Devastating Forest Fires Hit Minnesota Far North Region
Report recounts widespread fires in Rainy River area linking Minnesota towns Bainette Spooner Cedar Spur Graetta Pitt Swift Roosevelt destroyed or burned. Estimates of dead 1000 to 2000 and 5000 homeless with extensive timber losses and towns wiped out including Baudette Spooner and Alpena list.
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Winnipeg
Man
Rainy River
Minnesota
Lake of the ‘Woods
Fort Frances
Ont
Baudette
Rainey River
Warroad
Baulette
Spooner
Cedar Spur
Gracetor
Pitt
Swift
Roosevelt
Baudetto
Graetta
Minn
Muillions Tost
Grand Mariss
Three Forks
Jaffry
Baynes Lake
Canadia Territory
Hartley
Bayfield
Wis
Alpena
Mich
Potato plague warning spreads from Europe to North America
The Department of Agriculture warns farmers to watch for potato scab cauliflow er disease that began in Hungary in 1896 and has infected Ireland England Germany and other countries. It reached Newfoundland last year and threatens crops here. Burn diseased tubers and avoid seed from sick crops. report any appearance to prevent spread.
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Department of Agriculture
Europe
Hungary
Ireland
England
Germany
Scandinavia
France
Italy
North American
Newfoundland
Fair View Social Notes Tie Community Figures
Mr J F Matherly with daughter and grandson Martin L Arnold visited Deep Creek. Harrison Coyle family guests of grandparents near Springfield. Charlie Coyle's family with brother Clarence Coyle. Lizzie Parks returned to Mackville after visit with J M Harmon's. John Edwards plans Wilmore residence. Bro Hatchett aids Pleasant Hill meetings. Marquis Cocanougher and John Morgan Harmon start a putting excursion.
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J. F. Matherly
Martin L. Arnold
Deep Creek
Harrison Coyle
Marquis Allen
Henry Coyle
Springfield
Charlie Coyle
Clarence Coyle
Lizzie Parks
Mackville
J. M. Harmon
Lige Matherly
Ing
Richard Stewart
Ed Martin
Will Milburn
Mattie Wilson
Texas
John Elliott
J Bradley
Bro
Sawyer
Wesley's Chapel
John Edwards
Wilmore
Tommie Matherly
Bro. Hatchett
Tatham Springs
Short
Pleasant Hill
Marquis Cocanougher
John Morgan Harmon
State Grange to Hold Next Winchester Meeting
The Winchester Democrat notes the forthcoming State Grange gathering in Winchester later this month. The article extolls Grange work in farm cooperation, cooperative buying, and stable farmer prices, praising the movement and welcoming its representatives without special favors, funded by their own means.
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Pine
Winchester
Grange
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Winchester Democrat
Tobacco Prospects Reported in Danville Dispatch
Bradley Wilson, noted speaker and organizer of the Burley Tobacco Society, visited Danville and said the entire 1909 pooled crop would be sold at auction. The dispatch highlights Wilson’s remarks on market outlook and potential hammer pricing for the tobacco.
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Danville
Bradley Wilson
Burley Tobacco Society
Bluegrass tobacco fears hill country gain in market
The article argues that hill country growers will crowd Bluegrass producers as they can churn out tobacco cheaper due to lower land and labor costs. The pool is stronger in hill counties and Bluegrass farms are criticized for low investment and willingness to dump crops on the market at depressed prices.
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Hee
English Tongue Praised Amid Kentucky Educated Speech
A foreign observer deemed Kentucky's educated speakers to have the purest English. He cites John G. Carlisle Proctor Knott Breckenridge Watterson and others as examples of refined usage, tracing the tongue from Johnson to Poe and Bacon.
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Boston
Kentucky
John G. Carlisle
Dean Swift
Proctor Knott
Burke
P. Breckenridge
Congreve
Henry Watterson
Thackeray
Lord Bolingbroke
Voltaire
Carl Schurz
Congress
Thurman
Sumner
Conkling
Carpenter
Edmunds
Samuel Johnson
Daniel Defoe
Shakespeare
Milton
Chaucer
Gladetone
Bacon
Pope
Poe
Wanderlust youth’s arrest sparks small town curiosity
Raymond Shoemaker, 16, son of Gabriel Shoemaker, was arrested in Jeffersonville last week as a suspect after admitting plans to visit Bloomington and Springfield. He had opera glasses, a gold watch, and $20 from his father, and said he would return home after a trip that began with a claim of boredom. Chamberlain's Liniment advertised as a remedy for minor injuries, to be used when a family doctor is unavailable.
