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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
2
Abundant weeds on side streets. farmers may prosper. Alton citizens donate for East St Louis cyclone victims. record March accidents. advertisers urged to use space. quips on editors and lodges. a prank “Editor’s Delight” game described. stray notes on Weyler, yellow fever, Mary Lease.
A pastiche of stray clippings recount tragedies across Texas Kentucky Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Missouri Iowa Michigan and Illinois. Cyclones and fierce winds from May 15 to May 27 killed hundreds and caused vast property ruin in cities and countryside, with East St. Louis and St. Louis suffering a catastrophic surge in fatalities.
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