Tornado Strike Near Collinsville Hits Homes Hard
A February tornado near Collinsville Illinois tore apart several residences and damaged the town. Fifteen people were injured, some fatally, as three fine hillside homes were reduced to splinters and a coal company stack was leveled. Rescue crews aided Frank Kobart and family, left buried in debris, as winds swept toward Vandalia railroad tracks.
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St Louis
Collinss He
St. Louis
Paul Quarandhi
Otto Odderhole
Gev T
Sophie Fix
Newton Alderson
Theodora Lawrence
Frank Kobart
John Marquette
Tony Scalla
Barney Falett
Tom Pomarti
Collinsville
Hight Club Coal Company
Winds Sweep Indiana Tornado Velocity Report
A morning wind storm swept western Indiana to Evansville, with telegraph wires down and debris on rail lines. Near Contune, Illinois, a farm was destroyed but the farmer and family escaped. a railroad track blockage prompted the last passenger train to be warned and delayed at Indianapolis.
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Indianapols
Ind
Indiana
Waols
Evansville
Contune
Iis
Collinsville
An- Galia
Indianapolis
Forty two mile an hour snow storm strikes three states
A fierce snow storm with winds up to forty two miles per hour sweeps Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory since last night. Temperatures drop 43 to 50 degrees as telegraph lines falter and trains run hours late. In Wagoner Indian Territory the hotel and several houses are leveled, five homes damaged and two Nealy children injured. Minnesota endures a severe winter storm with heavy drifting snow and widespread travel disruption.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Indian Territory
Wagoner
I. T
Hotel Maine
William Nealy
Zero in Colorado blizzard spreads to Nebraska
Denver reports clear but frigid weather with temperatures from zero to ten below. A severe storm roars into Omaha where it has intensified into a blizzard since last night, affecting travel and power as Nebraska suffers heavy snow and winds.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
Nebraska
Omaha, Neb
Remarkable February Weather Change in Chicago
February 17 saw a dramatic swing in Chicago with temperatures rising from 6 to 3 degrees above zero, marking the most remarkable February day in Chicago weather bureau history since 1876.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Ratification and Hague Arbitration Board Formation
The United States will deposit final ratification of the Hague treaty in The Hague. Within three months the president must name up to four competent persons to serve on the permanent board of arbitration for six years. Newell, the U.S. minister to The Hague, may be named to the permanent administrative council to organize the international bureau and court.
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United States Senate
Washington
United States
Hague
Permanent Board of Arbitration
State Department
Newell
The
Permanent Administrative Council
International Bureau
Thla International Bureau
Hotel site in Augusta sold for stores plan
Thomas W. Coskery sold the burned Ar ington hotel site on Broad Street to J. Miller Walker E C Stulb Co and Bryan Lawrence. They will erect a soda stand candy shop and ladies restaurant on the corner with a haberdashery next door at Ellis Street. The fifty two foot lot sold for 42000. They do not plan to rebuild a hotel themselves.
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Augusta
Thomas W. Coskery
Arington
Meaurs
J. Miller Walker
EB. C. Stulb
Bryan Lawrence
E. C. Stulb & Co
Lawrence
Broad Street
Ellis
Missing Adel Bank cashier Walter Warnell vanishes after January 17
Walter L Warnell cashier at Bank of Adel disappears January 17 after a heavy work period and illness. He left his room at 5 AM, was last seen boarding a northbound Georgia Southern train to Macon, with no clue to his fate. Relatives in Tifton fear the worst.
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Adel Bank
Tifton
Walter L. Warnell
Bank of Adel
Aince
Macon Ja
Warnell
Georgia Southern
Ada
Macon
Heavy sales at Columbus cotton market
Columbus warehouses sold over 2000 bales of cotton yesterday at 8 to 8 1 2 cents. A 600 bale lot of fair quality brought 8 1 2 cents. Sales cut local stock by a fifth. Buyers, shippers, and mills sought good cotton, with optimistic sentiment in Columbus. Over 10,000 bales sold in recent days. A warehouseman refused 8 4 cents on a fancy 1000 bale lot, signaling strong demand.
