Alabama primary nears end as race for senate and governor centers on rate reform
The Alabama state primary closes the year long campaign with rivalry over two alternate U S Senate seats and the governorship. Major debate focuses on railroad rate regulation as candidates including B B Comer and R M Cunningham clash over legislative direction and state rail policy. Contests extend to auditor and judiciary posts, with Captain James Crook prominent in agricultural leadership.
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B. B. Comer
State Railroad Commission
R. M. Cunningham
Comer
CANDIDATES SPEAK TO CALHOUN VOTERS ON TRANSPORTATION
John H. Bankhead and Jesse Stallings addressed Calhoun county voters in the circuit court room today. Bankhead spoke on transportation with focus on railways water and roads, arguing water transport could elevate Alabama commercially. Stallings followed at 2:30 PM, drawing a strong labor audience, with Bankhead to speak at Oxford tonight at 8.
Local candidates seek wins in one party race
The article notes Col. Alex M. Garber for attorney general, Walter D. Seed for Treasurer, Harry Gunnells for superintendent of education, and Frank N. Julian for secretary of state as unopposed. It mentions a doctor arrival and urges families to have it, with sales by J. L. Wikle.
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Col
Alex M. Garber
Talladega
Walter D. Seed
Tuscaloosa
Harry Gunnells
Calhoun County
Frank N. Julian
Tuscumbia
J. L. Wikle
Insurgents Seek Aid From Range Allies
Emissaries of Cuban revolutionists work to win French sympathy for their cause claiming Palma government fails to resist American interference. They insist Cuba endures veiled American tyranny and compare current conditions to Spanish rule.
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Tion
Palma
America
Cuba
Explosion at Carroll Street terrorizes Brooklyn tenants
A blast at a Carroll Street apartment block in Brooklyn injures Vincent Christine, a wealthy iron dealer. The explosion, likely dynamite, shakes the white block and blows out the store front with windows shattered for blocks. authorities and Christine’s friends point to possible enemies.
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The
Star
New York
Carroll Street
Brooklyn
Vincent Christine
Christino
Voting light in library contest report figures
The library contest shows a light vote as merchants fail to submit reports by the 10 a m Saturday deadline. Top five contestants include Bynochval college with 145 499 votes Baraca class 116 180 Noble Institute 77 462 Odd Fellows 64 108 and Firat M FE choreh 12 844.
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Odd. Fellows
Firat M. FE. Choreh
Elson Wins Fight Against School Book Trust in Cleveland
The Cleveland Board of Education adopted text books after a nine hour session, confirming a victory for Superintendent Elson in his push for cheaper books. With two exceptions all titles offered prices matching the lowest available nationwide, and many books already in use were secured at substantially lower costs.
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Elson
School Book Trust
Board of Education
American Girl Weds Russian Baron in Boston Ceremony
Miss Emily Sargent wed Baron Ludwig Knoop of Russia in a quiet Magnolia home ceremony in Boston. The couple, daughter and son in law of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sargent, plan to sail for Europe to settle on the Baron's estate near Bremen after their wedding trip.
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The
Star
Boston
Emily Sargent
Ludwig Knoop
Russia
Joseph Sargent
Sameer
Sargents
Magnolia
Europe
Bremen
Ten Mile Swim At Chain of Rocks Start
Nearly two score of crack swimmers started in launches for the Chain of Rocks race to swim ten miles from the point down the Mississippi to the Eads bridge. The Missouri A C. offers a $250 challenge to the best time. Entries include top swimmers from Chicago Memphis St Louis and elsewhere.
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the Star
ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Eads
Ganization
Two Hundred Injured in Germany Street Clash
In Nuremberg, August 25, two hundred people were wounded in a street fight between soldiers police and workers at an automobile works on strike. A battalion charged the strikers with fixed bayonets as missiles and clashes continued, causing severe injuries.
