Storm Cyclone Rips Illinois Indiana Killing Hundreds
A devastating cyclone swept from Grant Park Illinois to Cairo Indiana on Sunday evening killing about 100 people and wounding many more. Property damage tops $1.9 million as towns including Bush Willisville Campus and Morroco suffer heavy destruction.救
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Grant Park
Cairo
Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Deneen
Momence River
Bush
Kewanee
Wear Frankfort
Campus
Willisville
Murphysboro
Freeman
Limestone
Lowell
Morocco
Ind
Meta Hamlin
Bruce Hanger
H. F. Leedem
C. FE. Triplett
Nelson Hustle
David Jay
Kankakee
Robert Hawkins
Race Horse Bourbon Beau Injured at Churchill Downs
Bourbon Beau, four-year-old stallion and Juarez mile record holder, fell at Churchill Downs injuring his right foreleg. Officials fear the injury could end his racing career and affect the stable’s prospects.
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Louisville
Bourbon Beau
Juarez
Churchill Downs
Baseball results snap in scattered league action
American League scores show Boston Washington Detroit and Chicago among others with mixed results and multiple games postponed by rain. Western League results include Sioux City Omaha St Joe Des Moines and Wichita while St Louis and Cincinnati games also noted as postponed.
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Boston
Mt Louta
Chicago
AGIN
York
Chiles
Vol PC
Louis
Aoe N. Yoerk
Topeka
St. Joe
Omaha
S. City
Movnes
Wichita
St. Louie
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Columbus
Minneapolis
Toledo
St. Paul
Sioux City
Des Moines
Wreckage Identified on Lake Michigan Shore
Flotsam from a wrecked steamER washing ashore between Hammond and Gary for two weeks has been identified. Four coffins and a life preserver bear the name Flora M. Hill. Silk undergarments and clothing were found. fishermen are selling silken suits for a drink.
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Hammond
Ind
Lake Michigan
Gary
Flora M. Hill
Coast Steamers Collide Off Hatteras In Thick Weather
The Cretan of Merchants and Miners lines bound for Baltimore from Jacksonville and Savannah was seriously damaged above water after a collision with the Iroquois from New York to Charleston and Jacksonville. The City of Montgomery aided the Cretan and both ships carried passengers.
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Norfolk
Cretan
Merchants and Miners’ Line
Jacksonville
Savannah
Baltimore
Hatteras
Clyde Line
Iroquois
New York
Charleston
Savannah Line
City of
Pick 2 Famous Lawyers for Money Trust Inquiry
Washington April 23 Samuel Un termyer of New York and Edward H Marrar of Chicago former ABA president have been hired by the house committee on banking and currency to conduct the money trust investigation. They will probe the private affairs of leading financial institutions before cross examining witnesses at public hearings.
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Washington
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Edward H. Marrar
Chicago
American Bar Association
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Money Trust
Flooded Mississippi Loss Sees Hundreds Marooned
Hundreds remain marooned on floating housetops and rafts in flooded northwestern Mississippi as rescue parties scour the area by motor boats and launches. Officials report intense suffering among the trapped refugees.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Canoe Capsizes Near Lansing. Two Sisters Die
In Grand River Michigan on April 23 Cecil and Josephine Richardson aged 21 and 26 from Traverse City drowned when a canoe carrying Frank W. Kidman capsized in swift current Kidman was rescued after an attempted rescue of the two sisters.
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Lansing
Mich
Cecil
Josephine Richardson
Traverse City
Grand River
Frank W. Hidman
Kidman
Cyclone Death Toll Rats Alabama Mining Towns
A cyclone cut a path through Adamsville Hinckney City Jugtown Brookside and nearby mining towns in Alabama with reports of 12 to 15 dead and several injured Twenty houses were destroyed at Brookside authorities said. In Milwaukee Wisconsin a 19 year old Ros Kolar was killed by her suitor Jacob Kraseck who then killed himself after a police chase.
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Grundy County
Jay
Hawkins
Bush
Williamson County
St. Louis
Campbell
Iron Mountain Railway
Willisville
William Gambell
Mount Prairie
Birmingham
Ala
Adamsville
Hinckney City
Jugtown
Brookside
Sweetheart
Milwaukee
Wis
Kolar
Jacob Kraseck
Kraseck
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American Steel Post
Iowa Gas & Electric CO
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
M. Hill
Cape Hatteras
Mississippi Valley
Alabama
l_emmon
Province OF
Saskatchewan
Canada
Minister of Agriculture
Minnesota
North Dakota
Union
Okie
Ween
Winnipeg
Toba
Alberta
Carrot River District
Prince Albert
Canadian Northern
Houghton Lake
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific Railways
Canada Lands
Luse Land & Development Co
Germania Life Building
Minn
Southwell & McCulley
Iowa
Southeastern Lowa
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