Unseasonable Cold Wave Grips Much of Nation
A harsh cold wave blankets the western and central United States with record lows and frost warnings from the Great Lakes to the Southwest. Weather Bureau reports confirm no immediate summer warmth, with Michigan and lake region frosts, and warnings extended from the Middle Atlantic to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Forecasters attribute the pattern to persistent high pressure and cold north winds, noting no prior approach to such abnormal weather since 1882.
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Washington
Ecu
Rocky Mountains
Im Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
Lower Lake Region
Wronr
Mls
Rio Grande River
Red River Valley
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Franenfield
Take Good Care Of Your Clothing Card
Practical household guidance urges careful garment care to extend wear. Instructions cover drying damp items, brushing once dry, dustproof closets, mending hooks and buttons, relining coats, and repairs to underwear stockings and drawers with step by step thrift minded tips.
The Probabilities in a Fragmented Conversation
A fragmented dialogue hints at a serious engagement discussion between two individuals. One speaker addresses a fatherly figure and a looming threat from an American foe, with uneasy emotional stakes and a sense of protective tension.
Work on Line Begins Today for Nashville Interurban
Construction starts today at 1 p m on the Franklin and Nashville road near Mt s German s place with 50 to 150 workers and planned expansion to several hundred. Contracts for the Nashville to Mt Pleasant segment expected within 15 days, with full line completion under 18 months. Key figures include H H Mayberry James B Smith contractor John Tindle and D A Proctor with financial backing by Patrick Hirsch & Co Nashville American reports progress toward free right of way and rapid completion.
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Nashville
Ho H. Mayberry
Nashville Interurban Railway
Setire
Franklin & Nashville
Mts
Dan German
Franklin
Mayberry
Mt. Pleasant
Net Baxter, Jr
Joseph Frank
Jnc. A. Pitts
John T. Landis
H. H. Mayberry
Irvin Franke
Franklin, Tenn
Jno. Smith, Jr
Lebanon
D. A. Proctor
Cincinnati
Franklin, Teon
Nashville Interurban
Patrick Hirsch & Co
New York
Nashville American
Snowshoe Rabbit Described Amid Arctic Claims
The piece extols the snowshoe rabbit as a sua sponte adaptation to winter, detailing its seasonal color change from brown to white and likening the creature to a natural snowshoe. It compares it with other animals and emphasizes its ability to “skim over the surface” of snow.
Carmack for Governor Seen Invincible In Tennessee
The Memphis News-Scimitar asserts E W Carmack will run for governor of Tennessee, backed by temperance forces seeking strict enforcement of anti liquor laws. Patterson’s record fuels reform opposition while Carmack’s leadership is portrayed as inevitable and decisive.
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E W Carmack
Patterson
Tennessee
Japd
Temperance People of
Carmack
Tennesset
Nashville
Hammon
Scimitar
Memphis News-Selmitar
Young man sentenced to hang for murder of father
Lee Holder, convicted of the December murder of his father Rev. B. J. Holder in Union City Tennessee, was sentenced to be hanged on July 12 after a new trial motion was overruled. His counsel appealed to the Supreme Court. He will be 19 in August and is described as handsome and intelligent.
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Union City
Tenn
Lee Holder
B. J. Holder
Supreme Court
Young Mason Claims Spark dispute over youngest 32nd degree
The Washington Star reports Al Malaikah Temple Los Angeles claims a 22 year old holds the youngest thirty second degree Mason title, while Philip Herman of Almas Temple Washington asserts his own advancement in November 1906 and March/April 1907, suggesting younger candidates may exist. The dispute highlights youths reaching advanced Masonry early, and compares athletic stamina with age.
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al Malaikah
Mystic Shrine
Los Angeles
Cal
Washington Star
Philip Herman
Almas Temple
Washington
108 Angeles
Herman
Harmony Lodge No. 17
Wns
Mississippi Politics Turmoil Reaches White House Aid
United States Marshal Edgar Wilson and National Republican Committeeman Moseley visited the White House to discuss handing the Mississippi delegation to Roosevelt and address opposition tied to the Brownsville affair. A comic aside follows about a college student misnaming his friend Specknoodle Speckwoodle.
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Washington
United States
Edgar 8. Wilson
Mississippi
White House
National Republican
Moseley
Jackson
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Halidays
Specknoodle
George
Mr. Speckpoodle
Mr. Speckwoodle
Immense tract of rich lands to quit business
Senate and President press action to open about 3,000,000 acres in Oregon held by the Southern Pacific for settlement. Senator Bourne accuses the railroad of withholding lands for speculation, urging legal steps to force disposal while DOJ studies the holdings and assigns new prosecutors to Alaska. In Tennessee, Nashville outlines 212 saloons, with 112 outside a July 1 segregation area, many tied to groceries and projections of relocation into the restricted zone.
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Washington
Senator Bourn
Oregon
Southern Pacific Railroad
Bourne
Department of Justice
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific
Nathan Y. Harlan
United States
Alaska
Harlan
B. D. Townsend
Fargo
Sashville
Tenn
Elde
How Tillman Lost His Eye From OCR Fragments
A fragmentary account asserts Senator Tillman did not lose his left eye in Confederate battle but in 1864 while private in the Confederate ranks. It says an eye abscess during school work left him hospitalized and led to eventual eye loss. It notes illness and fever after enlistment and later farm work to regain strength, with doctors urging rest.
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Tillman
Confederacy
Cowboy's Ride to Washington Ends in Loss of Bet
Roosevelt records an entry from Floyd Pegg a cowboy who rode a pony from Chicago to Washington in three weeks missing the deadline by sixteen miles. Pegg faced bad roads forced to leave the pony at Rockville and completed the trip on foot arriving just after the deadline.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Floyd Peas
Chicago
Theodore
White House
Pegg
Rockville
Pittsburg
World s great canals and their reach through history
A Chicago Chronicle summary lists nine major ship canals built in under seventy five years including Suez Kronstadt St Petersburg Corinth Manchester Kaiser Wilhelm Elbe Trave Welland and two linking Lake Superior and Lake Huron. It notes Suez handles about four thousand ships yearly, costs over 100 million, and features no locks for much of its length while other canals connect seas and lakes with varying lengths and lock systems.
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Chicago Chronicle
Suez Canal
Kronstadt
St. Petersburg
Corinth Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
Kaiser Wilhelm
Elbe and
Trave
Welland
Luise Superior
Lake Huron
Canada
Russia
Bay of Kronstadt
Corinth
Adriatic
Manchester
England
Atlantic Ocean
Manchester Canal
Mersey River
Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Wages Unclaimed as $9 Million Sits in Sunset Line Fund
The Chicago Tribune reports nine million dollars in unclaimed wage checks tied to Sunset lines of Texas. Most workers never claim their pay. funds remain in a special treasury, with payments possible only if a claimant can prove eligibility after many years. Many workers were Mexicana laborers who vanished, leaving little trace of their whereabouts.
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Chicago, Tribune
Sunset Lines
Texas
United States
Mexicana
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