Panama Controversy Sparks Debate Over Policy and Peace
The Senate debated the Panama question with remarks on US leverage and the idea of buying peace with nations claiming claims against the United States. Culberson’s resolution urged the president to disclose if the Senate has been furnished with all relevant facts, passing 39 to 20 with party lines. Cockrell and McLaurin spoke in support, while Cullom’s amendment faced defeat.
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United States
Coimbra
Panama
Bacon
Columbia
United State
Fiitt
Cinaeerte
Republic
Ces
Me—avery
Mt Trere
Aseyzarces
Cockrell
Mc McLaurinard
Maddox Fights Double Mileage in Senate Session
The debate centers on mileage for senators in a continuous session after an extra session. Maddox of Georgia challenges the omission and seeks a ruling on whether mileage from the regular session can be used for the special session. Littlefield argues continuity. Grosvenor proposes an amendment. The session adjourned at 6:30 pm with mileage unresolved.
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Dir Hamenway
Maddox
Georgia
House
Grosvenor
The
Treasury Laughter
Littlefield
Maine
Tsa
Maddox Aims for 25 Million Post Road Fund
Representative Maddox of Georgia introduced a bill to distribute net treasury surplus among states and territories for the construction and maintenance of post roads. The per capita distribution would exceed 25 million dollars.
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Washington
Maddox
Georgis
Laurens to Add Mail Delivery Routes in County
Laurens County plans new full delivery system with sixteen routes across Dublin Ontrose Dudley and Dexter. An Inspector will visit Dublin to survey routes and establish seven for the city before summer. Thirty carriers are expected to be added when the delivery war begins.
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Tha
Whale County
Dublin
Laurens
Ontrose
Dudley
Dexter
Leuvens
Nervine and Heart Cure Promised For Nervous Heart Disease
A testimonial from Rev H Pourma of Washington D C credits Dr Miles Nervine and Heart Cure with permanent relief from heart palpitations insomnia and nervous prostration after years of overwork and illness. The ad notes the remedies restore nerves blood circulation and heart rhythm and urges readers to obtain the medicines from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana with a free book available.
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Western Nebraska Conference
Rene
Miles’ Nerwine
Pam Pris
H Pourma
U. B. Church
Washington, D.C
Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Mississippi House Debates George Bill to Validate Rail Merger
Jackson Mississippi January 29 Special report on legislative moves to validate the merger of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad with the Southern Railway as domestic corporations in Mississippi. Foster opposes favorable judiciary committee report and accuses the bill of packing and duplicating prior charters. Prohibition efforts move forward with a likely favorable committee vote despite anti prohibition resistance. Factional fights arise over trustees at the state charity hospital in Vicksburg with governors appointing three trustees and local nominees. Republican preparations intensify for March conventions to select delegates for the Chicago national convention. Beauvoir debate grows as W D Bullard pushes state acceptance of the Jefferson Davis home as a veterans’ home, with broad public support expected.
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Mobile and
Ohio
Southern Railway
Jackson
Miss
T R Foster
Warston County
Sth
Judiciary Committee of the
House
Era Railway
Ohio Road
Mississippi
Foster
Tauderdag County Chancery
Southern Railway Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Mobile
Poster
Southern Tailway
Tegitature
Mobile and Ohio Road
Judiciary Committee
Prohibition Executive Committee
House Committee On Constitution
Mittee
Aegat
Vicksburg
Hospial
Vardaman
Warrer County
D P Street
BB Martin
J Waldaur
Afl
Yerger Hicks
Robbing
Murray F Smith
Senate
Chicago
LB Moseler
State Central Committee
Reading
Beauvoir
W. D Bulford
Jewer House
Harrison County
Jefferson Davis
Milisippi
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Bullard
Bryan and Oliver Wing Leaders Debate Platform Unity
In Des Moines on January 29 twenty leaders of the Oliver and Bryan wing of the Democratic Party met to reaffirm 16 to 1 plank support and oppose any change at state or national conventions. General James B Weaver attended, and consensus urged writing the national platform by its supporters.
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Des Moines
Kansas City
O Llver
Democratic Party
James B Weaver
Vignaux Retains World Billiard Championship Title
Paris January 29 Vignaux the French player defeats Gutton the American by four points to retain the world billiard championship. Vignaux breaks 76 then runs 144 the highest of the evening and finishes 500 to 496 for Sutton.
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Paris
Vignaux
Gutton
Hero
Hanlon Defeats Kid Broad In San Francisco Fight
Exhausted after fourteen rounds Kid Broad of Cleveland quit the contest with Eddie Hanlon of San Francisco. The referee awarded the bout to Hanlon who delivered a brutal body attack. Broad showed signs of fatigue and could not pierce the pendulum defense.
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San Francisco
Kid Broad
Cleveland
Eddie Hanlon
Broad
Hanlon
Washerwomen to Have Tags in Macon
By Paul B. Wilkes special to the Constitution Bureau washers in Macon will be tagged with badges like those for dogs price likely 50 cents per badge. The plan aims to locate laundered clothes and aid health and police inquiries while not primarily a revenue measure.
