Augusta Flood Devastates City and Surrounding Areas
Reports from Augusta Georgia describe rapid receding floodwaters amid widespread damage. Mills warehouses and schools suffered heavy losses, with authorities listing many fires and at least 60 deaths possibly, while Fayetteville and Columbia face record floods and millions in damage as farmers lose cropland.
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Riverside
Reid
Nélson Morris & Co
Augusta Grocery Company
National Biscuit Company
Central Grammar School
Davidsone Grammar School
Swan
The
Chronicle
Boards of Health
South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Piedmont
Kingville
Wateree
Fayetteville
N. C
Cape Fear
Colorado
Trinidad
Col
Folsom
Cimarron
Armstrong Kills Rival In Hawkins County Clash
Bristol Tenn Aug 29 Charles Armstrong prominent cattle raiser shot and killed Andrew Arnold a merchant 14 miles north of Rogersville Hawkins county on Friday amid alleged intimacy with Mrs Armstrong Authorities reported the slaying as a domestic feud turning deadly in a rural area near Rogersville
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Bristol
Tenn
Charles Armstrong
Andrew Arnold
Rogersville
Hawkins County
Arnold
Five Young Men Missing From San Francisco Racing Shell
Five young men from a racing club failed to return after launching a racing shell from their clubhouse Thursday afternoon in San Francisco bay. Fears rise that all five have drowned as searchers continue to probe the waters knowing they did not surface.
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San Francisco
Bay
Will Go to Africa with Roosevelt
Fort Worth Tex Aug 29 Capt William J Bil McDonald ex Texas Ranger will join President Roosevelt on his hunting expedition to Africa yielding to a pressing invitation.
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Africa
Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Tex
William J
Bil) McDonald
Texas Ranger
President Roosevelt
Lincoln School Contract Awarded for Portland Job
Charles Sanders secured the contract to erect the Lincoln school in Portland at a cost of 11, Rij dollars.
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Charles Sanders
Lincoln School
Portland
Roosevelts Sagamore Hill Hosts Desert Arab versus Morgan Show
A private horse show on President Roosevelts Sagamore Hill lawn compares desert Arab stallions Hamra Mason Euphrates Haleb EM Bulad and mare Abeyeh with Justins Morgan. Notable attendees include Mrs. Roosevelt, Longworths, Van derbilt, Sherman, and several officials. Exhibits feature Arab war riding by Sied Abdalla and a graceful ride by Kermit Roosevelt. There is no plan to purchase Arabs for cavalry.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Rosa Bonheur
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Justins Morgan
United States Army
San Francisco
Gen. Bell
Aleshire
Ethel Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Homer Davenport
Homer Clyde Davenport
Peter B Bradley
Charles I. Debeverse
New York National Guard
Brooklyn
James S. Sherman
William B. McKinley
Henry C. Loudenslager
Hamra
Mason
Euphrates
Haleb
EM Bulad
Beder
Abeyeh
Sied Abdalla
Kermit
Exciting Race for Life Ends With Locomotive Derailment
An alert switch operator in Stapleton New York averted disaster when a runaway Mogul locomotive escaped from Clifton roundhouse and raced toward a crowded local passenger train. The Mogul was diverted into a siding at Stapleton but wrecked, saving 300 to 400 excursionists from South Beach.
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New York
Stapleton
S.es
Clifton
South Beach
St. George
Indictments Grow as Riot Grand Jury Extends Session
Springfield Illinois reporters note the special grand jury in the riot case has returned 78 indictments and remains in session. On Friday the panel handed up 17 true bills to Judge Creighton, with adjournment unlikely before late next week.
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Springfield
Creighton
Discharged employee shoots Kissel, Milwaukee leader dies
Louis Kissel, head of the Kissel bar company and several Hartford ventures, died Friday from wounds after a discharged employee shot him. The incident occurred in Milwaukee as Kissel faced termination, the attacker having been dismissed earlier that day.
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Milwaukee
Louis Kissel
Kissel Bar Company
Hartford
Son Kills Father in Defense of Mother in Minerva
Lexington report says in Marion county on Friday 20 year old John Bruce shot and killed his 45 year old father Lewis Bruce after the elder allegedly attacked the wife. The son acted to protect his mother and is not described as having prior trouble.
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Lexington
Minerva
Marion County
John Bruce
Lewis Bruce
Bruce
Tragic Suspected Suicide Found In Ohio River
The body of Miss Lulu Utterbach was discovered floating in the Ohio River near Evansville. Authorities report the death as a suicide.
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Lulu Utterbach
Ohio River
Evansville
American Fleet Receives Grand Welcome in Melbourne
Seventy thousand visitors joined a half million residents for three months of entertainments as American battleships steamed into Port Philip Head. Melbourne lit public buildings in colors and planned a patriotic pageant with schoolgirls forming Union Jack and flag scenes.
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Port Philip Head
Australian Commonwealth
Australia
Auckland
Sydney
Greater
Parliament House
General Post Office
America
Bryan on tour after Lincoln home return
William J. Bryan and his party returned to Lincoln after more than a week away delivering speeches in Iowa Illinois Indiana and Kansas and conducting political conferences in Chicago St. Louis and Kansas City. He will resume a three day speaking tour starting Monday at the St Paul Minneapolis fairgrounds. Taft to head from Hot Springs to Middle Bass Island for veteran events and fishing club gathering with a non political speech planned in Toledo.
