Roosevelt Nomination Sparks Progressive Party Rally
In New York the Progressive Party formally nominates Theodore Roosevelt for president with Hiram Johnson of California as running mate. Delegates cheer as Roosevelt pledges to pursue living wage standards, public health, labor reform, and anti monopoly measures across a national platform.
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Christian
Aml
Nn- York
Hiram W. Johnson
Calas
Sg & Men
Fen
Maen Honer
Roosevelt
Charman
Progressive Party
United States
Ion
Jwige
Endeavor to live up to obligations pledged to the people
The speaker commits to carrying out policies pledged to millions, urging strength to honor duties to the nation and to work in the interests of all citizens. The message closes with thanks.
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Gov. Johnson
United States
Everything Fine Roosevelt Says Before Campaign Launch
Col. Theodore Roosevelt declares the convention task finished and heads into a hard campaign with a strong platform. He dines with Gov. Johnson and Mrs. Roosevelt and reviews battle lines with running mate, while national committee talks set a nationwide action plan. Harris of Petersburg leads discussions on seating issues from Southern states.
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Chicago
Col. Stoosevelt
George
Johnson
Roosevelt
National Committee
Harris
Petersburg
Miss
Miss Addams Second Roosevelt Nomination Speech
Chicago reports Miss Jane Addams delivers history making seconding speech for Theodore Roosevelt. She praises the platform of social reform and industrial amelioration, calling for a national convention and a leader with courage and democratic sympathies to interpret the common man.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Roosevelt
Isinegll
Theodore Roosevelt
Lie
Farmers Hope Wee Vils Will Be Few
Farmers grow hopeful as reports suggest only a small number of weevil infestations in fields. Local agricultural agents urge continued vigilance and prompt spraying to protect crops.
Mississippi Farmers Hopeful as Weevil Ravages Relax
Mississippi farmers report slowing Mexican bell weevil depredations this season due to lack of rain and a cautious army worm spread. Large orders of paris green and arsenate of lead are ready for pest control, and optimism grows as some counties see far fewer weevils than in 1911.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Tick Eradication Efforts Expand in Mississippi Counties
Dr J A Kiernan, head inspector of tick eradication in Mississippi, reports rapid progress with a tidal wave of activity. June 1912 saw 374.5 cattle dipped across numerous counties, with deaths attributed to tick fever and blackleg prompting strict biweekly dipping through October 31. County campaigns compete for prizes at the State Fair, including purebred bull calves and Jersey calves to showcase the program’s value and spur continued effort.
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Mississippi
Adame
Renton
Claiborne
Kenada
Jefferson
Lafayette
Madison
Monroe
Panola
Warren
Socialists Ask Mississippi Election Board Representation
Mississippi Socialists petition Secretary of State Power to appoint a Socialist party representative to the county election boards. They cite that only the Democratic and Socialist parties have established organization and voting presence in most counties, asking for a list of names to be submitted within ten days.
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Jackson
Socialists of
Mississippi
Secretary of State
Democratic Party
Sovialist
Socialist Party
American Ships Exempt From Toll Fight Fails Senate Ban
The Senate would not strike the provision exempting American ships from tolls in the Panama Bill. The debate centers on maritime policy and potential fiscal impact.
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Senate
Panama
Army worm causes renewed crop disaster across the South
The army worm outbreak has caused over 4 million dollars in damage in the South, with Georgia alone facing about 1 million. Arkansas reports 20 percent of corn and 10 percent of cotton destroyed, while Louisiana and other states suffer heavy losses to corn cotton and sugar cane. The government mobilizes all resources to combat the second brood as reports of train stoppages surface and crops statewide shrink.
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Washington
Weetfieldl
Department of Agrivulture
Waere
South
Caroline
Alsleme
Grorngia
Georgia
Arkansas
Carolinas
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Atlantic
State Officials Scatter Ahead of Session Vacation
The statehouse shows signs of vacancy as leaders range from the coast to the encampment. Governor at the encampment, agriculture commissioner out of state, Secretaty of State fishing, Attorney General in Meridian, and Education head Powers touring the state with W. H. Smith and Su s ie V. Powell directing rural schools and Girls Tomato clubs.
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Jackson
Supreme Court
J. W. Power
Collina
Meridian
Powers
W. H. Smith
Susie V. Powell
Jackson Prison Builds Modern Highway Linking Parchman to Indianola
Dr. J. C Gathings reports 400 convicts at work on a new highway from Parchman farm to Indianola as part of Governor Brewer’s north south plan. Work resumed after an injunction by dissenting citizens was settled. The project aims to finish before convicts are needed in cotton fields for harvest.
