Prohibition Debate Forges Ahead in Senate Judiciary Panel
John Corrigan Jr reports from Washington that the Senate Judiciary Committee is nearing a report on prohibition. A majority seeks to extend interstate liquor controls, limiting shipments and enforcing plain marking to empower states. A minority warns against constitutional overreach and interstate commerce conflicts.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciay Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Iowa
Fongresa
D. OL
Tya
Knox
Georgia
Ila
Dempton
United States Supreme
Coum
Beottie McDonald
U.S
United
Mob sets upon Black man accused in fatal lynching
In Wesson Mississippi today a mob of about 39 men killed a Black man linked to the murder of a white twelve year old. The suspect allegedly struck the boy with a blow to the head and was later dragged from officers by the crowd. The prisoner was said to have confessed before a larger mob of roughly six hundred seized him and hanged him from a tree before dawn. Authorities collected the body for burial as order was said to be preserved.
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Wesson
John Burr
Younegro
Burra
Harl Smith
J. W. Smith
Burr
Smith
Forced to Face Young Bride Brutally Assaulted and Lynched
An escorted Black man, Walter Clayton, a convict on manslaughter charges, assaulted Mrs. White in Bay Minette. He was dragged by a mob for miles and killed near her home after identification by Mrs. White, with the deputy released and the mob seizing the prisoner. Clayton had confessed to killing John McKenzie during confinement.
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Mobile
Alm
Walter Clayton
Joseph White
White
Ray Minatto
Mra. White
Clayton
Hay Minette
Land
Bay Minette
Booth
Fuller
Jalk
White Mtn
John McKenzie
Mra
McKenzie
Korean Rebels Active Near Seoul Amid Rising Clashes
Tokyo reports from Seoul say insurgents have intensified activity near the capital with several minor fights recently. The Korean court stirs controversy as Privy Councillor Yun calls for Japanese troop withdrawal, while Ha ban and Viscount Jones weigh in on foreign involvement and expulsions.
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Seoul
Tokyo
Seoul Way
Yun
Haban
Viscount Jone
Form Clubs At Americus Statewide Primary Interest
Hundreds sign the Bumter County Jet Brown Club in Americus Ga as Brown supporters rally workers from railway shops stores and offices to back Brown for governor Leaders say Brown will win the county by a large vote Smith supporters organize a rival club as sentiment shifts Farmers merchants and mechanics back Joseph M Crown for governor with broad local backing
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Brown
Amith
Americus
Wind
Smith
Smith Club
Farmore
Joseph M. Crown
States rights clash over interstate liquor shipments
A debate highlights federal versus state power to regulate liquor transport. Lawmakers discuss bills to attach police authority to shipments crossing state lines and to curtail deliveries at destination. Georgia Rep Brantley notes potential reforms, while Anti-saloon leaders De Young and Baker express cautious support for stricter C. O. D. proposals.
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Pennsylvania
Monnurse
McClay
Tinian
Dolliver
Pragier
Hansbrough
Bacon
Overman
Knox
Brantley
Qeorgia
Nome
Judiciary Committee
Congraam
de Young
Dr. Baker
Zartlefield
Mortuary notices and obituaries from a Georgia city page
Multiple short obituaries and funeral notices list names such as Minnie Tapste Minnie Tugate J M Barrett 98 and others with ages and addresses including Peachtree church New Hope church Capitol avenue Westview cemetery and 1890 o'clock pallbearers meet at Greenberg Bent & Broomélein's. Also notes Sarah White Tallapoosa Ga Myrtle Willman and a sports score detailing a goal apiece after a riot at an England Gotland match.
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Minnie Lyle Tapste
Minnie Lyle ‘Tugate
OL Edgewend
Peachtree Church
Own
College Dark
Richardson Street
New Hope Church
Greenberg, Bent & Broomélein
R T. Brown
Allen Brown
Louie Brown
Wuntor
Lita Smith
Atlana
Milas Sallie Tooke
New York
Woo
Ching
Urs F
T Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Irish Trade Statistics and Roosevelt Correspondence Published
London April reports the publication of John P Boland’s correspondence with President Roosevelt. Boland, an MP for Kerry South, thanks the president for agreeing to publish Ireland US trade status, calling the move a stimulus to Irish trade. The State Department granted access to publish the trade details.
