Food and fuel famine grips Des Moines listed
Relief authorities report severe shortages of food coal and fuel in Des Moines Iowa six thousand flood refugees strain relief services. Meat markets hold only two to three days stock. No trains entering the city with freight for days and power waterworks run short. Temperatures suggest real suffering and risk of loss of life from exposure. Manufactures burn in Racine Wisconsin as fire destroys Racine Boat Manufacturing J Case threshing machine shops Standard Oil tanks and sheds with extensive property losses. Explosion followed a gasoline tank detonation near the boiler room. No injuries reported due to Sunday closures.
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Des Moines
Relief Association
Racine
Wis
Racine Boat Manufacturing Company
Case
Standard O! Company
Manhattan
Topeka
Water Company
Charles Fates
Miles Sawyer
Monroe Street
R. F Hayden
Shawnee County
Lincoln Post Hall
Salvation Army
A Trip Overland Described by E P Frink
E P Frink recounts a cross country journey from Chicago to Portland in a sleeper train May 19 to 24 1903. He notes Iowa farms near plains of Colorado Royal Gorge and the Arkansas River canyon Colorado Springs Pueblo Leadville and the Rockies with snow at the summit and a final stretch into Salt Lake City and desolate deserts, ending in Portland with plans to describe Seattle later. He mentions seeing William Jennings Bryan in Lincoln and includes personal remarks and humor about weather, overcoats, and companions.
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Portland
Ore
The
Republican
Wooster
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
Mississippi
Iowa
Council Briffs
Nebraska
Kansas
Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
Rider Haggard
Colorado
Pike « Peak
Pueblo
Grand Canyon
Arkansas
Royal Gorge
Canon
Arkan
Rockies
Tennessee
Leadville
United States
Kycelea
Salt Lake City
Mrs Frink
Portla
Pikes Peak
Coluinbie River
Seattle
P Frink
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Blood Remedy Action
An alleged advertisement claims catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, claiming direct action on blood and mucus surfaces. The text touts expert prescription and a mix of ingredients, urging readers to send for testimonials and to buy through druggists.
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Hall
Chenfy & Co Frops
Toledo
Kilmer
Bright
Merilion
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bing- Bihamton
N. Y
Dr. Kil
Mer
Binghamton
German Reader Praises Chamberlain's Para Basin for Back Pain
George Schaub, a German citizen in New Lebanon One, reads Volkszeitung and reports his wife suffered eight weeks with back pain. After using Pale Balm, she felt reborn in days and recovered enough to resume daily chores. The advert notes the balm is sold by druggists.
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George Schaub
New Lebanon
Volkszeitung
Chamberlain
Topeka Flood Toll Grows Amid Rescue Efforts
Across Topeka Kansas City and Des Moines the flood drains lives and homes with estimates of 170 to 200 dead, 8,000 homeless, and $4,000,000 in property loss. Rescuers work knee deep in water aided by cable lines, boats, and trains to reach stranded families as the river slowly subsides.
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Topeka
Kans
Kaw
Kansas City
Missouri
Kan
Kansans City
Des Moines
McCable
Kansas
Whoesale Commission
Rock Island
High
Karl Rupp
Ormviléle Rupp
Rupp
Jarret
Dyspepsia and Relief Promised by Hood's Sarsaparilla
A reader describes stomach distress after meals and nervous headaches from dyspepsia. He claims consuming Hood's Sarsaparilla cured his indigestion, enabling him to eat without distress and maintain appetite, citing his improvement after use.
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Hood
J. A. Groweli
CanajJoharie
Mi o na flesh forming food ad and earthquake item
An old advertisement touts Mi o na as a flesh forming food and cure for indigestion with a money back guarantee at Laubach and Boyd The text also aggregates a dispatch from June 1 reporting earthquake deaths in the Van district Asiatic Turkey and a stream of brief items from around the world including smallpox in Vermillion Ohio Mme Melba in Paris and other crime and accident notes
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Laubach & Boyd
Pee Cente
London
Erzeroum
Van
Asiatic
Turkey
Mt. Gipan
Vermillion
Ohio
Mme
Melba
Paris
Britten Negroes
Roundtree
Moore
Memphis
Danville
Ill
Sir Edward Henry Hulse
Johannesburg
Lena Wolf
Pittsburg
Morris Wolf
Proposed amendment to the Ohio constitution sections read
A long OCR text describes a proposed constitutional amendment in Ohio with details on legislative readings, governor's veto, and ballot wording for two sections. It outlines how bills become law, reconsideration procedures, and how partial vetoes are handled. The ballot will feature two options: yes for gubernatorial veto and no for governor's veto.
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General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Aled
Secretary of
Secretary of State
Genera Assembly
Tate of
Cart L. Nippert
Axtenten
Oro
Lewis Claylin
Craneral Assembly
Columbus
State of Ohio
McKinnon
House of Representatives
Anchex
Senate
Asterica
Ono
Secretary
A. D
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