Blaze sweeps town in Mahaffey Creanfeld country
A large fire in Mahaffey Caeranfeld county caused $25 000 in losses and gutted a stable and several buildings. A horse perished after escaping a tied rope, the blaze spreading quickly through the town before crews halted it with water from a tannery and a nearby home. Homes were emptied as residents fled their possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winhaffey
Flamas
Mahaffey
Creanfeld County
Avery Stable
McCracken
Frank Flynn
W. B. M Mox
Backet
Italian migrant killed en route to Virginia home
Charles Krescar an Italian traveling with his wife and twelve children from Hsterhazy Ontario to Petersburg Virginia was found hanged near Bluefield West Virginia. Police suspect robbery and murder after he displayed money on the train and never returned from a lunch stop. His body was taken to Petersburg for burial beside his wife’s family.
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Hsterhazy
Can
Petersburg
Charles Krelgar
Return
Krakar
Cincinnati
Bluefeld
W. Va
Bluefield
Kreixr
Awa
Krescar
Roanoke
Ice
Kreiar
Four Bridgesmen Killed in Williamsport Collapse
A section of a concrete bridge support under construction over the Potomac river at Williamsport Maryland collapsed, killing four men and seriously injuring four others. Names and ages of the deceased and injured include Ross of Harrisburg area, James G Myers of Bendererville, Charles Gussler of Duncannon, and others from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Pottomac River
Ross
H. Bickel
Dauphin
James G. Myers
Banderévitla
Re ‘Stiff
Roanoke
Charles Gussler
Duncannon
Aga
Oharles Moore
Steel
Jerome Hollenbach
High: Co
John L. Mace
Pemnbrook
Frank L. Benning
Buffalo Mills
Pennsylvania
Brave hunt ends in fatal bite after rattler strike
A hunter in Florida near Kissimmee was killed after a rattler bit him during a hunting trip. He fought the serpent with a knife, severed the fang wound, and walked a dozen hours to reach companions who carried him home. He died despite efforts to save him. Nearby, a boy in Fairmont West Virginia had a bean sprout grow in his ear that burst open after weeks of pain. A doctor removed the sprouted bean, ruling it had been in the ear for months.
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Unter
Kissimmes
Florida
Fountain
Inja
Thesetic
Itehad
Ino' Ten
Richard
Thomas Hoya
Fairmont
W. Va
Kensington
Cuba
Annie L
Pensions guidance for soldiers and widows in 1908
A column offers information on Civil War and Spanish American War pensions. Readers submit questions to C Jones in Washington D C. Answers cover widow, dependent, and veteran claims, noting limits such as the widow’s pension not increasing for dependents, and that two pensions cannot be paid for the same period. It outlines steps to verify claims, timelines, and eligibility rules.
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Batthel
Philadelphia
Martha J
Anacostia
D. O
Abel L. O'D
Board of Examining Surgeons
Commissioner of Pensions
Laredo
Washington
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Rattler
Taft
Bourne Bar
The
United
Castro
Venezuela
Israel’s Hospital
Lisbon
Woby
OM Jone
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
Ss. W. Guthrie, Gen. Agt
Indiana, Pa
Citizens National Bank
Diana, Pa
Homer City
Tional Bank
Hart Schaffner
Marx
D. M. Caldwell & Company
Hast Schaffner & Marx
Garret
Oliver
Rossmoyne
Frantz Brothers
Penna
Ira A. Myers
Green Goods
John F. Clements
Indiana
Alti
Otion
Agi Avi
S. Daugherty
Philadelphia St
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