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Roosevelt
London
John P. Boland
M. P
Kerry
Prish
Finley Sees Early Southern Prosperity Despite Unease
Washington April President W W Finley of the Southern Railway Company reports financial health in the South. Banks are sound, farmers prosper, and retail trade remains fairly active though cautious. He cites uncertainty about the future as the chief drag on business, urging constructive sentiment to spur a recovery. In Georgia Dawson votes show Gunnell narrowly ahead in tax collector race over McLendon, with 982 total county votes. John R Irwins leads Thornton for state senator.
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Washington
W. W. Finey
Southern Raiway Company
Finley
United Gates
Anto
Dawson
Charles W. Gunnell
A. J. McLendon
John R. Irwin
Thornton
Slow Recovery Seen In Business And Stocks Tone
A subdued view of spring demand and recovery gripped New York markets last week as investors weighed limited business improvement. Bankers noted weak copper and metal orders, rail earnings pressures, and cautious security prices amid expectations of cash withdrawals and tighter liquidity.
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New York
Felda
James J. Hill
Great Northern Board
Commissoner Lane
Interstate Commerce Ommission
Condi
Thatron and Steel Trade
Rheumatism cure claims from Dr Miles Nervine
An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine as a rheumatism cure with soothing nervous system effects and sleep aid. It invites readers to request free advice for complicated cases and cites a testimonial about reduced pain after using the product from Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
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Miles Nervine
Dr. Miles
Fale Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
AFL Funds to Challenge Alabama Boycott Law Cited in Mobile
Mobile announces 500 dollars allocated by the American Federation of Labor via the national treasury to contest the Alabama anti boycott statute. The move centers on Lawrence Burt printer union leader convicted of intimidation under the law, with Burt’s attorneys planning an appeal to the supreme court. Swainsboro reports five major fires in eighteen months, the latest destroying Judge H. R Pantet’s house amid high winds and lacking firefighting apparatus.
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Mobile
Ala
American Federation of Labor
National Tremsury
Lawrence Burt
Printers’ Union
Burt
Hurt
Supreme Court
Flere
Swe
Swainboro
Swainsboro
H. R Pantet
Hia
Myr
Jiarris
Af the
Arm of Smith, Harrin & Co
Fire destroys four buildings in New Orleans corner
New Orleans on April 5 reports four business structures burned at the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Natches streets. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars by the fire marshal. Heaviest single loss belongs to Morris McGraw Woodenware Company Limited, whose factory building was destroyed. Other affected firms include New Orleans Import Company Limited, W D Seymour, Loeb Lyon Felix Company Limited, and Henry Lewitt Company Limited. Insurance reportedly covers part of the total. the area featured old, closely packed buildings and posed danger to nearby blocks.
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New Orleans
Tchoupitoules
Natches Streets
Morria McGraw Woodenware Company
Limites
Siatory
Henry Lewhts Company, Limited
Jones
Atlanta Gossip On Pullman Car Names And State Rooms
In Atlanta on Saturday Captain Mizhugh Lee recalls a tale of cryptic Pullman car names. Gossip swirls about a Pullman daughter earning ten thousand a year to name rooms, each must bear letters from "Peusddm-an." A veteran compares riverboat state rooms named after states, noting "Texas" was a famed but contested berth. The train then departs as the discussion ends.
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Mizhugh Lee
Mra. Hoosavalt
Pullman
Captain Lee
Jack Smith
Atlanta
Texas
Organist saves church in Maine from arson attempt
In Bath Maine an attempted arson at the Universsitat church was thwarted before morning service. Organist Mary Moore alerted sexton William Curtis as gas seeped from a damaged pipe near a lit lamp. Curtis doused the fire with water, avoiding a likely explosion. No motive is known.
