Flood Devastates Carolinas as Rivers Spill Over
Widespread floods across the Carolinas leave at least 40 dead and extensive property loss. Heavy rains, gales, and river overflows cripple rail lines and power plants, washing out bridges and dams, destroying crops, and leaving towns dark. Dozens of bridges vanish, cotton mills shut, cattle lost, and transportation halted amid unprecedented downpours.
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Columbia
Seaberd Air Line
Savannah
Southern
Upper Carolina
Duck Trusts
Spirtinburg
Anderson
Piedmont
South Carolina
Died Notices from Baltimore Sun Aug 1908 Collation
Obituaries and funeral notices for Brown Golding Juckett Luckett Murphy Daisy Quick Bertha Camille appear with names ages dates and funeral details. Notices include locations in Baltimore Frederick Falls Church and Marshall Hall with addresses and interment plans.
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Berkeley
Cal
Sawcel BP Brown Jr
Samuel Brown
Iarrier
Brown Golding
Samuel M
Julia C Golding
Litchfield
Balt Street
Baltimore Sun
Rhode Island Avenue
Emma
William FO Luckett
Frederick Ma Murphy
Sibley Hostal
Daisy KE Beaver Laughtier
Robert
Walter Mullin
Wiliam H Sardo & Co
H Street
Marshall Hal
Bertha Camille
Van
Susan K Quick
Marriage and death notices in Washington Post insertions
Notices announce that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post may, upon application, appear simultaneously in multiple named morning newspapers at no extra charge. The list includes Cincinnati Enquirer, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Boston Globe, Providence Journal, Buffalo Courier, Rochester Herald, Chicago Record, Herald, St Louis Republic, Evening Plain Dealer, St Paul Pioneer Press, New York Times, Syracuse Post Standard, Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Washington Post
Cinemail Enquirer
Pittsburg
Dispatch
Boetor Globe
Providence Journal
Baflazo Cou
Rochester Herain
Chicago Record Herald
St Louis
Funeral Directors and Embalmers in Washington DC Area
A dense listing of funeral directors and embalmers with modern chapels and livery services. Firms include John R Wright Co, Harvey’s Sons, W R Speare, Frank A Speare, W Sardo & Co, Thos S Sergion, Costello, Geier’s Sons, George Zurhorst, J William Lee, and others offering first class service, moderate prices, and on site chapels or crematoriums. Addresses span 1337 Tenth Street, 1825 Fourteenth Street Northwest, 940 F Street Northwest, and East Capitol Street areas with phone numbers for contact.
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John R. Wright
R. F. Harvey
Fourteenth ST NW
Timedlows Chapel
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank 4. Speare
Mgr. Phonus
Geo. P. Zurhorst
East Capitol
William Lee
Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt Heads to Jordanville for Library Dedication
President Roosevelt leaves Oyster Bay aboard the yacht Sylph with Mrs Roosevelt and children for Jordanville New York. He will attend the dedication of a public library honoring Douglas Robinson's mother, with Gov Magoon of Cuba accompanying to the city. The party then boards a Delaware Lackawanna train for Hoboken and the Hederson summer home.
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New York
Roosevelt
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Jordanville
Douglas Robinson
Gov Magoon
Cuba
Herkimer
Douglas Hobinson
Latters
Hedderson
Root
James S Sherman
Ansel in Lead in Rich Early Democratic Primary
Columbia S C Aug Returns from todays Democratic primary to nominate a successor to the late Senator A C Latimer are slow At 30 oclock tonight the returns indicate H E D Smuth and either R G Rhett or ex Governor John Gary Evans will be the second voice for the senatorial nomination Gov Martin F Ansel leads his opponent Col I please by a good majority and indications are he will be reelected Adjt Gen J C Boyd and Comptroller Gen A W Jones are likely reelected Caughman and Cansier lead for railroad commissioner while Swearingen and Melichamp likely held over for superintendent of education Other State office candidates are unopposed Congressional district returns are too meager to indicate results.
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Columbia
J C Boyd
A W Jones
Caughman
Cansier
Swearingen
Melichamp
Apathy in Bay State Hinders Bryan Campaign Fight
Massachusetts politics show widespread apathy as the 1912 race looms. Hearst movement energizes Independence line led by Hisgen of West Springfield, highlighting a bitter split from Bryan. Hisgen cites oil trust battles and independence as core themes, touring states and courting votes while Republicans hedge on the upcoming election.
