Thousands Homeless by Flood in England
August 27 report from Norwich shows about 7,000 people driven from homes as the Wensum rises after weeks of rain. City water levels reach thirteen feet in parts, boats patrol flood districts, and authorities provide mattresses and food. Refugees sheltered in schools while fire brigades pump out water from works. waterworks machinery fails, raising famine fears. Cathedral precincts submerged and Trowse church nave flooded three feet with graveyard damage.
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Norw Tie
Wensum
United Kingdom
Trowse
Londo
Roses on the River Honor Fallen Heroes at Jefferson Barracks
Thousands of roses were scattered on the Mississippi River opposite the national cemetery at Jefferson Barracks during memorial ceremonies honoring heroes of American wars. The steamer Grey Eagle carried the roses while Isle de Muson fired a salute. Informal sessions of the Sons of Veterans and the Ladies' Auxiliary occurred, with main business to begin tomorrow and run through Friday.
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St. Leo
Mississippi River
National Cemetery
Jefferson Barracks
Sons of Veterans
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Grey Eagle
United States
Isle de Muzon
Mississippi Naval Reserves
Gully of Indust Adultery and Marshall at Augusta speech
Augusta Maine August 27 Governor Marshall of Indiana, the democratic nominee for vice president, spoke on the trust issue. He urged revoking corporate charters as a remedy for industrial adultery and attacked systems rather than individuals. He warned of monopolies and criticized prosecutions that protect campaign contributors.
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Augusta
Maine
Marshall
Indiana
Lewiston
Supreme Courts
Harvester and Steel
Aieo
Jimmy
Take a Plunge in the Finest Bathing Pool in the South
An indignant caller demands police at Hill and Farr Streets to curb a noisy menagerie next door. Policeman McHugh learns the complainant fears sleep loss from barking dogs geese mules rats pigs and a parrot, prompting a humorous exchange over municipal noise and animal troubles.
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Warm Springs
Peachtree
McHugh
Hill and Farr Streets
Fair Streets
Chas
War talk and the border of trust in Dr. Jordan speech
Dr. Jordan warned that a nation’s greatest loss is those who might have been but never were, calling for international peace based on mutual respect. He extolled the undefended U S Canada border as a beacon of trust, and traced wars to money lenders behind conflicts.
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Dr. Jordan
Canada
United States
Jordan
Roosevelt pushes probe and names Parker and Sherman
Oyster Bay August 27 Colonel Roosevelt seeks to enter Alton Parker former presidential nominee and James Sherman vice president into the senate inquiry into campaign contributions adopted via the Penrose resolution He plans to present letters and testimony to Senator Clapp and to challenge reports about secretary Knox overhearing Roosevelt dictating a 1904 letter to Cortelyou.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Alton B. Parker
James Sherman
United States
Senate
Clapp
Judge Parker
Jim Sherman
Larriman
P. C. Knox
George B. Cortelyou
Knox
Standard Oil
William R. Hearst
London
Hearst
Hearst Wl
Eosgevelt
Probers
Washington
Senate Committee
Penrose
John D. Archbold
George W. Perkins
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Pomerene
Florida Fly Arrives in Thomasville Ga August 27
The little white fly, Florida fly, or Florida gnat returns for its annual visit to the area. It drifts in late afternoon like tiny snowflakes and is mostly harmless though it may irritate eyes or mouths if exposed. Gnats rest on undersides of shrub and tree leaves during the day, sometimes turning leaves black but causing little damage or complaints overall.
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Thomasville
War, Taxes and Peace Echo in Speech on Cost of Armaments
A speaker contends that peace costs the United States 4 billion annually and that war debt drives tax rises. He argues war consumes the best blood of nations and claims war harms European races, while noting a nation’s wealth would barely cover world war expenses.
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United States
Women Parade for the Ballot in Columbus Centenary
About 6,000 women marched downtown Columbus advocating votes for women during the Centennial events. Spectators rode in autos with suffrage emblems while soap boxes were distributed to street corners. Memorial Hall hosted 3,000 sympathizers with speeches by Anna Shaw and Fela La Follette.
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Columbus
Ohio
Memorial Hall
Anna Shaw
Fela la Follette
Corporal Long Wins Rifle Championship
Leagirt No Ju August 27 Corporal Cedric M. Long of the Fifth Segment of Massachusetts is the champion military rifleman of the United States. He scored 235 points to defeat over 100 rivals, including top service marksmen, and earned a gold medal cash prize and a congratulatory autograph letter from President Taft. Second prize went to Sergeant M. King. Third to Corporal C. McLeod with 225. The president's match consisted of two stages, with shooting at 200 606 and 100 yards, concluding after two days of competition.
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Leagirt
Cedric M. Long
Segiment
Massachusetts
United States
National Guard
Corporal Long
Taft
M. King
M. McLeod
United States Marine Corps
Confederate Veterans Reunion Night Schedules for Marietta Line
Notice outlines revised Night Schedules on the Atlanta to Marietta line for August 28 1912 and August 29 1917 with specific departure times from Atlanta and Marietta. Additions to present schedules are noted by underscores and pertain to the Atlanta Northern Railway Company operations.
