Oil boom near Scottsville Ky may be richest in south
The Gazette reports a looming oil boom around Scottsville Kentucky with Capt. Incas owning over 25 000 acres in Allen County and starting operations immediately. Property values have more than doubled in the past week as the scene draws attention from investors and workers.
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Philadelphia&Reading Railroad_Co
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Seeley Bibbins
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Counci
Board of Education Affairs
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Okla
Evangelical Church At
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Kan
Bruner
Collinsville
Ala
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Elma
Transportation Committee
M. Santos Dumont
Paris
John C. Sheehan
York
Bird S. Coler
Republican County Committee
Independent Democratic Organization
Citizens’ Union
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Tammany
Mingo County
W. Va
Coil Field
Ned Jacket
Virginia
Fudge Raker
United States
Ciremat Wourt
Goshen
Dtd
W. BB. Conkey Printing Co
Haimmusad
Ind
Janesville
Wts
Political and personal notes from early Lake era events
Capt Stephen A. Jackson, a famed Enawra survivor, dies at 74 in Kenostm Wiss after a long illness. Lampton Hoge, Republican candidate for Virginia governor, plans a broad state canvass and will challenge Democrat Andrew Jackson Montague to a joint debate. Capt Thomas F. Schley replies to the War Department about an alleged interview. Will of Stephen Tallard leaves $100,000 to the American Missionary Society. John C. Topping of Topping Bros. dies by suicide in Brooklyn after nervous prostration.
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Enawra
Kenostm
Wiss
lampton-Hoge
Roanoke
Andrew Jackson Montague
Thomas F. Schley
Twentythird Infantry
War Department
Schley Court of Inquiry
Schley
Stephen Tallard
Brooklyn
N. Y
American Missionary Society of
New York
John C. Topping
Topping Bros
New York City
Drowning Fatalities in Quebec and Spain Destruction in Villariego
A boat near Lachine Quebec swamped killing Rutherford his wife and two children. A Spanish village Villariego filota suffered a hurricane that razed forty buildings, killed six and injured many. Russia extends siege of Moscow province for another year, keeping political tension high.
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Lachine
Quebec
Rutherford
Villariego Filota
Spain
Moscow
Policing Thousand Island group in St Lawrence linked to interior plans
Dominion interior department estimates about 500 islands in the Thousand Island group between Kingston and Brockville will be policed. Islands range from five acres to 0.01 acre. notices warn idle Black residents near Sapulpa, J Y to depart. Surrounding towns join in push against perceived issues.
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Thousand Island
Dominion Department of the Interior
Kingston
Brockville
Sapulpa
J. Y
MacClintock-Marshall Construction Company
Braddak
Witpes
Ocean
Nerminie
Joseph D. Redding
New York City
Esstate
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daaughter,Prince
Clara Mon Wirzfeldt
Redding
Listel
New York
San Francisco
Aston Atting
John J. McGraw
Baltmore
Baltimore
McGraw
Britton I. Taber
North River
Jaber
Tea
Christiani
Peace talks loom as mills pledge steady work volume
Pittsburg August reports outline a mixed steel strike picture. Some mills run with part shifts while others idle or threatened with restart as Amalgamated officials and Civic Federation push peaceful settlement proposals to the United States Steel Corporation. Prominent labor figures attend a conference as negotiations hint at a broader reopening of talks and possible term concessions. Another update notes potential full three-shift operation later in the week if staffing holds.
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Star Mill
Painter Mill
Pennsylvania Tube Sworks
Aidlé
Smachinista
McKeesport
Demmler
Trondale
Wellsville
Lisbon
Tin’ Plate
Evans
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Bellaire
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Bay View
Joliet
Amalgamated Association
John Mitchell
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J. W. Jenks
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Henry M. White
United Garment Workers
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Association
Company
Shaffer
Corporation
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Civic Federation
Ireland
Potter
Daniel
Hanna
Seth Low
Steel Corporation
Fire at Atlantic Refining Plant Burns About One Hundred
A massive blaze at the Atlantic Refining Co. Point Breeze plant wounded about 100 people including firemen employees and spectators. Most treated on site. four cases serious enough for hospital transfer as night fell.
