Burning Well near Crab Orchard ignites water fire tale
A reported burning well five miles east of Crab Orchard near the Rockcastle line draws hundreds who sample its clear waters that burn upon contact with flame. A party of excursionists, meeting an old woman with a bucket, watched a match blown onto the water ignite, revealing a strange inflaming phenomenon with no nearby mineral deposits. Locals recount continued visits as word spreads of Kentucky’s famed wonders.
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Dodona
Here
Rockcastle
Eimenter
Kentucky
Heiress to eight millions in Butte headline
Anna A Dodge, an 80 year old inmate of Butte's poor house, has received notice she is heiress to an estate worth 8,000,000 dollars. The tale traces her ancestry to a London-area great grandfather, with migrations ending in Missouri and California. A London administrator and relatives in Minneapolis and San Francisco are involved, with her nephew William T. Coleman a possible claimant. General Raum rumor denial noted in Washington.
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Anna A, Dodge
Butte
Mont
Ann A. Dodge
London
America
Virginia
William
Annie
Dodge
Hig
Kentuc
Annie Saaizied
Ae Coleman
Missouri
At Husband
Tate
Dodge Case
Ross
Minneapolis
William T. Coleman
San Francisco
Charles Ragedale
Steele
Washinctos
Raum
Banmn
Ecumenical Conference Ends In Washington
The great ecumenical conference dissolved in Washington on October 20 as speakers concluded the final day. Bishop E R Hendrix of the Methodist Episcopal Church South delivered an address and Lady Henry Somerset spoke in the evening. Somerset, a leading temperance advocate, spoke of humanity's elevation and her roles in temperance organizations.
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E. B. Hendrix
M. B. Church
South
Henry Somerset
RB. Hendrix
E. R. Hendrix
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Henry Somersett
Lady Somersett
British Women's Temperance Association
World's Women's Temperance Union
Governor Hill In Atlanta Amid Cannon Fire and Cheers
Governor Hill and party arrived in Atlanta amid cannon blasts and cheering crowds. A special train met them, officials and citizens welcomed them at the depot, and a Kimball House reception followed. Local leaders and labor groups joined in the honors as the governor toured the city.
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Atlanta
Governor Hill
Grady Monument Association
Young Men's Democratic League
Union Depot
State House
Oniclals
Southern Citier
Oak
Kimball House
Northen
Georgia
South
Money Sent by Mother to Carry Her to Old Home
At a Atlanta station Minnie Lee freckled proprietor of a disreputable Collins street house faces a robbery charge after Pearl Taylor, a witness, describes her mother sending ten dollars to return home. Taylor recalls a ruined marriage to John Howlett, desertion in New Orleans, and dire straits leading to lodging and the failed journey home. The accuser intends to depart after the trial.
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Atlanta
Minale J
Collins Street
Pearl Taylor
Priée
Minnie Lee
New Iberia
Louisiana
John Howlett
New Orleans
United States Army
Gate City
Minnie Lea
Toyatay
Lea
Fire consumes Atkinson block Brunswick Ga devastating blaze
Fire ravages the Atkinson block in Brunswick between Oglethorpe and Richmond streets. A three story brick structure housing Brunswick Hardware and neighboring firms is threatened by shifting winds. Firefighters struggle as flames leap across Oglethorpe street and dangers to nearby warehouses remain high. Local properties including East Tennessee Virginia Georgia wharves are near but spared so far.
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Bronswick
Atkinson
Oglethorpe
Richmond
Oglethorpe Street
Hay Street
Brunswick Hardware Company
E.H. Mason
Brunswick & Western Railroad
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
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Oys
Ter
Crab Orchard
Washington
Mills
Crisp
House of Representatives
Harnest
Italian Chamber of Commerce
New York City
Europe
M. L. Contencia
Chamber of Commerce
Porter
Italy
Germany
Sherman
Court of Claims
Thompson
Ohio
Harrison
United States
E. 8. Hammond
West Tennessee
Blaine
Joseph H.manley
Fred Douglas
Mr. Harrison
Douglas
St. Nicholas
Department of State
Massachusetts
Biachromam
Als
Cuncumsatt
Francis Rivers
Aigner
Carlos del Rio
Balmaceda
Chill
Hare
Rodte
New York
Louis Bloch
California
Bay Tear
IAS
Memphis
Henry Kinney
Hollywood
Miss
Texas
A. F. Smith
Alose
Smith
Kinneys
Alrea
Tunica
Bond
Carrixsauna
Ben Or Brien
O'Brien
South Point
Comb
Grayson, Ky
David Checks
Sinking
Brunswick
Diane
K Gospel
Journal
King Solomon
The
David Tusker
Markham Place
Nelson
Street Bridge
Weat Side
Solomon
Tasker
Satan Aleo
Dees
New Barswwick
N. J
Joseph Bohpelder
Highland Park
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