Rawhide Fire Devastates Town as 3000 Lose Homes
A disastrous blaze in Rawhide destroyed much of the business district and left over 3,000 homeless with extensive property loss. The fire, fed by a gale, swept from Dr Gardner’s office through Rawhide Drug Co buildings toward Balloon and Rawhide avenues, aided by dynamite blasts that halted flames yet caused wide damage. Volunteer crews and 500 miners fought bravely amid collapsed structures, while relief efforts raised over $5,000 and a Reno relief train carried food and bedding. The event recalled earlier fires in Goldfield and Cripple Creek.
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Rawhide New
Dr. Gardner
Rawhide Drug Company
Balloon Avenue
Rawhide Avenue
People's Hospital
Rawhide
Collins’ Hardware Store
Goldfield
Cripple Creek
Reno
San Francisco Mining Exchange
Bank of Rawhide
Press-Times
Mizpah Mercantile Company
Trade Boom in July Signals Broad Industrial Rise
July trade shows stronger activity across many industries in the United States. Livestock movement rises at seven major markets, grain receipts and building operations improve, and coal, lumber, and pig iron outputs advance though still below July 1907 peaks. Coal traffic on eastern roads totals 9,961,996 tons, well above prior months but short of the July 1907 level.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York
Fatal Freight Wreck Shatters Scottish Siding Tragedy
A Southern Railway extra freight engine derailed on a Scotland siding, sending the engine down an embankment. Fireman Tom Turner died from burns, Conductor Macon Rhodes and Teleer Benett were seriously hurt, and another crewman was uninjured. Rescue crews rushed responders to AGU Hospital and nearby homes.
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Frane
Tom Turner
Teleer GL Benett
Macon
Rhodes
Southern Railway
Scotland
Agu ‘ Hospital
Politically charged campaign notes from national parties
A wide array of 1908 campaign items across the nation. Prohibition nominee Aaron Watkins declares the saloon doomed in Ada Ohio. Bryan sends a Catholic vote appeal from Tex as. Debs tours Kansas City while Taft and Hitchcock reshape speaker salaries. Labor unions pledge Democratic support in New York. Bryan visits St Paul and Minnesota’s Johnson looms as rival. Legislative and party shifts swirl through New York and Vermont.
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Brown
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Ohio
Aaron 8. Watkins
National Prohibition Party
Watkins
United States
Galesburg
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan Democrats
Balt A
Bolt of
the Sun
Bryan
Baltimore
Maryland
New York
Jacob 8. Coxey
Washington
Thomas
Watson
Jay W. Forrest
National Committee of the People's Party
St. Louis
Forrest
BK. W. Chafin
Prohibition
Spokane
Wash
District of Columbia
New York State
Hughes
Eugene V. Debs
Kansas City
Des Moines
Debs
Omaha
Neb
Birmingham
Ala
Judge Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Frank H. Hitchcock
St. Paul
Minn
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Denver
Central Federated Union
Central Organization of the Labor Unions of
New York City
American Federation of Labor
Presbyterian Church
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Republican State Organization
Plans Adopted by Farmers' Union to Boost Cotton Prices in South
Fort Worth dispatch reports the Farmers' Union convention fixed an adjustable price framework for 1908-09, with a focus on withholding cotton strategically and tightening control through spinners. President Barrett says plans will insure prosperity for southern cotton growers for twelve months, while delegates debated 12 to 14 cents per pound before adopting a temporary price until next review. Officers re-elected include Charles S. Barrett as president and J. B. Montgomery as vice president, with R. H. McCulloch as secretary-treasurer and directors W. A. Morris, T. M. Jeffords, and I. N. McCollister.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Barrett
Farmers’ Union
South
National Handling Committee
Charles S. Barrett
Georgia
J. B
Montgomery
Tennessee
R. H. McCulloch
Arkansas
W. A. Morris
Alabama
T. M. Jeffords
Oklahoma
I. N. McCollister
Louisiana
Federal employees warned on political campaigns policy
Washington note from the civil service commission defines its stance on resigning to pursue political campaigns and possible reentry into federal service. President John R. Black signs the letter stating that no reinstatement certificate will be issued if a party resigned to run for office or engage in political activity prohibited while in service.
