Fernie Fire Rages as Canadian Towns Burn Across 106 Square Miles
Fires driven by winds devastate Fernie British Columbia and threaten Michel Sparwood Hosmer Olsen towns. Over 100 dead reported, with extensive railway and coal stock losses. Hundreds flee to open areas as flames advance toward Montana.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fernie
B. C
Michel
Hosmer
Olsen
Sparwood
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Crow's Nest Pass
Canada
Elk River Valley
Elk River
Crow's Nest Coal Company
Fikes Wood
Montana
Peter Campbell
Forester
Pete Miller
Great Northern Yard
Fernie and six towns destroyed in wildfire
A sweeping blaze has destroyed Fernie and five smaller towns, with property losses estimated at five million dollars. Population figures show Elko 400, Fernie 6000, Michel 1800, Hosmer 1000, Coal Creek 1500, Morrisey 100. Relief trains with doctors and supplies are moving to the region. In Cranbrook, Elk Lumber camp losses total 63 dead.
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Nelson
B. C
Fernie
Michel
Elko
Hosmer
Coal Creek
Morrisey
Vancouver
Cranbrook
Elk Lumber Company
Charmichael Couple Separated Amid Divorce Proceedings
Mr and Mrs George Charmichael of Columbus, once wed on stage, are now separated as divorce proceedings progress.
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George Charmichael
Columbus
Ten Thousand Marching to Fort Riley for Maneuvers
Ten thousand troops head toward Fort Riley for maneuvers August 10 to September 10. Cavalry and artillery regiments are already there with 16,000 total participants from Iowa South Dakota Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas. The exercise will use a monster searchlight and pontoon bridge to simulate warfare with blues and browns opposing forces. Secretary of War Wright may visit to inspect the troops.
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Topeka
Kan
Fort Riley
Fort
United States
United States Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Corps of Engineers
Loughborough
Engineer Corps
Kaw River
Iowa
South Dakota
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wright
Marines Bite Rabid Dog Alert Sends 12 Members to Hydrophobia Pasteur
A detachment of 12 U S Marines including Maj. G H Russell arrived in New York to receive Pasteur treatment after rabid dog bites on the Isthmus of Panama. The col lie left by tourists at Colon bit 11 privates and Russell before being shot. the dog tested positive for rabies.
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New York
Washington
United States Marine Corps
Panama
Finance
Marine Corps
G. H. Russell
Colon
Maj. Russell
Massive Fire Rages Through Winsted Connecticut
A Sunday blaze devastated the state armory the largest hall in north western Connecticut the Odd Fellows block and the Manchester building along with about a dozen other structures. Total losses estimated at 80000 dollars. Fire trapped a dozen residents on upper floors but no injuries reported.
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Winsted
Conn
State Armory
Connecticut
Odd Fellows
Manchester
Americans Sweep Last Day At Paris Athletic Meet
The final day of the special games in Paris saw American athletes win most events. William F. Hamilton of Chicago A A captured the 100 meter dash in 11 seconds. H L Trube of New York A C won the 1500 meter in 4 minutes 12 seconds. FE Cook of Cornell won the pole vault. J C Carpenter of Cornell took the 400 meter in 50 seconds. H A Gidney of Boston A A won the high jump.
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Paris
William F. Hamilton
Chicago A. A
H. L. Trube
FE. T. Cook
Cornell
J. C. Carpenter
H. A. Gidney
Boston
A. A
Music Professor Dies in Saloon Quietly
Toledo, August 3. Prof. Charles H. Thompson, a ten year music teacher in the public schools, died suddenly in a city saloon Sunday night. Apoplexy was the cause of death.
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Toledo
Charles H. Thompson
Butter Famine Straining Australia Markets
Melbourne reports a nationwide butter famine with prices rising rapidly as supply tightens across Australia amid soaring costs.
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Australia
Melbourne
Prisoner William Brown Attacks Inmate During Transfer
William Brown, detainee at Muncie jail en route to Michigan City, suddenly went violently insane and attacked a fellow prisoner.
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William Brown
Muncie
Michigan City
Paris Faces 24 Hour General Strike Provoked by Government Clash
Paris braces for a 24 hour general strike as unions mobilize about 100000 workers amid warnings of government aggression. Troops 25000 strong reinforced by barracks to keep order. Violent placards accuse authorities of arming to massacre protesters and printers fail to report on deadline.
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Paris
General Labor Federation
Carmen
Vigneux
Riot at Frick Coke plant leaves man dead in Uniontown
At Gates near Masontown Pennsylvania a riot between Italian and Slav workers after pay day left one man dead and 25 seriously wounded. Leaders Furance and Molanski sparked the clash with Ronco assisting. State police arrested 19 rioters as crowds guarded the jailed men.
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Uniontown
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Masontown
Jacob Furance
Furance
Alexander Molanski
Antillo Ronco
Ronco
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Farman Makes Public Flight at Brighton Beach
Henri Farman arrived in New York to present aeroplane exhibitions under an American syndicate and staged his first U S flight at Brighton Beach racetrack Sunday evening. He flew from one corner of the eastern enclosure to the opposite corner at the lower turn, roughly a third of a mile, in about 30 seconds.
