Forest Fires in Kalama Threaten Lifes and Property
News from Kalama Washington reports fires along the Lowie river area that have killed D L Wallace his wife and two children and a 12 year old boy. additional deaths include Mrs John Polly her baby and brother Mr Newhouse and Mrs Graves. Property losses are estimated around $200000 with fifty lives feared dead on Lewis river and widespread destruction across 50 timber sections.
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Kalama
Wash
Lowie River
D. L. Wallace
Mr. Manley
John Polly
Coveman
Cowlitz
Lewis River
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Claim
Advertising copy touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as containing ample iron and quinine in a tasteless form. It promises no cure and pay on delivery with a five shilling price, asserting a guaranteed benefit and urging purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Talbert thanks supporters after defeat in 1902 election
W. J. Talbert of Parksville South Carolina thanks friends and supporters for the recent governor race vote. He states acceptance of the outcome, pledges to support the party nominees, and offers to aid Governor Heyward. He expresses continued commitment to South Carolina and asks readers to stand united for the Palmetto State. Dated September 12, 1902.
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Down
Heyward
South Carolina
Palmetto State
W. J. Talbert
Parkaville, S. C
Receiver Named for Amos Owens Cherry Tree Funds
In Greensboro North Carolina this week Judge James E Boyd signed an order appointing Henry C Cowles of Statesville as receiver for monies paid in by the defendants in the famous Amos Owens cherry tree case. The sentence provided restitution for funds fraudulently obtained and Cowles will hold money in trust for the court. Principal defendants are Frank Bright T Bright and C D Wilkie. The case will come up at the October term of Federal Court to review remitted funds.
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Greensboro
N. C
James E. Boyd
Henry C. Cowles
Statesville
Amos Owens
Boyd
Mr. Cowles
Frank Bright
T. Bright
C. D. Wilkie
Colombian government pushes back revolutionaries claim
Dispatches report the Colombian government subduing revolutionists and asserting that unless the revolutionaries attack Manama and Collon at once it will be able to repel them.
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Dispatches
Govern
Lon
Great Mogul Engine Bursts Its Boiler
A Pennsylvania railroad mogul locomotive west of Jersey City exploded injuring engineer George Lutz fatally and fireman James Dooley and conductor Walter Weber seriously. The crown sheet blew out and the cab and boiler were hurled into the air as the train’s air brakes activated. the crash caused extensive wreckage with the boiler and cab scattering across the track. Names of the injured and dead are given with details of the wreck and investigation.
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New York
George Lutz
James J. Dooley
Walter Weber
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Lutz
Dooley
Weber
Smallpox in Greenville Across State Sends Telegrams
The Governor received a telegram reporting two smallpox cases at Gantt in Greenville county and wired the state health board secretary Dr James Evans in Florence. Sunday marked the first anniversary of President McKinley’s death with church eulogies. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay at 25 cents.
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Gantt
Greenville County
State Board of Heath
Florence
James Evans
Columbia Research
McKinley
B. W. Grove
Williams-Hughes Co Loo s Like The End
Non unionists return to work and strikers show indifference as Tamaqua area coal operators secure gains in Panther Creek and Mahoney valleys. Reading Co begins selling coal to locals while deputies guard returning workers and gumming up efforts to split unified labor. Beaumont oil field reports the gusher dying, leaving darkness until clearing.
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Tamaqua
Panther Creek
Mahoney
Reading Company
Money to Loan on Cotton Mortgages in New York Area
On a recent visit to New York city arrangements allow negotiation of loans from $300 and up on improved cotton. Mortgages on sites valued at 21,000 or more at 7 percent interest, and smaller loans at a reduced rate. No commission, only a reasonable abstract fee. R B Wylie, Attorney at Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anna
Wylie
Hepte
Ally
Tragic Track Death After Holiday Excursion
A man from near Homer Turbeville, after an outing to Wilmington from Rowland, lay drunk beside the track and was struck by a returning train. His body, found near the depot area, was turned over to authorities after railroad workers assisted in the aftermath.
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Dillon
Rowland
N. C
Wilmington
Homer
Stephen Turberville
Notice to creditors and debtors in estate of William Ganson
All persons having claims against the estate of William Ganson deceased must present them proven to the undersigned executors or their attorney L Y Walliams Esq. Persons owing monies must pay the undersigned or the attorney. Mayor Ganson Adam Ganson Executors. August 19 1902
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C. C. Welsh
J. W. Welsh
Admr
Welsh
William Ganson
L.Y. Walliams
Ganson
Adam Ganson
Will Rebuilder Proclaims Ready To Grind At Mill
R Z Wetsu announces he has rebuilt his dam at Flour and Grist Mill and is prepared to grind wheat and coro daily. He asserts past grinding was satisfactory and vows improved readiness for business. August 21, 1902.
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R. Z. Wetsu
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the Ledger
Thurlow Ae Garter
Sfutemar
Io Forest
Daily News
Columbia
S. C
A. Wood
Marion
South Carolina College
McSweeney
George Cowen
Spartanburg
Youngan
Hydrick
Watts
P. C. Townsend Cotton Mill
Anderson
Woodside Cotton Mills
Greenville
J. L. Orr
J. T. Woodside
Col
Wr. Talbert
Amos Owens Cherry Tree Funds
Ment
Manama
Clemson
Clemsoa College
Obbers
W D Trantham
Camden
Slopa
Madras
Williams-Hughes CO
Beaumont
Tex
Lancaster Marble
A. J. McNinch
Lancaster
Mcbow
Catawba House
South Side
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