Floods Ravage Augusta as Railroads and Mills Burn
Floodwaters in Augusta reached forty feet with heavy damage to stocks and private property. Bridges, canal banks, and power lines were lost while ten to fifteen drownings were reported. The Georgia and Augusta railways suffered outages, and multiple businesses including Nixon's Lime Cement and Hardware were destroyed by fire.
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Morning Journal
Augusta
Savannah River
McDanter Builders
North Augusta
Southern Railway
Hamburg
Nixon
Georgia Railway
Augusta Railway and Electric Company
Ikin
Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Herald
Con Hutton
Parry Carr
Harry McAulitt
Nixon Grocery Company
W Peenaer
Nood
Governor Fort faces militia threat to enforce dry law in Atlantic City
Atlantic City readers woke to reports that Governor Fort may call out troops to enforce New Jersey’s liquor laws as grand juries in Mays Landing refuse indictments against excise violators. Justice Trenchard discharged the panel after a heated clash over duty and power.
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Mays Landing
Atlantic County
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Thomas W Tranchard
Gaskill
Goldenberg
Sats
Johnson
Atlantic City
Story
Nts Court
Justice Treenchard
Dave
J. W Salus
Swat
Jim the Traneheard
Aml
Teyuior
Imple Fant
Atate
New Jerses
Vyoreman Satus
Columbia River Flood Toll Rises In South Carolina
Floods from midweek storms push South Carolina rivers higher with Columbia facing $400,000 in damage. Perishable freight cannot move north of Columbia, water supply limited, bridges threatened, and three lives lost in rising waters near Col umbia and surrounding towns.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Dastro Targets Landis Record Case In Venezuela
Paris dispatch reports Venezuela courts fined the cable company $5.9 million. French officials and the foreign office say they know nothing of the action and will ignore it due to no official relations with Venezuela.
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Moriog Journal Special
Paris
Foreign Office
Venezuela
Associated Press
Wood Woods plant to resume operations Monday
Notices posted at Pittsburg steel mills say the entire Wood Woods company plant will reopen Monday affecting over 1,000 skilled workers.
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Pittsburg
Wood Woods Company
Governor Port Ties to Call Special Session for Liquor Law Enforcement
In Trenton on August 27 the proposal by Governor Port to convene a special legislative session to strengthen enforcement of liquor laws in Atlantic City draws varied reactions. The plan would respond if Sunday selling persists, a move regarded as historic for the state.
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Trenton
N. J
Port
Atlantic City
Law for State Board Powers Proposed Amid Impeachment Talk
A proposed state law would create a board with authority to revoke licenses. The governor warned impeachment proceedings could start against officials in Athletic County and Athletic City if the plea is ignored. Democrats repealed a local option law previously passed by Republicans about twenty years ago.
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Athletic County
Athletic City
State Senate
Suffragettes Inva de Republican Convention
Oakland Calif August 27 Thousands of delegates attend the state Republican convention with Thomas B Dozier of Shasta named chairman A Suffrage Amendment league delegation led by Mrs Theodore Pinther arrives with a blue banner The convention to elect ten presidential electors and nominate district candidates includes suffrage plank support and announces electors for multiple districts Alt hirge S M Shortridge Grant D W Jwinell Alten Anderson F M Smith Druffal Hart and Flint listed for various districts
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Oakland
Cal
Thomas B. Dozier
Shasta County
Suffrage Amendment League
Equal Suffrage Movement
Theodore Pinther
Alt Hirge
S. M. Shortridge
San Franciseo
U.S. Grant
San Diego
D. W
Jwinell
Siskiyou
Alten Anderson
Navy to send new battleships to home stations
The Navy Department weighs sending several newly built vessels to home stations to reinforce the fleet already en route around the world. Admiral Mills has studied the plan but has not yet reached a decision, with ships including the Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, and North Carolina cited as available for assignment.
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Washington
DD. C
Havy Department
Admiral Millsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
New Hampshire
North Carolina
AUKUS DEFY OHAND AUTHORITY
Morning Journal reports a Persian uprising spanning western and northern regions. Kurdish revolts under constitutionalists seize towns in Laristan and Kirman, declare a temporary government, threaten independence, and ignore central authority until parliament convenes. Officials flee or join insurgents. casualties occur as forces clash.
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Morning Journal Special
Teheran
Conafirne
Western
Vuthern Parte
Persia
Persian Kurdistan
Deon
Aultunieh Bay
Boyd Thueepe
Goxsorter
Laristan
Ikerman
Kerman
Kibal
Hun ‘Pela
Kazim Khan
Cassie Chadwick's Husband Declares Bankruptcy
Cleveland Ohio August 27 66 Dr Leroy Chadwick husband of Cassie Chadwick who died in Ohio penitentiary to which she was sentenced for colossal frauds filed no petition in bankruptcy today His personal debts he put at 1750 while debts contracted through endorsing notes and checks for his wife he placed at about 650000 Among the notes endorsed is one on J W Friend for 100000 Another is to Judge J W Albaugh Canton Ohio for 94800 Dr Chadwick said that he has but 175 to pay these debts with.
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Cleveland
Leroy Chadwick
Cassie Chadwick
Ohio
J. W. Friend
J. W. Albaugh
Canton
Chadwick
Urges Merits of Oklahoma Scheme in Kansas
Bryan champions an Oklahoma style guaranty plan in Kansas backing it with bipartisan endorsements from major parties. The article notes cross state support and debate over financial guarantees and risk management for public funds.
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Bryan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Bryan Sees Reform in Bank Deposit Guaranty Plan
Morning Journal reports W. J. Bryan advocating a bank deposit guaranty, praising state action and criticizing Taft. He cites banker support for guaranty, notes Kansas Republicans endorsed the idea, and argues for both state and national banks to guarantee deposits to protect depositors.
