President Roosevelt in Alabama on a full day circuit
President Roosevelt spends the day touring Alabama with speeches at Tuskegee Institute and Montgomery, stops at Birmingham and the state fair, and continues to Little Rock Arkansas. Attending officials welcome him as crowds gather for multiple addresses and civic events along the route.
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Royal
Elt
Alabama
Unique Gee
Birmings, Ark
Tuskeham
Little Roc
Roosevelt Arrives in Tuskegee for Historic Address
President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Tuskegee Alabama at 4 30 this morning on time and was greeted by Mayor C S Lewis and Dr John Mas MF president of the Alabama Conference Female College. State militia escorted him to the college grounds where cotton bales formed the platform and grounds. Students and public school children welcomed the president as he prepared to deliver a Tuskegee Normal and Industrial address.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kegeg
Anugoani
Puskegee
Tuskegee
Lpan
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Institute
Roosevelt
Montegmery
State Capel
Birmingham
Rock
Arkansas
C.S. Lewis
John Mas
Alabama Conference
Birmingham in Gala Attire for Roosevelt Visit
Birmingham Alabama prepares for President Roosevelt arrival from Montgomery at 5 p m city whistle and a five minute salute from Red Mountain. A reception committee of 500 meets at the Union Station as Mayor Ward greets the president with a gold badge and commemorative token. He is escorted through the city by military and civic bodies to the Capital Park for a formal welcome.
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Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Montgomery
Red Mountain
Union
George B. Ward
Twentieth Street
North Alabama
Behring Claims Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment
Dr Behring announces a new tuberculosis method with early successes in animals and potential human implications. He says certain immune animals resist the bacillus and that the approach differs from prior vaccines, though human trials have not yet begun.
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Behring
New York
Metin
Herald
Paris
Lehring
Ammonia Halts Raid On Bond Street Pool Room
New York officials raid a Bond Street pool hall. first door blown, two arrests made, but overpowering ammonia fumes drive back officers. They reenter, survey the building from the roof and window, trapping sixteen occupants without any escapes. no trace of ammonia ultimately found.
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New York
Bond Street
Newport man questions death hoax letter over son in law
A Newport businessman received a letter dated September 12 claiming his son in law Edward B Carson died in New Orleans of yellow fever and was cremated. Police say no H E Campbell or Imperial Hotel Dallas records exist and Carson, a 16 year old bugler at Santiago, is not confirmed dead.
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Newport
R. I
Campbell
Imperial
Dallas
Tex
W J. Browley
Edward B Carson
New Orleans
Browley
Carson
Keith
H. E. Campbell
Imeprial
Santiago
Philippines
Tragedy in Michigan Man Shoots Woman Then Kills Self
In St. Joseph Michigan on October 9 Fred Freeze a restaurant chef killed Viola J. Lonsdale after she refused to marry him. He fired on her in bed and then turned the weapon on himself in the room where she lay.
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Self
St. Jozeph
Mich
Kentucky
Fred Freeze
Viola J. Lonsdale
Freezer
Fevrever tragedy headline adapts to local report
The article notes a man named Freezer who fired a weapon at his chest and collapsed. Mrs. Lonsdale testified she knew him for a month and refused his marriage proposal because she did not love him. Farmers refuse the FAC.
Alabama Planters Pull Cotton From Market in Standoff
In Montgomery on October 7 the owners of about six hundred bales refused to sell below 1 cent per pound. Merchants bankers and warehousemen backed the planters offering to buy at 9 34 cents and hold for higher prices. Many bales were hauled back to farms. few were sold at the prevailing price.
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Montgomery
Ala
County records show $50,000 shortage in Richland county
A special commission reported to the governor on Richland county finances. It cites forged vouchers and a $50,000 shortfall. It accuses S. H. Owens of misconduct and alleges the board’s former clerk C. M. Douglas and former commissioner J. B. Harmon were paid on fraudulent vouchers. The panel urges grand jury and solicitor action.
