Forest fires eased but danger still lingers along shore
North shore fires have passed the danger point for villages near Grand Marais and Isle Royale. Refund refugees were sent home as crews on the Booth line steamship America battle to save timber. Rain may end blazes. crews report heavy strain and injuries amid extended shifts and high winds.
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Duluth
Grand Marais
Chicago Bay
Havelard
Big Bay
Pigeon River
Mesaba Range
G. Andrews
John T. Black
Booth Line
America
State Free Employment Bureau
Wilson
United States Weather Bureau
United States
Isle Royale
Joseph Nevins
News-Tribune
Gopher
Milk as Fire Suppressants Aid Ontario Campfires
Foresters and miners fight to save a transmission power line from Kam Falls to Fort William as fires rage between the city and Loch Lomond camp. Squaw Bay settlement nearby faces threat while Seable township reports fires across the region. Farmers use milk and buttermilk for fire control as camps along the Port Arthur Duluth and Western line burn with substantial timber losses, exceeding one million dollars.
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Fort William
Ont
Loch Lomond
Kam Falls
Squaw Bay
Seable Township
Donaghey Leads Democratic Ticket To Big Victory In Arkansas
Returns from Arkansas state election are sparse with demoralizing counts but indicate George W. Donaghey and the Democratic state ticket won by a large margin, likely surpassing fifty thousand votes.
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Little Rock
Ark
George W. Donaghey
Woman Dies From Fright in Chippewa Falls
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on September 15 a 32 year old woman Mrs John Bleskackek died after being frightened by blood seeping from a minor wound on her breast and declaring I am going to die she collapsed and died reportedly from fright leaving a husband and three children.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
John Bleskackek
Exiled Colonel Stewart Barred from Test Move
A Fort Huachuca dispatch says Colonel William F. Stewart is ordered to Fort Grant and will not be allowed to undertake a 90 mile test set by the War Department. He plans to appeal via court martial and resist retirement until a hearing is granted.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fort Huachuca
Fort Grant
William F. Stewart
War Department
Thomas
Denver
Stewart
Wilcox
Ariz
Viam Nall
Train wreck near Clarksdale kills four and injures twenty six
Four are dead and twenty six hurt after two passenger cars derailed two miles south of Clarksdale on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad. Names include Mrs. Virgie Graham, Miss Amber Russell, Mrs. Robert M. Gay, and an unknown white woman among the dead. the seriously injured include A. J. Jackmore, J. H. Perkins, and Conductor E Sharp, with debris trapping several passengers. The train ran at high speed behind schedule before two coaches left the track and plunged down an embankment.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Here
Virgie Graham
Glendora
Amber Russell
Anding
Robert M. Gay
Root Headlines First Session of New York Republican Meet
Elihu Root secretary of state led the opening session in Saratoga as temporary chairman. His lengthy address, delivered in under ninety minutes, praised Governor Hughes and the state administration and set a tone for national issues. Tinghis is expected to be renominated.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Elihu Root
United States
Root
Hughes
Tinghes
Secretary James Wilson declines discuss potential Senate run
Boston September 15 James Wilson secretary of agriculture says he has not heard of any offer to run for the United States Senate and cannot comment on a dispatch from Des Moines suggesting stand patters may push him into the race. He notes the subject is speculative and may or may not be offered.
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Boston
James Wilson
Des Moines
United States
Brothers drown in Sioux River near Sioux City
In Sioux City Louisiana on September 15, Jesse Desmeulen aged twenty two and Willie Desmeulen aged sixteen drowned in the Sioux River two miles southeast of the city. They were bathing when the younger went beyond his depth and the elder swam to help. Both were swept away in the current before rescue could reach them.
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Sioux City
Jesse Desmeulen
Willie Desmeulen
Sioux River
Here
Ortonville Resident Fatally Crushed at Quarry
Ortonville Minnesota September 15 Nels Norman a well known resident was fatally crushed by a five ton piece of granite at the Consolidated Granite company quarry near here He died before reaching the hospital.
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Ortonville
Minn
Nels Norman
Consolidated Granite Company
Here
Taft Plans Ten Day Tour to Midwest and West
The Republican candidate William H. Taft will travel ten days by special train starting around Sept. 25 from an Illinois point to Minneapolis Fargo N D Kansas and Denver. He will speak at Cincinnati Sept. 22 and in Chicago Oct. 7 amid scheduling concerns from party leaders.
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Chicago
William H. Taft
Llinois Point
Minneapolis
Fargo
N. C
Kansas
Denver
Taft
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
New York
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Minnesota
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Middle West
Dixon
Cincinnati
National League of Republican Clubs
Taft Campaign Plans Early 1908 Train Tour
George Ade arranges a Taft trip by train with a farm stop near Brook Indiana and possible speeches in Louisville Kentucky and Tennessee. Only one major meeting per state, with Taft appearing on rear platforms at other stops to speak to spectators. Senator Dixon says the public will see their candidate and learn to call him Bill.
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Ing
George Ade
Brook
Ind
Mr. Taft
Louisville
Tennessee
Dixon
Bill
Taft Replies to Bryan in Campaign Day
Taft spends Cincinnati day replying to Bryan on Roosevelt letter and reviews Bryan’s political record. He prepares two speeches for Greenfield Indiana delegates and for Methodist Black preachers across Ohio Indiana Kentucky and Pennsylvania. He argues his official record and acceptance speech show his political position.
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Cincinnati
William
Taft
Bryan
Roosevelt
Greenfield
Ind
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
William H Taft
Fire Strikes Windsor Tunnel Shaft No 4 Trapping Workers
A fire in the Windsor approach to the Michigan Central tunnel under the Detroit River caused a near 300 man stampede as shafts and timbers burned. Air locks blocked access, raising fear the 900 foot shaft No 4 could be destroyed. Superintendent W R Kimball died of suffocation.
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Detroit
Windsor
Ont
Michigan Central
Detroit River
W. R. Kimball
Woman killed by lightning in Artichoke storm
Ortonville Minnesota Sept 15 Mrs Hendrick Nelson a widow of Artichoke fifteen miles from town was struck down and killed by a stroke of lightning during a rainless electrical storm Her eight year old daughter who stood before her at the time was uninsured
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Ortonville
Minn
Hendrick Nelson
Artichoke
Hat found in Rustin case raises questions at scene
Detectives locate the hat worn by Dr. Frederick Rustin the night of the shooting. It hangs in the Rustin home hallway and is identified by Abbie Rice as worn by Rustin’s companion three hours before the incident. The hat is turned over to the county attorney.
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Omaha
Frederick Rustin
Rustin
Triple Drowning in Rainy River Near Rither's Point
Three men died in a Rainy River rapids opposite Rither's Point in Fort Frances Ontario. The victims are Captain H. J. F. Sissons John Dockhart and P A Atchinson. William Doyle survived the accident. The incident occurred under the in.
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Fort Francis
Ont
Rainy River
Rither
Spectacular murder attempt ends in woman's death
In Memphis at Monroe and Third streets Mose Cook an insurance clerk aged forty five shot his wife three times and tried to kill himself. He failed to die as cartridges exploded in the gun and a bystander knocked him down. Mrs Cook died later in hospital leaving hundreds to witness the tragedy.
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Memphis
Tenn
Monroe and
Third Streets
Mose Cook
Odd legacy in Weston will praises Mr. Jefferson and prudence
Weston, a Garrick era actor, leaves his stock of prudence to Mr. Jefferson noting he served under Jefferson at Richmond and received from him every politeness. The unusual bequest links the Jefferson family of actors to the Garrick company.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Family of
Weston
Garrick
Jefferson
Richmond
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