Southern Expo Plan Prompts Mississippi Coastal Growth
A New Orleans coordinated push backs a 1915 Gulf exposition to showcase the Mississippi Valley. Delegates from Southern states back a large fair, aiming to attract national and world attention, with rail reorientation toward Gulf ports and extensive development along the coast and timber lands. Local notes highlight Capt. Titus's dog farm, alfalfa value, and Jones county farming examples as signs of regional opportunity.
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Mississippi Valley
South
New Orleans
United States
Atlantic Ports
Gulf Ports
Gulf States
Louisiana
Commonwealth of Mississippi
Mississippi
Union
Post Office Controversy Over Rockefeller Estate Land
Postmaster General orders a full inquiry into whether Brandon N. has lost its post office after William Rockefeller acquired the surrounding land. A Civil War veteran Lamora was barred from the estate and from receiving mail at Bay Pond, prompting a search for reestablishing a local office outside the Rockefeller holdings for residents.
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Washington, D. C
Meyer
Brandon
William Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Mr. Rockefeller
Lamers
Lamora
Play Pond
Rockefeller
Bay Pond
Injunctions to Stay Against Chicago Warehouses and Railroads
Judge Horace Honore upholds the injunctions on bills filed by the Chicago Board of Trade against certain warehouse keepers and railroad companies. The ruling allows the injunctions to remain in force pending appeal to the Supreme Court. He notes a public elevator must be open to shippers and that any public warehouseman may quit the business at will. railroads cannot act as public warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Horace
Chicago Board of Trade
Forre
Supreme Court
Honore
British Minister Injured in Carriage Crash En Route to Oslo
Sir Arthur James Herbert, the British minister, was injured when his carriage overturned on a steep embankment near Flelefjeld between here and Bergen while traveling from Bergen to the capital with his wife Miss Helen L. Gammel of Providence Rhode Island. He suffered broken ribs and possible internal injuries. his wife escaped unharmed.
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Christiana
Norway
Arthur James Herbert
Flelefjeld
Here
Bergen
Helen L. Gammel
Providence
El Paso Arrest Of Alleged Revolutionist Garza
Jesus Garza, an alleged revolutionary, was arrested in El Paso Texas on concealed weapons charges. Mexican Consul Mallen offered to secure his release if he returned to Mexico, waiting at the jail with an American officer to rush him across the border, but Garza refused. Revolutionary sympathizers call it a plot to press Garza to Mexico.
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el Paso
Texas
Jesus Garza
Mallen
Mexico
Garza
Spain Follows French Example in Insurance Control
Madrid reports the Spanish government will imitate France by enacting special legislation to regulate foreign insurance companies operating in Spain. The move aligns with Paris policy to tighten oversight of non-domestic insurers.
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Spain
Madrid
France
Russia orders $25 million in 4 percent rentes
St. Petersburg officials report that Finance Minister M. Kovovsoff is directed to issue $25,000,000 in 4 percent rentes for budget purposes including famine relief. The council of ministers endows the commanders of all imperial palaces with exceptional powers to execute the directive.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
M. Kokovsoff
Council of Ministers
Schooner sinks with all hands off Iceland coast
Dunkirk report states the schooner Violette carrying 19 hands foundered near Iceland with all crew lost. Authorities say the vessel disappeared in rough seas and search efforts were unsuccessful as the sea claimed the entire crew.
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Dunkirk
France
Violette
Iceland
Montenegrin officers arrested on treason charges
Fifteen Montenegrin army officers were arrested amid a sensational treason case. Officials claim they uncovered a military plot against the Tomanovics government, triggering a major political scare in Cettinje Montenegro.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Tomanovics
Bid period extended for torpedo boat destroyers
Washington Acting Secretary Newberry announced an extension of the bid submission deadline for torpedo boat destroyers to September 2, extending the time for interested firms to prepare and submit proposals.
