Where Democracy Stands Under Protection and Reform
Senator 8. D. Smith argues the split between Democrats and Republicans hinges on the protective tariff. He traces prosperity to protection but warns it fosters vast wealth and rising prices for clothing and goods. The piece notes rising discontent leading to a Democratic House in 1910 after the Payne Aldrich act.
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D. Smith
New York
McKinley
Dingley
Payne-Aldrich
Meat Trust
Trust
America
House of Representatives
Political bribery accusations stain 1904 campaign claims
The piece recounts Senator Penrose alleging John D. Archbold of Standard Oil donated 125000 to Roosevelt era campaigns and claims of further sums, with Roosevelt Cortell and Taft tied to reform promises amid Republican corruption. It contrasts Democratic steadiness with Republican scandals and notes a Florida gas stove explosion killing three.
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Aepuulla Reese
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate
John Db. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou
Commerce and Labor
Wiliam Flinn
Penrose
Israel W. Durham
Fiinn
United States Senate
W. H. Taft
United States
Wm. H. Taft
Payne-Aldrich
Congress
Taft
Democratic Party
Found Her Mother Dead In Apparent Gas Suicide
Minnie Bayes, 16, returned to 333 East Georgia avenue Atlanta to find her mother Mrs. Kathe Bayes dead from gas asphyxiation in a locked bathroom. Mrs. Eaves, 48, had a husband. No cause given for the death. the girl entered after hours and found the door locked and the home deserted.
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Atlanta Constitution
Minnie Bayes
East
Georgia Avenue
Kathe Bayes
Unhappy wife inhalaes gas in Atlanta home
Mrs. Lou Watson 19, wife of Walter Watson fireman at Engine No. 6, attempted suicide by inhaling gas at 29 Walker street. Found unconscious, rushed to Grady Hospital where doctors expect recovery though condition was serious. Parents opposed marriage and caused distress cited as motive.
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Atlanta Constitution
Lou Watson
Walter Watson
Walker Street
Grady Hospital
Georgia
Lightning Fire Destroys Plant at Georgia Experiment Station
A lightning strike hit the Georgia experiment station barn in Experiment near Griffin on September 4 at 7 p m starting a blaze that destroyed the plant except for residences. Wind drove flames to other buildings including the guano house carpenter shop packing house and silo within about two and a half hours. Several cattle perished in the barn as the fire spread.
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Griffin
Georgia Experiment Station
Experiment
Henamad Oartain
Miss Brooks Reels In A Graft-Ridden Town
In West Hammond a small town of 750 with 65 saloons, a mother and daughter relocate. Miss Brooks learns Polish to rally citizens against corrupt politicians. The town shifts, led by Virginia Brooks and supportive women while their husbands follow her voting direction.
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Chicago
Virginia Brooks
Joan of Arc
West Hammond
Ind
John Kulczyk
Misa Brooks
Kulczyk
Miss Brooks
West
Hammond
Fall Creek News From Fall Branch School Progress and Fire Loss
From Fall Creek Section Fall Creek Sept 4 Special The school at Fall Branch is progressing nicely under Mrs Namma lendley We are always glad to have her reach for us Wesley Head had the misfortune to lose his barn and about 30 bushels of wheat and other items by fire All stock saved The loss falls heavily on My Ilead as no insurance I Alexander made a business trip to Rabun Gap Ga Arthur Alexander of Pickens visited friends and relatives here the past week James Fendley is teaching the school at Heaton Chapel
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Fall Creek
Fall Branch
Namma Lendley
Wesley Head
Ilead
Democratic platform pledges equal rights for all citizens
The platform of the Hemocratic party with Woodrow Wilson as nominee for President and Governor Marshall of Indiana for Vice President reiterates salvation for the masses. It asserts that an honest American citizen seeks open field and equal opportunity under law, a pledge of the Democratic party and its adherents.
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Woodrow Wilson
Marshall
Indiana
Democratic Party
Democratic Homnees
Starving Greek family found on Peterman Farm near Southern Park
James Alpheus and Petros Alcestis, visiting the Peterman Farm, discover a Greek countryman and his three young children under a tree in dire need. The father ill and recently bereaved, they were carried to the farmhouse where they linger in serious condition after days of hunger and exposure. The tale blends cruelty of poverty with a claim of charity sought by the family.
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Pittsburgh
James Alpheus
Petros Alcestis
Southern Park
Peterman
James — Antonopolies
Train hold up attempts near Maysville and deaths shake Green
On September 4 near Maysville twenty miles east of town three robbers tried to stop a freight and passenger combination on the Louisville and Nashville line, leaving explosives and a lantern as clues. A second section was halted briefly west of Micro by the gang, but the passenger train arrived safely. In a separate event County Supervisor Goodwin died at his home after a two week illness, amid political tension and a violent crowd at a political meeting in Lick Ville.
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Percupot
Spoei +ts
Isttlesburg
Mici
Flynn
Green
County
Goodwin
Hnis
Lick- Ville
Nile
Porters death follows crowded meeting ruse and political defeat
A chaotic scene at a Lickville meeting left Porter dead after a collapse triggered by crowd excitement. The event followed a later defeat at the polls fueling the fatal outcome. An official report notes Porter had no terms in office despite prior service, while burglar and shooting incidents in Savannah and New Jersey are briefly described with names and locations.
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Porter
Goodwin Tocken
Lickville
Polley
Fragmentary political remark on Democrats gains in Vermont
A garbled excerpt references Democrats moving their own and mentions Vermont. It hints at a belief that Democrats gain approximately a cent over their normal share and comments on electoral behavior, but the fragmentary text is unclear and lacks verifiable specifics.
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Gav
Vermont
Rural carriers get pay raise to 1100 a year
Washington September 1 Postmaster General Hitchcock increases rural route salaries from 1000 to 1100 annually effective September 30 affecting about 30000 carriers with shorter routes raised proportionally. The move adds about 4 million dollars yearly in wages and accompanies the parcels post system expansion.
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Washington
Post Office
Hitchcock
Missing Persons and Disappearances Across The United States
The piece notes a government report showing about 60 000 people disappear annually in the United States with many never returning or being located. It cites Moise De Leon's disappearance, Dorothy Arnold cases, and the role of publicity in finding missing persons, while warning fear of publicity can hinder discoveries and highlighting media as a key resource.
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Atlanta Journal
Moise DeLeon
Atlanta
United States
New York
Northwest
Journal
Moise de Leon
Dorothy Arnold
American Citizen Killed by Rebel Soldier Near Juarez
Joshua Stevens of Colona Pacheco died protecting his two daughters when two rebels forced entry. He faced them with a shotgun and was stabbed when a rebel drew a bayonet. another Mexican fled. Junius Romney, elder of the Mormon colonies, investigates and warns families not to return amid a cycle of murders.
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el Pago
Texas
Joshua Stevens
Colona
Pacheco
C. P. Brown
Mexico
Stevens
Juarez
Junius Romney
Romney
Special School Progress With Glinton Harris as Principal
South Union reports steady progress at the Special School under principal Glinton Harris. Rain is needed as crops are in poor condition. Social notes mention visits by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Walte and others, plus church meetings led by Rev. Mitchell of Greenville yielding three new members.
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South Union
Glinton Harris
A. J. Waltedele
Reat Lavonia
Mount A
W. J. Thomas
Joe Farr
Lavonia
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