Taft Speech Praises Reconstruction Amendments in Kansas City
Secretary of War William H Taft drew a large audience in Convention Hall Kansas City praising the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. He urged enforcement of equal eligibility for blacks and whites, saying the Fifteenth Amendment will stand as a bulwark for the oppressed race and urging Republicans to uphold reform without violence.
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Kansas City
Wiliam H .Taft
Association of Young Republicans of
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas Okahoma
Jatt
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
South
Mneana
Florida orders direct primary for state elections
The Democratic State Executive Committee in Florida fixed May by date for the direct primary. It calls for a first primary for all offices where a majority is not reached and a second primary if needed. A related report mentions a fire and a medical incident involving a child, with details unclear.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Mitre
United States
Consrawnon
Dts
Cardi
Manry County Historical Society Receives Donations
February meeting notes donations from Arra Holts G. E. Hogan Audevitt and others. Discussion covered Reconstruction era local conditions with papers on Ku Klux Klan and Black troops, plus plans to publish and preserve historical materials. Burdock Blood Bitters ad ends notice.
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Manry
County Historical Society
Vleming
Arra Holts
Nashville Quadrangle
Government Survey
Columbia
Robert Edward Lee
T. A. Wharton
D. D
G. E. Hogan
A. F. Audevitt
Ku Klux Klan
Invisible Empire
Wm. J. Whitthorne
Robert D. Smith
Frank H. Smith
Daughters of the Confederacy
Historical Society
Suffragettes Raid House of Commons Fails Again
London February 11 an attempted suffragette raid on the house of commons ended similarly to a previous effort. A furniture van arrived with about thirty women who rushed the entrance but only one reached the outer port. Police swarmed the scene as the plan unraveled.
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London
House of Commons
Katbre
Columbia Opera House
South
Stoneman
Lfe
Ku Klux Klan
Forrest
Silas Lynch
Ben Cameron
Franklin Ritchie
James J. Ryan
Ryan
South Carolina
Lynch
Eugenia Hayden
Fiste Stoneman
Maud Durand
Ana
Sean
Marshall Field Estate Settles Back Taxes for 1 Million
Trustees of the Marshall Field estate and the County Attorney agree on a 1 million settlement in full satisfaction of county claims for back taxes on unassessed securities. The case, filed in May 1907 for 1.73 million, follows probate actions after Marshall Field's death in 1906. City of Chicago to receive the largest share with about 59 percent, plus distributions to county, school board, library board, and minor public interests.
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Chicago
Marshall Field Estate
Marshall Meld
City of
School Board
Lbrary Board
Nine Hours Must Go Into Effect
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced it will not suspend the nine hour law for train dispatchers telegraph operators and towermen. It states it has no authority to extend or suspend the law except in specific cases where a hearing has been held and a case shown for the extension.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Lone Woman Holds Alamo Atop Historic Fort
Miss Adina De Zavala maintains a 36 hour vigil inside the Alamo Fort amid a DRT faction dispute over custody. A deputy sheriff stands guard as the court case assigns custodianship and Gov. Campbell is expected to intervene. De Zavala, granddaughter of Gen. De Zavala, faces a court injunction.
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San Antonio
Tex
Adina de Zavala
Alamo
Mise de Zavala
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Miss de Zavala
Kittrell
Houston
Alamo Mission
Gov. Campbell
Gen
de Zavala
Little child burned to death in Waynesboro
From Martin's Mills, Tenn, reports reach Waynesboro of a two year old boy, son of J A Lacefield, who died after catching fire from clothing while left asleep. The tragedy occurred Friday. mother had been at the store nearby. The piece ends with an unrelated medical ad about Dean's Pills.
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Waynesboro
Tenn
J. A. Lacefield
Martin’s Mills
Iittle
State Capitol Conspiracy Case Climax Reached at Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on February 11 the State Capitol conspiracy trial nears a climax as Stanford B. Lewis, assistant to Architect Huston, testifies that contractor John H. Sanderson resisted cutting costs to benefit others. Lewis presents a letter tied to his indictment for conspiracy and confirms a bill for 187 787 20 dollars paid to the Pennsylvania Construction Company for metallic filling cases. He states thousands were paid to Sanderson before delivery, with receipt certificates later removed, and his testimony remains unchallenged by the defense.
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Harrisburg
State Capitol
Commonwealth
Stanford B. Lewis
Joseph M. Huston
John H. Sanderson
Lewis Clso
Snyder
Lewis
Pennsylvania Construction Company
Sanderson
Capitol Furnishings
Hew
Pto
le Co
More Freak Bills Passed In Guthrid Hobble
The lower house today passed a sweeping hotel regulation measure requiring fire escapes and nine foot bed sheets. The dining room rule forbids any cup dish or receptacle for food with cracks visible to the naked eye. A corporation officers bill making concealment of books a felony faces derailment after a clash with bath houses.
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Guthrid
Okin
Brownlow Men In Conference
A long Nashville report describes Brownlow Republican leaders meeting at the Maxwell to plan contesting delegations to the Chicago National Convention, pressuring Col C H Ingram, and aiming to reshape Tennessee’s GOP as Evans forces face opposition from Brownlow supporters.
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Nashville
Tenn
Maxwell
Brownlow Republicans
Tennessee
Chicago
Col. H. Ingram
Col. Ingram
Evans
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue
Washington
Brownlow
Taft
Brownlow Men
Josef Rogera
John C. Houck
Knoxville
Thea, Taylor
Union City
Harry Anderson
Memphis
Rob J. Brown
Murfreesboro
Ernest Coldwell
Shelbyville
Jesse M. Littleton
Winchester
Nsw
Col
C. H. Ingram
Chattaooga
Mue
Vans
High Honor For Maury Countian Physician 1908 Exam
Dr G W Williamson announces that a Maury Countian achieved the highest grade among 28 applicants in the Alabama State Board of Examiners 1908 exams. Only seven physicians qualified. Dr Hamlen earned a post in Dr Sanders Montgomery office, a notable honor as Sanders leads the Board of Health.
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G. W. Williamson
Alabama State Board of Examiners
Wik Hamlen
W. H. Sanders
Sander
Montgomery
Sanders
State Board of Health
Alabama
South
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Earl S Sloan
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Mass
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