Flood Devastation Rains, Rivers Rise Across South
Aug 29 Augusta reports receding floods as Riverside mills suffer $100,000 loss and Reid cotton warehouse endangered. Twenty two bodies recovered, crews count more in the river corridor. Cape Fear floods in Fayetteville leave 3000 homeless, food scarce, vegetables priced high. many drownings in lower valley farms.
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Augusta
Gao
Reid
Triansuar
Swan
Chronicle
Board of Health
Fayetteville
N.C
Cape Fear
Flood Devastation Across Carolinas Georgia Causes Wide Loss
Atlanta reports about 100 dead with estimated losses from 2 to 5 million dollars as floods wash away bridges submerge cities ruin crops and halt rail traffic. Augusta relief shipments and city aid underway while Columbia notes broad flood damage and farm losses expected to rise to millions.
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Atlanta
Carolinas
Georgia
Augusta
Harry ‘Carr
Nixon Grocery Company
Horace Wingard
M. B. Willams & Co
Tames Harris
C. A. R. Starvey
Nelson Thomas
Lee Watcher
B. Davis
Jessie Hawkins
Tar
Columbia
S& C
South Carolina
Wuillions
Flood Devastates Folsom New Mexico Death Toll Tally Grows
A Ciummaron river flood after a rain torrent battered Folsom New Mexico and washed away many homes. News reports fifteen dead with eleven identified so far and extensive railroad damage along the Colorado and Southern line. Names include K B Wenger Mrs R B Wenger and several Wheeler relatives.
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Trinidad
Colo
Ciummaron
Folsom
N. M
Colorado and Southern Railway
K. B. Wenger
R. B. Wenger
Five Killed and One Sentenced to Die in Coal Mine Collision
Five men died and another was mortally injured in a coal mine wreck at Warrior Run colliery near Wilkes-Barre. A runaway mine car on a slope struck a train of twenty workers, causing a deadly pileup as cars rolled 1,000 feet down the track. Names of the deceased include James Gallagher Frank Ostroski Simon Buscavage John Torkurchack Julius Mertz and William Nawadny later fatally injured.
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Wilkie-Barre
Warrior Run
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
James Gallagher
Frank Ostroski
Simon Buscavage
John Torkurchack
Julius Mertz
Willam Nawadny
Strike of Lamplighters Shuts New York Streets
The lamplighters union has generalized a strike started in the Bronx. Business Agent Vannicula says the fight aims to win formal recognition, noting the need for experienced workers to manage lights. Superintendent Wendergast counters that the company can replace strikers with two workers each. Police monitor for lamp extinguishing as Harlem patrols resume with new lamplighters.
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New York
Bronx
Lamplighters
Vannicula
Unon
Wendergast
Harlem
Market prices and note on 35 cents reparation dispute
Reports show live stock quotes across cattle hogs and sheep with varied ranges for good to choice calves lambs and wether prices. A final item notes the US seeking 35 cents reparation in a transportation rate dispute involving NY C St L and DL&W railroads.
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Best
Funeral of Colonel W I Vilas in Madison on Aug 29
Simple burial services for Colonel William I Vilas will be held at his home at 4 p m this afternoon. The funeral is semi public and not in state. Rev A A Ewing will lead the service with a reading of Tennyson's Crossing the Bar by Rev I A Gilmore. Governor Davidson orders half mast at the state capitol in mourning.
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Wis
William 1. Vilas
A. A. Ewing
St. Stephens Church
Milwaukee
Grace Church
Tennyson
I. A. Gilmore
Davidson
Vilas
War department seeks sixteen veterinary surgeons for duty in the Philippines
Manila reports a requisition for sixteen veterinary surgeons for service in the Philippines. The Dutch battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk has reached Willemstad Curaçao. The British steamer Duncarn sank in a typhoon near Kiubiu Japan with fifty-one of fifty-three crew lost. Eugene Semple former governor of Washington territory died in San Diego of pneumonia at sixty eight. Adolfo Rossi named consul general of Italy at Denver. Canal commission favors United States clerical workers on the Isthmus of Panama. Baron Speck von Sternburg's body laid to rest in Castle Luetzowene Germany. Heraclio Mendosa mayor of Cayey Puerto Rico arrested on arson charges.
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Philippines
Jacob van Heemskerk
Willemstad
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Kiubiu
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Eugene Semple
Washington Territory
San Diego
Cal
Sample
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Illinois
Adolfo Rossi
Italy
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Canal Commission
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Germany
Heraclio Mendosa
Cayey
Porto Rico
Punishment for Murder Trial Ends in Assault Verdict
Dr W A Harry of Sulphur Oklahoma found guilty only of assault and battery with a $100 fine after a trial over the Daniel Durgin murder attempt. Durgin, intoxicated, entered Harrys office Christmas Eve and was almost decapitated in the operating chair. The defendant is the son of a Pa judge and a mental-illness defense was raised.
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W. A. Harry
Daniel Durgin
Pdurgin
Harry
Durgin
Ivydale
Mail bags found near CPR tracks with over 10000 in checks
In Montreal on August 29 two outgoing mail bags were found by the Canadian Pacific tracks. The bags were opened and rifled with about forty or fifty bank checks totaling over ten thousand dollars discovered among the contents.
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Montreal
Que
Canadian Pacific
Dutch government opens parlors on Venezuela dispute
The Standard's Rome correspondent reports the Dutch government has opened poor parlors to determine what diplomatic or other assistance Italy will render in the dispute with Venezuela.
