Worst Fire Hits Brown Block Early Sunday
Columbia woke to the worst blaze in years in the Brown block, destroying the Roskind Singer building and several offices. Dr H G Roskind rang the court house bell barefoot to summon help while water froze, delaying firefighters who battled ice laden walls and a stubborn partition. Losses ran into thousands with Adkisson Brothers, H G Roskind, Col Allen Brown among the insured and uninsured tenants left seeking new space.
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ColumbIa
H. G. Rowkind
Birger Sewing Machine Company
Dr. Voorhies
Roskind-Singer
H. G. Hill & Company Verety
Adkisson Brothers
John L. Jones
S$. O. Thomas
Dr. Voorhles
Jim Sheppard
J. B. Rees
J. A. Ketcham
H. G. Roskind
Col. H. A. Brown
H. G. Hill
Col Allen Brown
Hendley, Frierson & Cocdrat
Wilson & Kegen
Rosseind- Binger Oinen
Ros Jdnd
Singer
Ritter
Wwe
Adkisson
Ed Guest
Hoskind
T. L. Conningham
H. G. Hill & Co
Raymond Adkisson
J. A. Ketchum
Dowdell
Sho
A Samuels
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Losa
Roskind
Bla Oplaton
Voorhies
Opin
Phoenix National Bank Names Four Officers
The Phoenix National Bank announces promotions and appointments for J. Lem Thomas FP D. Chaffin W. T. Frierson and H. H. Hill as new officers or senior staff, reflecting leadership changes at the financial institution.
Firefighters Heroically Contain Blaze at Local Store
The blaze, first spotted at the rear of the Singer store, caused smoke damage to nearby National Dental Parlors in the Adkisson Bros building. Chief Ritter led a disciplined, brave effort that halted the flames and saved much stock, with widespread praise for the firemen’s actions.
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Singer
Br. C
D. Nowlin
National Dental Parlors
Adkisson Bros
Ritter
Senate confirms judge H H Lurton to Supreme Court
Special to The Herald reports Judge Horace H Lurton was confirmed by the Senate today as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court with no opposition. The decision follows routine proceedings in Washington.
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Herald
Washington, D. C
Horace H. Lurton
Senate
Supreme Court
High Tribute Paid Roosevelt Paris
December 19 The Temps, praising Theodore Roosevelt as a foreign associate of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, lauds his political and moral creed. It says peace is admirable but not to be pursued from fear, and notes war as an evil but not the greatest. It commends him as a messenger of nation Motto Medaille.
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Paris
Temps
Theodore Roosevelt
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Natone Mdeallam
Leopold's body lies in state in Brussels palace
King Leopold lay in state at the royal palace as thousands filed past the coffin guarded by officers and dignitaries. Priests chanted the Miserere while a long procession paused in the state room, and mourners knelt before the casket draped with royal regimental colors and wreaths.
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Brussels
Dee
King Leopold
Severeten
Prince Albert
Grenadier
Wife of cigar-department manager commits suicide in Indianapolis
Mrs David Welsenburg wife of the manager of the cigar department of a drug company in Indianapolis drank carbolic acid in her apartment after her husband rebuked her for entertaining friends in his absence He left for New York and she took the dose later her body found and she was hospitalized at once
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Indianapolis
Ind
David Welsenburg
Giles Co man McLaurine enters race for Circuit Judge
In Giles and surrounding counties, Harpin Wounds found on two sisters suggest a possible murder or double suicide. Frances and Jeabel Ritchie, aged sisters, were found dead in Newark Nova Scotia. Frances bears a hatpin wound near the heart, and both bodies show signs of foul play. Police forced entry after neighbors reported no contact since Saturday. Formal announcement of H McLaurine’s candidacy for Circuit Judge highlights his past service in the Giles Lawrence Wayne district and his renomination by Giles County Democrats.
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Newark
Frances
Tabel Ritchie
Slater
Jeabel
Prances
Cirealt
McLaurine
Giles Coor Puy
Welaurine
Senate
Giles, Lawrence
Wayne
MacLaurine
Pulaski
Tennessee
H. McLauring
Jude
Ben Childers
W Tson
McMillion
Low J. P. Abernathy
Wilkes
A. J. Abernaths
G . G. B. McCallum
Madriz President Candidate Hailed Amid Managua Riot
Jose Madriz, Central American Court of Justice judge, arrives in Managua amid enthusiastic crowds and heavy security. Libera supporters from Leon clash with troops as Madriz advances on foot to a hotel, gunfire avoided and a protective rally forms around him.
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Managua
NicAragua
Joee Madriz
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Zelaya
Madrix
Carinto
Madriz
Leon
Madris
Thrice-a-Week 71 Sails Wide Cheap News Offer
An old advertisement announces the Thrice-a-Week 71 newspaper offer highlighting New York World news at a bargain. It promotes the Thrice-a-Week and World combo for one year at $1.65 with two papers for $2.00, plus a note about Dean’s Reguiare laxative for constipation.
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New York World
Thrichawerk
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