Severe snowstorm hits Georgia and Tennessee in mid-April
A fierce storm brushed North and Central Georgia Alabama and parts of the Carolinas and Tennessee with one to two inches of snow on April 11. Cities including Anniston Macon Chattanooga and Tilladeca report unusually heavy wintry conditions and widespread crop damage. In Tennessee Nashville reports a heavy snowstorm with fears of major losses to truck farms and fruit crops as temperatures hovered around 32 degrees at 6 AM.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Anniston
Ala
Macon
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tilladeca
Nashville
Tenness Uonday
Escaping Convicts Shot by Guards in Colorado Penitentiary
In Canon City Colorado a prison mutiny left one convict dead and several others fatally wounded as guards opened fire with buckshot. John Broppy seized a pistol and shot guard John Foote, then freed four inmates before being met by pursuing guards. Broppy and accomplices Williams and Miller had troubled the facility previously and escape attempts.
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Canon City
Col
Colorado State Penitentiary
Oouilreak
John Broppy
2 Trusty
Thomas Tynan
Broppy
John Foote
Tynan
John Miller
John Bradley
Bradley
John Stephens
Denver
Andres Johnson
Lamar
W. J. Williams
Williams
Miller
Richmond Vets Arrive in Mobile After Long Confederate Trip
The Richmond veterans and sponsors arrived in Mobile Sunday around 6 PM after a late journey from the capital of the Confederacy. The group, joined at Danville by more veterans and sponsors, rested in a comfortable arrangement led by Lieutenant Colonel David A. Brown of Lee Camp, with a large party including generals, officers, and many ladies aboard. The delegation will participate in events and sing songs as they settle in at St. Joseph and St. Michael Streets.
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Mobile
Ala
Richmond
Confederacy
Danville
Sponnsors
David A. Brown
Lee Camp
J. Thompson Brown
Virginia Brigade
Infantry
Walker B. Freeman
Ataff
James N. Stubbs
HW. F P. Munt
J. M. Terrill
Essex
Robert N. Northen
W.W. S. Archer
J. Taylo Stratton
D. A. Brown, Jr
C. T. Carling
J. H. Godwin
John Tyler
Gieorce T. Deane
John F. Mayer
Charles Carrington
W. E. Moore
HH. M. Walthall
George L. Christian
Montgomery
Schumaker
Sumter
D. C
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Virginia
St. Joseph
St. Michael
Bere
Ttle
Vernor J. Taylor Ellyson
Me- Association
Richmond Confederate Memorial Institute Site Purchased
The Richmond area resolved to acquire land on Monument Avenue for the Confederate Memorial Institute after issues with a prior site and a State of Virginia land gift. The Soldiers Home property between Stuart and Kensington avenues was accepted, with 379 feet on the Boulevard and 732 feet back, at no cost to the association. The association reports a $112,883.23 balance, has appropriated 260,000 for the building, and will issue design bids with work to begin soon and finish before the next reunion. They request portraits manuscripts paintings and books on the Confederacy for the collection.
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Monument Avenue
Confederate Memorial Institute
Legislature of
Virginia
Soldiers’ Home
Stuart Avenue
Kensington Avenue
Sheppard Street
Richmond
Old Dominion
Gecorge L. Christen
Veterans Parade in Mobile Marks Confederate Reunion
Gray clad Veterans march through Mobile as a large crowd honors them in a Confederate veterans reunion. General George P. Harrison presides in Mobile auditorium with welcomes by Governor Comer and Mayor Lyons. The event features recitations, songs, and formal addresses, celebrating Southern military history.
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Mobile
Ula
Confederacy
Hos
South
George P. Harrison
United Confedrate Veterans
United
Vera Williams
Price Willaime
BB. B. Comer
Alabama
Mayor Lyons
Jacob B. Bloch
Clement A. Evans
Minnie Reese Richardson
Thomas N. Hallinwell
Muinke
Mobile Bay
Bryan Ordained as Church Elder in Nebraska
W. J. Bryan was formally ordained and installed as an elder at Little Westminster Presbyterian Church between Lincoln and Fairview in Nebraska. The ordination, conducted by Pastor Rev. H. B. Comin, drew about 300 attendees. Bryan was elected elder in March, and his remarks referenced the Sermon on the Mount.
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Lincoln, Neb
Little Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Fairview
W. J. Bryan
H. B. Comin
Bryan
Elder Bryan Elected Delegate at Large to Ecumenical Council
The excerpt notes Bryan accepting eldership due to no new Christian obligations and being elected as a delegate-at-large to the Presbyterian Ecumenical Council in Edinburg Scotland in June.