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Paul B. Wilkes
Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
Board of Health
Natice
Fortage
Nottingham
Woodham
Tarpley H Wendham
All Books to Be Accepted in School Exchange
Old books may be exchanged for new ones under a uniform contract with missing pages or wear no barrier. Publishers have instructed agents statewide to accept all books and apply sliding exchanges within series, allowing higher level exchanges for lower readers at half price in these transactions.
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Ishera
Commission
Chained Labor Cases Mark 6-Year Gap in Georgia Peonage
Six Black children aged 10 to 16 held in peonage in Madison County for six years were moved from Athens to Atlanta to serve as witnesses against RL Pittman. Pittman posted a $1,500 bond. six minors face $200 bonds each for April federal court appearance. Witnesses alleged inhuman treatment and restricted clothing. Pittman argues such bonds deprive him of labor. The case, heard in Athens, centers on alleged peonage and labor coercion dating back to a prior agreement between Pittman and the Griffith family.
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Glovery
Madison County
Atlanta
Athens
United States
Trammen
Bittman
Chisco
Pittmen
Athena
United States Court i
Audin
Paul Griffith
Sam Grimth
Albert ‘Grimth
Neely Grifith
King Griffith
Folly Grimth
R L Pittman
B . Kinnebrew
United States District Attorney
J J. Strickland
Pittman
Wright
Camp
Alana
Griffith
Oglethorpe County
Pomp Griffith
Emulsion Promises Nourishment Over Alcohol for Wasting Ills
A medical note argues that wines cordials and cod liver oil have little effect on a weakened system, comparing them to an empty stomach and noting Scott's Emulsion offers effective relief by nourishment rather than alcoholic stimulation.
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Scott
Flowers and a Womanly Tonic in Old Garden Ad
An 19th century style plea extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe vegetable remedy for female ailments. It argues women suffer during menstrual and reproductive periods and promotes the tonic as a cure backed by long experience and a medical institute in Buffalo. It invites readers to obtain a medical adviser book via mail order.
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Pierce
United States
R V. Pierce
Invalid
Buffalo
the Weople
R V Pierce
R.V Pierce
Roosevelts, Grady, Washington Praise Mark Kansas Day Talk
Henry Grady, Booker T. Washington, and Theodore Roosevelt are lauded in Topeka Kansas at a Kansas Day celebration. Lafayette Young of the Des Moines Capital questions party lines while praising Roosevelt’s public-spirited policies and urging unity, equality, and patriotism across races and classes.
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Tooeka Kans
Usuut
Kansas Day City
Prine Dealer
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Republican Party
Young
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Henry W Grady
Pittman Contract Case After Murder Accusations Arise
A contested contract bound Pittman’s enslaved children to work on his farm in Madison county. Pomp, in a prior dispute, allegedly tried to kill his employer, and Pittman shot the assailant to protect the employer. Pittman claims the enslaved children were poorly treated but housed and fed, with clothes bought by themselves. Detectives reported harsh conditions. Pittman vows to prove his innocence with support from Madison county residents.
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Pittman
M. Pittman
Pomp
Oornston
United States
Wright
Madison County
Camere
Bo Ee Ees
ELOPEMENT OF ATLANTA COUPLE IN BIRMINGHAM
In Birmingham Alabama on January 29 a romance from Atlanta led to the marriage of C W Johnson and Miss Annie Reeves both of Atlanta. In Jefferson county probate court Johnson has taken a job with the Continental gin works. Despite parental objections the couple wed, drawing a large crowd and creating a stir at the courthouse.
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Annie Reeves
C. H. Johnson
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
C WH Johnson
Wiles
Annie 3 Reeves
Jefferson County
Johnson
Continental
Milas Reeves
Enraged lion at zoo exhibition attacks keeper in cage
At Louis on January 29 during an exhibition at the garden a lion named Caesar attacked trainer Steve Lawrence in the cage. Lawrence was making the animal perform tricks when Caesar sprang at him, tearing his clothing. Police intervened and shot the lion dead.
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Et Louis
Soclogical Garden
Hon
Caesar
Steve Lawrence
Lawrence
Curesar
Husband Slayer Freed After Second Trial in Kennedy Case
Mrs Lula Prince Kennedy Kramer was found not guilty of murdering her first husband Philip H Kennedy in January 1901. At the first trial she was convicted and sentenced to ten years, but the verdict was reversed. While free last February she married Jonathan Kramer, an attorney, who later sought annulment after Kennedy’s refusal to file. The second jury acquitted, ruling Kennedy insane at the time of the shooting, but noted she has since regained sanity and will avoid an asylum.
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Kansas City
Lula Prince Kennedy Kramer
Philip H Kennedy
Jona Kramer
Io Kennedy
Kennedy
Merchant 5 Dispatch Transportation Company
Ile
Sult
Effort to Move County Seat to Eupora Delayed
Citizens of Eupora push to relocate Webster County seat from Walthall to Eupora for a better site. An Eupora movement seeks a no charge court hour service if the supervisors approve the move and accept the plan.
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Isissippi County
Jackson
Miss
Bupora
Webster County
Walthall
Arcount
Eupora County
Board of Supervizora
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