Flood Devastation Across South With 30 Dead
Atlanta reports 30 deaths and $3 million in losses from floods sweeping Georgia South Carolina and North Carolina. Augusta bears the heaviest toll with $1.5 million in damage and widespread building collapse. Bridges washed away mills shut down leaving 25 000 job losses across the region. Public aid appeals issued as floods threaten further destruction.
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South
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Southern Railway
Bridwells Bottom
North
Grammar
Central Grammar School
National Biscuit, Company
Port Royal
Fayetteville
Cape Fear River
Colorado
Trinidad
Col
Dan B. Wenger
Folsom
J. G. Jamison
Wenger
N. M
Lieut Hazzard Retired After Court Martial Case
Lieut Russell T. Hazzard of the Seventh Infantry, linked to a Fort Wayne court martial for alleged marriage in Walkerville Ontario while divorced in California and tied to fraudulent financial dealings, was Friday wholly retired from active service at Washington.
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Washington
Russell T. Hazzard
Seventh Infantry
Fort Winyne
Detroit
Mich
Walkerville
Two Die in Danish Cruiser Explosion at Aarhus Bay
Two men were killed and six others wounded seriously on the Danish cruiser Hekla during target practice at Aarhus Bay when a shell exploded prematurely. The accident occurred Friday near Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Aarhus Bay
Canal Zone Population Rising in Census Report
The census lists the canal zone population at about 50,004 with 25,000 employed by the canal commission and the Panama Railroad. A second item reports the arrest of 62 year old Henry T Rodman of Newark on grand larceny charges after a mining stock scam that duped two elderly Newark women.
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Colon
Itumian Canal Commission
Panama
New York
Newark
N. J
Henry T. Rodman
Typhoon kills five Britons in Japanese typhoon sinking
Report from Moji says the British steamer Dunearn with 38 aboard sank off Goi island after a typhoon. Only two survivors, William Phillips engineer and John Landon captain, were rescued by Sakyo Mar. Dunearn sailed from Hamburg May 27 to Nikolaiesk August 10 then to Singapore.
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Goi
Kiuhin
Moji
William Phillips
John Landon
Nikolaiesk
Russia
Singapore
Karatsu
Sakye
J. Graham
Hamburg
Gov Fort vows firmness amid Atlantic City defiance
Gov Fort asserts his proclamation will stand and vows to enforce laws, denying intimidation by threats. A summer cabinet member says leaders in the legislature assured support if a special session is called, including troop patrol and martial law for the resort, though removal of nonperforming officers remains denied. A special session is anticipated.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Gov. Fort
Atlantic City
Govenor
Persian Revolt Rises Across Western Persia
Teheran reports a full scale revolt in western and southern Persia with Persian Kurdistan tribes raising the banner of revolt under constitutionalist leaders. Kerman is in rebel hands after a bloody battle. the vice governor is dead as hundreds are killed or wounded. Insurgent leaders including Kazim Khan form a temporary government and vow to ignore the central government until parliament is convened.
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Teheran
Persia
Persian Kurdistan
Kerman
Kazim Khan
Rail Wreck Near Hardin Kills Work Train Engineer
Fort Smith Ark Aug 29 A south bound St Louis and San Francisco passenger train No 1 collided head on with a work train east of Hardin Oklahoma Friday Engineer A J Ballad of the work train was killed.
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Ark
St. Louis
San Francisco
Hardin
Oklo
A. J. Ballad
Despondent Chicago Girl Drowns Self
Despondent and ill in mind the woman described as mentally troubled walked into a lake and drowned herself, ending in tragedy as authorities note her illness as largely imagined while she faced marriage to a devoted suitor.
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Chicago
Mary Field Werne
American Battleships Arrive in Melbourne for Vast Welcome
Melbourne greets Admiral Sperry and 70,000 visitors as the American fleet arrives in Port Philip Bay. Federal state and municipal authorities plan three months of entertainments costing tens of thousands. Sailors will visit Ballarat Bendigo and North Milbo as brass bands and Salvation Army aid the celebrations in a city aglow with illuminated public buildings.
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Port Philip Head
Sydney
Australian Commonwealth
Australia
Auckland
Salvation Army
Admiral Sperry
Ballarat
Bendigo
North Milboo
Blelbourne
Parliament House
America
Hoosier Millionaire in Despair Ends Life in Attica
Lafayette Aug 29 John Henry Briggs 62 a millionaire cattle-raiser shot himself at his Attica home. He owned 2000 acres in Warren County and, despondent over ill health, fired a 38 caliber pistol while facing a mirror. His death followed a Civil War service in the One Hundred thirty fifth Indiana volunteers.
