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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05

There is no room for exaggera-
ton in reporting the floods and
disasters resulting. The truth
unembellished-is enough. The
facts are appalling.
Probably never in the history
of this country has such ca
lamity befallen the people Of the
Missouri valley. The "old-timers''
will recall! the flood of 1914, but
the flood of 1908 is more terrible
in its results. The loss of life
and property in 1914 was small in
contrast with that of the past
week. Of course, in 1874, the
waters were in torrents and the
streams poured out their floods,
overflowed the low-lands and ev-
en- reached the highest points.
But the property and people were
not in the path as they were this
year.
The reports from the districts
west and north of us read like
fiction, but they are not. The
newspapers of to-day are not Civ
en- much to sensationalism. The
news-gatherer now deals in truth,
giving facts, and it is possible
the disaster OF the past week was
greater than has been painted by
the most enthusiastic reporter.
Below us there has been awful
results. At St. Louis, where the
maddened waters of the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers unite, the
destruction was greater than in
any previous flood.
It is hardly possible for the
tranquil writer with cold types to
tell all about the flood and it's re-
suits. At Kansas City the loss Of
property is hardly possible to
compute-while the loss of life in
and tributary to the city is really
appalling.
The metropolitan press, with
it's army of reporters, has been
unable to collect the real facts
but what they have gathered is
enough to astound the readers
The flood is not in one section or
with one stream. The Missis-
sippi, Missouri, Kansas, Kaw and
| Des Moines rivers have every
one made record.
The situation at Kansas City
was extremely critical on We'd
nesday. The town was absolute
ly without public service, and i
a fire had started in any OF tn
business blocks, the complet
destruction of the city woul'
have been almost certain. Rail
road service has been practi
cally abandoned and the foo
supply is insufficient. The prop
ty loss is enormous. The tow
of Armourdale (where are locat
ed packinghouses and other es
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05

The past week has surely been
one of events that will make his.
tory. In addition to the.floods of
the North and Central states, the
South has been visited with one
of the most terrific storms in its
history, A press report from
Gainesville, Georgia, says tat
lust after the noon hour OF Mon
day that city was struck by a ter-
rifle tornado, killing probably 100
persons and destroyingsa great
many buildings.
In one building, cotton mill,
500 persons were at work. The
mill was three-story building
The first story was left standing.
but badly wrecked. The second
and third floors were completely
demolished and employees caught
under the wreckage and mangled
The tornado was terrific in it,
fury. 1t swept railroad cars iron
the tracks and carried them ou
of sight in the air. Vast piece
of machinery, weighing tons, dis
appeared, and buildings wer
swert through the air as thougl
they were pieces of paper.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05

either tributaries or tributaries
Of tributaries of the Missouri
river. Had all these been on a
rampage at the same time the
loss would have been far greater
than it is. Although very bad
the disaster may have been
very, very much worse.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05
VOLUME XXXIII.
A keytesville
Woman

Came into our grocery last Sat-
urday. She said she had been
reading our advertisements about
Blanke's Roasted Coffee. She
said she was very particular
about the things she ate and
drank. She said she would try
pound of Blanke's Coffee, and if
it wasn't first class she would
come back and get her money.
We told her all right. Did she
come back for her money? She
did not. Instead of that she sent
three neighbors around, and they
all bought Blanke's Coffee. That's
the way it goes. Hadn't you bet
ter join the procession? Twenty
five cents a pound.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05

