Asquith Attacked by Suffragists at Parliament
Premier Asquith faced an assault by militant suffragettes near the House of Commons as police arrived to shield him. The incident followed a pledge to discuss a woman’s franchise bill, sparking calls that the premier’s stance was a provocation. Police halted the mob near Downing Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asquith
House of Commons
Claxton Hall
Chrystabel Pankhurst
Sali
Downing Street
Henrietta Williams
Cern
Prohibition Tax Figures Show Growth in Distilling States
A federal revenue report notes rising illicit distilling in Georgia and the Carolinas as statewide prohibition expands. It records large collections in Tennessee and Alabama and cites total internal revenue gains across several states, with Alabama leading in certain measures. The report mentions increased production of whiskey and oleomargarine in the era of prohibition and notes state actions driving elevated enforcement.
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Iseton
In Revenue
Hieit
Alabama
Gear 6
South Carolina
Fis
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arand
Ackhy
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Puebla unrest reports clash amid revolution fallout
Reports from Mexico outline violence around Puebla with conflicting casualty figures. Dispatches cite 25 to 409 fatalities and multiple wounded as revolutionaries and security forces clash in the city during the ongoing Diaz era turmoil.
Crop yield and tax figures released amid farm reports
The final cotton crop yield estimate reaches 11,445,000 bales based on belt reports. The article notes net corporate income tax figures at $3,125 and stock capital totaling $52,271,626,752 with broader context from Louisiana agricultural officials.
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Ccrat
The
United
Internal Revenue
Shot Father Acquitted in Patricide Trial
Anniston reports Alan Ward Story, about 15, is acquitted of willful premeditated patricide after his mother Mrs. John Story testifies the boy often subdued his father with threats and the gun was loaded by the father without the son's knowledge. The mother says she was abused when the boy attempted to intimidate him and the weapon discharged accidentally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratleman
Railroads Escaped Sharp Rebuke In Strong Resolutions
Strong resolutions from San Antonio condemn railroads and trusts. Gov. Stubbs of Kansas leads urging Congress to detail railroad valuation and investment costs so the Interstate Commerce Commission can act quickly. Public charges would reflect reasonable investment in public service properties. In Natchitoches a theft at the Texas and Pacific depot saw burglars take whisky and Bibles. the Bibles were recovered by a night watchman.
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San Antonio
Tex
Stubbs
Kansas
Trans Mississippi Commercial
National Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Natchitoches
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Cotton Supply in Two Months Ends in October Report
Census Bureau data show a cotton supply of 6 082.96 bales for the two months ending October. The first annual rivers and harbors bill under the new law proposes a 1 million dollar appropriation for continuing contracts. Greensburg Pennsylvania reports a tragic accident as Dr George Boehm and wife Mrs Boehm were found hanged after a team of horses bolted toward railroad tracks.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alexander
Greensburg
George Boehm
Boehm
Waterways Meeting Presses for Fourteen Feet on Ohio River
The Gull Deep Waterways Association session endorses a fourteen-foot valley project. Gov Deneen argues for federal cooperation and Taft backing, while President Kavanaugh and supporters demand real river improvements and oppose pork-barrel tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tod
William K. Kavanaugh
St. Louis
William Fl. Taft
Ohio River
Kavranaugh
Wm. Kavanaugh
Mexican revolution ends with peace in republic
Reports from Mexico say the revolution has been stopped early with peace and order restored. Rumors of General Francisco Madero being seriously wounded were unconfirmed. Two Americans, Fanlan and Storey, were killed accidentally in Paras during rioting. both sides claim orders to avoid damaging foreign property and harming farmers.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Republic
Fransisco Madero
Paras
Fanlan
Storey
Brazil grants navy demands after mutiny
Brazil's government yields to a mutinous navy as Congress votes extraordinary measures. Sailors receive amnesty, increased pay, shorter hours, expanded crews, and abolition of corporal punishment, while the military officers who died are cited in the confrontation.
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Rio Janeirro
Brazil
Congress
Indians pay big fees in Indian claims drive
Attorney Richard Adams testified before a House committee on contracts with Indians claiming contingent fees could total over 3 million dollars if all his claims were collected. He cited other Cherokee land claims against Texas potentially worth about 20 million dollars with a 25 percent fee. London: Crippen letter to Nord's News defends innocence amid alleged murder. New York: Andrew Carnegie celebrated his 73rd birthday with congratulations at his Fifth Avenue home.
