Taft backs inland waterways bonds plan
President Taft announces support for broad inland waterways bonds. The plan aims to fund improvement and development of river and canal routes to boost commerce and navigation nationwide.
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
1
Taft endorses permanent inland waterways system
President Taft, addressing Corpus Christi residents and the Interstate Inland Waterways league, urges a practical, statewide waterways program to regulate rail rates. He criticizes piece by piece improvements, supports engineer board feasibility reviews, and favors bonds to finance swift nationwide infrastructure with a square deal for railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Texas
Interstate Inland Waterways League
Citzens of
Taft
Congress
United Daughters of the Confederacy Elect Officers at Houston
The sixteenth annual UDC convention adjourned sine die in Houston after selecting Little Rock as the 1910 convention city. Officers elected include President general Virginia McSherry of West Virginia and L. C. Hall of Arkansas as first vice president general. The Shiloh Monument Association reported over 20,000 donated last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Confederate Daughters
Houston
Texas
Ark
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Virginia McSherry
West Virginia
L. C. Hall
Arkansas
Georgia
F. A. Walk
Virginia
J. W. Tench
Florida
N. D. Randolph
Shiloh Monument Association Committee
White
Tennessee
Shippers Seek Reopening of Nicaragua Ports
New Orleans exporters file a petition to the state department urging intervention to reopen the Nicaraguan Atlantic ports closed after the Estrada uprising. The action aims to protect southern trade tied to Central America as the rebellion spreads and Zelaya’s hold weakens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
New Orleans
State Department
Central American Republic
South
Central America
Bluefields
Estrada
Republic
Zelaya
Spanish Cabinet Resigns Amid Internal Political Shift
The Spanish cabinet formed January 15, 1907 under Antonio Maura resigns after bitter attacks by former premier Moret y Prendergast. The fall of Maura’s conservative government brings relief and hoped internal tranquility. King Alfonso reportedly regrets Maura’s refusal to pardon Ferrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Antonio Mauria
Moret Y Prendergast
Maura
M. Maura
Alfonso
Ferrer
Textiles Workers Conclave Debates Eight Hour Day
At the United Textile Workers convention the dispute over shorter hours drew sharp remarks. Delegates criticized state legislatures for corruption and discussed a workers party versus political reform. McMahon urged ending vote selling in Rhode Island as a prerequisite for reform. The discussion highlighted child labor concerns, noting Massachusetts employs more children than the southern states except North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
N. C
Washington, D. C
United Textile Workers of America
Morgan
Patterson
N. J
Hall
Philadelphia
Thomas McMahon
Rhode Island
South
North Carolina
Farmer's Fortunate Wife Inherits $4,000,000 Estate
Mrs. John D. Erwin of Green county Arkansas faces possession of an estate estimated at four million dollars. Kentucky attorney R B E McGoff, executor for a deceased resident, seeks proof that she is the former Mary Duval the named heir and rightful beneficiary. The backstory traces a youthful betrothal to a German suitor and a later marriage to a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ark
John D. Erwin
Green County
R. BE. McGoff
Kentucky
Erwin
Mary Duval
Car Shortage in South and West Warns Rail Era
Chicago based report from the American Railway fortnightly statement shows a shortage of 23 481 cars in the east and south and a surplus of 35 977 in the west and northwest. It notes freight levels match October 1907 and shortages are a third of that year while surplus has declined by 17 411 in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Railways
Will censor girls costumes at Chicago department store
Chicago officials issue dress guidelines for female sales staff. Censors require black or white shirtwaists, black skirts, neat hair, and no exaggerated fashion after Mrs. G. Hoinville's appointment. The move targets modest attire across a major State Street store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Street
Ten Die in Rock Island Coal Mine Explosion
Ten men are dead and two injured with one missing after an explosion at Rock Island Coal Mining Company No 10 shaft in Hartshorne Ohio. Officials say workers passed a danger line with lamps, igniting gas and triggering the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartshorne
