Fernie Fire Wipes Town Off Map in Canada Flames Reach Montana Boundary
Fernie British Columbia is wiped off the map as bush fires sweep a hundred square miles. Michel, Hosmer, Olsen and Sparwood suffer unknown fates while townspeople flee to prairie camps. More than a hundred lives reported lost, with major railway property and coal reserves destroyed. Six shacks remain as residents abandon the region. food shortages threaten thousands stranded in open country.
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Elk River
Crow's Nest Coal Company
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Great Northern
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Taft Advocates Swift Justice Reform at Hot Springs
Judge William H. Taft in Hot Springs Virginia, ahead of an address to the Virginia Bar Association, urged rapid and inexpensive administration of justice. He warned the wealthy can hire counsel and wage lengthy litigation, while the poor face exclusion, arguing prompt dispatch as the only remedy for delay.
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Taft
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Virginia Bar Association
Wyndham R. Meredith
Why They Call Mr. Taft Bill
Reporters in Hot Springs recount Taft nickname origins from Yale days and college prank ideal for newspaper readers. Taft explains being called Willie then Bill as family and campus friends adopted the name after a memorable hallway chorus.
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MR. Taft Bill
Hot Springs
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Will
Harry
Willie
Farnam Hall
Fleeing rabies twelve heroes reach Washington for Pasteur treatment
Twelve U. S. Marines led by Major G H Russell sail from Colon to Washington in a Panamaker Finance voyage for Pasteur treatment after dog bites. The group includes Sergeant C A Pennington and ten privates, all bitten July 21 in Colon, as a cheerful child helps lift spirits aboard. Doctor J W Farwell accompanies them as medical officer though dangers loom, and the child Brookfield Russell, daughter of the major, stays with them daily to keep morale high.
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Uncle Sam
Panamaker Finance
Washington
Naval Medical School Hospital
G H. Russell
C. A. Pennington
Marine Corps
Pasteur
Colon
Miss Brookfield Russell
Sergeant Penningham
J. W. Farwell
Waterbury Business Directory Auto Repairing to Hats
Waterbury directory lists Fred Phoenix of Watertown offering automobile and gas engine repair, The Majestic Moving Picture Studio at 148 East Main St showing films 7 to 11 pm, A. F. Taylor Co at 43 Center St advertising wallpaper and decorating, Avery's Dining Room at 445 W Main St offering meals, Waterbury Apron & Towel Supply Co at 1 Kingsbury with office cabinets, G W Brown ash remover at 58 Dover St, Andrews' Restaurant 17-18 Harrison Ave, Louis The Tailor at 18 West Main St cleaning and repairing clothes, J H Jencks eyeglasses at 182 E Main, Instep Supports at 182 Cherry, American Laundry 543-545 Bank, Kelly & McSorley lighting supplies 86 East Main St, Vincent E Pannunzio ladies tailoring 736 E Main, J Littlejohn real estate and insurance 280 No Main St, Waterbury Rubber Stamp Co 199 Bank St, The Red Stag Restaurant 872 W Main, Kilbride's Pharmacy Baldwin and Lake Sts, Salvation Army Industrial Dept 212 Meadow St, John Eccles Spring Suits 50 Bank St, N Salotrap second hand goods 204 Bank St, Louis Levy tailor Room 21 Buckingham, Robinson Tool Works Pearl Lake Rd.
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Niagara Sta
Walcott
Burton Street
Waterbury Mtg Co
North Main
Buckingham and Rae Co
Cor Grove
Hillside Avenue
Blue
Ludlow
N. Willowsta Bal Grand Ate
Bank Ste
England
Jet & Burnham Shoe
Shlefa
Wrashington
Cor
Mitt Ste
Liberty
Matesta
Steele & Job
Baldwin
Cor Baldwin and
Seata
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Watertown
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Majestic Moving Picture Studio
East Main St
A. F. Taylor Co
Center St
Avery's
Main St
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Waterbury Towel and Cabinet Supply Co
B. I. Russell
Prop'r
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H. Shore
Kingsbury
G. W. Brown
Dover Street
Jno O'Brien
N. Main
Adams St
New England Bread
Tel
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P. Hock
Bouffard's Bakery
Lambert
Business College
Waterbury Business College
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South Main St
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Bank St
Waterbury
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Waterville, Conn
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Piedmont St
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A. Lovett
Fuller St
J. H. Jones
West Main St
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Field St
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Frank J. Rametti
Mercantile
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Carriage and Wagon Works
Gauthier Bros
Lounsbury St
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Model Laundry Company
Brussels
Cts
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Harrison Ave
Louis the
West Main Bt
C. E. Johnson
Mary Tynan
J. H. Jencks
E. Main
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P. R. Larocque
Fast
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South Main and
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John Evans
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E. Main St
Joseph Pepe
Canal St
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J. Galipean
Citizens’ Bank
Geo Barton
Oakville
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M.J. Wall
Fred J. Loiseile
Mill St
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Bishop St
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Union Hotel
Code St
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Pearl St
James L. White
Kim St
John T. Altman
Prenklin St
Frank Shepard
Brook St
Vummings & Thompson
Kelly & McSorley
Kent
Vincent E. Pannunzio
Prusclaits
James St
Waterbury Trucking Co
No Main St
W. L. Whitney, Agt
RF. Worden & Sons
Cherry St
Goshen Creamery Co
J. E. Brant
Meadow St
Willow Market
A. Kennedy
West Willow St
Joseph Robillard
Walnut St
J. J. Derwin
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Oarville
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Stango
South Main Street
C. & Redmond
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Resi Estate
J. Littlejohn
Waterbury Rubber Stamp Co
Red Stag
N. Cooney
W. Main
Kilbride's Pharmacy
Baldwin and Lake Sts
Salvation Army Industrial Department
Meadow Street
John Eccles
Bank Street
N. Salotrap
Louis Levy
Buckingham, Bank & Grand
Robinson Tool Works
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Pearl Lake Rd
J. Larkin
South Willow St
Willow St
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