Council Votes to Let People Elect Key City Officials
The city council debated amending the charter so residents could vote for Recorder, city clerk, marshal, waterworks manager, building inspector, warden, electrician, and comptroller. The 11 to 11 vote split, with Mayor Pro Tem Huddleston in support, and motions to table or refer failed.
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American Publishing Company
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Board of Health
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Druys
Taft at Omaha Den Busts Quips in Knightly Fun
President Taft visited Omaha on September 20 en route to the Pacific coast. Mayor Dahlman halted streetcar service to avert trouble as crowds cheer Taft and schoolchildren greet him. After a dinner at the Omaha Club, he attends the Ak-Sar-Ben Den show featuring quips about the president. The party then proceeds to Denver arriving tomorrow at 2 PM.
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Minnesota
Towa
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Pacific Coast
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C. H. Pickens
Ak-Sar-Ben
Mr. Taft
Knights
Deri
Union Depot
Taft to be not invited by Virginia Baptists
The Virginia Baptist Association cannot agree on a united invitation for President Taft to address its Portsmouth Norfolk Virginia meeting. With a November Inland Waterways convention in view and Baptist pastors opposing a formal united invitation, Taft will not be asked to speak.
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Norfolk
Taft
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Washington
Inland Waterways
Baptist Pastors’ Conference
Police Called to Hoke Smith Home After Night Noise
Oath officers were sent to the West Peachtree Street residence of former governor Hoke Smith after a nighttime report of a suspicious noise and feared intruders. The search found no trace of burglars. Judge Gaynor Named New York Mayor Candidate The first Independent citizens group in Greater New York nominates Supreme Court Justice William J. Gaynor for mayor at Cooper Union, with a mass meeting of the municipal democracy. Belgian Congo Missionaries Libel Trial Opens The Rev. William Morrison and Rev. W H Sheppard face libel charges as the trial begins in Leonardville after multiple postponements.
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Peachtree Street
Gaynor
New York
Greater New York
Supreme Court
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Brooklyn
Cooper Union
Municipal Democracy
Leonardville
Belgian Congo
William Morrison
W. H. Sheppard
Governor Johnson Death Reported At 2 A.M. Rochester
Rochester Minnesota September 21 reports indicate Minnesota Governor Johnson died around 2 a.m. after a night of critical condition. Dr. Mayo announced no hope at 1:15 a.m. and the governor was conscious briefly, with Mrs. Johnson at his bedside amid efforts to revive him.
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Minnesota
W. J. Mayo
Conquest of the Pole Starred in Cook Arctic Tale
In a serialized account the New York Herald reports Br Frederick A Cook as he begins the polar dash from Gloucester aboard the Bradley. The tale covers Eskimo life, preparation, and the trek toward the Pole via Etah Inotook Etah as base camps and the long Arctic night.
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Inglefield Gulf
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Eitan
Annotonks
Montreal votes to cut aldermen and create board of control
Montreal residents backed a major government reform after weeks of graft disclosures. The city downsized the council from 44 to 22 aldermen and established a board of control to oversee all civic departments.
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Montreal
Tolay
Cook Arrives Home in Fire Island Welcome Aboard Oscar II
Dr Frederick A Cook Brooklyn born explorer returns to the United States after a voyage aboard the Oscar II off Fire Island. He greets newspapers, expresses longing for peace with his family, cites anticipation of a quiet landing, and notes cautious reaction to Peary reports. He is eager to see his family and avoid a Copenhagen scene.
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Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Copenhagen
Peary
No Trolley Strike Ended in Chicago Agreement
Union officials representing Chicago Railways Company employees signed a three year peace in the street car dispute. The deal ends the ware scale offered by street car officials with material concessions granted to workers.
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Chicago
Chicago Railways Company
Mnes
Defrauding Case Leads to Prison Sentence in Pittebure
Clifford Drum former cashier and Frederick Ward local businessman were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the National Bank of Coal Center near here. They were sentenced to eighteen months in the Western Pennsylvania penitentiary and fined $500.
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National Bank of Coal Center
Here
Clifford Drum
Frederick Ward
Western Pennsylvania’ Penitentiary
Furlow School Opens in Americus with 700 Pupils
In Americus Georgia the Furlow public school opened to a rush of seven hundred white pupils the largest institution of its kind. Officials expect enrollment to reach about sixteen hundred as the rest of the public schools begin sessions and admit additional students.
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Americus
Septemoer
Furlow Public School
Song Writer Dead in New York Hospital
East Liverpool Ohio September 20 UW L Thompson 62 a well known songwriter died in Presbyterian hospital New York this morning
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Ohio
UW. L. Thompson
Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Sanders Will Serve On Tariff Commission Board
Chicago on September 20 Alvin H Sanders of Chicago announced his acceptance of President Tafts invitation to membership on the new tariff commissioners board forming to oversee tariff regulation and duties in federal commerce policy.
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Chicago
Alvin H.sanders
Taft
Board of Tariff Commission
The Conquest of the Pole Fourth Installment
In October the Eskimos abandon tents for igloos as storms intensify. Hunters stock larders with ptarmigan reindeer hares and foxes while guns and traps spread across caches. Snow, near freezing sea, and a starting ice fort set the stage for early winter sledging and fox lure runs.
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Annatook
Cape York
Francke
Cook and Eskimos Bids Farewell to Sun for Long Polar Night
In October 1907 Cook and his Eskimos prepared for a 118 day polar night in their Arctic camp. They kept busy with sled repairs and clothing while awaiting the sun’s return in 1908. The sunset inspired final outfitting for their 1908 pole expedition despite lacking government or private funding.
Storm Hits Gulf Coast Forsaking Inland Mississippi and Louisiana
Memphis reports fragmentary data as a severe tropical hurricane sweeps along the Mississippi Louisiana gulf coast damaging ships wrecking structures and hindering rail traffic. New Orleans center cut off while trains are diverted. gulf coast damage includes waterlogged tracks and seaward flooding with rice crops ruined in western Louisiana as wind speeds reach fifty miles per hour.
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Weather Prophecy Showers in Georgia Weather
Forecast calls for showers in Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate to brisk east winds. Forecasts indicate wet periods, cooler temperatures, and potential gusts along coastal areas as a front passes.
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