Sea Level Canal Debate Opens With Kittredge Address
Washington dispatch outlines a busy Capitol week as senators prepare sea level canal debate. Kittredge will argue for the plan, Willard to read minority views, and conferees named for railroad rates and Barnes postmaster cases. Sundry civil appropriation eyed for early action with large funding.
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Washington, D. C
Mondey
Barnes
Washington
Panama Canal
Senate
Kittredge
Monay
Willard
Canal Committee
Jock Canal
Post Office
Mulan
South Carolina
Tillman
Itt
Barney
National House of Representatives
Public Service
Tawney
Moultrie Plans Big July Fourth Celebration
Moultrie Ga May 27. Businessmen meet to organize a large Fourth of July celebration. Plan includes speakers, barbecue dinner, a grand parade of military and society groups, and free street entertainments. Board of Trade leads effort to attract ten thousand visitors.
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Moultrie
Board of Trade
Fate of Smoot rests with Knox
Senator Knox, leader of the privileges and elections committee considering Reed Smoot's case, faces sustained letter and telegram pressure from national women's groups urging him to vote against Smoot. The scene raises debates on the right to petition versus judicial duty, as Knox weighs whether pressure taints a purely legal Senate ruling. A separate note from Paris reports the Prince of Wales visiting President Fihrer.
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Washington, D. C
Knox
Pennsylvania
Man
Smaat Taust
Intereta
Smoot
Pittsburgh
Moffiers' Congress
Woman Christian Tamperenca Union
Hoe
Pittsburg
Itloar
Iloar
Utah
Idaho
West
Reed Smoot
Senate
United States
Senate Committee
the United States
Taft Grooms for Presidency Amid Roosevelts Backing
Washington May 27 Taft supporters nationwide view the secretarys decision not to join the Supreme Court as a sign he may seek the presidency. Roosevelt is expected to influence the nomination, with Root viewed as less viable. Tafts personal appeal is seen as a key asset, while Foraker Knox and others face slimmer chances amid ongoing rate bill debates.
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Taft
Supreme Court
Nis
Stillren
House
Roosevelt
Root
Mr. Root
New Yorker
Ani
Foraker
Knox
Reas
Philander Chase
Ixnox
Republic
Caavon
Political Handicap and Cabinet Prospects in 1909
In discussions of the 1909 presidential race, Taft emerges as the administration's best card while others including Cannon, Shaw, Cummins, and La Follette face fluctuating support. The president aims to control the party through the end of his term, with cabinet dynamics and potential incumbents shaping the field. Covington and Athens notices follow with local civic and community updates.
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Dr. Oster
Speaker Cannon
Ste
Shaw
Cummins
la- Follette
White House
Taft
Apitere: A Food That Feeds Brain Without Waste
This ad promotes Apitere biscuits and Apitere grains as all food with no waste for the stomach. It claims quick digestion and that the product provides nutrients equal to beef or eggs, plus vegetable iron, marketed to grocers everywhere.
Annual Missionary Sermon Held At Wesleyan College
In Macon on May 27 Bishop W F McDowell preached the annual missionary sermon before a large audience at Wesleyan College chapel. The occasion featured Wesleyan and Mercer faculty, and the gathering included college women in academic dress. Dr Young J Allen preached the evening sermon to another crowded audience.
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Constitution Bureau
Second ‘Street
Macon
Wesleyan College
W. F. McDowell
Chicago
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Christ
McDowell
Guerry
Charles Lee Smith
Mercer
Board of Education
Bibb County
Young J. Alen
Bishop McDowell
G. B. Willingham
Baltimore
Two Tablets Unveiled and Columbus High School Exercises
In Athens on May 27 at a Jewish synagogue two memorial tablets were unveiled. Hon M G Michael spoke on Moses Myers and Dr Koprowicz on Gabriel Jacobs. In Columbus Ga the closing exercises of Columbus High School are set for June 7 with sixteen graduates, Rhoda Kaufman first honor and Owen Edge second honor, prizes and diplomas to be awarded.
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Walter R. HN
University of Georgia
BR. R. Wright
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Pullman Car Company
M. J. Green
New York
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J. A. Langford
R. B. Barron
RE. B. Barron
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Valdesta
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Alf Moore
Carter
Oays
Cooper
Azeonard
Milton
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Dooly Farmer
Taylor Folds
Dooly County
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E. L. Bergstrom
Htelt
L. M. Erwin
M.G. Michael
Moses Myers
Koprowicz
Gabrie Jacobs
Columbus High School
Columbus
Rhoda Kaufman
Owen Edge
Henry R. Govthius
Wil
G. Gundy Jordan
Albert Lowesherz
Petri
Rhoda Wantynan
Owen Exige
Fee
Clericat Antidivorce
Ametia EE ‘Bart
Authors and Newspapers’ Association
Yielnity
Norcross
I Morcrosa
A. J. McCoy
H Kimsey
Dawson
Kimsey
Terrell
Terrell County
Bapist
Nine Miners Burned In Gas Explosion Near Bentleyville
Nine men were burned in a gas explosion at Braveli Gas Coal Company mine near Bentleyville Pennsylvania shortly after midnight May 27. Mine boss Crawford Linsey and fire boss James McHlevaney were burned badly and feared dead, others were rescued with facial burns.
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Monongatela
Braveli Gas Coal Company
Bentleyville
Crawford ‘Linsey
James meHlevaney
Aescue
Camp of White Tents Becomes Wonderful City
Fitzgerald Georgia rises from tented camp to a thriving industrial city led by young native-born builders. The Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad secures a large shop site, 200 acres granted, city covers a mile and a quarter, forty thousand acres developed, population about 10 000 with 6 000 inside Fitzgerald. The piece chronicles a municipal transformation and local pride amid rapid growth and new industries.
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Irwin County
Georgia
Itzgerald
Red Hills
Prairie West
Alabama
Tennessee
P. H. Fitzgerald
Northen
Tue and
Gray
Trig Metro-Fpolitan
Fitz-gerald
Glate
Atlanta
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Richmond
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