Roosevelt Addresses Pilgrim Monument Cornerstone Event
President Roosevelt delivers a keynote address at Provincetown Massachusetts on August 20, praising the Puritans for shaping America and warning against losing their legacy. He stresses individual initiative balanced with communal effort and condemns socialism while urging steady moral progress and civic duty.
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Provincetown
Mass
United States
Ireland
Europe
Virginia
Massachuusetts
Roosevelt
Columbia University
Taft Addresses National Issues at Columbus Event
Secretary Taft spoke at Memorial Hall under the Buckeye Republican club auspices praising Roosevelt reforms while opposing government ownership of railroads. He warned of huge costs to national debt and praised the jail penalty restoration, referencing Bryan and Brownsville, with strong praise for Roosevelt and Republican leadership.
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Columbus, CO
Memorial Hall
Taft
Buckeye Republican Club
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Publc
Elkins
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Brownsville
War Department
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Congress
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Caountry
Garfield to Indians Urges Lawful Voting at Meeting
Secretary Garfield addresses Tishomingo Indians urging obedience to the law and calling all Indians to vote on election day. The Mississippi Choctaw held a brief conference and were told to destroy whiskey bottles and report any white man found with liquor to officials.
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Tishomingo
I. T
Garfield
Railroad panel cuts freight rates on corn and wheat
Lincoln Nebraska August 20 railroad commission issued an order reducing freight rates by 10 cents per 100 pounds on corn and 13 cents on wheat within the state. The ruling affects shipments moving from Nebraska grain elevators to loading points, easing transportation costs for farmers and merchants.
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Lincoln, Neb
Railroad Commission
Employee bound over for stealing peanuts in Macon
Eddie Styles, a negro, was bound over to the city court by Recorder Cabaniss for stealing a handful of peanuts from his employer H. C. Good who runs a Poplar street store. The value of the stolen goods was 25 cents.
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Macon
Eddie Styles
Cabaniss
H. C. Good
Poplar Street
Hargis Case Remanded to Breathitt County
Lexington Kentucky reports the Hargis case will be remanded back to Breathitt county for further proceedings.
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Breathitt County
Lexington
Hargis
Young Lady's Rash Act Ends in Suicide
Lonoke Arkansas August 20 Miss Lilllie Stroud used chloroform to end her life in a suicide attempt.
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Lonoke, Ark
Lilllie Stroud
Nan Elizabeth Sinks Above Dublin on Oconee River
In Dublin Georgia on August 20 the Nan Elizabeth sank several miles upstream on the Oconee river. This marks the third boat to sink within the last two years.
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Dublin
Oconee
Freight Train Wreck Near Newton Mississippi
On the Alabama and Vicksburg railroad between Newton and Hickory fifteen cars of a freight train were wrecked. Some cars were badly demolished.
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Newton
Miss
Alabama and Vicksburgh
Here
Hickory
Peter Pan Retired After Training Injury
Saratoga N Y Aug 20 James E Keene’s star Peter Pan has ended his racing career due to a recent training injury and has been sent to Castleton stud farm in Kentucky. Peter Pan’s earnings total $112,390 with $85,240 earned this season.
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Saratoga
N. Y
James E. Keene
Peter Pan
Castleton Stud Farm
Kentucky
Five Fall With Scaffold In Bainbridge
In Bainbridge Georgia on August 20 a scaffold collapsed with five workers plunging about fifty feet. Two men sustained serious injuries while the others escaped with minor harm.
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Bainbridge, Ga
Landslide Smothers Mrs. Dills and Grandson in Sylvia
In Sylvia North Carolina on August 20 Mrs Susan Dills and her grandson were killed when a landslide buried their home authorities report the tragedy and ongoing investigations are expected.
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Sylvia
N. C
Susan Dills
B F Bair Drops Dead in Pauls Valley Hotel
Pauls Valley Oklahoma reports B F Bair dropped dead in a local hotel. The death occurred on August 20 and authorities are noting the incident as a sudden collapse with no immediate explanation. The report lists no additional details about cause or surviving relatives.
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National Biscuit Co
Uneeda Biscuit
Graham
Nabisco
Fig Newton Social Tea
Coco Pree
Zu Zu Barnum’s Animals
Howell & Newton Incorporated
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Joe B. Reed
Friend-In-Need Society
M. H. James
Bryan Steam Laundry
aPhone 70
E. Rohde
James & Nunn
New England
Buckeye State Capital
Parsons
Bottling Works
W. A.watkins
Gordon-Sewall Grocery Company
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney's
Paul M. Raysor
James’ Drugstore
Bryan, Texas
R. Blatte
Spencer Ford
J. D. Ganter
Jewe'er
N.jambetta
B. Hudson
W. W. Wilson
Franklin Texas
Hudson & Wilson Attorneys At Law
Bryan and Franklin, Texas
Brazos and
Robertson Counties
Dr. J. F. Eaves
Smith Building
Willis
W. F. Miller
Prop
Best Gollar
R.H. Brogdon
Prop'r
RIZ Otto's Restaurant
Parsons’ Building
North Main Street
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