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Columbus
Constitution
Fort Valley Knights of Pythias chartered in Fort Valley Ga
A Knights of Pythias lodge was instituted at Fort Valley Georgia tonight with twenty charter members. Grand lodge officers Milton R. Smith H Cronheim D B Woodruff and Don E Good man attended. New officers elected include Chan cellor commander Emmet Hauser vice chancellor Peter F Bahnsen prelate A L Smith master at arms John F Troutman master of work J P Heath master of exchequer S F T Neill master of finance and keeper of records and seals Johan McMillan.
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Fort
Peter F. Bahnsen
A. L. Smith
John F. Troutman
J. P. Heath
S. FT. Neill
Johan McMillan
Paid Their Way Back to Atlanta and Chattanooga
The Chattanooga Saddlery Company paid the damages claimed against it by the union harness makers and covered their transportation back to Atlanta. They were lured here with promises of work and beer, then refused once identified as union men.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Saddlery Company
Yous Union
Talbott & Palmer Report Urges Continuation In Business
Macon creditors hear a committee report on Talbott & Palmer losses totaling 104000 dollars with net worth 63746 and insolvency about 41049. The panel recommends resuming operations under a trustee to pay all claims from net profits, salaries set at 130 dollars monthly, and profits prorated every thirty days.
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Constitution Bureau
Brown House
Macon
Talbott & Palmer
Gumpens & Son
Ware & Leland Gold
LT. Rathbone & Go
Atlanta
Birmingham
Birming
W. Palmer
Dec
I. M. Talbott
Res
T& B
Eeek
Creditorg
Charles Hall
Wiley
C. M. Whey
Second
Georgia
Missing man from Macon enlists or hides after Washington ticket
Officers regret a man vanished after boarding a train for Washington with orders on arrival. He may have left the train between here and Washington or used enlistment to reach the capital, or could still be hiding in Macon. No search yet, but a sharp lookout is kept.
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Washington
Here
Macon
Phillips
Union Central Life Insurance Company
United States Court of Appeals
Arep
Speer
Bud Haynie Found Dead Near Railroad Tracks
W H Haynie known as Bud Haynie was found dead beside the railroad track near Stone Mountain Georgia about 600 yards south of the depot with head crushed as if by a train. Foul play is suspected after he was seen in town intoxicated late last night. He was the son of J C Haynie assistant foreman of the county chain gang.
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Stone Mountain
W. H. Haynie
Bud Haynie
Nealdy
Young Haynie
J. C. Haynie
Augusta Business Men Back Virginia Rail Charter Plan
A February 8 Augusta Georgia meeting of the Augusta exchange and board of trade endorsed a Virginia legislature bill to charter the Richmond and Washington Air Line Railroad. The group urged approval to alleviate monopolies and aid regional shipping, especially melons and fruit, appointing a committee to press the cause.
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Augusta
Specia
Exchange and Board of Trade
Richmond
Washington
Virginia
T. W. Alexander
Exchange
WW. F. Alexander
M. O'Dowd
Wrereis
Augusta Exchange and Board of Trade
Myond
J. J. McGowan
Inman & Co
Thomas Barrett
Langley and
Aiko
J. Rice Smith
Thomas Barrett, Jr
J.J. Doughty
Frank E. Fleming
A. F. McGowan
M. O Dowd
James D.dawson
Narrow Escape from Death in Augusta Narrow escape on Broad Street as horse ran away
In Augusta on Broad Street Misses Horkan and Barkley narrowly escaped serious injury when a frightened horse pulled by a black driver bolted and tore a wheel. The survey car overturned and the vehicle was thrown onto the asphalt, but all four occupants escaped unharmed.
