President Taft Travels Arkansas En Route To St Louis
President Taft leaves Texas for St Louis amid a long itinerary toward New Orleans for the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways trip. A possum dinner aboard the Mayflower vanished in Dallas causing humorous notes as the train moved through Forney Terrell Wills Point Longview and Texarkana toward Little Rock where crowds greeted him briefly.
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Texas
Arkansas
St. Louis
Mississippi
New Orleans
Falta
St Louia
Washion
Middletown Conn
New Haven
Norfolk
Hampton Va
St Louis
Cral
Dallas
Hienipatoad
Atlanta
Dulas
Ain
Lowview
Forney
Terrell
Wills Point
Longview
Marshall
Texas Line
Texarkana
Donaghey
Powell Clayton
United States
Clarke
Little Rock
Colonel Lyon
Haas Machine Strikes Woman in Peachtree Street Crash
Mrs F F Filmore of 17 4 Walker street was struck by Herman Haas Winton touring car on Peachtree near Forsyth. She suffered a dislocated shoulder sprained ankle scalp contusion and bruises but is not deemed seriously injured. Witnesses reported crowds as the car and trolley moved forward. Filmore, daughter of the late Police Officer Hunter, was taken to Presbyterian hospital.
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F. F. Filmore
Walker Street
Winton
Herman J. Haas
Peachtree Street
Forsyth
Filmore
Todd
Presbyterian Hospital
Greenberg
Bond & Bloomfield
Haas
Peughtree Street
Mia Filmore
Ilans
Masonic Building
Hunter
German may reveal secret of skeleton
New York reports Otto Muller or Mueller, a 38 year old German mechanic living in Astoria, admits he married Anna Latter. The skeleton found near Istro, L I, is identified as the Latter girl who died over a year ago. He and his wife have two children in Astoria and he faced possible questions about Anna’s disappearance and his later marriage.
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New York
Otto Muller
Mueller
Anna
Istro
L. I
Astoria
L. 1
Frederick Gerhardt
Newark
Germany
Gaynor Attacks Magazine Writer as Racial Bigot
New York October 24 William J Gaynor democratic nominee for mayor arrives in town and denounces an article in Mctlure's Magazine calling traffic in vice fostered under Tammany rule. He brands the writer as a political and racial bigot, vows to make him shut up or get out, and defends New York as decorous with low vice. Continued on Page Two.
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New York
William J Gaynor
Mctlure's
Gaynor
Hearst
Supreme Court Justice Peckham Dies at Altamont
Albany October 24 Rufus W Peckham associate justice of the United States Supreme Court has died at 15 o'clock tonight at Coolmore his summer home in Altamont Albany County Cause of death a complication of diseases heart trouble Brights disease and arterial hardening He had been ill for some time but was not considered seriously ill until recently He had come from Washington with Mrs Peckham to spend the summer at Altamont expecting to return for the October term His condition worsened a few days ago and the circulatory disturbance noted six years ago led to his death Announcement of the death appears in today’s dispatch Continued on Page Three.
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Albany
Rufus W. Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Coolmore
Altamont
Albany County
Bright
Justice Peckham
Washington
Peckham
Taft to lead fleet to New Orleans convention
President Taft will address the opening day of the Gulf deep waterway convention in New Orleans on October 30. A Mississippi River voyage from St Louis will spotlight the lake ship canal project with the steamboat Mississippi as flagship, escorted by the torpedo boat Wilkes and destroyer MacDonough. The delegate boat Alton will carry governors and congressmen, departing St Louis at eight in the evening on October 25 with stops at Cape Girardeau Giro Helena Memphis Vicksburg and Natchez.
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Little Rock Ark
Taft
Texas
St Louis
East St Louis
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Convention of the Lakes
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
Chicago
Mississippi
St. Louis
Father of Waters
Wilkes
MacDonough
Alton
Oelock
Cape Girardeau
Giro Helena
Memphis
Vicksburg
Natchez
Frost Expected By Weather Man
Local forecast predicts frost this morning with temperatures dipping below 40. Wind slackens, allowing the chill to settle. officials say Washington forecast was likely fulfilled and frost may be the coldest since spring.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Wind Drops to Frost Likely With Light 7 AM Wind
The 7 o clock wind eased to under eight miles per hour making a killing frost more probable than previously expected according to observers.
Young Macon man survives 20 foot fall with neck broken
Earl Hodges nephew of Judge Hodges fell from his room window in Macon at an early hour. He landed on brick pavement suffering complete paralysis except neck muscles. He was rushed to a hospital where surgeons reported he regained consciousness and could talk coherently.
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Macon
Earl Hodges
Robert Hodges
Officers Fight Duel On Streets In Louisville
City Marshal Joe Flint and Sheriff J Smith dueled in Louisville with Smith shot in the leg and head injuries from a pistol fight earlier that night. Smith fled, returned with a pistol and fired at both Flints. H M Flint fired four times, injuring Smith and beating him severely about the head. None believed fatal. drinking and provocations cited.
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Louisville
Gen
Joe Flint
J Smith
Sherif
L. M. Flint
Smith
Wind howling over cold Sunday and a return to town
In a terse reminiscence the speaker recalls a cold Sunday and bringing back an insurance colleague to town. He dismisses naming others, notes no occasion to call names, and mentions affection for Atlanta despite enjoying other towns after the horse show.
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Atlanta
Prisoners Escape From Leon County Jail in Tallahassee
Four black inmates escaped from the Leon County jail by forcing a steel cage lock and digging through a brick wall. Tom Graham, accused of murdering W Talon, fled the yard but was recaptured after a chase with bloodhounds in a nearby swamp. The three others in the yard claimed no escape intent, while Annette Gerghan telephoned for immediate help as the jailer and sheriff were away.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Leon
Tom Graham
W Talon
Graham
Annette Gerghan
Ex-Governor Glenn Mentioned as Prohibition Presidential Candidate
Former North Carolina governor Robert B. Glenn emerged as a prohibition presidential candidate for 1912 after addressing the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Omaha Nebraska. The convention did not take action due to it being Sunday night.
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Omaha
Neb
Robert B. Glenn
North Carolina
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Stage Star Wounded as Husband Shoots at Station
Washington October 14 An enraged husband shot his chorus girl wife on the union station platform and then killed himself. Evelyn Howard, a stage performer formerly Evelyn Lewis, lies near death in Casualty Hospital. Short, a New York bookkeeper and Mrs Short’s husband, had followed her to Pittsburgh by train after their quarrel.
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Washington
Wiliam H Short
New York
Union Station
Mr. Ghort
Pitteburg
Short
Evelyn Howard
Motor Girl Company
Evelyn Lewie
Jacksonville Fla
Shor
Iivingston
Ala
Galt
Miss Caldwell
Pittsburg
Mary Lewis
One Hundred and Eleventh Street
New York City
Mra Short
Evye-Witnemse
Toaye
Weather forecast roundup across states from Georgia to Indiana
Forecasts show fair to partly cloudy conditions across Georgia Florida and the Carolinas with some days warmer and a mix of showers in Virginia North Carolina Georgia and nearby states. Winds vary from light to moderate and temperatures rise throughTuesday with increasing cloudiness in Tennessee Kentucky Indiana and Oklahoma.
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Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
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Muller
Tammany Hall
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Sal
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