Not Quite So Bad as First Reported
A Roanoke newspaper account describes a devastating flood in Vivian and surrounding coal fields. It details casualties, wrecked bridges, washed factories, and eerie rescues, with estimates of deaths varying but a confirmed large-scale disaster from June weather and river floods in West Virginia and Virginia.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia
Vivian
Ennis
Associated Press
Eckman
Empire
North York Junction
Simmons River
Keystone
Elkhorn Valley
Bluefields
Shawneee
Shawnee Coal Company
School for Whites Like Tuskegee Planned in Athens
A meeting in Athens Alabama gathered prominent citizens to hear Dr S A Steel arrive from Petersburg Virginia about starting an industrial school for white youth to rival Booker T Washington’s Tuskegee model. A trustee committee will seek lands donate buildings and title only after completion.
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Washington
Athens
Ala
S.A. Steel
Petersburg
South
Booker Washington
Tuskegee
Steel
Preacher in the Toils in North Carolina Church
In Fayetteville a north end church built for African Americans by Mia Cochran faces turmoil as Rev Montgomery Jackson, pastor since the church’s founding, is arrested for unlawfully selling liquor. Accusers claim conspiracy and his supporters deny any case. Jackson previously worked as a Kentucky gauger in the revenue service.
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North Carolina
Fayetteville
N. C
Mia Cochran
Myrtle Hill Farm
Montgomery Jackson
St. Joseph's Church
Morrissey
Jackson
Kentucky
Revenue Service
Great National Meeting of Catholic Knights in Cincinnati
Fifteen thousand Knights of the Catholic Order of St. John have arrived for the twenty third annual convention in Cincinnati. About 25,000 expected by Tuesday as the four day session opens at the Odeon with a pontifical high mass at St Peters Cathedral. Leaders include Bishop Thomas Byrne Archishop William Elder and Bishop Camulus Mays. Mayor Julius Fleischmann and Archbishop Elder welcome the delegates. Key issues include unifying Catholic societies and setting terms for national officers. The ladies auxiliary begins meetings at the Lyceum theater.
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Order of St. John
Cincinnath Cincinnati
Mra
A. Stewart
Ladies’ Auxiliaries
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lyceum Theater
Disease Conveyed by Flies Medical Officers Directed to Place Nets
Washington June 24 Medical officers of the marine hospital service are directed to use nets and screens to prevent insectborne disease. The circular links mosquitoes to malaria and filariasis, fleas to plague, and notes typhoid and cholera may be spread by flies. Sulphur fumigant is recommended to kill insects in large rooms.
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Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Simond
Man
Constipation or diarrhea cures and a wartime economy note
An early 20th century notice mixes patent remedy advertising with brief dispatch snippets. It mentions Cas eartts Candy Cathartic with stamped tablets and 10 cent price, and reports from St. Petersburg about U S treasury countervailing duties on Russian goods. It also notes troop movements from Fort McPherson to Plattsburg barracks and a new oil gusher at Spindle Top hill Beaumont.
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Loxpos
St. Petersburg
M. DeWitt
Gage
United States Treasury Department
Wonderful early success by young farmer near Athens
A twenty three year old farmer near Athens in Jackson county rented a one horse farm and, with only a mule, cultivated cabbage and turnips. He earned a net fifteen hundred dollars last year, bought the farm with twelve hundred, kept three hundred in the bank, and plans a canning factory this year. He ships to Athens and other points, with a ready market for his produce.
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Athens
Tom Todd
Jackson County
Clarkesboro
Mr. Todd
Todd
Athens Banner Centennial Edition Praised Nationwide
The Athens Banner centennial edition is hailed as a landmark by the Atlanta Journal Savannah Press and Oglethorpe Echo. Critics call it a credit to Athens Clarke County and the University of Georgia, noting 60 to 80 pages of literary and historical content with illustrations.
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Atlaoia Journal
Athens
Georgia
University of Georgia
Bavannab Preea
Athena Banner
Clarke
State University
Lucy Cobb Institute
James O'Farrell
T. W. Reed
H. J. Rowe
The
Banner
Oglethorpe Echoanya
Athens Banner
Cemetery Fence Remains Unneeded, Missouri Man Declares
A Cooper County resident refused to fund cemetery fencing saying no one should be confined and the living do not wish to enter. The remark centers on beliefs about the graveyard’s necessity and access.
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Cooper County
Missouri
Watal Boating Party Capsize Claims Two Drownings
Late last night H Sperry a telegraph operator with Southern Pacific at Benicia and Misses Kate and Led Kerns and Mamie Sullivan were thrown into Carquines Straits when a squall capsized their boat. The Kerns girls clung to the upturned boat while Miss Sullivan and Sperry drowned. The rescued girls were exhausted after the ordeal.
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Watal
Port Aroyas
Onl
H. Sperry
Southern Pacific
Mpany
Benicia
Kate
Kerns
Mamie Sullivan
Carquines Straits
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Reevis Jamea J. Bailey
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Jane
Anderty
Brver
Sivyrup
Ccomes
Dr. Thacher
Thacher Medicine Company
Chattanooga, Tenn
Chiengo
Hota
Atlanta
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Fort McPherson
Staion
Plattaburg Barracks
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Parm
Kansas City
Pino Bioff
Jeaus
the Clarion
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Michael Bros
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Axwistoy
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Estelle Collins
Embrey’s Bend
Coosa River
Alee
Tescoin
Owl County
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Gill
San Francisco
W. Mitchell
China
Wasuixaron
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