Great Forest Fire Devours Fernie and Nearby Towns
Calgary dispatch reports a vast Canadian Pacific Cedar region blaze beginning Saturday. Fernie B C is wiped out with 74 dead, Michel and other towns threatened. 3,000 refugees camp in the open as fires advance toward Sparwood and the Montana border. trains and mines face incalculable damage.
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Man
Fernie
B. C
Michel
Hosmer
Olsen
Sparwood
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Crows Nest Pass
Canada
Elk River Valley
Thor
Elk River
Crows Nest Coal Company
Fikeswood
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Great Northern
Osceola
Montana
Railroad Dividends Declared in New York
Union Pacific declares a quarterly 2 percent dividend on common stock and a semi annual 2 percent dividend on preferred stock. Southern Pacific declares a quarterly 1 percent dividend on common stock. All dividends unchanged from prior quarter.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Army tests on captive balloon at two and a half miles
Magdeburg reports that the army conducted experiments in shooting at a captive balloon from two and a half miles. The balloon was struck thirty times but did not collapse.
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Magdeburg
Cholera Toll Rising in Tsarkaya Russia
St Petersburg report notes a virulent cholera outbreak in Russia with 12 cases in Tsarkaya and 11 deaths. Investigations by Deputy von Ayrep and a noted medical author are cited, highlighting severity and ongoing inquiries.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Tsarkaya
von Ayrep
Thomas L. Hisgen Named for President at Independence Party
The Independence party convention nominating Thomas L. Hisgen of Massachusetts for president and John Temple Graves of Georgia for vice president showcased a third ballot victory for Hisgen. The platform favored recall, government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, a single government currency, postal savings banks, eight hour workday, anti child labor, and immigration limits on Asians.
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Independence Party
Hisgen
Graves
Howard
Lyon
Hearst
Virginia
Washington
Missouri
Georgia
Alabama
Walsh
Howard, Graves
Massachusetts
Clarence J. Shearn
New York
John Temple Graves
Indiana
Charles F. 8. Neal
E. G. Ballard
Gary
Graver
William Jennings Dryan
Kansas
Pettit Woman Attacked in Hot Springs Case Details
Mrs. N. Pettit was attacked by a man who beat her, forced arsenic into her mouth with a rag, bound her to a bed with wire, and attached matches to her mouth to ignite if she moved. Her husband returned two hours later and freed her.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Dengue not contagious says Army doctors in the Philippines
Washington reports Army medical experts in the Philippines state dengue fever spread at Fort William McKinley is not contagious. Other items note a large English delegation to tuberculosis talks in Washington, Ord Dept plans 100 observation telescopes, trials of colored underclothes for soldiers, and drug use rising in five years.
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Fort William McKinley
England
Washington
Ordnance Department
United States Army
Hamilton Wright
Chile
Ecuador
A. Tompkins
Charlotte
N. C
Appalachian National Forest Association
United States
Pistol duel erupts at Converse estate as burglars flee
Greenwich special report describes E G Converse of New York joining a night watchman in a two sided exchange with three burglars at Conyers Manor. One robber wounded, all three escape as a car heads toward Bedford New York. collie alarmed the household. Estate lies eight miles from village center.
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Greenwich
Conyers Manor
E. G. Converse
United States Steel Corporation
Bedford
N. Y
Collie
Mr. Converse
Converse Estates
Woman Dies After 19 Year Battle With Elephantiasis
Mrs. Anna E. Lynch of near McKeesport died at 60 after 19 years with elephantiasis. She weighed 510 pounds at death, up from 165 pounds earlier, with both legs severely swollen. The left calf measured 86 inches and the right 65 inches. Physicians blamed heart involvement for her death. She was a former member of the First Reformed Church of McKeesport and used a telephone to hear sermons in recent years. Doctors from the U S and Europe visited to study the case.
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Pittsburg
Anna E. Lynch
State Road
McKeesport
Switchmen May Strike in Scranton Union Votes
Grand Master Hawley announces union vote shows no percent backing a strike for Delaware, Lackawanna and Western workers. Grievance committee awaits President Truesdale's reply to a conference request aimed at settlement before any order to strike is considered.
