Burlington Trunk Line Seeks Gulf Coast Station for Jackson
Negotiations continue for a Burlington trunk line station on the Gulf Coast that would link the gulf to Jackson. If finalized, Jackson would gain a major new industrial and commercial hub with a head from the gulf to the western wheat region, though exact parties and details remain undisclosed.
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Burlington Trunk Line
Gulf Coast
Jackson
Tackson
Gulf
Arks
Acew Railroad
Memphis
Burlington
Frisco System
Mississippi
State to Raise Tobacco in Oakley Farm Plans
Dr. J G Gathings outlines administration for Mississippi s plan to make Oakley farm self sustaining focusing on tobacco and vegetables. Expert farmer Mr McNeill to oversee tobacco and produce aims to turn tobacco into a paying crop at Oakley in a region suited for tobacco and Mississippi tracking.
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Sergeant McNeill
Jackson
J. G. Gathings
Oakley
Parchman Farm
Mississippi
Mississippi peanut rate reform eyed by railroad commission
President John A. Webb of the Mississippi Railroad Commission plans a conference on proposed peanut rates. Current Jackson to Mendenhall peanut rates are 25 cents a hundred, deemed too high, with a possible lower rate favored to aid farmers.
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Jackson
Clay Sharkey
New
Capitol Grounds
Sharkey
Daughters of the Confederacy
Department of Education
John A. Webb
Powers
Mrs Powers
Misa Susie Powell
Missippi Commis
Commission
Mississippi
Mendenhall
Mendentat
Monroe la
Col Fon
Presiden
Webb
Mississippi Bank Deposits Rise Indicating Liquidity
The auditor reports a large jump in deposits across state and national banks totaling about 9.54 million dollars. The combined data show growing individual and time deposits, signaling ample funds ready for investment when opportunities arise.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Smith
Sleures
Rewards Offered for Slay er of Meridian Druggist Merrill
Governor Noel sets a 2 reward for the arrest and conviction of the unknown killer of John P Merrill a Meridian druggist found dead in his hotel room. Police see no robbery motive as valuables were taken while clothing remains. Citizens raise funds with Southern Hate adding 200 and others pushing total above 700.
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Jackson
Meridian
Noel
John P. Merrill
Merrill
Treasury reports strong Mississippi tax receipts
Jackson Mississippi tax collectors from 78 counties send November settlement reports to the state treasury. Cash is abundant with banks showing record deposits as cotton prices rise and prosperity spreads. Revenue rises from state bond sales and cotton from convict farms.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Wenal
Edwards
Treasury
Accidental Kill Blows Open Head During Hunt
William Rickels, 17, son of farmer William Rickels near McVitle, was accidentally shot in the forehead when his cousin Alf McMallen's gun discharged while hunting. The incident follows routine notes on postal handling at Jackson's Illinois Central transfer depot where 360 sacks of mail pass daily with only rare misroutes.
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Kosciusko
William Rickels
McVitle
Alf McMallen
Jackson
Ilinois Central
Chicago
New Orleans
Uncle Sam
Taft touts international court to secure disarmament
President Taft told a Washington banquet that there is no war scare and urged a permanent international court as the best path to disarmament. He argued the Panama Canal strengthens peace, allows naval mobility, and justifies fortifications to protect the canal against attack.
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Washington
Taft
America Society For Judicial
Tatt
Serare
Cranal
Congressional deficiency bill passes in one hour forty minutes
Washington reports Congress approved the deficiency appropriation bill in 1 hour 40 minutes. The measure totals 1,060,617 dollars with items including 550,900 for the New York navy yard dry dock and 49.7 thousand for a new court of commerce. An 80,0 thousand payment covers Richard Parr, customs inspector, part of a 100,000 reward.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
New York Navy Yard
New Court of Commerce
Richard Parr
United States Customs Inspector
New York
Four Deaths From Cold Hit New York
The first winter cold wave has caused four deaths and much suffering among the poor. A man threw a stone through a plate glass window to seek shelter in a jail. The municipal lodging house is overcrowded, and authorities fear they cannot meet half the shelter requests.
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New York
Earthquake Sinks Island Report From Costa Rica
A Port Limon cable to Times-Democrat reports a small Costa Rican island in Hopango lagoon sinking after a quake. About 75 families reportedly perished, with shocks escalating through the evening until midnight.