tablishments, giving employ
ment to thousands of people) has
been wiped from the earth, and
the loss of life in that vicinity
will be very heavy.
AT TOPEKA.
The reports say: There is
ground for hope that the worst
has passed. So treacherous has
the Kansas river proven itself
in the rising of the water,
tonight SO slowly as to be inn
perceptible, the five mile stream
is settling back into it's rightful
channel.
With 175 or 200 lives lost, mill
lions of dollars of property de-
stroyed, hundreds of pistol shots
as signals of distress, blended
with the agonizing cries of un-
willing inhabitants of tree tops
and roofs of houses, and the
waters creeping upward and then
slowly subsiding, and alternate
ly changing hope to despair, the
capital city passed the memora-
BILE Sabbath day of it's existence.
SUMMARY OF FLOOD CONDITIONS.
Briefly stated, the present con-
dition of the flood is this:
One hundred and seventy to
two hundred people drowned.
Eight thousands people with
out homes.
Ten to twenty-five million dol
lars worth of property destroyed.
Leading men have made a
careful examination of the flood
and all it's conditions, and as a
result of their investigation they
give 25O as the probable number
of lives lost. A more conserva-
tive estimate places the number
of dead at 175.
The higher number is as apt to
be correct as the lower. The
number Of dead is merely a mat =
ter of estimate.
Twenty members of rescuing
parties tell Of how they saw peo-
pie drop from houses only to be
swept away by the flood, and
others tells of men who, terrified
at the approach of the fire, drop
ped into the water, where they
sank and did not re-appear.
This estimated number of dead
does not include the large num-
Der classed as missing, who can
not otherwise be accounted for.
Neither does it include the mum.
Der of people who are supposed
to have lost their lives in the fire
In the latter class there is abso.
lutely no means of arriving a
even an approximate number o1
victims. The water is so higl
and the current so strong that al
that can be done now is to rescu'
those in the buildings surround
ed by water.
. AT KANSAS CITY.
The following report was sen
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05

struction of property, loss of
toll and disappointment to the
hopeful are misfortunes. De-
struction is destruction, and no
person is benefited. Every
body is victim.
ALONG THE STREAMS.
Reports from towns along the
Missouri and other rivers add to
the seriousness. In Carroll coun-
ty tens of thousands of acres of
wheat and corn are under water.
At Waverly, the Missouri river is
ten miles wide. ALI bottom lands
are covered with from 2 to 10 feet
of water. and are depopulated.
A dispatch from Canton says
that at least 100 families have
been driven from their homes by
the high water.
''Sixty miles of farms under
water" is the report from Hanni-
bal. Great loss of crops and live
stock. In Hannibal much. dam
age was done, the water standing
3 and feet deep in many houses.
There has been much loss of
property in Cooper county. The
levee, 8 miles north of Boonville,
broke Wednesday, and 10000
acres of the finest farm lands in
Missouri were flooded.
LOCAL.
So far as. Charlton county is
concerned none of the local
streams, not even the Charlton
river, have overhowed their
banks. The Missouri river,
however. has wrought a great
deal of damage by flooding the
adjacent bottom lands in Bruns-
wick, Bowling Green, Missouri
and Charlton townships. At
Brunswick the river is, 3 1-2 or
four miles wide, the entire bar
lying between Grand and Mis-
souri, rivers is all under water
and the inhabitants have been
forced. to leave their homes.
Water rose to a depth Of several
inches in the wheelroom of
Owen & Sons Touring mill in
Brunswick, and necessitated the
closing down of the mill, but un-
less the rise continues it is not
thought that any serious damage
will be done to the building.
The breaking Of a levee in what
is called the Brunswick bottom
overflowed that rich farming
section and drove the residents
to higher ground for safety.
The Cut-of lands are also in.
undated and many other farms
from Brunswick to Glasgow are
victims of the flood, entailing a
loss of several thousand dollars,
and the temporary abandonment
of a number of homes. The
wheat, of course, is ruined, but
should the waters subside in time
a corn crop can yet be raised. No
fatalities to human life are report.
ed in this county, and for which
our people are truly grateful.
Then, too, we have been extremely
fortunate in having no overflow oi
streams in this county that ar
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05
MAN WAS MADE TO HUSTI 81.
KEYTESVILLE, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1908.

