Massive Jellico Explosion Kills and Injures Dozens
A dynamite blast in Jellico near the Louisville and Nashville yards wrecked warehouses and destroyed much of the business district. At least nine dead, about 50 injured, and 500 left homeless amid widespread property damage totaling around 1 million dollars. Names of many victims listed. physicians summoned from Williamsburg and Knoxville.
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Center Business District
Jellico
Knoxville, Tenn
Jeli ‘Tenn
Louisville
Nashville Railroad
Thomas ‘Atkins
Tennessee
Nashville
Carmathew
Willamsburg
Knoxville
Tenn
Kentucky
George Atkins
Tennessee Telephone Company
John Cook
Southern Railway
Walter Rodgers
United Cold Storage Warehouse
John Gordon
E. V. Campbell
the Land N
Finley Gibson
Judge Fore
Carinathan I
William Baird
James Carson
Corbin
T. D. Abbott
Tsaac
Mark Atkins
Jay Baird
Charles ‘C. Baird
National Bank of Jellico
RD. Baird
Massachusetts Independence League Chooses Moran Backing
The state convention in Boston drew 400 to 500 delegates from across Massachusetts. Nearly all delegates pledged to nominate Boston District Attorney John B. Moran for governor.
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Ates
Conation of Independence League
Boston
Mass
Trat
The
Independce League of
New Ecclesiastic Province Proposed for Texas
Rome reports study of a plan to form a new ecclesiastical province from the Brownsville diocese with the Diocese of New Provience of Tex, to be headquartered at Galveston. Nicholas A. Gallagher of Gal Weston would become Archbishop of the new diocese.
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Rome
Italy
Propaganda
Brownsville
Texas
New Provience
Tex
Battleships arrive in Havana amid mixed signals
Reports from Havana and Victoria describe naval movements and political debates. The Trades Congress in Canada votes to form an independent labor party, while a drumhead court martial in Mirrow store executes four young robbers with one sentenced to hard labor for life.
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Independent Labor Party
Victoria
Trades Congress
Canada
Moscow
Russia
Mirrow
Gans
SCHNAPPS Chewing Tobacco Ad Promotes Piedmont Grown Flavor
An advertisement extols SCHNAPPS chewing tobacco as made from top Piedmont-grown leaf and claims Reynolds brands led a 6.25 million pound growth in a fiscal year. It contrasts SCHNAPPS with imitators, touts value for all classes, and notes price: 50c per pound in Se Cuts, 10c and 15c plugs.
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Piedmont
Schnapps
Reynold
United States
New Football Schedule and Advisory Committee Notes
The Davidson to Chap Ott et al game slate includes Philadelphia October 12 for Penn, with Richmond College at Chap Ott et al and Norfolk matches. An advisory committee meeting discussed training tables, assistant managers for the ball team, and naming officers including J Roberson, Tom Thompson, O R Robinson, and J A Parker among others. The Tar Heel reports on campus activities and a cotton rally in Scotland Neck where over one hundred farmers attended and local businesses closed for the event led by Moore of Scotland Neck.
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Cape Mine
John
Robinson
Davidson
Charlot
Univerity of
Pennsylvania
Philadephia
Richmond Colles
T Chapottet
Sc—Samasett
Norfot
George
Norfakov
Hha. M
Llege
Sory Committee
Sls
Ate ‘Tic Association
Comitee
Hretofore
Ofteras Beacoheads
Mesias W.C
Oas Grayde
Winton Sten
Fom the
Tunity
Fo 2. Venable
Nanatm
C. 1
Mert
Eli Graham
Poy Rob Jerson
Romy Bory
J. 3 Robinson
J .Thompson
O'R Robinson
Ican
Stanley Wisborse Aptain
FA. McNelly
Tack Tensohn
A. Parker
Pitman
B.C. Herre
Athlete Association
Warner
Scleate
Weston
V. Stevenson
Osefer
Statesvile
Sinan
Nsold
Scotland Neck
Seyn
Halifex
Broore
CC. Moore
Martine
Uncle Sam Loans His Soldiers to John Robinson Show
A late 19th century style notice reports Fort Riley cavalry reinforcements joining John Robinson’s show on Sept. 2, describing the soldiers’ horsemanship feats, military gear, and a blend of exhibitions with the circus. Also included are multiple brief medical and consumer ad notices and ship arrivals at Havana and nearby ports.
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Sam
John Robinson
U. S. Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kansas
U. S. Army
Portynity
Obituary Notices From Statesville Area Highlight Three Deaths
Mrs Lottie Fleming Garrison dies at 25 in Statesville after typhoid fever. she leaves husband Neal Garrison and four brothers and three sisters. John Fry, 65, dies at his West Statesville home after illness. his son Mack Fry among relatives. Jno W White, 67, prominent Statesville citizen and Confederate veteran, dies at Broad Street home. funeral at Associate Reformed Church. Also short notes on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and a Virginia railroad official James Hill death.
