Riots as Strikers Attack Street Cars in Omaha
In Omaha on September 19 violence erupted during a street car strike near Fourteenth and Farnam Streets. A conductor was struck in the face with a brickbat but not seriously hurt as 360 strikers paraded, cars were derailed and rope lines cut, police arrested five rioters, and service was disrupted in Council Bluffs and Omaha ahead of President Taft's visit.
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Neb
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Council
Ecity
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Jreco
Council Bluffs
Toolock
Business Mens Association
Taft
Two Victims Claimed By Auto Relay Race
Ham Brown of Philadelphia died at Reading hospital after a wreck near lading Pa while bearing taft message to Alaska-Yukon exposition management. He and HL Buckley, who died immediately, were in the wreck. Coroner says tire failure did not cause the accident. Bodies will be sent to former homes.
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Lading Pa
Ham Brown
Philadelphia
Taft
Reading Hospital
Brown
HL Buckley
Strasner
Italian Merchant Attacked by Robbers in New York Street
Nicholas Carshell an aged Italian merchant was found mortally wounded in a rear room of his Fourth street shop. A bloody hatchet and blood on the floor indicate a violent struggle and possible robbery. The department notes his long residence and rumored wealth from frugality.
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Macan Ga
Nicholas Carshell
Fourth Street
Walla
Omerrs
Vrarshed
Rome Baptists to Meet in September Assembly
Rome Baptists from 35 Flava County churches gather at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Rome next Wednesday for ministers deacons confidence meeting. Large attendance anticipated with speeches by Speuerr King S J Whatley J F Ht reet von Walker J.T. Rob- Miki Rotiwaltnew and G. A. Nun naliv.
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Rome
Flava County Baptist Association
Fifth Avenue Fapiter
Speuerr King S J Whatley
J. F Htreet von Walker
J.T. Rob- Miki
Rotiwaltnew
G. A. Nunnaliv
Ready for Lostant Grape Nuts ad shows digestible breakfast claim
An advertisement highlights Grape Nuts as easily digested cereal suitable for breakfast and supper. It cites a Chicago woman who attributes her improved digestion and weight gain to the product, praising pre-digested starch and immediate absorption. The copy urges readers to try Grape Nuts, noting it requires no cooking and includes a recipe book and “The Road to Wellville.”
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Chicago
Wellville
Glowing Tribute to Taft Aide Archibald Butt
Long profile of Captain Archibald Butt, Taft’s military aide and former Augusta reporter, detailing his Georgia lineage, service in the Philippines and Cuba, and pivotal role at the White House. The piece notes his transportation studies, battlefield duties, social influence, loyalty to Roosevelt and Taft, and reputation as the White House telegraph of events.
Cabell Moves On Corporations In Internal Revenue Plan
Washington reports newly sworn in Commissioner Cabell leads the Internal Revenue Bureau in preparing blank forms for the corporation tax. The measures aim to prevent evasion as courts are expected to challenge the law. Corporations with net income over five thousand dollars, excluding certain groups, must file by March 1 with payments due by June 30 each year, with penalties and interest for late returns.
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Washington
Cabell
Internal Revenue Bureau
Fair Officials Hard at Work in Macon Fair
Brown House Macon Ga September 19 Special The incoming week promises great activity in the general offices of the fair association here President Charles Lewis and Secretary Johnson have fatigfed themselves to fill Central City Park with farm and live stock exhibits More than twenty county exhibits will be shown and superintendents are arranging the displays Frederick Kauffman handles Kingville preparations for the crowd and slide attractions. Taft visit looms as a major draw Railroad cooperation is strong for crowd management. Antwerp canal inspection by Senator Burton and National Waterways Commission officials yields data on Belgiums canal system
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Archibald W. Butt
Augusta
Butt
Taft
Georgia
Washington
Atlanta
Beverly
North Shore
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Confederacy
United States Army
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Macon
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Fair Association
Charles Lewis
Johnson
Central City Park
Frederick Kauffman
Kingville
Lewis
Antwerp
Theodore E. Burton
National Waterways Commission of the
United States
Willebroeck
Brussels
Rupel
Charleroi
Tuesaday Bruges
gZebrugge
Paris
Belgium
Markham House Hotel, Atlanta's Grand Past Fire Destruction
One of Atlanta’s famed hotels, the Markham house stood at the east end of Wall Street near the depot. Built by William Markham in 1875, it followed earlier hotels and replaced Washington Hall. The firestorm of ten years ago destroyed much of the block, and the Markham house collapsed into ruins, ending a historic era in the city.