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Philadelphia
A Atlantic Refining Co
Point Breeze
Market Report Notes Sustained Trade and High Prices
The weekly review notes a well sustained trade volume with firm prices, despite labor friction in iron and steel. Merchants face selling advantage, textiles weaker, and output curbed by unions while other sectors show resilience. Factory shipments rise, grain quotes ease, and U S failures total 205 versus 171 last year.
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New_York
R-G
Dun—&Co
Anya
Amalgamated Association
London
Russia
United States
Li Hung Chang Faces Pressure as China Delays Signing
In Pekin the delay of Chinese plenipotentiaries in signing unsettles the foreign community though ministers doubt a final refusal. Decrees warning punishments and exam suspensions are planned before signatures. Li Hung Chang withdraws from active talks, while Prince Gong handles final steps amid native press denunciations of surrender to foreigners.
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China
Li_Hung Chang
Earl Li
Japan
Collision on River line kills man near Atlanta
A head end crash on the River line of the Rapid Transit Co near Simsville five miles from Atlanta late Friday afternoon killed Harry Williams and injured 17 people, three seriously. All injured likely from Atlanta. Grady hospital staff could not confirm addresses. Cars crowded and speeding on a sharp curve left no time to react.
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Persoan
The
Rapid Transit Co
Harry Williams
Grady Hospital
Simsville
Attorney General OKs Paper Guessing Contest
Knox AG opinion says western daily paper’s contest to award 1500 prizes totaling 15000 dollars for guessing Pan American exposition attendance is not illegal. The paper promotes paid admissions estimates from opening to closing, challenging readers to participate.
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Washington
Knox
Notorious Bandit Lino Loma Killed in Cuba
Havana reports Lino Loma, the bandit whose capture carried a dead or alive reward of 1000 dollars, was killed at Macarites in Matanzas province. Police aided by rural guards, four other bandits were captured. Loma’s activities in Matanzas and Havana had angered authorities. a bounty of 500 dollars was offered for his head, later doubled after a surrender offer under terms.
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Lino Loma
Macarites
Matansas
Loma
Matanzas
Setten
New Electric Traction System Surpasses Expectations
The Electrical Review reports the first test of a new electric traction system exceeds installing engineers expectations. A London bid drew attention for low cost and an Italian installation achieved 45 mph with smooth operation. Five-car trains handled grades without severe jarring.
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New York
Electrical Review
London
Italy
Florida couple and son in law held on mail fraud charges
In Daytona Beach on August 24 Helen Post her husband Col C C Post and her son in law C F Bureiman were arrested on a complaint by Postal Inspector Peer. They were transported to Jacksonville for a hearing before U S Commissioner Archibald on alleged use of the mails to circulate cures by mental science to distant patients.
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Fla
Ihelen Post
Col
C. C. Post
C. FS Bureiman
Post Office
Peer
Jacksonville
United States
Archibald
Mob burns accused killer after jail assault near Winchester
In Chattenoogs Tennessee Aug 26 a mob overran Winchester jail, seized Henry Noles a Black man charged with assault and murder of Mrs Charles Williams and hanged him on the scene. Thousands watched as his body was burned after being bound to a tree and oil poured over him.
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Chattenoogs
Tenn
Henry Noles
Charles Williams
Winchester
Cowen
Stewart
Jpil
Erode
Whiter
Lynch
Tol Jey
Williams
Noles
Manila to Add Four Infantry Companies for Possible Uprising
Manila authorities plan to increase the garrison by four infantry companies, citing heavy guard duties. Gen Chaffee says Manila is orderly though some land tax discontent exists. Insurgent forces surrender figures reach over 100.
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Chaffee
Wright
Loree
Brown
Fourth Infantry
Talisay
Pan American Exposition Declares Week For Industry
Buffalo officials designate this week as range week and furniture manufacturers week. Attendance surpassed four million with daily August average at 50 percent higher than any prior month.
