Valparaiso Earthquake Toll Reported in Multiple Cities
Aug 20 reports from Santiago and Buenos Aires describe Valparaiso devastation with estimates ranging from five hundred to eleven thousand dead. Telegraph and rail systems disrupted. thousands displaced, mines damaged, and fires fueled by tremors. International dispatches note widespread ruin and aid efforts amid provisional government funding.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Argentina
Paris
France
Buenos Ayres
Ingles
Martinique
Port de France
Chili
South America
Bargain Days End Looms At New York Dry Goods Store
Early today a steady stream of buyers filled the New York Dry Goods Store as prices stayed low. The sale continues for five more days with goods marked down to less than cost and big bargains rapidly clearing out.
Trouble in Cuba Sparks Call for Extraordinary Session
A Havana cable reports arrests of prominent men tied to a plot to assassinate President Palma and topple the government. Speaker Freyre meets Palma and a special House session is ordered. Rebels join Pino Guerrera, a suspicious schooner is noted off Pina Del Rio, and the mail steamer Consolation is seized. Censorship and telegram delays follow.
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Pino Guerrera
Pina del Rio
Prisoner Roper, alias killer, ends life in Lufkin jail
In Lufkin Texas on August 20 John B Roper a man with many aliases hanged himself in his cell. He had murdered two fellow prisoners Trawick and Crowder in the county jail on August 15 and sought as the Dalton gang member for a 1892 Longview bank robbery. Sheriff Watts links him to the Arkansas murder of Sheriff Boyd and a $1000 reward. He had boasted of other crimes across Texas Louisiana and Arkansas.
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Texas
John B. Roper
Trawick
Crowder
Dalton
Longview
Watts
Roper
Arkansas
Boyd
Louisiana
Institute Opens at Roswell High School
The Chaves County Teachers Institute opened in the Roswell High School building with 34 students this morning, expected to reach about forty. Miss Edith Rodkey conducts assisted by Prof. Vaugan, with sessions at eight o clock daily for two weeks and no afternoon meetings. The institute invites all Roswell residents to attend and will offer daily model classes to engage the community.
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Chaves County
Institute
Roswell
Fires, unrest, and rail news from across the world
Forest fires rage around Duluth threatening mills and towns as backfires are used. In Russia dragoons disperse a Vyatka miners meeting with casualties and arrests. The Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria runs aground near Rabbit Island. An Italian anarchist is arrested in Marseilles over a plot against President Fallieres. Republican officials announce a county meeting and Las Vegas gathering. Roswell reports a 290 foot well in progress. Kansas cattle and sheep markets show steady prices. Wool markets remain steady across St. Louis regions.
Household goods sale and travel notice in Trinidad visit
An advertisement offers a good driving horse at a bargain and half price on harness furniture and household goods. It lists contact as 700 Notta Penn and names J. Shaver and Mrs. W. Q. Fawcett with two sons traveling to Trinidad Colorado for a month to visit relatives.
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Notta Penn
J. Shaver
W. Q. Fawcett
Trinidad
Colo
Will Marry in Chicago Arnold Morrison to Marry Rose Greengard
Arnold Morrison junior partner of Morrison Brothers travels to Chicago to wed Rose Greengard daughter of prominent furniture dealer M Greengard. After the ceremony at the bride’s home the couple plans a tour to New York City Galveston and Roswell where they will reside returning about September 26.
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Arnold Morrison
Morrison Brothers
Chicago
Rose Greengard
M. Greengard
New York City
Galveston
Texas
Roswell
IGE Plant Ordered by Haynes and Bonney
Haynes and Bonney will have twenty tons of machinery shipped to the IGE plant.
Ice plant order signals Roswell growth and plans
Haynes and Bonney of Roswell ordered a 20 ton Frick ice plant through Dr. J Morris of Dallas. The setup will take 50 horsepower and about thirty workers, with Morris supervising for fifteen days. He praises Roswell as a future ice hub and notes regional ties to Albuquerque El Paso and Houston. Morris has bought a Summer home in town and may relocate if a railroad meets Roswell. A separate note reports negro troop movements from Fort Brown to Forts Ringgold Cobb and the 26th infantry.
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Haynes & Bonney
Morris
Roswell
Texas
Albuquerque
el Paso
Fort Worth
Abilene
Colorado City
Killeen
Houston
Amarillo
United States
Mexico
South Africa
Seventh Street
Missouri Avenue
Dallas
Washington
Fort Brown
Ringgold and
Cobb
26Th Infantry
Fort Ringold
The Joyce-Pruit Co sells Peacock matoes and rail tickets
See Robt Ingersoll paying cash for railroad tickets. The celebrated Peacock program is now on sale at the Joyce-Pruit Co Grocery.
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R. G. Ingersoll
R. R
Joyce-Pruit Co
Roswell Weather Summary Aug 20 6 am Reading
Local report from Roswell New Mexico shows max 87 and min 62 with a mean of 74 and no precipitation. Wind from the southeast at 3 miles per hour. Forecast calls for scattered local rain tonight and Tuesday with steady temperatures.
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Roswell
N. M
M. Wright
Bryan seeks no instructed delegates to 1908 Dem natl convention
Wm J Bryan plans no instructed Illinois delegates unless Roger C Sullivan is repudiated by tomorrow's state convention. Judge Owen P Thompson of Jacksonville relayed the message after Bryan's arrival in Peoria. Bryan sails home aboard the Prinzess Irene at Gibraltar today.
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Peoria
Ill
J. Bryan
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
Illinois
Roger C. Sullivan
Thompson
Bryan
Peaches for Sale at Ice Factory by Geo F Blashek
Rastus Washington Johnson offers shoes shining and R R ticket dealer services. Ice Factory advertises abundant peaches for sale by Geo F Blashek. See me first for business.
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Geo. F. Blashek
Rastus Washington Johnson
R. R
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