Fires Ravage British Columbia Towns Amid Massive Bush Disaster
Winnipeg dispatch reports 125 killed and property losses around 8 million dollars as fires sweep Fernie Crow's Nest and Michel. 5 000 to 7 000 refugees shelter in Cranbrook and nearby hills while search parties recover more bodies daily.
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Winnipeg
British Columbia
Crow's Nest
Cranbrook
Michel
Fernie
West End
Sampson
Cranbrook Herald
Nelson
Food Relief for Fernie Fire Sufferers Reaches Cranbrook
Relief from Spokane arrives for Fernie fire victims with a carload of tents clothing bread and milk. Cranbrook counts 2000 plus people to feed and 15000 dollars pledged at a mass meeting in half an hour. Supplies to be distributed from Cranbrook as women and children seek care for the next ten days.
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Spokane
Wash
Fernie
Cranbrook
Welcome Address Planned for American Atlantic Fleet Arrival
Suva Fiji Aug 4 The American Atlantic fleet reported at 8 pm local time in position 1829 south 17554 west Auckland 1260 miles distant wireless contact will be nightly until Auckland reached The welcome address to Rear Admiral Charles S Sperry commander in chief bears a British ensign interwoven with the stars and stripes and honors New Zealand as the first British colony to entertain the fleet The framed tribute rests in a wood casket with inlaid cover symbolizing New Zealand and international amity in Pacific security.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Auckland
Charles S Sperry
New Zealand
Pacific
Mmnopp
United States
Dinwiddie to lead English Prohibition campaign
Dr. Dinwiddie, national anti saloon league official from this city, accepts invitation to conduct a parliamentary campaign in England for local option after the American plan. He and Mrs. Dinwiddie will sail about August 15 and remain in England for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bpringheld
E C Dinwiddie
National Anti-Saloon League
England
Dinwiddie
Oklahoma
Marietta Police Chief Jacob H Dye Dies After Surgery
Jacob H Dye longtime Marietta chief of police died after an operation for stomach cancer. He had served the department for about years and was well known in police circles across the central states.
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Marietta
Jacob H Dye
Central States
Numerous sensational crimes and disasters flood minute by minute
A torrent of brief items reports a Breathitt County man on the run in Kentucky, a murder by J M Phillips in Temple, suicides, a Chicago warehouse fire, a Milwaukee lumber loss, and varied calamities from poison to arson. Also noted are political candidacies, presidential and royal visits, accidents, and legal actions across multiple states.
German Alliance Adopts Harmon Endorsements At Ohio Meet
At the German American alliance state convention in Columbus resolutions endorsed Democratic candidate Judson Harmon for governor and his running mate for lieutenant governor. The parade drew over 5000 from major cities and a 15000 attendee gathering followed at Columbus Driving Park with speeches by General Michael Ryan and George S. Vierick. The Cincinnati branch was named as executive committee to manage affairs and elect officers for the year, with next meeting set for Cleveland.
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Henry Tharp
Breathitt County
Lawton
Oklo
J. M. Phillips
Randler
June Smith
Temple
Jim Kelley
Eva Sleeter
Link James
Metropolis
St. Kelley
James
Burlington Dock
Chicago
Burlington Company
Martinette
Wis
Sawyer-Goodwin Company
Bird S. Coler
Brooklyn
Roy Knabenshue
Toledo Aeronaut
Denver
Omaha
George Gallagher
Ben Oduni
Corning
Ark
Samuel E. Moffitt
Collier's Weekly
Seabright
N. J
North Industry
James Weaver
Jeanne Larrieu
Paris
James J. Blair
Parkersburg
Marietta, Columbus & Cleveland Railroad Company
Delaware
Rehobeth
Seat''e
Wash
Jesse Fifer
Washington, D. C
Violeta Marie Bowen
Warsaw
Ind
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Action of
German Alliance
Columbus
Michael Ryan
Cincinnati
The
Liberal League
George S. Vierick
New York
Alliance
Cleveland
Charge Dismissed in Bond Conspiracy Case
Harry E Hayes of W. J Hayes & Son, Cleveland banker, was discharged by Judge Strimpe after a hearing on a conspiracy charge filed by West New York officials alleging illegal possession of 105000 dollars in bonds. A New Jersey warrant had led to Hayes being sought. Habeas corpus proceedings showed Hayes was in Cleveland on the alleged date, leading to dismissal.
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Cleveland
Harry E Hayes
W. J Hayes & Son
Strimpe
Ofcials
West New York
N L
New Jersey
Hayes
Whirl of Death Cyclist Kills Man in Theater
William Wilson died instantly in Coshocton Ohio when testing a new bicycle stunt called the whirl of death in a crowded theater. Spectators including women and children panicked rushing for exits and many fainted or were trampled in the rush. Wilson was thrown high and struck a beam, sustaining a fatal injury.
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Coshocton
William Wilson
Wilson
Fireman Killed In Near Collision On Pennsylvania Line
Columbus Ohio August 4 Jumping from the cle of engine No 465 of the Pennsylvania line to avoid what he thought was an oncoming collision, fireman Rank R Morris of near Westerville sustained a basal skull fracture and other injuries, dying at Protestant hospital.