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de Durem Universsitat Buiiding
Bath
Maine
Universetiat
Stes Mary Mores
Willam Curtis
Prominent USAT official to attend Birmingham banquets
Birmingham hosts United States Hise Corporation leader Presien WE Corey and a party of officers arriving Tuesday morning to be the guest of honor at two banquets this week. Corey will tour local plants and inspect operations around Birmingham as part of corporate visits.
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Birmingham
Ala
Presien WE Corey
United States
Corey
Dirmloshaa
Police Chief Called In as Delegates Fight Spreads
Macon Georgia April 6 Special Bibb county Republicans have clashed over convention delegate appointments for three weeks. Yesterday at noon a stormy meeting on Cotton Avenue required Police Chief Bam Werntcott to restore order as two chairmen and two delegates were chosen amid a split in the gathering.
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Macon
Bibb County
Daggers Pointe
Bam ‘Werntcott
Snt
Cotton Avenue
Car Men Strike at Pensacola
April 5 report says every trolley car in Pensacola was run into the car barn as members of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees went on strike. The walkout surprised residents at church and other places as hundreds had to walk home. The strike followed a company bulletin ordering suspensions to report three times daily until returned to work.
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Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Bere
Meeting at Piedmont of Consumers League
Mrs Florence Kelley of New York, secretary of the Consumers League, will address a meeting in the Piedmont hotel auditorium this afternoon at 3 30 concerning the league work to curb child labor and unsanitary food production practices.
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Florence Kelley
New York
Ballonat
Consumers’ League
Pepe Mont Hotel
Consumers League
Rubber From Seed to Auto Tires Illustrated
Illustrations in Popular Mechanics explain rubber from seed to tire. The Cerlon trees are tapped, sap drips into catches, sap thickens into cakes, then casting into bleaks for market. A second group shows processing raw rubber into finished tires. Sobersen see.
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Mechanica
Ttm
Sobersen
Injured Fireman Falls From Locomotive Near Cartersville
Robert Crowe, a Soul ville fireman and local resident, was brought home seriously injured after falling from the running board of his locomotive when the engine swerved at high speed. The extent of his injuries was not yet known.
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Cartersville
Robert Crowe
Soulville
Nashville
Delaware and Hudson Co Reports Record Net Earnings
Zarninge of Delaware and Madsos New York April 5 Net earnings for the year ending December 31 1907 of 89 044 719 an increase of 81 887 32 as compared with the preceding year shown by an annual report of the Delaware and Hudson Company just made public The statement of gross shows 20 175 783 for the year with 3 185 764 over 1906 To partially offset the increase in gross earnings however there was an crease of 1 480 480 in operating expenses The net income increased 1 310 036 over the preceding year.
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Zarninge
Delaware
Madsos
New York
Daware and Hudson Company
Gro
Partelly
Howeer
Americus Railway and Light to Build Power House
The Americus Railway and Light Company contracted with Kite & of Columbus for erection of the power house to house street railway and pumping station machinery. A concrete foundation will support the building and electric cars will speed through Americus streets before summer ends.
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Americus
Americus Bailway and Light Company
Kite & of Columbus
Colored citizens plan national conference in Philadelphia
A conference for Black citizens to chart a political course, set for April 7 in Philadelphia, was called by Rev. William Henry B. Beart of Boston’s Suffrage League, Bishop Alexander Wells of the National Afro-American Council, and William M. Trotter of the New England Xenization and Suffrage League.
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Philadelphia
Wm. He Beart
Buffrage League
Boston
Alexander Wellers
National Afro-American Council
Wm. M. Trotter
New England Gonatization and Suffrage League
First State Bank to Convert to National Bank
Dawson Georgia April special report directors vote to convert the First State Bank into a national bank with capital increased from 63400 to 100000. Application filed in Washington to incorporate under national banking laws. The venue will be The American National Bank. The First State Bank has long operated as a state bank in Dawson.
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Dawson
Flrst
Bere
Washington
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