Tornado Toll Tops 243 Dead in Illinois and Nearby States
Storms across Illinois Indiana Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Arkansas leave 243 dead and 1 207 injured with thousands homeless. Mattoon and Charleston suffer heavy property losses while relief efforts begin with Red Cross and state health officials coordinating food, shelter, and sanitary surveys for about 3 000 destitute residents.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Unas
Thanet
Hollinois
Iinois
Mattoon
Ill
Charleston
Illinois
Illnois
J. C. O'Connor
The
American Redress
State Board of Health
St. Clair Drake
Coles County
Tornado Dead List At Mattoon And Charleston Summarized
The compiled fatalities from the Charleston and Mattoon tornadoes are tallied with names listed for Mattoon including Mrs C Anderson T Bridges Harry Beavers Mrs Cora Beavers various others and many colored residents. Additional names appear for other devastated districts in the nationwide toll follow up.
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Charleston
Mattoon
C. Anderson
T. Bridges
Harry Beavers
Cora Beavers
Bickers
EK. Burke
William Brown
T. C G. Benson
Nancy Coons
Joseph Davidson
Edwin Daugherty
de Hone
Frost Davidson
Charles Fickes
John Grubbs
J. Grubbs
Charles Harris
Miss Heritage
Lizzie Hickey
Dora Hollowell
Grace Huddleson
Elizabeth Hyde
Thomas Hyde
C. Jackson
Clarence Llewellen
J. Needy
Ramona
Nelines
Walter Melton
Etta Mullinix
Owen
Jack Pierce
Aga L. Phelps
Redman
John Reed
Belle Shelley
F. A. Spaulding
J. G. Spits
Harrison Stokes
Master Swanson
J. R. Sweeney
Joseph Taylor
Lee Taylor
Lorraine ‘Taylor
Margaret Taylor
Charley Temple
Susan ‘Travers
Arletta Tudor
Alberta Turner
James Turner
Owen Waggoner
Waggoner
John Williams
List of names appears in a community notice
A readout lists numerous individuals including Mrs. R. C. Barnes, Bayless and Lang families, and several others such as Clarence Bingaman Nel lie Bingaman George Briggs J. W. Johnson Madeline Lang and Alta Stewart, suggesting a public or social register fragment from a local newspaper. No events or actions are described in readable text.
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R. C. Barnes
B. Bb. Bayless
Bayless
Oul Bayless
Clarence Bingaman
Nellie Bingaman
George Briggs
Frank Case
Will Cobble
A. Colby
Bessecker and Julia Hane at Kouts Indiana
At Kouts Indiana C J Bessecker and Julia Hane are recorded in a brief notice noting a social or civil event. The item lists both individuals with no further context provided by the readable text.
Tornado Toll Rising in Mattoon and South States
Dies in Mattoon rise to 55 with Belle Shelley J Needy and infant Owen Waggoner among the dead. Food, clothing aid urged. hundreds of thousands needed for rehabilitation. National storm reports put death toll at 108 across four southern states with 300 plus injured. Hickman Kentucky hardest hit.
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PE Sey Tee Ags Fass
Willisville
Minois
Ohio River
Kentucky
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
O’conner
Mattoon
Charleston
Fourth Infantry
Belle Shelley
J. Needy
Owen Waggoner
South
Memphis
Tenn
Hickman
French Win Lost Positions In Chemin des Dames Attacks
Paris reports German assaults in the Chemindes Dames region gained ground in heavy fighting before French counter attacks reclaimed most positions. Chevreux wood on the Aisne front also changed hands at night per the war office. Berlin says British forces briefly breached first-line German trenches near Loos but were repulsed by a counter attack.
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Paris
Chemin-des-Dames
Pantheon
Chevreux Wood
Aisne
War Office
Berlin
Loos
Leonard Knocks Out Welsh To Take Lightweight Title
New York May 29 Benny Leonard knocked out Freddie Welsh in the fourth round to win the world lightweight championship.
