Cotton crop outlook 1910 shows good start and favorable season
The Picayune reports USDA’s initial 1910 cotton crop outlook with a 2.8 percent acreage rise and a belt wide condition average of 82. The article notes government underestimates acreage, favorable early weather, and possible further gains by month end. A large crop would boost prices, industry profits, and general prosperity.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
United States Department of Agriculture
Exposition Fight Renewed in Washington
The San Francisco Boomers press anew for the Panama Exposition in Washington D C with added funds. They aim to overwhelm Congress and push the project before this session adjourns, signaling likely active and potentially bitter action.
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San Francisco
Washington
Washington, D. C
Sanders
Behrman
P. Thompson
Louisiana
Congress
Administration Criticized Over Cabinet Secrecy and Rail Profits
Washington voices sharp rebuke of Taft administration secrecy in national matters. Crackdown on injunction cases against railroads linked to influential men profiting in the stock market. Richmond report: Henry Smith alias Henry Battine executed for the March 6 1909 murder of Walter Schultz in Chicago. accomplices named. Poem line about poverty and love included.
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Washington
Taft
Richmond
Henry Smith
Henry Battine
Alexandria
Walter S. Schultz
Chicago
Eugene Dorsey
Richard Pines
Calvin Johnson
Another Child Vanishes in New York City Mystery
Marian Fay, 12, left home in 48th Street for the Church of the Sacred Heart in New York and has not returned. Police fear she was abducted or murdered, joining 8-year-old Helen Sullivan missing after an encounter near a moving picture theater. A playmate recalls a strange man offering candy to the girls.
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New York
Marian Fay
48Th Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Helen Sullivan
Fay
Edna Rundt
Marion
American Engineer Pittman Captured by Madriz Forces
Washington reports prompt U S action to protect William P Pittman an American engineer captured while with Estrada forces in Nicaragua The State Department instructed consulates in Managua and Bluefields and Commander Gilmer of the Paducah to verify humane treatment and due process and report back immediately
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United States
Washington
State Department
William P. Pittman
Madriz
Estrada Army
Managua
Bluefields
Gilmer
Paducah
San Juan del Sur
Estrada
Department
Head Nearly Severed in Black Hand Murder Case
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania the body of Peter Savatino an Italian resident of Brodrick s was found with a nearly severed head and multiple razor wounds near Pittston City cemetery. Police attribute the murder to the Black Hand. A letter dated Bernice July 6 1909 and postmarked Maltby Sweyerville July 27 1909 found in his pockets warned that $500 would be left at Maltby station on July 27 1909 to avert Black Hand vengeance.
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Wilkesbarre
Peter Savatino
Brodericks
Pittston
Savatino
Bernice
Taft Tackles Socialism as Nation's Great Problem
President Taft in Jackson Michigan labeled socialism the great problem facing the country and the coming issue to be met. He argued the Republican Party has faced great questions wisely and forecasts the people will decide whether to trust the party to solve this historic challenge.
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Jackson, Mich
Taft
Republican Party
Maiden voyage of City of Montgomery reaches Savannah
The steamship City of Montgomery the Ocean Steamship Companys handsome new vessel arrived in Savannah twelve hours early on its maiden voyage from New York. All company officials are aboard. Three hundred Montgomery Alabama residents came to greet the ship and sail Monday.
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Savannah
Montgomery
Ocean Steamship Company
New York
Ala
Suits Against Packers By Missouri Attorney General
Attorney General Major plans to file a quo warranto suit against several meat packers within the next month. He accuses them of violating Missouri antitrust laws.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Vessels wrecked and lives lost on Nova Scotia coast
Six ships were wrecked and eight people died during a coastal storm on the Nova Scotia coast. The brief notes the tragedy as a maritime disaster with several vessels lost in the weather.
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Nova Scotia
Kohler
Cleveland
Ohio
Lara
Bluefields
Estrada
Threats Of Roads To Stop Work In United States
Two hundred million dollars of railroad construction planned nationwide will be abandoned due to a government injunction on rate increases. Railroads including New York Central have canceled or paused contracts totaling about 5 million dollars. Rail officials blame political motives and say government control resembles ownership. President Taft hosts a rate conference with Western and Eastern railroad leaders as the Justice Department releases Chicago Manufacturers Association resolutions urging support for government action and ICC oversight.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
M. M. Richey
Iron Mountain Railroad
Mr. Richey
New York Central
Congress
Taft
Washington
E P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Mississippi
Department of Justice
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Britain
Hague
Singer Manufacturing Company
Overman
Senate
New York
Madriz Forces Routed Near Rama in Nicaragua War
Washington reports the Madriz troops operating near Rama have been defeated and retreated. Gen Mena's Estrada army pursues, with Bluefields and Rama forces largely destroyed and only scattered bands remaining. Estrada headquarters in Bluefields notes Gen Mena defeats Gen Chacarria at El Recreo and pursues Gen Chavarria toward El Muele de Las Buelles.
