Forest fires threaten towns across Michigan Wisconsin and beyond
A Fos ter City dispatch reports forest fires driving flames toward Marinette four miles away with towns like Niagara Faithorn Junction Ingalls and Lac La Belle under threat. Iron County and Calumet areas report fires. 700,000 feet of lumber burned near Point Abbaye. Relief trains evacuate residents as fires edge toward Hermansville Niagara and surrounding villages. smoke darkens skies over Ashland and Wausau with rain needed to stop spread.
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Marinette
Wis
Foster City
Mich
Niagara
Faithorn Junction
Ingalls
Soo” Line
Faithorn
Calumet
Michigan
Lac Labelle
Lake Superior
Escanaba
Quinnez
Hermansville
Iron Mountain
Quinmez
Forest Fires Rage Across Adirondacks and Catskills
Fire crews battle widespread blazes across North Creek area with two hundred men near Millbrook and fires spreading toward Indian Lake. Officials report dry conditions, low water, and near total control in parts of the Adirondacks and Catskills as rain is awaited.
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North Creek
Millbrook
Johnsburg
Hudson River
Thurman
Adirondack State Park
Merrill
Robert Someville
Thirteenth Lake
Indiana Lake
Cedar River
Colvin
Sugar Leaf
Eleventh
Ames
Unknown Pond
Indian Lake District
Indian Lake Village
Garnet
Barton and
Hooper
Cold River
Here
Santa Clara Lumber Company
Maine Fires Now Under Control
Augusta Maine Sept 21 fires in the timber country of the state were nearly controlled today after days of threatening homesteads and property. Fire crews had fought spread across multiple districts with vigilant patrols and weather favorable conditions aiding containment efforts.
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Ballston
Delaware & Hudson Heliroad
Augusta
Scarboro Fire Contained as Night Fails Threat Eases
Firefighters maintained lines to prevent spread as winds shifted. The only remaining menace at Scarboro was reported checked by evening, decreasing the likelihood of the fire breaking containment and threatening property.
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Scarboro
Death of Frances McCabe Leads to Police Confusion
The Bronx woman, 20, shot about a month ago by Samuel Mannes, dies prompting Brooklyn officials to review charges. Mannes had been released on bail for attempted death by own action, with conflicting reports on felonious assault. Authorities dispute where the fault lies, and Dr. Rosenthal vows to uncover crookedness.
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Frances McCabe
Hewett Place
Bronx
Brooklyn
McCabe
Samuel Mannes
West 98Th Street
Mannes
New Jersey Avenue
Connelly
Raymond Street
Frank
Brownsville
Geismar
Rosenthal
E F Moore Help in Bail in Local Auto Scheme
E F Moore a charged architect held for further examination after detectives traced letters tied to his $4 000 auto sale ad. He posted bail at 2000 and faces Magistrate Market court in Newtown Mass. Others named include Charles S Rice and Nathan M George who responded to the offer.
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Moore
Newtown
Mass
Witlness
Charles S. Rice
Blake & Rice
William Street
Rice
Nathan M. George
Danbury, Conn
George
Bargain Aroused Suspicion in New York Drug Scheme
Dr. Fred M. Lowe of Newton Massachusetts, back from New York, recognized an automobile ad promising a very low price as a trap. A typewritten note claimed the owner would travel Europe and sell cheap. the tip led New York police to a West 98th Street apartment where Lowe concluded preparations to overpower someone with drugs were being made.
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Newton
Mass
Fred M. Lowe
Edward F. Moore
New York
Europe
H. H. Rogers A Man Of Leisure
H. H. Rogers visited his Standard Oil office on Saturday then left by yacht with his son in law Ur ban H. Broughton for Fair Haven Mass. He refused to discuss campaign fund contributions or Wall Street matters, saying he is a man of leisure.
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Standard Oil
Fairhaven
Mass
Urban H. Broughton
Europe
Standard Oil Company
Bryan
Democratic Party
Rogers
Wall Street
John D. Archbold
Ill healer resigns as Brooklyn pastor Dr Campbell quits amid ill health
The Rev Dr Frederick Campbell pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church Brooklyn has resigned due to ongoing ill health. He is now at Cranberry Lake Adirondacks after pioneering auto suggestion healing in his parish. He set aside days for patient reception and later evenings to treat clients, with health failing under the strain. He wrote articles on astronomy.
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Frederick Campbell
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Campbell
Cranberry Lake
Adirondacks
First Place
Clinton Street
Hanging Averted A Lynching In Kingston Missouri
Mob of several hundred armed men gathered around the Kingston jail awaiting a death sentence reprieve for Albert Filley the killer of his wife child and brother. Governor Folk did not grant a reprieve and Filley was executed with witnesses present. The crowd dispersed after word of the execution.