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Lottie F. Garrison
John Fry
J. W. White
Statesville
Lottie Fleming Garrison
Neal Garrison
West Wennie
Oakwood
Cemeter Tmf
West Statesville
Fry
Mack Fry
Jane
Jno. W. White
Broad ‘Street
Mr. White
J. A. Bowles
Hickory
Bessie Bruen
New York
Lila
Bat White
Associate Reformed Church
J. H. Presaly
White
Buncombe County Sues City Over Fines Dispute
Buncombe County seeks 36500 in a second suit against Asheville, alleging the city wrongfully withheld funds due the county board of education from fines. The board previously won 1600, with further claims of 20000 and 16500 unsettled as the city claims no money, no sale of water works possible, and law delays continue. Curiosity grows over the city’s latest move in the protracted dispute.
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Asheville
Sr Tucker & Murphy
Buncombe County
County Board
Superior Court of
Buncombe
Swannano
T. A. Jones
County Board of Education
North Carolina Supreme Court
Two Men Convicted in Erie County Bribe Case
Two Erie county supervisors, Ron Gibson and William J. Jackson, were convicted of accepting a bribe tied to removing bodies from the North Steel cemetery contract and sentenced to five years in Auburn prison. A separate note mentions Russell Sage's will and a possible further settlement to relatives if no contest ensues.
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Ron D. Gibson
William J. Jackson
Erie County
Erie
Id North Steel
Auburn
Russell Sage
New York
Brackett
Sage
Greensburg fugitive shoots self after fairground murder
Ian Suicides after fatally shooting John Wilhelm, a year old boy, at the fairgrounds. The fugitive, identified as David Uttlemeyer, fled Monday then returned to Youngwood where he killed himself with the same weapon used on Wilhelm.
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Ian
Greensburg
David Uttlemeyer
John Wilhelm
Fair Grounds
Youngwood
Wilhelm
Jewish New Year Passes Quietly in Warsaw
In Warsaw on September 21 the Jewish New Year proceeded without incident despite forecasts of attack. The city remained calm with no disruption reported, and residents observed the holiday without trouble.
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Warsaw
Castorra Baar the Id Yo Ar Ny Bag
The fragment references Castorra and Baar with an id number and a bag. Details are unclear but the notice notes a possible property or item involved and a listing style typical of a small community notice page. No clear event, date, or organizational context is provided.
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Castorra
Charters Granted for Flow Redfearn Mercantile and Liberty Mutual Health
The Secretary of State chartered Flow Redfearn Mercantile Company in Monroe with 10000 capital led by D W Frtow and associates. The insurance commissioner issued a charter for Liberty Mutual Health and Life Insurance Company of New Bern. Also noted is the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows meeting in St Paul and a drill competition result in Rochester with prizes for chevaliers and officers.
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Raleigh
N. C
Secretary of State
Flow-Redfearn Mercantile Company
Monroe
D.W. Frtow
Commissioner of Insurance
Liberty Mutual Health “and Life Insurance Company
Newbern
Toronto
Canada
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
St. Paul
St. Thomas
Cannon
Rochester
Cheveliers
Horrible Fate of Crew from Schooner Nelson E Newberry
Two seamen adrift from Port Royal for New York endured thirst and famine from Monday morning to Thursday evening. They survived by three small fish and a wreck fragment, while four crewmen were washed overboard and drowned. The report includes a health ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
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Norfolk
Nelson E. Newberry
Port Royal
New York
Twenty Annual Georgia W C T U Convention Opens in La Grange
Delegates gather from all parts of Georgia for the twenty annual Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention in La Grange. The event runs three days with sessions at First Methodist Church and private homes offering lodging to visitors amid festive decorations. The report notes the challenge of temperance work for many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia W. Co. T. Us
la Grange
Georgia Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union
First Methodist
Lamps and repairs notice from Martin's Drug Store
The notice from the company office at zai instructs lamp care and return of lamps. It directs customers to keep lamps clean, rub them with soft material, and return the latter to the office when used in place eight. It also states that repairs may be made in due time and new wiring for stores and residences will be done at the cost of material and labor.
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Tyner
Onessa
Russia
Express
Martin & N
Hickory
Esata
Mshuford
B.D
Michael Strauss
Ewes
Slc
Msnernon
Conn
Strauss
Jes 'N
Michel A
Giamperiain
Nave
Flannery
Catontow Pine
Shuford
B. Mensler
Zai. Martin's Drug Store
Labce
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Havana
Cuba
Louisiana
Virginia
Cleveland
Tacoma
Castoria
University News
Moore
Scotland
Frey
Chamberlai
Nature
Chamberlain’s
J. Shuford Drug Co
Richmond
James ©. Hill
Confederae
Scottsville
Chamberlain
Ashville
Auburn Prison
Clister
E. B. Menziers
Holiister
EL B. Mensiers
FO Fletcher
Castor
Odd Fellows
Ruth
Vitor
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Ann
All Star
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