New Orleans backs Chicago Cotton Exposition effort
A New Orleans official urged support for a proposed Chicago cotton exposition. David Hiller, the mayor’s commissioner, argued the South’s metropolis should lead in the event. He praised New Orleans for rapid growth and industrial progress and called for regional unity to advance the expo.
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New Orleans
David Hiller
Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Hiller
South
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
South America
Brewers as Educators Plan Negro Industrial Colleges
Minaville reports brewers plan to erect free industrial colleges in Tallahatchie county Mississippi for African Americans to train as mechanics. The project mirrors Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee model with instructors from Tuskegee, aiming to provide education and land colonization with 60,000 acres owned by the brewers.
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Mississippi
Minavage
Booker Washington
Pabst and Schlits Brewing Companies
Tallahatchie County
Miss
Washington
Industrial Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Pearl Bryan murder links flood Cincinnati rumor
May Smith of Louisville describes a supper with Jackson in Cincinnati and claims Jackson spoke of plans to remove Pearl Bryan’s alleged partner. She mentions letters and a possible hiding place, and notes a letter from Jackson asserting Walling’s trouble. The fragment ties May Smith to the Pearl Bryan case amid other crime notes from Feb 19.
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Jackson
Cincinsati
Mins May Smith
Louisville
Walling
Cincinnati
Mand
Melder
Will Wood
Greencastle
Ind
Wood
Miss Smith
Zeaksoi Weg
Pearl
Heider’s
May Smith
Louisoiis
Pearl Bryan
Byron Lister
Listers
Fourth Aveue
Lister
Mrs. Fuson
Glenn Building
Fifth
Ain Pombo
Mrs. Lister
Bryan
Smith
Beatie Menor Soe Ees Ee Eaid Portance
Carlisle Replies to Democratic Urging Senate Support
Feanxtort Ky Feb 19 Secretary Carlisle declines to advise Democratic lawmakers on backing Blackburn noting they act with proper judgment and cannot be influenced by outside appeals while reaffirming commitment to Democratic principles. Hunter rejects charges of leaning toward free silver, defending gold standard stance. Senate ballot shows 180 desertions with ballot closed quietly.
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Feanxtort, Ky
United States
Carlisle
Blackburn
Washington
Ntlemen
Fos General Assembly
Fas
Asia
Senate of
Bamber
Joy G. Carlisle
Hunter
W. Godfrey Hunter
United States Senate
Congress
Fearful Explosion Hits Colorado Coal Mine
Feb 18 in Newcastle Colorado a gas explosion wrecked the Vulcan coal mine near Hogback entombing an estimated 60 to 70 workers as rescuers rushed to reach them. The fire and destruction disrupted operations and prompted effort to install a new fan to restore ventilation. Fort Worth Tex Feb 19 reported three Mexican deaths in a forest fire near La Mrs. Martin Conway Dead Lawarxee Kan Feb 10. Dir Martin P Seytesa died at his wife’s bedside in Kansas.
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Colorado
Newcastle
Colo
Vulcan
Hogback
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railcom
Yoo
Bobie
Martin Conway
Lawarxee
Kan
Martin PF
Seytesa
Cou
Howor
Hier
SL Sunets
Big Strike Probable In Chicago Clothing Trade
Reports from Chicago indicate a major strike among clothing cutters and trimmers. Members gather at union headquarters as meetings fix on decisive action, while manufacturers announce plans to treat cutters and trimmers as regular employees under new terms.
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Ung Cutters
Chicago
Omcaco
Clothing Cutters and Trimmers’ Association
Dadividens
Sae Ee
Nisi
Salisbury Urged to Reply Swiftly on Joint Commission
Lonpoy Feb 19 The Westminster Gazette urges the Marquis of Salisbury to reply quickly to the American proposition on a joint British and American conciliation commission. The note hints at arbitration as a potential outcome and stresses a stance toward U S railway ownership and international relations. Also mentions a strong government ownership argument in a German report and a Paris dispatch on soldiers desertion.
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Salisbury
Joint Commission
Lonpoy
Westminster Gazette
Marquis of Salisbury
Venezuela
United States
America
Wasnixotos
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Samar Street
Windsor Motel
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Simmons Liver Regulator
J. L. Zeilin & Co
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Sudden & Bates
Savannah
Ming
Blackmore
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Pony
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E. J. Hyland
Catcaco
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George C. Jenkins
Baltimore and Ohio Board
William F. Burns
Dan Fer
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Quincy
Sedge Witter
Lynchley
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Tadge Witter
Negro Williams
Palicenn Suge
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