Sea Wall Holds Galveston Against Deadly Storm
Galveston Texas reports the sea wall saved the city from the 1900 hurricane with no lives lost in the core area and only minor damages. Officials and businessmen credited the 17 foot sea wall for protecting wharves and shipping interests while outside the city, huts and abandoned areas suffered. Several deaths occurred among Tarpon Pier workers and fishing party members as the storm battered surrounding coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States
Galveston
Lewis Fisher
Mace Stewart
Security Building Company
M. BE. Kleberg
W. B. Astin
EB. O. Flood
Chamber of Commerce
B. A. Dove
Maritime Association
Actorm
Gulf Coast
Galvesto
Ain
Gulf
Tarpon Thing
Tarpon Pier
Virginia Point
States Weather Bureau
Aterry
Houston
Louisiana
New Orleans
Demoralizing effect of bus ness mood on laborers in 1920
Washington reports a demoralizing mood among certain labor classes due to business conditions. Inspector J. Green of the New York city division of information for the Commerce and Labor Department submitted his six month report ending June 30 to Chief L. V. Owderly. The bulletin states that during the period 3,812 men secured unemployment across various states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Y. Green
New York City
Division of Information
Commerce and Labor
L. V Owderly
Dr Anna Shaw Urges 100 Women Cops at Minnesota
Dr Anna Howard Shaw president of the National Woman Suffrage association addresses University of Minnesota students in Minneapolis urging the city recruit 100 women police officers. She argues the criminal needs mothering and women’s watchfulness and care would uplift the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Howard Shaw
Minneapolis
Minn
National Woman's Suffrage Association
University of Minnesota
Dr. Shaw
Jesse Livermore Missing From Hutton & Company Office
New York city financier Jesse Livermore long noted for stock and cotton ventures has vanished for weeks with his name removed from a minor Hutton & Company office door. Washington reports say isthmian canal progress shows excavation by Americans near 80 million cubic yards with under 100 million left. Col. Goethals estimates completion by January 1, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Jessa Livermore
Hutton & Company
Washington
D. C
Isthmian Canal Commission
Goethals
Russia Sees Cholera Under Control in St. Petersburg
The cholera outbreak in St. Petersburg is easing with authorities confident it will not echo the 1903 epidemic. After a period of about 120 cases, the count has fallen to 62 as the situation stabilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Convention debate on ethnic slurs at Western Federation of Miners
The Denver convention condemned the use of foreigner slurs such as dagoes and roundheads. The discussion focused on denigrating terms as part of the American manner and the convention noted that most members are foreign born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Western Federation of Miners
Wright Establishes New Flight Record at Fort Myer
Orville Wright in the Wright airplane at Fort Myer flew for one hour twenty minutes and forty five seconds setting a new aviation record for America. The previous longest flight was seventy four minutes by Mr. Wright at Fort Myer last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
America
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Mr. Wright
Little Shah Wants to Quit Throne in Teheran Durbar
The Times dispatch from Teheran reports the young shah plans a durbar to meet loyal subjects. He appears pathetically unhappy, wishing to trade royal honors for his mother’s comfort.
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Little Shah
London
England
Teheran
The
Times
Shah
Georgia Senate Tightens Bigamy Penalty and Budgets State Institutions
Georgia senate raises bigamy penalty to twenty years with two year minimum, while current four year cap is removed. Lawmakers reject higher judges' salaries, debate bank examiner powers, streetcar free rides for police and firemen, and require insurer death reports. House committees advance employer liability bill with fault-based damages, and fertilizer labeling debates surface amid farm committee actions. State institution appropriations include Milledgeville sanitarium, University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and normal schools with notable increases to fund education and agricultural outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Senate
Court of Appeals
Burwell
Georgia
Rutherford
Committee On Banking and Currency
Committee On Railroads
House
Price
McCurry
General Judiciary Committee
Joe Hill Hall
Railroad Committee
House Committee On General Agriculture
McMichael
Marion
Mr. Edwards
Walton
Harry C. Fisher
Harry Hodgson
Athens
Robert F. Maddox
Edwards
Senate Committee On Agriculture
R. F. Wright
State Agricultural Department
Milledgeville
University of Georgia
Georgia School of Technology
Georgia Normal and Industrial College
Shooting at Hotel Sparks Albany Poker Allegations
In Albany at the St Nicholas hotel an alleged poker game ends with L M Glenn of Abbeville county sheriff and G H McDuffey of Leary marshal both arrested. Glenn faces charges of assault and battery carrying concealed weapons assault with intent to murder and gambling. McDuffey is charged with gambling. McDuffey was grazed in the ear by a pistol discharge during the confrontation. Four others named in gambling cases also faced arrest and posted bonds after waivers of commitment hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
St. Nicholas
L. M. Glenn
Abbeville
Wilcox County
G. H. McDouffy
Leary
Glenn
McDuffey
Meduffey
Henn
McLendon
Iwi Cordele
W. R. Beazley
Jacksonville
Fla
D. B. Motley
Charlie Daniel
Lumber Prices in Georgia Spark Fresh Dispute
Valdosta lumber brokers deny reports that Georgia sawmill owners plan steep price hikes. They say orders are filled at stable rates with only about a 1.25 dollar per thousand feet premium, and brokers in the city face no disruption from mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Savannah
Georgia
Corner Stone Laying Set for R W Lee Institute
Thomaston Ga announces August 4 as date for laying the corner stone of the R W Lee Institute school building and auditorium. An educational rally will accompany the event with Hoke Smith as principal speaker and alumni and educators from across the state addressing attendees. Mason Grand Master Thomas H Jeffries of Atlanta will lay the stone, followed by a Georgia barbecue for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
R. W W. Lee Institute
Hoke Smith
Thomas H. Jeffries
Atlanta
Georgia
Plans to Draw Trade in Savannah Georgia
Savannah plans a Merchants and Manufacturers association to boost wholesale and jobbing trade. The group will include Savannah robbers and wholesalers and act as a Savannah branch of the chamber of commerce. Baltimore ship traffic to Baltimore retailers spurred the move to capture new regional business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce
County Hears Plan to Shield Shelled Roads in Glynn
Glynn county commissioners back a legislative bill to bar log carts from public improved roads to protect shelled roads as much as possible. Lumber mill owners in the county prepare to oppose the measure in the legislature.
