Taft in Shade of Big Trees at Yosemite Morning
President Taft completes a 34 mile stage ride from E Portal to Wawona California en route to the Mariposa grove. The day included a lunch in the Grouse Creek forest and a high climb to 7000 feet with clear air and pine scent.
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Wawona
Cal
Ville Sierra
Mariposa Grove
Tomor
Mr. Taft
Wawona Hotel
Grouse Creek Forest
Chinquapin
E Portal
Yosemite Valley
Merced River
Yosemite
Swallowed Poem for a Grave Herr Imber Dead in New York
Napthali Herz Imber, Hebrew poet and Zionist leader, died in New York after a paralysis attack. He bought a burial plot and exchanged a fourteen line Hebrew poem for burial rights. A dispute over who may bury him may lead to a court battle with Galician claimants. Prominent East Siders planned a long mourning period. Imber wrote Hatikvah, the Zionist hymn.
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New York
Napthali Herz Imber
Triber
Asher Marcus
Marcus
Imber
Galicia
LID ON TIGHT IN PENSACOLA
In Pensacola Florida on Oct 11 the Law and Order League enforced a fifty year old Sunday law. Businesses including meat markets bakeries fruit stands cigar stands book stores theaters remained closed though one theater proprietor opened Sunday afternoon. The Sheriff will act only on affidavits from league members.
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Pensacola
Fla
Law and Order League
Fllrnda
League
Swept Over Niawara Calamity Warns Boatmen
This item warns that careless boating on the river brings disaster as nature’s warnings appear in ripples and current. It extols Electric Bitters as a cure for back pain and kidney ailments, claiming a reader’s lifelong kidney trouble was cured by a dollar bottle from Alcorn's.
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Niawara
Bright
Backerle
JR. Blankenship
Belk, Tenn
GRO
Alcorn's
Men of War Bid America Goodbye in New York Harbor
Six foreign warships slip from New York Harbor on Friday night as British armored cruisers and French battleships head to sea. About 200 British sailors were reported missing from duty, while only three of 2,600 French sailors stayed behind. The fleet saluted Governor's Island with twenty one guns, while the French ships sailed on in silence. The Argyll Drake and Duke of Edinburgh led the British departure, escorted by the Atlantic fleet vessels Connecticut Vermont and Kansas.
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New York
Duke of Edinburgh
Connecticut
Vermont
Kansas
Old Castle Williams
Governor's Island
Canal commission seeks 48 million for next fiscal year
The Panama Canal Commission sent a $48,063,824 appropriation request to the Secretary of War for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1910. Of the total, $15,504,086 covers skilled and unskilled labor and $20,218,983 for materials and supplies. Congress has appropriated $210,070,468 to date, with Col. Goethals predicting completion by January 1, 1915 and a total cost of about $375,000,000 including sanitation and civil government and a $50,000,000 purchase price. The large request reflects progress into a more advanced stage.
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Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Secretary of War
Lsbor
Congress
Col. Goethals
Commission
Lost John D Rockefeller Rumors Sweep Paris
Paris rumors place John D Rockefeller in France then London as reporters chase sightings. From Rambouillet to Autard shop and chateau stops, responses from locals suggest anonymous tips, wigs, and a questionable tax dispute with New York customs as the saga unfolds.
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Paris
John D. Rockefeller
France
John D
London
Rambouillet
Rockefeller
J. J. Hofe
Chateau
Autard
John Dswixs
Mme Autard
Rockefelter
New York
Taggart Discusses Indiana Governor Nominee and Presidential Prospects
Thomas Taggart former Democratic National Committee chairman in Toledo discusses potential Indiana governor nominee Thomas Marshall and doubts Brean will run again. He cites Harmon as a possible presidential candidate after Johnson's death and notes tariff law impacts. Taggart and family are touring for health, meeting Norman Mack in Buffalo. He predicts Gaynor will win New York's mayoral contest.
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Toledo
Indiana
Thomas R. Marshall
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Brean
Taggart
Norman Mack
Buffalo
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Johnson
Minnesota
Harmon
Taft
White House
William Jay Gaynor
New York
Girl's Leg Found in a Suit Case in Tiverton
The severed legs of a woman were found in a dress suitcase in an outlying Tiverton area on Monday. Authorities believe a murder occurred, likely in New Bedford, with the legs placed in the case there and transported to Tiverton. A medical examiner noted the cutting appeared crude, suggesting a nonexpert hand.
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Tiverton
R. 1
New Bedford
John Stymson
White named chairman of Tennessee Prohibition Democrats
Nashville Tenn October 12 Newton H White former state senator and railroad commissioner of Giles county was elected chairman and W W Barry of Lexington permanent secretary of the Prohibition Democrats at a meeting of the state conference committee held in the Maxwell House last night Both officers were chosen unanimously by delegates from ten congressional districts White will name six at large members to an advisory or executive committee later announcing the list Senator White noted the committee will be named after a recent statewide conference attended by more than 1500 Democrats from nearly all 96 Tennessee counties
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Nashville
Tenn
Newton H. White
Giles County
W. W. Barry
Lexington
Maxwell House
Tennessee
White
Ryman
Hearst Set to Run for Mayor Again
New York justice William J. Gaynor accepted the Democratic nomination for mayor and an endorsement from multiple independent groups. He pledged four years serving the people, calling for unity across races and beliefs, while not attacking Tammany Hall. William Randolph Hearst urged an independent bid and said he would decide within 24 hours.
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New York
William J. Gaynor
Tammany Hall
Publc
William Randolph Hearst
Justice Gaynor
Gaynor
Barnard
Heart
Hickman County Fair A Success At Centreville Tenn
The Hickman County Fair drew the largest attendance yet under sunny weather. A notable Tuberculosis Exhibit supervised by Mrs. C D Sullivan educated spectators on prevention, treatment, and proper ventilation. The display drew broad interest and promoted health practices amid the crowd.
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Centreville
Tenn
Hickman County
Elvary
C.D. Sullivan
Shipp Case Before Court In Lynching Contempt Appeal
Attorney A H Clift of Tennessee filed the final brief in the Supreme Court on petitions by Joseph F Shipp and Chattanooga residents accused of contempt over John son lynching. Clift argues Johnsons murder was under State, not Federal custody, denying complicity and portraying defendants as loyal local veterans seeking release.
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Washington
A. H. Clift
Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
Joseph F. Shipp
Chattanooga
Johnson
Supreme Court
Mr. Shipp
Jeremiah Gibson
Mr. Clift
Shipp
Gibson
Conscience Holds 45 Year Prisoner of War Request
Levi Fouts of Portsmouth, aged former Civil War prisoner, appealed to Attorney General Denman requesting release from Ohio Penitentiary as an exchanged fighter. He recalled Morgan's capture in 1864 and his oath not to bear arms, insisting he has remained prisoner for forty years while seeking to return home.
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Columbus
Ohio
Levi Fouts
Portsmouth
Gent Denman
Atm
John Morgan
Denman
Local Patent Remedy Ad From Alcorn’s Drugstore
Attorney H Brown of VI writes praising King's New Life Pills as effective family medicine for chills constipation and headaches. Available for 0 26c at Alcorn's GeO. 8 store, urging readers to try this remedy.
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H. Brown
Field, VI
Geo
Alcorn
County High School Board to Meet for Joint Plans
County Superintendent J A Graham calls a Monday meeting of the High School Board by the County Court to discuss jointly operating a county and city high school. State funds and local matching costs drive a plan to convert present arrangements into a unified system with shared financing and staffing.
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County High School
J. A. Graham
Court House
City Board of Education
Maury County
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