Flags at half mast for Francis Murphy funeral
Los Angeles mayor Harper proclaimed half mast across public buildings until after Francis Murphy temperance leader's funeral. Body lies in state Wednesday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Simpson's Auditorium. Funeral service at 2 p.m. Dr Frank De Witt Talmagee gives chief address. his father Rev T De Witt Talmage was Murphy's former pastor. Dr Robert J. Burdette and other clergymen participate.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harper
Francis Murphy
Simpson's
Frank de Witt Talmagee
T. de Witt Talmage
Murphy
Robert J. Burdette
Chicago Southern railway to reach Chicago by October 1
The Chicago Southern railway syndicate managers John B R Walsh John N Fairbhorn and Orville B E Babcock announce orders to complete the road to Chicago with trains expected by October 1 The northern end now reaches Chicago Heights about 21 miles from Chicago
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Chicago
Chicago Southern Railway Syndicate
John BR. Walsh
John N. Fairbhorn
Orville BE. Babcock
Chicago Heights
Man shoots widow then kills self after river chase
Sioux City report says Nicholas Deiderich, a laborer, shot Mrs. Chris Johannsen, a widow, who refused to marry him. He fled along the river bank as a pursuing policeman opened fire. About to be captured, Deiderich shot himself twice in the head and leaped into the river.
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Sioux City
Nicholas Deiderich
Chris Johannsen
Defderich
Deiderich
Monterey Fire Breaks Out En Route to New York
In New York harbor the Monterey steamer of the New York and Cuba mail line caught fire on its forward hatch as it was cleared from quarantine. Captain Smith beached the vessel while crew lit the blaze. One hundred fourteen passengers remained aboard briefly before being landed ashore by tugboats.
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New York, N. Y
Monterey
New York and Cuba
Havana
New York
Smith
Former Bandit Dalton Granted Parole for Four Months
Topeka Kansas government grants four month parole to Emmet Dalton once a notorious bandit confined in the Kansas penitentiary. Dalton bears an old shoulder wound from the Coffeyville battle and plans call for an operation to save his arm.
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Topeka
Kas
Hoch
Emmet Dalton
Kansas Penitentiary
Dalton
Coffeyville
Medical student demonstrates new molybdatt substance
Rocheport France Andrew L'Ancion a medical college student presents a demonstration of molybdatt a new compound with properties similar to bromide of radium and its potential medical use is discussed in local circles.
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Rocheport
France
Andrew L'Ancion
Arkansas Governor Pardons E O Butt Former Senator
Little Rock Ark Gov. Pindall pardoned E O Butt once Carroll County State Senator. Butt, convicted of bribery involving Senator R R Adams of Grant County, had been sentenced to two years in state prison and began serving January 1 1907.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Pindall
E. O. Butt
Carroll County
R. R. Adams
Grant County
Butt
Francis Murphy Reported Dying in Los Angeles
June 23 in Los Angeles the aged temperance advocate Francis Murphy is reported near death with all hope for recovery abandoned.
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Francis Murphy
Los Angeles
Cal
Professor Agassiz's Wife Dead
Mrs. Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz widow of Harvard zoology professor Louis Agassiz died in Arlington Heights. Born in Boston eighty five years ago, she was tied to the university and noted for her reform work and founding of educational institutions.
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Agassiz
Boston
Mass
Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz
Harvard
Louis Agassiz
Arlington Heights
Croker Challenges for a Race in Dublin
Dublin newsmaker Richard Croker issues a challenge to Captain J H Greer owner of Slieve Gallion for a match race against Croker's Orby at any distance from five furlongs to three miles.
National Telegraphers Union Faces Possible National Strike
National executive committee works to avert a nationwide walkout of telegraphers amid factions seeking Chicago and San Francisco action. President Clower and Commissioner Neill push arbitration to settle differences while leaders travel to Chicago to prevent spreading unrest.
