Fire Routs Dozens at Rhode's Opera House Disaster
A gas tank explosion at Rhode's Opera House in Rovers town Pa triggered a blaze during a St John Lutheran Sunday School benefit. Between fifty and seventy five people burned to death as women and children were trampled in the stampede. Rescue trains with nurses and doctors were dispatched. homes within blocks served as impromptu hospitals.
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Rovertown
Rhode’s Opera House
St. John's Lutheran Sunday School
Pottstown
Wex
Reading
Portatown
Opera House
Life Prison Commutation for Polk County Murderer in Tenn
Governor Patterson commuted James Allen to life imprisonment for the murder of W A Guinn in Polk County Tennessee Why the commutation rested on doubts about witness Elite and Allen partner Hills motive and reputation and belief that human life should not hinge on such testimony
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Nashville
Tenn
M. R. Patterson
James Allen
Polk County
W. A. Guinn
Allen
Elite
Hills
Guinn
Fire Destroys Fi Oro Mining Camp in Mexico
Telegram from Mexico reports Fi Oro, the Republics largest gold mining camp, is being destroyed by fire. Principal hotels and major business buildings have been reduced, and the dispatch says the entire town is threatened. Details unavailable due to interrupted county communications.
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Mexico Unity
Fi Oro
Republic
High School Defeats Crescent In Basketball Thriller
Columbia High School defeats Crescent High School 10 to 6 in a league game at the skating rink. Hardison Shel ton Voorhies Jones Dowling score for Columbia while Jones hits a foul shot. First half ends 10 to 1, Crescent rallies in the second half. coaches are Prof. Morton for Columbia and Ashley Witking for Crescent.
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Columbia High Bohol
Crescent
High Bchool
Poaition
Shien
Porward Finley
Hardison
Dowling Voorhies
Jones
Pate
Thomas Cochran
Dowling
Shelton
Voorhies
High School
Prof
Morton
Ashley Witking
Creecents
Railroad case arguments begin in Alabama on rates hearing
In Montgomery on January 13 the State and railroad counsel agreed to open arguments tomorrow at 10 o clock before Judge Thomas G. Jones over new rate laws. The two main issues are railroad motions to let supplemental bills and the State motion to strike them, plus the State’s bid to dissolve injunctions against old laws. R J Bowie will represent the railroads, A M Garber the State, with Spooner to argue about Central Trust Company of New York’s bid to block rates on the Central of Georgia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas G. Jones
United States Court
R. J. Bowie
A. M. Garber
United States
Spooner
Central Trust Company of New York
Central of Georgia
Trust Company
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Tennessee Railroad” Commission
Tennessee
American
Anticorporation
Tennessean
Althugh
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
EB. W. Carmack
Railroad Commission
South
Tennessee Railroad Com Pesos
Tennesseean
Senator Carmack
Gov
Union City
Parrot Iike
Carmack
Commission
Legislatura
In Memoriam Mrs Alice Elizabeth Houser
Mrs Houser born November 11 1830 died January 1908 at near four score years. Wife of Augustus Houser since 1849 she was faithful and hospitable. Survived by three sons and two daughters in Oklahoma Columbia Williamsport and other towns. A devoted mother exalted by faith in Christ and her family. FP C LOWELL.
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Alice Elizabeth Houser
Houser
Kinzer
Augustus Houser
John
Oklahoma
G. K
Columbia
William
Williamsport
B. Baker
Shady Grove
John Jones
Banta
Lowell
Plumbing Service Ad Promises Clean Work and Low Prices
An early 20th century classified-style notice offers plumbing work of any kind. It urges readers to trust experienced tradesmen, promises cheerful estimates, and highlights satisfactory results and fair pricing from a local plumbing company.
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Eth
Renee Ares
Tennessee Jersey cow shatters farm butter record at Ewell Farm
Real progress at Ewell Farm noted as Bisson's Belle Queen, a Jersey cow from Morgan Hall near Columbus, posts a seven day butter test of 28 pounds 2 ounces and is expected to exceed the farm’s thirty day record. The cow is linked to the famed Tennessee Jersey strain and to notable ancestors such as Landseer’s Fancy and Duchess of Bloomfield.
