Dozen Drowned In Smoking Car After Oklahoma Train Wreck
Kingsfisher Oklahoma September 11 The Cimarron River rose and caused Train No 12 to plunge into the river. The smoking car remains submerged six or seven feet below the surface. Conductor Thomas believes three escaped while fifteen were in the coach when it fell. No bodies recovered. Names of missing or injured include Gamel Caldwell Kansas H L Litfeeld Pittsburg PA W Douglas Negro porter John Sullivan Chicago C A Smith New York E B Ball Chicago George L Wright Denver A O Nilien Oklahoma City Miss Halls Payne Ohio Jack Robinson New Haven N H Balmer Haskell Institute staff etc. One man rescued later near Dover bridge. He was nearly dead after nine hours in the river.
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Kingsfisher
Okla
Cimarron
Thomas
Ware
Nicholson
Hermat L. Sell
Shen
Kate Sells
Payna
Ohio
Dair Gamel
Mall Clerk
Caldwell
Kans
H. L Litfeeld
Pittsburg
Bull Posten
David’ J. Lang
Hillsboro
Stra
J. L. Robinson
Enid
Oxia
BW. Bryan
At & Paint
Dover Bridge
Kingefeher
Devris
Boiler Makers Honor Georgia at Annual Convention
The eighth annual convention of the American Boiler Manufacturers Association in Pittsburg elected officers for the year. President M. F. Cole of Newnan Georgia, Secretary J. D. Faresy of Cleveland, Treasurer Joseph Wangler of St Louis. About three hundred delegates attended Avanta, Ga was chosen for the next gathering.
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Pittsburg
American Boiler Manufacturers’ Association
M. F. Cole
Newnan
J. D. Faresy
Cleveland
Joseph Wangler
St Louis
Avanta
Best Men in Large Firms Train From Within
GE's J Hapgood notes coffee men rise from clerical or junior roles as training grounds. In big companies, graduates are placed across departments to learn the business and develop initiative. Presidents say early assignment helps cultivate bright minds for future leadership as the industry moves toward greater technical complexity.
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GE. J Hapgood
Amos Owens Cherry Tree Swindler Dies in NC Mountains
News from Harlotts North Carolina reports the death of Amos Owens, famed for the Cherry Tree Company fraud case of 1902. Once linked to the endless chain selling scheme that left obligations of about 420,000, Owens lived on Cherry Mountain and had a long prior stint as a freighthand and witness in the trial. He was about 70 years old at his passing.
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Harlotts
N. C
North Carolina
Amos Owens
Owens
Cherry Mountain
Albany
One License Challenge for Cheatham Saloon Split
A city case against C D Cheatham over his Decatur street saloon claims one license for two spaces. The investigating committee voted to remove a front partition and close a passage to merge the two bars into a single licensed saloon, with a week to complete alterations.
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Cheatham
James L. Key
General Council
Jennings
Decatur Street
White Department
Sellom
Pines
Broylee
Police Committee
Maynon
Cilet Jennings
Mayson
Im Crown
Cheetham
Charles M. Roberts
Broyles
Jen. Myr
Old
Agid
Decatur
Street
Mortuary notes and obituaries from Atlanta area
Multiple funeral notices and obituaries from Macon and Columbus Georgia, plus a report of a British steamer damaged off Charleston. Warren G. Elliott of Atlantic Coast Line died at Watkins, services held at Old St. Pauls Church, burial at Green Mount Cemetery. Numerous pallbearers named. other deaths include Willie Roper, Maurice Thompson, A. J. Vickers, Mary F. Pate, Alvin Parks, and Captain W. I. Struppa. Also weathered storm in the Atlantic with Framfield ship sustaining damage and crew injuries.
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Warren G. Elliott
Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Line ‘Company
Watkins
Old St. Paul's Church
RE. Briggs Nash
Grean Mount Cemetery
Alexander Hamilton
Petersburg
L. Ro Watts
Portamouth
G. G. Thenas
Wilmington, D
GD. M. Serpeit
Norfolx
Alfred P. Thom
Washington, D.C
George W. Stephens
Richmond
Maurice Thompson
Maurice Thompagn
W. C. Thompson
Peachtree Road
Sandy Springs Church
Charleston, & C
Framfeld
T. MacDonald
Matanzas
Cuba
Philadelphia
O’ness
Peter Goolee
Schooner J. W. Evans Wrecked Near Frying Pan Light
Norfolk reports the schooner J. W. Evans from Thomaston Maine wrecked 40 miles east of Frying Pan Light, with all masts and bowsprit gone and a deckload of lumber remaining. She sailed from Jacksonville in September bound for Portland Maine, rated 486 tons with seven crew.
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Belans
Norfolk
Augusta
Norfolk Weather Bureau
J. W. Uvans
Thomaston
Frying Pan
Elans
Jacksonville
Portland
Lawyer Chat Snapshot From Bahamian Hearing
A terse exchange shows Jimmy Dores describing meeting a lawyer with a gun present and being advised to avoid actions. Dores says he was not charged for the advice and mentions a fee of 829 for legal advice.
