Opposition To Speaker Cannon Triggers House Rules Battle
Washington reports a looming fight over the sixty first congress rules as opposition to Speaker Cannon grows. Taft's stance on tariff revision and party unity shapes early maneuvers while leaders push to shield Cannon amid a broader push to revise house rules since 1887. Jenkins loses reelection amid focus on house rules.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Presidentelect Tati
Joseph G. Cannon
Taft
House
Mr. Cannon
Hot Springs Way
Republican Party
Cannon
Payne
Ways and Meets
Mr.Taft
Mr. Taft
John J. Jenkins
Wisconsin
Milkmen and Beeftrust Weddings Stir City Society
In New York Mr Milkman is soon to be married and society is agog. In Chicago the wedding of one of the Beeftrust men creates a genuine stir in the porkocracy.
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Mr. Milkman
New York
Chicago
Messrs
Beeftrust
Porkocracy
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS PROMINENT CLAIM
A Columbia Tennessee reader endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble, noting dramatic relief after use. He cites personal improvement after purchasing from a local drugstore and recommends the remedy to others, mentioning that his mother and wife also benefited. The ad cites Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents and price at 60 cents.
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Columbia
Dean
D. J. Dugger
Garden
Columbia,Tenn
Erverel
Adam & Martin's
Down
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Castle Heights loses to Lebanon in tight battle
In Lebanon Tenn Nova The football clash saw Castle Heights and Coste Heights School battle a hard fought game. Despite outmatched size the Castle Heights squad showed grit with Captain Ward Teachout and Barker shining while injuries hampered key players. Both teams played cleanly. referees Hamilton Vanderbilt and Bushyhead called a fair contest in five 10-minute periods.
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Lebanon
Tenn
Nova
Coste Heights
Colimmith Military Academy
Ron
Hoyle
Clark
Davis
J. Ward
Castle
Cmain
Capt. Anderson
Vanderbilt
Bowron
Martin
Castle Heights
Teachout
Ward
Barker
M. A
Illinois Training School Nurses Inherit Ammon Legacies
Three Illinois Training School for Nurses graduates receive bequests from Walter E. Ammon, former Jersey City batterine maker, after his murder in New York. Nellie G. Miller gets 500 dollars, Freda B. Phelps 500, Alice L. Voight 1500, with other gifts to women in New York and Jersey City linked to his firm and the will.
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Chicago
Illinois Training School For Nurses
Walter E. Ammon
Nellie G. Miller
Freda B. Phelps
Alice L. Voight
Ammon
Jersey City
N. J
Auditorium Hotel
Miss Miller
J. B. Hertick
Frank Billings
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Ammon
Pennsylvania Station
Andrew McGrath
Magdalena B. Williams
Jersey
Miss Williams
Austria Ready to Battle in Balkans Crisis
November dispatches report Austria Hungary determined to press demands and crush any move by Serbia or Montenegro. Bulgaria weighs options amid rumors of Austro Bulgarian coordination while Turkey’s crusade in Macedonia raises fears of civil rights guarantees for Bulgars. Reports from Adrianople note Turkish troops looting villages and harming residents in the conflict zone.
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Bulgaria
SOFSA
Bulgaris
Adgsaris-Hungary
Turkey
Austria
Macedonia
Adrianople
Seria
Derekenyard
Girl Detective Catches Robber in Chicago
Miss Amelie Ernsten, a 25 year old from Germany, tailed and identified Edward Kelley, a man who robbed her six weeks earlier of 125 dollars and a gold watch after he and a partner led her to Washington park. She alerted officers Powers and Dowling and Kelley was arrested. he admitted involvement but did not reveal his accomplice.
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Chicago
Amelie Ernstensaat Hight
Edward Kelley
Ernsten
America
Germmany
Washington Park
Kelley
Officers Powers and Dowling
Divorces Granted Across States in Early 1900s
Washington reports that nearly one million divorces were granted in the United States in the prior score of years. Kentucky tallied 30,641. Tennessee 30,417. Indiana 60,721. Illinois led with 2,209 divorces, followed by Ohio and Texas. Kentucky’s rate in 1900 stood at eighty four per 100,000, with 10,248 divorces from 1867 to 1886.