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Augusta
Misses Horkan
Miss Barkley
Broad Street
Sam Butler Arrested for Stealing Wire in Augusta
In Augusta February special: Sam Butler, white street railway employee, arrested on theft charge. Bond wires cut from rails disrupt circuits, causing trolley wire to melt. Thieves sell short lengths of copper bond wire at junk shops for a good price as copper value rises.
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Augusta
Sam Butler
Partes
Thia
Augusta Buys Improved La France Fire Engine
Augusta city officials announce the purchase of an improved La France fire engine from the La France Fire Engine Company of Elmira New York. The move follows local needs for better firefighting equipment and marks a capital investment approved this month.
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Augusta
la France Fire Engine Company
Elmira
N. Y
Longs Die Within Hours of Each Other in Alabama
F B Long tax collector of Russell county and his wife died within hours of each other in Hartsboro Alabama. Their joint funeral followed as they were buried together. Two daughters are critically injured. The double death occurred after their return from duties in Columbus Georgia.
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F. B. Long
Columbus
Russell County
Hartsboro
Ala
Ted
Freeman Nominated for Congress by Fourth District Republicans
The Fourth Georgia district GOP met at Lanier Opera House Greenville to elect delegates to the Philadelphia national convention and nominate A. H. Freeman of Greenville for congressman. J. T. Sheppard and A. C. Banks were re elected district officers, with H. Johnson and others endorsed for state roles. The convention adjourned sine die.
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Fourth West Point
Fourth Congressional District
Lanier Opera House
J. T. Sheppard
Columbus
P. A. Allen
Newnan
A. B. Jones
Franklin
H. Johnson
J. W. Lyons
H. A. Rucker
H. L. Johnson
McKintey
Lyons
A. C. Banks
W. H. Johnson
State Central Committee
A. H. Freeman
Greenville
Farmers Get 8 1-4 Cents for Cotton at Americus
In Americus Georgia farmers sold cotton today at 84 cents and recent sales were near 64 cents. A few hundred bales still linger in warehouses and are offered at prevailing prices as farmers accept the advance. The season has been satisfactory and receipts nearly match last year with about 60000 bales expected to pass through the compress by season end.
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Americus
Will Pay All the Expenses Cotton Raised at Convict Farm
Captain K R Foster, superintendent of the state convict farm at Milledgeville, sold last year's cotton crop totaling 278 bales at a price around 12 cents per pound, expected to yield about $12,000 to $19,000 to cover operating expenses. Foster chairs land prep for this year's crop with optimism for a strong yield. In Lexington, Judge Phil W. Davis of the city court expedited numerous old cases and bonded matters, aided by Solicitor Claud and Colonel Meadow, with good attendance of visiting attorneys.
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Milledgeville
K. R Foster
Foster
Lexington City Court
Lexington
Phil W. Davis
Claud
Meadow
Danielsville
Carroll Populists To Meet In Carrollton Ga
Carrollton populists called to meet at the courthouse in Carrollton on Saturday February 10 to discuss party business. Hion Jesse A Murrah longtime Carroll county Populist leader and former representative in 1892 and 1896 issued the call. Details on agenda were not yet known.
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Carrollton
Hion
Jesse A. Murrah
Carroll County
General Assembly
Charged with Cruelty In Alabama Woman In Jail Bond Withdrawn
Mrs Molle Hopkins wife of J B Hopkins a traveling man was placed in the county jail after bondsmen surrendered her Two weeks earlier both Mr and Mrs Hopkins faced cruelty charges against Gertrude and Bessie Hopkins Daughters of Mr Hopkins The case called in inferior criminal court a jury trial was demanded and bond set at 190 The bondsmen withdrew today she posted a new bond and was released
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Birmingham
Ala
Bpeelal
Molle Hopkins
J. B. Hopkins
Farlinger's Superior Goods and Odd Claims
The passage claims concealed mands and age lines on faces as well as humorous notes about canned peas priced at 20c and chili sauce, butter thins, and a slang remark. It reads like a jumble of product mentions and light commentary with no coherent event.