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Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
John R. Black
Aged Woman and Daughter-in-Law Die in Lookout Mountain Fire
Gadsden Alabama reports the cremation of Elizabeth Mece Neal, 75, and her invalid daughter-in-law Mrs Joe McNeal, age 65, burned to death in a home fire on Lookout Mountain eight miles north of the city.
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Gadsden
Ala
Elizabeth Mece- Neal
Joe McNeal
Lookout Mountain
Government Cotton Crop Report Shows August Condition
Washington D C The department of agriculture crop report states the average condition of the cotton crop on August 25 was 76.1 percent of normal. This compares with 83 on July 25 72.2 on August 25 1907 77.38 on August 25 1906 and 73.9 the ten year average for August 25. Gravest fears are entertained for the safety of the British steamer Acon which cleared from San Francisco for Sydney and has not arrived. The steamer Lord Sefton has arrived at Auckland and reports no sign of the Acon.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
San Francisco
Cal
Acon
Sydney
Lord Sefton
Auckland
Extra Session of Legislature Proceeds on Convict Bills
The House adopted the Holder convict lease bill and sent it to the Senate. The Senate rewrote it with the skidoo provisions and returned it. the House refused to accept amendments. A parole and conditional pardon plan for Georgia convicts passed the House by unanimous vote. The near beer tax and related penalties moved forward, with differences between the House and Senate on tax amounts and allocation. The skidoo bill passed in the Senate, proposing broad reforms including an income tax and state prison control, while ending the lease system by March 31, 1909 and reallocating convict labor to county and state works under a new commission. The Savannah board of trade action on resin grades signals shifts in naval stores grading and pricing.
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Senate
Georgia
House
Persons
Monroe
Slater
Bryan
House of Representatives
Perry
Hall
Prison Commission
Board of Control
Commissioner of Agriculture
Savannah Board of Trade
Savannah
Augusta
Savannah Cotton Exchange
American Naval Stores Company
Spencer H. Shotter
Morning News
Albany
Atlanta
Fire destroys Beal Brothers bottling works at Monticello
State news briefs report Beal Brothers bottling works at Monticello destroyed by fire with unknown origin. Loss estimated at 4000 dollars, insurance 1000.
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Beal Brothers
Monticello
Polk County
Georgia
Cordele
Shortage Found in Havana Postal Bureau Chief Missing
A越 discovered shortfall of over 10000 dollars in Havana's bureau of supplies and vouchers at the general post office, led by chief Senor Rodriguez who is now unreachable. The note recalls Rodriguez's prior post with Charles FP. Neilly, jailed for past actions during the first American intervention.
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Bureau of
Havana
Senor Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Secret Service
Charles FP. Neilly
J. B. Poston
United Commercial Travelers of Texas
Davison
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Porrest
John G. Clifford
United Oxygen and Chemical Company
Niagara Walls
N. Y
Roger
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Lazy Lane
Connecticut
Lake
Manassas
St. Louis
Urbana
University of Illinois
Fremantle
Australia
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Andrew Carnegie
Maypole
Why don't they marry in modern romance
Pittsburg Post notes social friction in a modern romance as family objections arise and a husband struggles to obtain a divorce while his wife resists, illustrating barriers to marriage.
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Pittsburg Post
Mother and Child Nourished on Grape-Nuts Demonstrates Benefits
A Virginia mother reports improved health after using Grape-Nuts, enabling her to nurse her four month old baby and perform daily work. She credits the cereal for boosting strength and nourishment, with the doctor recommending the diet change. The testimonial is advertised by Postum Co. from Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Nevada
Henry Waterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Bishop Walters
W. J. Bryan
Democratic National Committee On College Clubs
F. H. Weston
South Carolina
H. H. Wallace
Athens
M. T. Orman
Union
Government Cotton Crop Report
Meigs
Hancock County
W. B. Spence
Columbus
Hartwell
Georgia and Alabamma Industrial Index
Girard
New England
North
Hahn
J. A. Bagwell
Lawrenceville
Marietta Courier
Bagwell
Gwinnett County Journal
Marietta
Tallap
J. H. Martion
Chattahoochee
S. Price Gilbert
William Redd
Muscogee County
Gilbert
Circuit Court
Martin
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