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New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Port Limon
Csta Rica
Saps
Salvadore
Hopango Lagonn
Republic
Rioters Raid Roumanian Settlement in Canton
Armed assailants raided the Roumanian settlement in Canton Ohio entering thirty houses and shooting three men who resisted them. They obtained $100 and fed. One victim, Joan Gridt, was wounded and may die.
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Canton
Joan Gridt
Clergyman Missing From Asheville Home
Rev. D. J. Miller pastor of Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church in Asheville is missing since being last seen at the Biltmore railway station. Friends say he has been in poor health for some time and search by family and friends continues.
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Asheville
N. C
D. J. Miller
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church
Biltmore
Keep Abreast of Crop Washington Resolution Cited
Representative Heflin of Alabama backs a census bureau plan for monthly cotton export reports. The aim is to inform cotton growers and manufacturers about supply for home use and market movements to understand the ups and downs in prices.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Census Bureau
Longest and Dar ing Glide in Aviation History
John Moisant performed a record setting glide near Ames, descending from about 7 500 feet without engine power and landing cleanly in a park arena amid cheering spectators. The feat followed a five mile straight approach and showed exceptional control and momentum. Carnegie Gifts 16 Million To Peace Fund With Trustees From government and academia backing the effort to end war and promote international peace.
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Memphis
John Morsant
Ames
Moisant
Park
Morean
Keith Simon
Harrier
Moffats
Taft Withholds Army Defense Reports From Congress
President Taft directs Secretary Dickinson to withhold from Congress any reports on national defenses. He cites that the full defense facts are included in regular annual War Department reports, already in Congress's hands, and thus no separate confidential dispatch will be sent.
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Washington
Taft
Dickinson
Congress
United States
Million Dollar Coal Deal Shakes Alabama
In Birmingham, G. B. McCormack and Erskine Ranney acquired a coal acreage in Walker county totaling between 35,000 and 4,100 acres. The purchase price is near $1,000,000, likely closing the large tracts of Alabama coal lands to major companies.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
G. B. McCormack
Erskine Ranney
Walker County
Washington clerks to work seven and a half hours daily
Government clerks in Washington will work a half hour longer each day, increasing to seven and one half hours. The policy aims at greater efficiency and economy in departments. Some departments may defer the change if current efficiency is judged satisfactory.
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Washington
Woman Hangs Self in Oklahoma City Porch
Mrs. W. H. McElroy hanged herself with a rope from the porch joists at the McElroy residence. She curtained the area with sheets to hide the act, died after a fall that broke her neck, in poor health for years. husband discovered the body upon returning home.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
W. H. McElroy
McElroy
Farm Crop Values for 1910 by Crop Reporting Board
Final estimates from the Crop Reporting Board show corn at 3 125 713 000 bushels valued at 1 523 968 000 dollars and 48.8 cents per bushel wheat 695 445 000 bushels valued at 621 443 000 dollars and 89.4 cents per bushel oats 1 126 765 000 bushels valued at 154 716 000 dollars and 34.1 cents per bushel potatoes 295 411 000 bushels valued at 187 985 00 dollars hay 60 973 000 tons valued at 747 769 000 dollars and 12.26 per ton total value of crops on October 1 was 3 725 464 000 dollars, down from 3 971 426 000 last year. Prices averaged about 5 percent lower on December 1 than last year.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
Richmond Iced Twenty-Eighth Child Born in Newcastle Home
The twenty eighth child arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Jason Bonner in Newcastle Indiana. Mr Bonner is 49 years old and his wife is four years younger. Twenty one children are now living in the family.
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Richmond, Iced
Jason Bonner
Newcastle
Ind
Bonner
Bill Lets Build Grand Monuments for Confederate Prison Graves
In Washington the Senate Committee on Military Affairs endorses a bill authorizing large masonry monuments with bronze tablets bearing soldiers’ names for Confederate prisoners who died in Northern custody. The marking period is extended by two years.
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Washington
Agalpet
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Drank Ink for Wine At Kentucky Church
Report from Pleasant Valley Christian Church near Carlisle Kentucky that indelible ink was substituted for communion wine. Elders and members drank the liquid before the error was noticed causing several people to become violently ill with symptoms described as severe distress and illness following the event.
