Circular threats of South American boycott over Roosevelt vote
Printed circulars received by New Orleans manufacturers threaten South American countries will boycott goods of U S firms that support Roosevelt in the next election. The note, said drafted in Caracas on Sept 12, claims 117 boycott stations exist and describes a military, independent body called the Sublime Brotherhood of Leagues. It suggests Democratic ties with Latin nations.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Nw Orleans
Caracas
Venezuela
Democratic Party
Sublime Brotherhood of Leagues
San Jose
Costa Rica
Police Officers Burned in Gas Explosion at Tenement
In Columbus Ohio on October 10 three policemen were seriously burned when an empty tenement house near the Capitol hotel exploded after a gas leak. Policeman Swane y rushed to a watering trough to extinguish flames while Casey and Murray were also injured and Otis Kilbourne the gasoline wagon driver sustained injuries. Readings show tenants had removed a stove and failed to stop the gas pipe, allowing escaping gas to fill the house before the blast.
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Columbus
Capitol Hotel
Actress Florence Raymond Falls To Death In Windsor Clifton Fall
Miss Clarence McDonald stage name Florence Raymond, a chorus member of The Blue Moon company, was killed early Wednesday when she fell from a fourth story window at the Windsor Clifton hotel in Chicago. Witness Miss M de Bohnar said McDonald had joined her for a light lunch and lost her balance while seated on the window sill. McDonald, aged unknown, hailed from Brooklyn.
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Blue Moon” Company
Chicago
Clarence McDonald
Windsor Clifton Hotel
M. de Bohnar
Sill
Miss McDonald
Florence Raymond
Brooklyn
Teeth Enter Skull In Fatal Rolla Baseball Collision
In Rolla Missouri on October 10 two teammates Clark and McKee collided while attempting to catch a ball. McKee died almost instantly and Clark, the taller man, was knocked unconscious. It was reported that Clark’s upper teeth pierced McKee’s forehead and embedded in the skull before breaking off.
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Rolla
Clark
McKee
Fatally Shot in Hoffman Alleged Attentions Cause Deed
Charles Arthur was fatally shot by Dr. O J Wright in Hoffman I T with Wright under arrest. The shooting followed alleged attentions of Arthur to Wright's wife. Two killed at Kingstone Lumber plant when fly wheel burst injuring W A Davis and E C Wiley. Harry Wynne severely stung by a village hornet in Fort Worth and remained in serious condition.
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O. J. Wright
Hoffman
I. T
Charles Arthur
Arthur
Wright
Shreveport
Kingstone Lumber Company
Kingstone
de Soto Parish
W. A. Davis
Sawyer E. C. Wiley
Cotton Market Opens Firm on Frost Anxiety
New York on October 10 saw the cotton market open firm with gains of 14 to 22 points as higher cables and frost concerns spread from central and western belt regions.
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New York
Blast at Illinois Steel Plant Kills Two. Five Injured
Chicago Oct. 10. A blast furnace explosion at the Illinois Steel Company works in South Chicago causes one man to die at once and another to succumb later with five others injured.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
South Chicago
Deaths of Dr Max Hempel and CholeraReport
Dr Max Hempel aged forty three dies in St Louis from stomach cancer. He was a noted German educator and writer on scientific topics. Two cholera deaths reported in Paris dispatch from Rotterdam at Blotehdaul and Oranjouwo. Mrs Jefferson Davis reported as having passed a comfortable night in New York following Tuesday night.
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St. Louis
Max Hempel
Paris
le Eclair
Rotterdam
Blotehdaul
Oranjouwo
New York
Jefferson Davis
Witness Describes Mrs Brouwer's Sufferings in Trial
Miss Dedley's dramatic testimony at the Brouwer trial details Mrs Brouwer's agony after taking medicines prepared by her husband Dr Brouwer. She recalls the blue face and contorted limbs as the dose took effect and notes improvement when nurse’s remedies were used instead. Brouwer remains attentive during the testimony.
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Mise Ura Dudley
One River
N. J
Miss Dedley
Frank Brouwer
Miss Dudley
Supreme Court Hears Gross Receipts Tax Case
The Texas Supreme Court spent all its session Wednesday on the Love gross receipts tax law constitutional challenge. Railroads seek an injunction. the trial court denied it. the Third District Civil Appeals ruled the law unconstitutional, sending the case up by writ of error. Public figures Hawkins Pollard and Love argued for the state. Garwood Freeman and Terry for the railroads. The railroad commission reports 200 miles of new track in seven months and 1,500 miles projected. Secretary of State receipts for September totaled 8545 dollars.
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Supreme Court
Austin
Court of Civil Appeals
Third District
Hawkins
Pollard
Representative Love
Garwood, Freeman and Terry
Railroad Commission
Secretary of State
Detective Meyer Expired After Courthouse Shooting
Houston detective F P Meyer died at 6 am after being shot twice as he left the courthouse Tuesday night. He had investigated liquor-law violations at Trinity and Groveton last June and the cases were to be tried Tuesday. Groveton residents were greatly stirred with no arrests yet.
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Houston
F. P. Meyer
Meyer
Trinity
Groveton
SEEKING HUSBAND SENDS GEORGIA WIFE TO TEXAS
Mrs M C Taylor and her four children arrived in Dallas from Georgia seeking her husband. She says Mr Taylor sent a dated Dallas letter asking her to come at once for a good job as a paper hanger. She has not located him and notes he is a Mason Maccabee Woodman and Odd Fellow in good standing.
