Inspection Privilege Withdrawn From Some Cattle Areas
Washington reports new agriculture department rules effective April 1 restrict interstate cattle shipments from quarantined southern states including Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Florida and several others with limited inspection rights. Virginia North Carolina and Georgia counties see changes such as counties released from quarantine and others losing or gaining inspection privileges.
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Washington, D. C
Tecretary of Agriculture
Alabama
Missis- Louisiana
Florida
Southarolina
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Tenposse
Georgia
North Carolina
Viginia
Virginia
Spottsylvania
Warwick
Newport News
Iluyana
Lunenburg
Union
Anson
Warren
Fannin, Murray, Gilmer
Hall
Phonographic Safe Lock Demonstrated in Denver
A Denver man unveils a phonographic safe lock that opens only to the owner’s voice. The device uses a telephone mouthpiece and a phonograph record. a correct spoken word must be repeated to unlock. Tests with a dozen imitators failed to fool the mechanism.
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Denver
Cole
Mrs Pierre Lorillard Jr Ends Her Life in Washington
Washington reports the death of Mrs Pierre Lorillard Jr at 49 by asphyxia at her home near DuPont Circle. The social leader’s death shocks Washington society as the Lorillard family gathers to mourn, with the coroner citing suicide though the family says heart failure.
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Pierre Lorillard, Jr
Washington, D. C
DuPont Circle
Lorillard
Shackleton Receives Crown Praise for South Range Naming
King Edward congratulates explorer Ernest Shackleton on permission to name a newly found southern mountain range after Queen Alexandra. The explorer’s father, living in London, awaits more news as condolences and letters pour in from the public.
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King Edward
Shackleton
London
England
Edward
Lewis Ernest H. Shackleton
Queen Alexandra
Marines Return to Ship After Roosevelt Policy Repeal
Washington moves to restore marines to ships after Taft revokes Roosevelt era order. Cabinet discussed the reversal and issued directives to place marines back on battleships and cruisers as before the ashore deployment.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Washington, D. C
United States
Earle seeks annulment in Affinity marriage case
Middletown NY artist Ferdinand Pinhey Earle faces an annulment action by Miss Julia Kuttner of Newark City. Earle contends he was sane at the time of marriage and remained so until about January 12 of this year. The suit alleges he engaged in a prohibited act while his wife lived in Paris.
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Middletown
N. Y
Ferdinand Pinhey Earle
Misa Julia Kuttner
Newark City
Earle
Hving
Paris
Ic Marrie
United States
Magdalena Bay
California
Harper's Weekly
Roosevelt Sails for Africa Amid Pierside Farewell
President Theodore Roosevelt sailed from New York aboard the Hamburg for an African safari with a large crowd on the pier cheering his departure. His son Kermit accompanied him as official photographer, while Archibald Butt delivered Taft’s message and gift. Joining them are Major E A Mearns and naturalists J Loring Allen and Edmund Heller bound for Smithsonian specimens.
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New York City
Hamburg
Theodore’ Roosevelt
Hamburg-American Line
Hamilton
Wadsworth
Kermit Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Taft
Archibald Butt
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Kermit
Smithsonian
E. A
Dickinson Predicted as Taft Era President by Curtis
Washington correspondent William E. Curtis predicts Judge Jacob McGavock Dickinson of Tennessee will win the presidency eight years hence with Taft administration backing. Curtis, in Nashville for a sketch, calls Dickinson a leading national figure.
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Curtis
Nashville
Tenn
Jacob McGavock Dickinson
William E. Curtis
Washington
Governor Refuses to Interfere in Mary Farmer Executed Case
Governor Hughes of New York declines clemency for Mary Farmer who is to die in Auburns electric chair for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan in Watertown on April 23. The report notes the case and the Governors stance amid the ongoing appeals.
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Hughes
New York
Mary Farmer
Auburn
Sarah Brennan
Watertown
Galliott
French Academy of Science
Neptune
Boermel
Berlin
Muncie
Ind
Objection to Davis Picture Sparks Naming Debate
In Washington a dispute arises over presenting a silver service to the battleship Mississippi. Officials doubt objections would occur if the ship bears the likeness of Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy, as part of a state homage.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Cupid Darts Hit Solar Plexus In Lecture
Chicago reports Dr. Sheldon Leavitt who leads Reverend Johnston Myers' therapy class says Cupid's darts strike the solar plexus, not the heart, in his last lecture to students.
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Chicago
Sheldon Leavitt
Johnston Myers
Prison Commission Plans Temporary Transport of White Convicts
Georgia officials announce 800 white convicts will be housed temporarily on public roads. Governor Smith’s veto blocks a state prison farm at Twiggs County, forcing the commission to distribute convicts among large counties such as Fulton, Richmond, and Bibb while seeking a permanent farm by April 1 or soon after.
