Education Conference Sees Women Leaders In South
The twelfth annual Conference for Education in the South closes after adopting resolutions for larger federal education funding, stronger county supervision, better teacher training, and wider local school leagues. Officers elected include President Robert C. Ogden and Secretary Wickliffe Rose.
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Atlanta
Conference For Education In the South
Robert C. Ogden
New York
N. Y
B. J. Baldwin
Montgomery
Ala
Wickliffe Rose
Nashville
University of South Carolina
L. A. Mynders
Knoxville
Henderson College
J. Y. Joyner
Raleigh
N. G
J. B. Aswell
Natellos Dhes
State Normal School
Edgar Gardner Murphy
H. B. Frissell
Hampton
Hampton Institute
A. Caswell Ellis
University of Texas
Pittsburg Baker Calls for End to Wheat Corner Practice
George Sward, a leading Pittsburg baker, telegrams Secretary Knox urging action to end wheat market manipulation and stock speculation in food products. He cites the need for Congress to curb cornering and relieve burdens on consumers and producers.
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Pittsburg
George Sward
Knox
Congress
May Adopt Income Tax Advocates Legislation
Washington reports that Congress is likely to adopt an income tax as a revenue measure requiring sixteen Republican votes joined by Democratic strength. Senator Guggenheim of Colorado, noted as the richest man in the Senate, is among fourteen Republicans who have expressed support for the proposal.
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Guggenheim
Washington, D. C
Congress
Colorado
Senate
Caruso Sails for Treatment of Throat Rheumatism
Renowned tenor Enrico Caruso has left New York for Europe to seek treatment for throat rheumatism. The voyage aims to address his vocal ailment and restore his singing ability.
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Caruso
New York City
Enrico Caruso
Europe
Fire destroys 1000 bales of cotton in Dunkirk warehouse
A blaze in Dunkirk France consumed a warehouse storage 1000 bales of New Orleans cotton before firefighters could stop the spread. The incident caused loss of material and disruption to local trades.
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Dunkirk
France
New Orleans
Revolution In Turkey Surges in Constantinople
Serious disturbances of a revolutionary character have broken out in Constantinople Turkey. The situation is grave with reports of clashes and broad unrest in the city. Policing and authorities struggle to restore order as events unfold.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Educational Campaign Outlined by Georgia Conference
Georgia educators at Atlanta conference endorse a fixed education policy with a fifteen member subcommittee to plan campaign efforts funded by a businessmen’s committee of 100. R. B. Park chaired the meeting. Wooster proposed resolutions urging tax support, a state superintendent, county superintendents, and closer college school ties. A call for compulsory education is linked to free textbooks and adequate school facilities.
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South
Su- A
Department of Education
Office of State
National Bureau of Education
Washington
Aus
Congress
Hillis
Illinois
Montgomery
Nebraska
Holden
Agricultural College
Iowa
California
Ellis
Charles L. Coon
Wilson, N. C
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Conference For Education In
Caswell Ellis
University of Texas
Coon
Wilson
N. C
B. B. Mumford
Richmond
Lilla
Johnson
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Emory Park
Lida Shaw King
Brown University
Providence
R. I
R. B.mumford
McIver
Woman's Club
Education Department
The
Georgia Federation
Georgia Club
Park
Woman's ‘College
Atlanta
Business Men’s Committee
R. B. Park
T. J. ‘Wootter
University of Georgia
Wooster
H. Brown
Hookworm Disease Cited as Cause of Andersonville Mortality
Dr. H F Harris secretary of Georgia state board of health argues that hookworm infection, from poor conditions and ground exposure at Andersonville prison, caused most deaths. He cites comparable mortality among guards and prisoners, noting up to about 14 000 deaths in the period.
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H. F. Harris
Atlanta
Andersonville
Georgia
State Board of Health
W. F. Arnold
United States Navy
Harris
America
Africa
Georgia Firemen End Macon Convention and County Road Labor Plan
Georgia firemen wrap a satisfied session in Macon and plan to merge departments under a state organizer. Savannah's Chiemas Balentine named president with Bunn Cedartown as VP and others in key posts. White convicts to work public roads in Fulton and DeKalb, while a mutilated Augusta body is found near a church. Supreme Court rules citizens cannot sue over municipal contracts. railroad penalties and drayage issues loom with Governor Smith to oversee inquiry.
