As the newspapers reported itThe October 1926 Mississippi and Illinois valley floods

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Sunday, October 3, 1926

The October 1926 Mississippi and Illinois valley floods · the rivers rise again in Kansas and Oklahoma

As printed: HEAVY DAMAGE IS THREATENED IN MANY TOWNS

ContextThe Verdigris, Elk and Fall are rivers of southeastern Kansas that drain south toward the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. Radio was then new enough that broadcast flood warnings were themselves worth reporting.

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