Railroad commission fixes side track ad valorem rates
After argument the railroad commission adopted an order on side track valuations. The scale ranges from 1000 to 5000 dollars per mile depending on the main line rating. lines valued at 10000 to 12000 dollars per wire receive 3000 dollars for side tracks, and those valued at 25000 to 30000 dollars are assessed at 3000 dollars.
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Jackson
Railroad Commission
State Agriculturalist Warns Against Weevil Deception
R W Harned warns planters that seed circulars claiming cow pea weevils do not harm planting seed are false. He says no weeviled seed is as good as clean seed. Tick laws take effect in Clarke and Scott counties with the livestock sanitary board enforcing eradication amid local opposition.
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Jackson
the Livestock Sanitary Board
Clarke
Scott
Clarke County
Sues for Lost Beer on Railroad Trip
W. A. Welch of Byram sues the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad for 2000 dollars claiming punitive and actual damages. He alleges a Georgetown to New Orleans trip led to his beer being confiscated and his conductors insulted him while a baggage clerk reportedly irrigated his beer.
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Jackson
W. A. Welch
Byram
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company
Welch
Georgetown
Papers Helped Gamblers in New York Exposé Reveals Profits
The New York American prints a gambler’s confession from a veteran insider detailing New York gambling profits. Over eight years gamblers earned about $91.4 million with gross income near $120 million. Profits rose after Mayor Gaynor’s inauguration, reaching $1240.000 in 1910, despite no active race tracks.
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New York
New York American
Aynor
Gaynor
Bull Calves for Prizes at State Fair
North and east breeders offer fourteen bull calves of various breeds as prizes to counties showing the most progress in tick eradication at the State Fair exhibition. Winners to be decided during the fair.
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Jackson
North
Grain crop set to exceed last year's yield in US
The department of agriculture estimates this year's grain crops will greatly surpass last year's output and exceed the ten year average. Total production is put at 2,511,000,000 bushels, the largest in history except for 1906 and 1910, with wheat at about 680,000,000 bushels ranking fifth in twenty years.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Farmers Union rally to discuss cotton crop plan in Atlanta
In Atlanta Georgia plans for handling the 1912 13 cotton crop and a national warehouse and elevator company will be discussed at a general rally of Farmers Union members on August 27. Lawson E Brown president of the Georgia Farmers Union issued the call noting branches are already established.
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National Warehouse and Elevator Company
Farmers’ Union
Lawson E. Brown
Georgia Farmers’ Union
President of Haiti Killed in Palace Explosion
In Port au Prince the national palace was blown up by a powder explosion and burned to the ground. The president Le Conte perished, his family escaped, and the blast damaged ammunition stores causing numerous casualties. Official tallies estimate up to 400 killed or injured.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
National
Republic
le Conte
Jon
Florence Bernstein on trial for husband’s murder in Chicago
Florence Bernstein is on trial for murder accused in her husband’s dying whisper. She becomes the fourth Chicago woman charged with husband killing since January.
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Florence Bernstein
Chicago
Gulfport Port to Be Highlighted in Illustrated Article
An upcoming illustrated feature will provide Latin American readers with detailed information about Gulfport port facilities, operations, and economic importance. The piece aims to showcase port infrastructure and trade potential to regional audiences.
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Gulfport
Treasury cash balance and disbursements report
State Treasurer Stovall reports a Thursday cash balance of 420736.99 dollars. Disbursements totaled 2439.97 dollars. Cash items on hand in the drawer amount to 705.70 dollars while state depositories hold 417588.26 dollars.
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Jackson
Stovall
Stock raising seen as Mississippi's salvation by agent
Jackson reports that John McKay, a special agent from the Agricultural and Mechanical College, argues the state's financial salvation lies in breeding blooded stock. In Booneville, the Tri-County Normal closed after a strong session with 226 teachers registered.
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Jackson
John McKay
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Mississippi
Tri-County
Booneville
Tricounty Normal
Liberal contributions urged to national campaign fund
Reports from across the state indicate liberal contributions will be made to the Democratic national campaign fund. National Committeeman Robert Powell has issued a call for support.
Washington Bar Seeks Funds for Justice Harlan Widow Relief
Prominent members of the United States Supreme Court bar have begun a drive to raise 340 000 dollars to aid the widow and two daughters of the late Associate Justice John M Harlan.
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Washington
the Supreme Court of the United States
John M. Harlan
Timber Workers Union members jailed in Lake Charles murder case
In Lake Charles Louisiana more than fifty Timber Workers' Union members are jailed on murder charges confined in a 10 by 10 room. A complaint filed with the Louisiana board of health initiates a health scrutiny of the case and conditions.
