Balloon Race Opens With Canada Represented by 80000-Cubic-Foot Craft
Columbus Ohio hosts a major balloon race organized by the Aero Club of Columbus with sanction from the Federation of American Aero Clubs. Weather and wind strength will determine success as Canada enters the event with the 80000 cubic foot King Edward piloted by Lieutenant Bennett and famed aeronaut Dr. Julian P. Thomas among entrants from leading American clubs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Aero Club of Columbus
Federation of American Aero Clubs
Board of Trade of Columbus
Canada
King Edward
Bennett
Signal Service
Dr. F. J. Field
Local Aero Club Contests Set For Tomorrow Race
C A Coey with balloon Chicago Captain Mueller with Ville de Dieppe and Dr Julian P Thomas are set for a high profile ascent lineup. Arrangements for the race tomorrow are complete under W H Pickens, director of contests, assisted by Charles P Salisbury, FAA Federation rep.
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Ing
C. A. Coey
Chicago
Mueller
Ville de Dieppe
Julian P. Thomas
New York
W. H. Pickens
Aero Club
Charles P. Salisbury
Federation of American Aero Clubs
Annual Baby Parade Thrills Asbury Park Crowd
In Asbury Park on August 28 the annual baby parade drew a vast crowd with ten divisions featuring over five hundred children in dolls, go carts, carriages, floats and costumes. Queen Titania presided as 200000 spectators packed Ocean avenue and the open air amphitheatre Court of Honor.
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Asbury Park
Ocean Avenue
Court of Honor
Titania
Royal Household
Bluefield Telephone Co Seeks Directory Submissions
Notice advises that the Bluefield Telephone Company directory closes on September 1. Those moving or needing new service should contact contract agent by phone 834 to have names listed and changes properly recorded. August 18 1908 General Manager W P Hawley. Clinchfield The Coal of Quality.
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Bluefield Telephone Company
Bluefield Telephone CO
W. P. Hawley
Tolstoi Birthday Celebrated amid Cholera Fears and Pilgrimage Plans
Russians mark the eightieth birthday of Leo Tolstoi with celebrations despite cholera deaths in Tula province. A proposed Tolstoi pilgrimage to his home was abandoned for safety. The central committee promotes Tolstoi institute, museum, and copyright purchases to popularize his ideas. Tolstoi’s life spans to Kazan, the Caucasus, Moscow, and his simple peasant-leaning lifestyle with wife Sofiya Behrs. his Anna Karenina made him famous and his work influenced global readers.
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St. Petersburg
Tula
Leo Tolstoi
Apostle of Liberty
Russia
Tolstoi
Count Tolstoi
United States
Russian Empire
Germany
France
England
Yasnaya Polyana
University of Kazan
Caucasus
Sophie Behrs
Moscow
Russiia
No Decision in West Virginia Controversy
In New York Frank Hitchcock and James S. Sherman led a late night meeting at the Manhattan Hotel with key GOP figures to set speeches for national and congressional campaigns. No resolution was reached on the West Virginia controversy as Ward Dupont and Croker discussed the issue. Swisher and Scherr were scheduled to appear before the committee next Thursday at 10 o clock.
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New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Manhattan
James S. Sherman
William McKinley
Republican Congressional Committee
Loudenslager
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Messrs. Ward
Dupont
Croker
Charles W. Swisher
Arnold C. Scherr
Blue Ribbon Vanilla Backed by Trusted Cooks
The ad touts Blue Ribbon Vanilla as pure and dependable for cooks. Baseball today features Pulaski against Blue Field at Tower Grounds at 4 30 pm with grand stand admission free of charge.
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Pulaski
Bluefield
Tower Grounds
Crushed Lime Stone Offered for City Delivery
W H Coffman Coke Co of Bluefield West Virginia offers crushed lime stone in any size, delivered to any part of the city at a reasonable price. The notice encourages ordering coal now through local dealers or the Clinchfield Coal Corporation in Roanoke Virginia while cars are plentiful and prices are low.
