Lightning Strikes Camp Folk In Missouri Fatality
A violent thunderstorm at Camp Folk Lake Contrary Missouri killed Sergeant Major Frank Miller of Battery A St Louis and severely shocked Major A C Orrick Lt Charles E Thompson. Two privates were lightly shocked and the camp was flooded. Miller to be sent to St Louis after coroner's inquest. Orrick to recover. The bolt struck an electric light wire entering the adjutant general's tent as preparations for Governor Folk's visit were underway.
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Ss. Joseph, Mo
Camp Folk
Lake Contrary
Adjutant General
Entat
Frank Miller
St. Louis
A.C. Orrick
Iot
Louis
Charles E. Thompson
First Regiment Signal Corps
Folk
Miller
Major Orrick
Charles Nagel
St. Louts
Red Tape and a Death in New York Mournful Tale
A destitute Mrs. Annie Connors lay dying from concussion after a fall as two hospitals refused aid. Parishioners funded home care amid bureaucratic delays, while doctors blamed red tape for blocking transfer to a suitable ward. The piece compels reform and cites a patent catarrh cure advertisement within the same column.
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New York
Annie Connors
Humboldt Street
Driggs Avenue
Eastern District Hospital
Connors
St. Catharin’s Hospital
Mr. Connors
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Flatbunh
The Gallant Cuban Fined
Manuel I Entil chancellor of the Cuban consulate and secretary to Alberto Fantleo the Cuban vice consul in St Louis was fined 66 by Judge Tracy in police court for kissing the hand of Mrs Osman Reichel wife of a Jefferson hotel waiter Mrs Reichel had gone to meet her husband In the corridor Entil followed and but kissed her hand after patting the baby he held Osman Reichel a law student had beaten him with his fists and Entil was arrested
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St. Louis
Manuel I. Entil
Alberto Fantleo
Tracy
Osman Reichel
Jefferson Hotel
Reichel
Senor Entil
Young Wife Dies by Own Action in Tulsa
In Tulsa I T on August 19 Mrs Annie Miller a young woman of beauty ended her life, grief over her husband’s refusal to live with her cited as motive. The report notes her action was by her own hand and mentions her youth and beauty.
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Tulsa
I. T
Annie Miller
Missouri forests yield to demand with rising yet shrinking output
Missouri forestas yield remains above 24.6 million dollars in shipments for last year, though timber and lumber fell by 1.6 million from the prior year. Southwest Missouri shifts toward agriculture as forests decline, with Dunklin New Madrid and Butler counties turning forest land into productive farms.
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Jefferson City
Foresta of Missouri
State Labor Bureau
Missouri
Dunklin
Dunklin County
Origin of Hello Bill Elks yell
In 1894 Atlantic City peace talks between Elks factions led William G. Myers to greet him with Hello, Bill. Delegate Stack shouted the line and the crowd repeated it, becoming a long standing Elks salutation that helped ease tensions and end the dispute.
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Elks
Bill
Atlantic City
William G. Myers
Philadelphia
Myers
Bill” Myers
Stack
St. Paul
Philadelphia Press
Unusual Heart Piercing Surgery At City Hospital
Loulaville Kentucky August 12 One of the most unusual operations occurred at the City Hospital for William Carlisle who arrived with knife wounds from a fight. Doctors found his heart pierced nearly an inch long and Doctor Les Kahns sewed the wound. Carlisle shows improvement as medical staff monitor him.
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Loulaville
William Carlisle
City Hospital
Les Kahn
Carlisle
Call His Office The Hague Sedalia Mo Aug 19
H C Clark arrives at his office in Sedalia Missouri on August 19, viewed in local notices. The brief item notes the official role and city location, with no further details on duties or events.
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Sedalia, Mo
H.C. Clark
Practical Joke Triggers $10,000 Oil Stock Buy
Geo Senelder, a wealthy Charleston farmer, was duped into investing $10,000 in a Madison area oil well after a prank involving Geo Schneider and accomplices. The plan included shooting wood pigeons and serving oil-saturated meat at a dinner with Moeller, Meehan, and Bushel as the well owners.
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Madison
Moeller
Schneider
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Advertised
An advertisement for Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup claims gentle bowel action and broad relief for coughs and colds. It states the syrup promptly soothes throat inflammation and irritation and notes availability at Clay's Drug Store.
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Kennedy
Clay
Congregation Prays The Race Meeting Fails
In La Porte Iowa Methodist prayers against gambling and racing coincided with a rained-out race meet. Church leaders urged stopping bets. promoters blamed congregants for the failure, while the minister preached against gambling. Also advertised is Kodol Digestive Aid sold by Clay's Drug Store.
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Dee Moines
Laporte
Clay’s Drug Store
Tennesseean in Dream Leaps From Texas Train
A nightmare event near Houston on an overnight Texas and New Orleans run left Allen Emmett of Pulaski Tennessee dead after he leaped from a day coach window at 1 am while the train traveled fifty miles per hour. He was traveling with Jno Haynes and wife to seek a location. three women in the negro compartment witnessed him push out the pane and slide away. Emmett's father and brother are noted physicians in Pulaski.
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Houston
Tex
Allen Emmett
Pulaski
Tenn
Texas
New Orleans
Emmett
Jno
Haynes
Fruit Crops Spoiling as Transport Delays Hit Arkansas
Reports from Arkansas say the peach harvest, one of the largest in years, rots due to transportation faults. At Abbin Creek and Tully 20 carloads spoiled, with many more cars in baskets and crates damaged. Railroads fault the refrigerator company while the ice company blames inadequate plants.
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Aurora
Arkansas
Abbin Creek
Tully
Refrigerator
Ice Company
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J. B. Duvall
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Asa’t
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the Walton Trust Co
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Polk
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We. B. Walton
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