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Ewell Farm
Jersey
Morgan Hall
Columbis
Bisson
Belle
W. J. Webster
Landseer
Conan
Duchess of
Bloomfeld
Tormentor
Tennessee
Ewell! Farm
America
Southern Prince
Top Sawyer
Duchess of Bloomfield
Conan Landecer
Fancy
Lee Memorial Service At First M E Church
Memorial service scheduled for Sunday at 2 PM at the Methodist church to honor Gen Robert E Lee. Local U D C and Confederate veterans chapters, cadets, and speakers participate. Crosses of honor will be awarded to veterans and names of recipients listed.
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Methodist Church
Gen. Robt
E. Lée
U. D
Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans
CG. M. A
A. E. Clement
T. A. Wharton
Col. Allen Brown
W. H. Davis
W. T. Galloway
J. T. Williamson
BE. A. Head
B. M. Johnson
J. G. Molloy
B. T. Roan
Mrs Sarah Church Sustains Accident In Country Home
Mrs Sarah Polk Church, aged and respected mother of Mrs BD A Gatterfield and Ed Church, fell at her country home and broke her leg above the ankle. She has suffered great pain since the accident and remains under medical care.
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Sarah Polk Church
BD. A. Gatterfield
Ed Church
Big Meeting For Mt Pleasant Special Is The Herata
Mt Pleasant Tennessee plans a Sunday morning series at Matt Palit church led by Rev or yombly Mr Smoot. Attendance expected to be large with fasting and prayer observed Friday. Cottage prayers at households on Washington avenue and at homes of Prof Bostick and Mr Halloway. Local exchanges note progress of Howard Institute and Hay Lane College as term starts with strong exam results and promising spring prospects. Burdock Blood Bitters promotes digestion and blood purification.
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Herata
MT. Pleasant
Tena
Matt Palit
Smoot
Maury County
Benderman
Johnson
Washington Avenue
Prof. Bostick
H. Halloway
Percy S. Chandler
Jas. A. Bostick
Bohtich
Wholebrook
Elkton
Tenn
R. B. Cooper
Columbia
Helen
Edne Curtis
le Srippe
Howard Institute
Hay Lane Colelege
Qote
PAYS COST TAKES HUSBAND BACK IN Dearborn Court
In Dearborn Circuit Court Mrs Bella Grimsley of Sparta township asked dismissal after paying costs as the divorce case with William G Grimsley was heard. The couple, once separated for cruel and inhuman treatment, left arm in arm amid spectators' applause.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Bella Grimsley
Willam G. Grimsley
Sparta Township
Dearborn
Mra Grimsley
Downward course of kidney trouble warned against
A Columbia Tennessee man describes long kidney illness and backache, praising Doan's Kidney Pills after recovery. He recalls initial severe pain and dark urinary secretions, later confirming four years of no recurrence after treatment. Doan's advertised by Foster Milburn Co. in New York as US agent.
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Columbia
Bright
R. L. Jeter
Ninth Street
Columbia, Tenn
Dean
Martin
Jeter
Price 60 Conte
Fostermilburn CO
Talo
New York
United States
One Fare Plan Quelled by Democratic Meetings in Nashville
Railroads offer 25 cent fare to Nashville for boards of trade meetings but restrict travel to the great democratic gathering on January 22. A world leader is to deliver the address drawing thousands from across Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bryan
Louisville & Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louie
Boards of Trade of Tennessee
Lear
Personal crisis reports rise after severe weather in Massachusetts
Boston reports indicate several suicides and a possible death by accident amid stormy, depressant weather. Names include Charles Payson a shoe maker from an Irish neighborhood, William Hayden from Whitman, Joseph Cruikshanks of Holyoke, Richard Lewis in Fall River, and Emma Parker a Beloit-born widow. Neator Moki’s body found in Fitchburg yard with a scalp wound. Despondency from ill health cited as motive in multiple cases.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Lydn
Charles A. Payson
William F. Hayden
Whitman
Choice Fruits Price List from Unileoks Teno
RA WILKES presents a price list for fruit trees vines and plants. The notice lists descriptions and costs for assorted fruit bearing stock sold by Unileoks in Teno. Readers can order via contact details provided.
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RA. Wilkes
Unileoks
Teno
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