Circus Wreck Claims 85 Lives Near Gary Indiana
Hagenbeck Wallace circus employees killed in Michigan Central Railroad wreck near Gary Indiana. 62 bodies recovered in morgues at Gary and Hammond with only 24 identified. Officials estimate up to 85 dead and 60 missing many of them razored and unrecognizable. Inquest planned in Hammond. engineer Sargent to testify alongside other circus and Showmen's League representatives offering aid. No cash recovered from the wreck reported at 25,000.
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Gary
Ind
Hagenback-Wallace Circus
Michigan Central Railroad
Hammond
Edward M. Ballard
Gustave Krauss
Alonzo K. Sargent
Green
Sargent
Kalamezoo
New York
Chicago
Showmen's League
Grain Must Follow Cotton At State Farmers Meeting
Four hundred farmers from across South Carolina adopted a resolution in Columbia urging the 1919 crop plan to require at least one acre of food crop for every acre in cotton and proportional grain fertilization. Dillon county delegates, including Dr. Stackhouse, urged delegation to New Orleans for July 1 to push the plan. A wedding report notes Mr. Robert Anderson and Mrs. Carrie Hayes wed by Judge Davin, with the groom departing for Camp Jackson.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Wade Stackhouse
Court House
Dillon County
New Orleans
Dr. Stackhouse
W. H. Muller
United States
Food Administration
House
Senate
Stack
Robert Anderson
Carrie Hayes
Davin
Camp Jackson
Reclassifications Ordered by Provost Marshal General
List of soldiers and civilians reclassified from various draft classes, showing shifts from 2 to 4 and from 3 to 1 or 4 to 1. Numerous names including Chester L Quick Ephram Dowdy Henry Clifton Rogers James Baker Richard Alexander Bennett Allen Jr John Allen John J Allen Jas W Allen Severn Allen Julius L Ammons Corlie Arnett Albert Bailey John H Bain Lonie Baker Robert Baker Ha Chester Barfield Manual Baron Henry Barrentine Joe Benjamin Henry Billings Bartow Blackmon H Benj Blackwell Cleveland Branch Alex Bridgers Curtis Hingman Earnest Britt Arthur Brown E Johnson Brown Isaac Brown Wille Bullard Oscar Bethea Preston Bethe Shaw Bethea Thadeus Bethea William Bets Bethe Wilson Bet Joseph Cad Alexander Cadtor R M Calhoun Guy Calvin Jeremiah Campbell Marshall Campbell Spencer Carmichael Manning Carmichael Martin Carmichael Mike Carmichael Chan Carter Clarence Carter Grady Carter Francis Causee see Ann Edger Cheeks Mack Coats Jason Coe Thomas Collins William Covington Cad Colvin Peter P Cook J Earnest Cottingham and others.
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Chester L. Quick
Ephram Dowdy
Henry Clifton Rogers
James Baker
T Richard Alexander
Bennett Allen, Jr
John Allen
John J
Preston Bethe
Shaw Bethea
Thadeus Bethea
William Bethes
W. D. Bethe
Wilson Bet
Joseph Cad
Alexander Cadtor
R. M. Calhoun
Guy Calvin
Jeremiah Campbell
Marshall Campbell
Spencer Carmichael
Manning Carmichael
Martin Carmichael
Mike Carmichael
Chan Carter
Clarence Carter
Grady Carter
Francis Causee
Ann Edger Cheeks
Mack Coats
Jason Coe
Thomas Collins
William Covington
Cad Colvin
Peter P. Cook
J. Earnest Cottingham
Germans Fight Grimly After Submarine Disaster
A German U boat suffered a catastrophic sinking after hitting a mine near Zebrugee. Only two of the 40 crew escaped to surface, others died in the craft or during the ascent as air pressure forced men from the conning tower. Survivors recounted horrific screams and a deadly struggle to reach the surface. A separate local note highlights Eugene Watkins, a nine year old Dillon county boy, who subscribed $500 in War Savings Stamps earned from his work at his father’s warehouse. Rev. W. B. Chandler helped arrange the subscription.
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Zebrugee
Hugh
Eugene Watkins
Frank Watkins
Dillon County
Eugene
W. B. 8.Chandler
Chandler
Lists of white and colored men sent off for camp June 25
The article enumerates numerous white men departed for training on June 25, followed by a list of colored men who left by June 20. It also contains garbled, sensational asides about unrelated anecdotes, a Chinese roolie from Timbucton, and a burlesque note about a Seventh Husband’s niece claiming a son with a friend, ending with a question about when the war will end.
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Hewra
Sayton
Abou
Torneo
Perth Claims Good Citizen Find Blan Mex Suddenly
Local report credits Perth residents with aiding a sudden rescue as a citizen helps locate Blan Mex who vanished near the riverbank. Authorities say quick action and alert bystanders led to a safe outcome and a brief inquiry is underway.
Pretty Home Wedding and Local Deaths in Litton County
In Litton county, Mr W K Fort of Fork farm died suddenly while fishing on Little Pee vive River after a boat mishap. He was 60 and active in church and Masonic orders. Also, Miss Lure Deane Hamer married Mr Houston Manning at Little Rock in a ceremony at the Hamer home with family present. The couple will honeymoon in Asheville after the service.
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Litton County
W. K. Fort
Dillon
Little Pee Vive
Jepany
Mr. Kort
Mr. Fort
Fork
Fort
Sevice
Mace
Atlantic
West Indies
W. D. Weels
Corw
U. S
Seburs
Geier
North Carolina
Farida
Schurz
Lure Deane Hamer
Houston Manning
J. W. Hamer
Little Rock
Mary Swain
Virginia Winstead
Earl Ellerbe
Latta
S. J. Bethea
Asheville
Manning
Converse Col Ler
J. H Manning
Rescue Day at Schurz School and Ocean Tragedies
The Dillon county trustees vote to enroll all teachers through the State bureau with Mamie McLees selecting county instructors. Sick leave salaries are paid, and compulsory attendance begins November 26 for four months. Sailors from the Schurz ship died in a sinking, while the rescue ship Florida saved survivors amid dramatic wireless notes and a collision with the Schurz. A wartime toast honors Woodrow Wilson.
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Dillon County
State Bureau
Mamie McLees
Teachers and Trustees’ Association
Schurz
Bevel
Honvind
Sapanese
Lester
Ver Havn
The
Florida
Melvin Lauds British Resolve and Promotions in Hull
Vice-Consul Melvin in Hull England notes Ms promotion to Consular Assistant and Student Interpreter. He thanks Congressman Ragsdale for aid in securing him the post. Melvin praises wartime British spirit, cites press limits, and reports confidence Allies will win.
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Melvin
Hull
England
Ragsdale
Americ
Susie Melvin
Washington
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