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New York
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
San Francisco
Clower
Western Trion
Western Union Telegraph Co
Charles P. Neill
Labor
Nei!l
Leadex
Telegraphers’ Anion
Chicago
Small
M. J. Riedy
Poston
J. M. Sullivan
Neill
Clowry
Chicago Labor Commissioner Seeks Telegraph Strike Accord
Chicago Commissioner of Labor Charles P. Neil arrived in the city to avert a telegraph operators strike. He aims to open negotiations between union officials and telegraph company managers, as officials refuse to meet with the union. The union insists recognition is required to prevent a wider California-linked strike spread.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Charles P. Neil
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Neil
California
Gould demurrer denied in Missouri ouster suit
Jefferson City Mo The Supreme Court denied the demurrer of the Gould lines in Missouri to the ouster suit by Attorney General Hadley and directed the respondents to plead by September 1 The court did not rule on merits but defined the attorney general right to sue The suit seeks to annul the Missouri Pacific and other Gould lines charter and strip the Wabash of business in the state Returns will be set for October term of the Supreme Court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Missouri
Hadley
Missouri Pacific
Goulds
Wabash
Lincoln poultry dealer sues railroad for rate discrimination
J G Baeschlin of Aurora filed a complaint with the state railway commission against the St Joseph and Grand Island railroad alleging bias toward Swift and Armour packing ships to San Francisco. He claims local rates vs through Missouri River rates leave him paying $50 to $100 per car more. A joint hearing is set for August 6 with railroad men and shippers on butter and cream rates. Caroline Islands Hurricane Swept reports from Sydney say the German steamer Germanic encountered a hurricane with giant waves, devastating many islands and causing at least 200 native deaths.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Railway Commission
J. G. Baeschlin
Aurora
Caroline Islands
Sydney
New South Wales
Caroline Group
Explosion Frees Prisoners at Sabastopel Prison
An Infernal machine exploded in Sabastopel, shattering the wall and releasing twenty political prisoners. Guards searched the grounds for fugitives as authorities assessed the strike.
Time Extended for Bids on Destroyers in Washington D C
Acting Secretary Newberry announced an extension of the bidding period for torpedo boat destroyers to September 2. The move widens participation window for shipbuilders and suppliers bidding on the naval project.
German Emperor Sails to Copenhagen on Hohenzollern
Kiel Germany reports Emperor William the Empress and Prince Adelbert aboard the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern for a cruise. The party sails to Copenhagen to visit the Danish court as the emperor plans his annual tour of Scandinavian waters.
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Kiel
Germany
William
Prince Adelbert
Copenhagen
Hohenzollern
Counterfeiter Nabbed in Albuquerque Hotel
A man calling himself GU Malt, claiming to be from St Joseph Missouri but formerly a physician in Lennon Iowa, was arrested in the Southern hotel in Albuquerque New Mexico while making counterfeit dollars. Police found a complete counterfeiting outfit and about twenty counterfeit notes in the room. the suspect begged for death to spare his family.
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Albuquerqque
N. M
St. Joseph
Thieves Steal Raphael Madonna and Child From Sitka Church
Greek Orthodox church in Sitka loses a Raphael painting titled Madonna and Child along with a gold frame valued at about 20000 dollars. The frame was a gift from Alaska miners and residents, and the theft was reported via a Sitka telegraph to Seattle officials. Rev Innocent Pustinsky, once head of the Greek Orthodox church in the region, helped bring the canvas to Sitka for display.
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Seattle
Wash
Sitka
Alaska
Orthodes Church
Raphael
Innocent Pustinsky
British Columbia
United States
Rocky Mountains
Northland
Mrs Logan Declines Comment on Tucker War Dept Affair
Mrs Logan of Murphysboro New Jersey attends funeral for Col T M Logan Mira John A Lagen. When asked about charges against Col W F Tucker she refused to add to the formal statement on file. She said she would reveal all at the proper time and did not believe in pretrying such cases.
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Murphysbors
Col
T. M. Logan
Mira
John A. Lagen
W. F. Tucker
War Department
Mrs. Logan
Dot
Japanese Immigration Arrives in British Columbia Expected Volumes
Victoria reports that over 3,000 Japanese travelers are to arrive in British Columbia this month from Japan and Honolulu with more expected in August. The steamer Eumeric will carry the first contingent from Honolulu followed by other British steamers carrying similar numbers. Pacific crossings are rising with five steamers due in the next two weeks from Japan carrying over 900 people aboard.
