Mississippi race reshapes for governor bid by May
Rail road Commissioner J C Kincannon plans re election, while his brother Professor A A Kincannon declines a governor bid due to weak backing. With Kincannon out, Railroad Commissioner May is set to enter the governor race as a leading southern candidate likely to draw solid support. State Revenue Agent Wirt Adams also prepares a bid with a formal announcement possible in February.
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May
Jackson
Miss
J. C. Kincannon
A. A. Kincannon
Kincannon
Mississippi
State Revenue
Wirt Adams
Castor
Carnegie Gifts New Orleans a Quarter Million for Library
New Orleans receives a quarter of a million dollars from Andrew Carnegie to fund a main library building and three branches. The city will supply sites and $25,000 annually for support, with the current library likely demolished for the main complex. Tulane’s J. H. Dillard helps arrange details in New York. Also noted are health ads and brief local items on LaGrange deaths, a St. Petersburg coal mine disaster tally, Bucklen’s Arnica products, and Americus cotton receipts.
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Carnegie
New Orleans
Andrew Carnegie
J. H. Dillard
Tulane University
Library Board
New York
Hoodlum Train Wreck injures rail workers at Fort Smith crossing
At North Little Rock Arkansas on January 1 a freight wreck involving the Hoodlum Train injured about thirty railroad employees, four possibly fatally, after a switch engine entered the crossing. The emergency brake failed to stop cars that crushed several workers, with H L Hooper and Ed Engstrum among the severely hurt. The report notes other minor injuries and includes an ad for One Minute Cough Care by the Orr Drug Co.
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Little Rock
Ark
Fort Smith Crossing
H. L. Hooper
J. E. Lescher
Herbert E. Lescher
Ed Engstrum
L Spafford
Chester
Mich
Orr Drug Co
Railroad magnates summoned to appear before commission
Frankfort Kentucky January 1 The Kentucky railroad commission seeks to prove its charges of a Southern railroad merger before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Subpenas reach leading financiers and officials of the merged entities with a January 15 New York hearing date. Names include J P Morgan George W Perkins John W Gates August Belmont Samuel Spencer Southern Railway and R G Erwin Atlantic Coast Line president.
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Frankfort
Southern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kentucky Railroad Commission
New York City
J. P. Morgan
George W. Perkins
John W. Gates
August Belmont
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway Company
R. G. Erwin
Atlantic Coast Line Company
Remarkable Croup Cure and Wyomings Rising Tensions
A vivid note on Chamberlains Cough Remedy saving a child from croup. Also reports from Evanston Wyoming a new year push by settlers to protect oil lands with armed stakes and potential clashes. Plus a life extension claim by O H Downey of Churubusco Indiana and a note on Venezuelan arbitration and an aged couple found dead in Nebraska.
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Wyo
Uintah County
Wyoming
Ewvanston
Loor
O. H. Downey
Chunubusco
Ind
Dr. Kings
W. J Smith & Bro
H. R Palmer & Son
Caracas
Venezuela
Bowen
Wilcox
John EB. Johnson
Ragan
Croup Use Cheney’s CosasaT Beas the The Kind You
A fragmented notice appears to describe a medical or remedy item linked to croup treatment. The readable words suggest a product or apothecary reference possibly involving Cheney and a remedy name. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Escaped convict held after Louisville train robbery
A Nashville penitentiary escapee, Gus Hyatt, is identified by conductor Jeff Keene as the assailant in yesterday morning’s Louisville and Nashville train robbery. Detectives show Hyatt’s photo to witnesses, while 12 suspects are in police court with cases continued to Jan 2. A passenger describes the robber’s calm, masked approach and demand for money during the Memphis sleeper incident.
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Louisville
Jeff Keene
Louisville and Nashville
Gus Hyatt
Nashville
Sullivan
Hyatt
Keene
Henry Trapp
Southern Railway
Trapp
Phil Soden
Lebanon Junction
Keene and Trapp
Moore
Guthrie
Memphis
Jond
For Whooping Cough use Cheney's Expectorant
A historical note lists Cheney's Expectorant as a remedy for whooping cough and mentions Beare the ww 5 g Baugh in an odd medical advertisement style from an old newspaper fragment.
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Cheney
Diamonds Tempted Goodman in Midtown Assault
Neary Goodman, 19, was arrested after an attack during a car ride in New York. He allegedly tried to cut a young woman’s hand to obtain her diamond rings valued at about 1500 dollars. Miss May Matthews suffered a deep cut while Miss May Lewis and their escorts fled as Goodman was chased and subdued by a policeman.
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New York
Miss Lewis
Miss Matthews
Geysman
Goodman
Secretary Iddings Injured in Collision in Rome
Secretary Iddings of the United States embassy was in a collision last night with an electric street car in Rome. His shoulder was dislocated and he sustained a facial wound. the coachman was slightly hurt and the carriage wrecked. Iddings is not in serious condition but will take six weeks to fully recover.
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Iddings
Rome
United States
Vinol the Marvelous Tonic for Flesh and Weight Gain
An advertisement extols Vinol as a powerful restorative tonic derived from cod liver oil. It claims rapid, reliable weight gain and improved organ function, including kidney and digestive health, with a testimonial from railroad worker Hl M Stufell praising better appetite sleep and a thirteen pound gain after using Vinol.
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Hl. M. Stufell
Boston and Maine
Vinci
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