Augusta Flood Devastates City After Dam Break
GA flood leaves Augusta and nearby towns submerged as the canal dam breaks. Rivers rise to extreme levels, dozens of buildings flood, fires threaten warehouses, and at least twenty two deaths are reported with wide property damage across Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Augusta
Georgia
Carolinas
Broad Street
Augusta Herald
Ocmulgee
Hawkinsville
Abbeville
Oconee
Dublin
Nixon
National Biscuit Company
Central Grammar School
Davidson Grammar School
Nelson-Morris
Swan
Au- Sista Chroncle
Savannah River Valley
Charleston
Westff Carolina
Here
Colummn
Athens
Ape
Aiytt
Bryan Taft clash on tariff and prohibition battles
The article recounts Taft attacking the proposed national bank deposit plan as risky and says Bryan plans to focus on doubtful states. It notes Prohibition gains, Bryan and Hearst relations, and campaign moves including Taft on Middle Bass and Bryan visits in New York and Ohio.
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Bryan
South
Taft
Bugne W. Chafin
Minneapolis
Minn
United States
Congress of the United States
Maine
Georgia
North Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Alabama
Bethel Cemetery
Montgomery
Mr. Bryan
B. H. Norris
Farmers Are Prosperous As Harvest Prospects Rise
Secretary Wilson arrived in Washington from discussions with farm regions forecasting record crops this year. Corn may reach 2.7 billion bushels at 72 cents, wheat about 675 million at 98 cents, and cotton around 13 million bales at 9.5 cents per pound, signaling net farm wealth possibly near 8 billion dollars. Farmers nationwide report improved finances, reduced mortgages, and plans to invest earnings, with Western states showing large hay and corn crops and expansion of holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington
Iowa
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
United States
Census Bureau
Agricultural Department
Editor accidentally killed on Georgia railroad train
T J Chaffee associate editor of the Augusta Herald was shot and killed aboard a Georgia railroad train near Decatur. A pistol in his grip discharged when he opened it to reach cigars, striking him in the abdomen. He died about thirty minutes after being taken from the train at Stone Mountain.
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Stone Mountain
T. J. Chaffee
Augusta Herald
Decatur
Steiner
Augusta
Chaffee
Boll Weevil Fought by Cotton South Farmers
Natchez Mississippi reports that cotton remains the souths mainstay despite the boll weevil. Lectures by U S Department of Agriculture scientists urged farmers to grow their own provisions hay and stock. Professor Lloyd Mississippi director of the farmers institutes suggested whites may handle politics while blacks farm.
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Natchez
Miss
South
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Institute
Lloyd
Mississippi
Farmers’ Institutes
British Steamer Dunearn Sunk in Typhoon Off Kiushu
Officials report the British steamship Dunearn, 2220 tons, with 53 crew, foundered in a typhoon near Goto island Kiushu. Only two survivors, engineer William Phillips and seaman John Lanman, were rescued by the Sakoy Maru. The ship sailed Hamburg for Nikolaiesk via Miko lai esk, reached Nikolaiesk August 21, and later sank after entering a typhoon.
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Tokio
Japan
Duncarn
Goto
Kiuhiu
Moji
William Phillips
John Lanman
Sakoy Marcu
Dinearn
Mikolaiesk
Russia
Singapore
Kartsu
G. Graham
Hamburg
Nikolaiesk
General A. P. Stewart Dies at 86 a Confederate Leader
General Alexander P. Stewart, one of the last two surviving Confederate lieutenant generals, died at his Biloxi Mississippi home. A Tennessee native, he won early service as a major, fought in Tennessee campaigns and around Atlanta, later served as chancellor of the University of Mississippi for twelve years. His soldiers nicknamed him Follow Old Straight. Buckner remains the sole surviving Confederate lieutenant general.
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Confederate States Army
Biloxi
Miss
Alexander P. Stewart
Stewart
Tennessee
Kuloxi
Galt
Isham G. Harris
Atlanta
University of Mississippi
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Conference on U S mine fatalities in Pittsburg
A conference on mining conditions and the rising fatalities in American mines is held in Pittsburg. Victor Watteyne of Belgium, Clarence Hall of the U S Geological Survey, J W Paul of West Virginia, and Captain Desborough of England join in a government funded inquiry with $150 000 approved by Congress to study recent disasters in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Alabama.
