Signboards for Travelers and Moral Uplift Movement Rise
The article reflects on aging and keeping hearts young, urging active social engagement. It notes lost signboards at crossroads as a metaphor for missed welcomes, mentions Massachusetts efforts to restore them, and cites a 19th century Antigossip society in Iowa promoting intellectual and moral uplift, with adults of both genders urged to organize for culture, literature, and wise conversation. It also touches on Lenard Wood's Buenos Aires reception, two football fatalities, and various global notes.
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Iowa
Saya
Ohio ‘State Journal
Antigosaic Society
Lenard Wood
United States
Buenos Ayres
Havana
Freeburg
Ill
Troy
Fisks
Dassball
Pampariam
Record Cotton Deal for Bremen and Havre Spinners
New York stock scene reports James A. Patten arranging a record single order of 50 000 bales of cotton to be split 25 000 for Havre and 26 000 for Bremen. The $3.5 million deal, at 15 cents per pound, strains transport capacity with only 10 000 bales shipped so far, and prices may swing widely given Patten’s influence. The current market stands around 15.40 cents per pound amid active but unsettled trading.
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New York
James A. Patten
Havre
Bremen
Patten
Brooklyn
70 000 Get Wage Increase Standard Oil
New York reports a voluntary wage hike by Standard Oil affecting about 70,000 workers. Increases range from 6 to 10 percent, retroactive to May 1. Annual payroll is expected to rise by 36 to 100 million dollars. Office staff not included. Applies to works, factories, and subsidiary companies nationwide.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Company
United States
Two Million Storm Losses Hit Texas Cattle and Crops
A sequence of electric, hall and cyclonic storms plus flooding swept across Texas from the Panhandle to the gulf coast Saturday night. About 10,000 cattle were killed, 16,000 acres of cotton damaged, and several thousand homes wrecked. Fruit and vegetable crops suffered wind and rain damage in southwestern areas.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Comet Balloon Panic Scares Suburban Churchgoers
Amid a midnight service a frightened crowd of about two hundred Black attendees fled toward the river Obto when a toy balloon appeared in the sky. They stampeded into the cold water, praying for deliverance as the crowd of onlookers laughed and watched from the shore. An observer shouted a name as the party made for the river, scattering into the water.
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Coe
Merett
White Woman Fires On Lynch Mob to Save Man
Mrs. Thomas Murphy of Atlanta, alone at home, fired three shots from her revolver keeping a mob of about seventy five pursuing Ed Simmons, colored, from entering her veranda. Simmons fled into her yard crying for help, and police were notified after the mob dispersed.
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Aten
Grory
Ed Simihona
Thomas Murphy
Atlanta
Murphy
Simmons
Earthquake Rattles Salt Lake City in Morning Tremor
An early morning earthquake rocked Salt Lake City causing noticeable ground movement and temporary disruptions. Seismograph readings showed a sharp, localized shake with reports of building rattles and brief unease among residents. No major damage cited in readable text.
Last Tribute to King Opens World Leaders Procession
London hosted a royal funeral procession for Edward VII with nine sovereigns, Roosevelt in uniform, and representatives from major powers. The event surpassed Victoria’s rites in grandeur as crowds lined the streets in homage. In Charlotte, NC, the American Cotton Manufacturers Association backed a sales note contract to curb contract cancellations and standardize goods specifications amid efforts to boost the cotton-cutting industry.
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England
Edward VII
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
Edward IV
Heptus
Charles I
Georges
William IV
Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Westminsster Hall
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Britain
Francé
Gone Wild on Armament Senate Debate
Senators Hale Clay and Gallinger argued that the United States has gone wild in naval armament. They spoke as the Senate considered a naval appropriation bill carrying 133 million dollars. Hale predicted annual appropriations could reach 175 million within five years as Clay asserted the country overreacted to sea power demands.
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Washington
United States
Hale
Clay
Gallnger
Senate
VETO CHANGE OF NAME IN Asheville Methodist Conference
Debates over renaming the church dominated Friday sessions as veterans urged preserving the old name while others sought a change to appeal to congregations. The morning measure to rename to Methodist Church was vetoed by the college of bishops. Blanchard Hit Again.
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Asheville
N. C
Methodist Conference
Hension
Methodist Church
College of Binhope
Sacrificing Girl to Comet Fire Threat Halted by Sheriff
Jane Warfeld, 16, was saved Wednesday by a Dewey County sheriff near Aline Oklahoma from a group calling themselves Select Followers led by Henry Heinman who planned a blood sacrifice to avert an end of the world tied to a comet. A posse of six reached the Glass mountains dell just as the act began.
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Aline
Jane Warfeld
Dewey County
Henry Heinman
Glass Mountains
Fight for Exposition in New Orleans vs San Francisco
A heated contest emerges between New Orleans and San Francisco to host the Panama American Exposition celebrating the canal’s completion. Louisiana advocates expect broad Southern and Mississippi Valley support, as a key hearing approaches with Gov Sandor’s delegation visiting. A separate event in New Orleans describes a devastating storm with lightning, panic, and a fear of the end of the world as residents shelter and some workers quit.
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Washington, D. C
New Orleans
San Francisco
California
Crescent City
Sandor
Missis
Congress
Solid South
Body of King Removed To Westminster Hall
London notices simple rites as King Edward VII's body is moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. Crowds in black flowers in hand line the processions and 50,000 citizens enter hall by 4 pm. Roosevelt and family attend as American ambassador observes from Carlton House terrace.
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London
Edward VII
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Hall
Roosevelt
Ethel
Kermit
Reid
Carlin House Terrace
LAWLER ACCUSES BRANDEIS IN BALDWIN PINE CART EXAM
Washington dispatch reports a heated Ballinger Pin ch ot inquiry session where Assistant Att orney General Oscar Lawler accused Justice Brandeis of uttering an untruth before retracting. The witness testified about a memorandum on the Ballinger matter and claimed prior knowledge by Ballinger. A separate item notes Sisson proposing cotton tax refunds with state-wise totals. Other brief items cover a prisoner’s Ming papers, a society woman found guilty, a tornado near Mayaville, and a mass power loss with storm damage and casualties.
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Ballinger-Pinchot
Washington
Oscar Lawler
Lawler
Brandeis
Lawler Was Called To the Stand By the “Defense
Glagis
Ballinger
Kerby
Carr
Gorset Too Much for Cow in New York Tombstone Tale
An elaborate tombstone epitaph for Dora H. a prize winning Hel sirmin details a cow swallowing ten lyph caratetay and heart perforation. The fragment recounts a dramatic event with archaic phrasing and garbled names, noting a fallatal cow and the Kone presed away phrase.
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New
A Quick Cat and a Garret Tale from New Hampshire
A hotel proprietor recalls a boyhood incident in southern New Hampshire. A cat pursued a frightened mouse from a garret window and leaped back in, midair chase completed in a single action. The tale ends noting pity and wealth as social magnets for young men seeking partners.
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New Hampaire
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