Death Toll Rises From Pacolet Clifton Flood Damages
The Pacolet Clifton flood after a North Carolina cloudburst hits mill towns on the Pacolet River in South Carolina. Up to 55 lives feared. property losses around 3.5 million dollars with several mills destroyed or damaged and major bridges washed away. Union, S C isolated. relief funds opened by Charlotte officials and the American Cotton Spinners association. Restoration expected within 12 months.
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Charlotte
N. C
Pacolet
Clifton
South Carolina
Union
S. C
Khart Milla
Lavra
Broad River
Spartanburg
Columbia
Lawson's Fork
Middle Tiger
Enoree River
Pacolet No
Converse
Dexter Mills
Glendale
Presbyterian
American Cotton Spinners’ Association
Pacolet River
Polk County
North Carolina
Flood toll rises in Pacolet and Clifton disaster
Spartanburg reports about 55 drownings in Pacolet and Clifton floods with most victims believed to be mill operatives. Four unidentified white bodies were recovered below Clifton. Cotton mills losses are estimated at 3 million dollars, and a mass meeting raised 3500 dollars for relief alongside offers from other cities.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Pacolet
Clifton
Fire Loss Hits Buffalo Cartage Plant and Contents
Fire officials assess a $400000 loss at the Buffalo Cartage and Storage plant with about 85 percent insured. The Lake Shore railroad used the building for storage of machinery and goods from other cities, with three quarters of the loss borne by owners of stored goods. Adjacent frame structures were crushed as brick walls collapsed, and several firemen were briefly injured but none seriously.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Cartage and Storage Company
Lake Shore Railroad
Loubet to Visit England on Return Visit
President Loubet will arrive in London on July 6 and stay three days as the guest of King Edward at St James Palace. The King of Italy regrets missing a summer visit and promises to come in November with Queen Helena.
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Loubet
England
London
President Loubet
King Edward
Paris
St. James Palace
Edward
Italy
Helena
Streetcar Collision Injures Fifteen Near St Louis
A collision ten miles west of St Louis between two streetcars on the St Louis to Creve Coeur line injured fifteen passengers. A motorman’s cap blew off. while backing to secure it, another car rounded a curve and struck the first car.
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St. Louis
Here
Crewe Cover Lake
Champion Birder Mower Stands Out by One Key Feature
A harvesting machine emphasizes lasting quality with Champion Birder Mower or Rake noted for durability. Mowers share similarities though Champion Birder distinguishes itself chiefly by one defining feature.
Machen Indicted Involving Postal Contracts Probe
Washington reports that former postal official August W. Machen is indicted by a federal grand jury for sharing in profits from postal contracts tied to a patented letter box fastener. The case cites $18,987.79 allegedly received illegally and sets October for trial after bond posting.
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Ing
Washington
Federal Grand Jury
August W. Machen
Free Mail
Machen
O. G. Staples
David Moore
F. M. Criswell
Emanuel Speich
Taylor
Mr. Machen
George E. Lorenz
Toledo, C
Great Loss by Forest Fires in Northern Maine
Reports from northern Maine describe massive forest fire damage with a town destroyed and hundreds of buildings burned. The drought and prior snow shortage devastated lumbering, with over 25 million feet of logs lost and Patten area burned for 48 hours causing $250,000 in lumber losses across eight townships.
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Fortland
Maine
Patten
Merger Arguments Ahead in Minnesota Suit
In St Paul on June 8 Judge Lochren continued arguments in the Minnesota suit against Northern Securities and the Northern Pacific and Great Northern companies seeking to enjoin a suspected railway consolidation. George P. Wilson closed the state’s address, Judge George B. Young for the defendants opened their side.
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St. Paul
United States Circuit Court
Lochren
Independent distillers plan new 6000 bushel plant at Peoria
Joseph Jett, owner of a Kentucky distillery, announces a 6000 bushel Independent distillery will soon be built in Peoria with partners from Boston New York and Cincinnati. A site is secured joining Beggs interests in Terre Haute and Cincinnati to bolster opposition to the trust.
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Independent Distillers
Peoria
Ills
Joseph Jett
Kentucky
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Hundred Drowned in French Marine Disaster Near Marseilles
A collision off the coast near the Maire islands between the Insulaire and Liban, both Fraissenet Line steamers, sank the Liban with over 100 aboard. Of roughly 200 on board, 30 bodies recovered and 77 passengers with 17 crew saved by the Balkan and Blechamp.
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France
Marseilles
Insulaire
Liban
Fraissenet Steamship Company
Bastia
Corsica
Maire Islands
Blechamp
Balkan
Fraissenet Company
Floods Threaten 200 Rescued Island Prisoners Near St Louis
Mississippi floodwaters surge past St Louis with forecasted rise to 38 feet over two days. About 200 people on a low Black Walnut Island northwest of the city are imperiled as Missouri River waters surround them and no contact or rescue has succeeded. Immediate action is urged to save them.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Black Walnut
Missouri River
Indictments in Massive Timber Land Swindle Case
Federal grand jury in Columbus has returned indictments against John A. Cobb Bainbridge W H H Miller 8 S E Struble and G W J Woltz and others for conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a large land swindle. They allegedly advertised 1000 acres for 200 in Tennessee and other states with no title, with 258000 acres already sold from one grant.
