Visitation of Mosquito Fever Seems Controlled in New Orleans
New Orleans reports show 45 new cases 1385 total and 196 deaths to date with a rising but improving trend. Surgeons remain hopeful as deaths decline per total cases, compare favorably with 1878, and quarantine remains tight on Bayou La Fourche while refugees are turned back. Additional cases appear in Jefferson Parish Han son City Sarpy plantation and Mississippi City as officials investigate.
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Tragic Drowning in Crawfish River Near Jefferson
In Jefferson W is a family tragedy as Frank Hall his wife and their two children Abe and Jim drown after a fishing trip ends with the two youngsters in distress in Crawfish river two miles from town. The father rushed to aid the daughter but collapsed before reaching shore and the son attempted a rescue in the same peril.
Incendiary Fire Kills Two in Atlanta Area
An early morning fire at a location south of Atlanta destroyed a building and resulted in two deaths. John thes, about a year old, and ABR Thompen, a white male, perished. The blaze began around 11 o clock at night and is suspected to be of incendiary origin. Several youths are charged in connection with the incident.
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Abr Thompen
Tech White
A Tramp Delivers Drink House Speech on Drink Doubt
A tramp in a saloon asks for a drink, then delivers a stark lecture on the ruin of drink. He recalls a former life of happiness, marriage, and children lost to alcohol, ending as a broken husband and father with no home, voice trailing as he vanishes after the crowd disperses.
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Cleopatra
Horrific murder shocks Anderson county Kentucky
The Commonwealth Lawrenceburg Kentucky reports the brutal killing of James York a wealthy resident five miles southwest of Lawrenceburg. York was shot at his home while his family attended the county fair. The weapon a double barrel shotgun fired through an open door tore off the top of his head and his left arm. Robbery motive suspected but the house was untouched and bloodhounds found no trace. The case remains unsolved as bloodhounds yield no results and theories abound about hidden motives and possible beneficiaries.
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Anderson County
James York
Desperate Fight At Moonshine Still Ends In Fatality
Desperate knife and stone fight on Black Creek in Clay County leaves Campbell Anderson dead with a crushed skull and chest wounds. Tom Morton and Kate Morton are seriously injured, each stabbed in multiple places. Roy Plunkett and Pastley involved. Plunkett arrested after the brawl.
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Electric Eggs Deliver Vitality From Electrified Hen Eggs
Alameda correspondence to Los Angeles Times reports George J. Foster of 1300 Oak Street, Oakland, claims electrifying eggs via nest coils boosts vitality. He says aged residents improved vision and mobility after eating the eggs, with fowls bred for electric properties and nests wired to sustain effects. He also notes electrified eggs deter predators.
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Los Angeles Times
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George J. Foster
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Foster
Camp Yesser Guard Mount and Parade Draw Thousands
At Paducah Kentucky on August 21, Camp Yesser saw guard mount and dress parade as the day’s main routine. Thousands visited the camp with the dress parade drawing the largest crowd. Chaplain Col Noel Gaines was absent, and Col Biscoe Hindman delivered a 11 am religious service. In the Fark theater Col Hindman and Col James P Gregory and Capt Joseph Huffaker spoke before an inspection found quarters in first class order.
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Jude Jefferson County
Sheriff Pursues Outlaws in Pike Letcher Mountains
Mayking reports deputy sheriff Jack Tackitt and a strong posse have entered the Long Fork mountains to hunt Sof Plemings and his band, outlaw leaders resisting arrest in the rugged district. An early dispatch notes intensifying pursuit as authorities move through remote terrain.
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Jack Tackitt
Long Fork Mountains
Sof Plemings
Blood and breed define value in farm stock
The National Stockman argues farmers save millions by prioritizing bloodlines and specialization. It laments ridicule of fast racehorses while producers keep scrubs, stressing that animals must be bred for their intended purpose to maximize efficiency in milk, meat, wool, and work.
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National Stockman
Stove Explosion Injures Mrs. Theo dore Davis at Covington Home
In Covington Kentucky on August 21 Mrs. Theodre Davis wife of Captain Davis, a former Ohio river pilot, was badly burned when a stove exploded at her Madmon Pike home about five miles from the city.
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Madmon Pike
Two Good Wells Strike in Beaver Oil Field
The Gutty Galey Co of Cincinnati, operating in Beaver oil field north of Sergent, Ky, struck two fine oil wells. One yields over 100 barrels daily and the other 90. James Yorks Funeral Services in Lawrenceburg, Ky, followed the funeral train of James York, murdered at his home Friday, with three thousand residents attending. Bill Frakes, Paducah star pitcher, died at his Galatin, Tennessee home from locked bowels. John Hamilton, 40, of Hamilton, Ohio, was killed by falling slate in Mayking, Kentucky, while working in the mines.
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Here
James Yorks
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Ja York
Paducah
Bill Frakes
Gallatin
Tenn
Frakes
Mayking
John Hamiton
Hamilton, C
Esserville
Poisons in Food Cure Promises from Pills Ad
A promotional notice claims Dr King’s Kew Life Pills cure sickness from undigested food poisons. It asserts guaranteed relief or money back and quotes a price of 25 cents at C. J. Haydon’s drug store.
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C. J. Haydon
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