Excerpted figures show Cuba and civic notes in 1902 context
The fragment discusses population figures, fiscal data, and commerce contrasts for a city in 1902. It references postmaster service, a growing urban economy, and education in Cuba, mentioning New Paltz and normal schools. It hints at debates over governance and home rule while contrasting American and Cuban administration.
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New Paltz
N. Y
Cuba
Newt
Ameri 73
Owever
Georgia Democracy Council Praises State Convention Work
The Georgia state convention demonstrated harmony and conservatism as nominations aligned with prior public choice. The platform favored unity, nonpartisan temperance policy, local option on prohibition, and endorsed Ed T. Brown as convention chair and state chair.
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Georgia
Democratic Party
Ed T. Brown
Commonwealth
President Hall in Chattanooga At Education Convention
At the Southern Educational Association convention in Chattanooga on July 2 over 500 teachers attended despite heat. Dr R A Roark of Kentucky spoke on The Larger View of Education urging broader public schooling and higher education with faith in schools. Professor Lyman Hall of Georgia Tech presented a vivid talk on Technological Education with many stereopticon views.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sheats
Southern Educational Association
R. A. Roark
Kentucky State College
Lexington
Kingdom of God
Hall
Roark
Lyman Hall
Georgia School of Technlogy
Georgia School of Technology
Technological School
Tindall
B. A. Alderman
Tulane University
New Orleans
Cuba's rulers praised for riches while costs swell in exile
The piece condemns Cuban governance and privilege, contrasting Cuba’s lavish salaries for president, ministers, and clerks with cuts to American public services. It argues corruption and self government lead to decline, predicting imminent distress and blaming Cubans themselves for future failure and disappointment of independents.
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Cuba
State House
Georgia
Fragmented political musings on reform and renomination
A jumble of opinion notes and satire critiquing ballot access rules, state law changes, and political figures. Mentions Grover, HN, Cuba annexation, New Mexico statehood, Ohio court actions, Charles Emory Smith, Missouri convention, Bret Pattison, Roosevelt renomination talk, Spooner, Dave Mercer, Bret Rosewater, Gage, Uncle Joe Cannon, Barney Layton, New Jersey harmony efforts, and Filipino youths.
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Merwick
Washington Post
Grover
Dave HN
Steve Etkine
Cuba
New Mexico
Antilles
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Charles Emory Smith
Gage
Joe Cannon
Congress
Barney Layton
Senate
The Negro Suffrage Debate By Crumpacker
The Indiana congressman Crumpacker champions a plan to reduce southern representation tied to Black suffrage. The article attacks his thesis, arguing the negro earns voting rights not as a reward for merit but as a result of a long history, and asserts southern tolerance enables poverty and dependency among Black communities.
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Mr. Crumpacker
Indiana
Congress
Congressional Record
Crumpacker
South
Eeds Sss
More Than a Bank Each Day Organized During the Year
Washington July 2. Comptroller Ridgely reports on national banking associations formed in the year ended June 30, 1902. 37 new banks with $20,407,000 capital and $6,012,760 bond deposits. 273 small banks under March 14 1900 act with $7,247,000 capital average $26,540. Since 1900 act, 1,061 banks formed with $62,340,000 capital and $16,442,500 bonds.
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Washington
Ridgely
United States
Scale Signed By Iron Workers In Anniston
Yesterday the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers signed the annual scale with employers in Anniston. About 200 Southern Car and Foundry Company employees fall under the new rates, same as last year, effective until July 1, 1908. Funeral services held for Sam Pressley at Canecreel, Old Fellows involved. O S Crook dies in Jacksonville after brief illness.
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Iron, Steel and Tin
Anniston
Ala
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Sam Pressley
Aeath
Peacelurg
Canecreel
Old Fellows
Crook
Jacksonville
Wild Politics and Incidents Highlight Macon July Meeting
A raucous gathering in Edgefield featured Tilmybert and Talbert in a heated exchange as cheers surged and chairs flew, signaling a turbulent state political scene. Across Macon, Roosevelt invited to farmers congress. a nine hour workday begins for carpenters and masons. drinking fountains restored for public use. revenue stamp office closed under new law. Georgia tolls reduced and deputies reassigned in a federal tax cut move.
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Macon
Comeritten
Harry Edwaris
Bridges Smith
Nat Winship
Leon
Dure
W. E. Shelverton
W. A. McKeana
W. A. Wilder
Roosevelt
Farmers’ Congress
Southern Railway
Chamber of Commerce
Revenue Stamp Office
Congress
Yiesterday
H. J. Richter
Atlanta
H. A. Rucker
Washington
Georgia
P. H. Moore
Bergstrom
Athens
Gainesville
Northern State Crop Report Deepens Rural Worries
The last crop report from Raleigh notes broad field yields with notable tobacco and potato issues. Drought and rain have shaped prospects as oats and melons show variable results. cotton receipts stand at 11 730 bales, while pastures green and fruit crops like peaches and apples show mixed quality across counties. Local unrest includes jail break intrigues and small strikes amid a tense political climate.
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Raleigh
N. C
Fae
Central East
Ba Qreenville
Valentine
Lexington
Atim
Gambling Crusade Meeting Addresses City Council
A chaotic 19th or 20th century scene describes a Columbia council meeting on gambling reform. Officials faced confusion over actions and fines, with discussions about issuing penalties and adviser input. A fine of 110 was discussed, plus notes on penalties and possible reductions.