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Carlisle
Pleasant Valley Christian Church
Iowa Senator Attacks Payne Aldrich Tariff Bill Debate
The Senate opened the tariff debate with Cummins proposing to curb rule amendments on the Payne Aldrich measures. Senators Lodge Aldrich and others signaled support for partial tariff revision, preferring subject by subject changes and challenging any joint resolution to alter House and Senate rules.
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Washington
Senate
Mesars
Lodge
Aldrich
Cummins
Payne Aldrich
Cummina
Mesers
Loder
Massachusetts
Helppless in Case of Attack Reveals Defense Gaps
A wartime War Department report leaked to Congress shows the country is unprepared for invasion. It highlights shortages of men guns and ammunition and calls for army reorganization and creation of a national defense council led by the Secretary of War.
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Washington
War Department
Bowsee
Croend
Dickinson
Council of National Defense
Secretary of War
Cangrees
Prisoner for Christmas Gift Sentences in Moonshining Case
In a United States court, John Weatherington and youth David Sattom were sentenced for moonshining. Weatherington, 78 and a Confederate veteran, received a lenient remark about his value to the country, while the younger man got two months with suspension. Weatherington has a seven year old son.
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Valdosta
John Weatherington
David Sattom
United States
Murray Butler Sees Crisis Over Census Figures
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, warns that the latest census data place the United States in a perilous class with Russia, India and China. He stresses a looming national population problem and the need to adapt to overcrowded land and shrinking per capita resources.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Washington
Germany
Grea
Britain
France
Russia
India
China
Oura
Rene T Beauregard Dies in New Orleans
Rene T Beauregard eldest son of the late Fort Sumter and a former Confederate Army veteran died suddenly in New Orleans on Wednesday.
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Rene T. Beauregard
New Orleans
Fort Sumter
Taft set to speak at Southern Commercial Congress in Atlanta
President Taft will address the Southern Commercial Congress in Atlanta on March 10. Former President Roosevelt, Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and most Southern governors will also give speeches. Taft will discuss “A Greater Nation Through a Greater South.”
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Washington
Taft
Southern Commercial Congress
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
South
Raise Justices' Salaries Washington
Senator Depew introduces a bill to raise supreme court chief and associate justices salaries to 18000 and 17500 respectively and lift circuit judges from 7000 to 10000 and district judges from 6000 to 9000. The article notes current pay levels and proposed increases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Senator Depew
Remembering Octave Chanute Father of Aviation
Chicago mourns Octave Chanute the Paris-born civil engineer and aviation pioneer who inspired powered flight. He envisioned gasoline engines powering heavier-than-air craft, aided the Wright brothers, and authored Progress in Flying Machines before dying in Chicago.
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Octave Chanute
Aviation
Chicago
Chanute
France
Vicw
American Association of Engineers
St Louie
Tim
Engineers’ Association
Parta
Chanute W
Paris
America
Piritish Institute of Civil Engineers
Canadian Society of Twill Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Western Society of Civil Engineers
Wrights
The First Sewing Machine in London Display
A rough forerunner from the early 19th century by Charlies Kyte of Snoweht near Evesham is shown in the article. It rests on a four legged wooden stool and carries a table top for the machine. The piece belongs to the South Kensington Museum.
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London
Charlies Kyte
Snoweht
Evesham
South Kensington Museum
A King's Hobby Collecting Empty Match Boxes
The late King of Siam collected empty match boxes from many nations. While in London with two aides he spotted a discarded box in Bond Street and plunged into busy traffic to seize the coveted item, narrowly escaping a cab.
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London
Siam
Bond Street
Bible in Modern Education and the Alluring Quest for Perfection
The article argues that the Bible furnishes the full spectrum of personal development, uniting intellect feeling and will. It contrasts biblical pedagogy with Greek Roman and pagan systems, praising Christianity as the source of scientific spirit and the goal of creation as perfect personality. It asserts Christ as the Spirit of creation and that universities are reembracing biblically grounded truth.
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Phoenicia
Greece
Rome
Christ
Heaven
Evangelical Messenger
The Second Mile Spirit in Aims and Faith
Excerpted reflections compare the first mile as duty to the second mile as love. Quotations credit Rev J R Miller and Rev A T Osborn noting moral effort and the power of mind shaping life. The piece frames going beyond obligation as an easier, joyous path through faith and mindset.
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J. R Miller
D. D
A T. Osborn
Presbyterian
Kansas City
Kansas
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