Great Storm Causes Widespread Destruction Across South
March 15 reports detail heavy rains and rail disruptions from Macon to Bremen. Bridges washed out near Dublin, track unsafe for miles, trains halted until Saturday. Six large cotton plants closed in Spartanburg. warehouses, bridges damaged. rainfall record comparisons noted. Farmers face delays as lands wash and farming operations collapse across Georgia and surrounding states.
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Macon
Gai
Mareh
Dublin
Savannah
Otock
Spartanburg
S. C
Arkwright Mills
Concord
Bremen
Roosevelt pledge denial in La Follette letter dispute
The page cites Gardner and Pinechot letters denying Roosevelt urged La Follette to run. Roosevelt supposedly avoided taking sides, kept his options open, and favored a campaign only if it strengthened the progressive movement. The letters describe a plan to start early if La Follette pursued a losing bid.
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Dacy
Gardner
Houser
Roosevelt
Senator la Follette
Lacollette
Taft
la Follette
Wisconsin
Ater la Follette
Oyster Bay
Pinechot
Maine Funeral Rites On Havana Harbor For War Dead
A large Cuban crowd gathered in Havana to honor dead Maine sailors. The lie in state continues overnight, with six Cuban soldiers bearing each casket to the Caballeria wharf. President Gomez and officials will lead the procession to the North Carolina and Birmingham. The Maine will be towed to sea at three miles off the Cuban coast, its seacocks opened and the ship sunk.
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Ity
Havana
Caballeria
Gomez
Minister Beaupree
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Navy
Ang Rureles
de Cardenas
W. H. Bixby
Engineer Corps
Father Chidwick
Maine
United States
North Carolina
Birmingham
Oscedd
Cuban
Taft plans Boston trip and Roosevelt campaign meeting near end
President Taft prepares for a Boston and New Hampshire visit with Nassau Manchester and Concord stops and a Boston banquet. Roosevelt campaign leaders in New York hold a late night strategizing meeting with key aides to map action.
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Taft
East
Washington
Boston
New Hampshire
White House
Nassau
Manchester
Concord
New England Street Railway Club
Roosevelt
Gotham
New York
Roossevelt
J. West Roosevelt
Senator Dixon
William le Ward
Walter Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Ohio
Hadley
Missouri
Glasscock
West Virginia
George W. Perkins
Henry L. Stoddard
Frank A
Boyd
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Sabath
Ilnois
Congress
United States
Ufe
Americans Seek Protection For Conductor and Engineers
Delegates aim to enforce support for Madero to secure peace in Mexico. If peace fails, some delegates warned the laboring class may join Madero’s army. The slogan Peace and Prosperity at any price. Mexican officials view Taft’s arms shipment halt as proof of Washington’s friendship. Madero predicts four weeks of progress to quell the revolution.
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Madero
Mexico City
American Congress
Taft
United States
Mexico
Washington
World’s First Women Flyers
A historical note credits Madam Cheret Peltier as the first woman to ride a heavier than air craft in 1908 in Turin with pilot Delagrange. It traces early milestones, mentions Henry Farnham’s 1909 passenger flight, and tallies licensed women aviators by country, highlighting Madam de la Roche as a pioneer figure.
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George Sheridan
Leslie
Cheret Peltier
M. Delagrange
Turin
Italy
Henry Farnham
France
America
Madam de la Roche
Form of Cruelty and Curious Minds in Old Gossip
In a brief tale two items unfold. First, a man claims his wife pinched him severely when she asked for money, while another man says he is not unique in such complaints. A curious dialogue then hints at a man named Digsforth who pretends to know much about obscure topics and the achievements of American Immortals.
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W. R. Ryan
Walford
Ryan
Letha Kemp
Magnolia
Mangum
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Mangum Street
Magnola
The
Constitution
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Bessie
Bert
Grens
Advertising Talks in Albany Tailors Campaign
In a small community like Albany New York ten merchant tailors could unite in a quarter page weekly ad campaign. The combined space would cost about 150 dollars weekly and bring advertising benefits while each tailor would pay about 15 dollars per week. Advertisements should jointly emphasize merchant tailoring and include each business name address and telephone number.
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Albany
N.Y
Floyd Denies Charges Demands Early Trial
A sworn statement from Floyd in DeKalb superior court claims injustice and demands an immediate trial. He asserts lifelong residence in DeKalb, debts he owes none, and readiness to face accusers directly. The court denied the request for an immediate trial.
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Floyd
DeKalb Superior Court
Belkalb County
DeKalb
Eoumael
Safam
DeFoor Lanier Mary Van Dyke Funeral Notices
Funeral announcements list several families with invited mourners for services on a Sunday and Saturday in Marietta and Atlanta. Names include Miss Mary Van Dyke Mrs Mary Lowrey DeFoor James A DeFoor L. R. Lanier and relatives. Pallbearers named for each service and interment at Oakland. Services at Walker Street Methodist Church and private chapels. Interments in Oakland and Oak Lawn.
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Mary. van Dyke
George
Mary KR
Lowrey
H. M. Patterson & ‘Son
Marietta
George Owen
W. F. Crusselle
A. H. VanDyke
Charles Harris
Thomas Killian
Chr G, Rey
Barclay & Brandon’s
George Ehlers
Georsq Deth
Pyron
Charles Davis
Knoll
Ogtland
Advertising and Tailors Plan Shows Mixed Chicago Trial
The passage discusses a failed and partial success of a tailor advertising collaboration in Chicago. It argues that advertisement works only when all parties honor the agreement, noting many tailors resist advertising while some succeed. It contrasts ready to wear growth through advertising with tailors neglecting this approach and urges inviting customers to inspect made to measure clothing.
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Chicago
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Charlotte
N. C
Jocusda Weather Bureau
Americus
Denies Roosevelt
Kemp
Luther Harris
Foundry Street
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
Sally
Renifulls
David Robinsom
the. Bobbs-Merrill
Bocksetters
DETH
Francia Be, Price
Digsforth
Red-Man
Earl & Wilson
Niice
Oes Forrest
George Adair
East Ave
East Avenue
Jackson
Boulevard
John J. Woodside
Auburn Ave
Courtland
Piedmont
Weyman & Connors Equitable
Peachtree Stores
Peachtree Street
W. E. Worley
Porter
Peachtree
Porter Place
Forrest Avenue
Georgia
South
Roff Sims & Company
4Th National Bank
Bell Phone
Haas & M
Bell M
adIntyre
Atlanta Natl. Bank
B. M. Grant & CO
Foote & Davies CO
Broad St
Fulton County
Emil B. Williman
Jacob Williman
Superior Court
Creeting
Emily B. Willman
W. D. Ellise
Arnold Broyl
P. H. Brewster
Albert Howell
Hugh M. Dorsey
Arthur Heyman
Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman
Kiser
Slome
B. M. Woolley
Viotor Sanitarium
Attsote
Persas
Crichton-Shumaker
Rosenfeld
Alabama
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