Devastating Calabria Quake Leaves Towns Wiped Out
A powerful 2:35 am earthquake in Catanzaro Calabria devastates St Braconi Piscopio Triparni and Monteleone di Calabria. Dozens killed and hundreds buried as Martirano Pizzo and surrounding areas suffer collapse. Troops aiding salvage. death toll rises to 347 by noon.
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Catanzaro
Italy
Calabria
St. Braconi
Piscopio
Triparni
Pizzo
Monteleone di Calabria
Martirano
Nicagotro
Gendearmes
Stones and Sticks Hit U S Mail Wagons in New York
Police guard mail delivery wagons as 300 striking drivers are joined by replacement workers. Wagons are pelted with sticks and stones in East Side routes, injuring four drivers. Replacement drivers fear returning home after shifts.
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United States
New York
New York Mail Company
Tartars Battle in Baku Leaves City in Ruins
Fierce street fighting in Baku on Sept 8 left Balakhany burned and looted. Tartars clashed with troops around banks consulates and Balakhany hospital, where a deadly barrage devastated the building and casualties mounted as gunfire and smoke drove back reinforcements.
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Baku Baku
Balakhan
Balakhan Hospital
Shirinkin
Tiflis Disaster and Regional News Summary
All spirit distillers and silk works in Shusha district burned by Tartars. Some workers escaped to mountains. others killed. Wheat ordered to Shusha to relieve starving residents. Komura says the mikado will ratify the treaty. Lawton district court term to last six weeks. Heavy rains near Denison improve upland cotton. Second annual Spanish War veterans reunion in Milwaukee. Claud Cheatham killed near Daingerfield Texas by runaway team. Ardmore firms robbed. one lost seventeen shotguns. In Winona Texas a shooting left Rich Davis dead. Jack Bill surrendered.
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Tiflis
Shusha
Shushaa
Komura
Lawton
Denison
Milwaukee
Claud Cheatham
Daingerfield
Tex
Ardmore
Winona
Rich Davis
Jack Bill
Vengeance Meted as Inferno Ends Assault Case
In Howard County Texas a mob of about 1500 captured Aaron Jessie also known as Steve Davis for the assault on Mrs. S. P. Norris. Identified by the victim, he confessed, then was bound to two iron stakes and burned alive three miles south of How. The crowd, including officers, stood by as the execution proceeded without intervention.
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Ana Tex
S. P. Norris
Aaron Jessie
Steve Davis
Maloney
Navasota
Howard
Mexia
Norris
Estimated cotton yields and condition by state 1905 06
The Southern Cotton Growers' convention reports estimated yields by state and condition percentages. Alabama 1 021 639 bases at 74 percent, Arkansas 619 466 at 70, Florida 54 019 at 69, Georgia 1 361 180 at 73, Indian Territory 365 522 at 78, Louisiana 656 953 at 58, North Carolina 307 602 at 86, South Carolina 791 697 at 73, Tennessee 242 202 at 75, Texas 2 382 762 at 76, Mississippi 1 214 978 at 70, Misc 50 058 at 75. Minimum price fixed at 11 cents. Also reports fever cases in Vicksburg and Fostoria with quarantines, Paris Texas volunteer firemen disbanding, and a fatal shooting near Mohank Texas.
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Asheville
N. C
Statistical Committee of the
Southern Cotton Growers’ Convention
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indian Territory
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Mississippi
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Blanke
Nunnally
Express National Biscuit CO
Graham
Howell Bros
Hunnicutt’s Stable
Sui
McCorquodale
Feed and Sale
J. Wi. Aunnicutt
Prop
Postoffice Drug Store
GIN Insurance
Bryan
Oliver Typewriter
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Violent and Payal
Tartars
Vicksburg
Miss
Fostoria
Paris
Mohank
T. J. Stone
Bertha
Grand Opera House
INO
Mefre
Mana
Stevenson Machine
FE. J. Jenkins
Buchanan
Ss. W. Buchanan
Bryan Steam Laundry
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