Devastating Canadian Forest Fires Devour Towns
Firestorms rage across the Bik river region near Fernie and surrounding valleys. Estimates place dead in the hundreds, with 175 dead near Fernie and many more missing as flames wipe out towns like Homer and Michel. Refugees stream toward safety as buildings are dynamited to slow the advance. Property losses run into millions, and whole districts are reported as burned to ashes with towns evacuated and mines at risk.
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Vancouver
B.C
Bik River
Fernie
Sparword
Olnen
Homer
Michel
Hosmer
Thos. Biggs
Miners
Sien
Fer Khe Aod
Burney District
Boarwood Way
Elko
Kootenay
Fife
Elita
Apota
Wella
Crows Nest
Mfontane
New York Police Capture Brooklyn Tapping Gang Members
Police say two men linked to a wire tapping gang and the $694,000 bank defrauding scheme were caught in a Brooklyn restaurant back room. One faces grand larceny and fraudulent use of the mails charges. The suspects are connected to William F Walker from New Britain Connecticut and a Wellsville Michigan supplier of agricultural implements.
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New York
William F Walker
New Britain
Saloon Keeper Shot by Robbers in Chicago Ambush
Police arrested Dowrph Bovinski, 20, and Debn Pysup, 21, alleged singers in the robbery and murder of saloon keeper Wideier at his station. They contend the pair robbed the proprietor, leading to a fight during which Bovinski allegedly took a revolver and Wideier was shot. the victim identified as Air Brakes Mefune, of Petonkey, Michigan. Three others were injured when a Grand Rapids and Indiana engine crashed into a car and a passenger coach at a suburban station.
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Chicago
Eb Wideier
Staoon
Dowrph Bovinski
Debn Pysup
Bovinski
Byrup
Mie
Sovinak
Wilelm
Petonkey
Mich
Ava
Indiana Railway
Noted Criminal James Killed by Tram Car in Pratt City
Well known criminal Ghattangoga of Tennessee is reported killed by a tram car on the Tennessee Coal and Iron line at Pratt City Alabama. Another man Ryan is serving an eight year term for robbery making the incident a stark crime note from the era.
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Ghattangoga
Tenn
Aug
James
Wan
Lay
Tennessee Coal & Iron Railroad
Pratt City
Ala
Ryan Wan
Detroit Heat Record Reported By Weather Bureau
Unclear summer conditions described with a thermometer reading and locations Hast Dewalt Mick Aud and Detroit. The text notes a hot day with a weather bureau thermometer reportedly showing nine degrees in some unit, mentioning UV and watts in a garbled way.
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Detroit
Weather Bureau
Notable deaths and maritime accidents reported abroad
Dr Frederick Ko HW Von Lucanne chief of Emperor William s civil cabinet died in Berlin at age 83. A river trade pact fixes minimum freight rates as pre war ships engage. Bodies recovered from Lake Chautauqua drownings Elsie Green of Savannah and Porter Parish of Memphis. July Chicago births show 469 infant deaths amid parental neglect concerns. A westbound Gallen State Limited wreck near Wilcox Arizona injures two. American Atlantic fleet movements include wireless links to Auckland. A 19 year old James Kelley killed by his sweetheart Eve Sleeter and another man amid a Metropolis driving tragedy ends in suicide. the girl likely dies from abdomen wound.
