Brunswick Protest as A B A Plans to End Local Trains
The A B A petition to discontinue six passenger trains between Brunswick and Thalmann draws strong local opposition. City officials, the board of trade, and residents plan immediate action, arguing the move would sever crucial connections to Savannah Jacksonville and Camden County. If approved the loss would force longer trips and harm local business and travel.
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Board of Trade
Mayor Butts
State Railroad Commission
A. B. & A. Railroad
Brunswick
Thalmann
Seaboard Air Line
Railroad Commission
Jacksonville
Savannah
City
Seaboard
Camden County
Railroad Company
Jesup
Wilson's Midwest itinerary announced
Sea Girl, N. J. Sept. 6 Woodrow Wilson today announced his first Midwest tour with stops at Sioux City Iowa September 17 Minneapolis and St Paul Minnesota September 18 Milwaukee Wisconsin September 19 Columbus Ohio September 20 and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania September 21.
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Sea Girl
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Middle West
Sioux City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Woman Walked 15 000 Miles Across Continents
Miss Dora Rodriguez age 19 from Amsterdam arrives in Philadelphia after walking 15 000 miles through every country in North America and Europe. She is the daughter of a diamond dealer and left Scotland three and a half years ago to travel on foot.
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Philadelphia
Dora Rodriguez
Amsterdam
North America
Europe
Scotland
World's Championship Series Opens October 8
In St. Louis on September 6, President B B Johnson of the American League announced the world’s baseball championship series will begin on October 8. The league pennant winner will not play a post season pick team, and exhibition games are ruled out. The eastern race ends October 5 and the western ends October 6, with the champions resting two to three days before the start.
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St. Louis
B. B. Johnson
Johnson
Banks to Accept Political Party Donations for Campaigns
Banks nationwide will accept donations for Democratic Republican and Progressive campaigns during the presidential race. Brunswick Bank & Trust will forward funds to campaign treasurers and issue receipts. Governor Wilson aims to raise Democratic funds without large corporate contributions.
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Brunswick Bank & Trust Company
Wilson
Democratic Party
Widow of General McArthur Suffered Shock at Banquet
Milwaukee report says the widow of Lieut. Gen. McArthur regained consciousness after learning of the general's death at a Civil War regiment banquet. Capt. E. B. Parsons, toastmaster, suffered a paralytic stroke but is expected to recover. Funeral details remain to be announced as four retired generals survive.
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Milwaukee
Wis
McArthur
E. B. Parsons
Young Girl Confesses To Burglary Spree in Newburgh
Miss Marjorie Leckitt, 15, was arrested in Newburgh New York on September 6 charged with burglary. Police say she confessed to breaking into several houses including a boarding house where she pried a pane of glass and stole hundreds of dollars in garments. In another burglary she hid behind a bureau while officers searched the house after entering by cutting a shutter with a key hole saw.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Marjorie Leckitt
Southern City Chosen For Next Waterways Convention
New London Conn Sept 6 Jacksonville Fla has been chosen as the site for next year s waterways convention by the Alalileeper Waterways association Congressman J Hampton Moore of Philadelphia was unanimously reelected president and Wilbur H Scoff of Philadelphia named secretary and treasurer The conference endorsed national inter coastal waterways expansion and urged continued Panama Canal act provisions to regulate railroad water carrier relations President Taft arrived aboard the Mayflower and addressed the 131st observance of Fort Griswold defense.
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New London
Conn
Jacksonville
Fla
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Wilbur H. Scoff
Atlantic States
Army Engineers
Taft
Fort Griswold
Benedict Arnold
Official Demand for 100000 in Back Duties
New Orleans on September 6 a formal demand for more than 100000 in back duties was sent to the American Sugar Company by Port Collector Clarence H. Herbert. United States District Attorney Beattie indicated no criminal prosecutions would follow if the claim is not settled and proceedings to recover are planned.
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New Orleans
American Sugar Company
Port Clarence
Herbert
United States
Beattie
Infatuated Pair Confess to Murder Pact and Plot
Sheriff in Shreveport reports a written confession by Mrs. C. Bailey and A. L. Watson detailing a months long plot to murder spouses so they could wed. Watson allegedly killed his wife with poison. Bailey’s husband was slain as he slept. Bailey failed earlier with poison. Watson, 45, says he struck Bailey with an axe after planning to claim both women. Special court to try the two may be convened. Bailey, 27, married Bailey six years ago. their children are in care with her parents in Myrtis Louisiana.
