Fire at Old Orchard destroys hotels and cottages
Seventeen summer hotels, sixty cottages and stores are destroyed after a blaze at Old Orchard Beach on August 16. Two people die and five are injured, including Rev. Rufus Jones. The blaze started from an overturned lamp in the Hotel Olympia annex and an explosion in a soda tank injured bystanders. Insurance coverage is reported not to exceed 150000.
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Old Orchard
Ives
Phillip Patridge
Kennebunk
Rufus Jones
Trinity Church
Saco
Hotel Olympia
Delegates Convene After Sudden Death At Union Meeting
Hot Springs reports H R Moffit delegate from St Paul to the International Typographical union died within thirty minutes after a sudden apoplexy. He was 42, weighed over 200 pounds, and left a widow with no children. The convention recesses in his memory and passes amendments on strike benefits and use of borrowed type. Delegates enjoy a watermelon feast and a reunion of the Missouri River Pirates. Bramwood bond raised to 5000 and burial benefit set at 75, as Beeler of Cincinnati recovers from heat. Sympathies sent to President Small.
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Hot Springs
H. R. Moffit
St. Paul
Tyme
Bramwood
Beeler
Cincinnati
Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Bar tenders strike for ten hour day in Wilkesbarre
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on August 16 bar tenders walk out seeking a ten hour workday. The action affects local taverns and reflects labor conditions in the area.
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Wilkesbarre
Guthrie Schools to Open on September 23
A roundup of Texas and Oklahoma items notes Guthrie public schools set to open September 23, Albany Commercial League formed, a coal land shaft planned west of Flatoria, J George Wright to collect Indian land rents, Goldthwaite to install street electric lights, soils survey work planned for Texas, Sparks reports state depositories in order, Kell Oklahoma residents may stay until September 18 per Judge Gillette, a black woman's body found in Trinity River near Ferris, Rock Island Railway extending to Tucumcari, New Mexico, fatal trolley collision in New York, uniform bill of lading hearing set for October 15, Mexican killed on Thornsdale freight bridge, another man injured, Major Hodges begins Panama Canal purchasing duties, large turnout at Nocona Confederate reunion, Bailey investigation deadline set by Texas printing board, Burleson girl of sixteen dies by shotgun, Dallas bricklayer demand rising, contractors offering car fare and meals, Claremore Oklahoma to host a $1 million smelter project with city land and 250 workers.
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Albany
Tex
Commercial League
Flatoria
J. George Wright
Goldthwaite
Texas
Sparks
Kell
Okla
Gillette
Trinity River
Ferris
Ellis County
Rock Island Railway
Amarillo
Tucumcari
N. M
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thornsdale
Harry F. Hodges
Panama Canal Commission
Nocona
Wise County
Texas Printing Board
Richardson
Bailey
Chriesman
Burleson County
Frank Mivin
John Smith Charged With Wife Murder
John Smith faces a murder charge in the death of his wife. The case alleges fatal injuries in the home dispute and invokes imminent legal proceedings. Prosecution details and evidence are to be presented in upcoming court hearings.
Brother of Woman Charged in Broxton Murder Case
John Smith a 35 year old farmer is jailed in Broxton Georgia on a murder charge in the death of his wife. W H Fuller brother in law filed the warrant after receiving a telegram and a letter alleging prior beatings and a threat to kill. The couple’s six year old daughter Lizzie Payne reportedly told Smith he had killed her mother as he confronted the cemetery coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broxton
John Smith
W. H. Fuller
Smith
Fuller
Fitzgerald
John
Garfield Visits Guthrie and Tulsa During Oklahoma Tour
Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield began his Oklahoma and Indian Territory tour in Guthrie where he urged land drainage to unlock farming potential and spoke of equal opportunity. He received social welcomes from Sec. and Mrs. Filson Governor and Mrs. Frantz and was escorted by J. George Wright and Governor Frantz. Mayor Barnes introduced Garfield praising the young government. A Tulsa reception followed at the Elks Club.
