Panama Treaty to Be Ratified
Washington January 17. There will be no caucus of democratic senators on the Panama treaty or any effort to bind senators one way or the other. The result will likely be ratification as enough Democrats will vote yes, despite some opposition. Discussion centers on safeguarding treasury provisions and the mixed tribunal for damages appeals.
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Jos
Washington
Louisiana
Stone
Missouri
Gorman
Roosevelt
United States
Ita
Co-lourbia
Missouri Editors for Roosevelt in session at St Joseph
Republican editors of Missouri meet in convention at St Joseph and pass a resolution praising President Roosevelts patriotic stance on recognizing the republic of Panama. They pledge Missouri Republican press unity for his renomination at Chicago next June.
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Missouri
Roosevelt
Gt Joseph
Republic of Panama
Ie & Unit
Chicago
Behold the World in Arthur Gibson Hall’s Verse
A fragment from The Reader presents Genesis imagery as the Potter shapes clay with spittle then casts it aside under a pale moon and a cold dawn. The scene frames creation and emergence, echoing literary reflection on world making and human craft.
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Arthur Gibson Hall
A Warm One from The Chicago Post
A quarrel over a curt letter reveals a secret knowledge between a man and his wife. The exchange hints at unseen acquaintances and the curiosity of who sent the missive, while the couple weighs their awareness of the sender.
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Chicago Post
Winter tourist season now on at Thomasville
Thomasville Georgia January 17 special report notes an early start to the winter tourist season with northern visitors arriving to enjoy Georgia summers and the town’s social scene. Prominent northern residents include Colonel Oliver H. Payne and J Wyman Jones with the Hanna family shaping winter HQs at Glenraven and the Country Club drawing affluent guests for golf and concerts.
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Thomasville
Thormesville
Thamesville
Georgia
New York
Payne
Oliver H. Payne
Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Ol Co
O. H. Payne
Ilsa
I Batchelor
Gves
Hay
Chatrain Mark Hanna
J. Wyman Jones
Mr. Jones
Hanna
Two Mies
Glenraven
Country Club
Genraven
Reforms Proposed for Peasants and Fire at Scranton Plant
The Interior Ministry in St. Petersburg prepared a draft peasant code to be sent to provincial committees. Nobility elects on committees. zemstvos appointed by governors. Three points barred from change: peasant class remains legally separate, communes untouched, and peasant lands inalienable. Critics call codification progress despite conservative limits. In Scranton, a fire destroyed the Olyphant breaker at Delaware and Hudson, idling about 2,600 workers for two months. loss estimated at 110,000.
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St. Petersburg
Plehne
Zemstvos
Ministry of the Interior
Scranton
Cotton Laden Hulk Burns and Sinks Near Genoa
A hulk laden with 700 bales of cotton, just discharged from the Austrian steamer Arimates from Bavanneah, caught fire yesterday near Genoa and sank. Part of the cargo burned while the remainder drifted with the strong wind.
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Genoa
Arimates
Bavanneah
Record of King Cotton exports in 1908 set new highs
From Washington January 17 King Cotton posted its greatest export figures for 1908. Annual cotton exports reached 6.376 billion dollars in value, with December alone over 72 million, while United Kingdom was the top customer at about 147 million dollars.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
King Cotton
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce
United Kingdom
Germany
Lst
France
Italy
Russia
Belgium
Britaan
North America
Japan
Mexico
United States
Discharged Officials Spread Treasure Fake in Rome
Rome reports a false tale of Pope Pius allegedly restoring 38,000,000 francs from the late pope's treasure. Vatican officials discharged for lack of funds are blamed for the fabrication to regain their obsolete offices amid Italian rule of Rome. An odd reader exchange about naming a baby follows this item.
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Rome
Pius
Vatican
Cuba seeks US training for Havana youths at UGA and Normal
A letter from Alexis E Frye reports Cuba plans to send four Havana youths to study at the University of Georgia and the State Normal School. Dr Manual Valdes Rodriguez, a leading Cuban educator, hopes his daughters and a son may join the fall term programs, with tuition paid by Cuba. Chancellor Hill will coordinate with Frye to arrange their admission and arrival.
