Registration drive spreads across North Dakota and South Dakota towns
A registration effort began today across multiple towns including Aberdeen, Pierre, LeBeau, Lemmon in South Dakota and Bismarck in North Dakota near the Sheyenne river and Rock Indian reservations. The government has launched this process as part of the ongoing administration actions.
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North Dakota
North
Sheyenne River
Rock Indian
Aberdeen
Pierre
LeBeau
Lemmon
South
Dako
Bismarck
South Dakota
Crook Predicts Strong Support for Constitutional Amendment
Captain James Crook former president of the Alabama Railroad Commission spoke in the city Monday and said he believes the constitutional amendment will carry by a margin exceeding the hopes of its supporters. He noted his sixty eight years and decades of voting and called it the most important vote of his life.
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James Crook
Alabama Railroad Commission
Two Army Lieutenant Despondent Over Duty Ends Life
NORTH ADAMS Mass Oct 4 Despondent over potential discharge from the army Lieutenant O W Baird of Beaumont Texas committed suicide by poisoning. VIENNA Oct 4 Albert Pulitzer brother of New York World proprietor died by suicide in a hotel shooting himself through the head after a prolonged illness.
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North Adams
Mass
O. W. Baird
Beaumont
Tex
New York World
Two Alleged Tigers Convicted On Liquor charges
H C Bales and Tom McKinney, white men, were convicted Monday of selling liquor and fined 102.70 plus six months on the streets. Hiram McCarter’s case was continued. Witnesses were J F Taylor and C H Cobb. sales occurred Sunday September 19 on Brown Street.
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H. C. Bales
Tom McKinney
Hiram McCarter
Bales
McKinney
J. F. Taylor
C. H. Cobb
Cobb
Taylor
Brown Street
Moors Rampant in Spain Allegations Stir Turmoil
Madrid October 4 Thousands of Moors from Fez are rushing to the Rift country and taking up arms against Spain. The cabinet weighs extending military dictatorship across Spain amid unrest, especially in Catalonia, as victories give way to gloom.
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Fez
Rift Country
Spain
Catalonia
Towers' Fatal Dive At San Francisco Chutes
The famed high diver Towers died after breaking his neck during a plunge at the chutes in San Francisco. A large crowd witnessed the accident as he hit a shallow tank.
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San Francisco
F Towers
Dr J H Foster Named New Pastor at First Presbyterian
Dr J H Foster of Table Street Presbyterian Petersburg Va will fill the pulpit at First Presbyterian Birmingham replacing Dr John W Stagg. Congregation approved the call after a committee recommended extending it and Foster, a Mobile Alabama native with Tennessee Mississippi Virginia religious work, will leave Petersburg to accept.
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Birmingham
J. H. Foster
Th Table Street Presbyterian Church
Petersburg
First Presbyterian Church
John W. Stagg
James A. Going
J. H. Phillips
A. C. Howze
McLester
A. W. Brown
Charles R. Plosser
Foster
Mobile
Tennessee
Mississippi
Virginia
Theological College
Clarksville
Tenn
Five Thousand Necktie Workers Strike in New York
Five thousand necktie-makers walk out in New York City today protesting sweatshop conditions and long hours. Authorities expect about two thousand more to join tomorrow as talks proceed.
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New York
New York Ice Trust Cases Open in Supreme Court
A special New York Supreme Court trial team met in New York City with Justice Wheeler of Buffalo presiding to hear indictments against the American Ice Company. Indictments pending since July 1908 charge misdemeanor to hinder competition by restraining trade in violation of the Donnelly anti trust act.
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New York
New York Supreme Court
Wheeler
Buffalo
American Ice Company
Organize Liberty Leagues and Kill nocturnal invaders
In Frankfort Kentucky Governor Willson responded to tobacco planters questions about protecting homes. He suggested organizing Liberty Leagues and killing nocturnal invaders while offering pardons to anyone resorting to violence to defend their property.
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Frankfort
Willson
Charges Link Tammany to New York Political Deals
Represen ce Native Parson, head of the New York Republican committee, accuses Tammany hall of controlling the lower house and says Democrats who bolted in March did so to back a bill Albany Republicans promised would kill registration laws against Tammany. He alleges Tammany traded votes for congressmen.
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New York Republican Committee
Tammany Hall
Congress
Prive
New York
Albany
Parson
Tammany
Court grind continues as jurors sworn in
The second week of City court term opens with fresh jurors and new panels. Warnock vs Phillips ends testimony and is submitted to the jury. Bryant versus Whisenant trustees of a rural Wellington school is disposed of for the term by non suit with an appeal noted.
