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In Philadelphia a plan aims to restrict bicyclists to six miles an hour, require licenses, and force bell alarms. Across the Mississippi, engineers list 126 rivers made navigable at low cost. A newly found comet is hyperbolic, with Prof Swift claiming 4,000,000 years travel. The Hawaiian Princess Victoria may visit to mark a birthday, while Boston schools expand with medical study on public health and youth. Immigration and labor issues stir debate as Japan and China worker influx faces laws. A mail tube system for post and a San Francisco artificial waterfall project show modern infrastructure ambitions. Medical and electricity advances surface with ore mining and industrial practices.
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Flood Devastates Mississippi Valley with Massive Damages
May 20 21 reports from St Louis East St Louis and surrounding towns describe floodwater reaching the main river and inundating factories yards and villages. Losses exceed millions with thousands idle and crops ruined as Ohio river dikes threaten breaks and towns like Keokuk and Madison face rising waters and transport disruption.
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Senate and Illinois lines mark waning Congress activity
Senate notes in Washington May 18 19 20 21 cover registration of certain steamships as U S vessels a public building at Battle Creek Mich river and harbor bill passes Joliet and Lansing appropriations and Sherman statue site issues in the House include free coinage debates and sundry civil bill actions Bartine free coinage ruling and Bland coinage objections loom. Illinois People’s Party convention at Danville nominates H E Tanbenek declined then Barnett for governor with a broad reform platform. Other items include Deacon convicted in Cannes Guatemala treaty proclamation and Behring Sea arbitration counsel appointments.
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Spain to Admit American Pork in Trade Pact
The May 21 issue reports Spain withdraws its long standing ban on American pork. Other brief items note an incendiary fire roasting twelve horses in Indianapolis, a Dexer Texas fire destroying portions of a village, and a snowstorm sweeping Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Additional items include political nominations, executions, drownings, and a dynamite factory blast in Spain.
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Flood Devastation Leaves Sioux City Scattered Homes
Sioux City Iowa May 21 reports describe a catastrophic Floyd River flood with $2,000,000 in damage and dozens feared dead. Homes swept from foundations, yards flooded, and relief efforts organized by the city council and local committees while rail lines and stockyards plan immediate rebuilding.
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