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Raymond Shoemaker
Gabriel Shoemaker
Jeffersonville
Mike A. Wail
Louisville
Springfield
Bloomington
Boomington
Louisville He Spent Part of the Money and Then Crossed To Jyfersonville
Beig
Terrible misadventure in town over love triangle
A chaotic scene unfolds as two young men woo one woman then clash over her affections. The plot ends with the damsel eloping with the preferred suitor, while a crowd reacts in comic disbelief and a mother collapses. A TB exhibit plan aims to educate Kentuckians on prevention.
Rexall Orderlies Claim Gentle Constipation Relief
Advertises Rexall Orderlies as a tasteless colorless new bowel regulator and stimulant. Claims they do not cause griring or habit, act by addressing the cause of constipation, and offer a money refund if unsatisfied. Sold at The Retail store Haydon Willett Drug Co. Two sizes 25c and 10c.
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Haydon & Willett Drug Co
Need More Pretty Teachers Need More Pretty Teachers
The piece argues that Northwest states like Washington and Oregon attract teachers due to high demand and favorable marriage prospects. It suggests a scheme to lure female teachers with promises of opportunity and recognition, noting widespread demand for good teachers and implying many eligible women, especially near Springfield, Kentucky.
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Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Vallambrosa
Kentucky
Springfield
Kaintuck
Twenty Years of Williams Family Reunion Held at Springfield
The twentieth annual Williams family reunion met on Thursday Oct 6 at Samuel Walter Williams home near Springfield to celebrate Mrs Sarah T Williams birthday. Attendees included Rev and Mrs Jas Williams Paris Jesse R Williams Maple Hill and many relatives from Bardstown Maple Hill Louisville and surrounding areas despite heavy rain. The family noted Mrs Williams death in May 1880 at age seventy two and that only three children remain.
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Thomas H
Sarah T. Williams
Samuel Walter Willams
Springfield
Sarah T. Willams
Gardatown
Pr. T. D. Williams
Ceunion
Jas. Walliams
Paris
Jesse R Williams
Maple Hill
Kate Willams
Jean Williama
Bardstown
Wallace Brown
Mattie Bussey
Louisville
Ivan Sale
Mackville
Ericn Mitchell
Litsey
M. Williams
Thos. Dewson
Reunion adjourns to meet October at Bardstown residence
A reunion of von, of Mr. Zion, Messrs Reed and Lagan Crume, Springheld and visitors Mr and Mrs Sam Hardesty of Washington County adjourned to meet next October 6 at the residence of Mrs Theresa Williams of Bardstown.
Senator Root for Chief Justice in New York race
Washington reports rising interest as Elihu Root may be named Chief Justice if Republicans win New York and if Theodore Roosevelt backs Representative William Bennett to sue Root's Senate seat.
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Washington
Elihu Root
Supreme Court
New York
Roosevelt
William Bennett
Root
Cotton Still King in Texas Outlook and U S Trade
The Houston Post notes Texas will supply about one third of the nation’s cotton crop and likely see high prices this market season. It cites the Southern Commercial Congress data showing cotton’s central role in U S exports and trade balance since 1790, with vast gold returned for raw cotton and emphasizes the sector’s prosperity despite limited protective tariffs.
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The
Houston Post
Texas
United States
Southern Commercial Congress
South
Commercial Congress
Washington Times
East
Rexall Hair Tonic claims to regrow hair and relieve scalp issues
Advertises Rexall 93 Hair Tonic claiming to renew bald roots, nourish the scalp, and destroy germs causing baldness. Promises satisfaction or refund of purchase with 50c and 1.00 bottles sold at Rexall and Haydon Willet Drug Co. Also mentions Chamberlain’s Tablets for digestive ease and mood.
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Rexall
Haydon & Willett Drug Co
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Chamberlain
Washington Cquity
Jerry
Inamorta
Tom
Simon
Jerry Answels
Sweet Sutteen
Morai
Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Seelbach Hotel
Eugene Kerner
State Association
Senator Root
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