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Scranton
Hawley
Switchmen's Union
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Truesdale
Stricken After Son's Funeral In York Pa
On returning from his son's funeral Peter Kessler suffered vertigo and was reported in serious condition by physicians. The son had been killed days earlier by lightning and five other family members were injured. Neighbors helped operate the Kessler farm while all were incapacitated.
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York
Peter Kessler
Kessler
Tecumseh Party Seeks Rabies Treatment at Charity Hospital
A group of 17 from Tecumseh Oklahoma including 2 white women 11 white children 1 white man a negro woman and her two children arrived at Pasteur ward New Orleans Charity Hospital seeking treatment after being bitten by a supposed mad dog.
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New Orleans
Tecumseh, Okla
Pasteur
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Parachute Jumper Killed Near Jackson Park
William Oliver of Mason Michigan died during a parachute drop at Hague Park near Vandercook Lake Jackson. The chute strings snapped on one side as it filled sending the aeronaut plunging two thousand feet to his death. the trailing rag signaled the failure.
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Jackson, Mich
Wiliam Oliver
Mason, Mich
Hague Park
Vandercook Lake
Here
Taft Nomination Speech Emphasizes Regulatory Reform and Justice
Judge William H. Taft outlines a program to preserve Roosevelt era standards through stronger regulation of business, strict enforcement against unlawful trusts, and tariffs aligned with production costs. He affirms Republican support for equality before law and constitutional amendments guiding civil rights, urging prudence to avoid national humiliation.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Bryan
House
Senate
Chicago
Taft Accepts Republican Presidential Nomination in Cincinnati
Judge William H. Taft stood on a flag draped platform before his brother Charles Taft's home as he accepted the Republican nomination at noon Tuesday. A vast Cincinnati crowd filled downtown streets in a holiday atmosphere while leaders from many states attended the notification. Taft pledged adherence to Roosevelt policies in a concise speech after formal acceptance.
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Ohio
William H. Taft
Republican Party
Charlies P. Taft
Judge Taft
Taft
William Warner
Missouri
Grand Army of
Sewing Machines For 25 Cents Reported From Persia
A special dispatch from Tabriz, Persia, says horsemen under Rachid are active near the SRENaTATE region. The report notes low prices for sewing machines at 25 cents, indicating a limited market and potential supply disruption.
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St. Petersburg
Tabriz
Persia
Rachid
Petersburg dedicates speaker's stand at Blandford Cemetery
A ceremony at Blandford Cemetery marks the dedication of a memorial speaker's stand by the Ladies' Memorial Association of Petersburg. Civil War soldiers’ memory is honoured along with participation from A P Camp Confederate Veterans, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Daughters of the Confederacy, and local residents. The event featured prayer by Rev J Foster, address by Sen Charles T Lassiter, poem read by Capt L Marks, and music by the band. The iron octagonal stand sits on a concrete base, with a Burns & Campbell blue stone tablet bearing the inscription erected by L M A for Petersburg soldiers who fell 1861-65.
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Petersburg
Blandford
Ladies’ Memorialsociation
A. P. Camp
A. P. H. Camp
Sons of Confe
Whitsen
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
Gend Stith Bolling
J. §. Foster
Tor
Table Street
Public kissing case leads to fines in Danville Mayor's Court
Dr W Y Canada of Danville and Mrs Nannie Lamb were fined for kissing in a public office on M Street. Witnesses testified a number of people saw the incident on a second floor. the mayor ruled kissing in public places taboo and ordered fines of 7.50 and 5 dollars with costs.
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W. Y. Canada
Danville
Nannie
Carl Lamb
Feli
Peterhy
Office Canada
M Street
Wooding
Ryan pays nearly half Nelson County taxes on property
Special from Lovingston reports Thomas F. Ryan, a Nelson County millionaire, now pays about 13,000 of the county’s 27,000 in personal property taxes. His 1908 taxes nearly triple 1907, with gains on capital invested and income tax measured at about 150,000 for the year.
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Lovingston
Thomas F. Ryan
Nelson
Ryan
John Finney to Die in Virginia Electric Chair
John Finney, a Black man, was convicted in Rock Mount Circuit Court for attempted criminal assault on an 11 year old girl and sentenced to be electrocuted in Richmond on October 30. He faced a mob, was captured to prevent lynching, and showed remorse when the verdict was read.
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Roanoke
John Finney
John Jameson
Franklin County
Rock Mount
Richmond
Finney
Virginia
Nicholson
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