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New Orleans
Timber Workers’ Union
Lake Charles
Louisiana Board of Health
Tobacco Giant Declares 20 Percent Extra Dividend
New York The American Tobacco Company announces a special cash dividend of 20 percent on common stock in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of 2 12 percent.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
Natchez Dentist Patents Transparent Porcelain Crown System
Dr J J Watta of Natchez announces a patent for a new dental crown system yielding a transparent porcelain tooth. The invention promises greater strength than current dentist used teeth and is presented as a significant improvement for patients.
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Natchez
J. J. Watta
Okiboma City results nominate Thwen for reelection
Further unofficial returns indicate United States Senator Robert L. Thwen Democrat secured the nomination for reelection over former Governor Charles N. Haskell in Ohloa.
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Okiboma City
Ohloa
United States
Robert L. Thwen
Charles N. Haskell
Adams County Board approves 2770.0 bond issue plan
Natchez reports the Adams county board of supervisors adopted an order to issue 2770.0 in debt securities bearing 5 percent interest. The bonds are scheduled to mature in forty years.
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Natchez
Adams County Board of Supervisors
Double Hanging in Sunflower County Jail
Claiborne and Manley Harver, both Black men, were hanged inside the Sunflower County jail after the court mandates for the killing of Will Kirk in the northern part of the county. Education talk dominated court house attendance as Superintendent Powers and President Joe Cook of Hattiesburg delivered forcible addresses at the educational conference.
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Indianola
Claiborne
Manley Harver
Court of
Sunflower County
Will Kirk
Powers
Joe Cook
Hattiesburg
Courthouue
Washington House Passes General Deficiency Bill
The house approved the general deficiency appropriation bill totaling 6 152 535 dollars. It includes a 150 000 dollar item for the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg next July. Two battleships were damaged with Nebraska running aground near Newport News and Connecticut suffering a broken starboard crankshaft.
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Washington
Battle of
Gettysburg
Nebraska
Newport
Rostom Navy Yard
Connecticut
Detroit College Plans Southern Spring Training Site
Detroit report says a new baseball college will be established in the South next fall to cut spring training costs and supply trained players for major league managers for use at spring camps. The plan focuses on reducing travel expenses while developing ready talent.
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Detroit
Mich
Good Roads Move Reaches Amite County Mississippi
Amite county board of supervisors announces intent to issue bonds totaling 260000 to fund model highway construction as part of the counties good roads movement in Mississippi.
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Amite
Jackson
Mississippi
Amite County
Board of Supervisors
Early Picking Delays in Yazoo City Delta Cotton
Yazoo City reports the earliest Delta cotton picking on record. Planter Lt. Gilruth of Yazoo City near Lake City says he had some cotton bolls on July 22, marking an unprecedented early start for the season.
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Yazoo City
Gilruth Planter
Lake City
Ayers Sentenced Over Elevator Ride Ups
In Montgomery Ayers received forty eight hours in jail from Judge Jones for persistently riding the elevator inside the federal building. The case centers on repeated up and down movements that prompted the sentencing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ayers
Chicago Beef Prices Hit Postwar Peak as Kansas Cattle Sold
Chicago saw a record price for beef with eighteen head of cattle from Kansas sold Wednesday at 10.25 dollars per hundred pounds, the highest paid in the city since the crv war.
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Chicago
Kansas, Ill
Three Girls Killed as Tank Crash Slams Through Union Cigar Building
In Pittsburg a water tank toppled from the Union American Cigar Company building crashing through the roof and fifth and sixth floors. Three girls were killed and about a dozen people were badly injured in the collapse.
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Pittsburg
Union American Cigar Company
One-man government to run Panama Canal after Senate vote
Senate vote 43 to 14 endorses plan giving president control of all Panama Canal affairs and power to appoint a governor to complete govern and operate the zone. Debate follows on tolls and neutrality obligations under the British treaty and U S duties to exempt coastwise trade. Senator Jones argues neutrality pledge implies equal treatment for all nations.
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Washington
Senate
Panama Canal
Burton
Bramdegee
Crane
Fall
Gronoa
Lodge
Nelson
Oliver
Penrose
Root
Wetmore
Cummins
United States
Amercanes
Williams
Great Britain
Hoke Smith
Treorgia
Parama Canal
House
Panama
Jones
U S Troops Fire On Border Firing Near El Paso
Mexican forces fired across the border at U S troops guarding the El Paso area near the smelter, northwest of the city. American soldiers returned the fire as the exchange followed a prior incident last week with Mexican forces.
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el Paso
Tex
United States
Darrow defense counsel jailed for contempt in court clash
In Los Angeles the Darrow trial paused as Earl Rogers chief counsel for Clarence Darrow was deemed guilty of contempt and fined 50 dollars with five days in jail option. Rogers defended cross examining N F Mayer a tester who testified Bert Franklin Investigating voters for the McNamara defense. The judge tried to calm the courtroom and warned against further remarks.