dCiOoo tle llOOu IueSuay HlSlt
by a reporter for the associated
press:
Kansas City, Kas., is stupefied
with the magnitude of the dis
aster. Everything in the bot
toms has been swept away; the
wreck could not be more COM
plete. Armourdale has been
erased from the map. Where
that city of $1,000 inhabitants
once stood is a torrential sea of
water.
1t is believed that between 500
and 700 people may have been
drowned, most of them in Ar
mourdale and the west bottoms.
Scores of bodies have been seen
floating past the James street
bridge. Thousands of men,
women and children throng the
streets, begging for bread, but
there is no bread to be had.
Relief must come quickly, or the
death list will be swelled with
every tick of the clock.
The situation is indescribable;
those who have food, no matter
how small the supply may be,
are liberal with it, to a fault, but
thousands are starving. With
the exception of uncertain trolley
communication to Leavenworth,
Kansas City, Kas., is isolated
from the world. Looters are
getting in their ghoulish work
and shotgun rule prevails.
Kansas City, Mo-, was an
isolated island Monday night,
and it's main wholesale and man.
ufacturing centers were several
feet under raging sea of waters.
The city was surrounded, north,
west and cas-. by miles of flood;
its water supply was cut off, it's
lights were out and it's street
car lines were dead. 1t had
practically no communication
with the outside world by rail.
!. Fire was raging above the
flood in many places in the west
bottoms and there was no means
for fighting it.
No communication in any way
was possible with Kansas City,
Kas-, Armourdale, Argentine or
Harlem. The three last named
were wiped off the map and the
Kaw river had made itself a new
channel and was running II
miles an hour and 25 feet deep
where Armourdale was last
Friday.
AT ST. LOUIS.
There were no grave appre-
tensions at st. Louis, where the
floods fury was due to-day. The
informed predict great loss Of
crops between St. Louis and
Cairo. resulting from the over
flow caused by the joining of so
many rivers at St. Louis. The
Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri
and DesMoines Gall on a RAM
pags) will send their maddened
waters by st. Louis and the cur
rent has been so swift that old
rivermen do not anticipate any
great calamity at the worlds
fair city.
AT OTHER POINTS.
Perhaps the greatest damage
(causing the most seriously felt
suffering) is among the farmers
along the streams. In very
many instances the entire
spring and summers work has
been swept away. In many
cases the growing crop, live
stock, fences and buildings have
gone down the stream of mis-.
fortune, leaving the poor toll er
with nothing but remembrance
and regret, and when the man
was in humble circumstances
(and majority are) the loss is
total. A loss is serious in pro-
portion to its effect. A million
aire may lose a thousand anc
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05
At Hymen's Altar.

SMITH -MOoRE:-Berl s m i t h
and Miss Polly Moore, colored
couple of Keytesville, were
married at the residence of John
Locke, in this city Wednesday
evening, June 8, 1908, Justice
H. A. Wheeler officiating.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05

GILFoRD-CoY:-Thos. Clifford
and Miss Daisy Coy, both of
Rockford, were married at the
residence of j. D. Luntsford,
near Keytesville, Sunday, May
81, 1908. Rev. j. l.. Swearin-
gen clasping the marriage vows,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05
STORMS OF THE WEEK.
A Tornado Visits GAINESVILLE, Ga, Kill
ling One Hundred People and
Dest roying Much Property.
LOSSES IN RECENT
TORNADOES.

