Roosevelt Speaks on Panama Canal amid Jacksonville Welcome
President Roosevelt visits Jacksonville on October 21, reviewing a civic parade and addressing a large crowd. He asserts the Panama Canal will benefit the nation, especially the Mexico and Pacific slopes, and pledges careful engineering, health gains, and peaceful conduct toward neighboring republics.
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Broward
Nolin
Werner
Board of Trade
United States
Taliaferro
Mallory
Crogressman Sparkmen
Lamar
Clark
Wilson
Carter
Lovell
First
Florida Regiment
Loeb
Seminole Club
Panama Canal
Mexico
Pacific
Isthmus
South America
Sam
Cariibean Sea
United Staes
Cuba
Florida style procession for presidential party
A decorated motor journey through the city featured flowers national colors oranges and alligators. The drive included a grammar school review and an address to students at Florida Colored Baptist academy. The special traveled slowly to ensure comfort, taking about seven and a half hours for the 148 mile Mason route with Friday night stops.
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Florida
Florida Colored Baptist Academy
Mason
Paddock Protests Against Nashville Revenue Request
Captain B. B. Paddock dispatches Secretary Shaw urging no favorable construction of the revenue laws for the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and the daughter of the president, arguing against any preferential treatment in enforcement.
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Secretary of Treasury
Nashville
Fort Worth
B. B. Paddock
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce of
Tenn
Ticket brokers barred from Dallas rail tickets
Dallas railroads filed a petition in the Fourteenth district court seeking a permanent injunction to stop ticket brokers from buying or selling any railroad tickets issued by the roads.
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Ing
Fourteenth District Court
Dallas
Prohibition Enters Effect in Williamson County
Georgetown Texas October 21 Prohibition goes into effect Friday next marking the first time saloons will close in Williamson County history and likely reshaping local business and social life.
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Georgetown
Tex
Williamson County
Cold snap hits Louisiana as fever cases fall
The forecasted cold spell pushed temperatures into the forties across Louisiana with New Orleans at 52 degrees and some areas near freezing. Fever cases declined citywide and statewide, with only one fatality Friday. Kenner and Gulfport hospitals faced closures or reduced activity as duties shifted. Patterson saw one new fever case and most nurses were recalled home.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Kenner Hospital
Patterson
Gulf Coast
Gulfport
Tennessee Quarantine Raised in Memphis
Memphis reports the Tennessee quarantine has been lifted as of October 21, ending restrictions that affected local commerce and travel. Officials noted improvements in public health conditions and announced resumed normal activities.
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Tennessee
Memphis
Profitable Hold Up Near Herrville
An Italian, representative of the Italian Bank of Philadelphia, was robbed of about $3000 by two highwaymen near Herrville while driving to the railway station. Payday deposits from men on the Pennsylvania company’s new line were the target. the victim traveled to Philadelphia after the incident without notifying Lancaster police.
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Herrville
Italian Bank of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Company
Philadelphia
Lancaster Police
Fatal Hat Chase Kills Two in Illinois
A Chicago Tribune dispatch from Kankakee Illinois reports Joseph Turpis of St Louis was instantly killed after touching an energized wire while chasing his hat blown off by the wind at Chatsworth. William Meister who tried to drag Turpis from the wire also died in the incident.
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Tribune
Kankakee
Till
Joseph Turpis
St. Louis
Chatsworth
William Meister
Cholera Toll Rises Outside Manila with 14 Cases and 12 Deaths
For six days Manila reports no cholera cases while provinces record fourteen new infections and twelve deaths on Friday.
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Manila
Senator John Birge Killed in Runaway Carriage
Bristol Conn Oct 21 Senator John Birge prominent Republican manufacturer was killed when a horse he was driving ran away throwing him from his carriage to the curb.
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Bristol
Conn
John Birge
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