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Washington
Madriz
State Department
Rama
Moffat
Bluefields
Mena
Estrada
Nicaragua
Castrillo
Chacarria
el Recreo
Chavarria
el Muele de Las Buelles
Coton
Senor Castrillo
Archbishop Leads Catholic Fight Against New Orleans Racing
Archbishop Bleak urged Catholics to oppose reviving horse racing in New Orleans and to block any change to the Locke anti gambling law. He framed racing as a crime against children and homes, signaling the decline of efforts to modify the statute and aligning with city leaders against Senator O Connor and racing supporters. His stance aims to deter votes in Baton Rouge and at the state capitol.
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New Orleans
Bleak
Behrman
Robert O’connor
O’connor
Baton Rouge
State Capitol
Senate passes railroad bill after twelve weeks
Washington. The Senate approved the administration railroad bill after more than twelve weeks of debate and near unanimous backing. Only twelve Democratic votes opposed. insurgents who fought earlier provisions backed the final measure. The act, excluding pooling and merging clauses and adding shipper-friendly amendments, heads to a sixty day effective date after president's approval.
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Washington
Senate
Wickersham
White House
Court of Commerce
Heyburn
Gallinger
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Blau Gas Plant Opens in New York First in U.S.
New York reports the first Blau gas plant opened at Long Island City selling light by pint or pound. The non poisonous gas allegedly yields sixty candle power for seventeen hours per pound and powers a gas stove for two and a half hours. Gas made from waste gas oil costing three to four cents a gallon.
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New York
United States
Long Island City
Short Items of Interest and Global Dispatches
A violent earthquake struck Cuba while bubonic plague broke out in Trinidad. Heavy rains hinder war operations in Nicaragua. Ex President Roosevelt attended a dinner in London. Eastern and Western railroads filed notices of rate increases. Charles D. Norton of Chicago named secretary to President Taft. Federal Army officers will head the Reclamation Service. Federal conservationists accept invitation to address Louisiana legislature. Congress urged to enact patriarast legislation modeled after Louisiana law.
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Cuba
Trinidad
Nicaragua
Roosevelt
London
Reclamation Service
Louisiana
Congress
Taft Addresses and Global Shifts Mark Day in May
Wire flashes report Taft spoke in Ada Ohio and Philadelphia and Detroit Michigan while Gifford Pinchot aided Republican insurgents. The Senate rejected La Follette amendments and passed rail and anti trust measures. a massive Singer stock dividend was announced. a major cotton market break occurred amid May delivery trading.
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London
Gifford Pinchots
President Taft
Ada
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Tariff Commission
Senate
All Railroads to Charge One Fare Assembly Heads to Immigration Meet
State wide immigration convention at the State House Jackson Miss June 21 22 draws notable speakers Gov Noel opens and presides W W Finley F J Merry P J Mooney R D Reeves H H Bolton Seibert S H Lowenburg and others railroads agree to one fare round trip plus 25 cents Boards of Supervisors Mayors and Aldermen urged to send delegate lists to L B Davis secretary Natchez Miss no further notices will be sent delegates are arriving statewide
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Boards of Supervisors
L. E. Davis
Natchez
Mississippi
State House
Jackson
Miss
E. F. Noel
W. W. Finley
Southern Railroad
F. J. Merry
Illinois Central Railroad. Co
P. J. Mooney
Commercial Appeal
Memphis
Tenn
R. D. Reeves
Mississippi Central Railroad
Hattiesburg
H. H. Bolton
N. O
M. & C. Railroad
Wilmer
Ala
Jas. M. Seibert
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
L. B. Davis
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Brookhaven Summer Normal Features and Rates
Dear Editor the Brookhaven Summer Normal in Brookhaven Mississippi announces a lyceum course of entertainments free to teachers, sermons by eminent divines and lectures by Dr Hulley and Dr Bailey plus training in manual arts and music. Courses lead to licenses with examinations. railroads offer reduced tickets for June 12 13 14 20 27 and July 4. Normal opens June 13. T P Scott director.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Bishop Murrah
W. T. Lowery
Hulley
John B. Stetson University
T. P. Bailey
Memphis
Department of Education
University of Mississippi
Mississippi
N. C
M. C
Normal
T. P. Scott
Steel Trust Plans to Use Rivers for Large Shipments
United States Steel Corporation orders ten large steel barges to move rails tubes and other mill products by river from Pittsburgh to New Orleans to escape high railroad freight rates. Barges will be in service for several months and will supplement rail transport.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
New Orleans
Corporation
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Natchez Chamber of Commerce
Richard H. Edmonds
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