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Richard Adams
Adams
House
Texas
London
Hawley H. Crippen
Ethel Leneve
Nord’s
Sara
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
Opposition to a New Congress Session Emerges
House Democratic leader Champ Clark declares against a special session to pass tariff corrections. He says there is virtually no chance of an extra session, noting only hotel interests in Washington favor it while the president, Congress, and public do not.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Congress
Jamesville man dies by own hand in shotgun suicide
In Jamesville Georgia Harvey Adams killed himself using a shotgun pressed to his breast and fired, witnessed by his wife and five children. The incident appears to be a self inflicted act carried out at home.
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Jamesville
Harvey Adams
Drexel Flies to 9970 Feet New Altitude Record
Philadelphia report states J Armstrong Drezel set a new world altitude record by piloting a plane to 9,970 feet above the city on Wednesday. The record height surpassed previous marks and drew wide attention from aviation observers.
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Drexel
Philadelphia
J. Armstrong
Drezel
Peanuts Offer Salvation for Weevil Stricken Fields
Experts at the Nacces Meeting urge farmers to plant peanuts next year as the boll weevil devastates cotton regions in the Summit Gloster area. Experiments show large yields and good prices, with peanuts maturing in about three months and allowing two crops on the same land when combined with a fall grain. Lincoln, Copiah, and surrounding counties plan peanut planting, while Hinds shifts toward peanuts amid reduced cotton prospects due to the weevil.
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Nacces
Mississipp
Lincoln
Coplah
Jackson
Hinds
Monument to Heroes: Grant of New Repose at Fishing Creek
Governor Norl receives letter from Gen Bennett J. Younes detailing erection of a monument and a tablet to 150 Confederates killed at Fishing Creek January 19 1842 in Mississippi. Recognition credits Ken tuckiagm residents Mrs L Dake and Mrs James A Shuttleworth for memorial efforts. Fifteenth Mississippi infantry under Walthall bore the brunt of the battle with 44 killed and 132 wounded.
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Fifteenth
Mississippi Infantry
Walthall
Lumber Deal Consolidates Big Bend Plant Holdings
Gulfport reports L N Danteler Lumber Company has acquired the entire Bend Mississippi holdings of the J E North Lumber Company, including 1200 acres and an estimated 252,000,000 feet of merchantable timber. The plant is the Gulf & Ship Island road’s largest between Gulfport and Jackson and will take ten years to run at full capacity.
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Gulfport
L. N. Danteler Lumber Company
Bend, Miss
J. E North Lumber Company
the Bood Lumber Company
Gulf & Ship Island Road
Jackson
Southern Express reports quarterly deficit and reduced loss
The Southern Express Company filed a quarterly report showing a deficit for the quarter ended September 20 with receipts of $43,459.56 and expenses of $43, +571.15 net deficit. Last year’s quarter showed a larger deficit of $1,442.71 amid a slump. Greenville groups plan pledges from farmers to supply corn and peas to keep the plant in operation with local business leaders funding necessary improvements and expert factory managers.
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Jackson
Southern Express Company
Greenville—Business Men's League
Greenville
Frmers
Greenvie
Pnt
Hilness
Farmers Profit Despite Weevil Infestation
In the article farmers report harvesting about 60 percent of the crop but benefit from high prices. Merchants see stronger collections and debt settlements, and farmers are earning more money than usual amid the weevil challenge.
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Lora
Mississippi state farms provide revenue and savings
The Mississippi penal farms are a steady revenue source for the state, with about 500000 gross and 205000 net income from products. Production of cotton, corn, meats, and wheat supports the convict population and potentially increases state savings this year.
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Tts
Situation in the Piney Woods Shows Very Little Change
In South Mississippi the slumber market shows a slight price rise after the election but nearly no sales gains. Inquiries increase yet few deals close, and car shortages curb production. Retailers link reduced orders to fewer shipments, while holidays are not anticipated by manufacturers.