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London
the Standard
Rome
Italy
Venezuela
Driven From Home Daughter Report Sparks Gossip
A local exchange recalls a rumor about the daughter of a wealthy neighbor being driven from home just after she entered a carriage. The tale highlights social gossip and community curiosity in a quiet street.
No Wonder. Dack-Yes on John and his heart
The fragment notes John’s flaws yet asserts his heart was right. It cites a water supply cost study: twenty two cities report the average to furnish 1,000,000 gallons at $92, covering operating expenses and bond interest.
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Dack
John
Five rowers disappear after Bay outing
In San Francisco on August 29 five members of a rowing club failed to return from a bay outing in a racing shell. The missing are Bert Ive, Owen Henly, Frank Maguirré, Parker Ashford and Robert Haslett.
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San Francisco
Bayna Racing Shell
Bert Ive
Owen Henly
Frank Maguirré
Parker Ashford
Robert Haslett
Son Kills Father in Marion County Kentucky
Lexington Aug 29 reports a 20 year old John Bruce shot and killed his father Lewis Bruce at Mi nerva Marion county. The elder Bruce allegedly attacked his wife prompting the son to intervene and fatally shoot him.
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Lexington
Minerva
Marion County
John Bruce
Lewis Bruce
Bruce
Markets Quotation Roundup at Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago August 28 quotes show wheat futures for September to May trading around 95 4 and 0.55 to 0.98 while corn beans oats trade mixed. Cash winter wheat grades listed with No 2 red around 95 61 to 63 40 and No 2 hard near 94 07e. live stock receipts and prices cited for hogs and cattle with ranges for prime steers and packing hogs.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Blessing Defines Family Blessings In Simple Child’s View
A six year old daughter of a village physician explains a blessing in a parable-like answer. She imagines a healing patient paying her father, the money supporting her mother, a new dress, and a ride on the merry-go-round as the ultimate blessing. The tale echoes a lesson on gratitude and blessing through a child’s perspective.
Witty Irish street jab ends with a pipe joke
A street gang member known as a witty Celt sits on a curb before noon and lights his pipe after tossing a shovel into the gutter. The city superintendent rounds the corner and asks why he is throwing down his shovel. Pat replies he is cooling it.
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Pat
Wasted Opportunities
A Philadelphia Press critique recalls a lecture where a beginner is asked about his speech and a candid critic notes missed opportunities to quit, highlighting wasted chances and skewed talk in a sharp exchange.
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Philadelphia Press
Declined In Rebuttal Recounts Editor Encounter
A brief, humorous exchange notes an author declining a supervisor with thanks after discussing a manuscript. The dialogue hints at revenge and manuscript rejection.
Double Crime in Belleville as Woman is Killed
A. G. Summers shot and killed Eva Neinninger after a quarrel then killed himself. Summers, once a brewery wagon driver, died at the city hospital. The couple had separated from their spouses six months earlier amid fits of melancholia and unemployment.
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Belleville TL
A. G. Summers
Eva Neinninger
Frank Neinninger
Boy Dies Escaping From Boys Home In Illinois Yard
In Elgin Illinois on August 29 Norman Nelson aged fifteen was crushed under a boxcar at the Glenega yards of the Chicago and Northwestern while three boys from St Charles Home for Boys attempted escape. Nelson died later. companions William Golding and Carl Regenscheim stayed with him until a doctor was found. Other youths were taken into custody by school officials.
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St. Charlies
Norman Nelson
Cglenega
Chicago and Northwestern
Nelson
William Golding
Carl Regenscheim
Chicago
Golding
Regenschiim
Springfield Officials Seek State Liability Over Riot Damages
Springfield officials claim the state bears responsibility for riot damages. They argue troops acted under orders, were restrained from charging with bayonets, and depredations occurred after the state militia took control, challenging city liability.
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Springfield
Tfneis
Yieting
Smuvnitiaon
O Municipalifty
Woman Withdraws Savings Then Burns Money in Stove
In August 24 report Mrs Josephine Gordon an anonymous woman decided banks were unsafe during an election year. She withdrew 225 dollars and placed the funds in an old stove where she later burned some paper and the money, her savings for years, was destroyed.
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Cara
Josephine Gordon
Prohibition state central committee officers named
Springfield Aug 29 The Prohibition state central committee elected officers with Alonzo Wilson of Chicago as chairman Robert Patton of Springfield as vice chairman L Grumbert of Macomb as secretary and John Whitson of Lai Ciaange as treasurer
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Springfield
Prohibition State Central Committee
Alonzo Wilson
Chicago
Robert Patton
L. . Grumbert
Macomb
John Whitson
Lai Ciaange
Obituary of John A Bowlin prominent Democrat in Perry County
Duquoin Illinois obituary notes John A Bowlin aged eighty eight died in town. He was a leading Democrat and one of the 101 who helped elect John M Palmer to the U S Senate. He was Perry County's oldest resident. A stray dialogue fragment about a sister and her visitor ends the piece.
Orino Laxative Syrup Guarantee Promise
Advertises Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a guaranteed cure for constipation headaches stomach trouble and indigestion. Claims refunds if the product fails and lists H J Moogk and William F Jung as manufacturers or sellers.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Junguaz
Dream Balm Promises Quick Relief From Nasal Catarrh
Ely's Dream Balm claims to cure sneezing snuffling coughing and nasal discharge caused by climate factors. The advertisement asserts the remedy contains no cocaine or mercury and offers easy purchase through druggists or by mail from Ely Bros in New York.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Warren, Street
New York
Daily Journals delivery ad announces 10c weekly rate
The notice promotes citywide delivery of The Daily Journals for 10 cents per week, emphasizing convenient service to all parts of the city.
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