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Tribune
Kingston
Folk
Albert Filley
Filley
HERRINGS OFFERS TO FLY WRIGHT IF NEEDED
A M Herring said he would operate the Wright aeroplane for government tests if Wilbur Wright cannot return from France and no other qualified pilot is available. He criticized the Fort Myer tests for danger from air currents and proposed safer sites for instruction. He noted the recent selfridge accident likely stemmed from gyroscopic propeller effects and wind gusts near obstructions.
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Wilbur Wright
France
Wright Brothers
Mr. Herring
Fort Myer
Furniss
Herring
Aeronautic
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Thomas E. Selfridge
Niagara
Signal Corps of the Army
More Thaw Case Delay Adjourns Jury Trial Hearing
The habeas corpus hearing on Harry K Thaw s application for a jury trial to determine insanity was adjourned until Saturday by Justice Mills in White Plains at the District Attorney s request Thaw remains in the White Plains jail and counsel for Thaw agreed to the adjournment Jerome seeks affidavits to avoid costly commissions and may move to transfer the case to New York County
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Harry K. Thaw
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Jerome
Thaw
Charles Morschauser
Matteawan
Pittsburg
United States Court
England
France
Peabody
New York County
Fragmentary Street Address Listing Detected
A damaged OCR snippet shows multiple street references including Warren Street, 13th Street, 1302 and 34th Street with no clear event, date, or context. No identifiable person or organization is present to anchor a full news item.
Waits Vainly in Thaw Bankruptcy Case
In Scranton Pennsylvania Federal Judge Archbald waited all day but Harry K Thaw did not appear to answer contempt charges tied to bankruptcy proceedings The case was expected to resume later in the week with New York District Attorney Jerome’s attorneys likely present Thaw meanwhile faced a rule to show cause for nonattendance served in jail last week by attorney C Morschauser
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Penn
R. W. Archbald
Middle District
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
New York
Pittsburg
A. Peyer
William R. Blair
Thaw
C. Morschauser
Bellevue Hospital Trustees Deny Armstrong Resignation
An executive Bellevue and Allied Hospitals board meeting discussed hospital management amid rumors of irregularities. Trustees John J. Barry and John G. O Keefe and Dr John W Brannan denied any resignation request for Dr S T Armstrong, who is on extended medical leave since August 1.
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Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
8. T. Armstrong
John W. Brannan
Board of Trustees
Armstrong
Brannan
John J. Barry
John G. O'Keefe
Dr. Armstrong
Farmer's Asthma Foils Wreckers Near Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Sept 21 John Ensminger an aged farmer near White Hill beside Cumberland Valley Railroad tracks spotted two men tampering with rails in darkness He flagged the eastbound Norfolk express with a switch lantern five minutes before arrival The pair fled leaving wrenches and half a dozen spikes loose on the track no suspects found after a search
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Penn
John Ensminger
White Hill
Ensminger
Norfolk Express
Wealthy St. Louis testator leaves legacy to Lucas family
An obituary style note details a will closing clause allocating residue to six children and a mysterious bequest of five dollars to Mary C. Lucas, daughter of May C. Lucas born in 1877. The testator, a leader of St. Louis' pioneer Lucas family, is described as one of the city's wealthiest citizens.
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Mary C. Lucas
May C. Lucas
Lucas
St. Louis
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Notes Ship Timings
The column lists daily sun and moon times for Sandy Hook and Gov Island, with high water tides. It reports wireless vessel movements including Kroonland Teutonic Ryndam Kronprinzessin Cecilie and others near Nantucket and Sandy Hook, plus September 23 24 port calls and mail sailings across multiple lines and destinations.
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Trieste
Ibados
Comus
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So Pac
Bremen
Livya
Gibraltar
Middlesbrough
Galveston
Mallory
Turk’s Island
Clyde Pallanza
Hamburg
Hamb-Am Korea
Libau
Russian el Valle
So Pacific
Carmania
Liverpool
Cunard
Southampton
White Star
Esperanza
Cristobal
Panama Graf Waldersee
Plymouth
Hamb-Am Wisiocessees
Hull
Tlson Mdon
Atlantic Trans
Clubhouse for Women Plans and Federation Formation in Albany
The International Federation of Business Women is chartered in Albany to reorganize the Business Women's Exchange. A downtown clubhouse costing 20000 and 3500 square feet will offer lunch, reading and lounging rooms, an employment bureau, and advisory services. Seventeen charter members join founders including Mary B. Cleveland and Miss Elizabeth Palmer as executives meet to elect directors.