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Columbia, & C
Richland
S. H. Owens
C. M. Douglas
Board of County Commissioners
J. B. Harmon
W. B. Cooper
J. W Thornton
Grand Jury
Payment of Life Policy Received in Fatal Incident Note
Mrs Lucan Bray writes with thanks after receiving $1000 life policy payment from The Mural Lita Association of Georgia for the death of Ge i C Bray on September 30 1905. She notes only five days passed since payment and includes a request for continued assistance.
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Ro Suckslew
Chambers County
Georgia
Ge i C. Bray
State Fair to Open Monday in Gedrzia
Piedmont Park shows festivity as preparations wrap up for Georgia's greatest agricultural exposition. Buildings renovated and exhibits from counties promise a thrilling display, with opening set for Monday at the state fairgrounds.
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Atlanta
Piedmont Park
Gedrzia
Consul Enroute to Washington on Abers Case
Consul Chester Donaldson, United Consul at Managua, arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington to personally present documentary evidence to the State Department about two Americans named Abers jailed in Nicaragua. He claims the two were wrongfully imprisoned and will justify his position to win their release.
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Washington
San Francisco
Chester Donaldson
United
Managua
Nicaragua
Department of State
Abers
Canan
Donaldosa Saya
Tragedy in Baxter County Divorce Case Ends in Death
Mrs James Russell is shot dead by her husband in Big Creek Baxter County after a divorce ruling gives her custody of their child. He then wounds himself, and his condition is life threatening.
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Mountain Home
Ark
James Russell
Big Creek
Baxter County
Russell
Count Witte To Be Premier In Russian Cabinet
In St Petersburg on October 24 dispatches claim Count Witte will resume as premier and head a working cabinet. The emperor offered the post with conditions, and Witte reportedly insisted on real powers rather than a mere figurehead.
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Count Witte
St. Petersburg
Mad Cat Attacks Woman in Macon Caused by Hydrophobia Probe
Mrs. E. T. Waller was critically injured when a mad cat leaped onto her bed and bit her arms. Officer Tom Wilson killed the animal, now sent to Atlanta for hydrophobia examination. Mrs. Waller is married to B. K B. Waller, owner of a lunch room at the southern depot.
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Macon
Elevated Railway Station Destroyed in Chicago Fire
Fire destroyed the new South Side Elevated railroad station at night, killing several trains and stranding passengers. Residents in nearby apartment buildings woke to the blaze and fled to the street as authorities investigated, with electrical equipment blamed for the fire.
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Chicago
South Bide Elerated Railroad
Murderer Escapes From Helsinki Prison
Helsingfors Finland Ort 11 Ho henthal, the murderer of Solssalon So faenen the procurator general of Finland, escaped during the eight from the prison where he was serving a sentence of torment to fe
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Helsingfors
Finland
Hohenthal
Solssalon
So Faenen
Jury Drinks During Deliberations in Open Case
In Sacramento California on October 23 a new trial date was set in the bribery case of former official Liwingus. The defense alleged juror misconduct after bottles were found in the jury room and testimony indicated the jury discussed a starting liquor supply during meals.
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Pacramento
Biate Tur Liwingus
Wens
Aleeidy
C. W
Tien Jazi
Niles Ikon
Wien
Daughter of the Revolution Passes at 102 in Rochester
Otts Balrah Watson Andrews, oldest surviving daughter of the American Revolution, died at Silver Springs yesterday at age 102. Born in Hennington, Wisconsin, she retained full mental faculties to the end.
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Rochester
Reign of Terror Diminishing in Santiago
Washington reports received from Santiago de Chile state the reign of terror in the city since Monday is passing and conditions are quieter. Monday's casualties were 13 killed and 100 wounded.
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Washington
State Department
Santiago de Chile
Well Known Backroader Dead
Orleans reports the death of Matt Kennedy aged 63, longtime U Schet agent of Allhoise Central, Confederate Army veteran and noted railroad worker in the south. He died after a long career and pension status.
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Orleans
Matt Kennedy
Uchet
Allhoise Central
Ite
South
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