Cotton growers meet as Georgia pushes for better price
In New Orleans the Southern Cotton association opens with farmers arriving from towns as the meeting aims to improve prices. Harvie Jordan notes Georgia will send larger representation, while president Walter Clark of Mississippi and Alabama leaders are among guests. Jordan says farmers now control the price and expect to sell at 16 cents.
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New Orleans
Jan. Il
Southern Cottery Association
Jorden
Death by self harm amid cross country journey
Fragmentary dispatches describe W. T. of Atlanta dying far from home after attempting suicide en route from Colorado to Atlanta with his wife. A letter from his wife and a telegram found on his person triggered inquiries. the case blends with unrelated criminal and court news from Memphis Cleveland and New York.
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Colorado
Atlanta
Memphis
Tenn
W. T
Jones
Shaver
Mes
Mis
Philosophy Humor and Fragments by Duncan M Smith
A humorous philosophy piece with aphorisms on success effort and kindness. It mixes quips about competence December love and money with a stray verse about mercy and mistakes. The text contains garbled lines and typo filled sections reflecting a clipped newspaper excerpt.
The Truck Business Interest of the Railroads in the South
A Knoxville Business Magazine piece argues railroads lower freight rates to boost Southern vegetables and lumber, enabling market growth in Alabama Mississippi and the Gulf Coast. The author notes rate competition shapes regional trade, keeping distant markets accessible and expanding coastal industry.
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Knoxville
South
E. W. Mayo
Alabama
Aulabama
Mississippi
Chicago
St. Louis
Tenn
Gulf Coast
Mayo
Germany
West Germany
England
U. S
Russia
South America
Myegas of
Reies
Collision Between Car and Train Injures Pedestrian in Sevarach
In Sevarach Ca on January 13 a horse-drawn street car collided with a heavy Thunderbolt line car. Bell, who stood on the platform talking to the motorman, was injured. Motorman E R Howell was arrested, accused of excessive speed and lack of precaution at the crossing of Oglethorpe avenue and Haberstam street.
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Sevarach
Savacdan
Bell
Glata
Harrison
E. R. Howell
Oglethorpe Avenue
Haberstam Street
WANTS H IS WIFE ARRESTED
Elizabeth M Holmes wife of William M Holmes of a New York plating shop is sought by federal officials after months of letters to President Roosevelt alleging persecution. Holmes plans to seek removal of his wife to an asylum once found.
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New York
United States
Elizabeth M. Holmes
William M Holmes
Roosevelt
Famous Nurse Dead Aimed in Civil War Era
Mire Elizabeth Aiken 89 known as Aunt Lizzie to Grand Army veterans dies at home after a three day illness. Aiken served with her veteran husband during the Civil War era and cared for soldiers on the West Side.
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Chicago
Flizabeth Aiken
Lizzie
Atken
Peery
Jane
Deaths From Accidental Poisoning At City Hospital
George Stevens accidentally ingested poison while at his brother in law Robert Gillespie's bedside. Gillespie, age 68, died within an hour at the city hospital. Gillespie's son learned his uncle had died and his father perished while trying to aid both. Stevens, a Harvard graduate, previously ran steamships between Boston and New York and suffered during a cotton crash two years earlier.
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George Stevens
City Hospital
Robert Lewis Gillespie
Otert Gillespie
Hopsital
Stevens
Harvard
Moston
New York
Pittsburg Miners Convene in Pittsburg Va Convention Opens
The Pittsburg district United Mine Workers of America holds its annual convention in Pittsburg with about 200 delegates in attendance. The meeting runs through Saturday and plans to fix a provisional wage scale to be printed for the national convention and to elect delegates for an advance.
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Pittsburg
United Mine Workers of America
Aleo Eward
Preferred Death to Trial Seven Months At Sea
A prisoner aboard the oceamor Certeanta shot and killed a guard in the cabin. The event occurred while the vessel neared New York harbor. Mel was charged with stealing 290 dollars from a merchant aboard and faced estrachion proceedings.
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Oceamor Cérteanta
New York
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Louluc
Louise B. Fi
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