Retirement of Admiral Evans Ends Venerable Navy Career
Washington reports Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, known as Fighting Bob, will retire from active service next Tuesday after forty five years in the Navy. He commanded the Great Fleet at a pivotal crash through the Spanish American War and led the fleet home, earning praise and hints Congress may create him a vice admiral.
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Washington
Robly D. Evans
Bob
United States Navy
Evans
Fort Wisher
Congress
Manila Bay
Admiral Dewey
Floyd County
Virginia
Samuel Andrew Jackson Evans
Naval Academy
Territory of
Utah
Iowa
Santiago
Hampton Roads
Cape Morn
Inez
Chile
Yorktown
Valparaiso
Bob” Evans
Temple of Peace
Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Three Drowned While Bathing at Lake Champlain
Grand Isle Vermont August 17 Miss Lucy Perry and Miss Sarah Dishasway of Plattsburg New York and Miss Elisabeth Dishasway of Brooklyn New York were drowned while bathing at Lake Champlain in this vicinity.
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Grand Iete
Lucy Perry
Sarah Dishasway
Plattaburg
N. Y
Elisabeth Dishasway
Broeklya
Cham
Three Arrestees Charged as Accessories in Attempted Murder
Chicago August 17 Stephen Sumner longtime Milk Wagon Drivers union business agent and three others were held as accessories to the attempted murder of Wirt B Steyer a Kensington milk dealer. Steyer was shot in his barn the wound likely fatal. Arrested with Sumner were Harry Ferry United Makers union official and George Turner local milk dealers union secretary.
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Chicago
Stephen C. Sum
Enia Wosken
Wirt B. Steyer
Kensington
Steyer
Milk Drivers’ Union
Sumner
Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union
Harry Ferry
United Teamsters’ Union
George Turner
Milk Dealers’ Union
Motor Boat Sinks After Barge Collision Near Buffalo
Three people drowned in the Niagara River when a motor boat was struck by a pleasure barge. Victims include Mrs. William Pagels, Mrs. Charlotte Meyers, and ten year old Raymond Pagels. Henry Schauss, steering the motor boat, attempted to pass under the barge bow but was struck and could not avoid collision.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara River
William Pagels
Charlotte Meyers
Raymond Pagels
Henry Schauss
Taft to Leave for Lake Erie Fishing Trip
Taft and party will depart Hot Springs Virginia on August 28 for a week of fishing in Lake Erie then move to Cincinnati around September 5 or 6 before election day. The Taft party will stay with the Middle Bass club on Middle Bass island near Put in Bay and are hosted by club president Charles T. Lewis and Rep. J. Warren Keifer.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Virginia Hot Springs
Lake Erie
Cincinnati
Middle Bass Club
Middle Bass Island
Put-in- Bay
Hayes
Garfield
McKinley
Cleveland
Charles T. Lewis
Toledo
J. Warren Keifer
Mr. Taft
Virginia
Charlotteville
Shenandoah Valley
Augusta
Highland
Bath
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Page
Rock Bridge
Botetout
Woman burns herself fleeing flame filled home
Mrs Fannie Dudo vitz of 590 Temperance street leaped from a window after flames enveloped her body as her five year old daughter Eva fled. Two month old baby remained in the burning room until J O Connor rescued the infant. Firemen extinguished the blaze caused by a gasoline stove.
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St. Paul
Fannie Dudovitz
Temperance Street
Eva
J. O’connor
Twenty Guests Poisoned in Langford Hotel Incident
Twenty guests at a Langford hotel were poisoned after consuming canned vegetables. The hotel was turned into a makeshift hospital as doctors treated numerous victims through the night, with several narrowly escaping death.
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Arlington, & C
Langford
Lynching Attempt Reports Bloodhounds Sent From Baton Rouge
In Prospect Louisiana on August 17 bloodhounds were sent from Baton Rouge to Burton to aid a posse pursuing a Negro who attempted to assault a twelve year old white girl. The article notes the suspect will likely be captured.