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Atlanta
Smith
Wimberly Place
Twiggs County
J. 8. Turner
Turner
Fulton
Richmond
Bibb
Georgia
Augusta
Macon Telegraph
Murphy Candler
Brown
New Orleans
Riley
Second Street Baptist
Macon
Charles Miller
Law
Navy
Watson
James E. Dickey
Emory College
Montezuma
R. W. Bishop
William Weichselbaum
Savannah
H. M. Lofton
A. T. Snodgrass
Thomasville
T. P. Martin
A. J. Martin
Sale City
J. M. Fountain
State Prison Commission
Ben Hill
Jesse R. Hart
Liquor League Pushes Vote on Prohibition Changes
A Georgia legislature member receives a letter from the National Model License League urging a statewide vote on liquor licenses. The missive outlines saloon tavern and merchants licenses and notes that prohibition would result where residents oppose liquor. The league claims it does not oppose laws against liquor in prohibition territory.
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Atlanta
Georgia
National Model License League
Louisville
League
Georgia Peach Harvest Seen Safe From Frost Damage
Adairsville in northern Georgia reports the 1909 peach crop is practically safe from frost risk. Prominent growers declare the Elberta orchards there, and likely statewide, are out of danger, signaling a normal and satisfactory crop in quantity.
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Adairsville
Georgia
Elberta Station
Bleached Flour Barred From Georgia Markets
Georgia forbids sale of flour bleached with nitrogen peroxide after October 1 next under a national pure food law. The order follows a July 1 1909 federal deadline for interstate shipments. Mill operators will cease bleaching now and can dispose of existing stocks before the prohibition takes effect.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Na Iional Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Preparations for Southern Music Festival in Atlanta
State Gleanings reports preparations for a large Georgia audience at the Southern Music festival in Atlanta next May. Delegations from several colleges will attend, seating together in the auditorium, promising a major educational event and entertainment.
Shackleton Expedition Near South Pole Within 111 Miles
London reports Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton and the British expedition reach 111 miles from the south pole after a 1708 mile 126 day journey. A motor car sledge, ponies, and lighter clothing aided the trek, with the magnetic pole also reached and Mount Erebus ascended.
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London
England
Ernest H. Shackelton
South Pole
Pole
Antarctic
Shackleton
Magnetic Pole
Mt. Erebus
Victoria Land
Reunion of Scottish Rite Masons Planned for Atlanta Temple
Atlanta prepares for a spring reunion of the Scottish Rite to be held in the new Masonic Temple next April. Distinguished guests include Hon. James D. Richardson of Tennessee and the southern jurisdiction grand commander. Degrees from fourth to thirty-second will be conferred in full ceremony on a dedicatory class over two hundred from across Georgia, with the temple's upper floors and largest Southeast stage to be inaugurated.
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Atlanta
Scottish Rite
James D. Richardson
Tennessee
Supreme Council
Rite
Washington, D.C
Georgia
Scottish Rite Macons
America
Free Trade in Pistols Sparks City Dealer Truce
In Chicago revolvers are sold without permits as stores display a truce between the city and firearm dealers. Courts suggest the current ordinance requiring a permit from the chief of police is defective and a new law will be needed.
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Chicago
Crown Prince of Servia Quits
Belgrade report says the crown prince will renounce his right to the throne and leave Servia for a year after the death of his servant Kolakiyies from internal injuries after a fall. Parliament must approve any renunciation before it can take effect.
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Belgrade
Servia
Kolakiyies
Bee Sting Cures Rheumatism at Roosevelt Hospital
New York City reports Roosevelt Hospital using honey bee stings to treat rheumatism. Dr. Arthur W. Swann initiated the experiments recalling a childhood legend that a bee sting could prevent rheumatism.
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New York City
Roosevelt Hospital
Arthur W. Swann
Bond Issue Ratified for $80,000,000 in Railroad
At the adjourned session of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia resolutions empowering the board of directors to increase bonded indebtedness by up to 80 million dollars were ratified.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lantern lamp shades borrow from Japanese craft
A column discusses lamps and shade aesthetics, praising Japanese lantern designs for beauty and practicality. It notes varied materials in shops, the high prices of many shades, and presents the lantern shade as a simple, artistic alternative with teakwood rims and bamboo frames covered in silk. The piece follows with unrelated clippings on profanity in the navy, Coquelin’s stage fright, catarrh cures, and a Washington Herald quip about a vacuum cleaner in a play setup.
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Washington Star
Complete Cure of Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
A Chambersburg, Pennsylvania resident describes a long battle with eczema spreading from the hand to arms legs and face. After doctors failed to fully halt the disease the Cuticura remedies provided relief within a first trial and the patient remained free of symptoms since. Sept. 19, 1908. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. advertises Cuticura.
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Cutiura
Flo
C. Burkhart
W. Market St
Chambersburg
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
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