Planters Hotel to Be Torn Down After Long History
The Planters Hotel in Missouri closes January 1 and will be converted into an office building. The 1861 Planters House later became a social and political hub, hosting presidents, notable figures, and guests from the South and North.
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Associated Press
Planters Hotel
Middle West
Southland
Planters House
Camp Jackson
Sansers
South
Bvazist Haury
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Virginia
Frank P. Blair
Nathaniel Lyon
Planters
Livon
Lincoln
Grant Cleveland
Roosevelt
Taft
Martin van Buren
King Edward VII
the Prince of Wales
Charles Dickens
Jay Gould
Wm. F. Cody
Dickens
Real estate adjoining First Baptist church advertised for rent
A fragment notes a property adjoining the First Baptist church in the city for rent. The text mentions Worth Main and a running back at every depth for 200, but the details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Illinois Waterway Poised for World Second-Low Freight Rate
Chicago December 16 The Illinois waterway linking the Great Lakes and the Mississippi is projected to offer the second lowest bulk freight rate worldwide. Engineer M G Barnes notes the Hlingis canal locks with 9660 ton capacity will cut transport costs by about 50 percent versus New York canals, while Great Lakes freighters move up to 15060 tons. Barnes cites 1000 mile per dollar benchmarks and ranks European canals, New York barge canal, and American rail and road transport in comparison.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Mississippi
M. G. Barnes
W Waterways
Air. Barnes
Panama Canal
New York State Barge Canal
New York
New York Canal
New York Barge Canal
Barnes
German Strike Causes Losses
A transport workers strike across Germany led to 400 carloads of potatoes freezing in railroad yards at Dusseldorf and congestion in station warehouses. The disruption halted Rhine-Westphalian industry, threatening major losses as wage disputes sparked the stoppage.
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Duersseldorf
Ger
Germany
Negro Farm Agent Whipped in Columbus County
Raleigh reports no action will be taken until an official department report is filed on the alleged whipping of L. F. E. Hall, a negro farm agent. Kilgore and Hudson note only newspaper descriptions of the attack by about 40 masked men who questioned him about antifynching work before beating him.
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Raleigh
L. F E. Hall
Columbus County
B. W. Kilgore
North Carolina Department of Agricultural
Dc. R. Hudson
Hall
Hudson
Chadbourne
Moonshine gang leader killed in clash with agents
Samuel Collins reports Bob Ballard, head of Menifee county moonshine gang, slain in an early morning battle with 20 prohibition agents. Production agent Guy Cole died in the crash. Charles Bailard, also sought, was wounded.
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Lexinton
Samuel Collins
Prohibition
Bob Ballard
Menifee County
Guy Cole
Charles Bailard
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