Forest fires claim nearly two hundred dead across region
Daily report cites 124 forestry workers killed in various locales including Grand Forks and Bullion Mine with totals reaching 188 in Coeur d Alene and extensive refugee returns as northern dispatches restore communications and aid.
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Wissoulay Mont
Priest River
W. St. Weigle
Wallabe
Lato
Esneia
Grand Forka
Boulter Creek
Avery
Big Creek
Placer Creek
Pine Creek
Seteer Creek
Bullion Mine
Roth Creek
D. B
Coeur d'Alene
Loring Reports on Roosevelt African Expedition Visit
J Aldon Loring of Owego New York, a Meld naturalist with the Roosevelt African Expedition, delivered a lecture titled Through Africa With Roosevelt during Old Home Week. He traced the journey from Mombasa to Gondokoro on the Nile and shared observations on native peoples and wildlife along with notable experiences of party members.
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Africa
Waverty
J. Aldon Loring
Owego
Roosevelt
Trains In Crash Kill Four Near Detroit
Detroit August 24 Four killed and many injured after two Grand Trunk passenger trains collide head on two miles east of the city tonight. Emergency crews rushed to the scene and transported the wounded to nearby hospitals as investigators began to determine the cause.
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Detroit
Grand Trunkine
Girl Poses as Man to Work As Detective in New York
Plora Landen a twenty year old English girl posed as a man for months in New York City. She worked as an amateur detective a grocer boy and a waiter for a Broadway restaurant before requesting police protection and planning to return to England by the next steamer.
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New York
Plora Landen
New York City
Broadway
England
Miss Landen
Stallap
London
Boston
Harmond's risky Long Sound flight ends in fatal crash
New York reports Clifford B. Harmond died after a flight over Long Sound in a Parman biplane with a Gnome motor weighing about a thousand pounds. The craft, bought from Paulhan for $10,000, had carried Harmond near his father in law Commodore Benedict in Greenwish Connecticut before the fatal descent.
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New York
Clifford B. Harmond
Commodore B.C. Benedict
Greenwish
Colorado Millionaire Weds Widow in Paris
Charles M. MacNeill, Colorado Springs financier, quietly marries Mrs Marion P. Irwin of New York in Paris on August 8. The wedding announcement came via a tablegram to mining associate Clarence Hamlin. The couple reportedly plan to reside in Colorado Springs after completing a $1,000,000 mansion and occupy MacNeill’s permanent Antlers suites.
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Charles M. MacNeill
Colorado Springs
Paris
Colo
France
Marion P. Irwint
New York
East
MacNefil
Mac
Cripp
Weather Drops to Forty-Four Degrees in Evening
A late night windstorm sent temperatures down to 44 degrees as clouds darkened the sky. Residents secured belongings and sheltered indoors while observers noted the rapidly changing conditions and track of the storm. The weather forecaster promised continued unsettled conditions through the night.
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Thone
Five Boys Arrested on Mutiny Charge
Baltimore August 24 five Massachusetts youths were charged with mutiny aboard the whaler Pedro Vises from New Bedford. They were brought from the Azores by a U S warship at counsel’s request and lodged in jail. The vessel was damaged and the ship required repairs. The boys say they were poorly treated.
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Baltimore
Massachusetts
Azores
United States
Pedro Vises
New Bedford
Bottome Breaks World Shorthand Writing Record
W B Bottome of New York set a world shorthand record at 360 words per minute for five minutes in the Nalford Association contest in Denver. Clyde Marshall of Kingston N Y won the championship cup with 364 words per minute in the 80 word reading, while Bottome also posted high speeds in related trials.
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Denver
W. B. Bottome
New York
Supreme Court
Clyde HM
Hall
Lake Courge
Clyde
Marehall
Ebatu- Hon
Lents
Hel
Nellie M. Wood
Bottome
Marshall
Willis N. ‘Pittany
William Peet killed in auto accident near Kansas City
A Kansas City report details the death of William J Peet and injuries to Mrs Peet after a car collision on a dark rainy night. The Long family occupants escaped serious harm as the Peet car struck a farm fence and pole. the Peet Brothers plant suffered a blaze with an estimated loss of 1,000,000.
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William Peet
Kansas City
William J
Peay” Mers Company
Longcory. Com
Peet
Warriu
Sitpole
Mr. Long
Peet Brothers
Uinta County Land Notice Delayed Entry Details
Fragmentary OCR describes land feature listing in Uinta County with entries for allotment or sale. It mentions October 22 and November 21 dates for a hearing or selection, and references Washington and land blocks in the Tar region.
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Fae
Ulnia Coumky
Dust Storm Drives Ten Thousand From Para Front Frontier Day
At Para Frontiers, a massive dust storm forces about ten thousand residents to flee. In a burning Jenkins Sons store, fireman William Mayer dies after being trapped above, while his father Captain John Mayer cannot reach him. Fire consumes merchandise as smoke and water hinder rescue efforts.
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Para
St. William Mayer
Orea
Leff
Frontier park dust storm ends grand Wild West show
An extraordinary Frontier park event opened with vigor as 10 000 spectators watched riders through fires and a two state wind sweep. A chilling dust storm then overwhelmed the arena, forcing crowds to flee indoors and halting the program after a dramatic display of cavalry maneuvers and wild riding.
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Frontier Park
Coeur D’alenes
Neter Ali
Montana
Benial
United States
Gladys Irwin
Slim
Roosevelt vows total war in U S politics
In Utica Roosevelt declares he will wage uncompromising political battle. He says he was drawn into the fight but will press the issue regardless of convention results. Vice President Sharman plans to discuss the situation as openings emerge and the party platform is debated.
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Uticn
Roosevelt
Sharman
Taft Urges Partial Tariff Revision Plan
In Beverly Mass on August 24 President Taft proposed revising the tariff by tackling individual schedules on a scientific basis. He backs using tariff commission findings on domestic and foreign production costs and limits profits to reasonable levels while opposing extortionate gains. The move aims to unite factions without upending business, with details to be published in a Republican campaign textbook.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Republica
Congress
Tariff Commission
Representative Mckinsey
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