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Confederate Veterans
Marietta
Atlanta
Atlanta Northern Railway Company
Wilson endorses campaign expense publicity and inquiry
Seagirt August 27 Governor Wilson favors full publicity of campaign expenses and an inquiry into preconvention spending. He says most funds came from Princeton graduates and were used to distribute news. He notes he cannot estimate preconvention costs and that his backers are known only in general terms.
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Wilson
Princeton
Ryan
Seagirt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Penrose
Thomas F. Hyan
Watterson-Harvey-Wilson
McCombs
Taft
Roosevelt
Joseph Chamberlain
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Wison
Trenton
Anti-Saloon League of
Newark
New Jersey
Essex County
Dyer Child James Dyer dies at age three in Augusta area
James Dyer, 3 years old, son of Mr and Mrs W W Dyer, died Tuesday at 6 20 am at their Augusta avenue residence. The body was moved to Poole's chapel and will be taken today for funeral and interment at Smarr's station.
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James Dyer
W. W. Dyer
Augusta Avenue
Poole’'s
Smarr
Obituary notices list several Atlanta area deaths
Mrs. Nora Shepard aged 48 died Tuesday at 4 30 PM at 24 Rosalia street widow of Captain James Shepard of the Atlanta police. Survived by son Rhodehil Shepard. Funeral 4 30 PM at residence. interment Oakland cemetery. Mrs. Emma Chambers aged 46 died at 9 15 AM Tuesday at 141 West Pine street. Survived by husband J Chambers and four sons and a daughter. Funeral 2 PM at residence. interment Hollywood cemetery. Lucile DeMoss, 1 month, daughter of Mr and Mrs H C Demongs, died Tuesday at 8 AM at 889 Grant street. Father guards the federal prison. Funeral 10 AM Wednesday at Antioch church. interment church yard. F G Cannon died suddenly from heart failure Monday at o'clock at freight offices of Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railway. Funeral 4 PM at residence 322 East Fair street. interment Oakland cemetery. Cannon aged 55, survived by wife and two children. J A Redwine aged 60 died at a private sanitarium Monday. Survived by three children A J and M J Redwine and Miss Lizzie Redwine. Funeral 10 AM at Poole's chapel. interment West View cemetery.
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Nora Shepard
Rosalia Street
James Shepard
Atlanta
Emma Chambers
Weat Pine Street
J. ©. Chambers
Hollywood Cemetery
Lucile Demosa
H. C. Demongs
Grant Street
Federal
Antioch Church
F. G. Cannon
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
East Fair Street
Oakland Cemetery
J. A. Redwine
A. J
M. J. Redwine
Lizzie Redwine
Poole’s
West View Cemetery
Woman traces missing husband to Colorado fruit farm
Edna, nine, Joseph, seven, and Anne, five, travel with officials to the barge office as a Bohemian farmer named Josef, long separated from his wife, had once written of a small Colorado fruit farm before letters stopped and the mother sought him in the new world.
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Eerl
Edna
Joseph
Anne
Josef
Beraum
Bohemia
Colorado
Hitchcock Plans For Sunday Mail
Congress and officials debate Sunday mail handling under a new law aimed at reducing postal work. Postmasters will sort emergency letters of special importance on Sundays while routine delivery to lock-boxes remains limited, with rules easing distribution at origins and on rail trains.
Family seeks aid after long voyage to Denver
A mother recalls a month long trek with her family from Bremen to the United States. They endured meager meals costing 16 cents a day and slept in fields before boarding the Neckar in steerage. Officials weighed public charge but allowed entry. the family has only a few cents for train fare to Denver where the father was last heard.
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Breman
Bremen
Pausage
Denver
Negro outlaw fatally shot near Collinsville Alabama
An Alabama posse pursuing a Negro outlaw who killed one man and wounded two near Collinsville on Monday cornered him at Chesterfield Tennessee Alabama and Gearat railroad town. He reportedly put up a desperate fight as authorities moved toward Collinsville with the wounded. The Murphy boy who was shot by the outlaw died today and Dr Kilola reported twelve perforations in the boy's intestines. Oliver and Charlie Hall, shot Sunday morning, are resting well.
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Gadsden
Ala
Deperado
Collinsville
Chesterfield
Tennessee, Alabama and
Gearat
Collinsvile
Collinaville
Murphy Boy
Kilila
Oliver
Charlies Hall
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General Booth
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Loaekie Street
Supreme Court
Am. Writing Machine Co
Kodak
Georgia
Shelley Ivey
O. K
College “Co-Op
Shetley Ivey
Peachtree Street
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Newport
R. L
Inez Milholland
Jack McGee
Thomas Pelham Curtis
McCree
Milheland
Marble House
Belmont Newport
Corporal
Ong
Lucile DeMoss
Hitchcock
Sunday Mail
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Postoffic Department
Orde
Postu
Postum
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
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