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International Federation of Business Women
Secretary of State
Albany
Federation
Business Women's Exchange
Fifth Avenue
Martha Washington
S. V. Penfold
the Business Woman
Maiden Lane
Nassau Street
Old Exchange
Mary B. Cleveland
Business Women’s Exchange
Jeanne Norton
New Thought
Carnegie Hall
Marcella
Tennyson
Jane Clark Owen
Elizabeth Palmer
Motorman clash as parade seeks to escort bishop
In Chicago yesterday a motorman tried to push a streetcar through a Catholic procession. A crowd bristled with stones, causing broken windows and injuries. Ten men were arrested, later released on $500 bonds each. Bishop Paul Rhode planned to dedicate Calvary Cemetery, drawing about a thousand mourners to Chicago Heights.
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Chicago
Paul Rhode
Chicago Heights
Calvary Cemetery
Town Hall
16Th Street
Sovereign Lodge Odd Fellows Meet in Denver
Delegates to the annual Sovereign Grand Lodge session of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows are escorted from Brown Palace Hotel to the auditorium for an open meeting in Denver. Governor A A Buchtel Mayor Robert W Speer Grand Master Joseph Newitt and other Colorado officers welcome the attendees as Grand Sire E S Conway of Illinois responds. John L Nolan, deputy grand sire, will succeed Conway. he is a 56 year old Nashville, Tennessee resident and longtime member.
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Denver
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Brown Palace
A. A. Buchtel
Robert W. Speer
Joseph Newitt
Colorado Department of Odd Fellows
Grand Sire E. 8. Conway
Illinois
el Jebel Temple
John L. Nolan
E. S. Conway
Nashville
Tenn
Order
Want Crosstown Cars Again Petition Seeks Fulton Street Service Restore
Public Service Commission reviews a petition signed by 400 plus business figures and rail and steamship companies demanding restoration of the Fulton Street crosstown line. The line's June 1 discontinuance by Metropolitan Street Railway receivers disrupted travel between the two rivers in downtown. Fulton Street Railroad must justify the halt by Thursday.
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Public Service Commission
Fulton Street
Mallory Steamship Company
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company
Central Vermont Railroad Company
The
Hartford and New York Transportation Company
Maine Steamship Company
A. & M. Robbins
W. H. Whittaker
A. de Ronde & Co
Milligan & Higgins Glue Company
Adams & Co. Manufacturing Company
Rustic Construction Company
Fulton Electrical Supply Company
Meyer's Hotel
Ottman Brothers
G. W. Stu
Five Years for New Yorker in Forgery Case
In New Orleans on September 21 Daniel F Roche a young New Yorker was sentenced to five years at hard labor for forging the name of C P Ellis Co cotton brokers to a $500 check last winter. The sentence followed a plea for clemency from William Hawkins of New York who had been sent to intercede by Roche’s former employer Frank Clement an iron manufacturer of Middletown New York.
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Tribune
New Orleans
Daniel F. Roche
C. P. Ellis & Co
William Hawkins
New York
Roche
Frank Clement
Middletown
N. Y
Shipping News Log Of Steamer Arrivals And Voyages
The list records multiple ships arriving at and departing from various ports, with captains, routes, dates in September, passenger counts, mails, cargo, and times at the bar or quarantine. Vessels include California Freeman, Mowbray, Perry, McLean, Mason, Woodward, Jensen, Allen, Trave, Danielsen, Hale, Hockin, Benner, Dow, and Charles, serving American-Hawaiian, Panama Railroad, Southern Pacific, Insular Line, United Fruit, Clyde Steamship, and other lines. It notes arrivals, departures, quaran tine statuses, ballast deliveries, and phosphate shipments, with several bar passages and discharge points.
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Freeman
Puerto Mexico
Ber
Philadelphia
Bar
Finance
Mowbray
Cristobal
Panama Railroad
Perry
San Juan
Boulton, Blliss & Dallett
Luckenbach
McLean
Arroyo
Aguadilla
el Dita
Mason
Galveston
Southern Pacific Co
Moise
Antilles
Woodward
New Orleans
Nicholas Cuneo
Nor
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Cuneo Importing Co
Tennyson
Allen
Santos
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Barbados
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Neckar
Ger
Trave
Bremen
Odrichs & Co
Baltimore
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Danielsen
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Evelyn
Will of J B C Lucas Filed for Probate in St Louis
J B C Lucas's will was filed for probate in St Louis on September 21. The will bequeaths to his widow a life interest in one third of his real estate and one seventh of his personal property, among other provisions.
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Tribune
St. Louis
J. B. C. Lucas
Bequests on Biblical Conditions contested in Syracuse
In Syracuse on September 21 a daughter of John Shandorf contests her father's will, which left seven grandchildren special bequests on the condition they observe the Fourth Commandment. A daughter was omitted, and she objects in Surrogate's Court claiming the testator was not of sound mind when he wrote the will.
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Syracuse
John Shandorf
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