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Bryan
Presbyterian Ecumenical Council
Edinburg
Scotland
Veterans Endorse Confederate Surgeon Monument Plan
The United Confederate Veterans convened in Mobile Alabama endorsing a plan to erect a monument in Richmond Virginia to Dr Samuel Moore Surgeon General of the Confederacy. The gathering drew forty to fifty thousand veterans and featured a pink tea raid on a dry town as the sheriff pursued illicit establishments.
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Monroe
Ark
Mobile
Ala
Ivsen
United Confedeate Veterans
Michmond
Samuel * Moore
Conciloracy
William Cobett
Texas
Richmond
Virginia Headquart
Davy Brown
Virginia
Lee
Richardson
Miss Richardson
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Monroe Park
Rieluwand
Clown Loses Both Ears After Brooklyn Explosion
George Holland of Barnum and Bailey suffered the loss of both ears when a box of cartridges and powder exploded after a stumble at Fifth Avenue and Third Street in Brooklyn. He was unconscious, later recovered, and joked about the accident while hospitalized at Seney.
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New York
George Holland
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Holland
Fifth Avenue
Third Street
Brooklyn
Seney Hospital
Murray
Held Up and Robbed in Bristol Suburbs
Bristol Tennessee special report says W. H. Hough a railroad construction foreman was held up and robbed in the suburbs last night. He was beaten into unconsciousness and $20 was taken from his person. An arrest has been made.
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Bristol
Tenn
W. H. Hough
Hughes Nominated to Supreme Court Seat by Taft
Washington April 26 Governor Charles F Hughes of New York was nominated by President Taft to the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Brewer. The move, while expected, removes Hughes from politics for good, shifting leverage in New York where Lieutenant Governor White could lead the machine during a brief interim as governor.
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Washington
D. C
Charles F. Hughes
New York
United States Supreme Bench
Justice Brewer
Taft
Hughes
Hughes T
New York State
Formet
White
Governor Hughes Accepts Supreme Court Seat
Albany officials and political supporters were stunned when Governor Charles E Hughes announced his acceptance of a seat on the United States Supreme Court. The move ends his governorship and shifts New York state politics as Democrats hope for gains while Republicans say November will show little change. Hughes notes higher pay for justices may improve his finances but he will miss the income he could have earned as a leading lawyer.
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Albany
Charles RE. Hughes
United States Supreme Court of Appeals
Hughes
Des
Supreme Court
Covernor Hughes
Difcult
Sinier Thighes
Old Guard
Hbe
New York
Covernor
Mavens
Monroe County
Accused School Clerk, Summons Accusers to Court
John N. Sebrell Sr a Southampton County school trustee has filed two suits in Richmond City Law and Equity Court for 10000 each through lawyers Hill Carter and N T Green. The cases name the Times Dispatch Company and several individuals, with most defendants from Athemp ton County and Robert W Withers.
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Richmond
John N. Sebrell
Southampton County
State Board of Education
Sebrell
Atorneys
Hill Carter
N. T. Green
Norfolk
Law and Equity Court
Richmond City
Times-Dispatch Company
Robert W. Withers
W. T. Joyner
R. EB. Whitehead
J. T. Moore
W. T. McLemore
KB. Whitfield
T. H. Birdsong
L. L. Maury
W. J. Story
J. W. Williams
J. W. Ridley
Withers Files Libel and Slander Suits in Suffolk
Suffolk resident Withers sues for alleged libel and slander aiming to clear his name. Sebrell says the actions seek vindication and final settlement of innocence in a Commonwealth court. State Board of Education authorized audit of Sebrells books with expert accountants if needed.
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Withers
Suffolk
Sebrell
Court of the Commonwealth
Furthe
State Board of Education
W. W. White
Fire Destroys Boarding House Near Winchester
Fire swept through a boarding house owned by Mrs. Ceorge Piers in Winchester Virginia. Boarders fled in night clothes with few belongings as Miss Mary Neal lay unconscious in her room and was rescued by C S Vernon. Firemen saved the building amid the blaze.
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Winchester
Ceorge Piers
Mary Neal
C. S. Vernon
Staunton grocer attacked by rabid cat in store
Staunton Virginia special report: W H Paine, a grocer, was grabbed by a large Maltese cat in his store. The animal bit his thumb and had to be pried free. The cat had reportedly bitten several children earlier. Officials killed the cat and sent its head to Washington for rabies testing. Paine suffered Saturday and Sunday but is improving.
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Staunton
W. H. Paine
Washington
Radical victory claimed in Paris general election
Paris officials and supporters of the radical government claimed a sweeping win after Mondy voting, with Socialist Premier Aristide Briand and other leaders assured of election. A suffragette candidacy appeared in all twenty Paris districts, though legality was contested and a Council of State ruling would follow after voting.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Seine
Council of State
Temporary Peace at Hankow China Proclaimed in Chang-Sha
Foreigners warned to stay away as Yang-Wen-Ing, new Chang-Sha governor, assumes control and issues a peace proclamation. Outlying villages report outbreaks. crisis not yet believed to be resolved.
