Baltimore Conflagration Levels City After Early Morning Blaze
A massive fire swept through Baltimore starting before 1 am and raged across about twenty blocks along Baltimore Street from Howard to Holliday and Fayette to Charles. Fire officials, aided by towers from several cities, fought the blaze as hundreds of water streams proved futile. dynamiting structures delayed the spread but failed to stop the disaster. The AP reports place the loss in hundreds of millions with no casualties announced.
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Baltimore
Associated Press
John E. Hurst & Co
Fire Department
Washington
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Horton
Charles Street
German
Lombard
J. W. Potts and Company
Nation
Charles and
Fayette Streets
Daily Record
Ross Drug Store
Devils Lake City Schools Honor High Test Toppers
A list of students from Devils Lake City Schools who scored over 90 percent on January 29 written exams across multiple grades and subjects. Names include Blanche Fox Ednad Morgan Violet Caesedy Rosa Roger Ruth Dodge Marion Mitchell Susie Bandy Nellie Baldwin Bart Mann Anna Bowman Anna Nelson Mary Daeley Harold Beauchamp Mamie Huesgen Charlotte Hodgson Alvin Walker Christof Brending Ruth Baughman Hazel Dingle Mildred Streeter Ray Holmes Norris Stoltz Wesley Lavioletta Edwin Johnson Harvard Baker Rosie Lauritzen Hazel Dieselh Lucy Sprague Margaret LaRoe Ita McDonel and others.
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Ednad Morgan
Violet Caesedy Rosa Roger Ruth Dodge
Marion Mitchell
Susie Bandy
Nellie Baldwin
Alvin Walker Christof Brending
Ruth Baughman
Hazel Dingle
Mildred Streeter Carlonnolly
Julia McDonell
Ray Holmes
Norris Stoltz
Wesley Lavioletta
Edwin Johnson
Harvard Baker
Rosie Lauritzen
Hazel Dieselh
Lucy Sprague
Margaret LaRoe
Ita McDonel
Minnesota and Dakota ship christenings stir crowds
A newspaper account recalls the christening of the Dakota and the Minnesota, noting J. J. Hill and other prominent men in the stand as champagne bottles break on the bow. April 16, 1908 marked the Dakota’s launch on the Thames, with public adulation for the Minnesota’s grand debut drawing 80,000 visitors to New London.
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New London
Dakota
J. J. Hill
Minnesota
Thames River
New England
Mecca
Who Knows John Lavoe Dead in the Philippines 1908
Information from Washington reports John Lavoe died in the Pili of Benguat in the Philippines on September 29 1908 The Inter Ocean seeks relatives or friends from this city who knew Lavoe a versatile worker who joined local chums two years ago and went to the front He may have lived here and worked for the city A large hotel lodging school or dwelling site is offered for sale by A M Powell Pioneer land man Devils Lake North Dakota with terms available
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Washington
John Lavoe
Benguat
Phillippines
Philippines
Inter-Ocean
St. Vincent Hospital
A. M. Powell
N. D
Russians Suffer Severe Blow Off Korea Coast
Special dispatch from London reports Japanese forces captured two thousand Russian troops and seized three transports. Tokyo confirms three Russian transports were taken by a Japanese fleet off the Korean coast as Russian ships offered little resistance and surrendered.
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London
New York
Tokio
Korea
Capture on transports deemed of considerable importance
The report notes that the capture aboard the transports is of considerable importance. Details remain sparse but the event centers on a significant action involving designated vessels and authorities. Further information is expected as officials assess implications and outcomes.
Northwestern Telephone line raises rates to two minute calls
The Northwestern Telephone Company announces 10 cent rates for two minute conversations on its lines to stations including Mayville McVille Devils Lake Hatton Petersburg Webster Northwood Michigan City Starkweather Cable Mapes Adler Aneta Lakota Swan Bartlett Logan Doyon Crary. Billing also imposes a 10 cent charge for message delivery when sending out for a party. Booths at Edwards Woods O's office and Bell's drug store Devils Lake serve as pickup points.
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Northwestern Telephone Company
Mayville
McVitle
Devils Lake
Hatton
Petersburg
Webster
Northwood
Michigan City
Starkweather
Cable
Mapes
Adler
Aneta
Lakota
Swan
Bartlett
Logan
Doyon
Crary
Edwards, Woods& O's
Bell's Drug Store
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J. J. Hid
Conn
Devils Lake City
Blanche Fox
Bart Mann
Anna Bowman
Anna Nelson
Mary Daeley
Harold Beauchamp
Mamie Huesgen
Charlotte Hodgson
Whitman Orie Davis Bertha Small
Ota Wanless
WAR Field
N. W. Tel
Lake St
Cor, Stevens Avenue
Minneapolis Minn
Archibald College
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