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Jimmy Dores
Clymer
Newspapers a Cure for Big Head
James Crichton Browne, a British authority on mental diseases, says newspapers act as a bulwark of sanity. They influence nervous life like an electric current and dispel megalomania.
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New York World
James Crichton Browne
Negro charged with assault in woods near Copenhill
Miss Ethel Lawrence and Miss Mabel Lawrence testified against Robert Branham, a man held in custody after a brutal assault in the woods near their home in Copenhill. Branham faces an assault with intent to murder charge, with a preliminary trial set and a grand jury date of September 27. Authorities, led by C. W. Hunter, believe Branham the assailant, noting Branham’s movements and clothing matching the description.
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Ethel Lawrence
Mabel Lawrence
Copenhill
Justices Bloodworth
Chastain
Lawrence
Branham
C. W. Hunter
Grayson
Hunter
Luxom
Reading Declares Dividend and Funeral Reports
The Heading company directors declared a semi annual dividend of 2 percent on second preferred stock payable November 4 to stockholders of record October 23. Central Dmitri Trepoff, who died last Saturday, was buried today at Psternor Gontrari. the emperor not present at the funeral. His masonry traderading waters on board the Imperial yacht Atanitart.
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Reading
Philadelphia
Geneva
Trepoft
Psterhof
Peteraburg
Dmitri Trepoff
Psternor Gontrari
Ermparor
Murray and Mack Bring Old Irish Style to Grand Theater
In Atlanta, Murray and Mack delivered their familiar stage Irish routine to a lazy crowd at the Grand, with the Trocadero Quartet also earning encores. Al G Field's Greater Minstrels, Press Eldridge among new faces, promise three sell-out shows Friday and Saturday. Wonderland, a new Alice-inspired extravaganza, comes next week with a large cast and elaborate color schemes. At the Bijou, A Wife's Secret impressed, led by Grace Wooking, with strong performances and a naval matinee planned for the week.
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Murray
Mack
M Fot
Horce
Atlanta
Messrs
Birnes
Pina
Weet
Sample
Murray and
Lauren Foreman
al Fields
al G. Field Greater Minstrels
al Field
Tll
Field
Jaga
Doc Quigley
Press Eldridge
Bijou
Dijou
Alncetta
Mia Grace Wooking
Dudley
Madna
Smith 15 Named by Water Board
The Atlanta Water Board election ends in a tense deadlock over civil service reform with Kilpatrick supporters pushing for Saxe or Smith. After 36 ballots Mayor Woodward and the board finally elect Smith, amid cheers, as secretary of the board.
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Mr. Kilpatrick
Ihs
Swen
Latlatte
Hanna
Kilpatrick
Woodward
Commission
Mayson
Law
Draper
Amthia
Lyall
Gaze
LaHalle
Wanneh
Xvor Woodward
Mr. Smith
Beliove
Beliave
Cameminatoner Paco
Mramih
Mr. Bae
Baxe
Gibraltar
Stoke
Anagh
Firith
Sidi
Duncan
Haze
Ascot Bat
Turner
H |Patrichk
Blao
McCullough
Pace
Smith
Harwell
Saxe
Hice
Turner, McCullough
Dorsey
W. J. Dinmock
Atianus
Burton Clarke
Woodwani
Boar
Rice
Clarke
Str. Clarke
Clarke Soes
New York
Art League
B. Floyd
Clarks
Floyd
Wil
West Point Couch Unii
Brocka
Terner
Kilpstrick
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Waltner
Boilermakers
Georgia
Elact Newman
Man
Comecte “Ing
Willie Roper
White Roper
Hesnes
A. J. Vickers
Ivy Street
Bmlorgan
M. Patterson
Jame Bradbury
Jw, Cherry
Bernard Vickers
Boose Golightly
Westview Cemetery
Mary F. Pate
Mary F Pate
Brown Hill Road
Harry G. Poole
Brooks Station
Alvin Parke
Alvin Parks
C.F. Parks
Mr. Parks
W. I. Struppa
Columbus
Chatishooches
Henry 3. Struppa
Russell County
Alabama
Tio
Anderson
Madeline
Marguerite Struppa
Minnie Churchwell
Macon
Binnie Churchwell Ding
East Macon
J. T. Churchwell
Veral Brothers
Alsters
Fort Hill Cemetery
Patten
Chattanooga
Bturb
North American Review
Mark Twain
Mr. Roosevelt
India
Goldwin Smith
W. H. Mallock
Republan
Middle West
Palestine
H. P. Mendes
Germany
Wolf von Schierbrand
H. C. G. Barnaby
Louise Collier Willcox
NEW Books
London
Peace Conference
Ht. Petersburg
Roosevelt
Grant
Mark Twaine
Secretary Root
South America
Mr. Bryan
Tventy
Mattie Runyon
Rock Camp
Cardus
Cardul
Carl Meneel
Virginia Cinies
Georgetown
Hatteras
Fernendioa
Risbis
W. Z
Sauith
Tve Montha
Conyera
Atlante
Arat
Marshalls
Fortires
Imarshallag
Jim Sivy
Lloyd
Water Works Department
Brith Ie
Cherry Street
Mini Ward
Carters
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