Total. ...158 331 50, 452: 600
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-06-05

struction of property, loss of
toll and disappointment to the
hopeful are misfortunes. De-
struction is destruction, and no
person is benefited. Every
body is a victim.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-16

well, Miss Alice Allen, Miss Mary Pinnell,
Miss Ursula Parker. Miss Wilma English
and Miss Helen Grassland.
Mrs. Benjamin Minor and the Misses Ger
trude and Mary Minor entertained yester-
day afternoon at cards. The parlors were
hung with greens in holiday effect. As
sisting were Mrs. Eugene Minor, Mrs. Ed
ward Nell, Miss Lois Dyer and Miss Mar
tina Henderson. Mrs. Allen Fraser, of
Owensboro, KY, with Mrs. William L.
Horne, was among the guests.
Invitations were issued yesterday for the
Princeton dance. which is to be given at
cert Dec. Is. The list of patronesses for the
dance includes Mrs. Charles Il. Williams,
Mrs. George Porter, Mrs. Augustus l.. Ma
son. Mrs: Augustin Boice. Mrs Joseph X.
Sharpe. Mrs. Walter Bond, Mrs. Pleasant
Bond, Mrs. Chaplin c.. Foster, Mrs. Charles
Martindale, Mrs. Alfred NJ. Ogle. Mrs. Ca
leb $. Denny. Mrs. John r. Wilson, Mrs.
Cortland Van Camp, Mrs. John Martindale,
Mrs. Newton b. Harrington, Mrs. Ovid
Butler jameson, Mrs. Samuel .. Pickens,
Mrs. Theodore Potter. Mrs. M. L.. Reinhart,
Fairbanks, Mrs. John Carey, Mrs. William
Scott, Mrs. Henry /. Condo, Mrs. Frederick
Francke, Mrs. John j. Appel, Mrs: Thomas
Hibben, Mrs. ~Stoughton A. Fletcher, Mrs.
Henry ID. Pierce, Mrs. Over D.. Odell, Mrs.
l.. c. Cline, Mrs. l.. H. Dunring, Mrs. Ros-
coe Hawkins, Mrs. John Hendricks, Mrs.
Victor Hendricks, Mrs. l.. "A. Kinsey, Mrs.
Henry Latham, Mrs. j. A. Lemcke, Mrs.
Ferdinand Mayer, Mrs. Alexander Taggart,
Mrs. Frank Darlington, Mrs. Morris Ross,
Mrs. Harold Hibben, Mrs. Ernest Wiles,
Mrs. c. Comstock, Mrs. A. p. Stanton, Mrs.
III. c. Adams, Mrs. Daniel Stewart, Mrs. ID.
w. Coffin, Mrs. j. A. Barnard, Mrs. o. M.
Mothershead, Mrs. Robert Scott, Mrs. AL
bert Lieber. Mrs. Albert Kinsey. Mrs. Jo-
seph A. Taggart, Mrs. Charles Latham,
Mrs. j. X. Lilly, Mrs. John S. Harrington,
Mrs. William S. r. Harrington, Mrs. Wat
son J. Hasselman, Mrs. John 3. Cromer
and Mrs. Clinton ID. Lasher.
MRS. NEWS TEA.
Mrs. Harry s. New was the hostess for a
charmingly-appointed tea yesterday after
noon in honor of Mrs. Harry Kirkover. of
Buffalo, n. Y, who is the guest of Mrs.
John Il. Brush. The drawing-room where
the guests were received was attractively
decorated with masses of Bermuda lilies
and stevia, effectively arranged against the
interesting mementos of visits in Alaska
and the West. The dining room was espe-
cially beautiful with masses of poinsettias.
A champagne basket in the center of the
table held clusters of the scarlet lowers,
and the handle was tied with scarlet rib
bons. The light was from Neptune cleo
troliers with scarlet shades. Assisting Mrs.
New in her Inequalities were Mrs. John
G. New, Mrs. Augustus Lynch Mason, Mrs.
John Il. Brush, Mrs. Charles Sterling Mil
lard, Mrs. Raymond Patterson Van Camp,
Mrs. Ernst III. Burford, Mrs. Phil Mitchell
Watson, Mrs. Clarence Martindale, Mrs.
John Taylor Martindale, Mrs. A. L. Drum,
Miss Caroline Burford, Miss Florence Cof-
fin, Miss Augusta James and Miss Emma
Martindale,M Miss Muriel Hit and Miss BaS-
sell, of Clarksburg.
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In the ThedterS