Ohio
No. 10
Rock Island Coal Mining Company
Tuberculosis Deaths Decline in 1908 Amid Pellagra Rise
Chief Statistician Cressy L. Wilbur says the tuberculosis death rate fell in 1908 while total deaths rose to 79,289, with declines across registration states except Colorado Rhode Island and Vermont, and pellagra shows increasing deaths in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Cressy L. Wilbur
Division of Vital Statistics
United States Census Bureau
International Congress On Tuberculosis
Colorado
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wilbur
South
Potash Monopoly Planned by Berlin Government
Berlin reports the imperial interior ministry plans bills to regulate the potash industry after contracts with American fertilizer firms were made at lower than syndicate prices. If enacted, the move could force America to pay monopoly prices for potash exports, as U.S. buyers hold about sixty percent of the market. American interests may protest to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Imperial Ministry of the Interior
Reichstag
America
State Department
Washinon
Gold Crown Lodged in Lung After Coughing Spells
Macon Georgia woman Mrs Walter Garrity discharged a displaced gold crown from a tooth after a violent coughing spell. The crown had been in her lungs for a year and a day, with severe illnesses and contemplated surgery. Doctors expect recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Walter Garrity
Anthracnose in cotton costs South Carolina and Georgia growers millions
State botanist Barre reports anthracnose disease in cotton is spreading, costing South Carolina growers about 5 million dollars yearly and Georgia planters up to 14 million. He links the worst outbreaks to imported seed and urges cotton seed inspection in proposed laws to reduce Pellagra risk by inspecting grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Commissioner Watson
Hbotanist Barre
Georgia
Barre
Ginter Park Extends Suffrage To Women In Richmond Suburb
The governance of Ginter Park, Richmond’s affluent suburb, adopts a constitution extending voting rights to women. The by laws state that all white males and females over 21 owning property and living in Ginter Park may vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ginter Park
Dr James H Carlisle Former Wofford President Dies
Dr James H Carlisle aged 84 died at his Spartanburg home. Born Winnsboro South Carolina his parents came from County Antrim Ireland He led Wofford College from 1875 to 1902 and then served as president emeritus He and Col Robert A Thompson of Walhalla South Carolina were the last surviving signers of the secession ordinance from the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wofford College
Spartanburg
D. C
James H. Carlisle
Carlisle
Winnsboro
S. C
County Antrim
Ireland
Robert A. Thompson
Walhalla
Shippers Oppose Rate Increase At Cincinnati Meeting
Representatives of shippers and commercial groups from many areas met in Cincinnati Ohio to oppose a proposed general freight rate increase. Resolutions condemn the rise as unjust and plan a strong nationwide campaign and education effort led by a created committee empowered by the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
General Conference
Ginners Report Shows Sharp Drop in October Cotton Output
J J A Taylor reports national ginning totals through October 18 reach 15 320 000 bales with 5 320 000 ginned this period nearly a million less than last year. Belt yields remain disappointing nationwide except Georgia and the Carolinas, with Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas producing their smallest crops on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
J. J A. Taylor
National Ginners’ Association
Georgia
Carolinas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Withdrawals of Bonded Whiskey Reach New Highs
The internal revenue commissioner reports whiskey withdrawals from bonded warehouses set a record last year at 134,901,408 gallons, higher than any prior year. Distilled spirit production remains below 1907 peak, with 128,634,025 gallons produced last year and current-year output rising but not matching the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Patrick H. McCarren Dies After Illness and Surgery
Patrick H. McCarren state senator and Brooklyn Democratic leader died at St. Catherine's Hospital Brooklyn after failing to rally from an appendicitis operation on October 13. His death was anticipated by the senator who believed his end was near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. C
United States
Martin FE. Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Brooklyn
