Great Flood Ravages Mississippi Valley With Drownings
Government engineers report thirty drownings and ten million dollars in losses after a two week flood in the Mississippi valley. Forty thousand homeless and two thousand square miles inundated as levees hold with sandbags. Water breaches in Arkansas near Memphis disrupt rail traffic and force rescues along the floodfront.
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Cairo
Mississippi Valley
Viata Tevee Boards
Mississippi
Hinds
Arkansas
Memphis
Squire
Missouri
Tennessee
New Route Outlined for Iowa City Interurban
Iowa City hosts capitalists from New York and other cities and local promoters discuss a new interurban line connecting Iowa City and Davenport. They favor the route and compare surveys while inspecting eastern lines. Estimated cost runs around 2 008 000 dollars.
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Iowa City
New York
Toston
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Rich farmer may win liberty on fifty thousand bail
Ernest Hessenius, accused of murdering his wife near Cleghorn, may gain release if he posts fifty thousand bail and agrees to telegraph and Bertillon measurements at Sioux City. The district court judge noted the condition despite disputes over the wife’s death being ruled as a possible murder.
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Ernest Hessening
Oliver
Hesseniun
Sioux City
Heseenius
Cleghorn
Hawkeye Highway Association Meets in Dubuque
Dr F A Seeming president issues call for annual meeting and election to be held in Dubuque on April 26. The agenda includes election and discussion of spring grading and posting of permanent signs. The highway runs from Sioux City to Dubuque via Le Mars Fort Podge and Waterloo.
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Lioux City
F. A.seeming
The
Hawkeye Highway Association
Dubuque
Sioux City
le Mars
Fort Podge
Waterloo
Market to Reopen in Sioux City with Fresh Produce
The public market in Sioux City, active last summer and fall, will be revived soon as farmers have garden truck produce ready for sale. The city council will be asked to provide quarters for a permanent market in the downtown district.
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Sioux City
Cauneral
Packers Dispose of Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner center fielder for Sioux City Western league team has been sold by Sioux City management to the Wilkes-Barre club in the New York State league.
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Packers
Otto Wagner
Sioux City
Quiln
Sioux Ciy Management
Willkesbarre
New School Structure Vote Passes Bond for High School
At the election here residents approved issuing bonds totaling $20,090 to finance a new high school building by an overwhelming margin.
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Lorimer
Boy Hurt by Explosion in dynamite cap incident
A 22 year old son of Mr and Mrs Dip Jacobson was injured playing with a dynamite cap. The blast damaged his left hand and right thumb and fingers, with the first finger affected. He will undergo injuries at Walmed hospital.
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Fort Dedee
Dip Jacobson
Why People Go to Canada
Americans increasingly travel to Canada for free homesteads and affordable land. The article cites a Minnesota settler's nine year success with 160 acres, crops, dairy, low coal costs, and milder winters as proof of favorable conditions and wealth potential driving the migration.
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Canada
Champ Clark
U. S. Senate
Bla Frea
Bla Moana
Congress
United States
William Johnston
Alexandria
Minn
Albery
Minnesota
Widland
Political satire on a female candidate's fall from grace
A humorous cartoon note from Puck mocks a presidential hopeful by placing her in a toppled hat, claiming the moment of humiliation is complete though she shuns publication. The piece contrasts claims of female political equality with a dated, ridiculed image.
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Hata
Puck
Exgovernor's Swear Tale Amid Dinner Confusion
In a Philadelphia Evening Post item, former Michigan governor known for freehand swearing chatters at dinner with Cobb, as a messenger reports a defeated political scheme via a lieutenant. The ex-governor blurts raw exclamations and his wife protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank I. Coup
Detroit
Michigan
Cobb
Leutenent
Marie
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promoted for Children's Digestion
A promotional note describes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative for children with minor digestive upset. It claims gentle action, pleasant taste, and use before bed to improve morning comfort, and offers sample bottles by mail from Dr W B Caldwell of Monroeville, IL.
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Caldwell
Extreme Measure and Hazy Exchange Reported
A garbled OCR fragment shows unclear dialogue about a dangerous act and a choosing of alternatives. Names and clear events are unreadable, leaving only hints of a dispute or coercive action without verifiable details or context.
Rodgers 16 Killed in Long Beach Air Crash
Galbraith Perry Rodgers the famed American flyer crashed into Long Beach surf during an exhibition flight. The biplane rose, tilted, then plunged 400 feet to the water as spectators watched. Rodgers died instantly from a broken neck and the wreckage scattered.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Galbraith Perry Rodgers
Bia
Long Teach
Rodgers
Hils
Rodgera
Milwaukee Socialists Lose in Fusion Victory
Dr. Gerhard A. Dating won Milwaukee mayor as Fusion candidate with P. Carney and Louis Kotecki elected treasurer and city controller. Fusion ticket gained eight aldermen and a ward majority, signaling a decisive defeat for Socialists as turnout reached 80 000 votes from a 60 000 high for previous progloun records.
