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Count Komura hosts an American cabinet officer banquet praising Taft and the U S 일본 일본 relations, while Dickinson affirms continued friendship and pursuit of peace.
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1910
Page
1
Count Komura hosts an American cabinet officer banquet praising Taft and the U S 일본 일본 relations, while Dickinson affirms continued friendship and pursuit of peace.
A severe storm near Buck Key place eight miles west of Florence, Alabama, struck a wheat shed causing a fire that killed four farm hands employed by F. M. Perry and seriously injured three others. The incident occurred during a summer thunderstorm.
In Bochum Prussia two miners survived 123 hours trapped behind 140 feet of rock in the Prinz Regent coal pit. They had no food or water. More than 100 workers labored nonstop to remove the rock and reach them.
In Lancaster South Carolina Frank Miller a young farmer was struck and killed by lightning. On his body those preparing the burial found a perfect imprint of the tree under which he stood when struck.
Brazil will test modern cotton culture and bring American experts to Brazil to boost production. The Brazilian Department of Agriculture will send cotton to the United States and invite U S specialists to inspect and instruct. Key southern states and Brazilian plantations will be visited to study methods.
Speaker Joseph G Cannon fainted during a Winfield Kansas address as heat hit 105 degrees. He steadied himself with ice water and a fan, then retired with Campbell by his side. He later returned briefly before again stepping down, citing three years of effort and strain.
Augusta reports from cotton houses statewide show the Georgia crop far behind average. An industry head states conditions have not been so bad in memory, predicting a yield well under 1.25 million bales, even below 1903 04 levels, with grass overtake and backward growth stunting development.
Dr. C G W Stiles head of the Rockefeller commission warns at the University of Virginia Rural Life Conference that the United States is the filthiest great country in the world. He denounces failure to prevent disease spread through simple precautions.
Scarcity of spot cotton in New York due to the July squeeze causes heavy coastwise shipments from Savannah New Orleans Mobile and Galveston. July options rise to 16.53 the highest since the Sully campaign spurs telegraphic orders for special trains to move cotton to spot centers.
Cloudbursts caused widespread flood damage across Kentucky and Indiana. Henderson and Henderson counties report about 2 million dollars in losses with fifty thousand acres of tobacco destroyed. Carlisle and Nicholas counties suffer heavy losses. bridges and rail lines washed away. In Louisville area lowlands flood. crops of tobacco corn and wheat severely damaged. A large relief effort follows.
A miniature cyclone hit Anniston Alabama with fierce lightning and heavy rain. The storm knocked out telephone, electric lighting and streetcar services, felled trees and damaged small buildings, raising fears for crop losses.
Bristol area missionary preacher Joseph Leon Ard aged 60 attempted suicide at his Wolfrun Virginia home nine miles from Bristol by leaping from an oil derrick. He broke both legs and is believed fatally injured.
Washington report states the navy department issued letters of censure to nearly all Marine Corps officers involved following a court of inquiry. No further judicial proceedings are planned.
American captive William Pittman, seized near Bluefields by Madriz forces, was found starving in an overcrowded Managua jail. Consul Oliveres protested to Madriz, securing a cleaner cell, a sleeping couch, and food as authorities consider humane treatment.
Reports describe two unidentified men in New York and New Jersey making fatal jumps from high structures. One man 25, well dressed, read a racing chart, shared a cigarette before leaping 205 feet to the roadway 135 feet above water. The second man climbed a parapet at Hudson Boulevard and jumped to rocks 290 feet below.
A Black man named Will Ellison ran amok in Tampa after using cocaine, fatally injuring his mother in law Celia Bryant and church organist Henry Clark and seriously wounding his wife Hoa Ellison and Mary Bryant. He was shot and killed by a mounted officer during the escape. A whiskey bottle with strychnine was found nearby.
Banks nationwide seek depository status under the postal savings bank act. About 150 letters arrived at the commission listing state by state requests including 20 from Illinois and 10 from New York.
Atlanta Ga leads southern cities in postal receipts for the year ended June 30 1910 surpassing Louisville and New Orleans. The Atlanta post office reported just under 900000 for the year with a total near 99380302 for the previous period, lifting Atlanta to twenty second among US cities.
Music has been used on J. M. Longyear's dairy farm near Lake Michigan to ease cows’ monotony in summer confinement. During milking, a phonograph plays various selections, and official tests claim the music’s judicious use improves milk production and cow comfort.
A brief notice lists shoes and dry goods as items handled exclusively by the seller. The fragment suggests a small shop lineup emphasizing footwear and fabric goods in a local trade context.
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