Escape from City Jail After Rail Yard Escape
Marshal Marsh and Deputy Cummings arrested two men on the Norvelle train for theft at H. C. Carnihan’s, but the pair escaped by prying bars and cutting a door chain. They may have outside help. suspects described as professional safe crackers. Local Pike County officials chase ongoing, with little hope of recapture.
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Marshal Marsh
Norevelle
H. C. Carnihan
Pike County
Tracy
Calaboose
Pike
B. Reece
Norvelle
D. Young
Harry Ford
J. J
Dinwiddie to Serve as Pastor at Cumberland Church
At a Mound Prairie Presbytery meeting in Palestine Clark County Rev A B C Dinwiddie of Hope Iowa was arranged to serve Cumberland Presbyterian Church as pastor. He will preach every other Sunday here beginning the day after tomorrow and alternate Sundays at Hope, dividing time between the two congregations.
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Mound Prairie
Palestine
Clark County
A. B. C. Dinwiddie
Hope
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Dinwiddie
Russell
Millar
State Farm
Arkansas
J. A. Pitcock
Flames Devour Greenbaum Whisky Warehouses at Midway Ky
A large fire destroyed six bonded whisky warehouses at Green baum Bros. distillery in Midway Kentucky. Forty seven thousand barrels burned and losses estimated at two hundred thousand dollars. The blaze spread to the distillery and a creek side area, consuming cabins and a railroad trestle. Local volunteers, with aid from Winchester and Louisville, fought the fire.
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Midway
Greenbaum Bros
Southern Railway
Winchester
Louisville
Arkansas Farmers Union Elects New Officers
The Arkansas Farmers Union elected new officers with the slogan Wipe the Slate Clean. President John Bowers Lonoke County and Vice President John M. Jones Randolph County head the slate. Lee treasurer M F Dickinson Greene County and Chaplain W A Lewis Lonoke County. Conductor L F Martin Prairie County. Executive Committee members include R J McCulloch White County J B Rogers Columbia County F M Broadeaux Ouachita County DE Burge Benton County and W D Walker Logan County.
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Arkansas Farmers’ Union
John Bowers
Lonoke County
John M. Jones
Randolph County
Lee-Treas
M. F. Dickinson
Greene County
W. A. Lewis
L. F. Martin
Prairie County
R. J. McCulloch
White County
J. B. Rogers
Columbia County
F. M. Broadeaux
Ouchita County
DE. Burge
Benton County
W. D. Walker
Logan County
Taft Discusses Justice Reform and Civics in Virginia
Judge Taft urged reform to equalize justice between the poor and rich while praising the legal profession. He warned about inconsistent criminal prosecutions fueling lynching and stressed the U S Supreme Court as final arbiter of major political issues during a speech before the Virginia Bar Association in Springs Virginia. Nearby, Walter Mauney reported Pike county diamond deals totaling 8500 with options on additional land.
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Virginia Pike County Real Estate
Mot Springs
Taft
Virginia Bar Association
Supreme Court of the
United States
Walter Mauney
Murfreesboro
Pike County
Mr. Mauney
M. B. Bateman
T. B. Bateman
J. W. Huddleston
Mauney Tract
Mauney
Peel
Hickory
Texas
Nashvillee News
Dynamite blast in Camden kills two children and injures others
A house shared by Jim Arnold and Ed Moore in Camden Arkansas was dynamited at 1:50 pm on August 7. Two Arnold children died instantly and a Moore family member is fatally hurt. Eight others were seriously injured. Perpetrators and motives are unknown. C E Shankle visiting Fulton. The News Popularity Contest ends September 23.
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Arnold
Moore
Horse Shoe Journeys Across Nation for Democratic Purge
A horse shoe with the inscription Traveling across the continent to bring good luck to Billy Bryan and the Democratic purge arrived in New Orleans from Bryan’s Mascot. It bears messages from railroad workers and was started from beer en route to San Francisco stopping at stations along the way.
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New Orleans
Billy Bryan
San Francisco
Guillotte Withdraws Candidacy for New Orleans Judge
L V Guillotte who was indicted for embezzlement withdrew his Democratic bid for first city court judge. He resigned as register of conveyances of Orleans parish, the office tied to the embezzlement allegation.
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New Orleans
L. V. Guilllotte
Guillotte
Orleans Parish
Cholera Deaths Rise in Tsaritsin Russia
In Tsaritsin on August 7 reports show fourteen new cholera cases and nineteen deaths. The outbreak totals eighty five cases and forty nine deaths since it began.
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Tsaritsin
Russia
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Rev. Dinwiddie
Thos, C. McRae
Pres
Jas
G. Clark, V.pres
G. Asian R
R. Wright
Prescott, Arkansas
Kentucky Distilling Company
Penitentiary Board
A. C. Millar
Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Tine Railway
Little Rock
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
State Farmers Union
Justice’s Administration
Camden
Camden, Ark
Jim Arnold
Ed Moore
C. E. Shankle
Fulton
Bryan
Ozan Mercantile Go
Prescott, Ark
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