New York City
Patrick H. McCarren
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Bar Tobacco to Ministers Feud News and Religious Actions
Savannah ministry policy may ban tobacco for ministers as the Woman’s Board of Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South seeks approval. A New Orleans feud leaves Lewis Manicia dead and his family near death after consuming sugar from enemies. Indian relief saves Rocky Boy and Chippewa braves near Birds Eye, Montana. West Virginia Presbyterian synod protests Taft address to Jaymen missionary convention over affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Woman's Board of Home Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
General Conference
New Orleans
Lewis Manicia
Rocky Boy
Birds Eye
Mont
Indian Office
West Virginia Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
Elkins
W. Va
Taft
Unitarian Church
Prison Cotton Farm Reports High Output and Self Support
223 bales of cotton sold by the State Farm Milledgeville and a later sale of 125 bales at 13 to 14 cents per pound. The farm expects over $20,000 in sales this year with 60 more bales and 1090 bales of hay to come. About 250 prisoners, including women, are on site and the farm plans to be self sufficient. Sergeant Henry Lester Jr of the First Infantry is assigned to Georgia with HQ in Atlanta to train and repair equipment and improve state service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Farm
Atlanta
Rue Hutchens
Wiley Williams
Prison Commission
Milledgeville
Lester
Georgia
War Department
Washington
Scott
Henry &. Lester, Jr
Cotton cargo sails from Savannah to Bremen
The Leland line steamer Indian carries 21,895 bales of cotton valued at 1,634,108 and 700 barrels of rosin valued at 5,828 as it departs Savannah for Bremen, likely the most valuable cotton cargo cleared from an American port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Leland Line
Bremen
Alabama River Faces Unfavorable Report on Traffic
Report dated October 1 by W P Lay special government agent notes river traffic cannot compete with rail under current conditions and lacks adequate growth. Georgia's Chattahoochee is highlighted as the banner stream with merchants along the route owning boats and profiting from rate savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
W. P. Lay
Chattahoochee
Georgia
Neal Bank to Pay Dividend on November 20
Central Bank and Trust Corporation as administrator of the Neal Bank filed in superior court a petition to pay depositors a 15 percent dividend on November 20. Funds on hand total 214,845.08 with 240,000 needed. 25,000 expected from other sales before November 20. If sales lag, a loan to cover the shortfall is also requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Bank
Atlanta
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Superior Court
Neal Bank Holdings
Prizes awarded in Terrell County corn contest
Dawson Georgia report details four prize winners in a county corn contest. First prize of 40 dollars went to H T Bridges for 110 and 38 56 bushels per acre. G F Smith earned 30 dollars with 99 20 56 bushels. J L McLeod took 20 dollars for 64 15 56 bushels. J C Hill claimed 10 dollars with 57 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Smith
J. L. McLeod
J. C. Hill
Sumter County Promotes Home Grown Grain Purchases
Americus Georgia officials urge local grain and hay production to feed livestock and bread for labor gangs. The Sumter County commissioners may buy every bale of pea vine hay at sixteen dollars per ton, with large recent purchases and plans for carloads of home raised corn for livestock, road work, and market use for surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Sumter
A Lesson in Economy and Local Trade
A Dahlonega retailer touts home shopping with full stock and catalogue prices plus freight. They pledge one price for all, quick refunds, and prompt delivery, urging locals to buy near home to keep profits in the community and support sane, sanitary groceries.
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Mr. Taft
Monte
North
Lottery
Lovett
Harriman
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
J. Harriman
South of Directors
Judge Lovett
Beath
Government
DR. Carlisle
Lotton Ginners Report
Methodist Home Mission Board
Charlotte
Home Mission Board
Methodist Church, South
Patrick H. M’carren
Chattahoochee River
Terrell County
Sumter County
International Stock Food Company
Jonas Seabolt
John Butler
Wylie Lee
Dr. Rowe
Walkover Shoe Company
Stewart
M. Born & Co
G. A. Soden & Co
Atlanta Table Company
C. B. Reuss
New York
Dahlonega
B. R. Meaders
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