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Buffalo
Alleged Conspirators Arrested In Nogales Smuggling Probe
Washington reports treasury officials uncovered a wide conspiracy in Nogales Arizona to admit Chinese into the United States. Collector William Hoey and Deputy Chinese Inspector B F Jossey plus Frank How and another Chinese resident of Clifton Mexico have been arrested. Additional arrests expected as investigators allege cash paid to cross the border. Hoey appointed about a year and a half ago.
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Washington
Treasury
Nogales
Ariz
United States
William Hoey
B. F. Jossey
Frank How
Clifton
Mexico
Hoey
Famine Threat Looms as Texas Cattle Die and Range Fails
Reports from San Antonio describe a dire food shortage as cattle perish from starvation. Water failure and scorched terrain leave the country barren, with the nearest railroad 50 miles away and supplies needing a two day haul from Laredo, threatening a severe crisis.
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San’ Antonio
Tex
Laredo
Plague Reports Spread Across Canton Province China
The marine hospital service notes plague in Canton and across Kwang Tung. Reports from missionaries and American doctors describe widespread infection along trade routes from Hong Kong to the West River, with emphasis on place to person transmission and poor sanitary practices.
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The
Marine Hospital Service
Canton
China
Kwang Tung
Hong Kong
West River
Yvohn M. Foster
SwWatow
Swatow
Pare Senene-Dhe
Nam Leng
Four Die as Girders Collapse on Congaree Bridge
At the new Southern railway bridge over the Congaree River in Columbia four men were killed when two 14 ton steel girders toppled. One man was fatally injured and two others seriously hurt as 75 spectators and workers were on the bridge. The phoenix Bridge Co. of Philadelphia built the structure and a government tug rescued two men from the river.
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S. C
Southern Railway
Congaree River
Congaree
S. J. Castleberry
Reuben Alston
Job Debais
Jim Reese
David Stiles
A. T. Thornton
Sam Willifred
Phoenix Bridge Co
Philadelphia
Exposition Plans Seek More Ground Near Forest Park
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. executive committee authorized condemnation of additional land near the World’s Fair site. With 660 acres at Forest Park found insufficient for planned buildings, several hundred adjoining acres may be condemned if other arrangements fail. The company has full power to secure extra ground by condemnation if needed.
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St. Louis
The
Louisiana
Farmer Defends Mob Threat with Scythe in Alabama
Enoch Hendergoon, a negro farmer from Moulton Heights, faced a 25 man masked white mob on Sunday night. He reportedly wounded one mob member with a scythe blade while defending Tenderson amid a dispute with a white man.
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Ala
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Enoch Hendergoon
Moulton Heights
Tenderson
Robbed on a Cable Car in Chicago Suburb
Nicholas Kranz a German farmer near Aurora reports losing 155 in checks and 33 in currency on a Cottage Grove Avenue cable train in Chicago on Monday. He carried the money in a large leather pocketbook inside his coat pocket.
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Chicago
Nicholas Kranz
Aurora
Cottage Grove
Missing Havana money order packet worth $4000
Havana August 27 E C Westall chief of the Havana post office money order department left with a $4000 surplus to pay into the treasury. He boarded a omnibus and found the packet missing after a delay. Two boys report seeing a mulatto throw the packet to a Negro in the street. Westfall is held on $10,000 bond.
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Havana
E. C. Westall
Treasury
Westfall
Daring Exploit in Mindoro Captures American Deserter
Manila dispatch reports Lieut Hazard leading Macabebe scouts to seize Howard a deserter who led Filipino forces for months Ferguson and eight scouts infiltrated Col Ati eiza camp at night to locate bound and gagged Howard then led him away without alerting the camp
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Pitcher
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Fraternal Society Meetings Listed in Alton Area
Regular sessions announced for Arlington Lodok and Montrose Council in Alton area. Lodges meet on second and fourth Friday evenings and months at Main Street halls with visiting brothers encouraged to attend. Members named include Sellers Walle Scott Lorena Encampment and others. Pythias and Knights distances noted with vice presidents and secretaries listed.
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Ain
Vishing Brothers
Soreph-Devery
Wheeling and Lake Erie RB Time Table July 29 190L
Railway timetable for Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad shows schedule for west and north routes effective July 29 190L. Contains listed train movements and station stops across network segments.
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Wheeling & Lake Erie
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