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Frederick Ko HW. von Lucanne
Emperor William
Berlin
Chicago
Health Department
Gallen State Limited
Rock Island Railroad
el Paso
Tex
Wilcox
Ariz
At &Orlock
Auckland
James Kelley
Mian
Eve Sleeter
Bink
James
Rain
Metropolis
Child Journeys 10000 Miles to Benton Harbor
Ida Bacensh, an eight year old girl with black eyes and curly hair, arrived in Benton Harbor Michigan by steamer from Chicago after a 10,000 mile solo journey from Damaras Syria. She had been stranded after being robbed and abandoned in Marseilles, France, with a Syrian protector in Alar saillon unable to reach her. The hotel proprietor assisted and word reached her family in New York, prompting aid from relatives.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Ida Bacensh
Chicago
Damaras
Syria
Alarsaillon
France
Marseilles
New York
Archbishop Farley Among Papal Audience in Rome
Archbishop Farley of New York visited the Vatican on August 4 and was received by the Pope with distinction. He delivered the Jubilee greeting and a report on conditions in New York, noting thanks for Peter's pence and requesting apostolic blessing for the city. He introduced his aides, including Secretary Rev James V. Lewin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fartey
New York
Vatican
Monchy
Ping
Peter
Farley
James V. Lewin
Wilfred Laurier Pledges Federal Aid After Fire
In Ottawa on Monday afternoon Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier sent a message to Cranbrook B C in response to a tele gram requesting federal assistance. General MacDonald is instructed to place tents and military blankets at the disposal of the fire sufferers and militia authorities are ordered to facilitate distribution to those rendered homeless by the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Wilfred Laurier
Cranbrooke
B.C
Gan
Mac Donald
Young Man Taken Bick in Chicago Mystery
A telegram from the girl’s parents reports that Richard Frederick, a young man who rushed to New York last Saturday, has fallen ill after mysteriously disappearing from his home. The case involves Mike Rowe Ford and other named individuals as authorities investigate the eastern city incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bick
Chicago
Richard Frederick
New York
Fauher
Mike Rowe Ford
Howe
Mrs
Prank Sikopsik
Cloudburat Wreaks Havoc in Nevada and Verdi
A severe cloudburst swept through Nevada and Verdi on Monday causing damage to a site, destroying stock and cabins, and washing away a large quantity of log wares. No injuries reported.
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Cloudburat
Nevada
Rino
Nev
Aus
Verdi
Political prisoners freed in Peru decree upheld
Lima August 4 The supreme court on Monday denied a decree that would free prisoners with limited exceptions. Those who were uninformed or unaware of their protests face the new ruling while other inmates remain subject to confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Per
Super Court
Mierky
Woman Charged With Assault After Fire Burns Girl
Cleveland case reports a warrant for Alexander Nagy on assault and battery. Police say Nagy’s wife claimed their six year old Elizabeth burned both hands when a quarter hidden under a tablecloth fell toward a stove. The mother says she loves her children and feared punishment if the girl lied.
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Cleveland
Cull
Alexander Nagy
East Seventy
Axiault
Sweeney
Elisabeth
Dollee
Bea
Heat sets off severe storm in Michigan towns
Intense heat gave way to a violent electric storm and heavy rain across western Michigan on Monday evening. A 12 minute episode near Mickegon produced property damage with windows blown in and flying glass. Mrs. Jerry Moulton was seriously injured at the Campan hotel, while her daughter Mrs. Jamen McHogh sustained cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Mickegon
Campan Hotel
Jerry Moulton
Jamen McHogh
Treasury Surplus Report Shows 6.7 Million State Funds
Aug 4 statement from the state auditor to the governor notes a total surplus in the state treasury of 6,707,602 dollars, nearly all in the general revenue fund. Deputy state auditor Fullington says the surplus should not shrink much through the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Columbia
Governor's Office
State
General Revenue Fund
Blate
Fullington
Steamship firm defaults on August interest payment
Announcement from New York August 4 reports Maine Steamship Co. of New Jersey, owned by the New York New Haven Hartford system, defaulted on interest due for August on its 100000 outstanding war bonds. Lloyds coal station aid seen as concession sought for Tenoritte site by North German Lloyd steamship line.
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Maine, Steamship Co
New Jersey
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co
Pittsburg Heat Wave Brings Suffering and Prostrations
A scorching day in Pittsburg pushed the thermometer to 92 degrees as residents endured heat and discomfort. Officials warned of continuing high temperatures with similar conditions expected Tuesday, prompting cautions for vulnerable individuals.
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Pittsburg
Young Man Found Dead in Atlantic City Inlet Walk
A young man from Altoona Pennsylvania was found dead by the inlet walk in Atlantic City after an Aug 4 incident. The report notes a bullet wound and references ALD Bell and years old, with unclear details from the damaged text.
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Atlantic City
Bie
Bell
Altoona
Test of Cincinnati license law over car club dispute
Short chronicle reports Harry Probasco attorney for the Cincinnati Automobile club filed an application and payment for a license for the Waltham Mine Co vehicle with the secretary of state. A formal protest against payment is included as the basis for court action to test city and state authority. The case will be filed early this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columban
Han
Harry Probasco
Cincinnati Automoblin
Chib
Waltham Mie. Co
Cincinnati
Probasco
Deficiency in State Department prompts funding concerns
Auditors oppose signing a report on claims against Hafner and Lerich citing inadequacies in adjutant general and attorney general budget handling. Separate items note Rex Young linked to a Jeffersonville restaurant fire and preliminary grand jury binding. Dr Finley Richards faces assault charges in Uniontown. a Mount Carmel patient, Mrs Ramuel Slina, leapt from an eighth story window dying soon after. and news of James Ryan’s death as a coal car incident emerges from Cleveland.
