Early Cotton Plan Will Kill Weevil in Georgia
Georgia agricultural officials J D Price and entomologist Lee Worsham return from Louisiana after visiting the Talinlab and Maxwell Yerger plantation to study the cotton weevil. They urge planting early, claim educated farmers will show results, and predict a strong Georgia crop with good prices despite a national shortfall.
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Atlanta
J. D. Price
Lee Worsham
Louisiana
Talinlab
Mr. Worsham
Georgia
United States
A. J. Speir
Fannie Hoyt
Woodrow Wilson
Edmiont Park
Thousands view body of Gaynor in tribute line
William J. Gaynor lay in state at City Hall as thousands file past the coffin despite heavy rain. Police and firemen guard the bier while the crowd, mainly middle class with women and children, passes in a silent procession along Lower Broadway and City Hall Park. Officials call it a remarkable tribute to the dead mayor.
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New York
City Hall
William J. Gaynor
Lower Broadway
City Hall Park
Kline
Gaynor
Liverpool
Palais of Victory
Assassin of Madero Killed by Mexican Troops
Washington reports that Francisco Cardenas, accused by Mexican Constitutionalists of assassinating former president Francisco I Madero, was himself killed. He was reportedly ambushed in Michoacan while leading federal troops sent by Huerta, to prevent disclosure of orders issued during Madero’s February 22 killing.
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Washington
Francisco Cardenas
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
Cardenas
Michoalan
Huerta
Madero
National Palace
Mexico City
Great Cavalry Review for President Washington
President Wilson will review the largest mounted troop aggregation in Washington since the Civil War. The Tenth Eleventh and Fifteenth Cavalry regiments, encamped at Winchester Virginia since mid July, will break camp October 1.
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Washington
Wilson
Grant
Sheridan
Winchester
Robbed of Cash and Jewels in Rome
John L. Seay and family were dining when a thief familiar with the home entered and broke open a trunk, stealing 360 dollars and valuables. The jewelry and most of the cash were recovered nearby, with 90 dollars missing. Seay recovered the money and deposited it in a bank.
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Rome
John L. Seay
Seay
Georgia Items Highlight Local Weather and Court News
Reports from multiple Georgia towns note increased quail and squirrel populations, a cyclone damaging property in Dawson, and a $10,000 damages award in Thomasville for a fatal oil explosion. Athens officials debate salaries, Columbus considers a $450,000 municipal waterworks bond, Americus appoints a new postmaster, and Valdosta reports steady sea island prices amid strong harvest conditions.
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Lyerly
Dawson
J. H. Lewis
Southern Grocery Company
Central Railway
Dawson Cotton Oil Company
Thomasville
G. W. Reagan
Och
Locknee
Standard Oil Company
Reagan
Standard Oil
Athens
City Court of
West
Columbus
City of
Sea Island
Miilen
Edna Perkins Godbee
Jenkins County
Atlanta
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Commerss
Association
Commissioner of Commerce and Labor
Stanley
Capitol
Covington
Albany
A. D. Oliver
L. C. Harding
Georgia Bank
Mississippi
Clayton Jones
Macon
Smith
South
Wilson
Young Women's Christian Association
Tifton
Tift County
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Price
Forrest Adair
Yaarab Temple
Adair
Atlanta-ward
Imperial
William W. Irwin
West Virginia
Mercer
Staton
Jesse Mercer
Mr. Mercer
Slaton
Democratic Party
Elberta
State Prison Commission
Cook
Franklin
Texas
Will Davis
Tom Hodges
Tom Rushing
Will Maxwell
Rushing
Hodges
Maxwell
Davis
Budapest
Nagy-Varad
L. E. Peterman
T. M. Smith
Windham
E. E. Jarrell
Jarrell Warehouse Company
Farmers Union Warehouse
J. R. Harmon
Scalesman
Butler, Georgia
Union
Taylor County
Edward's Warehouse
J. C. McCants
H. H. Riley
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F. E. Glover
Reynolds, GA
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