Reward Offered After Lynching of Two Attorneys in Tennessee
Union City Tennessee judge R Zach Taylor age 60 and Capt Quintin Rankin of Trenton prominent attorneys were abducted from their hotel by a mob of eighty men. Rankin's body was found hanging by a tree near Reelfoot Lake and Taylor is believed drowned. Governor Patterson posts a $10000 reward for the assassins and state troops deploy to Walnut Log and Memphis as the case spurs a night riders conflict tied to Reelfoot Lake fishing privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Tenn
R. Zach Taylor
Quintin Rankin
Trenton
Walnut Log
Rankin
Reelfoot Lake
Traylor
Rankin and
Taylor
Reelfoot Lake Fishing Company
West Tennessee Land Company
Harris
Patterson
Memphis
Educate Boys to Farm Not Abandon It Says Leader
President Hudson of the Southern States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture urged at the tenth annual convention that farming be taught widely and that boys be educated to work on farms. He promoted diversification and an intensive system for cotton and warned schools have steered youth away from agriculture. He argued surplus cotton could yield better prices if held until market timing favors growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Hudson
Southern States Association of Commissioners’ of Agriculture
Physician Halts Burial After Suspected Suspended Animation
In Ellis Kansas a physician inspecting the body of Mrs Thomas Chapman age 60 prevented burial when he found signs of life after death. The coffin was opened just before sealing and the woman was revived after being moved to a bed. Doctors believe she will recover though her heart remains weak.
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Ellis
Kan
Thomas Chapman
Gale winds wreck UP work train near Lone Tree Creek
A gale ripped the caboose from a Union Pacific work train near Lone Tree Creek thirty miles west of Cheyenne Wyoming. The car plunged thirty feet, killing six laborers and injuring twenty five to thirty others in a brutal wreck. Most victims were section laborers.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Lone Tree Creek
Braght 80 year old captain elopes with younger bride
Captain Benjamin D. Manton of Colonia Uruguay, aged 80, defied relatives in Fall River to marry his fiancée Miss Sarah Hartman of Philadelphia in an auto. The couple wed after a romance that began in Uruguay over historical data, marking his fourth marriage.
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Manton
Providence
Benjamin D. Manton
Colonia
Uruguay
Hale
Hearty
South America
Fall River
Sarah. Hartman
Philadelphia
Miss Hartman
Violent Crime Recap and Disasters Across Regions
A string of incidents spans Tennessee Oklahoma Kentucky Missouri and New York. A man killed by a blacksmith in Noxville Whaley dies after a jaw blow and railroad impact. Ainsworth Culpepper found guilty of murder. life term. A large fire at Olive Hill, Kentucky damages multiple buildings worth about 10 thousand dollars. A farmer shoots his sons and himself in Missouri. Bomb threats target El Paso detective George Harold. Ferry collision near Detroit injures workers. Fire guts Mobile store and Blaine mill goes up in flames.
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I. H. Whale
Noxvilie
Tenn
J. W.green
Green
Whaley
League of American Sportsmen
Lawton
Okla
Geronimo
Olive Hill
Carter County
Kentucky
D. O. Seaman
Goldsberry
George Harold
el Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Harold Hage
Ariel
Walkerville
Ont
Detroit
Mich
Merchants’ Grocery Company
Mobile
Ala
Jenkins, Lumber Mills
Blaine
Wash
Southern Railway
Mayo
Bonner Springs
Kans
Kansas City
New York City
Conrad Knubert
New York
Germany
Women of
Mexico
Signora Luz ‘Gonzalez Casio de Jopez
Ohio
Rose County
Guilford Court House
Greensboro
N. C
United States
S. W. Miner
J. W. Graig
Foster George
St. Louis
F. Powell
Broadway
George
Mabel McCoy
Ina
Depopulate Rural Schools Critique Sparks Southern Debate
Jere M. Pound, Georgia education chief, told Teachers College students that underpaid undereducated southern teachers drive depopulation of rural districts. He cited Georgia figures: 736,000 children, $2 million state funding, and average teacher pay about $155 annually for a five month term. He warned urban schools lure farmer families away, undermining local communities.
