Forest fires claim nearly two hundred dead across Montana
Aug 24 Wissoulay Montana reports a massive forest fire with 124 forest workers killed listed by location. Return of refugees reduces danger. communications and relief supplies improve as Priest River seeks more aid. Total deaths in Coeur d Alene reach 188.
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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 Theodore Roosevelts Africa Trip
J Aldon Loring of Owego New York a Meld naturalist aboard the Roosevelt African Expedition gave his first lecture Through Africa With Roosevelt during Old Home Week. He described travel from Mombasa to Gondokoro on the Nile detailing wildlife habits and notable incidents among the expedition members.
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Africa
Waverty
J. Aldon Loring
Owego
Roosevelt
Trains Crash Near Detroit Leaves Four Dead
Four killed and many injured when two Grand Trunk passenger trains collided two miles east of Detroit tonight. Emergency crews reported multiple injuries as wreckage blocked the tracks and investigators began work at the scene. Names of victims and exact casualty figures were not released.
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Detroit
Grand Trunkine
Girl Poses as Man to Work as Detective and Waiter
New York reports Plora Landen a twenty year old English girl living disguised as a man for months. She worked as an amateur detective a grocer boy and a Broadway restaurant waiter before asking police to place her inwoman attire and plan sending her home to England. She sought a five dollar reward in the Chinatown area and traced a troubled past from London to Boston then New York.
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New York
Plora Landen
New York City
Broadway
England
Miss Landen
Stallap
London
Boston
Harmon Makes Great Flight Crashes Near Greenwish
New York reports Clifford B. Harmon crashed his Parman biplane with a Gnome engine after completing the first aeroplane flight over Long Safe Sound. The craft weighed about a thousand pounds and cost $10,000, purchased from Mons. Paulhan and once flown by the French aviator.
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New York
Clifford B. Harmond
Commodore B.C. Benedict
Greenwish
Colorado Millionaire Weds Widow in Paris
Charles M. MacNeill, famed Colorado Springs businessman, quietly married Mrs. Marion P. Irwin in Paris on August 8. The wedding, reported by mining associate Clarence C. Hamlin, unites a leading local figure with a New York society woman. They plan to reside in Colorado Springs after a mansion is completed, with plans to occupy the Antlers hotel suite in the interim.
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Charles M. MacNeill
Colorado Springs
Paris
Colo
France
Marion P. Irwint
New York
East
MacNefil
Mac
Cripp
Weather Story Describes Cold Night and Windstorm
The report notes a 44 degree temperature drop and strong winds. Clouds raced overhead as a storm damaged trees and forced people to secure belongings. Observers watched the night unfold while the weather man forecast continued cold weather ahead.
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Thone
Five Boys Arrested on Mutiny Charge
Five Massachusetts youths are jailed in Baltimore after mutiny on the whaler Pedro Vises of New Bedford. They were brought from the Azores by a U S warship at counsel's request. The vessel sustained 60 damage and docked for repairs. The boys claim they were treated unlawfully.
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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 event but lost the championship to Clyde Marshall of Kingston New York. The contest featured high speed reading and complex tests with Willis N Pittany hurling sentences as readers.
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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 accident report states William J Peet died after a car struck a pole off a dark rainy road. Mrs Peet injured but not fatally. Long family members escaped. The Peet Brothers plant suffered a fire loss estimated at $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 Entry Noted in Public Notice
Fragmentary text indicates land entry details for Uinta County with mention of a selection date in late November and a prior notice in October. Names and precise locations are unclear due to OCR errors.
Tragedy at Jenkins Sons Store Fire Claims Fireman Mayer
In Kithans City Capt John Mayer could only watch his son William Mayer burn inside the J W Jenkins Sons building as the blaze trapped them. The fire began at the top door and water soaked responders as Captain Mayer ordered a rescue attempt. William, one of the first to move, became cut off near an elevator shaft and died after frantically signaling for help.
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St. William Mayer
Orea
Leff
Frontier park dust storm halts Wild West event opening
A Frontier park spectacle opened with high promise as 10,000 visitors watched riders through fires and a dust storm. A cold northern breeze whipped in from Montana, blanketing the arena in powder as crowds fled to cover and the program halted. Cavalry displays by the United States Ninth drew acclaim before dust and weather derailed later events and a featured horse race ended early.
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Frontier Park
Coeur D’alenes
Neter Ali
Montana
Benial
United States
Gladys Irwin
Slim
Roosevelt vows no quarter in war on political foes
Aug 24 Roosevelt announces a relentless political campaign against his enemies, saying he was drawn into the fight but will press on regardless of convention and platform. Vice President Sharman plans to discuss the situation that night. An Oklahoma report details a land grab probe into Indian boarding schools and seized lands amid congressional scrutiny.
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Roosevelt
Sharman
Fai
Openiymars
Bawboekos
Okla
Alig
C ™ Acoo
Congressional
Washington
Oilon
Praclyiter
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Republica
Taft backs staged tariff revisions to curb profits
President Taft urges separate schedules for tariff reform based on production costs at home and abroad. He aims to reduce extortionate profits, urge incremental changes, and seek bipartisan ground for reform without upsetting business. Action noted in a campaign textbook letter to Representative McKinsey.
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Taft
Congress
Tariff Commission
Representative Mckinsey
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