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Germany
Sir Charles Har dinge a forcible character at British diplomacy
Sir Charles Hardinge, under secretary at the Foreign Office, is the unseen driver of Britain’s foreign policy. At age under fifty he has served as secretary of the British legation in Washington and as acting agent and consul general at Sofia, with postings in Teheran and St. Petersburg through the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Foreign Office
Sir Charles
Washington
Sofia
Sunday Schools Hold Union Meet at Second Presbyterian
Sunday schools of Anniston and Oxford plan a union convention at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon at the Second Presbyterian church corner of 15th and Brown streets. Mrs J C Moore of Parker Memorial church will teach the primary class. Superintendents are asked to announce the service in all schools Sunday morning.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Anniston
Oxford
Tomor
J. C. Moore
Parker Memorial Church
Woman, 80, Killed by Train After Previous Suicide Attempt
WILLIAMSPORT Pa Aug 25 An elderly woman Mrs Margaret Deerworth aged 80 was killed this morning at Jersey Shore when she knelt on Fall Brook railroad tracks in front of a passenger train. Two weeks earlier she attempted suicide similarly but was rescued by a trackman.
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Jersey Shore
Margaret Deerworth
Fall Brook
Valparaiso Earthquake Death Toll Reported by Mayor
A Paris cable cites Valparaiso Mayor stating the earthquake caused more than 2000 deaths while the public remains hopeful. Public order holds and tranquility returns as officials assess the disaster.
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Paraiso
Firemen killed in Milltown rail collision
Two firemen died in a head end collision on the Pittsburg Bessemer and Lake Erie line at Milltown early today. The engineers escaped by jumping from their locomotive after the crash.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie
Milltown
Dr Kings New Life Pills Advertises Malaria Cure
An old newspaper ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the cure for malaria poison and constipation. The remedy is offered for 25 cents at Elam Otway Houser's and West End Drug Co.
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Dr. King
New Life
Elam
Otway & Houser’s
West End Drug Co
Kennedy Renominated by Nebraska Republicans
John L. Kennedy was renominated for another term by the Republicans of Nebraska's Second District with no opposition present.
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The
Star
Omaha
Neb
Congress
John L
Kennedy
Nebraska
Newspaper Men Gather for Press Club Convention
Well known journalists from the East and Middle West head to Chicago to board a special train for Denver for the sixteenth annual convention of the International League of Press Clubs. They will arrive Monday afternoon as sessions set to begin the next day.
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Chicago
East
Middle West
League of Press Clubs
Colorado Capital
If you need a drag phone R O Watson No 72
A terse historical note directs readers to contact R O Watson at number 72 for a drag or related inquiry. The fragment hints at a local listing or personal notice with a single contact reference.
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Watson
Stolypin Report Denies Assassination Claim
A Czar's message denies Stolypin assassination or injury. A separate report says an explosion killed his son and General Scamfine and wounded many, though the claim is disputed.
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Czar
The
Star
ST. Petersburg
Stolypin
Saya
Scamfine
Stolypin Reported Assassinated in Bomb Attack
St. Petersburg dispatch says Premier Stolypin may have been killed by a revolu tionary bomb with his body badly mutilated and recovery unlikely. He had been unpopular since succeeding Neremykin and opposing the Douma and reform aims during his tenure.
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ST. Petersburg
Presmier M. Stolypin
M. Stolypin
Neremykin
Count Witte
Reform
ABA Gatherings In St Paul Amid Quiet Arrival
In St Paul Minnesota on August 26 members of the American Bar Association began arriving for the twenty ninth annual meeting. Delegates traveled without badges as the conference opened with the commission on uniform state laws meeting at the capitol under chair A M Eaton of Rhode Island.
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ST. Paul, Minn
American Bar Association
Commissioners
Capitol
A. M. Eaton
Rhode Isle
Association
Cero
Bar Association Proper
George R. Padwana
Erliver
Houston
Tex
tJonahoo
John M
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Mobile
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Henry B. Gray
Emmet. O’neill
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