Storm wrecks Lake Charles area with heavy losses
Aug 7 1918 reports describe a tropical storm striking the Louisiana coast causing extensive damage around Lake Charles and nearby areas. At least ten deaths and hundreds of homes ruined, with major fires and blackouts as electric and telegraph lines failed. The Lambert Chemical plant and Hodge Fence works burned, the Rex steamboat wrecked with passengers rescued, and martial measures enacted to protect the city at night. Local officials and Gerstner Field troops coordinated to control districts amid rising destruction.
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Lafayette
Louisiana
Lake Charlas
Snmito Nanitlara
Lake Charles
Arott
Faller
Gerstner Field
Gerstner Kield
Iors
Ryan Street
Lambert Chemical Company
Hodge Fence Company
Lockmore Lumber Company
Laren
Cinney Ahtpbuilang Company
Lake Chatict
Rex
Laks Charlis
Brean Lake
Provinc
Sam
Charles
Weet Lake
Lake Chariea
Market figures and war news mingle in a busy update
The item blends livestock and metal quotations with cotton market data and a brief wartime notice. It lists cattle prices, receipts, and categories, then notes steady cotton values in New Orleans with bales sold and stock, followed by a report that thirteen Muskogee County youths head to Austin for Camp Mabry training as auto mechanics and radio operators. It closes with France elevating General Foch to marshal and Petain receiving the Military Medal.
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Austin
Muskogee County
Muskogee
Texas
Camp Mabry
East Side
West Side
Foch
Paris
France
Joffre
Battle of the
Marne
Petain
Markets Report from Chicago and Kansas City Aug 7
Chicago and St Louis market notices show butter and eggs steady, potatoes firm, poultry lower, and various grain quotes. Wheat No 1 hard around 2.19, corn near 1.75 to 1.93 range, oats up to 0.68, rye about 1.63. Kansas City hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts indicate mixed gains, with hogs 10 to 16 cents higher and prime fed steers near 7.25 to 18.25 dollars, southern heftier values, and stockers and calves changing within broad bands. St Louis grain and live stock reports reflect similar price ranges and receipts as of Aug 7.
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Stoeners
Piaggio
Kansas City
St. Louis
St Louie
Kansas City Livestock
Kanasaw City
Helfere
Stockers
Outrage in Neu Koln as Girl Stripped and Abandoned
Berlin suburb Neu Koln reports a brutal incident where a working woman’s daughter was lured into a house, stripped of all clothing, and left unconscious on a doorstep. The victim was found by Dassera-by before being returned home late at night. Poultry farmers face ration card penalties for failing to deliver eggs, with sugar cards withdrawn and potential further cancellations next week.
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Chemnitz
Volkastimme
Berlin
Neu Koln
Berlin Volksfreund
Francis to Archangel Move After Murmansk Visit
American ambassador to Russia David R. Francis has returned from the Murmansk region and will stay at Kandalaska while awaiting developments. The allied diplomatic corps plans to move to Archangel soon.
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Francis
Archangel
Kandalaska
Russian Lapland
Associated Press
David R. Francis
Russia
Murmansk
New Flight Record Set by Nav al Air Forces Pilot
Washington reports Enaign Pp J Barnes with the naval air forces in European waters remained aloft for 30 hours and 20 minutes, establishing a new world record for sustained flight, according to the navy department.
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Washington
Enaign Pp
J. Barnes
Naval Air Forces
Navy Department
Scouts Find Walnut for Propellers in Washington
A Boy Scouts of America search in Washington locates sufficient black walnut to meet government needs for several months for airplane propeller production.
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Walnut
Washington
Boy Scouts of America
Oklahoma Forecast Shows Warmer Central Today
Tonight increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions in the central region. Thursday will be generally cloudy across the area.
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Oklahoma
872 NAMES ON COMBINED LIST ARMY MARINES
Combined casualties report from the War Department lists 679 Army names and 292 Marines. It shows actions by rank and state including Homer Berkley and John Loughan among the killed, William Ferguson among the dead of wounds, and George Castleberry among the missing in action. The Marine figures total 66 killed or wounded with broader tallies across categories.