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Fortune Sis
.. m.
GRAND.-High-class vaudeville. 2:15 and
Sis d. m.
PARK-"Through Fire and Water" 2
and s p. m.
EMPIRE.-Burlesque. 2 and d. m.
MISUNDERSTANDING, 3 and S ID. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-16
GOLDEN WEDDING IS
At GOSHEN
Celebration by Mr.. and Mrs. Elias
Gortner-Ministers Who Mar
ried Them in Attendance.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GOSHEN, Ind. Dec. 15.-Mr. and Mrs.
Elias Gortner, pioneer residents of this
city, tonight celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary at their home in this city,
with a reception TO several hundred of their
friends. An unusual feature of the event
was the presence of the minister who mar
ried them fifty years ago, the Rev. Hervey
L. vannuys. ID. D., who retired from the
active pastorate of the First Presbyterian
Church OF this city after a half century
of service In this one charge, being the
church's only pastor, and this Is his only
charge. Mr.. and Mrs. Gortner was the first
couple he married and they have ever since
been members of his church, and an I'M
tween them. Rev. DIR. Vannuys has also
married their four daughters, and two
weeks hence will officiate at the marriage
of one of their sons.
Mr.. Gortner, a Pennsylvania by birth, is
seventy-Seven years Did, and his wife, nee
Rachael Felkner, of Milford, Kosciusko
county, is seven years his junior. Both are
in good health. Mr.. Gortner was a pioneer
general merchant of Goshen, later engage
ing In the furniture manufacturing busi-
ness. from which he retired about ten years
NJ. Johnson. 4. +. Babe, J. C. Beck, jr., of
Goshen. and Mrs. Eugene Swigart, of Gin
cinnati. their two sons, William Il. Gort-
ner, territorial court reporter at Las Vegas,
y. NJ, and Attorney Robert G. Gortner. OF
the firm OF Catron a. Gortner. of Santa Fee.
N. NJ, and their eight grandchildren, were
present at the anniversary observance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-16
Suggestions.

Spangles play an important part in the
fashioning of hair rnament and bows of
solid spangles in flame color or in black
finished by loops of tulls are sparkling and
effective things to tuck away in the coils
or her GROWING glory.
Nothing p~rettier in furs is shown than
the dainty little four-in-hands of chinchilla
or moleskin. Both furs nave a delicate CLOS
siness of effect that makes them claiming
witt fine fabrics. The bits of fur costs SIS,
and as they are but a fad they are a trifie
-extravagant unless one is able to afford all
the furs one wants.
xxx
The woman who loathes wooden petit
coats with their climbing tendencies is al
most reconciied to them by the sight of the
newest short petticoat-a trim little affair
embroidered edge, and a Frenchy little
yoke OF black. The price of the trimness
is 81.
xxx
The hair ornament is a trihe more
ubiquitous this season than In the imme-
diately preceding years, and that is saying
a good deal. Among the prettiest of the
ornaments wherewith midday adorns her
lovely brow is the wreath of fruit blossoms
preferably the pear or apple blossoms, as
sweet and natural looking as the real pos
les These dainty wreaths cost only s1.50.
Very fetching, indeed, Is the new kimona
dressing-jacket, which is like the pretty
flowing kimonas in effect. though ii lacks
the undesirable airineSS of the real thing.
The jacket of pale blue poplin is tucked on
the shoulders TO the desired f~ullness. and
the front and flowing. pointed sleeves are
edged by figured silk. A trim little turn
over collar of the silk finishes il. The cost
is $3.50.
Two stiff narrow bands of black velvet,
set with sparkling rhinestones and softened
at the side with a cluster OF black silk
roses Will yellow centers, has a coronet eff
feet and will make a striking finish to the
evening toilet of some divinely tall woman.
An unusual ornament is in tiara effect, the
bands of rich embroidery set with jewels
and edged with fur. and a white aigrette
finishes it of. The price of the latter head
dress is $3.50.
One of the p~rettiest of the holiday pill
lows. which will be pretty even i'm the mid
summer days, is OF all-over beading
through which Is run scarlet and green rib
hons In the holly shades. A bunch OF holly
tied with scarlet ribbons Is caught at one
corner of the pillow and is wonderfully ef-
fective-though a bit scratchy l~ooking-but
then everybody knows hat pillows are not
made for head rests nowadays, so the
scratchiness has no terrors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-16
Dec. 16, 1773.-

