The Worse: Water Rises Across Delta Flood Regions
The Delta floods worsen with repeated breaks along Bayou Lafourche and Concordia, leaving plantations submerged and Greenville, Helena, and Louisianan towns under water. Levees strain, lives feared lost, rescue efforts expand as convicts aid flood relief and local governors mobilize tents and aid for stranded residents.
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Jackson
Miss
Greenville
Huntington
J. F. Price
Leserve
Mississippi
Three Distinct Floods Threaten Mississippi Valley
April reports describe three rising Mississippi floods threatening St. Paul and New Orleans, with forecasts of river stages near danger lines by Monday. Forecaster Frankenfield warns of continued upper Mississippi rise and rising water in Minneapolis Saint Paul, plus local floods in Greenville and Cairo amid heavy regional rains.
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Hellena
Ark
St. Louis
Hubbard Place
Maude
Brame
Westover
Mississippi
St. Loui
Government Weather Bureau
St. Paul
New Orleans
H. C. Frankenfield
Beardstown
Alton
Louisiana
Canton
LaGrange
Hannibal
Quincy
Frankkenfield
Frankenfield
Missouri
Grafton
Minnesota
Dakotas
Minneapolis
St Paul
Cairo
Ill
Wabash
Cumberland
Tennessee
Beating and Robbery on Twelfth Street Viaduct
Chrisk Schultz, 25, a messenger for Kuh Nathan and Fisher at Van Buren and Franklin, was beaten, bound, and gagged on a delivery wagon on the Twelfth Street Viaduct near the Nickle Plate depot. Edward Wilson, the wagon driver, and two confederates robbed him of 3500 dollars cashed to pay cutters, then fled. Schultz is in a dangerous condition.
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Pg. Ewa
Twelfth Street
Chrisk_ Schultz
Kuh, Nathan & Fisher
van Buren
Franklin Streets
Metropolitan National Bank
LaSalle Street
Edward Wilson
Schultz
Billy
Wilson
Two Blancos Hanged for Murder at Lafayette Yard
New Orleans reports Ernest and Alex Blanco were hanged in the Lafayette parish yard at 4 11 PM. Ernest spoke from the gallows urging better boys to heed wiser counsel, blaming sins on bad books. Alex kept silent as agreed. Fifteen witnesses watched as both necks broke and death came swiftly for the murder of Martin Bagnaud on April 23, 1896 near Scott on the Southern Pacific line.
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Apri
Ernest
Alex
Blanco
Lafayette
Martin Bagnaud
Scott
Southern Pacific Road
Quadruple Hanging of Button Gang Leaders in New Mexico
In Santa Fe four members of the Button gang Frank Borrego Antonio Borrego Lauriano Alarid and Patricio Valencia were hanged in the jail yard for the 1892 assassination of ex-Sheriff Frank Chavez. The execution proceeded without statements. Valencia showed brief life signs before dying.
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Frank Chavez
New Mexico
Santa Fe
N. M
Button Gang
Frank
Antonio Borrego
Lauriano Alarid
Patricio Valencia
Fourchega
Borrego Brothers
Alaraid
Coal Breaker Burned. Wilkesbarre Fire Destroys Plant
Maltby breaker operated by Lehigh Valley Coal Co. near Wilkesbarre was wiped out by fire, taking 1600 tons per day capacity and leaving about 800 workers unemployed for months. Loss about 60000 dollars with full insurance. In Lambertton North Carolina a blaze destroyed 15 brick stores and stock late Thursday, estimated loss 119000 dollars.
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Wilkesbarre
Lamberton
N. C
Frank Gough
Elm Street
L. M. Caldwell, Redmond & Co
C. B., Lake, Millsaps
B. Pittman & Co
Third Street
Negro Convict Alexander Ferrall Case Report
A brief news item from Hovartos Texas dated April 8 reports on the convict Alexander Ferrall, described as a Black man. The note references alleged crimes against women, noting his status and the ongoing investigation or legal action. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
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Banged
Hovartos
Tex
Alexander Ferrall
Greece Blockaded as Powers Warn War Over Crete
St Petersburg reports that the powers plan to blockade the Gulf of Athens over Col Vassos and Greek obstinacy in Crete. The Journal de Saint Petersburg warns Greece risks severe consequences if it declares war on Turkey, while noting consular and fleet reports show no direct communication with Crete’s populace amid intensified Greek influence.
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Greece
Crete
Grecians
St. -Petersnine
de St
Petersburg
Gulf
Athens
Col. Vassos
Col
Vassos
Turkey
Europe
How the Trouble in Crete Can Be Speedily Ended
London dispatch outlines a plan to end Crete turmoil by first withdrawing Turkish forces, then Greek forces from the frontier. The proposal envisions Greece occupying Crete under a sultanate mandate, with international control of ports and later a new constitution protecting the Mohammedan minority, leading to a general Greek occupation.
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Crete
London
the Times
Athens
Vassos
George
Greece
Austria
Europe
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
International Gold Miners Convention Called for Denver
The National Mining bureau issued a call for an International Gold Miners convention to be held in Denver on June 15 and 16. Exhibits will feature refined gold and gold ores along with a general mineral display. State bureaus of mines, schools of mines, chambers of commerce, boards of trade, mining exchanges and mining organizations are urged to cooperate. Milling and smelting interests and machinery manufacturers are invited to participate.
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Denver
Col
National Mining Bureau
State Bureaus of Mines
State, Schools of Mines
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Mining Exchanges
Sail and Rudders Chaotically Featured in Comic Cuts
A fragment from Comic Cuts notes a scene where one character laments sadness about an upcoming separation while another boisterously questions the guidance of a sail, only to be corrected by the mate who mentions rudders. It plays on nautical imagery with playful banter.
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CoLumers
Als
Smith's Bend
City of Columbus
Winchester guns and ammunition ad claims global standard
The advertisement touts the Winchester rifle as the standard of the world for nearly twenty years and asserts high accuracy strength and durability. It notes over two million Winchester guns in use with no dissatisfaction reported and promises a large illustrated catalogue from the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven Ct. It mentions irrelevant lines about bootblocks and neuralgia in a fragmented, garbled aside.
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Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Haven
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Elise
Laconia Circle
Helena
St. Francis Basin
Modoc
Kile's
Austin (Miss
Indian Bay
Monroe County
White River
Black Hills
Omaha
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Energyo
South Dakota
B.C
Finiack
THE
National Miners' Bureau
Bane
Hood
Sarah
Sith
North Park Street
Chillicothe
Ohio
Ladianapolis. Journal
St. Jacobs
Lax
Waverley
Indiana Bicycle Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Corton
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