Shift in wind checks big fire at Eagle Waite Plant
Cincinnati August 23 A wind shift aided firefighting as a blaze at Eagle Waite Lead Company Plant burned five hours after discovery. The fire destroyed most of a block and ruined property valued at 750000, displacing hundreds of tenement residents. Fire communications suffered as lines were cut. one person was injured but not seriously. Nearby Dawson Ga reports a dry spell causing cotton to open and over 100 bales marketed yesterday at 12 to 12 1/2 cents per pound.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Eagle Waite Lead Company
Hun
Broadway
East Court Street
Hunt Street
Norfolk and Western
Tratler
Freitnels
Dawson
Uncle Joe Tries to Quit Smoking on Vacation
Plattsburg New York August 23 Speaker Cannon, resting here, is nearly quitting smoking after forty years of twelve to fifteen cigars daily now down to three or four. Royston to Have Balls Royston Georgia August 23 Special The Farmers will have a gala day on September 20 with Seab Wright and others addressing Farmers Union members and friends A basket dinner will be served in Bakers grove plus planned remarks by F B Doyie Colonel T G Dorough to introduce Mr Wright and others to be added later.
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Speaker Cannon
Plattsburg
N. Y
Royston
Seab Wright
Baker's Grove
R.F. Duckworth
Farmers’ Union
F .B Doyie
T. G Dorough
Wright
Two Killed in Gunfight Near Barbourville Knox Fair Grounds
News from London reports a free-for-all gun fight near the Knox county fair grounds at Barbourville Kentucky. Two men fatally shot, three others wounded including a woman. Constable Campbell killed. Edward Smith died later. John Warren seriously wounded. One arrest made, John Bailey charged with killing Campbell. Fugitives fled into the countryside. Also notice about cotton bales for sale at Atlanta local freight agency on September 20 1907. Freight unpaid from Stearns Foster order directed to Atlanta. O M Ezell agent.
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Knox County Fair Grounds
Barboursvillec, My
London
Newa
Knox County Fair
Barbourville
L. R Campbell
Edward Smith
John Warren
Ralph Tuggle
Warren
John Bailey
Constable Campbell
Atlanta
Alabama Street
Stearns & Foster
Lockland
Ohio
Atlanta Waste Co
O. M. Ezell
Phone 109 for Sunday Constitution Want Ad
A brief notice inviting readers to call phone 109 to place a want ad in The Sunday Constitution. The item promises assistance with submitting wording and arranging payment for classified inquiries.
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the Sunday Constitution
South
Cuba Pacification Cost Tops Two Million Dollars
Washington report shows the 1907 Cuban pacification cost the U S government 2 554 970 including 1 915 383 for transportation General Aleshire notes the quartermaster department is understaffed with 26 commissioned officers and 200 post quartermaster sergeants and calls for more officers and a general service corps to support the sprawling duties across U S territories and beyond.
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Washington
Aleshire
Army
Quartermaster’s Department
United States
Tne
Department
General Service
Raislli Defeats Large Force Near Alcazar in Morocco
Washington dispatch reports bandit Ral auli defeated a large Moroccan force loyal to the Sultan. Alcazar, a Moorish city two days by caravan from Tangier, is said to be in great danger as authorities fear its capture.
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Alesxar
Washington
State Department
Ralauli
Morocco
Caid Sim
Henry Mace
Alcazar
Tangier
Reproduced History of Fort Boone Attack at Jamestown Exposition
Graphic reenactment of Daniel Boone era attack on Fort Boone at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk Virginia. Indians in costume staged the assault while descendants of defenders repelled them, with formal exercises at Ellerbe Springs North Carolina afterward.
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Fort Boone
Norfolk
Old Fort Boone
Kentucky State Building
Winchester
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Exposition
Rich Builder Is Murdered In Chicago
Evander McIver a wealthy contractor of 3654 Prairie avenue was found dead in a stairway to a basement at Twenty-fifth and State streets. The body showed signs of violence with missing money and valuables. Police believe he was murdered and thrown down the stairs. Death appears to be from a skull fracture.
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Chicago
Ilc
Evander Mclver
Prairie Avenue
Twenty-fifth and
State Streets
McIver
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Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Joe
Whitehall St
Owappa
Phive
Cuba
Sam
Raislli
Ellerbe Springs
Rockingham
N. C
Seaboard Air Line
Bishop Duncan
Bucharest
Roumania
Charles
Panama
Department of Municipal Engineering
Alps
Hot Springs
Ark
U. S
Ich
Bureau OF Information
Newspape
Daphives
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