Flood and Fire Ravage Three States Amid Record Rains
Floods and fires across Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa left tens of thousands homeless, with Topeka and Des Moines centers of ruin. Fires swept submerged districts as waterworks failed and rescue efforts struggled, while hundreds sought shelter in public buildings and auditoriums.
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Results of the Floods in the Middle West
The floods swept across five states with $18,000,000 in damage. Rivers were out of banks, wires down, and rail lines washed away. Kansas City area eviction of about 10,000 people from Armourdale Argentine Harlem and Sheffield, Kansas and Missouri towns.
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Flood Devastates Kansas City Across Kaw and Missouri Rivers
The city and suburbs endure the worst flood in history with fifty deaths reported and millions in property loss. Water levels four feet above 1881 disaster, spreading over twelve square miles as bodies drift past wreckage.
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Kansas City
Ten days of tornadoes break storm records in the west
Terrific winds in seven states kill 68 people and injure 283, with estimated property losses of 2.56 million dollars. The May ten day period brought daily tornadoes, floods, and winds, mainly hammering Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and Iowa, with Missouri Minnesota and Illinois also affected. Destruction centered on eastern and northern Nebraska and central Oklahoma.
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Vast Kansas floods destroy homes and jobs across cities
The disaster floods central and eastern Kansas driving 8,000 workers from packing houses and rail shops. Armourdale and Argentine vanish under water with bridges down, water supplies cut, and city life halted as rivers rise after heavy rain.
Aid from Chicago Helps Iowa Flood Sufferers
Chicago fire department sent aid to Iowa flood victims. A special train with four fire engines and six men departed Chicago for Des Moines. North Topeka, Kansas, a manufacturing city of about 10 000, sits on the Kaw River north of Topeka. It had 9000 to 10000 residents, many Black, with railroads mills stores and banks. The levee breached as flood waters spread five miles wide along the river.
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New Aluminum Bound Baskets Impress In Household Use
A Philadelphia Telegraph note highlights durable uneventful household items. Aluminum bound scrap baskets promise long life and light weight. A cone shaped feather lined basket keeps knives and forks together. A flat picnic basket with grass-woven rings steadies bottles and eggs.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Ragout of Mutton and Winter Garment Care Tips
A recipe describes preparing mutton ragout with vinegar onion pepper and spices then layering meat with onions carrots and celery in brown sauce baked two and a half hours finished with pasta and Parmesan. The second portion gives thorough advice on packing winter garments with tissue paper cedar shavings camphor and sachets to prevent moth damage.
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Intervala
Recipes for Cornmeal Taploca Pastry and Cream Toast
A historical excerpt provides a list of kitchen instructions for making Cornmeal Taploca with milk, tapioca, and molasses baked in a double boiler, followed by Pastry a la Francaise with flour butter eggs and water, Cream Toast with sweet bread circles toasted and topped with a cream sauce, and a Baked Omelet using milk, flour and eggs. The text preserves old spelling and measurement conventions, outlining mixing, kneading, and baking steps and ending with serving suggestions.
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