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Piney Woods
Jackson
Mississippi
Peanut Culture Advice At Get Together Conference
Large attendance at the Get Together Conference at the Chamber of Commerce heard I. Dehigren of Gloster urge planting peanuts shell and all and selling at market prices. He cited prices from 73 cents to a dollar twenty-five, noted limited trouble in growing them, and discussed marketing and hay use for farmers. Meridian notes a state Sunday School convention in Columbus, and Meridian cotton yields and Thomas’s cotton picker tests. Governor Noel approved the Jackson County Growers and Shippers Association charter to aid farmers and secure markets.
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Natchet
Merchan
Chamber of Commerce
I. Dehigren
Gloster
Eualry
Meridian
Wo Pred Long
State Sunday School Association
Mineiasipyi State Sunday School Association
Columbus
Mies
Mississipyi
Noel
Jackson County Growers and Shippers’ Association
Ocean Springs
Church Must Disarm Criticism
Pastor James H. McLaren of Central Park Congregational Church in Chicago laments modern churches clinging to old forms while urging a united Christendom beyond denominationalism. He argues progress, advises rejecting ecclesiastical tyranny, and urges a vigorous, selfless ministry to meet the age's demands.
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James H. M’laren
Central Park Congregational Church
Chicago
Church of the Present
Doctor McLaren
St. Augustine
New York
Jeouws
Henan
Jesus
A Life of Joy and Noble Living
A sermon-like exhortation urges Christians to spread cheer imitate Christ by lifting others. It warns against discouraging words that burden already-strained neighbors and to bear one another's burdens through joyful living and charitable actions.
Colds Cured in One Day
A vintage ad claims Manyon's Cold Cure fixes colds in a day and prevents pneumonia. It touts relief for head and throat, offers sugar pellets in a vest pocket size for 30 cents, promises free advice by mail, and urges purchases from Mun? on social media end.
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Manyon
The Simple Life in Early Morning Cabaret
Dialogue fragment shows Mrs Knicker refusing to light the fire before breakfast while a narrator or companion jokes about smoke and mornings. The tone suggests a humorous domestic exchange.
A Sure Cure for a Child's Habit
A short, playful note describes a mother using a bobble skirt bought by Rogers to cure her daughter's habit of croming her knees. The tone mimics a domestic anecdote from a vintage newspaper page.
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Randall
Rogers
Murine Eye Remedy Advertised for Sale in Florida
An old ad promotes Murine Eye Remedy for weak tired eyes with soothing liquid drops. It claims no sting and eye pain relief, sold by a druggist in Florida for 25 cents, with eye salve in aseptic tubes and free advice by Mall Marine Eye Remedy listed as a Chicago firm.
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Draggiste
Mall Marine Eye Remedy
Aicago
Marmaduke recalls barber joke about Hunt the Hare
Marmaduke wonders what the barber said after shaving him. Hettie asks and Marmaduke imagines the barber’s line recalling a childhood game called Hunt the Hare. The exchange hints at humor and shared memory between the characters.
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Marmaduke
Hettie
Unclear encounter over debts ends with a dime
A disrupted sidewalk scene leads to a quarrel over a borrowed half dollar. The Irishman accepts the coin, insists on repayment, and the exchange highlights old world pride and humor amid a chaotic street moment.
Mrs Pinkham Offers Free Confidential Advice in Lynn Mass
Encourage women to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice after 20 years of assisting sick women, free of charge, urging immediate correspondence.
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Georgia
Carolinas
Foreign Affairs of
Puebla
Jon
Rouge
Department of
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Turkey
Waterways Meeting
Taft
Kavanaugh
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
United States
Europe
Geo. Grant
Grant
Germany
Empire
Parra
LaCrosse
Abner B. Frazer
Minneapolis
Frazer
Frank B. M. Taylor
C. L. Ewing
Minors Central Railroad
Joseph E Baker
Cook County
Linois Central
Crippen
Immocent
Carnegie Ie
Peanuts Farmers’ Salvation
Monument
Victima
Fishing Creek
Bend Lumber Company
Dantelers
Express Company
Lumber Trade Outlook
Lownees
Columbes
Chandler
Lowndes County
Howard Swith
United States Department of Agriculture
A. L. Goodman
Smith
Mr. Goodman
Lauderdale
Biloxi
Stephen
Thoras
Cincinnati
Thomas
Greenwood
Growers’ and Shippers’ Organization
McLean
John KR MelLean
Melean
Senday
Minn
L E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. Motpax
Second St
North
Inn
Lydia EF. Pinkham
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