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Markhan
Wall Street
William Markham
Markham
Sherman
Kimball
Colling & Lloyd
Washington Hall
Loyd
Central Avenue
W Huff
Macon
Phil Brown
Blue Ridge Spring
Virginia
Brown
Kimball House
National Hotel
Whitehall Street
Jonathan Norcross
Peachtree and
Marietta
Tom Alexander
P & G T Dodd
Alabama and
Pryor Streets
Atlanta Savings Bank
WOLPF'S VACATION ENDS JOINS COMPANY TODAY
The Wolf aka Gene Walter show at the Grand resumes with Arthur A Williams in charge after a long service with Wells road tours. Eva Fay arrives from the west to headline the Orpheum circuit this week amid social fanfare and a valued wallet recovery tale. Williams moves to lead the Wells road show as Cardoza takes a rare vacation it’s a return to work with travel and theater plans across Richmond and Atlanta.
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Gene Walter
Grand
Jake Wells
Arthur A. Williams
Ponce de Leon Park
Hugh Cardoza
Norfolk
Gertrude Hoffman
Wells
Willams
R. G. Herndon
Wells Office
New York
Williams
Eva Fay
West
Vaudevill
Yayig
Orpheum Oi
Georgia and Florida Railway offices move to Augusta
The Georgia and Florida Railway will move its main offices to Augusta immediately, announced by General Manager J. M. Turner. The road’s shops, completed at a cost of 300000 dollars, will stay in Douglas.
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The
Georgia and Florida Railway
Augusta
J. M Turner
Clyde Liner Carib In A Helpless State
New York reports the Clyde Line steamship Carib anchored off Cape Hatteras with machinery disabled. A revenue cutter from Delaware breakwater and the Clyde liner Comanche assisted, but tow attempts failed. The Carib sailed from New York for Wilmington North Carolina and Georgetown South Carolina with merchandise and passengers under Captain Packer.
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Fire Island
Clyde Line
Cape Hatteras
Delaware Breakwater
Hatteras
Tne
Wilmington
WN. C
Georgetown
3. C
Packer
Death of H B Joyner Prominent Macon Grocery Leader
H B Joyner aged 53 of Macon died at his North Highlands home after years of prominence with the Macon Grocery Company. Survived by wife and several children. Funeral tomorrow morning at the Christian Church conducted by Rev Howard I Brazelton. Interment Riverside cemetery with pallbearers A W Smith W H Roper A M and L M Erwin H C Corbin W C Warren H C S Findlay and C F Chappett.
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A. M. and
L. M. Erwin
H.C. Corbin
W. C. Warren
H. CS. Findlay
C.F. Chappett
Colden State May Be Split
Citizens in Southern California discuss breaking away over tax methods. Officials note constitutional hurdles and history of division talks dating to 1849 Monterey convention and pre Civil War concerns. Meetings in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara reflect sporadic efforts without formal progress.
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Washington
California
United States
Congress
Monterey
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara County
Interurban lines to start operations in Georgia
Brown House Macon September 19 Special within the next week developments in the interurban railway movement promise many good things for the economies of businessmen here and throughout central and southern Georgia. By October 1 announcements from the general offices are expected that will meet widespread approval. The union of interests between the local street railway, interurban lines and Central Georgia Power is nearly ready with only board and stockholder formalities remaining. President Masses of the three corporations is back at home after a long trip. Activity is promised though officials will not announce until the enterprise is ready for a general move forward.
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Brown House
Macon
Ecores
Kig
Central Georgia Power Company
Masses
Rome WCTU Eyes 1909 Convention Invite
Rome Ga September 1 Special The 1909 version of the Women s Christian Temperance Union will be invited to meet in Rome The invitation will be carried to Macon where the 1909 convention meets on October 5 by a Rome WCTU delegation Among those going are Mrs I P Harvey new president of the rural chapter Mrs A B Moseley Mrs Langdon Bowie and Mrs D R Hamilton Jr Hamilton invited to respond to the welcome address The Rome chapter decision to invite the convention was made at an important meeting yesterday
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Rome
Womens Christian Temperance Union
Macon
Cardui and Cardus touted as women’s remedies
An old advertisement extols Cardui as a life changing tonic for weak women with female troubles, claiming dramatic relief from prolapse and weakness after days of use. It promotes Cardus as a pure vegetable extract with long use and strong backing, listing related products and a home treatment plan with notes to contact Chattanooga Medicine Company for instructions.
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Cardu
Martin B. Justice
Cardui
Cardus
Thedford
Ladies’ Advisory Department
Chattenooga Medicine Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
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