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State Department
Columbus
Aim
al Short
Hafner
Lerich
Attorney General's Department
diMenit
Incu
Renewe Insurance and Acates
Springfield
Rex Young
Jeffersonville
Young
Ramuel Slina
Moundeville
W. Va
Mount Carmel
Banker Ridiculed at Old Home Day Reunion
At a Burton reunion hundreds of former residents ridiculed K. B. S. Ford of the defunct Bougt ton Ford & Co bank. Ford had been found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary but was discharged by the circuit court.
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Chardon
Olf
Burton
K. BS. Ford
Bank of Bougtton, Ford & Co
Accidents and a Suspected Murder in Cleveland
Aug 4 reports Bert Simpson an iron worker living on Woodland Avenue fell from a belt line bridge on Marcelline Avenue. Arm crushed after a car knocked him projecting from a window. Joseph Quick of Howe Avenue, killed on McKinnan Street Bridge, now suspected to be murdered while driving a Seahine wagon from the old market.
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Cleveland
Bert Simpson
Woodland Avene
Marcellne Avenue
Fit Peck
Awe
William Korvorek
Detroit Avenue
Baxton
St. John’s
Joseph Quick
Howe Avenue
McKienan Street
Left on Street by Partner in Detroit. Driver Charged
Police report a man left on a street by his partner in Cleveland. Aug d Owen Cooney of INST Weet Pwenty-fith a treat van was found near Detroit. Went Fifty-eight sought Monday with a broken leg by the driver of a city air cart.
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Cleveland
Owen Cooney
Detroit
Old Lady Kills Herneit in Canton Near Beach Guty
An aged woman of 86 who was frail with age reportedly killed herself by strangling a river near Beach Guty while visiting a grandson. Governor Harrie Better of Hatou is mentioned in relation to official duties. the article preserves limited readable fragments of the event.
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Herneit
Canton
Nancy On Bie
Harvelf
Harrie Better
Hatou
Harrin
Colum
Dutien
Rabid Dog Bites Soldiers in Panama Exp. Regiment
Major J. H. Russell, First Sergeant Pennington, and ten privates of the First battalion Panama expeditionary regiment were bitten or scratched by a dog with rabies on the canal zone that month. They were sent to the magnet ward Monday after arrival in Washington and are said to be doing well with no hydrophobia symptoms.
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W. Whitigton
J. H. Russell
Firat
Pennington
Panama
Canal Zone
Washington
Death Overtakes Horse's Friend in New York
James Farrell, a humble New York driver, died Monday night after enduring sacrifices of hardship. His body rests in the front room of his home where the blue ribbon awarded by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals once hung on the wall. The award honored him as the most careful driver in the city following the May horse parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Farrell
Animain
Alan Wood Iron and Steel resumes operations at Copshovkon
The Alan Wood Iron and Steel Co. at Copshovkon restarted about one third of its plant after a month shutdown. Under normal conditions the works run nine furnaces. three were started this Monday. Several hundred will be employed as the resumption proceeds. Officials attribute the lift to improving market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ave
Alan Wood, Iron & Steel Co
Copshovkon
Was This Man Murdered Laporte Ind Aug
In Laporte Indiana a badly decayed well dressed man about 40 was found on a farm near Rolling Prairie. Debris and snow blocked the body area as officers searched to determine identity and whether foul play was involved.
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Laporte
Ind
Rowell
Rolling Prairie
Laporte Carty
Well Known Newark Estate Operator Arrested on Two Charges
A Newark real estate operator, described as well known, was arrested Monday on charges from a 12 year old girl and another claimant. He was held in $1,000 bond pending grand jury action. A separate $1,000 bond was set for a second charge by a 16 year old, alleging an offense purportedly committed July 18.
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Peterson
John Casale
Wellioda Newark Veal
Tealoe
Jillan
Rehner
Designated Naval Attache for Tokio Exposition Assignment
Henry Leonard Haler of the Marine Corps is designated as Naval Attache to the Tokio exposition. In response to Commissioner General Loomis and Major Leonard, his connection with the committee will begin around September 1.