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Ensgen Curtig Guild
Democratic Party
Luis
Hisgen
Bryan
Raft
New York
Georgia
Jury Blames Carmen For Railway Passenger Death
A coroner's jury at the morgue found Brightwood avenue car workers responsible for Haglbert Endres of 913 Hamilton Street failing to close the rear platform gate. Witnesses testified about 30 passengers on the rear platform when Endres boarded and fell after the car swerved. His body was taken to the Endres home for funeral services the following morning.
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Haglbert Endres
Hamilton Street
Brightwood Avenue
Empres
Avas
Borgue
Endres
Labor leaders plan nationwide union campaign to back Bryan
Gompers and AFL announce public plans to deploy orators across the nation to oppose Tait and aid congressional and Bryan ticket candidates. Leaders will visit districts including Virginia and Illinois to mobilize labor support, with a broad invasion of doubtful states and intensified campaigning in coming weeks.
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Gompers
Tait
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
United States
Bryan
Executive Council
Washington
Dramette Adams
Columbia Lodge of Machinists
Virginia
Maynard
Adams
John H Bunkman
International Carnage and Wagon Workers’ Union
Amelian Federation of Labor
Whole Road Needs Cleaning Says Rockville Complainant
A Rockville resident complaining to the District railway commission urges better trolley car service and a general road cleanup. He cites dirty cars, drunken boisterous behavior, and touts improved service as beneficial to nearby property values. The commission has received over a daily average of complaints since starting July 1, with secretary H C Eddy processing cases in order and Gen. Wilson expected back in early September.
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Rockville
District Railway Commission
Commission
H C Eddy
Gen. Wilson
Washinaton
Pais Ante Ha As
Man Eats Poisonous Bone to Prove Innocence in Newburyport
G W Speare of Rowley ate green mold from a bone alleged to be poisoned to show it did not contain poison. He was held in bond as court ordered a full state chemist examination. authorities deem him possibly insane and plan next Monday hearing.
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Washington Post
Newburyport
Mass
G. W. Speare
Rowley
Simpson
Speare
Bond
Boston
Mrs C M Roberts Dead in Yonkers
Special to The Washington Post Yonkers New York Mrs Caro line M Roberts widow of Roswell M Roberts and mother in law of Rear Admiral Willard H Brownson died here yesterday She was descendant of old New England families and one forefather served as governor of Massachusetts St Louis August J Van Biarcom of the National Bank of Commerce St Louis died of Brights disease at his Adirondack summer home Old Forge New York Ypsilanti Michigan Colonel Joan T Mercer paymaster of the Twentieth Ohio Infantry civil war died here aged 72 Paris August Antoine Henri Becquerel led here today permanent secretary to the Academy of Sciences
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Washington Fast Yonkers
Caroline M Roberts
Roswell M Roberts
Willard H. Brownson
Roberts
Harvey
Martha Ropinson
New England
Massachusetta
St Louis
J C van Biarcom
National Bank of Commerce of
Adirondacks
Old Forge
N ' Ypsilanti
Mich
Joan T Mercer
Terre Haute
Ind
Twentieth Ohio Infantry
Paris
Antoine Henri Becquerel
Becquerel
Academy of Sciences
Weather Post Abbreviated Forecast and River Incident
The weather bulletin notes persistent rains across the southern to central Atlantic States with flood warnings in the Carolinas and parts of Georgia, plus cooler northern districts and varied temperatures across regions. A separate river bulletin reports a drowning after a man fell from a scow on Little Hunting Creek, body recovered and identified locally.
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S Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington
Soutern States
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic States
Kew England
Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
Dakotas
Nevrarka
New Mexico
Arizona
Mississippi River
Plains States
Montana
Idaho
Atlantic States
Onto
East
Gulf States
Northwest
Ssour
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Upper Lake Region
Auzona
Atland
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Upper Lake
Missouri
Ohio Valley
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Weet
Rocky Mountain
Plainy States
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Sind
New England
Middle Atlantic
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West Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Upper Lakes
Raim
Grand Banke
Atlantic
Delaware
Hatteras
James River
Andrew Tyler
L Street
Little Hunting Creek
Basil Keys
Sylvester
Cuban Elections Set For November Inauguration In January
Charles E Magoon, governor of Cuba, announced after a Sagamore Hill conference with President Roosevelt that Cuba will hold presidential and congressional elections on November 1 and that the newly elected president will be inaugurated January 28. He said they reviewed Cuba reconstruction and the provisional government’s sanitary and legislative efforts, and Roosevelt expressed satisfaction with the progress.
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Mungoon
Oyster Bay
Cuba
Charles E Magoon
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Hero trout over Otsego Lake hooks 19 pound lake trout
Cooperstown New York August 2 special to The Washington Fest Alexander Phinney wins praise after landing what is claimed as Otsego Lake’s largest fish with a hook and line. The 37 inch lake trout weighs 19 pounds and follows two other big catches weighing 6 and 10 pounds. Phinney fishes from dawn until late afternoon and is praised as Walton's pupil in the region.