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New York
Benny Leonard
Freddie Welsh
Armed Plot Against Draft Law In Texas and Virginia
The Department of Justice announced a nationwide plot to hinder registration and resist conscription with an armed uprising. Eleven arrests and nine indictments mark a broad German influenced conspiracy rooted in Texas, with leaders McCoy and Phipps linked to Virginia mountain districts. Regulators warn of a strong, nationwide push to enforce the new army law and deter anti-draft activity.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Texas
Department
Roanoke
William Vernon McCoy
J. W. Phipps
Virginia
Middle West
TI. W. W
Hee Barts
Peiicle’ Y
Texas Organization
A. J. Devlin
Gregory
Pershing Ordered to London and Paris for Army Talks
President Wilson told Major General Pershing of plans for American troops in France. Pershing met the President at the White House to review the military situation. He is to lead his division to London and Paris to confer with British and French authorities.
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Washington
Wilson
Pershing
France
White House
London
Paris
100000 Yankees to France as war effort grows
London reports an official statement that including Americans in allied armies and new units, 100000 Americans will soon be in France. The notice cites a draft bill for a 2 million strong army, 14 thousand Americans training as officers, 3500 aircraft planned, and 6000 aviators to be trained this year.
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London
France
British War Office
America
England
National Guard
Navy
Italians Cross Timavo Reach San Giovanni Near Trieste
Civilians flee as Italian forces occupy San Giovanni northwest of Duino near the Gulf of Trieste. The war office says Italy captured nine 6 inch guns and Austria’s reserves are massed for a last stand. Corso front estimates Austrian losses at about 60,000 since May 14. Civil evacuation of Trieste ordered with supplies moved inland.
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Rome
Timavo
San Giovanni
Duino
Gulf of Trieste
War Office
Austria
Trieste
Corso
Dr. A. W. Waite Dies in Chair in New York
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite was electrocuted on Thursday night after three shocks. The confessed poisoner of his wife's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Peck, was composed as officials gathered for the march to the chair. He confessed he killed his mother in law on January 30, 1916.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John M. Peck
Austrian Minister to Quit Reported
An Amsterdam dispatch reports Baron Burian, Austro Hungarian minister of finance, is about to resign.
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London
Amsterdam
Baron Burian
Snance
Germans Warned Of U S Plan To War Zone
Report claims German spy network in the United States supplied advance knowledge of an American destroyer fleet heading to Europe. Secretary Daniels says Berlin learned ship movements before departure, with mines placed at the port entrance. Officials vow a full probe into the leak and navy censorship.
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Mexico
South America
Washington
United States Army
Berlin
Navy Department
Daniels
Europe
Germany
Admiral Sins
Navy
Admiral Sims
Government
Secret Service
Michigan assorted state news in brief list
Midland fire destroys Hotel Day and leaves town without a hotel. Bodily deaths include Benedito Agelint at Fe wash mine and L. B. Edmonds at the capitol. Various local notes cover wages, beekeeping disease, a 102 year old widow, a suicide, crop forecasts, and railroad and war bureau actions.
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Midland
Women urged to aid registration day celebration
Washington May 26 The national defense council calls on American women to help make June 5 registration day a heroic festival. The council's women's committee led by Dr Anna Howard Shaw sent the appeal at Secretary Baker's request urging full female representation in state ceremonies.
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National Defense Council
Washington
America
Anna Howard Shaw
Baker
Doctor Shaw
Food Survey Bill Passes House In Washington
The Lever bill for a nationwide food survey and production stimulation was passed by the house without a roll call. It would authorize spending 14 522 000 for the survey. The senate cut Gore Lever funds from 4 500 000 to 825 000 for cattle disease and pest eradication.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Weindexter
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Leonard
U. S
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Phipps
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University of Kansas
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Thomas Henson
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Grandma Beebe
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Food Preparedness Committee
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Fred van Buren
Midland Lodge
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Tawas
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Hillsdale
George B. Smith
Harrisville
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Michi Gap
Pontiac
Michael Griffin
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St. Clair
Bruce Schlinkert
Alfred Delore
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