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Guthrie
James R. Garfield
Interior
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Garfield
Filson
Frantz
J. George Wright
Five Civilized Indian Tribes
C. M. Barnes
Oklahoma Territory
MrKinley
Mr. Garfield
James A. Garfield
Let Me Down Easy Ventriloquist Incident At Funeral
In Denton Maryland on August 16 Samuel Johnson a black ventriloquist caused a dramatic disruption at a negro funeral when his voice appeared to come from the coffin as it was lowered. Mourners fled and Johnson was later arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton, Md
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Unconscious Telegraph Operator Johnson Dies in Charlotte
Joe Johnson a telegraph operator from Atlanta was found unconscious in a vacant room above Foreman and Miller's store in Charlotte and died at Presbyterian hospital. He had recently worked at the Charlotte Cotton Exchange and was about thirty years old.
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Charlotte
N. C
Joe Johnson
Atlanta
Foreman & Miller's
Presbyterian Hospital
Johnson
Charlotte Cotton Exchange
Train derailment near Brevard injures fourteen in North Carolina
Passenger train No. 8 on the Southern derailed at Setica four miles beyond Brevard. All cars overturned and tumbled down a small embankment. Fourteen people were injured, not seriously, including R. M. Taylor of Jackson Mississippi and Mrs. H. A. Moore of Morton Mississippi. Injured were taken to Brevard. Wreck caused by rails spreading.
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Asheville
N. C
Setica
Brevard
R. M. Taylor
Jackson
Miss
H. A. Moore
Morton
Miner Joseph Allen Killed by Coal Fall at Cambria Steel
In Johnstown on August 16 Joseph Allen a miner in the Franklin slope of the Cambria Steel company was crushed by a ton of coal sliding from above while he worked in a cut under the coal. He died instantly and his body was found in an almost shapeless mass.
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Johnstown
Joseph Allen
Franklin
Cambria Steel Company
Atlanta Worker Dies By Own Hand After Morphine Intake
Thomas Morgan, 22, an Atlanta Chair Company employee, took morphine in a suicide attempt after heavy drinking. Accompanied by a cousin, he bought fifty grains and consumed large portions on his way home. Despite attempts by McGuirk and Dr. Cox, he died about two hours later. Morgan had moved from Dalton a month earlier and recently married a widow with two children.
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Atlanta
Thomas Morgan
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Dalton
Ford
Prolific Family Celebrates Long Life in Georgia
Neal Ga Aug 16. William Collins eighty and Mary seventy reside in Meriwether county with three sons and eighteen daughters all married. They have 198 children and grandchildren. Collins moved to Meriwether at age seven and has stayed there. He served in the Twenty sixth battalion of Georgia during the Civil War and is famed for hospitality.
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Neal
William Collins
Mary
Meriwether County
Collins
Georgia
Riz Ottos Restaurant short orders and groceries
Riz Ottos Restaurant offers short orders served all hours with daily fish for sale in bulk. The shop provides groceries fruits and confectioneries from Parsons Building on North Main Street with phone contact.
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Parsons’ Building
North Main Street
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Southwestern Life Insurance ,Co
Dallas
Joe B. Reed
Friend-In-Need Society
Joe B
Reed
M. H. James
Bearn Bryan
E. Rohde
James & Nun'n
Opghard's
Guthrie Public Schools
Claremore
I. T
Tulsa
Elks’ Club
Coca-Cola
Parsons
W. A.watkins
Gordon-Sewall Grocery Company
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
Bryan
B. Hudson
Bryan, Texas
W. Wilson
Hudson & Wilson
Attorneys At Law
Bryan and Franklin, Texas
Brazos and
Robertson Counties
Paul M. Raysor
James’ Drugstore
Ous
Dr. J. F. Eaves
Smith Building
J.D. Ganter
Willis
W. F. Miller Prrop’r
Best Dollar A Day
N.jametta
James & Nunn
Biatte
Spencer Ford
R.H. Brogdon
Prop'r
RIZ Otto's Restaurant
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