Eclipse Stone Mill Tragedy Shocks Elletsville
In Elletsville residents mourn after a fatal accident near the Eclipse Stone Company mill. Alonzo Clayton Wengeley and other local citizens were drawn to the scene as workers were removing a heavy stone from a derailment. A log wagon failed and a large stone toppled, killing a man and injuring several others. Families and neighbors offered aid while authorities investigated the mishap at the mill. Martha Mabtras, Miss Nira Noble Fitts, and Mr and Mrs Geerac sought details of the tragedy though the exact sequence remains unclear.
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Nira Noble Fitts
Martha Mabtraschty
Geerac
High School Notes From A Qualitative Quirky Page
Local notes recount a high school gathering with seniors visiting a convention on Wednesday. Report mentions students Hitka, Haine, and others, with brief remarks about exams, track plans, and various activities. The piece reflects typical school event coverage with mixed names and fragmented details.
Rail Line Telegraph Office Changes Prompt Shifts
A fragmented notice reports railroad telegraph offices on a division shifting to day or night hours to meet a standard. It mentions three men employed during limited hours and two telegraph lines operating under near full staffing.
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Philadelphia
Alpha
Mercury
Balan
Egle
Torwaya
Heekward
Public Inquiry Prompted by Confusing Request
A fragmentary note describes an unnamed man named Emerson Browne making a generous request in an office yesterday. The text is garbled with misrendered words and incomplete phrases, mentioning a “bay onto the serunt” and a possible remark about someone’s death lingering in memory, but no clear event or outcome emerges from the readable portion.
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Emerson Browne
Phe
Renational incident on Washington Streetcar leads to probable tragedy
Congressman Heflin in an attempt to enforce law discharges a gun on a Washington streetcar during a March 28 incident. A white rider and Thomas Lamby were shot. Lamby was mortally wounded, Thomas McCreary a New York trainer injured by a stray bullet. Heflin and Edwin J. Herbes were on a car bound for Capitol Life when the confrontation occurred.
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Wasington
Heflin
Washington
Pennsylvania Ave ‘Bute
Thos
Thenny Lumby
Nesto
Thomad McCreary
New York
Lee
Jehputlry
McGrary
Hettin
Pennsylvanl Avenue
Wilo
Hedin
Henin
Sixth Streets
Pennsylvania Avenue
Helin
Lumby
Ektn
Thomas Meary
Bhot
Tiitin
Marc
Patrick Sweeney
William Hoffman
J. M. Beckley
Holfrn
Chinatown Feud Sparks Fatal Street Attack in New York
In New York City Chinatown a murder occurred amid feuding factions, as Mow, a former lieutenant, faced three assailants on Mott Street. Mow fell dead. two attackers fled toward Pell Street, the third vanished into a tenement. Police seized Dona, Wan Yon, and others for questioning as the incident shocks the neighborhood.
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New York
Fraston
Philadelphia
Mooh
Ing Mow
Mack Duck
Mack
Mow
Mott Atreet
Pell Street
Hopketo
Wan Yon
Inkenjinte
Earthquake Hits Chilapa Guerrero Destruction Reported
Dispatches from Guerrero state report Chilapa leveled by a strong quake with no deaths, jail and mayor’s office destroyed, many homes ruined. Thirty prisoners escaped from Ometepan jail as troops guard remaining public buildings. Quake felt across a wide area with limited damage elsewhere.
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City of
Mexico
Damian Flores
Guerrero
Chilapa
Ometenec
Tater
Flores
Touyaca
Thurcio
Vera Cruz
Mra
Derville
Anka Eity & Gendarme
Perauns
Weather improves markets and politics in scattered notes
Unofficial advices from England hint at St Louis consulate progress and improved conditions for Governor Cortin Guilds family and friends. Oklahoma orders 4 percent express rate cuts while unusually warm weather boosts business and agriculture. Cotton world supply stands at 4,412,147 versus 4,602,242 last week. A monument to General Robert E. Lee is proposed in Washington. Plague cases rise in Guayaquil as western and southern shipments show strong commerce.
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Ingland
St. Louia
Hester
Gus Bezenach
Cincinnati
Howard Smith
Elizabeth
Dayton
Amsterdam Diamond Workers’ Union
Broward
Hall Milton
Marianna
Senator Bryan
Florida
United States Senate
Hot Springs
Ark
Tor Derlin
Philadelphia
Kelly
New York
Washington
Robert 1B. Lee
Thin
Sylvester Kern
Orin Beigh
Sefiitor Pearose
Erysipotaa
Guayaquil
Thapatebea
Water Rents Due for Quarter Ending July 1 1908
Notices to ten water customers warning that rents for the quarter ending July 1 1908 are due by April 4 1908. If services are not paid by April 20 they will be shut off and a $1 reactivation charge must be paid before water is turned on again. Water Company returns clear signs of overdue payments.
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Org! Water Company
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