Mine Disaster at Marianna Exposes Grim Aftermath
A report from Marianna near Pittsburg details the Nov 28 1908 mine explosion at Rachel and Agnes mines. The narrator describes crowded morgues, shattered bodies, and the heavy toll with 148 victims, over half American or Americanized foreign, and the rapid removal of remains by company officials.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Wec
Marianna
Ellsworth
Pennsylvania R. &R
Monongahela City
Coal Company
Rachel Mine
Pittsburg Buffalo Company
Agnes
Thompson
All Dental Work Strictly First in Springfield Kentucky
Springfield Kentucky advertises a clinic offering all dental work strictly first class at Diffice in Hagon Block on the upstairs level.
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Springfield
Hagon Block
Christmas Pictures At Leachman & Campbell's
Local notes describe a festive display at Leachman and Campbell's with a full line of rugs and low Christmas prices. Also mentions silk petticoats, skirts, waists, handkerchiefs, and a holiday sale at Mrs Williams millinery, plus reminders to return a stray or stolen red silk umbrella.
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Leachman & Campbell’s
Leachman &Campbell's
Ladies of the Christian Church
Springfield Opera House
Adeline Bersot
Polly
Red Cross Drug Store
A Question of Honor on the Frontier
Sergeant Brady and his squad held a brush defense against a Sioux assault after a courier delayed fort orders. Facing overwhelming odds the sergeant inspired calm and defiance, dying with a smile as his men fell around him. The adjutant’s doubts were proven wrong.
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T. C. McClure
Brady
Fort Thomas
Rafferty
Old Country
Dublin
O'Grady
Sarge
Tipry
O'Mears
New York City
McGraw
Sullivan
O’mears
M. Quad
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Springfield Sun
Rogers Gore
G. T. Burton
Henry Wells
Grinstead
Jones
Presbyterian Church
Sun Office
M. D. L. Cocanougher
Kentucky Mountains
the Sun
J. E. Shelby
H. M. Grunpy
Doc
Jno
M. Hall
Leachman & Campbell
Mary E. Devine
W. D. Claybrooke
Levy Brapy
G. W. O’banion
Owenton
King
Dr. Browne
Louisville
Areta Begley
T. R. Beciey
Mooresville
Robert
Walter Riedel
Washington County Teachers’ Association
Washington County School Improvement League
Bush
Sun and Courier-Journal
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