28 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Fayetteville Daily
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
1
Fragmented OCR note lists train numbers and times for the Texas Mail and Texas Limited service, with mentions of Oklahoma, oil, Angora, and a 166 acre item amid garbled place names and lines.
David G. Williams, 63, of Camria Wisconsin, died of blood poisoning two weeks after a rat bite. He was a member of the last legislature and a Civil War veteran.
An explosion at the Independent Powder company works four miles southwest of Carthage on Center Creek wrecked the mixing room. Three people were killed and three injured, with one of the injured dying later. Authorities investigated the blast and its cause.
Reliable reports from Lanch Lake reservation warn of an imminent outbreak by pillagers and Bear Island Indians. Farmers relocate families toward Walker as war dances rage and tribal leader recently freed from jail urges youths to challenge whites, with backing from younger chiefs.
Dardanelle August 26 officials announce the Central of Arkansas Railroad contract has been let to Central Construction for building and equipping the line from Dardanelle fifty miles south to Hot Springs. Citizens rejoice at the certainty and expected regional benefits.
Judge Gray returning from Birmingham where he chaired the arbitration board that settled the coal strike says he has read stories naming him as a presidential candidate but he dismisses them as not possible and not worth discussion. He adds he is pleased friends hold him in high regard.
Geo Ward, a returning Philippine War veteran, elopes with his former sweetheart who had since married Jasper Jones. They flee by hack to Riverside and reportedly head north with her trunk. Jones seeks arrest via law and telegraph, but authorities have not yet captured them.
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