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America
Pittsburg
United States
Victor Watteyne
Department of Mines
Clarence Hall
United States Geological Survey
J. W. Paul
Department of Mines of
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Captain Desborrough
England
Herr Meissner
Germany
Watteyne
Congress
Governor Declares War on Gamblers in Atlantic City
New Jersey Governor Fort threatens to use state troops to enforce Sunday and anti gambling laws in Atlantic City. Proclamation follows reports of flagrant violations at the largest U S resort, with law observance deemed clearly lacking.
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New Jersey
Atlantic City
Seagirt
N. J
United States
Governor Fort
American Thief Arrested in Paris Over $50,000 in Robberies
Paris police report the capture of Benedict Lupraska, an American from San Francisco, accused of long running jewelry heists in Paris. Authorities estimate his recent robberies exceed fifty thousand dollars.
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Paris
France
Benedict Lupraska
San Francisco
Kermit Roosevelt Heroically Halts Runaway Horses
Oyster Bay residents praise Kermit Roosevelt, young son of the president, for stopping a runaway team on horseback and likely saving Mrs. Frank Hilton of New York and her two small sons. Spectators held their breath as the perilous chase ended with Hilton escaping and the horses pulled up.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
National Wool Growers Approve Western Storage Plan
The National Wool Growers Association unanimously adopted resolutions approving a plan for national storage of the western wool crop. The president was authorized to choose a city for a central storage market and to form a corporation.
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Salt Lake
Utah
National Wool Growers’ Association
Extra Session Proposes Convict Lease Reform in Georgia
The Georgia House debates amendments to the Holder convict lease bill seeking a constitutional fix to end private leasing and fund road improvements via a new tax. A strong Senate push backs prison commission changes while a comprehensive Felder bill envisions a prison board, income tax, road work for felony convicts, and farm use with female and youth labor limits.
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Alexander
DeKalb
House of Representatives
Crawford
Bartow
Jackson
Jones
General Judiciary Committee
House
State Prison Commission
Representative White
Screven
Georgia
Committee On
General Judiciary
Holder
General Assembly
Senate
Prison Commission
Penitentiary Committee
Boyd
Brocknd Born
Commissioner of Agriculture
Prison Board
Georgia Briefs Highlight Vines, Posts, and Local Grants
Amos B Fuller reports three bean crops from the same vines this summer before plowing up. A letter to a Peachtree street, Atlanta, confirms the street’s unique status. Captain Beck to form a Griffin musicians band with government support. Georgia Normal Institute dorms full. 300+ applicants declined. Wayne County farmers join Jesup Warehouse for a free five year concrete warehouse. Franklin county primary results show shifts among candidates. incumbents largely not reelected. Pile county veterans reunion at Bluff Springs Camp Ground cited as very successful. Lois cotton mills in Douglasville to start Oct 1 with 70,000 spindles plus growth.
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Amos B. Fuller
Gainesville
Atlanta
Karlsbad
Bavaria
Peachtree Street
W. A. Harris
Second
Georgia Regiment
National Guard of Georgia
W. H. Beck
Griffin
M. M. Parks
Georgia Normal Institute
Wayne County Farmers’ Union
Jesup Warehouse and Storage Company
Jesup Company
Bulding
Franklin County
Chandler
Strange
McCay
Nelms
McDaniel
Little
Canady
Wanslet
McFarlan
Jordan
Brown
Westmoreland
Smith
Thomas
Pile County
Bluff Springs Camp Ground
L. M. Park
Park
Lois Cotton Mills
Douglasville
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Wateree
Columbia
Spartanburg
Anderson
Pied Mont
South Carolina
Lawson's Park
Whitney Mill
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
W. J. Bryan
Wilham
Toledo
Mr. Taft
Salem
Bryan-Bennett
Phil C. S. Bennett
William Randolph Hearst
Iroquois Club
Democratic Organization
Cleveland
Haskell
Democratic Campaign Committee
American Federation of Labor
William J. Bryan
Norman BW
Mack
Samuel Gompers
Morrison
Federation
McConnell
Machinists’ Union
Middle Bass Islands
Lake Erie
Maryland
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan-Bailey Club
Forney
Texas
William H. Taft
New York State
New York City
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Hot Springs
New
Littleton
New York
Tampart
Martin W
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Prohibition Wa
Secretary of Agriculture
Cotton South
A. P. Stewart
Kermit Roosevelt
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Waycross
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