Pueblo Flood Toll Grows as Arkansas River Rages
Across Pueblo Colorado the Arkansas River flood devastates the business district and river bottoms. Hundreds dead feared as two eyewitnesses recount boats and wreckage, while relief stations and martial law attempt to cope with massive displacement and dire need.
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City
Fourth
Main
Grove District
Weleek
Arkanens
Second Streets
Court Streets
Ewell
Pountain
Pachio
Joseph M. Daly
Arkansas River
Ss. W. Pressley
Ays
Pueblo
Staton
Congress Hotel
Mike Stud¢inski
Harding Grants Federal Aid After Pueblo Disaster
President Harding extended federal aid to Colorado after the Pueblo catastrophe. From Valley Forge he sent a telegram to Governor Shoup praising Colorado’s response and offering national assistance to help the people endure the great misfortune and losses along the Arkansas River valley.
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Valley Forge
Pueblo
Colorado
Harding
Shoup
Philander C. Knox
Arkansas River
United States
Nurses Hear Dr Hedger Urge Health Teaching For All
Southeastern Iowa nurses gather at Sunset Park Ottumwa for a quarterly convention where Dr Caroline Hedger from Chicago urges health education over disease study. She cites war service in Belgium typhoid work and advocates nurses as school health teachers linked with parents and churches.
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Ottumwa
Septembe
Caroline Hedger
Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund
Chicago
Towa
Sunset Park
Pr. Hedger
Belgium
Nurses’ Training School
Hedger
Movie Paradoxy Sparks Laughs at Local Theater
In a humorous observation patrons avoid single seats while couples and married pairs fill rows, the theater audience demonstrates a paradox in attending films together.
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Picture Theater
No More Rises Expected in Flood Area
Flood area forecasts show no further rises expected after earlier reports, despite a four feet higher projection that proved groundless. Officials urge continued precautions and monitoring as waters recede and conditions stabilize.
High Water Wave Strikes Kansas River Bottoms
Flood reaches Kansas seventeen miles west of Syracuse as the Arkansas River flood from Colorado continues. Residents on river bottoms are warned to seek higher ground as the first wave recedes and debris slows recovery efforts in Pueblo Colorado where extensive damage and fatalities are reported.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Red Cross
Congress Hotel
Mia
Osborne
Pueblo
Santa Fe
Iest
Denver & Rio Grande
Missouri Padre
City
Western Union
Denver & Rio Crende Railroad
Fifth
Main Streets
Main Street
Santa Fe Avenue
the Grove
State Insane Asylum
Ween F. Cannon
Colorado
Laveta
Colo
Arkansas
Dalley
Cannon
Raymond P. Chapman
Arkansas Valley
Fleide
Chepmen
Third
Math
Chapman
Kansas
The
Evening Journal
Syracuse
Kamesas Seveteen
Here
Senior Picnic and Class Party Honor Spring Graduation
About forty eighth grade members of the Cdmvi.con enjoyed a Friday evening at Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson’s home with host Kenneth Jackson. A three course dinner featured fruit cocktail roast pork mashed potatoes perfection salad banana salad wafers ice cream and cake. The group later played games and swam while faculty chaperons Mise Marie Dannerberger and C W Klein H J Montgomery helped supervise. The Rubio senior picnic earlier in the year drew many attendees with sixteen cars transporting students to the grounds and a full menu for the noon meal. The event capped a harmonious graduation season for the class with festivities deemed highly successful.
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Washington County Hospital
Sunset Park
Elisabeth Finlay
Agnes Swift
Woman's Auxiliary
J. B. Crail
Hedger
Chicago
Howard McCleery
Crail
Carlton Wilson
Ab Anderson
Harvey Young
FE. R. Jenkins
Joe Wright
Will Gibson
Orville Elder
W. E. Anderson
T. J. McElhinney
Fred Stewart
Lytle
Louise Caaladia Ithe Mea
Catson Wilson
John Foater
Iisa
Anna Dawson
Ed Grayson
John
Joe McElhinney
C Dmvi.con
Frank Jackson
Kenneth Jackson
Mise Marie Dannerberger
Rubio
Mise
Montgomery
C.W. Klein H. J. Montgomery
Picnihers
Tiny infants grow up robust despite small size at birth
Parents hear hopeful news from recent figures showing that many infants who are abnormally small at birth later develop normally and reach robust proportions.
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Marguez
Guarda
Florence
Dailey
Robert Gast
Sanitation Commission
Torrenta
Colosrado Springs
Ivor Dalley
Huerfano County
Wilbur
U. S. Aid
Pueblo, Colo
Selene
Amy Beers
Fairfield
A. R. Miller
Washington County
Renee
W. W. Bo
Miller
G. W. Hay
Miss Swift
Mr. Miller
Washington
Arch Owen
Mary Assiut
Egypt
Father Courtney
Pleasant Plain
BE. Allott
Margaret B. Sellars
Ft. Madison
Margaret C. Henke
Keokuk
M. Ignatic
Burlington
Dr. Dorminico
Hazel M. Frazier
Effie ‘Haines
C. A. Owen
Assiut
Heypt
Elna P. Dahlgren
Red Wine
Minn
Mayme Thompson
Beatrice L. Case
Esther Z. Maxwell
Amy Neete
Amelia L. Thit
Bernadine Jansen
Oskaloosa
Elien M. Holmstren
Effie Highman
Jennie R. Ward
Aller J. Potter
Ruth Walker
Muscatine
Daisie Corves
Pearl Williams
Altha White
Emily Vaylis
Alice Hodson
le Roy Humption
Casson Cliff
Ilinois
Edith Holmstrom
Potegeter
Geneseo
Miss Morgan
Moline
Katharine L. Bishop
Verna M. Perry
Eldon
Ellen L. Anderson
Alta M. Wyatt
Marie Nerrill
Central Division
Merle Wright
Mabel Lusk
Florence Rhoades
Alice Reynolds
Marie A. Zihtiman
Jettie A. Stahl
Iowa City
Margaret Murphy
Bessie Bovee
Maud Witeside
Ackley
Sophia Potgeter
Mrs. M. Chandoir
Davenport
Mary M
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Purblado
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