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Rector
West Point Mourns Orris D Winston Death of Local Leader
Orris D Winston a West Point native born July 16 1840 died at 6 30 pm Wednesday after a life of service in farming banking cotton buying and Express Company work He served as a Confederate lieutenant fought at Bull Run Sharpsburg Cold Harbor Gettysburg and the Wilderness He leaves a widow one son George four daughters Annie Jessie Nathan Gretchen and a sister Mrs W B Higginbothem Interred with Madonic honors at Woodlawn Many floral tributes and a final escort marked the large funeral procession
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West Point
Orris D. Winston
Orrin D. Winston
George Winston
Thomas Winston
West
Southern Express Company
Winston
Wfe
George
Annie
Jessie
Nathan
Gretchen
W. B. Higginbothem
Wood
New Capitol Appropriation Passes Mississippi House
In Jackson Mississippi February a two day debate ended with the house approving a bill to appropriate 1 900 000 dollars for a new statehouse to be built on the penitentiary site. The measure mirrors a senate version passed last week while opposition grows against constitutional amendments altering school fund distribution.
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House
Jackson Depot
Miss
Senate
Chicago party eyes Lookout Inn purchase for training school
A group from Chicago met with a chamber of commerce regarding inspecting the Lookout Inn as a potential site for a training school. The chamber gave a favorable response and the Chicago party plans to return tomorrow. final decision to be announced later.
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Chattanooga
Chicago
Lookout Inn
Chamber of Commerce
Three Favorites Win In Hissed New Orleans Race Decision
In New Orleans on February XX the fourth race outcome sparked a hiss from spectators who believed Trust Me had won with Teuton second and Pat Garrett third. Judges listed Garrett first, Azua, Judge Wardell, and Sidney Lucas as winning favorites amid heavy track conditions.
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New Orleans
New Orl Yeans
Trust Me
Teuton
Pat Garrett
Garrett
Azua
Judge Wardel
Sidney Lucas
A. Weber
Prince Real
Lyme
Scot Ash Grit
J Miller
Jennie F. Plymouth
Orlandine Kenmore Queen
Dominis
Claraba
Elamere
Dr. Wort
W. Shaw
Alvin W
Clawson
Nelle Prince
Palarm
Lexington Pirate
A McKnight
Amd Hohenstauffen
Seiling
P.J Garretti
J Millce
Flick
Parakeet
Wedderstrand
Lord Neville
Boland
Cathedral
Clayson
Lora Fairfax
Ben Frost
Tinkler
Seliing
Magee
Tom Kingdley
Ben Ren
Cl@ence HK
Dr. Parker
Clara M Grave Lagan
Gratia Schiryette Ophella
Irene Hayes
Sun God
Euderpha Trujans
Jan Bell
Wilfrid Laurier
Carilie
Ted Glod
Vice Regal
Evelyn Ryrn
Blarnesetone
Dominia Belle of
Holmfel
Dominis Tinkl
Kelling
Julius Caesar
Chicopes
Calhoun Street School Closed For Fumigation Holiday
Calhoun Street School will close and students receive a holiday as the building undergoes fumigation after a scarlet fever outbreak, with officials citing precaution to prevent spread of the disease.
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Calhoun Street
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J. T. Moore
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J. T. Dixon
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Samus Brunner
United States Army
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J.H. Stevens
Ivey Bros
Schofield's Iron Works
Fifth Street
Mr. Stevens
eTwo
Dr. Liles
Dr. Mites
J. H. Roberts
Seymour Ave
Utica
Miles’ Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
H. Freeman
Emory College
Oxford Ga
Henry 8. Johnson, Jr
Edward H. Bussey
Cuthbert Ga
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Bussey
United States Naval Academy
Rose Hill
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
Whitehall
Farlinger
Mississippi
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Dr. Hathaway
V. Hewton
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