National Rivers and Harbors Congress Closes Great Meeting
Washington reports the fourth annual National Rivers and Harbors Congress closing with 2000 delegates from all regions. Leaders including Elihu Root and Theodore Roosevelt praised waterways development and pledged support for a minimum $50 million annual federal appropriation. Railroads now back the push, with James J Hill and Finley urging expanded transportation.
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Washington
Elihu Root
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Western Hemisphere
Congress
States
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Mr. Root
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Plist Farm
Dawson
West Virginia
Glenn
North Carolina
Johnson
Minnesota
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Iowa
Com
Alabama
Hoke Smith
Hill
Finley
Joseph E. Ransdall
Louisiana
J. F. Elison
Cincinnati
Hawaii
Alaska
Ellison
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Speakson
White House
West
Waterways
National Rivers and Harbors Congress Holds Annual Conven tion
The text describes a large gathering of over 2,000 members of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. The speaker appeared tired yet maintained a smile to the end of the event, marking the fourth annual convention.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Saves Baby from Measles to Bronchitis
A Holly Spring reader recalls two months of severe bronchitis in a infant after measles. After trying eight stores for relief, a clerk recommended Chamberlain's Coneb emedy and the baby recovered. The letter endorses the remedy as safe and effective. Local druggists H.R. Palmer & Son, L. P. Canning, EF. Orr Drug Co., and McEvoy distribute.
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Gee
Gee. W. Spener
Holly Spring
N.C
Bell Downed in Florida Drowns Duck Hunt Victim
Ulysses S. Bell of Atlanta drowned in the St John River near Jacksonville while duck hunting. He fell from a boat and the weight of ammunition in his pocket pulled him under. the body was recovered.
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Atlanta
Ulysses S. Bell
Mary C. Bell
Madison Bell
St. John River
Jacksonville
Bell
Panic Makers Crawling From the Pit They Made
The Augusta Chronicle denounces reform agitators and panic makers for causing hard times. It argues CEOs and financiers share blame for the crisis, blaming overzealous policies and corporate manipulation while urging accountability and action to fix the wreckage.
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Augusta Chronicle
Aml
Roosevelt
ISSEY
New York Quiet Sunday as City Recovers
Violent crime dominates Georgia headlines as Marshall Brinson is killed by a Black assailant in Midville. Authorities pursue the shooter with bloodhounds and a rescue train, while the quiet Sunday highlights broader enforcement of the Lord's Day laws.
How Diphtheria Is Contracted And Prevention
Explains how a cold can leave a child susceptible to diphtheria and urges Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for the cold and to lessen germ-disease risk. Sold by Warren J. Smith & Brother and local Athens merchants.
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Warren J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sona
L. P. Canning
E. C. McEvoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens, Ga
Voice in government prompts quieter approach
In a brief exchange Mr Billings questions if every man should have a voice in government. Mrs Wisely agrees but suggests exercising it in quieter ways than shouting at election bulletins.
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Mr. Billings
Mrs. Wisely
Young Man's Body Found in Swamp
Oscar Taylor, a prominent young man from Hawkinsville Georgia, was found this morning in the swamp below the city by searchers. He had disappeared last Tuesday and appeared to have taken his life by firing a bullet into his heart after making a pillow of his coat in a cypress log. The body was well preserved due to cold weather and despondency is given as the sole known cause.
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Hawkinsville
Oscar Taylor
Taylor
Russian Douma and the Czar's troubled kingdom
A dialogue paraphrase riffs on the Douma as a Russian door mat. The wife asks what the Douma is and the husband replies it reflects the Russian way of life in a troubled czarist realm.
Subcommittee Forms Uniform Freight Tariff Plan
A Washington subcommittee of the Uniform Classification Commission, formed by U S railroads, met to set the time and details for a universal freight tariff. Sessions may begin after the new year in New York or Austria, with a three year or longer horizon. The 15 member body includes all railroads and aims to unify schedules amid three regional classifications.
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Washington, D. C
Uniform Classification Commission
United States
New York
Austaria
Dean's Kidney Pills Prove Relief for Athens Backache
Athens reader James Armstrong of Windsor Street Atlanta describes severe back pain and urinary trouble. After using Dean's Kidney Pills he reports relief, renewed strength, and ability to work hard again. The ad urges asking H. R. Palmer & Sons for customer reports.
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Athens
James Armstrong
Foundryman
Fee L. & R
Windsor St
Atlanta
Dean
H. R. Palmer & Sons Drug Store
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