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Washington
United States
Kentucky
Tennessee
South Dakota
Ohio
Texas
Hitchcock Named Postmaster General for Taft Cabinet
Hot Springs Va November 24 Frank I L Hitchcock has been offered and will occupy the post of Postmaster General The official announcement of this choice will not be made until Taft completes his cabinet The plan aims for an en bloc announcement and fixes Hitchcock status among the principals with full understanding among all parties involved Hitchcock as Republican National Committee member has deep knowledge of party personnel valuable to Taft throughout his administration
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Hot Springs
Frank Il Hitchcock
Taft
Hitchcock
Yale team disbands after season ending banquet
Yale players dispersed for rest with plans for next year unsettled. Captaincy to be chosen in two weeks, with Ted Coy and Steve Philbin favored. Coaching shakeup looming as alumni press for Tad Jones or Howard Jones, receipts projected at about 70 400 for the season.
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Yale
Eye
New Haven
Conn
New York ‘Times
New Haven House
Plang
Ted Coy
Steve Philbin
Witnees
Coy
Philbin
New York
Yle
Howard Junes
Syracuse
Jones
Pearse
Annapolis
Princeton
Four Prisoners Flee City Jail in Jackson Tenn
Jackson Tenn Nov 29 The city calaboose sawed iron bars and a shut window as four or five prisoners escaped last night The escapees were D A Latour pistol carrying with a $40 fine Henry Johnson colored bootlegging under $100 Mack Anderson bootlegging $100 fine and Price Rogers $50 for bootlegging One other prisoner a negro slept and knew nothing of the plot.
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Jackson
Tenn
Calaboose
D. A. Latour
Henry Johnson
Mack Anderson
Price Rogers
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers $100 Reward
The readers learn about Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The ad states the remedy is taken internally and works through the blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 reward for any uncured case, and directs readers to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggiate
Indictments for Mob Members in Walnut Log Raid
Witnesses testified before the grand jury in Union City as indictments loom. One witness provided new testimony on the Walnut Log murder, with other indictments expected to name most men in custody, including figures tied to Hornbeak. Fifty first degree murder charges anticipated, covering suspects in Nashville.
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Union City
Walnut Log
John White
Hornbeak
Squire Tate
Sev
Troy
Violently Insane Passenger Wounds Man on Train Near Greeneville
On a Southern Railway passenger train near Greeneville Tennessee John Parker of Washington County became violently insane. He pulled oil and fired at others wounding a young man named Lowery in the left leg. Parker was overpowered, two pistols found, and he was jailed at Greeneville with relatives notified.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Greeneville
John
Parker
Washington County
Lowery
Bank Robbery Foiled in Cassville Four Captured
Four gunmen who blew the Citizens Bank safe at Rocky Comfort at 8 20 this morning and took 3200 dollars in cash were captured by Sheriff ER A O'Dwyer. Two were found near Eureka Springs while the other two were arrested on a Frisco train headed to Fort Smith Arkansas.
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Cassville
Citizens’ Bank
Rocky Comfort
ER. A. O'Dwyer
Eureka Springs
Fort Smith
Ark
Land Sale in Maury County Probate Court Decree Auctioned
Land in the 11th Civil District of Maury County Tennessee will be sold at public auction on December 5th 1908 at the Maury County Court House Colima Tenn to the highest bidder The tract described begins at the southeast corner and runs along Corll and Hines lines to the northeast corner then west to a public road south along the road to the old Martin Wood and Cox line back to the beginning Containing about 2 acres Terms cash day of sale remaining due within one to two years notes with security bearing interest required Some land is withheld from equity of redemption H W Thomas Clerk J H Dinning solicitor for the committee Vanovet
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Thomas Ceci
Maury County
Tennessee
Chase
Uate
Dear Fi
Colima
Maury Co
S. E. Corny
Yunulis
Hine
N. BE. Oprner
Martin Wood
Cox
Jacob Cox
Joseph Ceol
H.W. Thomas
J. H. Dinning
Non-Resident Notice in Koca-Nola Company Case
In Maury County Chancery Court Tennessee Emmeret Caldwell files bill against The Koca-Nola Company a body corporate alleging indebtedness An attachment on the company estate was levied and a rule day set for April 1909 in Columbia The notice appears in Columbia Herald with four-week publication starting November 20 1908 and final publication prior to the rule day
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Koca-Nola Company
Atlanta
Chancery
Maury
Tennessee
Emmeret Caldwell
Chancery Court
Columbia
Sam Holding
Gall Chancery
Colutitla
Columbia Heral
A.N. Akin
M H
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