Quaker Farmers Split Throats for Gov Wilson Campaign
Governor Woodrow Wilson toured Pennsylvania campaigning outside New Jersey day one of a broader drive. He spoke at Williams Grove and addressed crowds at Harrisburg Reading Allentown Easton and Lan caster, riding 215 miles by rail and drawing thousands. He criticized Roosevelt tariff views and Taft veto of the free list bill, urging farmers to weigh protection doctrine against economic realities.
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Wilson
Easton
Woodrow Wilden
Pennsylvania
Williama Grove
Harrisburg
New Jersey
Lancaster Harrisburg
Williams Grove
Reading
Allentown
Wiliams Grove
United States
Europe
America
Paving Is Made Political Issue At Ward Meeting
Alderman McClelland and Councilman Chambers, both mayoral candidates, clashed over paving choices Georgia avenue versus Moreland avenue and Ivy street. A ten-member property owners committee from wards two three and seven was named to press the paving committee with progress on extending Georgia avenue toward Grant Park begun in 1910 with initial funding and condemnations.
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John McClelland
Georgia Avenue
Moreland Avenue
McClelland
Aldine Chambers
Ivy Street
Councilman Chambers
Council Chamber
Grant Park
West End
Chambersway
Waconda engineer driven to suicide over garnishment
Luther Meek, 26, a South ern railway engineer from Forsyth, Monree county, drank carbolic acid after learning his wages were garnisheed. He prayed on the front veranda, died at Macon hospital about midnight, leaving his wife.
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Waconda
Luther Meek
Southern Railway
Hiserrife
Eranda
Meek
Forsyth
Monree County
Macon
Senator Stephenson Stricken In The Woods
United States Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin was stricken with heart disease while on a fishing trip in northern Michigan. A special train with doctors was sent. the camp lies 50 miles north of Escanaba and 35 miles from the nearest telegraph. Condition not yet known as doctors had to travel 13 miles to reach him amid limited trails and rough terrain.
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Milwaukee
Escanaba
Mich
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Stephens
Stephenpaen
Qvalle
Parcels Post to Begin Jan 1
Washington announces parcels post will start January 1 1918 with general operation across rural routes star routes and private express systems. Hitchcock cancels vacation to direct organization and a executive committee of officials will devise article classifications packing equipment stamps and payment methods for prepaid postage.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Postoffice Department
Reading
Department
Robert S. Sharp
John C Koons
Division of Salaries and Allowances
A A. Fisher
Gengfa Bureau
George L Wood
Division of
Georgia Girl Decided to Die in New York
Georgia teenager Misa Daisy Way, 18, arrived from Stillmore to New York and, robbed of her savings, attempted self harm in Central Park. A local guard and probation officer intervened, she told investigators two men lured her to a restaurant, then a man named Joe Miller proposed marriage and vanished. The case is under investigation with Georgia relatives being sought.
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New York
Stillmore
Misa Daisy Way
Krotel
Yorkville
Swan Lake
Central Park
St Zitas
Nathan R Lepron
Twelfth Regiment
National Guard
Lepron
Miss Way
East Whifty-first Street
West Side
Georgia
Joe’ Miller
Woman with long knives targets Taft at Columbus hotel
A woman named Caroline Beers, 40, carried two long knives and a Taft photograph in her dress as she awaited President Taft at a Columbus hotel. Detected by staff, she was removed before the arrival and later claimed to be the president's wife while police found $200 on her. She said she resides in Greenville Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Caroline Beers
Beers
Greenville, Obia
Mayor Race Heats Up as Candidates Pay Entry Fees
Aldine Chambers Dr George Brown and Steve R Johnston each paid the 1509 city primary fee for the October 2 election. Entry closes September 7 at noon. unpaid names won't appear on the ballot. Fred Miles enters race against R C Turner for city electrician. Several ward contests spark interest with multiple candidates announced for wards nine and ten council seats.
