Preparations for Roosevelt Visit in Crescent City
New Orleans reports 23 new yellow fever cases and 4 deaths by Sept 21 with ongoing sanitation efforts and nightly educational meetings. Passenger trains are restricted near Kentwood due to two new cases, while autumn homeseekers’ excursions to Louisiana are planned. Roosevelt’s visit is being welcomed with thanks from local groups.
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New Orleans
Jaulisiana
J. F. Merry
Miinois Central
Rosenau
Cincinnati
Detroit
Board of Health
Texas Cotton Crop Report Details Decline in Yields
The Dallas News reports a statewide and territorial cotton crop survey by 200 correspondents. Texas yields are 14.1 percent below last year, Indian Territory 17.28 and Oklahoma 11.20 lower, with estimated productions of 2,211,866 bales for Texas, 250,791 for Indian Territory, and 259,408 for Oklahoma. Frost risk and late planting affect final output while rains revived some northern plants. Picking progresses from 60 percent to complete in mid sections, with northern areas at bloom to bale.
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Texas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Dallas
Tex
Galveston-Dallas News
State Board of Health Wins Quarantine Ruling in Atlanta
Judge John T. Pendleton makes permanent the injunction sought by the state board of health against the Atlanta board of health. The ruling enforces that local boards cannot block state quarantine and sanitation efforts and orders the city to stop interfering with through passenger transport under state supervision.
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Atlanta
Board of Health
John T. Pendleton
State Board of Health
Atlanta Board of Health
Turner loans exposed by Equitable Life report
New York Sept 21 1904 details show Equitable Life paid 21264 to Mercantile Trust in connection with the Turner loans and the payments lacked authority per Paul Mortons society director report. The loans were carried in 1904 by Western National Bank controlled by Equitable Life. The report outlines the questionable transactions.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mercantile Trust Company
Paul Morton
New Medical College Planned for Atlanta
Atlanta officials report a new high grade medical school may open in time for the next school year. The project involves a faculty drawn from top Atlanta and Georgia physicians. Rumors of faculty disagreement at the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons were clarified as about policy rather than personal conflict.
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New Medical College
Atlanta
Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons
Georgia
Atlanta College
Medical College
Suicide to Escape Wedding in Iowa Note Says He Loved Another
Theo dore Schoemperlin of Litchfield Minnesota died by drowning in Sioux City. He left a note to his parents stating he was tired of living. He had become engaged on August 23 to one woman to irritate another he truly loved. He cited debt as a factor.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles M. Shear
Jacksonville
Fla
Bay Street
Charley
Sioux City
Iowa
Theodore Schoemperlin
Litchfield
Minn
Stevens Bros Dentists Offer Modern Dental Care
Stevens Bros Dentists operate from a stone front building near the Thrash er Hotel. All work uses latest methods and includes gold work of all kinds. Treating teeth is their specialty with prompt attention and guaranteed satisfaction.
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Thrasher Hotel
Denali
Reyes Declares Himself Dictator in Panama Crisis
Reports from Panama City Sept 21 state President Reyes proclaimed himself dictator after detaining court members in Bogota style. Mob action followed, attacking the palace and resulting in deaths and injuries as crowds surged at various sites.
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Crescent City
Ceive
Southern Cypress Manufacturer’ Association
Women's League
State Health Board Supreme
Stevens Bros. Dentists
Lothan
R.D. Bracveues
G. H. Cooper
W. J. Blackshear
Drs. Blackshear, Cooper @ Blackshear
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Oppert
Washington
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Florida
Warren May
Ghent
Will Griffin
Johnie
H. B. Brockett
Lewis and Clarke
VIA
Union Pacific
Columbia River
Yellowstone Park
California
J. F. van Rensselaer, GA
Atlanta, GA
Patro
R. L. Hatfield
J. A. Peterman
Atlantic
Montgomery, Troy, Ozark
Newton, Elba
Dothan
Bainbridge
Thomas Valdosta
Waycross
Abbeville
Laverne
Savannah
Charleston
Richmond
Baltimore
Big
Birmingham
Nashville
St. Louis
Cig
Cuba
Pullman
West
New Orton
Painbridge
Tallahassee
Florida and Alabama Railway
H. M. Emerson
Wilmington
N. C
Ad, Tavis TE Mom
C. White
D. Evenly
Carnegie Library
Portland
Ind
Carnegie
Mattress Makers’ Union of New York
Iveir
Dothan Steu
Hamilton
Indiana
David BE. Sherrick
Ford
David Sherrick
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