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Farman
New York
Henri Farman
Paris
Brighton Beach
Train 38 Accident Near Charlotte Injures Three Clerks
Atlanta reports that Southern railway’s New Orleans New York Limited Train 38 derailed about 30 miles north of Charlotte Sunday night. The tender mail car and club car left the rails and three mail clerks were injured. No passengers were harmed.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Explosion Kills Three Workmen at Michigan Cement Plant
Three workers died and a fourth was severely injured in a coal gas and dust explosion at the Aetna Portland Cement plant in Fenton Michigan on Sunday. The accident occurred in a coal conveyor area of the facility.
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Fenton, Mich
Aetna Portland Cement Company
Elwood man Charles Douglass drowned swimming
Charles Douglass a popular young man of Elwood who was to be married soon drowned in a gravel pit pond while swimming.
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Charles Douglass
Elwood
Dutch cruiser Gelderland arrives at Willemstad
The Gelderland sailed from La Guaira with an officer on shore and failed to deliver official communications to Venezuelan authorities. The ship’s commander claims La Guaira refused letters to the German minister and the shore refused contact. Venezuela is bolstering forts as a defensive measure, and Holland is expected to act promptly.
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Willemstad
Curaco
la Guaira
Venezuela
Caracas
Holland
Drowned swimmers identified after Meramec river tragedy
In St. Louis two men about 25 years old, believed to be W. P. Jaraszawitz and W. J. Prusiele of Chicago, drowned in the Meramec River as crowds watched. Bodies not recovered. identification based on papers found on their clothing.
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St. Louis
W. P. Jaraszawitz
W. J. Prusiele
Chicago
Meramec River
Troops to Enforce Sunday Law in St Louis County
Gov. Folk ordered Brig. Gen. H C Clark to assemble most of the First regiment and battery A of Missouri National Guard in St. Louis county next Saturday and Sunday to enforce Sunday liquor laws and preserve order.
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St. Louis
National Guard
St. Louis County
Folk
H. C. Clark
National Guard of
Missouri
Humphrey Fullerton Dies at 62 in St. Louis
Humphrey Fullerton longtime cashier of Merchants Laclede Bank St Louis died Sunday from a complication of diseases at age 62 He was a brother of the late General Fullerton who led a division of the Union Army in the Civil War.
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Humphrey Fullerton
St. Louis
Aug
Merchants’ Laclede Bank of
Two Young Farmers Die From Poison In Arkansas
Corning Arkansas August 3 George Gallagher and Ben Odum two young farmers living near Corning died Sunday from poisoning believed self inflicted in a personal crisis with circumstances unclear authorities report.
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Corning
Ark
George Gallagher
Ben Odum
Here
Cooks Who Cook Column Secured by Reporter
Local column titled Cooks who cook promises a closer look at culinary talent in town. Reporter profiles include notable home cooks and restaurant staff sharing recipes and tips.
Taft Willing 11 Be Called Bill
Taft replies with humor about the nickname Bill from Yale and a memory of a Yale incident. James T. McCleary reports Minnesota Wisconsin Republican strength and Taft’s railroad policy pleasing La Follette wing. Oulahan to head Republican literary work. Curtisin Springfield assists. Bonaparte opinion on Oklahoma banks stirs Lincoln Democrats as Bryan weighs in.
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McCleary
Taft
James T. McCleary
Congress
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Gov. Johnson
la Follette
Oulahan
New York
Richard V. Oulahan
Washington
New York Sun
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Culahan
National Committee
Congressional Committee
Francis Curtis
Springfield
Mass
Hitchcock
McKinley
Illinois
Congressional
District of Columbia
Harrison
Bonaparte
Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Oklahoma
Chicago
Bryan
Booth brothers acquitted in Douglas county land fraud case
Ex State Senator R. A. Booth of Eugene and his brother James H. Booth ex receiver of the land office at Roseburg and Thomas E. Singleton were found not guilty by a United States district court jury after days of trial on a conspiracy to defraud the government of 160 acres of public land in Douglas county.
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Portland
Ore
R. A. Booth
Eugene
James H. Booth
Roseburg
Thomas E. Singleton
United States District Court
Douglas County
Train Hits Auto. One Killed at Bogota Crossing
In Bogota New Jersey a car was struck by a Susquehanna train late Sunday night. One man, Donald Holmes a 28 year old Paterson lawyer, was killed instantly. Five others were seriously injured, two likely to die.
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New York
Susquehanna
Bogota
N. J
Donald Holmes
Paterson
Woman shoots husband in self defense in Canonsburg
In Canonsburg Pennsylvania on Sunday Frank Talmer whipped his wife during a domestic quarrel. Mrs Talmer shot him in the abdomen and he was taken to a hospital likely fatally injured. The woman was found unconscious at her home.
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Canonsburg
Frank Talmer
Indianapolis man dies suddenly of heart failure
Jack Young of Indianapolis died unexpectedly from heart failure while visiting his fiancée Miss Hazel Airgood of Fort Wayne.
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Jack Young
Indianapolis
Miss Hazel Airgood
Ft. Wayne
If I Were a Man A Woman’s Century Emerges
Baroness Orczy argues the twentieth century belongs to women as brains outpace muscle. She notes women excel in science medicine finance and law while policing remains the enduring masculine role. She critiques calls to switch genders and praises female achievement.
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Gates, PA
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Republican Literary Bureau
Hot Springs
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Yale
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Cincinnati
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