis
Walla
Santa Catarina
Tabernacle Choir
Seattle
Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir
Utah
Thoming
Hutte
Mont
Grand For
Idaho
Mulhern
Bose
Ball Lake Cuny
Prank. Kaiser
Kaiser
County votes dry in first election under new law
In a Wednesday special election the county approved prohibition by 3,162 to 1,308. Twenty-three of twenty-five precincts backed dryness, with Nampa and Caldwell showing mixed results. Nampa town narrowly voted against prohibition, while Caldwell favored it by 393 of 727 votes. Payette also supported it, though turnout was light. The dry stance favored rural precincts over towns. Federal news notes Taft backing postal savings banks to fund government bonds and broaden access, urging swift action and stressing appeal to cautious savers.
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Wader
Onty
Nampa
Mircin
Caldwell
Payette
Postal Savings Bank
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Congress
Treasury Department
Utahns At The Fair Draw Ten Thousand Visitors
Amid drizzle the Utah building at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle hosted over 10 000 visitors. An estimated 3 500 were current or former Utah residents. Governor Spry and staff attended a formal welcome as officials from the expo closed the main buildings at 6 p m. The Utah display drew wide praise for its strong showing from Seattle and state visitors alike.
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Utah
Seattle
Spry
Chilberg
Nadeau
Starvation Cure Tale Highlights Dr Otto Schmidt
Dr Otto Schmidt, long skeptical of medicines, reports a fifty day fast with only a small plate of rice soup as his meal. He swam daily and exercised during fasting, claiming strength gained. He previously fasted up to twenty days and now treats starvation as a remedy for various ailments.
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Hopatong
N. J
Otto Schmidt
Haye
Schmidt
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