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Ind
John Henry Briggs
Attica
Warren County
Briggs
One Hundred and Thirty-fifth
Indiana Volunteers
Warms Off Those Who Would Advise War
New York August 29 Republican leader Timothy L Woodruff warns against any attempt by national or state officials to direct the forthcoming convention or endorse a candidate For governor He says such action would invite Republican disaster amid the national campaign Executive committee meets to set senatorial representation in Cayuga Seneca and Cortland counties and discuss Hughes gubernatorial prospects Taft to fish a week Hot Springs Va October 29 Judge Taft and party depart for Toledo after visiting Athens to address civil and Spanish American war veterans in a non political speech
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Taft
Sherman
Republican State Committee
Timothy L. Woodruff
Executive Committee
Woodruff
Cayuga
Seneca
State Committee
Hot Springs
Middle Bass Fishing Club
Middle Bass Island
Lake Erie
Toledo
Athens
Att
Charles K. Grosvenor
Illinois Millionaire Cloud Dies in St Louis
C G Cloud 62, president of Hamilton County Bank at McLeansboro Illinois and reputed millionaire, died in St Louis after a year of ill health. He had paralysis two weeks earlier and refused medical aid due to Christian Science beliefs. Mrs Thaw Not Nervous Wreck in New York Friends say her condition is not serious despite worry over her husband's case and income loss from bankruptcy.
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Illinois
St. Louis
C. G. Cloud
Hamilton County Bank
McLeansboro
Roberts Condition Improves After Boardwalk Shooting
Charles B. Roberts, financier and clubman of Baltimore, Maryland, wounded in a mysterious shooting on the boardwalk, remains in critical condition at a local hospital but doctors express strong hope for recovery.
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Roberts
Charles B. Roberts
Waltimore
Shooting on the Boardwalk Highlights Baltimore Executive
Charles J. Roberts, 35, president and treasurer of National Supply Co. of Baltimore, was fatally shot on Atlantic Citys boardwalk during heavy rain as he was pushed in a chair. An unknown man fired and fled. Mrs. W. F. G. Williams fainted and witnesses offered scant details. Police suspect vengeance rather than robbery. Roberts belonged to Maryland clubs and has ties to the Brazilian embassy secretary family through sister-in-law Epaminondas Chermont.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles 2. Roberts
National Supply Company
Baltimore
Autter
Roberts
W. F. G. Williams
Maryland
Maryland Club
Earle and Wife Reunited After Bail Release
Ferdinand P. Earle the artist and his wife are reunited in Monroe New Jersey after his $1000 bail release from Goshen jail where he faced beating charges. He eluded reporters and traveled there with his three week old baby in her arms. Lawyers on both sides imply the charge may be dropped as the artist appears subdued by the experience.
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Monroe
N. J
Aus
Ferdinand P. Earle
Earle
Goshen
New York
Hains Brothers Held Without Bail on Murder Charge
Capt. P. G. Hains Jr and his brother T Jenkins Hains were ordered held without bail after a grand jury indicted them for the murder of William J. Annis. Three witnesses testified, including Patrolman Charles W. Baker who arrested the brothers at the Bayside Yacht Club float, where Annis lay wounded. Roberts, a Bayside Yacht Club member, testified he saw the shooting and helped Annis from the blood-red water.
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New York
P. G. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
William J. Annis
Charles W. Baker
Annis
Charles FI. Roberts
Bayside Yacht Club
New German Cable Company forms with government aid
Berlin reports a new cable company founded with a government subsidy. Headquarters will be Cologne, and the line will run between Germany and Brazil via telegraph routes, with branches to Liberia and German colonies on the West Africa coast. In other news, Reverend Mik Tigi, pastor at the First Presbyterian Church, was found dead by apparent self harm in Ohio after a dispute. authorities are investigating whether the incident was premeditated.
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Berlin
Cologne
Hnew
Germany
Brazil
Teierifte
Libertiy
Africa
Homeopathic Physician Surgeon in Atlantic Listing
A homeopathic physician surgeon formerly an interne at the State University of Iowa advertises in Atlantic. Office location 263 Black and house phone 461 Black.
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State University of Iowa
Black
Atlantic
Wills drawn and probated in Atlantic practice
Wills drawn and probated with reports for administrators and guardians and their appointments secured. Probate practice a specialty. General law business transacted by Atlantic firm.
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Atlantic
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