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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
10
Justice Charles E Hughes said he would not permit his name to be used as a presidential candidate. He spoke to friends in New York before leaving for a vacation in the Adirondacks, asserting his position as final despite ongoing speculation.
Ridgway, former Ovett Observer editor, is jailed on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Cashier Latdrvin of The Bank of Ovett accuses Hudg of securing $25 and $5 via two checks drawn on another bank. Hudgins contends the funds were a loan from Landrum, tied to transactions involving the Ovett Observer equipment.
Theodore Roosevelt arrived from Oyster Bay and announced he would travel to Chicago to personally lead the effort for the presidential nomination. Delegates and supporters from multiple states gathered as Taft allies push for uninstructed delegates and possible independent options if necessary. Washington reports no third candidate, with talks of Elihu Root or Warren G. Harding as compromise choices if needed.
Weather outlook for Mississippi indicates showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday with unsettled skies and possible gusty winds. Residents should plan for rain chances and cooler temperatures across the region.
Grant Nacar and Lafiatte, with Palrick Pers of Westville, Ohio, hail from rival factions as a brawl breaks out amid tense events. The confrontation ends without arrests as police separate the combatants.
Police fired on striking workers outside the American Smelting and Refining Company plant as demonstrators pressed forward. Reports say several men were wounded while others continued protests despite the clash near the plant gates.
A Central of Georgia passenger train from Birmingham collided with coal cars 37 miles from Macon after midnight. Nineteen hurt, three seriously. engineer did not see the cars due to a curve in the track.
Local boys arrive home with cheerful greetings from mothers and friends after a stint at Camp Knight. They report a splendid time and plan to embark on another outing soon. Rab-My-Tism advertised as a cure.
The text is garbled with numerous OCR errors making a coherent summary impossible. It mentions Tino, unit rule, Associated Press, Ballymore, Sue, and various disjoint fragments about states and parties. No clear event or outcome is discernible from the readable passages.
Overseer Bell Welborn recalls his band of English bloodhounds to track escaped prisoners from the roan gang. The county has seen too many escapes and Welborn vows to keep the men under court control to prevent further breakouts.
New York report says Col. Roosevelt is preparing to depart for Chicago tonight or Saturday, with close sources expecting his arrival Sunday or Monday at the latest. The public tone hints at a warm reception, while a light joke about a bingo cigar appears in the fragments.
Merchants offer to pay one cent per boll weevil failed to recruit many workers. Fewer than 1,000 small brown bugs collected. most were too small to count, while some boys report earning modest sums by gathering them. Weevil expert Mr. WePherson explains differences among weevil genera as locals continue the harvest.
A fleeing African American man, Arethe Smith, was wounded in the thigh by a pistol shot from Policeman Brown while being taken for a jail sentence of twenty days for failing to pay street tax. Brown says he fired at the ground. the injury is painful but not serious. The event occurred as Smith attempted to escape custody and was restrained by officers.
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