Atlantic & Southern railroad to be sold for junk
The 35 mile Atlantic & Southern line built by farmers near Atlantic Iowa faces sale of rails and stations for junk. W. Harding Davis of St Louis bids to take over for use in Arkansas. The road had a turbulent history with strikes and receivership, and its fate raises a statewide legal fight over obligation to provide transportation.
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Atlantic
Atlantic & Southern Railroad
Arkansas
W. Harding Davis
St. Louis
Atlantic & Southern
Atlantic & Northern
Southern
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Union Pacific
Edwin Hawley
Minneapolis& St. Louis
Iowa Central
Chicago
Alton
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Kansas City
Des Moines
Omaha
Leslie M. Shaw
Mr. Hawley
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Iowa State Railroad Commission
Commerce
Iowa
J. H. Henderson
Photographic Section of French War Effort Formed
A French government backed Photographic Section mobilized on the front lines during Metzeral's bombardment. Officials including General Joffre and Delcasse organized it to photograph war events, monuments, and destroyed art for history and education. Three thousand negatives were produced, with a sales department for authorized copies.
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Paris
France
Associated Press
Metzeral
Alsace
Army Service
Photographic Section
Foreign Office
Department of Public Instruction
Joffre
Monsieur Miller
Delcasse
Sarraul
Committee of Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies
Country Club Course Opens For Mitchell Members
The Mitchell Country club golf links are complete for the season and open to members. The last teeing greens were finished Saturday with sand tee at No 1 and sod tees on other holes. Boxes, hole numbers, and distances will be painted later. a formal opening is planned in about two weeks. The clubhouse is near completion and decorators are finishing touches. A well near the clubhouse provides water for showers and the kitchen.
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Mitchell Country Club
Lions and Jaguars Thrill Mitchell Audiences at Corn Patch Show
The Wilson and Taylor wild animal show near the Corn Patch delivers high diving style thrills and a dramatic lion cage act led by Peter Taylor. Spectators witness Duke the 650 pound lion lunge at the cage before blank rounds drive him back. Dolly Castle’s jaguars and pumas headline a second act with striking dental displays.
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Wilson & Taylor
Mitchell
Dolly Castle
Mr. Taylor
Europe
America
Harvest Festival Planned by Redfield Club
The Redfield Commercial Club announced a harvest festival in Redfield South Dakota on October 20. Farmers and families from Spink county are invited to a free dinner and dance with an old fashioned program and a large farm produce exhibit. Last year the town fed over 1500 farmers at the dinner and this year is expected to exceed that turnout.
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Sioux City
South Dakota
A. G. Hagerty
Interstate Commerce
Wells-Fargo
American Express
L. B. Beardsley
Milwaukee Railroad
South Dakota State Railroad Commission
Express
C. B. Childe
Traffic Bureau
Fred Pettijohn
South Dakota Railroad Commission
Childe
Pettijohn
City
D. L. Kelly
South Dakota Commission
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
State Commission
Kelly
Redfield
5. D
Woman killed in boarding house murder suicide
Mrs May Whitney a cafe piano player was shot dead Tuesday by Morley once of Aine and Morely. Morley killed himself with the same gun after the shooting. Police say they had lived together but quarreled and separated. Morley left letters calling the woman worse than the Vampire and warning about free love.
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Chicago
May Whitney
Morley
Express
Aine & Morely
Kansas City
Alive man mistaken for dead in mass confusion
Andrew O'Brien of Poughkeepsie learned prayers were said for the repose of his soul after a body found in the Hudson was identified as his wife’s and then believed to be his own. He returned to St Peter's Church to protest as friends doubted his survival. The burial had occurred and prayers were offered for him.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Andrew O’brien
St. Peter’s Church
Hudson River
St. Peter’s
O’brien
O'Brien
Sylvan Lake
Prosecution Looms After Ardmore Gasoline Tank Explosion
Ardmore Oklahoma authorities announced plans to charge Gulf Colorado and Sante Fe Railway with interstate transport violations after a Monday gasoline tank blast killed 47 and injured over 100. The city attorney said charges will follow a state to federal filing. Also, telegraph operator C S Neil, injured, helped send first news from the scene before being trapped in debris.
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Ardmore
Okla
Russell Brown
Gulf, Colorado & Sante Ke Railway Company
Santa Fe
Gainesville
Tex
C. S. Neil
Neil
Proves Again Barnum Right at Illinois Fair
A northern Illinois fair featured a controversial "beauties in the deep" act. A barker urged red blooded men to stay for a second show while women allegedly left in droves. The performer billed as the "little lady" was a 16 year old boy from Chicago, son of show owner L K Davis.
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Aurora
Ill
P. T. Barnum
L. K. Davis
Chicago
Laughing at Jokes Ends in Tragic Death at Club Dinner
William P. Gardiner of Patchogue vanished from Avery's Hotel Blue Point after laughing at jokes during a Jeffersonian Democratic Club dinner. His body was found in a hotel lawn flower bed. An autopsy by Coroner B S Moore Bayshore found heart disease as the probable cause, aggravated by the laughter.
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Patchogue
L. I
Jeffersonian Democratic Club
Avery’s
Blue Point
William P. Gardiner
Gardiner
B. S. Moore
Bayshore
Who's Looney Now The Yankees on Von Papen and critics
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the chorus of ridicule toward Von Papen and his colleagues as the idiotic Yankees are pursued by public and political figures.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
von Papen
Easier To Get In Than Out
Invading Russia has usually been most fatal on the return trip with heavy losses reported for retreating forces. The Wall Street Journal notes the common paradox of aggression near Moscow and the high casualties incurred during withdrawal.
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Wall Street Journal
Russia
New York Construction Cave-In Claims One Life
A New York construction collapse results in one death and three injured workers. Rescue crews search the site as authorities investigate the cause of the incident at the active project location.
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New Cave-In
New York State
Woman Dies as Broadway Subway Cavern Collapses
An unidentified woman died after debris from a collapsed subway substructure near Broadway and Thirty-eighth Street trapped her and injured several others. The incident occurred just before 8 PM in the theater district, with a fifty foot long hole disrupting beams and planking and a thirty foot deep pit. An auto car was carried down the wreckage as bystanders and a streetcar crowd watched.
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New Subway
Broadway
Thirty-eighth Street
Theater
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