Brutal New Hampshire bank murder and $6,000 robbery
Soumreworts New Hampshire April 17 two robbers killed cashier Joseph A Stickney during a bold heist at the Great Falls bank in Somersworth. They overpowered him with a blackjack then slit his throat, escaping with about six thousand dollars. a hundred thousand in US bonds and other securities were left untouched. Police and citizens scour Maine and New Hampshire as investigators seek the killers who vanished after the fatal crime.
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Soumreworts
N. H
Great Falls National Barn
Somersworth
Joseph A. Stickney
Stickney
United States
Maine
Salmon Falls River
Granite State
Weaf
Great Falls Bank
Walker Swazey
Eaton
West Rochester
New England
Desperate Flood Struggle Along Louisiana Levees
Vicksburg Mississippi April 17. Levees along the Yazoo basin fifty miles above and below Vicksburg face overtopping as floodwaters rise daily. Rescue efforts continue with hundreds saved. refugees find shelter in uplands while relief work expands. Major Sanger reports on relief stations, river patrols, and a Biggs crevasse threatening Delta. If waters recede by May 20, aid funds may suffice. otherwise widespread distress is feared.
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Vicksgura
Miss
Louisiana
Yazoo
Weather Bureau
Sparta Plantation
Hinds County
M. C. Martin
Greenville
Vicksburg
Washington
Washington Last Evening To Report Verbally To the Secretary of War
Charles H. Clark
U.S. A
Alger
Maj. Sanger
Inspector-General
Major Sanger
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Helena
Col. Rogers
Arkansas Levee Board
St. Francis District
West Memphis
St. Jrancis
L’angille
Flower Lake
Declared War Ties Shift Grain Market and Trade
Dun's Commercial Review notes an undeclared war between Greece and Turkey driving changes in business this week. Grain markets react to potential war, while cotton prices hold despite Mississippi floods. imports surge, widening deficits. Wheat, corn exports, pig iron output, nails and wire demand show mixed moves as labor issues ease.
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Greece
Turkey
New York
R. G. Dun &Co
Russia
Japan
South Africa
Pittsburgh
Gray Forge
Birmingham
Lake Erie
Boston
United States
Canada
Refugees in Vicksburg Strain City Relief Efforts Begin
In Vicksburg Mississippi about 1400 flood refugees crowd the city with more expected. Mayor Trowbridge chairs a relief meeting of city council, board of trade and cotton exchange to organize help and seek tents for 2000. A $500 kitty is approved for immediate needs while funds pour in. Washington dispatches say Memphis shipments of provisions arrive. steamer Florence expected from Davis Island with more refugees.
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Vicksburg
New Orleans
Vickspura
Miss
Board of Trade
The
Cotton Exchange
Trowbridge
Colored Relief ‘Committee
Washington
Crayton
Colored Organization
Memphis
Florence
Davis ‘Island
Gulf
Spellman
Pontchartrain
Hanlon City
Vicxepure
Board of Trade and Cotton Exchange
Secretary of War
River Commission
Gen
Catchings
Mississippi
Yellow
Dana
Neb
Missouri
Omaha
Allen's Foot-Ease and other old time remedies
Digest of assorted 19th or early 20th century advertisements and snippets. Promotions for Allen's Foot-Ease powder for feet with price 25c, Cascarets candy for liver and bowels, Ram's Horn, St Jacobs Oil for back pain, and generic moral notes about Sunday school, weather by Noah, and a quip about a woman's self confidence in religious discussion. Contains multiple brief product pitches and assorted sayings.
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Allen
Olmstead
le Roy
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Biggs
Vicxsburg
Delta
Micksburg
Dun
Congress
Naval Militia of
States
Wasmreron
Secretary of the Navy
Massachusetts
Rhode
Seenaners
Calfornia
Michigan
Noah
St. Jacobs Oil
N. Y
Hood
Miss Paxons Barr
Pasadena
California
Keen
RES
Rootbeer
Indiana Bicycle Co
Indianapolis
Ower
Ponto
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