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Shreveport
Bailey
A. L. Watson
J. P. Flournoy
Watson
Texas
Metcalf
Jefferson
Tex
Myrtis
Flannigan
Mrs. Rawls
Broken trucks blamed for Southern wreck near Macon
In Holton nine miles from Macon Georgia officials say broken trucks on the tender of the Southern Railway passenger train No 6 from Cincinnati to Macon caused the wreck. Engineer C F Scribner was killed and the body sent to Atlanta. An unknown tramp rode the tracks in the wrecked car and disappeared after lighting a cigarette.
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Macon
Southern Railway
Cincinnati
Holton
C. F. Scribner
Atlanta
Prisoners Break Jail in Camden Night Escape
Nashville dispatch reports Sheriff Howe and a posse hunted through Camden for two inmates who escaped from jail last night. One escapee is Walter Presson, 35, held without bail on a July killing of his cousin Lewis Presson in the courthouse yard at Camden.
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Nashville
Tenn
Camden
Howe
Walter Presson
Lewis Presson
Funds Pour In 10 Investigate D Election
Campaign finance notices show rapid fund inflows for a ten candidate race. Donors include local business figures and civic groups while committees report tightening deadlines and new spatial districts.
Irregularities Reported Across South Carolina Counties
John Gary Evans mobilizes funds to probe election frauds amid rising counts of excess votes in boxes. Greenwood and Darlington counties reveal multiple irregularities with votes exceeding names and duplicate ballots.judge Jones contests votes in every county as disclosures suggest statewide irregularities.
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Columbia
S. C
John Gary Evans
State Democratic Executive Committee
Darlington
Greenwood
Greenwood County
Jones
City Registration Books Open Early in October
Brunswick prepares for a city campaign with registration books opening on the first Monday in October. A mayor and four aldermen will be elected, with several candidates rumored but none formally announced as the filing period begins.
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Brunswick
Necessary for all school children to be vaccinated
The Glynn High School health officer calls all entering public school pupils to visit the health office during the coming week for vaccination examination. Certificates will be issued to previously vaccinated pupils. others must be vaccinated before admission. The board requires vaccination for school entry.
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Glynn High School
Board of Education
Death of Lake Charles Chief After Nail Scratch
Lake Charles Louisiana September 6 blood poison from a rusty nail scratch caused the death yesterday of Chief of Police Andrew Jackson Reid.
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Lake Charles
Andrew Jackson Reid
Peaking Figures to Defeat Republicans in Vermont Contest
A report focuses on rising figures aiming to defeat the Republican slate in Vermont, highlighting key contenders and the political contest shaping the state.
Majority Against Regulars in Vermont Governor Vote
A telegram to progressive national committeeman Leslie Combs from Geo. W. Perkins in Chicago suggests a Vermont legislature alliance between progressives and Democrats to block a Republican governor. With Republicans allegedly holding a majority, Perkins notes 138 progressives and Democrats could block the GOP choice of Allen M. Fletcher, while Republicans claim broad control.
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Lexington
Vermont
Leslie Combs
Progressive Party
Geo. W. Perkins
Chicago
Allen M. Fletcher
Perkins
Mr. Combs
McCombs to Lead Campaign After Illness Ends
New York announces William F. McCombs will return to head the campaign next week after a month of illness. A North Carolina farmer E L Daughtridge sent $54.60 as a campaign contribution, claiming it came from the first sale of the first bale of cotton ginned this year in the state.
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New York
Democratic National
William F. McCombs
National Committee
E. L. Daughtridge
Edgecombty County
North Carolina
Glynn Farm and Cattle Co Seeks Incorporation
A petition for incorporation was filed in Glynn Superior Court by the Glynn Farm and Cattle Company. Incorporators are L. R. Akin S W Hunter and Linton E Allen all of Glynn County. The charter says the company will engage in general business including buying and selling farm lands real estate and operating mercantile stores with the principal office in this city.
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Glynn Superior Court
Glynn Farm and Cattle Company
L. R. Akin
S W. Hunter
Linton E. Allen
Roosevelt to Circle Texas After Senate Appearance
Progressive leaders announce Theodore Roosevelt will tour Texas in early October after testimony before the Senate contributions investigation committee in Washington. He is expected to appear before the committee around October 3 and then travel through the South as far west as Texas.
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Texas
Col. Roosevelt Houston
Tex
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Washington
South
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