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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
3
60,000 VOTES FREE to readers with unpaid subscriptions. The Daily or Weekly News runs a contest offering seven guaranteed prizes worth $1,000. From August 3 at 9 a.m. to August 15 at 6 p.m. the contestant sending in the largest cash amount earns 50,000 votes. A 5,000 vote Special Ballot is awarded to the next highest cash donor in each district.
All candidates are urged to put forth their best efforts to secure this special ballot. If you do not obtain it, an opponent likely will, placing them ahead in the contest. Information address THE NEWS CONTEST DEPARTMENT scot stances.
Michel Devastated by the Pitiless Flames follows Fernie through a ruthless blaze that consumes the town’s landmarks. Firefighters race time as fears rise for residents and heritage sites amid shifting winds and stubborn embers.
Vancouver reports Michel in East Kootenai faced three days of fierce resistance as flames swept through the town. Timber piles and rail cars burned, airship incidents and a dispatch from Echterdingen note a defective motor forced a landing.
Stuttgart August 6 The Zellepin air ship caught fire in a thunderstorm Wednesday afternoon and exploded It is said to have been struck by lightning The craft was completely ruined and several persons are reported injured Count Zelle-
A cloudburst in Bisbee Arizona caused a wall of mud and rock to sweep down Main Street destroying the post office and many business buildings for about 200 yards. Damage is estimated at 100000 dollars. Postmaster Cassidy, Sheriff White, and eighteen girl clerks narrowly escaped as floodwaters filled the post office six feet deep. Thousands of tons of debris blocked streets.
The five to twenty feet high monuments with debris formed the backdrop for the Knights of Pythias parade in Boston on August 6. The principal event featured the great parade of subordinate lodges and Pythian Sisters, with floats and other pageantry enriching the program beyond the uniform rank display.
A pitched battle at Howard's store in Layman, Harlan County left John Blanton dead and Sherman Blanton wounded in the arm. Stokely Osborn was mortally wounded while Lee Russell was seriously wounded, along with another unnamed young man. The clash stemmed from last Saturday's school election.
Lincoln Neb Aug 1 Hon W J Bryan Democratic nominee for the presidency outlines the subjects of his forthcoming acceptance speech. The speech will focus on Shall the people rule and Measure of Rewards. Other campaign issues such as bank deposits tariff and trusts to be treated in later speeches.
Captain Olgen of the Norwegian steamer Cap tain Bennett arriving from Jamaica reports sighting a vast oil slick off Cape Hatteras. The sheen covered more than 100 miles of sea, with calm surface and oil continuing to ed the water in all directions, suggesting the cargo of a petroleum carrier may have foundered in a recent storm.
An earthquake in Constantine Algeria on August 1 killed three people and injured eight. Fears of aftershocks drove most inhabitants to camp in open spaces rather than return to their homes.
Four men died overheated in Chicago on Tuesday. Dallas Newsboys hosted a picnic for 20 readers. Other briefs note oil wells in Brownwood and Petrolia, a Greenville poultry show Aug 26 27 28, and a Santa Fe system shift at Cleburne.
Dubuque Iowa Aug 6 United States Senator William Boyd Allison died at 1 40 pm from heart failure after a prostatic enlargement and extended illness He served in the lower house and four terms in the senate succeeding James Harlan and was repeatedly urged for treasury secretary but declined He chaired the appropriations committee and helped guide Civil War measures and national credit and backed Lincoln in 1860
Lake Forest Illinois August 6 Governor Albert Cummins of Iowa announced his candidacy to succeed Senator Allison in the United States Senate. He praised his late adversary and declared ambition to be seated by the Iowa legislature.
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