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Columbus, O
Pennsylvania
Rank R. Morris
Westerville
Protestant Hospital
Saloons Close as State Auditor Logs July Decline
Columbus report shows 468 fewer saloons in July compared with January, widening revenue loss by 397 20721 dollars. The decrease surpasses figures from assessors' reports released earlier.
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Columbus
Dow Law
Balloons to Star from Columbus in FAAC Race
Columbus wins chance to start the international balloon race to be held Aug 29 after a federation board meeting in Chicago. Twelve cities entered the distance contest following the St Louis and Chicago starts from previous years.
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Columbus
Federation of American Aero Clubs
Chicago
Board of
Federation
St Louis
Heat Wave Claims Three in Cleveland Toll Rises
In Cleveland during the third hottest day of summer, Albert Simpson died after a 75 foot bridge fall, Hugh O Keefe collapsed and died from heat in a steel mill, and George Cropper drowned while cooling off in the water. The city faced widespread suffering as temperatures soared.
Governor Barris Confined at Eaton Home with Indigestion
Governor Barris is confined to his Eaton home with indigestion and is under his family physician’s care. Secretary Flickinger believes the illness is not serious. He left Cincinnati Monday night for his Eaton residence instead of waiting for notification ceremonies.
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Columbus
Barris
Eaton
Flickinger
Cincinnati
Raton
Dick Predicts Taft Victory Amid Low Enthusiasm
Akron Ohio reports Senator Charles Dick returning from Washington with a statement predicting Taft's election. He cites lack of enthusiasm and urges a major national issue to rally public loyalty. He also predicts Governor Harris will be reelected.
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Akron
Charles Dick
Washington
Taft
Harris
Tragic 3rd floor fall at Mt. Carmel hospital
Mrs. Samuel Gans, 60, of Moundsville West Virginia, suffering delusional melancholia, jumped from the hospital roof garden after a struggle with her nurse. She died several hours later from injuries sustained in the fall.
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Columbus
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Samuel Gans
Moundsville
W Va
Three Men Die In Jailhouse Attack At Pensacola
In Pensacola Florida Aug 4 a mob stormed the jail to seize Leander Shaw the man who assaulted Mrs Lillian Davis. Shaw was captured after a struggle and hanged stripped of clothing and shot. Mrs Davis a white woman fought him in her home and was wounded with a knife wound to the throat and her baby struck during the attack.
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Fairbanks
Quebec
Mackinaw Island
Quanah
Tex
Otto Schiller
New York
Indianapolis
Frank Pinkham
Bonesteel
Birmingham
Ala
Stikers
Copany
Hammond
Ind
James McKee
Will Fitts
Denaville
Kings County
Lins
Tad’ Suitreo
Ored
Greenville
John McGarren
Lefayette Ind
Thomas Gallagher
Atlanta
John Lancaster
Neal
Robert S Bradley
Transcontinental Freight Company
Chicago
William Fellnbaum
Findlay
In Win Chang
San Francisco
Durham White Stevns
Pensacola
Fla
Leander A. Shaw
Lillian Davis
Shaw
Gayman Nominated by Democrats for Congress in Franklin County
Delegates to the Democratic Twelfth district convention in Columbus nominated Senator B. F P Gayman of Canal Winchester as the party candidate for congress. Gayman currently represents the Tenth district in the state senate and formerly served in the Ohio House from Franklin county.
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Gayman
Congress
Columbus
Franklin
B. F P. Gayman
Canal Winchester
Pithaway
House of Representatives
Franklin County
Canton Club Receivership Keeps Canton Team in League
Canton Ohio August 4 Homer Brig gle appointed receiver for the Canton Athletic club holder of the Canton Ohio and Pennsylvania league baseball franchise. The action by President Shorb protects creditors. liabilities are about 12000 with assets around 8000. The Canton team will continue in the league.
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Canton Club
Canton, O
Homer Briggle
Canton Athletic Club
Canton Ohio
Pennsylvania
Shorb
Canton
Hoe on Tobacco Field Sparks Local Disturbance
In Ripley Ohio on August 4 two acres of Heerup Elslager's tobacco near Russellville, ready for topping, were cut down with hoes by parties incensed over alleged pooling of a 1907 crop and sale to outsiders.
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Ripley
Heerup Elslager
Russelville
Large Warehouse Destroyed in Ohio Fire
A large storehouse at McCutchensville near Upper Sandusky was totally consumed by a blaze on August 4. The building held farming implements belonging to L Patton and was completely destroyed.
