Tremendous floods devastate western republic sections
Floods in Jalisco and Colima cause 123 drownings along the Manzanillo line. Landslides bury land, a steel bridge is washed away, and a 26 ton shovel is swept away. Towns like Tuxpan and Zapotillic lose houses as Santiago river floods claim workers.
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City of
Mexico
Jalisco
Colima
Manzanillo
Mexican Central Railway
Tuxpan
Zapotillic
Santiago
Magoon Arrives as Cuba Provisional Governor in Havana
In Havana on October 10 Charles Magoon the new provisional governor arrived with Mrs Magoon and General Franklin Bell aboard the Mascotte. He conferred with Secretary Taft who announced an amnesty decree for rebels and others charged with political offenses linked to the revolution and issued orders on marine and soldier conduct toward Cubans.
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Cuba
Havana
Charles FE. Magoon
Marines Ordered Out Of Cienfuegos Over Yellow Fever
Oct 10 report from Cienfuegos states Colonel Barnet ordered immediate removal of American marines due to yellow fever outbreak. Marines were embarked on transports after a patient arrived from Cruces where two additional cases were reported.
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Uegos
Missouri River and Gulf railroad to be built soon
Kansas City October 10. The Missouri River and Gulf railroad a Harriman line will run from Kansas City to Denison and be built soon. Seven directors named including A L Berger and E F Swinney tied to Harriman interests. The line will add branches from Lehigh I T to Shreveport and from Cherokee county Kansas to Joplin Mo.
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Kansas City
Missouri River and Gulf Railroad
Harriman
Denison
A. L. Berger
Union Pacific
E. F. Swinney
Chicago and Alton
Lehigh
I. T
Shreveport
Cherookee County
Kansas
Joplin
Haystack Centennial Day Fetes Missionary Movement Start
Delegates at North Adams observe Haystack Centennial Day with sunrise prayer at the memorial, a student missionaries meeting at Jesus Hall, an academic service in Thompson Memorial chapel, and student volunteer work in the Congregational church, marking 100 years since the movement began in Williamstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Board of Commissioners
Ginve
Williamstown
Mass
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
North Adams
Zwemer
Arabia
Jessup Hall
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Williams College
Congregational Church
Marriage by Three Brothers in Kingston Ceremony
Miss Elsie Osterhout Myers of Kingston wed S N Pultz of Poughkeepsie in a Kingston home ceremony performed by the bride’s three brothers Cortland Myers Johnston Myers and Walter Myers all taking equal parts in the rites.
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Orster
New York
Elsie Osterhout Myers
Kingston
S. N. Pultz
Poughkeepsie
Cortland Myers
Brooklyn
Johnston Myers
Chicago
Walter Myers
Reading
Mass
Farmers Congress Opens as 800 Delegates Gather
Eight hundred delegates attended the opening of the Farmers National Congress in Rock Island Iowa. President Stahl urged focus on distribution of products noting production is strong but distribution is neglected by hostile interests. He said the congress must remedy faults in the distribution system. Congressman Ransdell of Louisiana spoke on water transportation.
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Mession
Rock Island, MI
Farmers’ National Congress
Stahl
Farmers’ Congress
Texas Odd Fellows to Meet Next Year in Gainesville
Short notes list upcoming events and recent actions including the Texas Odd Fellows gathering scheduled for Gainesville next year and various brief items such as Bryan's Kansas addresses and a Union Pacific board reelection at Salt Lake City.
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Texas Odd Fellows
Gainesville
W. J. Bryan
Kansas
Tamaqua
United Spanish War Veterans
Federal Grand Jury
New York City
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad
First Fall of Snow Reaches Kentucky Town
The first snow of the season fell Wednesday morning at Cynthiana Kentucky with frost in Nashville and surrounding areas. Memphis noted a light frost and Arkansas and north Mississippi reported frost as well. Cotton damage not expected. Louisville and eastern Kentucky saw light snow, breaking all records for early snowfalls.
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Farmer
Cynthiana
Memphis
Nashville and
Vicinity
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisville
Kentucky
Beaumont fireman killed in Odella railway accident
A. J. Woods of Beaumont a fireman on a log train was killed near Odella Texas in a railway accident. Dr Rhett Goode a leading railway surgeon was elected dean of the College of Alabama at Mobile.
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A. J. Woods
Beaumont
Odella
Tex
Rhett Goode
Ngs College of Alabama
Moe
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Flowete Bros
Tornado Insurance
Bryan
Parker Building
The
Oliver Typewriter
S. H. Franklin
Providence
United States Immigration and Customs
Placentia
N. F
Providence River
United States
Coast Guard
Revenue
Eastport
Cape Hatteras
Customs and Immigration
Marshal Stone
New Foundland
Cienz
J. W. Howell
U.S
First National Bank
H. 0
Boatwright
Guy M. Bryan, JR
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Grand Opera House
DANDY
Dixie Minstrels
Real Minstrel Men
John Rucker
Alabama Blossom
New York Theatre
Dixie College Rangers
Cotton Pickers’ Band
Voelcker & Nolan
Barnum & Bailey
Real Negro Minstrels
Richelieu Pure Foods
E. J. Fountain
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