Italian Store Dynamited Sparks Tense Race Violence
New Orleans dispatch describes Natalbany turmoil between native Americans and Italian mill workers in Tangipahoa Parish. After a store blast, authorities, led by Colonel Kantz, impose military guard to restore order as locals blame each side and vow punishment for perpetrators. Charles Parino’s store is demolished, with the town under strict watch and road blocks.
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New Orleans
Natalbany
The
Picayune
Tangiparoa Parish
Charles Parino
Saul
Kantz
Parino
Illinois Central Station
Charles Lambiasi
Walter Simmons
N. Campangnia
Conbul
Squabble Over Origin of Paid in Full Play
Florence Gerald Clark files suit in the United States circuit court claiming Paid in Full at the Astor theater is an unauthorized adaptation of her 1993 play An Idol of Clay, copyrighted 1997, with profits sought.
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New York
Astor Theater
United States
Florence Gerald Clark
Miss Clark
Florence Gerald
Thaw Loses In Stocks After Telephone Blockade
In Poughkeepsie New York Harry Thaw is $1800 loser in a stock transaction because he was not allowed to answer a telephone call from his brokers. Thaw's attorney states the loss. Sheriff Chanler has deprived Thaw of all former privileges, allowing visitors only his attorney wife and mother.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Chanler
Rare Philippine bird as model for new aeroplane
In Springfield, Mass a rare Philippine bird, the tant aurelius, reportedly found dead in Luzon, is cited by Sergeant Edward T. Price as the model for an aircraft he believes will surpass Wright Brothers performance in aerial navigation. The bird is noted as unusually rare and known for its ability to sleep in the air.
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Philippines
Springfield
Mass
Edward T. Price
Wright Brothers
Luzon
Price
Lodge goat causes lifelong injury lawsuit filed for damages
Noblesville Indiana. Charles C Kassabaum aged 22 seeks 20000 dollars in damages after a lodge goat allegedly bucked him causing permanent injuries. The suit names Lodge and others and cites incident occurred March 14.
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Noblesville
Ind
Charles C. Kassabaum
Chafin Opens Campaign With Prohibition Enforcement Plan
Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition party nominee, outlines campaign issues near Chicago. He vows to use militia, standing army, and navy to enforce a prohibitory law nationwide if elected president, and cites mobilizing communities failing to obey as a test of enforcement.
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Chicago
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Ar Modile
Presic
United States
Shippers Appeal to President Over Freight Rates
The Receivers and Shippers Association of Cincinnati launches a direct appeal to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay seeking enforcement of a decades old railroad freight rate decree. They ask the Attorney General to move for contempt against Missouri Pacific and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.
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Cincinnati
Receivers
Shippers’ Association of Cincinnati
United States
Efect
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Missouri Pacific Railway
Chicas0
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Cotton prospects rise in Alabama reports
The Journal of Commerce notes Alabama cotton prospects are excellent if the season remains favorable. Sections are drying, and moderate rains are needed for a month to sustain expectations. The percentage condition shows a substantial rise from 72.5 last year to 80.6 this month, with reports of strong plants and good stands.
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Journal of Commerce
New York
The
Alabama
Call off Pratt County rabbit bounty amid overkill
Pratt county commissioners end the three cent per rabbit bounty after a three month total of 1164.36 dollars, funding destruction of 38,812 jack rabbits. May alone saw about 490 dollars spent or roughly 625 rabbits killed daily that month.
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Sawyer
Kan
Pratt County
Gould Perjury Plot Emerges in Gould Divorce Case
New witness Blanche Hale, a Lincoln Hotel hairdresser with notable clients, claims she was approached to provide false testimony against Frank J. Gould. The district attorney promises further startling revelations as the perjury plot unfolds alongside the ongoing divorce suit.
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New York
Frank J. Gould
Blanche Hale
Lincoln
Judge Grosscup Refuses to Enter Controversy With Roosevelt
Judge Grosscup says he will not join a quarrel with President Roosevelt over a new oil case trial. He notes the executive may request a reconsideration, but asserts no right to demand such action after a court ruling.