Waller Chosen by Citizens Design Polls
Citizens Polls select Waller in design contest for Norfolacented project. Inscription planned with bands of gold and silver. ceremony details remain pending as Major prepares a speech.
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onriJoz
Waller
Citizens Design
Marine Corps
Mass Slate Fall Kills Two at Sulphur Mine
A slate fall at Ling in the Sulphur Reef mine crushed Brooks and Ricevere to death as they worked near the weigh jevel. Kinghton, a married native, left a widow and two children. The tragic incident occurred July 2 and highlights dangers for miners in the region.
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Brooks
Ricyere
Ling
Kinghton
Burglars Crack Safes in McMechin Town Terror
A masked gang cracked three safes in McMechin West Virginia on July 2 injuring Frank Revca and wounding Frank Reece. The stores at McMechin general and Reece real estate were hit, with silks and velvets stolen. A neighborhood posse fired thirty seven shots. Reece reportedly lost two fingers and was wounded in the groin, possibly fatal. One burglar was carried away by boat after an assumed gunshot wound.
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McMechin
W. Va
Frank Revca
Frank Reece
Mra Gremminger
Remarkable Jail Delivery At Parkersburg
A mysterious jail delivery occurred tonight as eight prisoners escaped from the county jail in Parkersburg West Virginia. An inmate used a mirror on the end of a broom handle to pick the lock with a wire through the cell bars. John Kyle awaiting murder trial and several federal prisoners escaped, including two alleged post office robbers.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Kyle
Drenched Pallapoosa Breaks Drought With Severe Storm
Tallapoosa Georgia July 2 Severe storm ends months of drought with heavy rain and strong winds. A glass blower near the depot was struck by lightning, paralyzed briefly and hurled about 50 feet. Fire and property damage followed including a demolished Dixie Glass works stack and crop losses to fruit and cotton.
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Tallapoosa
Kerma
Ikerma Wan
Dixie Glass Works
Girl Jumps Into Well in Raleigh Distress
Miss Beulah Lamont of Durham leaped into a 65 foot well after alleged cruelty from her sister. Her sister cried for help and tried to jump after her. A young man descended the rope and rescued Lamont who remained conscious but in danger.
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Raleigh
N. C
Beulah Lamont
Durham
Miss Lamont
County Board Seeks Loans to Bridge Tax Shortfall
At their monthly meeting the county commissioners reported a $10,000 cash gap in the treasury and authorized a $15,000 temporary loan to cover current expenses. They expect borrowing not to exceed $50,000 this year as few large improvements are due. Sheriff Nelms was approved for six rifles six shotguns and 1000 rounds to guard the jail after the Pittsburg riot. The board urged the city to start asphalt paving on court house and city hall streets immediately, hoping to finish before the next court term in September. Medical experts Knott and Baird were paid 50 each for testimony in the Millard Lee case. A $500 final contract bill for the new courthouse annex was referred to public buildings.
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Board of County Commissioners
Treasury
Walter R. Brown
Finance Committee
Brown
John W. Nelms
Nelms
Pittsburg
Anderson
Court House
Tha .Courts
J. J. Knott
J. B. Baird
Millard Lee
Committee On Public Buildings
Blackburn Urges Universal Primary in Kentucky
Frankfort July 2 United States Senator J B Blackburn responds to James M Richardson of the state prison commission urging a primary to select Democratic nominees for governor and other state offices He says he hopes to see universal party primaries and direct election of U S senators become national practice and then he will be satisfied
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Frankfort
Washington
James M. Richardson
State Prison Commission
United States
CG. Blackburn
Kentucky
Record Heat Wave Hits Americus With 102 Degrees
Americus Georgia on July 2 endures the hottest day in years with a 102 degree afternoon. Despite the extreme heat there were no prostrations. Drought harms cotton and corn yields, while gardens dry up and melon and truck fields suffer from the parching weather.
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Americus
Creamer Assigned Baltimore Office Manager
Creamer, newly appointed manager of the West Graph Company’s Baltimore office, will assume duties at once. He began his telegraphic career as a messenger boy in Baltimore about twenty years ago and has been in Knoxville, Tennessee, July 2-3.
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Creamer
Baltimore
Knoxville
Tenn
M. Creame
West+ ‘graph Company
Ofice
Jie
Baltimoare
Brooklyn Carries Pauncefote Remains to Southampton
The navy reports in Washington that the flagship Brooklyn, under Rear Admiral Coghlan, bore the remains of the late Lord Pauncefote as she passed Cape Henry at 2:50 this morning en route to Southampton from Cape Henry.
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Pauncefotes
Washington
Navy Department
Marine
Cape Henry
Brooklyn
Coghlan
Lord Pauncefote
Capes
Southampton
Government Land Claim Seen Clear to U S Title at Galveston East End
Attorney General Knox issues opinion to the secretary of war asserting the United States holds a clear title to land at the eastern Galveston end, portions of which are used for government fortifications and the state quarantine station.
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Washington
Knox
Secretary of War
United States
Galveston Island
Henderson Heads to New York for Daughter's Arrival
Henderson leaves for New York to meet his daughter returning from Europe. He will then proceed to Baltimore and attend to other duties as planned.
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Henderson
New York
Washington
Speaker Henderson
Europe
Bae Teen de Tare
tale @ rent npae
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