Costly Flames At Beach Resort Destroy Ocean Park Casino
Fire swept the Ocean Park Casino and surrounding buildings at a beach resort near Angeles California on September 3 causing more than 2 million dollars in damage. Rescue efforts saved several people including at the Decatur Hotel and Casino Cafe workers. Special Officer Charles Simpson exited with a woman as flames consumed the area.
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Decatur
Brekkers
Leach
Frazier Piar
Charles Simpson
Tillman urges due caution in election charges
The State Democratic executive committee met in the capitol to receive primary results and declare the outcome. Charges of fraud filed by attorneys for Judge Jones will be investigated, alleging ballot stuffing and other illegal voting practices. Senator Tittman advised caution in a letter to the committee.
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Columbia, Ss
State
Democratic Executive Committee
John Gary Evans
Capitol
Jones
Evans
Tittman
Hereford Acid Phosphate Experiment and Pier Fire Damage
A historical item notes Hereford’s Acid Phosphate aiding weak stomachs and an invalid H. C. Lathrop on a top floor. A fire saved nine babies from a pier incubator, while a church avoided flames as embers fell. The Frazier pier complex suffered major losses totaling $750,000 with other damages around $1.5 million and Decatur Hotel at $50,000.
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H. C. Lathrop
Frederick House
St. Clemens Church
Father Hennessey
Decatur
Bachelors Targeted as Moral Cowards by Clergyman
In St Louis on September 4 Rev Louis Scott De Burgh denounced bachelors at Winsor Methodist Episcopal church Baden calling them moral cowards and social parasites. He urged isolation from society and claimed they hinder marriage and contribute nothing meaningful to the republic.
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Rev. L. S. de Burgh
St. Louis
ST. Louis, Mo
Ozarks
Louis Scott de Burgh
Weather contrasts as heat persists across the south
The report notes 100 degree highs in Georgia and northern Florida while frost appears in Spokane. A warm southerly flow from a central North Dakota low drives mild temperatures into the Mississippi Valley and Great Plains, with generally fair and warm conditions expected in Mobile tonight and Thursday. Local forecaster Albert Ashenberger signs the bulletin.
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Georgia
Florida
Spokane
Wash
United States
Washington
North Pacific Coast
Pacific Ocean
Northwest
North Dakota
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Minnesota
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Alabama Sets 100 or 200 Pound Fertilizer Bags
State Commissioner Reuben F. Kolb issues a circular requiring all commercial fertilizers sold in Alabama to be bagged in 100 or 200 pound units. Captain Wolb says enforcement rests on making bagged sales mandatory based on two years of experience.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Reuben F. Kolb
Wolb
Confessed murderer hanged in Tennessee prison
At the Tennessee penitentiary Sid Dunlop, a colored man, was hanged at sunrise on the charge of murdering Miss Mery Ewell of La Grange on March 1. After midnight he weakened and confessed the crime but gave no further details beyond stating the motive was robbery.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sid Dunlop
Colered
Mery Ewell
la Grange
Dunlop
Spreading Rails Cause Wreck Near Shirley Arkansas
A southbound Missouri and North Arkansas passenger train derailed near Shirley Arkansas due to spreading rails. Seven year old David Plough of Memphis was killed, his mother and Earl Rose of Searcy Ark were seriously injured, four other passengers suffered minor injuries, and the injured were taken to Helena for treatment.
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Helena
Ark
David Plough
M. Plough
Memphis
Earl Rose
Searcy
Missouri
North Arkansas Railroad
Shirley
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Tillman
Hammel’s Ee
Ee Exatieville
Sesevseereees
Pee Ems
Hick Bees
Accra el
Eheteten i Bile
New Orleans
New York
Ewe
Aeeeravtee
North Platte
Jahoma
Tine Ee
San Diego
San Francisco
Savannah Dene Wee Ee
Beattie Ou
Esc E. Ease
Shreveport
Pghratio CocAcleestow Sles
Tampa Wee Sare
Hereford
The
Winsor Methodist Episcopal Church
Baden
Republic
Hammel Dry Goods Company
Mobile’s Money-Back Store
Hasio Holic
Cipcuas
Ness
E. Carre Co
Mobile, Ala
Doom
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Willis L. Moore
Peesmare
Sint
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