Heat wave lingers with scattered showers widen spread
Washington reports scattered thunder showers across the northern interior states offering brief relief from extreme heat. Showers are expected to be more general tomorrow in the Dakotas Minnesota Iowa Illinois and Michigan. Temperatures remain high in the central valleys and central west with record 108 at St Louis and 104 at St Paul.
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Forty Deaths From Heat Reported In St Louis
Reports at the mortuary office show forty deaths from heat in the last twenty four hours. Mitty hospital wards filled with heat patients. Ten new cases reported this morning. At noon the temperature stood at 102 degrees, two higher than yesterday.
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Mitty Hospital
Five Heat Waves Sweeps Nation With Prostrations
Kansas City registered 101 to 106 degrees for twelve hours, the severest heat yet. Reported five deaths in Kansas City and over thirty prostrations across the region, with scattered prostrations and deaths noted in Evansville Cincinnati St Paul Davenport and other towns as heat continues to grip the midwest.
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Davenport
Obis Innocence in Darktown Scarecrow Case
In a police matinee scene Obie Riggins confesses to swiping old clothes from a neighbor in Darktown, claiming he kept them to scare crows. Recorder Broyles fines him $10.76 and derides the alibi as a poor tale.
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Atlanta
Heat Deadly in Kentucky as Temperatures Surge
Louisville and Kentucky suffer extreme heat with a 107 degree high, fourth straight day above 100. Paducah tops at 112, while towns including Owensboro Bowling Green Hopkinsville Princeton and Paducah report prostrations and heat illnesses. Notable victims include C M Robertson and bank president Robert Reeves, with ex congressman Tony Fitzpatrick and Judge I H Goodright in critical condition.
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Henry Harlan
United States Supreme Justice
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Kentucky
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C. M. Robertson
Hopkinsville
I. M. Bowhing
Princeton
C.M. Jonhison
Robert ‘Reeves
the Hirst National Bank
Tony Fitzpatrick
Frankfort
Rhay
I. H. Goodright
United States
Franklin
Two Prostrations Reported From Heat In Nashville
Two heat prostrations were reported in Nashville Tennessee with one fatal. The official thermometer showed 95 degrees at 3 PM and 91 degrees at 7 PM.
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Virginia-Carolina buys Excelsior oil mill in Washington Ga
Fran J H Lamar of Augusta representing the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company has bought the Excelsior Manufacturing Company’s oil mill gunnery and fertilizer plant in Washington Georgia for 55000. The new owners will keep operations and use Washington as a distributing point for fertilizers.
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Augusta
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One Legged Kilpatrick Brings Daring Plane Feats to Fair
Charlies G Kilpatrick known as One Legged Kilpatrick will perform hazardous stunts at the Southern Interstate fair. He travels a 170 foot inclined plane with a 80 foot high top, gliding nearly 45 degrees and stopping mid descent. His machine, built by John Brisben Walker, carries 300 pounds of pressure during acts. Kilpatrick appears for two weeks with two daily performances at the fair grounds.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
John Brisben Walker
Far Grounde
Purchase of the City Hall Meeting on Purchase Plan
City finance and public buildings committees meet at 10 this morning to consider buying the present city hall from the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and assuming a debt of 87.59 with 7600 cash. They oppose the offer citing cash limits and high interest and doubt a new city hall will be pursued for years. The tax committee meets at 3 pm for minor matters.
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Commitment Trial Delayed For Overby And Troler In Georgia
Hawkinsville July 24 Judge D M Roberts heard the commitment trial of Marshal Hamp Overby and Deputy Troler linked to the Wiley Paul killing at Cochran. Witnesses were scattered. hearing postponed to next week. County officials urged new jail construction after years of delays.
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Central Georgia renames line as Central Savannah Line
Railway notes report the Central of Georgia Railway changing its banner to Central Savannah Line to extend branding beyond Savannah. The move accompanies public folders and ties with Ocean Steamship Company routes in New York Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore markets.
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Demurrer Filed in Chattanooga Bond Fraud Case
The mayor, aldermen, and county registration commission filed a demurrer to a taxpayers bill accusing gross frauds at a recent bond election. Complainants say the demurrer was to delay testimony and affect the forthcoming city election. The case fuels bitter factional Democratic politics in Chattanooga.
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Striking Steel Firms Move to Break Amalgamated Blockade
Aggressive officials of the American Sheet Steel Company push actions to break the strike. Non union workers are shipped to Wellsville to begin the Vandergrift mill plant, signaling a plan to operate all plants non union. Hyde Park plant is slated to restart with expected easier startup than sites under Amalgamated control. Authorities debate injunctions. Ohio officials optimistic, Pennsylvania less inclined. Rumors say American Steel Hoop Company may consolidate plants into Carnegie mills at Duquesne, with a non union operation expected there.
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Voting Trust Is Dissolved In Railroad Settlement
New York July 24. Trustees of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announce dissolution of the voting trust and restoration of property to stockholders early in September. They also offer holders of 16 million dollars in 4 percent debentures the option to convert to common stock.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
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