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Los Angeles
Darrow
Earl Rogers
Clarence Darrow
Dark Stranger
Franklin
N. F. Mayer
Bert Franklin
Taft vetoes wool tariff bill for second time in year
President Taft vetoes a revised wool tariff bill under the Payne Aldrich law for the second time in a year. He returns the compromise measure to Congress with disapproval, warning low rates would harm domestic industries and urging passage of a substantially reduced duties bill without stripping wool protection.
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Washington
Taft
Payne Aldrich
Congress
House
Senate
United States
Bank Robbery in Steele Targets Tyler Cashier
An unknown burglar robbed the Bank of Tyler in Steele Missouri as cashier George W. Treece was closing the books. The assailant restrained Treece with a revolver and escaped with about $1,200. The robber is described as about 19 or 20 years old.
Tafts Attend Cincinnati Funeral of Mrs Taft's Father
President and Mrs. Taft arrived in Cincinnati Tuesday to attend the funeral of John W Herren, father of Mrs. Taft.
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Cinecinnati
McCumber backs seven year civil service tenure plan
Senator McCumber argues that senators would fail civil service exams, backing a seven year tenure and merit system for civil service workers as part of the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill. Senator Burton calls the limited term the twin brother of the spoils system.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
Burton
Roosevelt Victory In Kansas Presidential Primary
Returns from most Kansas counties indicate Roosevelt won the presidential primary on Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kans
Roosevelt
Mayor appoints 165 to honor Olympic team Aug 24
New York Mayor Gaynor names an honorary reception committee of 165 prominent citizens to lead the welcome for the American Olympic athletes on August 24. The group highlights civic support for the team after its victory.
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New York
Gaynor
Cotton Crop Outlook Improves but Delays Remain in Two States
The cotton crop progressed across the belt with best gains east of the Mississippi while Southern and Central Texas and parts of North Carolina lag due to insufficient rain. Rain supported growth, with most areas advancing and boll weevils and caterpillars noted in Mississippi Texas and Alabama. Further showers would aid pest spread and overall yield prospects.
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Memphis
Tesas
North Carolina
Mississippi River
Edrace
Mississippi Valley
Misetesippi
Alabama
Texas
Mississippi
Cotton Belt
Knox Named Special Ambassador to Japan
President Taft designates Secretary Knox as special ambassador to Japan to attend Emperor Meiji’s funeral on September 12. Viscount Chinda regards the mission as a sign of strong U S Japanese friendship and a step toward warmer relations between the two nations.
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Washington
United States
Taft
Knox
Japan
Muteakite
Viscount Chinda
Police order targets colored men after 10 at night
La Porte Indiana police chief Meinke, citing a robbery surge, ordered arrest of all colored men found on city streets after 10 PM. Several hundred of the group have been brought in for public work. The community, angered by the directive, vows legal action and attorneys.
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Ind
Meinke
Amd
Hookworm Treatment Benefits Pellagra Patients
In Partxvirssue Kentucky doctors and the State Board of Health say a treatment for hookworm is helping pellagra patients. Scientists from the Rockefeller Foundation Fund are conducting experiments locally to verify results.
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Partxvirssue
State Board of Health
Rockefeller Foundation Fund
Dynamite Blast Hits Madison Avenue Church of Christ
In Huntington West Virginia an explosion by chased away bed boys wrecked the Madison Avenue Church of Christ and dispersed a meeting inside the premises. Authorities probe the attack as a bomb incident with no immediate motive released.
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Huntington
W. Va
Madison Avenue Church
Prisoner ruse triggers escape from Basen county jail
In Newark New Jersey prisoners staged a fake suicide to lure guards to an upper tier, prompting a rush to search and allowing five inmates to escape. In Passaic New Jersey a soda fountain blast killed Barnet Mirskev who was striking carbon tanks.
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Newark
N. J
Basen County
Pasaic
Anv
Barnet Mirskev
Seven men executed in Sing Sing electric chair
Seven men suffered death in the electric chair at Sing Sing on Monday for taking human life. It marked the greatest number electrocuted at one time since electricity became a method of capital punishment.
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New York
Sing Sing
Refugee Aid Funding Authorized for Arizona Mexican Refugees
Washington authorizes a $30,000 appropriation to support American refugees from Mexico now in Arizona. The allocation was approved by a resolution in the Senate led by Senator Mark Smith.
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Washington
Mexico
Arizona
Cotton Prices Fall For Farmers Across U S
Farmers and cotton planters nationwide report average prices on August 1 down about one tenth of one percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
United States
Pittsburg Schoolchildren Need Medical Care Says Official
Dr. H. B. Burns head of the school medical inspection division reveals that more than 72,008 Pittsburg children have physical defects and require doctor care. The figure underscores the citys public health concerns and the need for medical oversight in schools.
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Pittsburg
H. B. Burns
Department of Public Health
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