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Milwaukee
Wla
Gerhard A. Dating
Bla Nagecrates
Y P. Carney
Louis MM. Kotecki
Lurgs
Paris Bandits Loot Wagon. Driver Killed Near Cheisy-JeRol
Paris bandits killed a wagon driver by strangling near Cheisy-JeRol about six miles from Paris and looted the express wagon. They forcibly overturned the wagon and appear to have fled. no trace of them has been found.
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Paris
Cheisy-JeRol
Red Cross Sends $30,000 to Aid Chinese Famine Victims
Wallington reports another $30,000 dispatched by the American Red Crown to China for famine relief, bringing total aid to $415,000 as of January 2.
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Wallington
China
American
Red Crown
Federal bill enlarges Interstate Commerce Law for express packages
A House committee report outlines a bill to regulate express package transport up to eleven pounds with set rates by distance, from 12 cents a pound over 2000 miles to 2 cents within 600 miles, and no compulsory acceptance below 10 cents. It introduces cooperation with rural free delivery via handoffs at transfer points.
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Washington
House
Committee On Interstate Commerce
United States
King
Negreat
Plan rejected by U S on harvester trust reorganization
Attorney General Wickersham rejects the plan to split the International Harvester Company into two firms each to produce specific harvesters patents. He calls for a division into all parts, marking the first major setback in efforts to reshape the company to fit the Sherman antitrust ruling. Negotiations may continue with DOJ once new terms are proposed.
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Washington
Wickersham
Harvester Trust
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Floods Drown 20 Thousands in Dangar of Drowning In Water Surrounded Homes
Nationwide Mississippi River valley floods threaten up to 100000 people with 20 deaths reported and property losses estimated up to 16 million dollars. Levees fail near Reelfoot Lake Kentucky and Cairo Illinois, refugees flee to high ground as militiamen supply tents and relief.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Reel Foot Lake
Wickman
Tennessea
Isyo
Cairo
Tiood Wartinga
Memphis
Charleston
Bird’n Mill
Wyatt
Randolph
Tenn
Memptla
William Lynn
Bird's Point
Lynn
Coursera
Garothersville
Caruthersville
Tonhenses
Houges
Tenth Street
Ohio River
Hickman
West Hickman
Milina
Miners Organized on Iron Range to Prevent Disasters
George A Hawes mine rescue engineer leads Duluth Minnesota miners on the Iron Ranges to organize防 disasters He trains them in fire fighting and other emergency measures to safeguard underground operations.
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Bafety Mathoda
Minera
Duluth
Minn
George A. Hawes
Easter Outing Draws 11000 in Montreal and New York
More than 11 000 people from Montreal spent Easter in New York City. They distributed about 900 000 dollars in the city and on railroad fares. The report notes large crowds and widespread travel for the holiday event.
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Montreal
New York City
Fifty Thousand Miners Return to Work in London
London reports more than fifty thousand miners back at work as the strike curve tilts toward an end. Many residents who usually travel to seaside and country resorts stay home due to limited train service across the kingdom.
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London
Pita
Neaside
Citieg
Aripplad
Singdor
Canada West Indian trade talks in Pant Ottawa
Ottawa hosts conferences between Canadian and West Indian governments to discuss mutual preferential tariffs. The talks aim to agree on a list of articles that are the main export products and would be traded with reduced or favored duties between the two regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Pant
Ottawa
Amithe Ryn Wins Viroqua Mayoral Race in Wisconsin
In Viroqua Wisconsin Amithe Ryn defeated Avenel Bmith to become mayor as August results completed. The contest concludes with Ryn securing the post in the local election.
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Amithe Ryn
la Orange
Wieerr Auguet Brith
Avenel Bmith
Viroqua
Wit
Resinol Ointment and Soap Promote Skin Remedy
A testimonial from Bertha Hodnett of Stovall Virginia touts Resinol Ointment for curing a baby's facial tatter and says the soap shares the same medicinal qualities. The ad claims rapid relief for irritations burns eczema and many skin troubles and notes samples available by requesting Dept. 4 at Resinol Chemical Co Baltimore Maryland.
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Realnol
Mira
Bertha Hodnett
Stovall
Resinel Chemical Co
Baltimore
Final Farewell Whisper From A Dying Man
The dying man weakly directs his friends to tell Milly and Bessie that he loved them and to convey his final message. His companions cluster in mourning as his breath fades and he hints at his death.
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Milly
London Weekly Telegraph
Baby’s Rash Cleared After Cuticura Treatment Abroad
Mrs. Margaret Gunn recounts a 1909 trip from Boston to Ireland and England where her baby suffered a severe generalized rash. A doctor blamed climate and diet, but after about nine months of Cuticura Soap and Ointment the sores faded with no scarring. The letter urges free samples from Cuticura Dept. L, Boston.
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Boston
England
Ireland
Baby
Margaret Gunn
Burrall St. Roxbury
Mass
Cutt Cura
Detective Inference Sparks Curious Banter
In a brief exchange Mrs McGudley quips about detectives their arduous literary labors and why such sleuths would have time to detect. The odd line reflects a playful, cryptic mood with a wink to mystery writing.
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Mra. McGudley
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