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Baton Rouge
Burton
Saeko
Fractured Family Claims and Delayed Efforts
A fragmented narrative laments dishonesty in kinship and the habit of delaying tasks until the last moment. It contrasts the rewards of prompt work with the inevitability of poor outcomes for the late riser and unreliable partner.
Two Drowned in Delaware Bay at Bowers Beach
In Wilmington Delaware on August 17 Clarence Dutton twenty five and Nellie Nickerson twenty from Cheater Pennsylvania were drowned while pathing at Bowers Beach on Delaware Bay.
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Wilmington
Del
Clarence Dutton
Nellie Nickerson
Cheater, Pa
Bowers Beach
Delaware Bay
Coming Attractions at the Auditorium
August 28 Four Corners of Earth musical comedy. September 21 Joe Jefferson in The Rivals comedy. September 24 Ma's New Husband. September 28 At Cripple Creek western drama.
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Four Corners of Earth
Joe Jefferson
Cripple Creek
Graceful Vines For Verandas And Fences
The Boston Ivy Virginia creeper and other vines adorn brick or stone walls and fences. Virginia creeper is hardier, Virginia creeper hides ugliness, virgin’s bower gives dense shade with white fragrant blossoms, Clematis coccinea has rose colored blooms, wistaria suits rustic uses, crimson rambler rose vine blooms heavily, bittersweet offers rich foliage and autumn color with scarlet fruit.
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America
Boston
Virginia
How to Cover an Unsightly Fence with Cucumber Vines
Garden advice suggests digging a line along a fence and laying in well rotted manure Then sow seeds of the wild cucumber two inches apart in a shallow trench Cover lightly When plants reach four inches thin to four inches apart to avoid beetles and later to eight inches apart as they climb The vines will cover the fence with lush foliage and blooms for weeks
Church Services and Pastors Listed for Sunday
Among the churches notices list Bentayaveeley preaching Sunday at 11 and another at 6. Services at the Lutheran Church are in the Episcopal Church with Pastor B A Erickson. First Congregational Church hosts Rev Dr H H Thoren with morning and evening services. Strangers in the city are welcome.
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Bentayaveeley
First Congregational Church
H. H. Thoren
Pesanine
Sundsey Echoe
Local Classifieds Include Church Ad and Shop Offers
St Marks Church notes Rev C W MacWilliams as rector. Advertisements list Big Timber Lumber Co products and weekly flour brands. Patterson and Olmatead offer sales, Solberg’s sells shoes, and Home Telephone Co promotes low rates. Lost horne with ear crop near neck and hip, with milk from a dairy, contact John Fahlgren in Timber Ogg.
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John Fahlgren
Ogg
Big Timber
Next teachers' exam set for August 28 and 29
The next regular teachers examination will be held on August 28 and 29, a Friday and Saturday. Mary R. Forewald, County Superintendent.
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Mary R. Forewald
Strayed Bay Mares From Trout Creek Seek Return
Two branded bay mares missing since May 18 from Trout creek. One weighs about 1200 pounds with a white hind foot and white blaze. the other about 1100 pounds with two white hind feet and a white spot on the nose. Reward offered for information leading to return. N. T. Bennett, Absarokee.
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Trout Creek
N. T. Bennett
Absarokee
Administrator's Notice of Sale of Real Estate
Notice of private sale of Mary Patten estate land in Sweetgrass Montana. Property includes parts of Section 4 Township 1 North Range 19 East MPM with a water right and irrigation ditches. 10 percent deposit due sale day. balance after court confirmation. deed at purchaser expense.
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District Court
Sweetgrass
Nontana
Mary Patten
Patrick Patten
White Beaver Creek
Montana
Patrick Parran
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Mayer
Big Timber Furniture Co
Ed. V. Price & Co
L. F. Douthett
London
Patterson & Olmstead
Admiral Evans
Fort Fisher
Rear Admiral Evans
Eery Mar Eeeés
Carty Bird
Sind
Alesse
L. G. Wood
the Jeweley
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. A. Meeke
Setta
Big Timber Lumber Co
Patterson and Olmatead
Solberg’s
Home Telephone Company
J. S. Solberg
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