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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
1
A bustling sale touts hundreds of hats and garments with deep discounts. Men and boys wearables, women’s dresses and waists, children’s hats, shoes, and fabrics are offered at markedly reduced prices, with extra discounts on ladies’ suits skirts and waists through the season.
President Roosevelt signs the measure admitting Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as one state and signals that Arizona and New Mexico may seek statehood. He honors Beveridge, Hamilton, and delegates from Oklahoma and New Mexico at the ceremony, noting the historic union of the territories and urging readiness for admission.
Georgia briefs report rewards totaling 325 dollars for Shelly Wilson alias Will Smith, the escaped convict who killed Midville Marshal Morris and fatally wounded J. J. Pope. Governor Terrell adds 250 dollars with 75 dollars already posted by the state prison board. The item also notes Terrell's upcoming message to the assembly and other regional notices.
Former Arkansas Senator James K. Jones and longtime Roosevelt ally urged presidential renomination, announcing his support for William J. Bryan and endorsing Bryan's bid among the Democratic ranks.
Manila dispatch reports Lieutenant Edward C. Bolton governor of Davao Province and Benjamin Christian were murdered on a western Davao beach. A Mungallayan and his two brothers are accused. The incident occurs in Mindanao Island as U S forces follow up the attack.
Major Hodgson quartermaster officer and Major Birmingham surgeon with HQ at Atlanta along with Captain McPherson engineering corps in Washington laid out the camp for the mobilization of regular army and southern state troops at Chickamauga park. The location is to be named Camp George H. Thomas in honor of the Union general known as The Rock of Chickamauga.
International Harvester and International Harvester Company of America admitted violating Kansas antitrust statutes by restraining competition in farm machinery. In Chicago court on Monday the two firms agreed to pay $10,000 each in fines.
Vince T. Sanford announces his candidacy for comptroller general in letters to Georgia newspapers and to voters statewide, challenging incumbent Captain W. A. Wright.
Louisiana imposes a quarantine blocking all fruit ports after a report from Fort Lima Costa Rica identifies travelers from Colon and others with yellow fever risk. The order by Dr. C H Irion cites arrivals of 150 people and excludes Bluefields Nicaragua Belize British Honduras ports.
Twelve year old Alice Kyle, daughter of a farmer living between Macksburg and Elba Ohio, confessed to wedging a rail bolt between rails to see the Pennsylvania Flyer smash it. The wreck toppled two passenger coaches and hurled the engine tender and mail car down an embankment near Elba. Railroad officials say no arrest will be made, deeming it a childish prank.
President Roosevelt disapproves of the House substitute for the Beveridge meat inspection amendment. Secretary Loeb released a summary of the president’s letter to Chairman Wadsworth, noting that most changes worsen the bill compared with the Senate version.
Georgia populists will nominate a full state ticket at a July 4 convention in Atlanta. The executive committee voted 7 to 3 at the Kimball House meeting in Atlanta to confirm the plan.
A resident of Milwaukee reports a pet mouse that sings like a canary. Mrs. J. D. Hamilton of 647 Thirty-sixth Street captured the animal after mysterious wall noises puzzled the family. The mouse performs daily, leaving observers amused and curious about how it learned its tunes from sheet music or bird seed.
Mrs Weeks urges John to wake as she believes a burglar is near. Mr Weeks hushes her and suggests checking the tree under the bed as a precaution, reflecting a tense neighborhood incident in Chicago News.
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