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Washington
Ave
Haler Henry Leonard
Marine Corpa
Tokio Exposition
General Loomis
Leonard
Explosion Kills Three At Haziston Plant
Three Americans and a local resident died when a blast at the Charles Kehoe stone crushing plant near Haziston occurred Monday. One man was injured, with the blast described as fatal. Delegates to an International Free Trade congress were later hosted at a Whitehall reception by MP Walter Rawlinson and other prominent trade figures.
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Haziston
Thin City
Charles Kehoe
Haxieton
Kehoe
London
Ati
Results Doubtful in Havana Election
In Havana two days after polls closed the provincial and municipal election results appear doubtful. Conservative strength surprised observers while Senor Zayas faces weakness as the longtime political leader weighs in after the last revolution.
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Havana
Ali
Tvtand
Senor Zayas
Mine Entombs Twenty In Knickerbocker Mine Disaster
Aug 4 Mahanoy City Pennsylvania reports twenty men trapped in the gangway after an explosion at Knickerbocker colliery. Two men injured evacuated. Workers risk dangerous after damp to reach entombed colleagues. rescue operations continue amid perilous conditions. In Providence Rhode Island a wage reduction notice appears at United States Cotton Co Central Falls announcing a ten percent cut to take effect next week. Halifax Nova Scotia reports a severe storm and gale causing widespread damage to telegraph lines, buildings, crops, and boats with fishermen affected.
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Mahanoy City
Knickerbocker
Providence
United States Cotton Co
Central Falla
Ft le
Nova Scotia
Halifax
N. 6
Railroad men may strike in Winnipeg amid looming walkout
In Winnipeg Manitoba August reports indicate Canadian Pacific railroad workers plan to strike anticipated for Tuesday. Locomotive conductors and originers met and decided to back the action while company officials remain reticent, awaiting word to quit and noting the likelihood of a labor stoppage.
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Winnipeg
Oleens
Canadian Pacific
Rondactora
Origigners
Alopmen
Ancient wealth and power spark awe at Roman history tale
A quarried fragment discusses a Roman era tale of vast riches and lavish gifts to the gods, detailing Crassus and royal generosity, and contrasting ancient fortune with modern earnings to illustrate insatiable wealth. The piece cites emperors, governors, and historical sums reaching millions, framing wealth as a perpetual human fascination.
Lynching suspect charged in Kentucky murder case
Russellville Negro Browder, linked to lynching of four others, is indicted by a grand jury for the murder of James Conninghark on July 1. trial set for August 12. Also reports include a railway accident in New Belivia where several men walking on tracks were struck by a local train.
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Trini Get
Russellville
Ange-Rufis Browder
Grand
Tames Conninghark
New Belivia
Coon
Aig
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Prats
New Welle
Hartford
Analysis Decries Board of Health Department Demands
A New York Bun report notes a busy analytical division within the Board of Health handling vast milk and water analyses. It lists varied requests from soup to whiskey, ginger to bread, candy to pudding, and notes the year end delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
New York
Division of Laboratories
Ancient Millionaires Show Wealth Beyond Kings and Empires
A historical reflection contrasts ancient gold hoards with modern wealth, citing Solomon's temple treasure and Semiramis’ gold statues. It notes Julius Caesar paying pirates a ransom and Nero's lavish expenditures, highlighting enduring beliefs about wealth and excess across eras.
Memoir tale of Jerrold and Compton in gallery mock
In a humorous exchange the famed Jerrold and comedian Compton visit a gallery. They face long mirrors and Compton quips about art, while Jerrold jokes about the display of Nature and the scene in a lighthearted capital memoir tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Jerrod
Henry Compton
Pauaing
Jere
Firat
Jerrold
Wild Animals Have Met mystery notes in a Renton household
A garbled 19th century typewritten fragment shows Mrs Cromsly inviting an earlier morning visit from a guest, with odd phrasing about wild animals and breakfast preparations, hinting at a domestic scene or serialized tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyesay
Renton
Mr. Cronsly
Mra. Cromsly
Woman in New York City Sends Cryptic Message for Sunday School Card
A town woman asks her husband to buy a 4 percent motto for a Sunday school token. In error she omits details on inscription and card size, drafts a garbled telegraph to her husband in Broadway, New York City, describing a newborn child with a strange phrasing.
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New York
John Johnson
Broadway
New York City
Har
Her
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