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Georgia
Texas
Dallas
M. C. Taylor
Resolutions Favor Separate Medical Examiner Boards Adopted
Fort Worth Texas Homeopaths and Eclectics adopted resolutions favoring separate examining boards for different medical schools. New officers elected include H B Styles of Waco as president W L Freeman Gifford of San Antonio as vice president Julia H Bass of Austin as secretary and L Pollock of Fort Worth as treasurer.
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Fort Worth
Texas Homeopaths and Eclectics
H. B. Styles
Waco
W. L. Freeman Gifford
San Antonio
Julia H. Bass
Austin
L. Pollock
Saloon Owner Arrested Over Death of Jack Barry
Developments in the case of Jack Barry found dead in the rear of Billy McCarthy's saloon led to the saloon owner being arrested by the chief of police on murder charges. Barry was found with a bottle containing carbolic acid, initially suspected to be suicide.
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Jack Barry
Galveston
Billy McCarthy
Mule Incident Leaves Old Man Dead in Waxahachie
Waxahachie Texas October 10 Uncle Pierce Swafford aged seventy two was thrown from a mule his feet entangled in plow gear dragging him a distance and his head beaten to a pulp in a fatal accident with the animal.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Pierce Swafford
Robbery and crime reports from Texas counties
In Hutchins area a farmer named Knott was knocked down by a Black cotton picker he employed and robbed of $10. A Denison frost damaged no cotton in the lowlands. In McKinney L Tarpley pleaded guilty to burglary and received five years.
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Dallas
This County
Hutchins
Knott
Denison
McKinney
L. Tarpley
Americans Win First Game of World Series Narrow Victory
Chicago reports the American League clinched game one of the world series 2 to 1 over the National League pennant winners. An early error decided the margin as thousands waited for tickets in snow amid a small crowd of 12,693 at the park.
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Chicago
National League Park
Cheer fills stadium as early fog and rain fears melt
Thousands endured cold and rain fears to watch a tense ball game. Roche sparked the Nationals with a third base hit, Kling fumbled a key play, Altrock and Jones contributed for the Americans as the crowd roared after a tight finish and celebrations spilled into streets and cars.
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Schulte
Nationals
Roche
Schreckard
Donohue
Dougherty
Brown
Kling
Altrock
Hahn
Jones
Hoffman
Isbell
Shreckard
Steinfeldt
Hohe
Bailey Criticizes Foes in Fort Worth Speech
In Fort Worth on Oct 10 Senator Bailey addressed about 3000 people. He mocked three kinds of liars and predicted a short next Congress. He named two opposing parties and residents of the city and was introduced by Colonel R M Wynne as cheers rose to endorse his views.
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Bailey
Fort Worth
Congress
R. M. Wynne
Good Government Club Plans 10000 Open Letter Flyers
Houston October 11 H F Ring president of the Good Government club says the group will distribute 10000 copies of the open letter by Hon Vallen Thomas of Waco. The letter discusses Senator Bailey and alleged ties to the Waters-Pierce Oil company in Texas and St Louis.
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Houston
H. F. Ring
The
Good Government Club
Vallen Thomas
Waco
Bailey
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
St. Louis
Five Terrorists Hanged After Drumhead Trial in Lodz
Five terrorists sentenced to death by a drumhead court martial were hanged Wednesday morning in Lodz. Workers across factories including street railway employees schoolteachers and newspaper staff joined the strike in protest of drumhead trials.
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Lodz
Rockefeller May Testify in Oil Case
Findlay Ohio October ten Judge Banker ruled that John D Rockefeller could testify no Standard Oil company case. The decision marks a victory for the prosecution after an hour and a half of arguments.
Archbishop Bond of Canada Dies at Ninety One
Montreal October 10 Archbishop Bond primate of all Canada for the Anglican church died here Tuesday at age ninety one. He had led the church for decades and was a respected ecclesiastical figure in Canada.
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Montreal
Archbishop Bond
All Canada
Anglican Church
Promise Fulfilled by Chicago States Attorney Healey
Chicago reports that States Attorney John J. Healey turned over $51,213 in office fees to Cook County for the past two years. He had pledged before the election to take the statutory $10,000 salary and remit all fees to the county, a historic surrender in the county’s history.
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Chicago
States
John J. Healey
Cook County
Healey
Glidden Dies at 93, Barbed Wire Inventor Passes Away
Chicago reports Joseph H. Glidden, inventor of the barbed wire fence, is dead at his Dekalb home aged ninety three. In Mansfield Texas a woman died from burns after her clothing caught fire from a lamp at 8 PM Monday.
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Chicago
Joseph H. Glidden
Dekalb, Ill
Mansfield
Tex
John H. Harrison
Dazzling 18th Century London Lighting For Coronation
A French visitor to London during the 1727 coronation praises street lighting and a grand banquet display. He notes lanterns and glass globes outside houses, multiple candles in chandeliers, and a dramatic ignition that lit the hall as the king appeared.
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George Sr
London
M. Saussure
Westminster Hall
Dosing and Snuff Use Among African Tribes
A physician extols Rochelle salts as a spring stomach aid and praises soda as harmless, endorsing a mixture of Rochelle salts and bicarbonate. The piece then notes long standing snuff use among Zulu, Swazi, Basuto, and Matabele, detailing snuff boxes worn at the ear and other cultural snuff habits including a Natal house boy collecting safety pins in his ears.
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South Africa
Natal
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Wilson Grain & Coal CO
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Nat'l Bank
Monroe
EDGE
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Foley
Bright’s
Weith
John Wittman
W. C. Fountain
Crown and Bridge
Burt Norwid
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
Main Street
Jood
H. D. Evans
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