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Aldine Chambers
George Brown
Steve R. Johnston
J. O. Cochran
Fred Miles
Ase
R. C. Turner
City Electrician
Miles
Harvey Hatcher
Thomas Lynch
H. A. Boynton
J. D. Lipson
G Wadams
J W. Rowe
C. Pinjon
A. R. Colcord
J H. Andrews
Andrews
J. P Wall
W. D. White
T Kimbrough
A. W Callaway
D. J Baker
Pretty Girl Smuggles Saws to Prison Sweetheart
New York August 29 a pretty young woman aided a prisoner, smuggling eight steel saws and a bottle of corrosive acid into the Tombs jail. A saw dropped in Reynolds Farnsbys cell exposed the plot, leading to questioning and her confession. She planned to flee with him to Canada before capture. Deputy Commissioner Wiright deemed her more to be pitied than blamed and turned her over to a protection association.
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New York
Tombs
Reynolds Farnsby
Farnsby
Tim
Canada
Correction
Wiright
South Carolina Primary Faces Scrutiny Over Ballots
In Columbia August 29, the South Carolina Democratic committee may review governor election ballots after reports of 20,000 excess votes. Governor Blease leads with 71,525 to Jones 66,460, Duncan 2,385, amid recounts and irregularities claims. Tillman urges fraud detection and primary protection. Charleston police face scrutiny over precinct actions and militia deployment to protect counting.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Democratic Committee
Blease
Tillman
John Gary Evans
Blesasac
Jones
Duncan
B. R. Tillman
W. J Yalbert
N R Dial
John G. Richards S Jr
S T Carter
D W. McLaurin
State Committee
Charleston
8. C
Democratic Executive Committee
Itwan
J. Elmore Martin
Ira B. Jones
Governor Blease
John T Duncan
Mystery covers death of Potter
Seattle August 29 33 year old potter American sculptor Louis Potter died in agony at an obscure Sixth Avenue hotel after a ten day course of treatment by a Chinese physician for a lifelong skin disease. Coroner Snyder doubted blood poisoning. autopsy held with no definite result. A stomach chemical analysis to follow. Potter appeared to have fasted since Friday after a painful operation with oriental plaster and scissors. He registered under an assumed name. a woman described as his wife was placed in another hotel under care with unknown identity.
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Seattle
Wash
Louis Potter
Sixth Avenue
Potters
Snyder
Potter
California
Pattie
New York
Old Veterans Parade Winds Through Marietta Crowd
Nearly 2,000 Georgia Confederate veterans marched two hours in Marietta for the fourteenth annual state reunion. The parade drew the largest crowd yet, with estimates ranging above 15 thousand, as Atlanta and Cobb county residents traveled by interurban, train, and car to witness the event. The parade opened with mounted police and Governor Brown, with Regina Rambo of Marietta seated with the governor, and bands and cavalry from multiple Georgia divisions followed.
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Marietta
Georgia
Atlante
Cobb County
Atlanta
Aguiog
Brown
Migs Regina Rambo
Weather Prophecy Forecasts Generally Fair Conditions
Georgia forecast calls for generally fair weather through Friday with mild temperatures. Local report notes Friday’s conditions, a low temperature around five, a high near 1, and a mean near 1. Normal temperatures and rainfall figures are provided, with rainfall in past 24 hours and monthly deficits or excesses to date.
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Wafi
McClelland and
Chambers
Georgia Avenue Project
Citizens Name Committee
R R Ous
TD Doonan
J A Lewis
A Cronhelm
W. S McNeal
J D. Morgen
Doctor Wisanska
W A Laird
A L. Thomas
Willam Robinson
Frank Wiley
J G Woodward
F Smith
J J West
R J Williams
Cc Rushin
Sheffield
O L. Swinney
T G Garvin
George A Clayton
C.F
J C Riddell
D L Smith
Senator Stephenson
Asheville Show
Fe.prioe
Mary Algood Jones
Hazel Queen
Asheville, N. C
Interstate Horse Show Association
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Hendersonville
Georgia Girl
Miss Daisy Way
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Turner
Cole L. Blease
Woods
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