Tariff conference tips toward free raw materials report
President Taft pressures Republican leaders at the tariff conference to back a report favoring reduced duties on raw materials with possible extensions to iron ore coal hides and lumber. Aldrich Crane and Cannon discuss framing the conference report while factional protests grow among progressives and insurgents over free hides and other protections.
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Washington
Tuit
White House
Semtes Crane
Aldrich
Cannon
Hed & Jong
Crane
Conferess
House
Senate
Seno
Bristow and
Cummins
Taft
Idaho
Capitol
Congress
Fragmented OCR Text About Senate Meeting Attendance
The readable parts speak of a Senate related event with references to a conference and participants. The exact names and places are unclear due to garbled OCR. No definitive actions or outcomes can be established from the fragment.
Auto Strikes Noted Scorcher Jelf Down In Chicago
Jelf, famed speedster who ran 2 miles in thirty seconds, was struck crossing Michigan Avenue by a car named Rimabout. Strang shouted as Oldfield leaped aside but the racer was hit. He suffered facial wounds and injuries and was taken to St Luke's Hospital for treatment. The incident occurred near a cigar stand as Oldfield and Strang tried to cross the street.
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Jelf
Michigan Avenue
Oldfield Res Leais Strang
Strang
Oldfield
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago
Widow Tosses Husband's Ashes Into the Sea at Atlantic City
Atlantic City July 21 crowds gathered as Matilda Dreunis threw the cremated remains of her husband John Drewing into the sea after a Philadelphia cremation. The act followed his last request and drew a sensational scene as spectators watched the black cremation box emptied.
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Atlantic City
Patthjfally
John Drewing
Philadelphia
Matilda Dreunis
Dretting
Colored Baptists In Session At Perry Hill Church
The Duck River Missionary Baptist Sunday School Convention met at Perry Hill Baptist Church near Bigbyville from July 15 through 18. Officers reelected: Rev M P Riley president, R Hayden vice president, A J Armstrong secretary, Miles Lizzie Bradshaw assistant secretary, QJ W Williams treasurer. The association plans its fortieth annual session at Mt Hope Baptist Church Spring Hill, the Thursday before the third Sunday in August 1909, with Rev I B Spratten moderator and A J Armstrong secretary.
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Duck River Missionary Baptist Sunday School Convention
Perry Hill
Bigbyville
M. PB. Riley
R. Hayden
A. J. Armstrong
Miles Lizzie Bradshaw
QJ. W. Willams
Duck River Missionary Baptist Association
Mt Hope Baptist Church
Spring Hill
Spratten
Anderson Banker Holleman Absconds With 35000
July 21 report reveals Ceshler J. T. Holleman of the Bank of Anderson fled Sunday morning after embezzling about 35000 dollars. A letter to the bank president says he lost the funds in cotton futures speculation.
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Anderson
Ceshler J. T. Holleman
Bank of Anderson
Holleman
Sammy Sanders Charged With House Breaking
Sammy Sanders, a colored youth, was jailed on a house breaking charge as City Marshal Morgan, who has worked the case for a month, alleges he broke into the Houser and Hardison stores and took various items, noting his noted sweet tooth.
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Sammy Sanders
Sammy
Morgan
Houser
Hardison
Prison Mob Kills Albert Lawson at Depot and Jailyard
A mob of several hundred seized the jail keys at the depot, dragged Albert Lawson to the courthouse yard, and with rope hanged him after a brief scuffle. Despite the sheriff’s pistol, Lawson allegedly shot the sheriff in the neck en route to the jail. Great excitement followed as authorities struggled to contain the unrest.
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Compton
Lawson
Brera
Ton Recovery Hopes After Shooting Trial Contention
Lawson maintains the shooting was an accident claiming no finger on the trigger and says he feared execution after leaving town while expressing anxiety to confess.
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Comp. Ton
Lawson
Judge Grants Divorce Over Ill Temper and Bad Breath
A Western judge grants a divorce on grounds of ill temper and bad breath. An advertisement for Dr. King's New Life Pills claims to cure constipation causing bad breath and liver trouble, claiming relief from headaches chills and improving health, priced at 25 cents at druggists.
Payne's Dander Up in House Conference Row
Payne angrily protested at a conference meeting over House bill passage. He warned he would not sign a conference report merely because a majority of House Republican conferees agreed to it. He urged House colleagues to stand firm and press for a stronger outcome.
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Fordney
Payne
Aldrich
Senate
House
Payne Ia
President Taft invited to Nashville on return trip
Washington July 20. Representatives Burns and Fost handed invitations from Tennessee Fair Association and Board of Trade to President Taft at the White House. The President said he hopes to visit Nashville later this year, with a definite trip west planned around September 15 and a southern swing including New Orleans in October. He urged Nashville to invite him for a return stop in late October or after his New Orleans visit.
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Washington
Repre Burns
Will House
Robert Burch
Tennes
Fair Association
W. Fost
Board of Trade
Nashville
New Orleane
Nasl
Getibir
New Orivol
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