July Flooding Hits Kansas City Area
Severe rains cause widespread flooding across Kansas, Nebraska, and western Missouri. Thousands of acres of farmland were inundated, towns submerged, and rail service disrupted as the Missouri River rises toward danger levels. One farmer, Andrew Erickson, drowned in the Kaw River at St. Marys, Kansas, with several narrow escapes reported.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Kaw
Andrew Erickson
St. Mary’s
Kas
Des Moines Floods Surge Across Iowa Causing Devastation
Rains flood central northern and western Iowa as rivers rise to record levels. Sioux and Mapte valleys flood. Woodbury Monona counties submerged. Cedar Rapids reports 5.4 inches since July 1. Cedar River out of banks. Linn county families swept away. Bridges down. business paralyzed. power cut. Des Moines river up six feet. towns dark. Local storms claim life in Johnson county. Barns destroyed. Johnson county damage estimated at 50000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Woodbury
Monona
Marshalltown
Fort Dodge
Oxford
Johnson County
Jacob Burkhhardt
Wesley Prush
North Liberty
Jacob Neidhiser
Lincoln and Omaha Flood Wreak Havoc Across Nebraska
Floods worsen in Lincoln Salt Creek rising and residents urged to evacuate low lands. In Omaha Papio River swells to torrent width eight miles washing foundations and forcing dozens of families from homes. Elkhorn track washed out zero trains blocked. Otoe County reports over fifty bridges carried away and losses totaling tens of thousands of dollars.
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Lincoln
Neb
Salt Creek
Omaha
Bennington
Elkhorn
Wottom
Otoe County
A Missouri Editor Abroad Reports Scottish Exposition Talk
Walter Williams of the Columbia Herald, touring Europe, reports solid Scottish interest in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Edinburgh and Glasgow papers will cover the fair, editors foresee direct press relations with promoters, and Glasgow Scotsman veteran Charles Cooper praises expositions as educators and boosts.
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St. Louis
Francis
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co
London
Walter Williams
Columbia (Missouri) Herald
Europe
Scotland
Edinburgh
Paisley
Ayr
Glasgow
Glasgow Herald
Edinburgh Scotsman
Russell
The
Herald
Cooper
Scotsman
Charles A. Cooper
America
West
Change of Date Approved for World's Fair
Groundbreaking letter from William Hutchinson, Canada's World’s Fair commissioner, acknowledges sundry civil bill extracts regarding postponement to 1904 and increased U S government appropriations. He says the date shift and extra aid will widen the exposition’s reach and importance, promising a universal and instructive spectacle.
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St. Louis
William Hutchinson
Canada
United States
Not Recognized Rome Union Shocks Papacy Princess Rospigliosi
Rome reports a Vatican dispute over Princess Joseph Rospigliosi American Marie Jennings Reid Parkhurst, former wife of Col. Frederick H. Parkhurst of Bangor Maine. Their civil August 26 1901 marriage to the prince was not recognized by the church. The princess faced nurse constraints as Cardinal Macchi blocked service before the prince found English help. The tale links to Parkhurst’s Bangor past and Parkhurst’s Maine political ties.
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Rome
Vatican
Joseph Rospigliosi
Prince Rospigliosi
Marie Jennings Reid Parkhurst
Washington
Frederick H. Parkhurst
Bangor
Rospigliosi
Cardinal Macchi
Apostolic Briefs
England
Parkhurst
United States
Asa H. Strong
Fayal
Rowan
Kentucky
Maine
Gov. Hill
Col. Parkhurst
Bar Harbor
Prince Joseph
Judge William Marvin Dies at 94 in Skaneateles
The Syracuse New York article reports the death of Judge William Marvin at his Skaneateles home on Wednesday morning at 94. Born in 183? he served as United States district attorney for Florida in 1835, U.S. district judge at Key West, provisional governor of Florida after the war, and briefly U.S. senator candidate blocked by suffrage limits. He authored works on maritime law and theology, presided at St. James Episcopal Church, and was father in law to Gen. Ludington. He supported Democratic presidents from Jackson to Cleveland and left Bryan in 1896. He lived in Skaneateles since 1867.
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Syracuse
N. Y
William Marvin
Skaneateles
United States
Florida
Jackson
Key West
van Buren
Crror
Johnson
Marvin
United States Senate
St. James Episcopal Church
Cleveland
Bryan
Gen
Ludington
U.S. A
Thou Shalt Not Kill and Other Commands
The article discusses the Ten Commandments with notes on their moral scope, contrasts between divine duties and human rights, and Jesus teaching on anger, adultery, theft, false witness, and coveting. It cites Moses and Christ interpreting the laws, and mentions self defense, home life, truthfulness, and heart righteousness.
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Neghbor
Moses
Christ
Jehovah
To England in a launch Abiel Abbat Low sails to Falmouth
The 38 foot launch Abiel Abbat Low commanded by Capt. Wm. C. Newman sails from College Point Long Island on Wednesday for Falmouth England. His son Edward 16 accompanies him. The craft has a ten horsepower kerosene engine and should reach Falmouth in about 20 days.
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New York
Abiel Abbat Low
Wm. C. Newman
College Point
Long Island
Falmouth
England
Newman
Edward
Bear Tracks Tale Explains Foot-Hill Formations Chim-pap-no-qui
The article recounts a Bisbee traveler among Chemehuevi telling how circular foothill domes along the Colorado River are the tracks of a running bear and fox myth. A storyteller woman aboard shares a Cherokee like tale of a bear crossing the river and outwitting a fox, explaining the Chim-pap-no-qui hills.
Near Future Cartoon Quip Cited by New York Journal
A brisk cartoon caption from the New York Journal quips about a sister who is “dyeing to be” blond, playing on dye and desire. The line reflects humor in fashion and salons, noted as a witty cultural aside in the era.
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N. Y. Journal
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Louisana Purchase .Exposition Co
Treasury Department
Board of Directors
David R. Francis
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Congress
Louisiana Territory
Saint Louis
Columbia
Princess Rospigliosi
Jesus
Dan
Raca
Bis
Arizona
Colorado River
Commissary Department
Chemehuevi Mountains
Yavapais
George Wharton James
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