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W. H. Coffman Coke Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Roanoke
Flood Devastation Hits Augusta and Fayetteville Regions
Aug 28 reports describe rising Cape Fear River levels at Fayetteville breaking records, flooding towns and destroying buildings. In Augusta, Riverside Mills and cotton warehouses suffered $100,000 losses, ten houses burned, 22 bodies recovered with more feared, and city efforts to relieve distress under way as power and communications fail. Thousands homeless, three thousand in Fayetteville, and trains halted with food short.
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Augusta
Riverside
Reid
Chronicle
Board of Health
Central Grammar School
National Biscuit Company
Port Royal
Fayetteville
N. C
Cape Fear
Judge Taft to Address Ohio Veterans in Athens
Judge William H Taft and family travel from Hot Springs Virginia to Middle Bass Island and Athens Ohio where he will speak to Civil and Spanish American War veterans tomorrow. He will also address the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Toledo on September 2 in a non political speech.
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Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Taft
Charley Taft
Middle Bass Island
Lake Erie
Athens
Ohio
Toledo
Middle Bass Fishing Club
Grand Army of the Republic
Husband of companion under suspicion in Atlantic City
Developments rapidly follow an attack on Charles J. Roberto of Baltimore in Atlantic City as he rode in a wheelchair with Mrs W S G Williams. The case stirs circles as suspicions rise about the companion's husband amid the investigation.
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Baltimore
Aus
Charles $J. Roberto
Atlantic City
Rumors on Roberts Case Opposed by Police Findings
Reports suggested highwaymen killed Roberts but Atlantic City police say such conjecture has no foundation. They had Williams under suspicion and would hold Mrs Williams as a witness. Mrs Williams was said to return to the city this afternoon but had not yet arrived by midday.
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Roberts
Atlantic City
G. Wiliams
Williams
Victim of a Vengeful Woman in Atlantic City Case
Atlantic City police still pursue theory that Baltimore clubman Charles Roberts was killed by a vengeful woman on the boardwalk. They question whether Mrs W B Williams or her husband knew details of the shooting while denying his presence in Atlantic City. No solid progress in clearing the mystery.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Bk. Roberts
Baltimore
Lynching of George Johnson in Murfreesboro Tennessee
In Murfreesboro, Tennessee a mob hanged George Johnson after he confesses to attempting assault on Miss Morris. A sheriff escort failed as dynamite threats and a buggy pursuit led to the prisoner being seized and hanged from a tree amid gunfire and injuries to a mob member.
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Knoxsville
Tenn
George Johnson
Murfreesboro
Here
Miss Morris
Livers
Primm
Encounter Between Two Prominent Men
Reports describe a clash between H. B. Kitts of the Bluefield Leader and another notable figure. Kitts suffered multiple injuries but was reported resting comfortably last night as details of the affair circulated.
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H. B. Kitts
Bluefield
Clash at Welch Leaves Editor Hurt in Quiet Meeting
Henry J. Kitts of the Daily Leader and Dr. H D Hatfield of Eckman fought after a private talk in Welch. Kitts suffered a broken nose and head bruising then rested at a hotel while doctors treated him. Hatfield was fined by a justice. the incident stemmed from recent Leader publications about a Keystone Union Club raid.
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Welch
Henry J. Kitts
Daily Leader
H. D. Hatfield
Eckman
Mr. Kitts
McDowell
Hatfield
McDowell County
Kitts
Welen
Judd
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American National ‘Bank
Bluefield, W. VA
Telephone Building
Bland Street
Union Bank and Trust Company
E. BE. Carter
E. L. Bailey
C. B. Hancock
J. D. Honaker
T. E. Peery
L. E. Tierney
W. D. Thornhill
Robi
M. Garrett
B. A. Heller
P. J. Kelly
Pedigo
W. H. Thomas
C. O. Wright
R. E. Bolling
W. B. Hicks
L. A. Hooper
Bank OF
Messrs. Swisher
Scherr
National Committee
Genasco
the Miller Supply CO
Superior Supply CO
Charles B. Roberts
Tennessee
Wen
The
Daily Telegraph
Duvall Music CO
Princeton Avenue
Henry Rodgin
Busy Bee
Princeton Ave
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