Dec. 16. 177s.-
dedicated to the d. A. RI
Fair Massachusetts shook her head
And set her curls a-tossing.
'T only wish my ma" she said,
would understand that 1 am grown
And fit to manage things alone,
And quit her hateful bossing.
ST have It: If I have success
With my next Thursdays baking
I'll ask my ma to tea. 1 guess
And what 1 am she'll surely see
When / give her a cup of tea
OF tea Of my own making.
"I know the weather's somewhat cold
For pleasuring In an arbor,
But garden teas the rage, I'm told,
And that my teapot's noble size
May open my dear mama's eyes
I'll just use Boston Harbor! -
''To give the thing a dash of style
I vow I'll dress my walters
Like Indians. How my ma will smile
And wonder If they're braves or guides,
And laugh and shake her ample sides
Down to her British CATERS"
So said. so done. The thing came off,
Beyond all expectation;
And mamma, with a dubious cough,
Admitted that the girl was grown
And fit to manage things alone,
Who made tea for a nation!
Indianapolis. Samantha Whipple Shoup.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-16

Mrs. Austin's busksTheat flour gives you
the real genuine old buckwheat flavor. Ask
for Mrs. Austin's buckwheat -four.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-16

Menu lot a Duy.
Suggestions furnished by Table Talk to
housekeepers of moderate means:
Breakfast
Fruit
Ralston Breakfast Food Sugar and Cream
Broiled Bacon Potato Cream Roll
Griddle Cakes Coffee
Lunch
Sliced Mutton Alpha Salad Cream
/. Evaporated Apricots Cocoa
Dinner
Rice Soup
Meat Croquettes Tomato Sauce
Mashed Potatoes Spinach
Endive French Dressing
Waters Cheese
Apricot Fritters
Coffee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
CROWDED TO HEAR
LOVE LETTER READ
fBr Associated prcss.l

PITTSBURG. PA. February 2o.-Ths
desire to hear more OF the sensational
testimony introduced yesterday in the
trial Of Dr.. Ellis Duncan. charged with
the shooting OF Bruce Head, crowded tho
Criminal Court room to-day when the
case was resumed. Every available seat
and inch OF standing room was taken.
DR.. Duncan was cross-examined and
then Head was recalled by the defense
to prove that the letters destroyed by
Head after the shooting were written to.
Head by Mrs. Duncan. Head, In answer
to direct question. admitted Mrs. Dun-
can had written him six or seven letters
before she came to Pittsburg.
DR.. Duncan was recalled and said ne
had made copy OF the letter written by
Head to Mrs. Duncan. The original. he
said, was DESTROYED by MIS- Mrs. duncan t,e IN
an,4admitted that he had written some
thing like the copy.
The court admitted the letter In eyi-
dence. The letter follows:
Camp. October 3, 1909
"sweetheart-I viii be out for you
tell Miss Alma. but let me know what
you have done, and how you have ar
ranged to get away for the day. I am
better In body. but not In mind Have
had the blues for a day or two.
you did not seem overanx!ous to talk
to me last night. Hope you had q nlco
time at the club.
af Yours.
(Signed) BRUCE"
The defense then rested and the case
was given to the Jury
The, Jury had not rendered a verdict
when time for the court to adjourn had
arrived and they were riven the prtvl-
lege Of turning In a sealed verdict if they
could agree on one during the night.