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Hankow
Chang-Sha
Yang-Wen-Ing
Minister Blasts Gould-Drexel Wedding as Vulgar Spectacle
The Rev Dr George Chalmers Richmond denounces the New York Gould-Drexel marriage as vulgar and sensational. He cites wealth without moral aim, predicts divorce, laments public pages of display, and labels the families as remnants of an old industrial order with little civic value.
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Philadelphia
George Chalmers Richmond
St. John's Episcopal Church
America
New York
Weilding
Gould
Drexel
Blasphemy Against Divinity Sparks Clerical Condemnation
New York report notes ministers from various creeds joining Cincinnati clergy in denouncing the Jeffries Johnson fight. Reverends Parkhurst Aked and Rabbi Silverman call the prize bout a moral menace and blasphemy, urging national unity against the event.
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New York
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Methodist
Charles H. Parkhurst
Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Darkhurst
Joseph Silverman
Dedicatory ceremonies for International Bureau of the American Republics
President Taft and a high government delegation attended the opening of a new one million dollar International Bureau of the American Republics building in Washington. Andrew Carnegie donated seven hundred sixty thousand dollars with remaining funds from twenty one Latin American republics and Mexico. Cardinal Gibbons led an invocation and Secretary Knox gave the opening address.
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Washington
PD. C
Taft
International Bureau of the American Republica
Andrew Carnegie
Mexico
Cardinal Gibbons
State Knox
Bureau
John Barrett
Senator Root
New York
Alfred Harding
Terrible Tolls of the Storm
Chicago reports the blizzard damage to fruit and crops across the Middle West with losses ranging from 38 million to 60 million dollars. State tallies show Illinois five million, Indiana thirty five million, Iowa five million, Ohio one million, Tennessee one million, Minnesota one and a half million, Wisconsin three million, Michigan ten million, Nebraska two million, Kansas three and a half million. The final total awaits next days temperatures to decide which figure proves correct.
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Chicago
Ill
Middle West
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
Tennessee
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nebraska
Kansas
Nurse Takes Stand in Hyde Murder Trial at Swope Case
In Kansas City Missouri special counsel for Dr B C Hyde questioned nurse Elizabeth Gordon on memory under cross examination regarding alleged injections and poisoning in the Swope murder suit. Mrs Swope wife of the defendant appeared sorrowful alongside her elderly mother Mrs Logan Swope and sister Margaret Swope who attended to hear the proceedings.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Eelizabeth Gordon
Miss Swope
Ais
Slyde
Logan Swope
Margaret Swope
Littl
Runaway toddler seeks old home in Broadway morning escape
New York special report. Three year old John McGowan walked barefoot from a new 11th floor West Sixty-fifth Street apartment to Broadway. Officer William O'Brien found him at 7 am and alerted police. After reunification with his father, the boy slept peacefully after a brief tour of the station and matron's care.
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New York
William O'Brien
Broadway
Sixty-fourth Street
O'Brien
John McGowan
John
West Sixty-eighth Street
Jackson
Rose Daly
Frank McGown
New York Central
Sbe
West Sixtythird Street
West Sixty-fifth Street
Little John
Monkey Bit Match Fire at Bronx Zoo
At the Bronx Zoo a man threw matches at a monkey named Nightmare. The animal chewed a match and sparked a blaze. Keeper Fred Englehorn detained Abraham Lipsky, 24, of East Fifth Street. Lipsky fined $10 and jailed ten days for the prank.
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New York
Bronx Zoo
Fred Englehorn
Nightmare
Englehorn
Abraham Lipsky
East Fifth Street
Policeman King
Bronx Park
Lipsky
Herbert
Woman Lawyer His Aid Deputy D A Clara Flotz
Suf fragettes celebrate the appointment of Mrs. Clara S. Flotz as Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles. They argue a woman lawyer is better suited to handle cases involving women and children. She is believed to be the first woman in the country to hold such a post. She has advanced the women’s cause and contributed to the California prison parole system.
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Los Angeles
Clara 8
S. Flotz
California
Quadruplets Born in Staunton as One Dies at Birth
Staunton Virginia report says Mrs William Rife welcomed four children Tuesday, but one perished at arrival. The three survivors, two boys and one girl, and the mother, aged thirty, are said to be doing well. The Rife family already has three children, oldest five.
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Staunton
William Rife
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Confederate Memorial Association
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Teddy
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China
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Helen Tait
Ethel Roosevelt
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