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Warnock
William A. Bryant
M. A. Whisenant
Wellington
Inauguration Arrangements Set for Harvard President Lowell
Cambridge Mass Oct 4 Arrangements for the inauguration of A Lawrence Lowell as Harvard University president are nearly complete The three day program begins tomorrow with a large rostrum for 8000 attendees The ceremony includes the official induct should be held before University Hall with the keys to the university the 1640 charter and the official seat presented to President Lowell
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Cambridge
Mass
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Onetdres
Owith Tomorroyys
University Hall
Lowell
Wil
Edward A. Fairbairn
Effoir
Lovell
Jolyn D. Long
Harvard
Lovells
Cotton Ginned and Crop Condition Reported
The census shows 2,962,880 bales ginned up to September 25, 1909, up from 2,500,000 a year earlier. Government figures also note crop condition at fifty eight and five tenths percent, improving from sixty three and seven tenths last month but below sixty nine and seven tenths a year ago.
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Washington
Government Bureau
Wright Breaks Record in Air Flight
Elc Mine explosion at Roslyn in the Weel district kills men and injures others. The Northwestern Improvement Co shaft explosion was caused by gas ignition.
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Wright
Roslyn
Weel
Dale Re elected Keeper of Almshouse and Delegates Named
County commissioners re elected W J Dale as keeper of the almshouse and named delegates to the good roads convention in Birmingham on October 1 with delegates listed by beat and name including Geo B Phillips A P Weaver Chas H Snider L N Downing James Cherry J W Comer R H Burnham Z G Borders Dr R L Hughes Manning G Christian J T Story J J Wikle I T Vain Joe T H Privett Jas A Weatherly A J Tarvin Thos Heathcock John M Stow Dave Cowden John H Noble L W Grant A L Young Chas D Martin Henry Burton Dr A W Ligon Thos M Aderhold T. Gray.
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W. J. Dale
Birmingham
Joe TH. Privett
Jas
A. Weatherly
A.’ J.tarvin
Thos, Heathcock
John M. Stow
Dave Cowden
John H. Noble
L. W. Grant
A. L. Young
Chas. D. Martin
Campus schedule outlines future governing policies and events
The plan outlines future governing policies of the university. In the afternoon men dine in Memorial Hall and women in Bertram Hall. A Boston Symphony Orchestra concert in Sanders Theatre and a student demonstration in the Stadium close the principal day.
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Memorial Hall
Bertram Hall
Radcliffe
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sanders’ Theater
Weather Summary for Last Month by Clarke
The monthly report shows the hottest day on the 11th at 90 and the coldest on the 28th at 40. Average temp 7 degrees? The rainfall just over an inch, wind average 5.9, gusts to 25 mph on the 11th. Ten clear days, fourteen cloudy, six partly cloudy. seven thunderstorms recorded.
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Clarke
Man shoots brother in law in Tate
In Tate on Friday Pat Powers shot his brother in law Bob Barrett, leaving him injured. Authorities investigated the incident and no motive was released.
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Leveland
Pat Powers
Bob Barrett
Tate
New Yorkers Cheer Wilbur Weight’s Audacious Flight
New York witnesses crowded rooftops and joy as Wilbur Weight flies from Governors Island over the river in an 20 mile attempt. Wind at eighteen miles per hour makes the stunt hazardous while Weight maintains a 60 mile per hour pace and lands near Castle William after 24 minutes.
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New York
Wilbur Weight
Wright
Castle William In
Fur Manner Ie
County Commissioners Meet For October Term Work Session
County commissioners meet at 2 p m to handle routine matters from the October term. The session focuses on the transaction of county business and upcoming agenda items.
Shreveport Men In Fatal Duel Sparks Investigation
In Shreveport on October 4 Bem Bennett and brothers Charles and Thomas Sloan engaged in a gun duel. Thomas Sloan killed Bennett after both sides exchanged shots. The prior feud stemmed from a long running dispute, with local witnesses noting the confrontation at Barrett home and a rash of alcohol involved.
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Shreveport
Bem Bennett
Charles
Thomas Sloan
Bennett
Nott
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Dakota India Reservation
J. Crook
Vienna
Albert Pulitzer
Taylor and Cobe
Madrid
Nessed
Stagg
ICE Trust
OV. Willson
Tam
Aty
Li Iqu
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Federal Bureau Report
Elc
Dale
Powers
Barrett
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