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Columbus
Federal Grand Jury
John A. Cobb
Bainbridge
W. H. H. Miller
E. Struble
G. W. J. Woltz
Newa.k. O
United States
Tennessee
Reed's Estate Valued at 431 Thousand in New York Report
The late Thomas B. Reed former speaker of the New York House of Representatives left a personal estate valued at 431 099 after debts and administration costs. The gross estate totaled 629 533 mainly in stocks and securities. by his long-ago executed will, the property goes to his widow.
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New York
Thomas B. Reed
House of Representatives
Ohio Catholic convention set for Columbus on June 28
Secretary Anthony Matre announced the state convention of the Federation of Catholic Societies of Ohio will meet in Columbus on June 28. Delegates to the national convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies to be held in Atlantic City from August 1 to 5 will be elected, and many issues of Catholic interest will be discussed.
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Cincinnati
Anthony Matre
The
Federation of Catholic Societies of Ohio
Columbus
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Atlantic City
Children Lost In Blizzard Near Great Falls
From Lethbridge comes word that two young sons of J Derrick a sheep herder have perished in the recent blizzard. The father spent six days locating their bodies and eight days more before transporting them to town for burial. The family lived in a tent when the storm struck.
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Great Falls
Mont
Lethbridge
J. Derrick
Derrick
Ex Senator Baecock in Critical Condition After Exposure
Billings Montana June 8 Ex Senator B L Baecock a wealthy Republican loses condition at his home after swallowing formaldehyde believing it was water. Fatal collision Topeka June 5 Nine killed six injured in Stillwell head end crash between Santa Fe trains on flooded Missouri Pacific tracks only one trainman hurt.
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Billings
Mont
B. L. Baecock
Topeka
Kan
Stillwell
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Market reports show mixed cattle and hog prices across cities
Grain and stock prices for June 6 report cattle, sheep and hog values in Cleveland, Chicago and other markets. Notable ranges include Cleveland fat steers 4.85 to 5.00 per hundredweight and pigs around 5.00 to 6.50, with Chicago and East Buffalo offering varying steers, heifers, lambs and hogs. Prices for wheat corn and oats listed for No 2 red, No 2 corn and No 2 oats.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Ohio
Delaine
Test. Com
ABC. Cate
Destructive Storms Ravage Central Ohio Farmlands
Destructive rain and windstorms sweep central and southern Ohio with cloudburst scale. Delaware Champaign and Madison counties report thousands in property and crop damage and washouts on several railways. Fairfield Ross and Ohio river counties also report destruction.
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Columbus
Ohio
Delaware
Champaign
Madison
Fairfield
Ross
Ohio River
Demented Wife Slays Woman in Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio on June 4 Mrs John Kirk aged 75 killed Mrs John Buck aged 70 by cutting her throat with a butcher knife and shears. The slayer, who is demented, was found dragging the victim’s body about the room by the hair.
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Steubenville
John Kirk
John Buck
Millers Favor Reciprocity Policy Adoption
Detroit June 5 The Millers National Federation adopted resolutions urging the national government to adopt a broad liberal and comprehensive policy of genuine reciprocity.
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Millers
Detroit
Millers’ National Federation
Venezuelan Rebel Leaders Defeated Near Pedregal
Government troops under General Gomez defeated the camp of Generals Matos Riera and Lara after two days of combat near Pedregal, about 20 miles from Coro. The capture of General Matos was expected shortly.
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Matos
Coro
Venezuela
Gomez
Riera
Lara
Pedregal
Hanged Davis for 1902 murder of police chief
Wilford Davis, a young white man, was executed by hanging at Moundsville for the April 19 1902 murder of Page Mart Stiller the chief of police of Talkins while he was attempting to arrest Davis. Davis remained composed and smiled as the black cap was adjusted and died in fourteen minutes.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Wilford Davis
State Penitentiary
Page Mart Stiller
Davis
The Color of The Rose Legends
Read about the rose colors and their meanings in legends. Red symbolizes love, white silence, and yellow jealousy, with tales of tears, Cupid’s wine, and martyrs' flowers linking red and white roses. The Turkish legend ties red roses to Mohammed's blood.
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Cupid
Bethlehem
Mohammed
N. Hudson Moore
Republican lies published again by local paper
Harrison county readers see the Republican National bureau campaign lies republished for the second time this year. No mob violence reported in Harrison county. Boone township public school commencement moved to June 25 at Laconia with graduates Katie Crosier Bessie Agnew Orval Babcock Elza Brown Sidney Ashton EE S. Cooper, Trustee.
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Harrison County
Republican
Republican National Literary Bureau
Clark County
Boone Township
Laconia
Katie Crosier
Bessie Agnew
Orval Babcock
Elza Brown
Sidney Ashton
S. Coopper
Shertef’s Sale: Court Auction of Harrison County Land
By writ of decree and order of sale from Harrison Circuit Court The Savings and Loan Association of Corydon Indiana as plaintiff offers for public auction the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 9 township 2 south range 3 east containing forty acres in Harrison County Indiana. The sale will occur between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Corydon courthouse door. The defendants listed include Albert N Miller Susana Miller Eldridge TM Karr and Peer Out.
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Harrison Circuit Court
Savings and Loan Association of
Corydon
Albert N. Miller
Susana Miller
Eldridge
Karr
Peer Out
Indiana
Harrison County
Sale of Rents and Profits of Real Estate for Writ
Terms state offering rents and profits of real estate for up to seven years and if not sold for enough to cover the writ, then offering the fee simple or all rights of the defendants in the property. Names PHILP EB Lorica and location 110-38 H.C. appear as involved parties in a legal notice context.
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Philp EB
Lorica
H.C
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Lion
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Iowa
Statesman
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