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Newspaper
The State Line Herald
Location
North Lemmon, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
2
A garbled pastiche summarizes a wide range of incidents from accidental deaths to railway wrecks, fires, drownings, and violent crime. It references Snow, a New York company president. multiple U.S. deaths and injuries across Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, and New York. inquests. a political candidacy in Minute. and international notices about France, Turkey, and Asia.
The national committee of the Independence Party elected William R Hearer as chairman with Neal of Indians and M W Howard of Alabama as vice chairs and Charles A Wallace as secretary. Emil Iscobe and wife were found dead in Port Wayne Indiana from probable heart disease after his passing. Canada seeks 25 960 harvest workers for the western crop and urges governors to release prisoners for harvest work. Cedar Rapids town ministers pressure council to ban Sunday theaters. A boxing event at Coliseum in New York was postponed due to interference.
Photographers were knocked down by propeller breeze as Farman tested a heavier than air machine. The New York flight at Brighton Beach rose about twenty five feet, then landed gracefully, drawing cheers from spectators and Aero Club members who planned public demonstrations. Farman warned crowds as he prepared a second test, the motor roaring to life and the propeller whipping air, though he stopped before longer flight to avoid danger.
Buffalo N Y Aug 2 Norman E Mack chairman of the Democratic national committee yesterday appointed committees to serve during the campaign The executive committee includes Mack chairman Hall vice chairman Worodean Wade Daniels Taggart McGraw Greene Johnson Howell Ryan Talbott Tomlinson Osborne Kerr Lynch Wood Cole Ewing Garber and others from states Minnesota Nebraska Iowa etc The move signals forthcoming announcements on furnace and press matters for the campaign.
Louise Reinharit, age eleven and daughter of newspaper artist John Reinharit, died from injuries after an automobile accident near Roslyn, Long Island. She succumbed at Nassau County Hospital.
Mrs Ralph Harris of Kansas City Missouri and her three year old child drowned at Walloon lake yesterday. It is believed the woman leapt into the water to rescue the child who had fallen from the dock.
Iowa City report on August 2 describes a family tragedy with Henry Willhauer’s three months old son dying from choking and his sister found dead in the same house as investigators begin parsing the nd details from the scene.
Paris July 31 A Terrible automobile accident near the Chateau St Louis de Poissy claims the life of G Winthrop Sandson of W K Vanderbilt. The fifty horsepower car driven at high speed plunged into a tree and burst into flames. Sands died from injuries after doctors arrived. the chauffeur escaped serious harm. Eyewitnesses describe the wreck as a pitiable scene with the car burning and flames consuming the victim's body. The chauffeur and Sands were among the injured, the vehicle was said to be traveling about seventy five miles an hour at impact.
A midnight clash in Ponaneola Illinois ends with two killed and six fatally wounded as a mob overpowers sheriff forces to lynch Leander Shaw in the park. Shaw assaulted Mrs Lilian Davis and was dragged to an electric light pole where he was shot. The city jail siege drew crowds from the countryside and left the mob in control after a fierce exchange of gunfire.
Des Moines August 1 the executive council issued a certificate of nomination to J A T Hull making him the Republican nominee and the final official step to his nomination in the congressional race.
Minneapolis on July 31 reports Albert J Monaben drowned after striking his head on a wooden pile at the bottom of the river Mis Malnnt rleme. The incident occurred while he was bathing.
A devastating forest fire sweeps multiple towns with communication cut off. Authorities report more than a hundred people killed and several communities facing uncertain futures as rescue and containment efforts continue amid disrupted lines of contact.
Dozens of towns in British Columbia face total destruction as a bolt gale drives a sprawling forest fire through Fernie and surrounding districts. More than a thousand flee with 2000 refugees camped in the open while bridges burn and rail lines are cut off, with life and property losses tallying daily. Fire rages across a 100 square mile area, forcing evacuation of miles of lumber camps and prospecting sites as wind hampers firefighting efforts.
In the wake of widespread blazes across British Columbia and Alberta, emergency aid pours in from Calgary Medicine Hat and Lethbridge as crews load provisions and tents for stranded communities. Officials estimate losses near five million dollars with extensive property damage and portents of ongoing need. Ottawa pledges support as crews rush to assist victims and restore shelter and essential services.
Fragmentary report describes a near lynching incident at a camp near Deadwood involving George Corey of Terry. A mob formed and was jailed after an act of wife beating. a man forcibly restrained another, while townspeople, including women, urged lynching but authorities intervened and dispersed the crowd.
In Menominee Michigan Aug, a fire swept a lumber yard destroying 12,000,000 feet of wool, pine and hemlock. The blaze, helped by an 10 mph wind, caused $4,000 in damage and disrupted nearby Marinette. Firefighters fought the flames through the night.
A two year old boy drowned while playing near water in Webster City. Authorities say he wandered into the water and disappeared beneath the surface, with his body recovered later. The incident prompted an investigation into circumstances and supervision.
An elderly Alma Wisconsin resident, aged about seventy years, disappeared on Tuesday and was found later that week in Slough about five miles away. The body was discovered in a frost-covered area near a slough, with authorities unclear on the circumstances of the death. The woman had lived alone and was reported missing until Saturday when the body was located.
Fragment describes a university student in Minneapolis or Canton involved in a quarrel with a colored person. The text is garbled, mentions a fall, dragging, a broken leg, gunfire, and a head wound, with references to racial terms and arrest or imprisonment, but details are incoherent.
Disjointed OCR snippet reports on farm incidents in Waterloo and surrounding Iowa areas. Mentions a death by boiling selling machine and a goring incident involving a farmer, with scattered names and vague contexts across Brisi, Marshalltown, and nearby locales.
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