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Outloner
W. J. Bryan
Garfield Park
Knights of Pythias
Fraternity
Mryan
Kansas City
Brown
Kansas
Taft
Coles
Postal Savings Bank
Guaranty Bank
Ryan
Bryan Sai
M Briedenthal
Upe Postal Savings Bank Timalao
Ciaverner Haskell
Tate
Kan Fistate
Eld & Convention
Edo
Keres
States Senate
Kansas Republicans Back Democratic Platform Push
In Kansas, Republicans endorse key planks of the Democratic national platform. They favor direct election of senators, condemn current House rules, and link reform with Taft and Sherman positions. Bryan shifts travel plans to Lincoln, aiming to arrive by 6 PM.
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Kansas
Taft
House
Sherman
Tim
Congress
Farrelly
United States Senate
Raw
Bryan
Lincoln
Democratic chiefs seek harmony in New York party
New York August 27. National chairman Norman E. Mack conferred at the Hoffman house with Charles F. Murphy leader of Tammany Hall and Senator Patrick H. McCarren of Brooklyn over faction tensions. Mack said he would not dictate state choices but aims to support the national ticket and foster unity among Democrats.
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New York
Democratic Party
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Patrick H. McCarren
Brooklyn
Tammany
Hoffman House
Mack
MeCarren
Murphy
Mr. Mack
McCarren
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Maine
Bryan
National
Salisbury
North Carolina
Chicago
Alaskan Coast Change Reported After Arctic Volcanic Disturbance
An employee of North American Commercial reports the Bogslav islands have altered their contour following a volcanic disturbance near the Mt. Paul islands in the Arctic Ocean.
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San Francisco
North American Commercial Company
Mt. Paul Islands
Arctic Ocean
Bogslav Islands
Republicans Plan Southern Invasion to Win Three Virginia Districts
Aimed at boosting Republican House seats, Taft campaign strategists discussed winning at least three districts in Virginia the Ninth, Fifth and Richmond. Alabama Louisiana and North Dakota figures urged targeted fights in mountain and northern districts. Senate leaders and finance organizers from Pennsylvania New Jersey also lined up to support the effort.
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Bs Morning Journal
New York
South
Congress
Frank H. Hitchcock
Virginia
Alabama
Louisiana
Taft
Hot Springs
Vale
Hitchcock
Alvah H. Martin
National Committee
Slemp
Richmond
Karker
Fr 1. Williams
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Lake Morgantic
Maine
William Loeb, Jr
Washington
New York City
Bryan
Gampers
American Federation of Labor
PP. J. McCumber
Kennedy
North Dakota
Roosevelt
McCumber
Dakota
Hi FF. Alexander
Alaska Pacific Steamship Company
Pacific
Sherman
I. KE. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Joseph W. Congdon
Paterson
N. J
New Jersey
Gompers Calls United Action to Shield Unions From Court Decisions
President Gompers meets with labor leaders in Washington to plan for political action. He cites two million displaced workers since last October and warns against a permanent army of the unemployed, urging unity to restore union rights following a Supreme Court ruling. He stresses labor independence from any party while urging collective effort.
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William J Gilthrop
The
Boilermakers
H D. Call
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Walter MacArthur
Coast Seamens Journal
John Prey
International Moulders* Journal
Federation
Thomas F. Tracey
Legislative Committee
M.rant Hamilton
Cal Wyatt
Phillip J. Byrne
Emmet T. Flood
Chris Evans
George ©. Campbell
Jerome Jones
RB. Lennon
Gompers
United States
Mr. Gompers
Supreme Court
Executive Council 7
Montana Socialists Name State Ticket
The Montana Socialist convention adopted a platform and nominated a full slate for state offices. Nominees include Harry Hazelton for lieutenant governor F Ruecell for congress J Duncan for associate justice M L Maury for secretary of state W B Harvey for attorney general J S Parr for auditor and Paulustie for treasurer. A campaign tour with Eugene V Debs and other speakers left Chicago August 21 and will visit the West then the East after returning September 25.
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Helena
Mont
Socialists of
Montana
Harry Hazelton
Minarte Toa
F. D. Ruecell
Conrad
Congremman
J. Duncan
Butts
M. L. Maury
Lutte
W. B. Harvey
Lowleton
Jss. D Parr
Liviigston
Paulustie
Hamilton
T. KO Powers
Living Po
Chicagea
Ang - Wan
Sovialist Party
Euxene V_. Trebs
West
Chicago
Moon
British Steamer Aleone Overdue Amid Erratic Fate
A telegram reports the British steamer Aleone missing since July 1 from Portland and since July 6 from San Francisco en route to Auckland New Zealand. Reinsurance on her voyage climbs to 35 percent. she has been fifty two days from San Francisco and should have reached Auckland weeks ago.
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Portland
Ove
Aeone
San Francisco
Auckland
N. Z
National Society of Sons of Veterans elects chief in 1930s
In Niagara Falls on August 27 the National Society of the Sons of Veterans elected Edgar Allen Jr of Washington, D C as commander in chief marking a sentencia in the organization’s leadership for the period ahead.
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Sons of Veterans
Niagara Falls
National Society of the Sons of Veterans Today
Edgar Allen, Jr
Washington, D. C
Militia Ambulance Member Sentenced After Blackmail Try
Camille Marquet of the military ambulance corps faced court martial for attempting to blackmail President Roosevelt. He sent a January request for 23000 with promises of “immense help” and a March threat to publicize a scandal. The court, noting the youth’s good character, jailed him six days under the frat offenders law.
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Morning Journal Special
Bordeaux
Camille Marquet
Roosevelt
Marquet
Portugal
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