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Roosevelt
New York
Standard Oil Company
Grosscup
Court of Appeal
Remarkable noiseless powderless gun tested in New York
William Patten demonstrates a quick firing gun model capable of 60 000 half inch steel bullets a minute and lethal at 2000 feet. The 10 inch model hits a target forty feet away with all shots within five eighths of an inch radius. Buckshot stream appears as a white tread as it flies.
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New York
William Patten
Wholesale Indictments In Chicago Federal Session
A Chicago grand jury completed a sitting returning indictments on mail order schemes and profiting from wage fraud. Authorities allege multiple defendants used fraudulent practices to steal earnings and mislead workers in a federal case unfolding in Chicago.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Diseases of Animals and Mississippi Disease Regulations
Secretary of State Power received a Bureau of Animal Industry inquiry on Mississippi rules for removing quarantining and killing diseased animals. The request asks how owners are compensated for stock killed to prevent disease spread, noting the state lacks a fixed compensation rule and leaves this to county boards.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Mississippi
Railroad Commission Plans August County Visits
Chairman Lee of the Railroad Commission released dates for August visits to Quitman Waynesboro Leakesville Scranton Gulfport Bay St. Louis and Prentiss. He cites Code section 485% as obligating yearly county visits with ten days’ notice, while other members argue the duty is to visit all stations with no required notice.
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Lee
The
Railroad Commission
Quitman
Waynesboro
Leakesville
Scranton
Gulfport
Bay St. Louis
Prentiss
Submerged Lowlands Threaten Local Market Loss
Floods devastate Adams county 12 000 acres of submerged land with 8000 bales of cotton destroyed in a conservative estimate Similar damage extends to Wilkinson and Jefferson counties doubling the financial impact to about half a million dollars Government issued six weeks of rations aid destitute families until August picking season resumes offering hope of wage opportunities in the highlands.
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Adams County
Wilkinson
Jefferson
Highlands
Jail Threat Harshly Quickens Striking Workers
Chief of Police Groome in Alice, Mississippi, in under thirty minutes rounded up striking African American workers on the levee after they demanded seventy dollars a month and refused sixty five. Officers forced a choice between boarding the steamer Alice B. Miller or jail. the group chose to work.
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Groome
Alice B. Miller
Vicksburg
Death of Prof Deem at Mississippi Institution
Prof Charles Leem longtime faculty member at the Mississippi Institution for the Deaf and Bomb died at the family home on Longino Street in Jackson. He was a leading teacher of deaf mutes, directing the advanced classes. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Charles Leem
Mississippi Institution For the Deaf
Longino Street
Jackson
Gulfport Oil & Gas to Begin Drilling at 3000 Feet
A Gulfport Oil & Gas Company meeting last week organized permanently and planned drilling to a depth of 3000 feet within two weeks if needed. The plan indicates readiness to commence operations soon pending final preparations and approvals.
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Gulfport Oil & Gas Company
Burglary Reported at Mooringsport Store Safe May Be Empty
Sheriff Flonunoy was informed a safe was blown in the W. H. B. Croom store at Mooringsport. The safe was wrecked and contained no money. Seized flour sacks noted. a suspect denies knowledge of the crime.
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Flonunoy
W. H. B. Croom
Retail Merchants Day at State Fair October 29
Retail Merchants' Association of Mississippi requests a special day during the fair. Superintendent Blakeslee announces Thursday October 29 will be set apart as Retail Merchants' Day with efforts to publicize and attract a large crowd plus a special attraction during the exposition.
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Py— State Fair Association
Retail Merchants’ Association of Mississippi
Retail Merchants’ Association
Blakeslee
WANTS TO BE CAGED Elam Wedeworth at Rankin State Farm
A white convict at Rankin State Farm requests confinement in the smallest cage during sleep. Somnambulist guard Woedgeworth, once a trusted employee, left his room and fell about fifteen feet, breaking a shoulder and sustaining other injuries. He remains serious but not critical.
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Elam Wedeworth
Rankin State Farm
Woedgeworth
Grading Teachers Papers At State Board Meeting
The State Board of Education is grading teacher license applications from exams held at the University of Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College Brookhaven and Sherman after the normal session just closed. There are 610 sets, Brookhaven contributing 276, with 540 in attendance the largest normal school turnout yet in the state.