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New York City
South
Jere M. Pound
Georgia State Educational Board
Teachers’ College
Georgia
Pound
Battleships Maine and Alabama return from world cruise
The battleship Maine anchored at Portsmouth navy yard completing a 308 day voyage around the world covering about 35000 miles. The Alabama docked at New York navy yard, both part of a historic round-the-world cruise by first class warships beginning December 16, 1907 from Hampton Roads.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Maine
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Alabama
New York Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Hampton Heads
Firét
Straits of Magellan
Pacific
Admiral Sperry
Atlantic
Philippine Islands
Suéz Canal
Evans
Giles B. Harbor
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Checks Mailed to Neal Bank Depositors in Atlanta
Central Bank and Trust Corporation as receivers for the defunct Neal Bank of Atlanta mailed nine thousand checks totaling $350,000. This represents the second 20 percent dividend paid this year to former depositors. A third payment is hoped for around the start of next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Bank of Atlanta
Atlanta
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Rescue in North Sea frees Plauen balloon crew
In an endurance flight from Berlin, the German bal loon Plauen was recovered in the North Sea about 240 miles from Spurnhead by a trawler. Clinging to the balloon were two aeronauts, Hackstetter and Schneider, in an almost exhausted state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
England
Berlin
North Sea
Hackstetter
Schneider
Spurnhead
Typhoon damages Amoy reception for American ships
A typhoon wrecked most buildings built to receive officers and men of American battleships in Amoy China. The main reception hall survived while many stores suffered damage and the electric lighting plant was buried under six feet of water.
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Amoy
China
Nation Faces Looming Wastage of Coal Timber and Soil
A Conservation League of America study warns over fifteen million wage earners rely on exhausted resources. Timber cuts triple growth, coal could last fifty years, with 604,180 directly tied to coal and 110 million depending on soil and farm products. The report urges conservation and better resource management.
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Chicago
United States
The
Conservation League of America
East
Middle West
Forest Service
Washington
Sam Will
Remarkable discovery links typhoid spread to dairy carrier
In Washington DC Georgetown investigators report a woman milker who had typhoid over eighteen years ago continues to shed virulent bacilli. The finding, a rare milkborne outbreak trace, shows healthy carriers can spread disease and that at least two percent of recovered typhoid patients may remain bacilli carriers.
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Washington
D. C
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Georgetown
West Washington
District of Columbia
United States
Wyman
Admiral Evans' Son Guilty in Court Martial
In Yokohama Japan Lieutenant Frank T Evans of the battleship Louisiana was found guilty of being absent from his post and disrespect to a superior officer. He was acquitted on the intoxication charge. Rear Admiral Sperry announced the verdict and sentence. Evans loses 150 numbers and receives a public reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Japan
Frank T. Evans
Louisiana
Sperry
Manila
Evans
American Battle Fleet Arrives in Yokohama Harbor
The US battleship fleet anchors off Tokyo Bay at Yokohama as Japanese warships salute and crowds fill the streets with flags. An official reception for the flagship Connecticut follows, with foreign embassies and the Yokohama mayor’s party attending.
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America
Tokio Bay
Japan
Honmon Point
Yokohama
Bedlam
Connecticut
Tokio
National Manufacturers Report Signals All Industry Revival
The National Association of Manufacturers reports marked increases in every branch of industry and says trade has gained new activity in the past three months. A canvass of about three thousand members indicates most manufacturing sectors will reach normal production levels in 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt to Visit England and Paris After Africa Trip
The Times reports President Roosevelt will travel to England after his Africa visit in early 1910. He plans to give the Romanes lecture at Oxford and receive an honorary degree. He also will visit Paris to speak at the Sorbonne. Dates and lecture topics are not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
London
England
the Times
Roosevelt
Oxford
Inland Waterway Meeting Eyes New Orleans to Brownsville Route
About a thousand delegates from Texas and Louisiana will gather in New Orleans on December 4 and 5 to finalize plans for an inland waterway linking New Orleans with the Rio Grande at Brownsville Texas. The convention’s decisions will be forwarded to the rivers and harbors congress in Washington on December 9.
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New Orleans
Brownsville
Texas
Louisiana
Rio Grande River
Washington
Tragic Accident in Fernandina Leaves Girl Dead
In Fernandina Florida Christina Kelly eight years old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Kelly was accidentally shot by Barnard Cone fourteen. Cone had just returned from a hunting trip and was playing with friends when he thought the gun was unloaded and triggered it. The shot killed Christina instantly.
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Col. Taylor
Capt. Rankin
Tennessee
Commissioners OF Agriculture
Admiral Evans’ Son
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