Roosevelt Interests Stir as Alabama Delegation Returns
Rutherford Lapsley of Anniston reports to the city that President Roosevelt heard Alabama critics of Handley’s nomination and arranged a Justice Department review. Taft is unofficially said to oppose confirmation, while the secret service dispute dominates Washington chatter.
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Rutherford Lapsley
Washington
W. C. Tunstall
Anniston
Judge Handley
Lapsley
Department of Justice
Congress
Secret Service
Census Bureau Shows Increase in Cotton Ginnings
The Census Bureau reports 12,470,226 bales of cotton ginned from 1908 growth by Jan 1, up from 9,951,505 last year and 11,741,039 in 1907. Active ginneries total 27,386. Alabama had 1,304,324 bales and Mississippi 1,518,707 ginned to date.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Alabama
Mississippi
Man Killed and Two Women Hurt After Car Crash
New York, Jan 9 One man died and two women plus a chauffeur were seriously injured when their car swerved off the road returning from an amateur theatre performance. The deceased was Gilman Reil a Flushing, Long Island real estate promoter. The injured were Janette McKim Dorothy Whittle and James Grannan the chauffeur, all residents of Flushing.
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New York
Gilman Reil
Janette McKim
Dorothy Whittle
James Grannan
Flushing
L. I
Grafters Open Office In Financial District
Alfred Curtis once a vice president at National Bank of North America, who was indicted and convicted with C M Morse for irregularities at the bank, today opened offices in New York's financial district to conduct stock and bond business.
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New York
Alfred Curtis
The
National Bank of North America
C. M. Morse
Financial District
Revolutionary letter writer dies in Teheran crisis
In Teheran on January 9 a man believed to be a revolutionary killed himself after authorities uncovered his link to a failed assassination attempt on Sheikh Fazelullah, a trusted adviser to the shah.
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Teheran
Shiek Fazelullah
Thaw Granted New Trial For Sanity Hearing
Justice Tompkins in Nyack New York orders a jury trial to decide if Harry K Thaw has regained his sanity following the Sanford White slaying. The ruling sets a proceed to test his criminal responsibility with a jury verdict.
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Nyack, N. Y
Jan. C
Tompkins
Harry K. Thaw
Sanford White
Vanderlip Named Next President of National City Bank
Frank A. Vanderlip, then vice president, will succeed James Stillman as president at the National City Bank meeting next week. Vanderlip, born in Illinois, rose from factory apprentice to senior financier, later serving as Chicago Tribune financial editor and private secretary to Secretary Lyman J. Gage. At 45 he becomes head of the country’s largest fiduciary institution with 25 million dollars in capital and deposits exceeding 200 million.
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Stillman
Harriman Lines
Vanderlip
Illinois
University of Illinois
University of Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
Frank
Washington
United States
International Conference of Commerce and Industry
Ostend
New York
Farmers Union plans to withhold 1,000,000 bales of cotton
The National Farmers' Union announces a two week series of state meetings to ratify a plan to hold one million bales of cotton off the market. From New Orleans headquarters, the federation of warehouses will coordinate pledges and storage across 18 states to control prices and reduce middlemen influence.
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National Farmers’ Union
Oklahoma
United States
South
Southwest
Farmers’ Union
Raines County
Texas
Emory
Tex
Greenville
Dallas
New Orleans
Federation of Warehouses
Missississippi
Plan for Reggio Messina rebuild presented in Rome
A parliamentary committee presented a four year plan to rebuild Reggio and Messina. A special tax will fund rehabilitation and government buildings will be the first to be replaced.
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Rome
Reggio
Messina
The Woman of It Dorcas Finds It Cost at Store
Dorcas receives a Christmas present and visits a shop to learn its price. The brief item centers on her reaction and the store encounter.
Bees on the Farm Boosts Yields and Happiness
The article urges farmers to keep bees to improve pollination and crop yields. It notes honey production and fruit tree yields benefit from hives, and mentions alfalfa as well. It highlights small, practical steps to make farm life more pleasant and profitable.
Girl Dies After Recurrent Skin Disease Scales
Geneva Reynolds a 10 year old girl from Winchester Pennsylvania died after two months of ichthyosis a skin disease. For a week she endured great agony as a quart of scales came from her body daily and Thursday her skin peeled from her entire body for the seventh time since illness began.
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Winchester
Geneva Reynolds
Life of Czar Is Again In Danger
St. Petersburg January 9 a second explosion hit Tzarkoe Selo the czars home about 15 miles from the city details are scarce but no injuries are reported.
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Czar
ST. Petersburg
Tzarkoe-Selo
Death sentences for six riders in Union City murder case
Six men convicted of first degree murder in Union City were sentenced to death. The defense’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The remaining two defendants received life terms, while two others were given twenty years in the penitentiary.
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Union City
Tenn
Milli ken denies Jones deathbed confession in Rice case
John T. Milli ken, brother of Pat rick tied to the Rice murder, says he has no knowledge of any deathbed confession by Chas. Jones the valet. Milli ken made the denial after a New York conference with District Attorney Jerome.
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John T. Milliken
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
Texas
Chas. Jones
Rice
Patrick
Milliken
Jerome
New York
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