Death of Senator Mallory Shocks Senate in Pensacola
SEN. CLAY Washington December 26 The death of Senator Mallory of Florida at his Pensacola home ends a long illness that followed a November 20 breakdown. Mallory, a strong committee voice, served on commerce fisheries naval affairs Pacific islands and Puerto Rico patents public health and national quarantine and Revision of the laws. He was first elected in 1896 and re-elected in 1903. Vice President Fairbanks will name a funeral committee. Speaker Cannon will appoint House members. The piece notes shifts in river and harbor leadership, and a broad push for a large waterways appropriation amid rail capacity limits. It also covers confirmations blocked by Sen Clay and a reorganization of Southern senators into chairmanships.
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Washington
Mallory
Florida
Pensacola
Congress
Pacific Islands
Porto Rico
United States
Senate
Fairbanks
Cannon
House
White House Receives Persimmon Possums Gift
A whimsical tale reports two fat possums, fed on persimmons, being shipped from Gainesville Georgia to the White House as a holiday gift from Mira Helen D Longstreet widow of Confederate general. The note says they travel to grace the presidential table as a symbol of Southern loyalty. The White House staff, including a chef, are said to anticipate a festive feast around them during the holiday week.
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Dhet I
White House
Presidential Board
Mira
Helen D. Longstreet
Gainesville
Better Than Medicine Hyomei Tonic for Catarrh Cure
Breathing Hyomei is promoted as a superior remedy for catarrh, healing the nasal and lung mucosa by medicating the air. The ad promises quick relief, notes a full refund if ineffective, and lists a complete Hyomei outfit at one dollar.
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Nature
H. R. Palmer & Son Pasree
Cure for Bright's Disease Promises New Life
Robert O Burke of Elnora New York writes that after suffering nightly urination swelling and blurred vision from Bright's disease he found relief with Foley's Kidney Cure. He credits three bottles with removing dropsy and all other symptoms and says he had almost lost hope of living. Sold by all druggists.
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Bright
Robert O. Burke
Elnora
N. Y
Foley
All Drug Siats
Fertilizer Tag Sales Begin After Holidays in Atlanta
Capt Johnson in the Georgia Department of Agriculture reports eight million fertilizer and cotton seed meal tags purchased by Commissioner Hudson. Tags price one cent per ton of fertilizer and half a cent per ton of cotton seed meal, with sales strongest January through March. Proceeds fund District Agricultural Schools as farmers plan heavier fertilization and lighter cotton planting.
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Atlanta
J. F. Johmson
Department of Agriculture
State Capitol
Rusia
Hudson
Dr Shoop Cough Cure Safe for Babies Says Doctor
A Melbourne advertisement extols Dr Shoop Cough Cure as harmless and safe for all ages. It highlights green leaves from a highland shrub, claims it calms coughs and heals bronchial membranes without opium or harsh additives. The ad urges buyers to demand Dr Shoop’s and warns against other products.
No Christmas Issue of Clarke County Courier
The Clarke County Courier suspended this week in deference to Christmas customs followed by weekly papers. Editor Gardner grants his staff a one week rest, but the paper will resume publication next week.
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Clarke County Courier
Gardner
Courier
Unpaid Garfield Funeral Claims Probed by Congress
A century after President Garfield’s assassination Congress fights to settle unpaid medical and funeral bills. An audit pared a $57,500 appropriation to $39,793 and allowed $27,500 for medical services while various claims from surgeons, embalmers, and vendors were slashed. The episode highlights tensions over expenses and accountability in the Garfield funeral.
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Charles J. Folger
Secretary of the Treasury
Board of Audit
W. R. Speare
Washington
Elberon
N. J
Speare
D. EB
Bliss
el Heron
D. Hughes Agnew
Philadelphia
F. H. Hamilton
New York
Robert Rayburn
Silas A. Boynton
Cleveland
Ohio
Susan A. Edson
Phr Stelan
Dr. Lamb
Elberen
Progress of two states showcases industrial growth in Georgia and Alabama
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports a surge of new factories mills furnaces and mining projects as 1908 nears. Plans include a Bast Ground cotton mill ten thousand spindles and thirty looms a Dalton Elks mill expansion a Thomaston mill company with four hundred thousand dollars in capital an Ensley furnace expansion by Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad and various plants from Brunswick to Waycross and West Point to Savannah with mines and canning operations in the mix.
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Columbus
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index
Georgia
Alabama
Bast Ground
Elks Cotton Mills
Dalton
Contracts and new projects in the South rise with municipal growth
Plans include school buildings in Monroe Georgia and Crawfordsville Georgia, four steel bridges in Floyd and Elbert counties, Georgia, churches in Savannah Georgia and Ensley Alabama, sanitary sewers in Anniston Alabama, and electric lighting and waterworks in Headland Alabama. Awards cover paving in Oxford Alabama worth 35000 and sewer and paving in Ensley Alabama. Four land companies form with 172000 capital, one of 135000 to develop land near Gadsden Alabama and trade in timberlands. Two new banks, a municipal improvement bond issue, and fifteen new corporations emerge with minimum capital stock of 277000.
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Monroe
Crawfordsville
Floyd
Elbert
Savannah
Ensley
Ala
Anniston
Headland
Oxford
Gadsden
Bryan Named as Senator From Jacksonville Fla
Gov Broward appointed William James Bryan of Jacksonville to US senator to fill the balance of the term expiring March 4 1901. Bryan a 31 year old prominent attorney holds the county solicitor post in Davis County and is the son of former state senator John M Bryan. Born Orange County Fla October 10 1876, he studied at Emory College Oxford Ga and Washington and Lee University before practicing law in Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Broward
William James Bryan
United States
Stephen R. Mallory
Bryan
Duval County
Orange
Cpunty
Florida
John M. Bryan
Slut’ S Railroad Commission
Emory College
Oxford
Washington and Lee University
Th Criminal Court of Records
Davis County
How Diphtheria is Contracted
A concise warning explains that a severe cold can open the way for diphtheria and other diseases. It notes that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly cures colds and reduces danger, listing local suppliers Warren J. Smith & Bro and others in Athens, Georgia.
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Chamberlain
Warren J. Smith
Warren J. Smith & Bro., H. R. Palmer & Sons
L. P. Canning
B.C. McEvoy
Athens, Ga
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