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Washington
War Department
Homer
Berkley
Ursula
Ark
John Loughan
Odessa
Texas
Arthur Grant
Corpus Christia
Arthur B. McIntooh
Rossland
William K. Ferguson
Ore City
George Castleberry
Wellstown
Okla
Marvin Dotson
Amarillo
Berdest Fancher
Garrison
Miller H
Ehowa
Trotzky denounces deserters in Archangel case
Amsterdam August 7 Leon Trotsky, war leader, issues proclamation denouncing as traitors any Soviet representatives who desert before defending the defense. He orders immediate arrest of Archangel Soviet members deemed deserters and promises trial before a revolutionary tribunal.
French Repulse Enemy Attacks on River Front
American forces under heavy fire repulsed German assaults along river slopes with machine gun and artillery pressure. East of Frennes American mounted patrols crossed the river as German resistance stiffened near Flemes and Flame positions.
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Frennes
Flemes
Atroeta
Vesse
Housen
Felda
Waving Oorn
Foreign Minister Terestchenko Assassinated in Poltava
Paria reports M. I. Terestchenko minister for foreign affairs in Kerensky's cabinet was assassinated at Poltava per Havag Agency. Identity of his assassin not known. Terestchenko, a wealthy Ukrainian, joined the Kerensky cabinet in 1917 and served as foreign minister from May to November.
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Paria
Havag Agency
M. I. Terestchenko
Kerensky
Poltava
Hamburg Fremdenblatt
Apanasina
Geald Terestohenko
Bergen
Norway
Paris
Yoltava
Unrania
Terestohenko
Bolscheviki
White Guards Aid Allies Against Bolshevik Troops
White Guards volunteer detachments assist allied units retreating south from Archangel as the new Archangel government arrests Bolshevik leaders. Bolshevik war commissioner Zenkevich killed. anti allied proclamation urged violence toward residents as troops landed. Willard to box for Salvation Army War Fund in Chicago on Saturday.
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Kandalaska
Trean
White Guarda
Archangel
Zenkevich
Rovernment
Archange
Card of Thanks for O A Wines Death
The Wines family thanks friends for kindness and floral offerings after the death of their son and brother O. A. Wines. C. A. Wines Albert Wines and C. R. Cook family members acknowledge the support.
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O. A. Wines
Mis
C. A. Wines
Albert Wines
Mire
C. R. Cook
Capper Allen Win in Kansas Primary Races
Topeka Aug 7 With Capper and Allen leading for the Republican nominations for U S senator and governor respectively attention focused on the Democratic governor and congressional contests. Late returns show W C Lanadon defeating Harry Gray for Democratic governor though Gray backers dispute defeat. Thompson appears renominated for senator over Marble. Allen's camp claims about 70 percent of GOP vote for governor and likely carries all but two counties with Morgan winning Reno and Republican County.
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Topeka
Kan
Arthur Capper
Henry J. Allen Sar
United States
Democratia
Representatives
Congress
Returna
W. C. Lanadon
Harry Gray
Gray
Inalat
William Howard Thompson
George Marble
Allen
W. Y. Morgan
Reno
Cunty
Allenia
France
Capper
Jepub Hcan
W. Rt. Brubbs
Chas
F. Beott
Hilstow
Despondent German Press Comments Highlight War Fatigue
London reports a despondent German mood in a Holland desk Special Wepatcher. The Daily Mail cites an editorial from Dur Belder Nachrichten saying no one can foresee an end to the war. The Vorwaerts notes recent events have shattered the illusion of German invincibility, with end may come only as terror.
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London
Holland
Mall
Hagua
Dur- Belder? Nachrichten
Adda
Huaala
Ber'tn
Iaat
Germany
Lost glasses found between office and road report
Pair of gold rimmed spectacles misplaced near B. J. Wheeler's office and south route. Contact phone 1627 OS for return. Also advertising grapes for sale pink and white Concord varieties available for several days. Phone 562-T.
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B. J. Wheeler
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