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Upper Sandusky, O
McCutchensville
L. Patton
Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
Stephen J. Hart
Hart
A. O. Tim
J.D. Ewing
Ewing's
Markets Across Cities Show Wide Livestock Prices
East Buffalo reports cattle prices with steers at 5 25 for 5 75, cows 2 75 5 00, calves 37 50 8 00. Chicago lists steers 4 75 2 00, cows 8 40 4 65, calves 60 7 50. Pittsburg cites cattle a mix of choice and prime at 6 39 6 50 and calves veal 8 00 0. Cleveland notes prime dry sea steers 5 75 6 00. Boston records wool and meat prices. New York lists cattle steers 5 00 6 70. Toledo reports wheat and corn futures.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston
Ohio
Pennsyrvania
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
New York
Toledo
Rumor of the hour and abrupt punchline refocus
The scene follows a man named Basswood leading a woman to a bench and nervously attempting a proposal but interrupts himself to reveal a trivial distraction about two loose buttons on her waist. A second fragment shows a boy asking how many cigars hurt Lamy buoy, answered by a stern father.
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George
Chicago News
Have You Seen Her What Kind of a Woman
A witty Detroit Tribune quip portrays a woman lacking diplomacy who argues with an iceman about a lamp size until melting away leaving a wet spot on the sunny sidewalk.
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Detroit Tribune
Bird Cage Hyphen Use Explained by The Bright Boy
A dialogue from The Tatler shows a master asking the meaning of the hyphen in bird-cage and a student responding that the bar is for the bird to sit on.
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Jones
Tatler
Itinerant preacher appeals for scaled tithes in charity talk
A wandering preacher quotes Lippincott's Magazine on Scriptural tithing and suggests collecting a smaller amount if believers cannot give a full tenth. He proposes dropping the next hymn to make the offering.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Twain on phones: laughter to profanity over time
The Washington Star note recalls how new technology like the telephone moved from amusement to criticism. An inventor reflects that only a few years ago laughter met the device, while the man with central trouble adds that now it draws profanity.
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Central
Washington Star
Strangers Now and a Stock Refusal
A brief Chicago Record-Herald exchange contrasts a man who once offered wealth with a stranger who failed to recognize him. The narrator notes refusing to buy the stock, underscoring a moment of cautious skepticism.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Affair Rumor Sparks Jealous Confrontation in Cleveland
A Cleveland Leader excerpt reveals a tense exchange as a woman defends her relationship with Mr. Parker, insisting he is single while another accuses him of being a married man. The clash hints at a scandal and social scrutiny in city life.
Family Pride in N Y Vander Guts and Joneses
A fragment from a Philadelphia Press piece shows two women comparing notable marriages. Miss Woodby mentions a first cousin of Aunt Jane marrying a Vander Gut of New York, while Miss Bright notes a first cousin marrying a Jones of the United States.
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Miss Woodby
Jane
Vander Guts
New York
Miss Bright
Joneses
United States
Philadelphia Press
When the Adamses Move We May Claim the Garden Inn
A Delineator quip notes a child asking to take over the Garden of Eden as the Adamses move away. The brief humor reflects timeless wishes for a perfect home and a used line about paradise imagined as a dwelling.
Did It With a Slam in Somerville Journal
A brief item quotes a job applicant declaring willingness to do anything. The merchant responds with a firm plea to close the door, reflecting a terse exchange captured by the Somerville Journal.
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Somerville Journal
Not to Be Trusted Bargain Hammock Sparks Farm Feud
A Baltimore American snippet reports a quarrel between an engaged couple at their farm sparked by a bargain hammock. The light note underscores trust issues over a household purchase and hints at a domestic spat without details.
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Baltmore American
Hat of formas bargains advertised in Warren agency listing
J A Smith offers weekly hats form a revised list for Trumbull and Portage lands via a Warren office. Prices quoted 315 to 125. Properties include 40 acres with no buildings, 24 miles from town at 82 500, South Street house for 400, five room house and large lot for 525, and a high street lot with house and barn. Tornado and cyclone insurance pitched as very cheap. Expenses refunded to buyers.
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Trumbull and Portage Co
Warren
Byers
South St
High Street
Blivens and Mrs Blivens Discuss Tommy Health Costs
Blivens expresses alarm over Tommy's health and future medical bills, while Mrs Blivens clarifies the concern relates to ill health and doctors' fees, and Blivens jokes about butchers' bills.
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Blivens
Tommy
Granddaughter Finds Latchkey Hidden in Memory
Ethel rummages in a grandma's drawer and discovers a latchkey from her grandfather. Grandma explains it is tied to old nights, not days, linking memory to past evenings and family history.
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Ethel
Cat Fugue Named From Scarlatti Cat’s Piano Walk
Italian composer Scarlatti is said to have owned a cat that preferred certain piano keys. Those notes allegedly inspired and became the theme of a fugue later called The Cat Fugue.
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Scarlatti
Divorce Petition Reveals Amused Spouse’s Gracious Argument
The attorney asks if cruel and inhuman treatment exists and the petitioner confirms. She notes that whenever she attempts an argument her husband simply grins and agrees, describing a curious domestic dynamic as a basis for divorce.
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Puck
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Buckeye News
Ono
Florida
Georgia
Lamy
Dad
Cleveland Plain Dealer
J. A. Smith
Real Estate and Insurance Agency
Foley
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Ewing
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