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Georgia Firemen
Macon
Chiemas Balentine
Savannah
Ade
C. Bunn
Cedartown
Old Second Baptist
Augusta
Medical College
State Farm
Baldwin County
Fulton
DeKalb
Supreme Court
J. D. Holloway
Macon Gas Light and Water Company
Railroad Commission
Smith
Central of Georgia
The
Southern Railway
Georgia Railroad Commission
Jere M. Pound
A. M. Soule
State Agricultural College At
Athens
R. W. Statlings
Georgia
Wallace
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of Georgia
Pound
Department of Agriculture
Atlanta
Virginia Bridge and Iron Works
Roanoke
Virginia
Americas Board of Trade
Eastern
Americas
New York
Frank Lanier
Tha
Buyuroo
Capers Links Decline in Liquor Use to Prohibition and Other Factors
Washington report shows Commissioner Capers citing panic, unsettled liquor trade, pure food act branding issues, tariff doubts, and prohibition as factors reducing liquor consumption. Fiscal data for 1907–08 indicates transfers totaling $251.7 million, with distilleries and bonds volumes down, while tax on liquors remains the largest revenue source.
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Washington, D. C
John G. Capers
Internal Revenue
Capers
Navy Chaplain Vacancy to Be Filled by Methodist Minister
Washington announces a navy chaplain vacancy will be filled by a Methodist Episcopal Church minister. Secretary Meyer will ask the bishops to nominate a candidate as the seat becomes vacant due to retirement. Unitarian requests for an appointment have not succeeded.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Methodist Episcopal Church
Meyer
Board of Bishops
Richmond
8000 Barrels of Liquor Seized from Carroll Springs Distillery
The U S government seized nearly 8000 barrels of whiskey from Carroll Springs Distillery Company in Maryland as Internal Revenue Service investigations into tax violations prompted action. John G Capers ordered Baltimore authorities to take possession of the plant, a major registered grain distillery in the state.
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U. S
Great Carroll Spring
Maryland
Washington
D. C
Internal Revenue Law
John G. Capers
Commission of Internal Revenue
Baltimore
Carroll Springs Distillery Company
Naval Stores Bill Aims to Curb Adulterated Goods
Senator Taliaferro of Washington again introduces his bill to prevent manufacture and sale of adulterated misbranded or falsely graded naval stores. Hearings were held by the interstate commerce committee at the last session with arguments for and against, but the measure was not reported.
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Taliaferro
Washington, D. C
Washington
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Taft Orders Nonpartisan Census Supervisors Appointments
President Taft directs Director North of the census bureau to appoint suitable men to supervisors and other posts under the new census act without regard to party lines. The instruction emphasizes the south.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Census Bureau
South
New Mexico Placed Under Southern Baptist Jurisdiction
Washington D C New Mexico will be placed under the home mission board of the Southern Baptist Church while Arizona remains with the Northern Baptist Church for five years more. A joint committee from the Southern Baptist Church and the American Baptist Home Mission Society discussed mission work in the two territories.
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New Mexico
Southern Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Home Mission Board
The
Arizona
Southern Church
Northern Church
Southern Board
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Northern Baptist Church
The Contrariness of Life
Erasmus Wilson reflects on life’s contradictions in a Pittsburg Gazette excerpt. He notes social double standards, public opinion shifts, and the paradoxes of wealth, charity, politics, and aging, labeling life a rocky journey guided by chance and judgment.
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Mati
Erasmus Wilson
Pittsburg
A Strange Star Nova Persel Changes Over Years
The object known as Nova Persel brightened in February 1901, faded to near invisibility, then became a nebula and later reverted to a Wolf-Rayet peculiar star. Professor E. B. Barnard dates the last transformation as beginning in November 1902 and completing by February 1908.
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Nova Persel
EB. Barnard
Bernard
Not The Publicity Desired Indians Jam Claim Nobody Puts Names
A Duluth timberman William Hanley led a St. Croix River timber drive near Taylors Falls through a large jam. Amid the drivers were six Indians who aided the work. Hanley joked that he would put their names in the paper if the jam broke. The Indians replied they had not seen their names in print after the event.
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William Nley
Duluth
Hanley
St. Croix
Taylors Falls
Cleveland Leader
Missing Pat Patience Inquirer Report
Mrs McGuillicuddy goes to the police station to check on her son Pat who is late returning home with his pay. The inspector says they are expecting him any minute and asks her to keep a note of it.
Coffee to Postum: A New Woman Through Change
A New York woman testifies coffee worsened her heart and stomach troubles. After switching to Postum, she regained health, learned to digest better foods, and felt reborn. The letter touts a ten day Postum trial and promises real rewards for quitting coffee.
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