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Cooperstown
N. F
Alexander
Phinney
Otsego Lake
Izaak Walton
Girl Suspected of Theft Caught Boarding Train at Cumberland
Mary Brown about 18, homeless and unnamed, was arrested in Cumberland as she tried to board a tram for Philadelphia after purchasing a ticket. Accused of stealing clothing and a pocketbook from Mrs Walter Kline and a gold watch and bracelet from Mrs L N Oliver. She was jailed in default of bond for October grand jury. Her identity remains unconfirmed, and the case draws interest.
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Washington Fost Cumperland
Mary Brown
Philadelphia
Walter Kline
L N Oliver
Rayner Leaves Asylum After Habeas Suit
United States Senator Rayner permitted the release of his son William B Rayner from the Shepard and Pratt Asylum. He left Baltimore with his physician for several weeks, claiming the trip will aid the young man’s health. A rumor tied to Mrs William A Fisher in Philadelphia was denied as unfounded.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
United States
Rayner
William B Rayner
Shepard and Pratt Asylum
Robert B Kelly
Philadelphia
City
William A Fisher
Fisher
Kelly
Cures Eczema Quickly With New Poslam Drug
Advert reads Poslam cures eczema and other skin ailments, now offered in a smaller fifty cent size in addition to the two dollar package. Dispensing firms in Washington sell it, with samples available by request from Emergency Laboratories New York. First application relieves itching. chronic cases claim healing in about two weeks.
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Gale
Cgram’s
O'donnel’s
Washington
Weat Twenty-fifth Street
New York City
Fleet Prepares to Sail From Flagship Connecticut Reception
Sydney New South Wales Aug 2 Rear Admiral Sperry commander of the Reef and the other admirals returned on board the ships today Arrangements are under way for departure for Melbourne early tomorrow morning British cruisers Powerful and Challenger sailed for Melbourne One hundred officers and men visited Paramatta to receive an addressed tribute to Admiral Sperry After a recent reception on board the battleship Connecticut spoons and forks inscribed with the flagship name were missing Albany West Australia plans for six days of entertainments and a social program for the fleet are noted Admiral Sperry says men may ashore only in numbers desired by local authorities James Carignan aged about 19 wounded in alley attack at Firar and streets serious. John Dandridge arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Sperry
the Reef
Melbourne
Powerful
Challenger
Paramatta
Connecticut
Perth
Albany
Australia
Admiral Sperry
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Virginia and
Camden
Spartanburg
Gieenaritle
Lawsons Fork
Norfolk
Cape Henry
Virginia Beach
Divermon Dam
Petersburg
Appomattox
Farmville
Salsbury N
North Carolina
Cowpens
Greers SC
Lowders Mill
Norwood
Stanley County
Lexington Vn
Robinsons Circus
Hickory
Norfolk and Southern Railway
Raleigh
Wendell
Durham
Hullshoro
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Thos. S. Sergeon
R Scain
Thos. A. Costello
Ann Embalmer
Frank Geier
Seventh
Modern Chapel
Geo. C. Shaffer
44Th
Eye Als
Jordanville, NY
Mrs. Roosevelt, Ethel and
Kermit
Ansel
Post
Meier
Kalon Wine Co
14Th St. N. W
Bay State
Hearst
Marie Henry
Maas
Massachusetts
Newport
Frank HH Hitchcock
White House
Independence Party
Mc Bryan
Henry Mc Wintney
Nebraska
Williams
Gaston
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Standard
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Oil Trust
Achusetta
Western
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Tom Hisgen
Hbsgen
Judge Parker
Nebraskers
Parker
William R Hearst
Chicago
M. Hearst
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Fwo
Ghio
Toledo
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Columbus
Monnett
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Congressiona
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Alabama
H H Howard
Independence National Committee
Pacific States
Tis
Vermont
Massionuceits
Col Henry
Taft
Mars Henry
Democratic National Press Bureau
Eugene Morjatls
Worcester Post
Moriarty
Mars Henry Picked
Charles B. Taylor
Boston Globe
Burr
Hartford
Gov Guild
Fred Starek
Carmen
Federation
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Newburyport, Mass
Chesust
Rear Admiral
Brownson
River Bulletin
Harpera Perry
Potomac Bleady
Shenandosh
Pont
Tha. Post
Rain- Max
Mia Asheyle
Atlantz
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Cumberland
James Carignan
Firar
John Dandridge
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