Wall of Distress From Storm Ridden Territory
Mobile Bay area suffers widespread devastation as rains flood Dauphin Island and surrounding towns. Over 500 homeless on Dauphin Island with scarce shelter. Creoles on Mon Louis Island destitute, clothing needed, many forced to wear coffee sacks. Looting reported, arrests made as militia reinforced. Weather worsens, 14 dead and many missing near New Orleans.
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Mobile Bay
Denphis Island
Mobile
Ala
Dauphin Island
Nile
Bay
Cohen
Mon Louis
Bayou
la Batre
Relief Committee
C Ity
Lyons
New Orleans
Mississippi Sound
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Woman fatally scalded at Cincinnati catsup plant
Betty Hontean, a young worker at the 7 A Snider Catsup Company plant in Cincinnati, was fatally scalded when an overhead pipe burst pouring boiling catsup over her. She was knocked to the floor and drenched, then taken to City Hospital where doctors said she could only live a few hours.
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Cincinnati
Cinnati
William Keough
Fifth Street
Central Avenue
Central Police
Keough
Ohio
Betty Hontean
7. A. Snider Catsup Company
Yous
Rock Hill Schools Grow Larger Each Year in Rock Hill
Rock Hill schools are expanding with more students and new buildings as the city grows. The article notes increasing enrollment, a larger student body, and mentions local activities and visitors, including Misses from Charleston visiting Capt. W. L. Roddey, and various social events. Authorities discuss school improvements and city enterprise amid growth.
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Rock Hill
8. C
D. A. Res
Pope Receives 50 Sailors From American Warships
In Tome Italy on September 28 the Pope welcomed 50 sailors from American warships now docked at Naples. He clasped each man’s hand for a kiss, delivered a brief address urging loyalty to religion and country, and bestowed the apostolic benediction before presenting a souvenir medal. The Pontiff was heartily cheered by the crowd.
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Tome
Italy
Naples
Press crew sails to target grounds for training drill
Oyster Bay dispatch reports the Mayflower left at 11 a.m. for Provincetown to reach target grounds the next morning. The crew will spend six hours aboard the battleship Missouri watching North Atlantic fleet target practice and exercises as part of a historical underway.
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Associated Press
Oyster Bay
Provincetown
Missouri
Zion Church Split Reported Between Parham and Voliva
Chicago scene shows Charles Parham, founder of Apostolic Faith with thousands of followers in Kansas and California, challenging Zion City leadership led by General Overseer John G. Alexander Voliva. At John Clarr home 200 Dowie supporters pledge allegiance to Parham amid tension over church control. In separate note, the Mayflower carries President aboard to join North Atlantic Squadron for morning target practice.
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Chicago
Zion City
Chas.e Parham
Apostolic Faith
Kansas
California
Zion
Voliva
John Clarr
Dowie 1
Parham
A. F. Lee
Fort McRae wiped out in Pensacola disaster
Describes a severe Pensacola storm impact with Fort McRae naval station damaged and many vessels sunk. Reports many lives lost as wrecked ships line the beach and extensive wreckage across the harbor area. Includes promotional material for Devoe paint and medicinal remedies amid the chaotic notice page.
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Pensacola
Fin
Fort McRae
Everal Naval
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure All Stages
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known permanent treatment for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal efficacy by affecting blood and mucus surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any un cured case while urging readers to send testimonials to Fr. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. The copy also promotes Matt's Family Pills for constipation.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggleta
The
Matt
Nothing to Fear Mathners Endorse Chamberlains Cough Remedy
A buyer urges parents to continue giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy to children, praising its safety for little ones and noting its value for coughs colds and croup. The Shuford Drug Co advertises the product.
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Fea Mathners
Chamberlain
Shuford Drag Co
Destructive Gulf Storm Ravages Mississippi and Mobile Area
Sept. 21 reports detail extensive damage across interior towns as telegraph service returns. Gulf coast wreckage mounts with steamers reported, while Mobile begins partial recovery. In Mississippi, cotton losses reach 20 to 25 percent. Horn Island Lighthouse keeper and family drowned. several railroad and municipal damages noted. Local Negro cabins blown down and widespread property loss feared.
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Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Washington
Navy Department
Pensacola Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Fort Morgan
Mobibor
Cotten
Ala
Ohio
Whitaker
Hattiesburg
Miss
Brookhaven
Mississippi Central Railroad
Unusual operation removes wood chip from cheek
Asheville report details a 15 year old cheek injury at Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital. Porter A Webb fell as a child and a wound left a scar that later opened after an accident. A small wooden chip was found lodged against the cheek and removed, described as fresh as new pine. Also a brief note on Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets curing sick headaches and sold by Shuford Drug Co.
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Asheville
Clarance Barker’ Memorial Hospital
Biltmore
Porter A. Webb
Bagsne
South Mmn Railway
Weaverville
Mr. Webb
Chamberlain
Shuford Drug. Co
Missouri Bar Association opens annual meeting in St Louis
Lawyers and jurists from across Missouri gather in Missouri City for the Missouri Bar Association annual session lasting two days. President R F Walker of St Louis delivers the opening address while Eugene Ware of Topeka gives the annual keynote, and Judge Wiley of the U S court in China plans to speak on justice administration in the Philippines.
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China
Philippines
Faust Dies in Wiesbaden at 70, Noted Restaurant Figure
St Louis dispatch reports Tony Faust, a well known American restaurateur, died in Wiesbaden at age 70. The obituary notes his prominence in the dining business and his long career shaping restaurant circles.
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St. Louis
Tony Faust
United States
Wiesbaden
Grover Personal News and Local Tidbits
Grover residents share visitors and travel notes as Mrs J C Keeter visits family in town. Blacksburg visitors A J Goforth shop in Grover. Miss Bihel Keeter returns to spend weekend with parents Mr and Mrs Hardin. Mr G P Turner returns from Richmond on business. A skating rink opens in a vacant cotton warehouse owned by Mr DB Turner. Local medical ads tout Cham berlain s Salve for eczema and skin conditions. English bachelor emigration discussed amid social commentary. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea marketed for indigestion and liver issues. Meeting notes: Military Surgeons of the United States hold their fifth Washington Buffalo convention.
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Grover
King Feladives
G. P. Turner
Richmond
Turner
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