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The
State Board of Education
University of Mississippi, Agricultural and Mechanical College
Brookhaven
Sherman
Court officials prepare annual reports for Southern Mississippi
The United States Court officials compile their annual reports for transmission to the judicial department, a demanding task reviewed by top officials in Washington. The document covers four southern district courts in Mississippi at Vicksburg, Jackson, Meridian and Biloxi, excluding the northern district.
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United States Court
Judicial Department
Washington
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Jackson
Meridian
Biloxi
Labor Day Parade Planned in Jackson
Elaborate preparations are being made for a Labor Day celebration in Jackson on Sept. 7 under the Central Trades Council. A committee of the council was appointed. The Labor Day parade will run between 1 and 2 p m with several hundred men in the line of march. Trades unions are now more thoroughly organized in Jackson than in any other city in the state.
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Jackson
Central Trades Council
Trades Unis
Fatal shooting on Cherry plantation near Satillo
C O Cherry county surveyor and plantation owner was shot and killed by tenant J W Blalock about seven miles east of Satillo over disputed tools. Blalock surrendered claiming self defense. Cherry leaves a widow and two young children.
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C. O. Cherry
J. W. Blalock
Satillo
Blalock
Cherry
Cotton Warehouse Expansion Slows for Farmers' Union
The Farmers' Union reports progress on cotton warehouse development with ten new charters approved in less than a month. Several counties have two or more plants established, indicating rapid activity in the movement.
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Farmers’ Union
Western Union Orders New Cable for Natchez Vidalia Route
The Western Union Telegraph Company orders a new seven wire cable to replace the lost line between Natchez and Vidalia Louisiana. The replacement cable will be 31,000 feet long.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Natchez
Vidalia
Lake Charles merchant files voluntary petition in U S court
H J Jessen, a Lake Charles merchant, filed a voluntary petition in the United States Court. Debts total $8,275.32 with assets of $3,516.55. The filing notes safe liabilities and lists items in the case.
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H. Jjohn Jessen
Lake Charles
United States
1,000 Negro longshoremen locked out in Mobile
Timber exporters at Mobile locked out 1,000 negro longshoremen. The report lists numerous other national and international events including political campaigns, crimes, naval movements, and legal actions from across the United States and abroad. The items are presented as a chain of brief notices and appearances without a single dominant focus.
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Mobile
Matthew Cummins
Boston
Order of Hibernians
Pittsburg
Joseph
Henry
Mississippi
Zach Hunnicutt
Kewanee
Miss
Louisiana National Guard
New Mexico
Arkansas
Harry E. Hayes
Cleveland
Leighton
Crider
Noel
Blakeslee
August Eberhard
New Jersey
Orsi
Cameron Currie and Co
Detroit
Vardaman
Thomas E. Watson
Macon
William J. Bryan
Democratc
Chicago
Douglass
Massachusetts
Democratic National Committee
Gardiner
Louisiana
International School
Camp Perry
William F. Walker
Savings Bank of New Briain
Connecticut Baptist Convention
Hartford
Shifting Kicks Raise Fare Proposals Spur Transit Gripes
The Philadelphia Ledger reports the street car company plans fare hikes amid complaints of crowded cars. A director says more riders will use transit despite higher prices, while noting a new complaint from passengers. The piece includes a comic exchange about a monologue from Lippincott's.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Lake City Testimony
A Lake City Minnesota resident describes severe kidney trouble with back pain dizziness and vision issues before claiming complete recovery after using Deans Kidney Pills. The testimonial notes the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
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Hiram Center
South
Oak Street
Lake City
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Economy and Poverty in New York City Life
An analysis contrasts New York living costs with wages, noting meals and rent push workers toward poverty while even small savers face inflated prices on Fifth Avenue and Broadway. It discusses the gap between earnings and living costs, the lure of social pull, and the effect on character. It also includes a health anecdote about Grape-Nuts aiding a young clerk’s recovery and income.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Chicago
Postuim Co
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