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Athens
Cuba
United States
University of Georgia
State Normal School
Havana
Hill
Amuargura Street
Progres
Georgia
Ita
Rodriguez
Manual Valdes Rodriguez
Iba
Frye
Austrian Town Flooded With Italian Red Wine
Triest Austria January 17 This city and neighborhood are flooded with Italian red wine imported in greater quantities than ever before to forestall losses from new commercial treaties Between the two countries Dealers stored casks in stables barns and even in open sand to prevent freezing Thousands of casks are thus stored to protect the wine from cold weather
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Triest
Austria
Mary on My Knee Keeps All Fears Away
A nostalgic poem contrasts world history and aging with a child's innocence. The speaker, admiring Mary aged ten with golden hair, finds solace from war and worry in her presence. The verse dwells on enduring love and protective memories as Mary sits on his knee.
Court Quarters Arranged In Valdosta Georgia
Valdosta plans convert city hall and opera house into federal district and superior court quarters. Opera house scenery to be removed and second floor rearranged for courts. Public library will relocate. Judge Speer to approve interior changes. City provides quarters at no cost until government building exists. Also reports Valdosta Medical Association organized with officers and upcoming meetings. Lee birthday program announced by Daughters of the Confederacy with music prayers talks and tributes at Videttes armory.
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Opera House
Federal District Court
Superior Court
County Court House
Ashley
Devine
Emory Speer
Medical Association
Valdosta Medical Association
T M. Talbot
L.r A. Carter
Steve Harris
A. G. Little
FH. ‘Thomas
J. C. Wilson
J. M. Smith
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Armory
C. A. Jackson
J.N. Griffin
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Life of Lee
J. M. Harvey
J T. Blalock
Rev
C. Carson
Mra
J. H Henderson
J. T Blalock
Frank Parks
Her Sole Ambition excerpts from Lippincott's tales
In a vignette from Virginia Tatnall Peacock readers glimpse children naming future lives. Bobby longs for longer legs to run his express wagon while Patsy, Josephine, Helen, and others dream of crafts, rides, and motherhood as they imagine growing up.
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Lippincott
Bobby
Berry
Patsy
Josephine
Helen
Misa Fisher
Athle
Agnes
Baldwin Democrats Favor Judge Allen In Sixth District Race
Milledgeville Georgia January 17 Baldwin democrats discuss urging Judge John T Allen to enter the race for Congress from the sixth district. With Bartlett and Cooper already running, supporters hope a Bibb count yseat shifts to Baldwin and smaller counties. Allen’s candidacy would earn unwavering Baldwin backing in a contested race.
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Milledgeville
John R Cooper
Macon
Bartlett
Bibb
John T Allen
Baldwin
Hon T . Cabantss
Monroe
Baldwin Democracy
Cooper
Captured After Long Chase in Paolo Kansas
Two men identified as Charles Gorney and Thomas Rogers, ages 29 and 30, hailing from Minnesota and Montana, were captured in Paolo Kansas by a posse of 300 farmers and Anti-Horse Thief Association members. They were suspected of bank robbery attempts in Cleveland Missouri and of blowing a safe at the Missouri Kansas and Texas station in Louisburg Kansas last night. Weapons and explosive material were found on them.
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Anti-Horse Thief Association
Paolo
Kans
Charles Gorney
St Paul
Minn
Thomas Rogers
Butta
Mont
Cleveland
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Louisburg
Noahs Ark Orchestra Joke in Chicago Harbors Storm
Noah leans over the ark railing awaiting rain while neighborhood youths mock with a tin horn serenade. He warns them to board as a storm approaches but they scoff, and he quips that no one in Chicago can say they haven’t tried to save the orchestra.
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Sostrom
Noah
Chicago
Have Doctors and Undertakers Formed a Partnership
A reader from Mobile Alabama claims doctors once misdiagnosed her as consumptive and that her room resembled an apothecary. She reports trying Cheney's Expectorat and feeling 100 percent better with no more doctors’ bills, declaring herself a well man.
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Cheney
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