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Bruunswick
Glynn
Athens Cotton Receipts Break Records This Season
Athens Ga reports cotton receipts soar past prior records with 124 397 bales this season up from 110 000 a year ago, an increase of nearly 15 000 bales.
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Athens, Ga
Athens
Briand Forms New French Cabinet Committed to Republican Policies
Aristide Briand succeeds in forming a new French ministry after days of talks. The cabinet includes Briand as Premier and Interior Minister, Barthou as Justice, Pichon Foreign Affairs, Coch er Finance, Doumer eur Education, Millerand Public Works, Dupey Commerce, Ruav Agriculture, Trouil L Colonies, Viviano Labor. War and Navy posts offered to General Brun and Admiral Bourdelas Payrere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Aristide Briand
Fallieres
M. Briand
M. Barthou
M. Pichon
Georges Coch
M. Viviano
General Brun
Bourdelas Payrere
Posts and Telegraphs
M. Simyan
Finance
Rene Renoul
M. Dujardin-Beaumar
Public Instruction
Beaux Arts
Clemenceau
M. Caillaux
Banks urged to issue more five dollar notes to ease small bills
Treasury department backs a plan to have national banks expand circulation of $5 notes and swap $5 certificates for $1 silver certificates. The move aims to ease the shortage of small bills as crop movement increases demand. Banks could raise $5 note circulation by about $94,000,000 with minimal cost beyond engraving and contract-rate exchange fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Treasury
Popular Woman Judge Officiates Without Obey Clause
Beloit Kansas reports Probate Judge Mary Cooper, purportedly the only woman probate judge in the United States, has become a local fad. Her weddings omit the word obey, and brides seek Judge Cooper to preside, drawing attention to her unique practice and rising popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Kan
Mary Cooper
United States
All Spain in Revolt Brings Warlike Turmoil to Madrid
Madrid reports a full uprising with riots and a revolution in force. King Alfonso is denounced in public speeches as political agitators are arrested and jailed for opposing sending troops to Morocco. Censorship hides the gravity from abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Alfonso
Morocco
Aviator Latham Fails Channel Crossing Recovered by Torpedo Boat
Herbert Latham attempted a cross channel flight from Sangatte in a French monoplane. After covering over half the distance at about 600 feet the motor slowed and he descended. The Harpon towed in the wounded bird style craft and Latham, uninjured, was rescued and declared ready to try again after repairs.
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Latham
English Channel
Calais
France
Herbert Latham
Sangatte
Harpon
M. Latham
Erie Railway Restores Salaries for Officers and Staff
Official notice from Erie railroad offices states the board has restored salaries of officers and employees that were cut earlier. The changes take effect July 1 due to improved company conditions and overall satisfactory performance.
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New York City
Erie Railroad General Offices
Board of Directors
Rockefeller Transfers Property to Alta Prentice in New York
John D. Rockefeller continued a family property shift by deed transferring the West 53rd Street house to his daughter Alta now Mrs. B Parmelee Prentice. A week earlier he gave Cleveland real estate valued at three million dollars to his son John D. Rockefeller Jr. He also notes other brief items from public life.
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New York City
John D. Rockefeller
West Fiftythird Street
Alta
B. Parmelee Prentice
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
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Jesse Livermore
Gothan
New York
Canal
Russia
Assembly
Smith
Bibb County
Macon
Bibb
Republic
Education
M. Doumer
Spain
Aviator
Erie Railway
Leon Ling
Wisse Sigel
Omaha
Neb
Chicago
Nebraska
Norfolk
Wisconsin
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
San Francisco
Cal
Talesmen
New York Bay
Martha Stevens
New York and Philadelphia Canal
Confidence
Stevens
Staten Island
Isaac A. Martin
Knoxville Water Company
Knoxville
James N. Sutton
Marine Barracks
Annapolis
Robert KE. Adams
Wheeling
W. Va
Harry B. Thomas
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Adams
Sutton
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