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Mr. Bryan
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Bryan
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N. D
Sioux City
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Taft
Charley
Middle Bass Island
Lake Erie
Athens
Toledo
Middle Bass Fishing Club
Grand Army of the Republic
Cashier of Closed Bank Arrested in Athens Forgery Case
Athens Michigan August 29 Harry Lew a 24 year old cashier of the Athens Savings bank which was closed Thursday by the state banking commissioner was arrested Friday by Sheriff Graham and arraigned before Justice Batdorff on a charge of forgery
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Athens, Mich
Harry Lewis
Athens Savings Bank
Graham
Batdorff
Alleged Embezzler Arrested in Windsor Across Detroit
Ed C. Harding, alleged to have vanished from Cincinnati with about $8,000 missing, was arrested Friday night in Windsor, Ontario, opposite Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
Ed C. Harding
Cincinnati
Windsor
Ont
George P Rowell Dies After Long Illness
George P. Rowell of New York who for years led in newspaper advertising died Friday night at the Poland Springs hotel after more than a month of illness. He was prominent in the advertising field and known across the industry.
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George P. Rowell
Poland Springs
New York
Fire destroys four barns near New Castle jail
Prisoners at New Castle jail were greatly alarmed when four surrounding barns were destroyed by a blaze. The incident created panic among inmates as the fire raged, with local authorities investigating the cause and impact on prison security.
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New Castle
Burglar Surrenders to Seek Trial in Two Grand Thefts
Joseph G. Mantell, claiming New York as home, surrendered in Philadelphia. He says he robbed Miss Bertha Brand at her City avenue Brooklyn home on October 28 and William Gluck at the patent office in Washington on November 9 1907. Mantell asked for trial to end his distress and was held for Washington and New York authorities.
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Philadelphia
Joseph G. Mantell
New York
Bertha Brand
City Avenue
Brooklyn
William Gluck
Washington
Mantell
Five Die in Mine Accident at Warrior Run Colliery
Five men were killed, another fatally hurt, and five seriously injured when a runaway mine car struck a train of 20 workers at the Warrior Run colliery of Lehigh Valley Coal six miles from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Only six escaped with injuries. The deaths were mass casualty and caused gruesome injuries to the victims.
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Wilkeshbarre
Warrior Run
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Raid on East Side Fagin School Nets 13 Suspects
In a Second Avenue barber shop area search by central office detectives, 12 boys and one woman were arrested confirming a “Fagin” school operating on the East Side. The raid disrupted a ring accused of teaching theft and crime to youths.
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Fagin” School
New York
Third Avenue Central
Tragedy in Belleville as man shoots woman then kills himself
In Belleville Indiana on Aug 29 A G Summers 26 shot 34 year old Mrs Eva Neinninger after she refused his advances and then killed himself with a gunshot. Summers died later in hospital.
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Belleville
A. G. Summers
Eva Neinninger
Miss Margaret Tindall Burned Lighting Gas Stove
Miss Margaret Tindall of Shelbyville was badly burned when she lit a natural gas stove after gas had accumulated, causing a flash. The incident occurred in Shelbyville and authorities were alerted.
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Margaret Tindall
Shelbyville
Roberts Mystery Still Unsolved in Atlantic City
Charles B Roberts of Baltimore lies in serious condition after a rolling chair ambush on the boardwalk. Mrs. W S G Williams, also of Baltimore, says the masked robber demanded money and shot when Roberts refused. Detectives probe possible ties to Williams and press scrutiny abroad.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles B. Roberts
Baltimore
W. S. G. Williams
Roberts
City Hospital
Williams
Brighton
Charles Stewart
Friends
Mr. Roberts
Japanese Bank Closed by State Bank Commissioners
The Imperial Japanese Bank at 1543 Laguna Street San Francisco closed Friday amid allegations of officers loaning to themselves. Capitalized at 27 900 with 7 000 reserve. deposits owed 12 14 and other liabilities 5 699. Only 500 in cash found with unsecured personal notes.
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San Francisco
Imperial Japanese Bank
Laguna Street
State Bank
Former Washington territory governor Eugene Semple dies in San Diego
San Diego records the death of Eugene Semple, former governor of Washington territory, at age 80 from pneumonia. He was born in 1849 in Bogota, where his father served as American minister, and was the son of the late Justice Semple of Minvis.
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San Diego
Cal
Eugene Semple
Washington Territory
Semple
Justice Semple
Minvis
Bogota
United States of Colombia
Shelbyville Man Says Dog Died by Its Own Action
Harry McLane of Shelbyville declares his dog killed itself by laying in front of an automobile. The animal died as a result of the incident.
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Harry McLane
Shelbyville
Doughnut Bore Debate Divides New York Bakers
In New York on August 29 delegates to the New York State Association of Master Bakers argued over increasing bore size from an inch to two inches. A motion to bake pies open faced was defeated. Bakers proposed asbestos crust bread and crustless bread formulas while pretzel copyrights expired and new blueprints circulated.
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New York State Association of Master Takers
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