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Victoria
BBC
British Columbia
Japan
Honolulu
Eumeric
Pacific
Silver dollar in Stickney collection fetches 3600 at Henry Chapman sale
Henry Chapman paid 3600 dollars for a Herscules silver dollar from the Matthew Stickney coin collection auction. The same buyer paid 6200 dollars for the Brasher New York doubloon, valued at 16. The sold dollar was one of six remaining from a 1504 mintage.
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Philadelphia
Matthew Stickney
Henry Chapman
New York
Guatemalan Presidency candidates named in press
Advices from Mexico City report Guatemala’s June 6 press naming two presidential hopefuls to succeed Cabrera. The contenders are Gen Marianao Sessano and Gen Juan Barrios, who currently serves as minister of foreign relations.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Guatemala
Republic
Cabrera
Marianao Sessano
Juan Barrios
Tragic deaths in St Joseph from firecracker blast
Theresa Goodman, 7, died after a shock from a giant firecracker explosion near her home. Laura Kendall, 44, in nervous distress worsened by the blast, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid.
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St Joseph
Missouri
Theresa Goodman
Laura Kendall
American held in Russia seeks protection for Seattle man
The American embassy has received an application to extend protection to Serge W. Peezt of Seattle who lacks naturalization papers. Peezt has lived in Krasnoyarsk under false passports, was imprisoned recently, and now complains of ill treatment.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Amercan
Serge W. Peezt
Seattle
Pawers
Peezt
Kraznoyarsk
Police chief Baladanski commits suicide at grave
In Algiers Colonel Baladanski, chief of police, shot himself over his mother's grave after having spread his decorations there. He had been severely reprimanded for terrorist outrages in the city. The act ends a turbulent episode tied to local unrest.
Daisy Day Adjudged Insane in Peoria Case
Henry P Day known as Daisy Day, veteran newspaper man, was adjudged insane and removed to Bartonville Asylum in Peoria.
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Daisy Day
Peoria
Henry P. Day
Bartonville Asylum
Nicaraguan forces sail for Bluefields official says stability
Puerto Cortez reports Nicaraguan forces departed for Bluefields. President Cavila, newly appointed temporarily to the presidency, declares the government remain peacefully established across the country.
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Puerto Cortez
Bluefields
Cavila
Politicians Keep Up Excitement Over American Question
Public excitement over the American question remains high though waning, with opposition politicians driving agitation by flagging the weapon issue. The drive continues to influence public sentiment as debates persist.
Submarine Collieries Reported Off Cape Bretom
Cape Bretom hosts torenenss collieries worked beneath the Orran sea bed spanning about a thousand acres. Miners extend the vein under water for over a mile, with water pressure sealing the caverns and a cement like roof of fireclay. A public guardian reports a traffic policeman enforcing banishment of banana peels from Fourth Avenue to Twenty third Street, towing offenders to collect waste.
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Cape Bretom
Fourth Avenue
Twenty Third Street
New York Herald
Life Insurance Trustees Called Public Servants
President Kingsley of New York Life tells the new board that life insurance is a public service and that trustees and officers bear ongoing duties as a trust. He cites twenty years in the company and stresses standards of efficiency faith and integrity as essential to policyholders and the public.
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Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Board of Trustees
New York Life
Amateur Gardener and Unsprouted Seeds Mystery
A young newlywed rents a suburban plot to grow fresh vegetables but seeds fail to sprout while neighbors’ plants thrive. He laments the mystery, joking his seed stock was paid well. Separate note cites 1904 government note redemption totaling $912,000,000 for new notes or change.
Grape-Nuts: Instant Nourishment Declared For All Needs
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a ready to serve, nourishing food that needs no preparation. It claims the product is pre digested through its grape sugar release and suits even weak stomachs, urging use with cold cream or hot milk and a touch of sugar.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Grant Coming South Sentiment Signals Presidential Interest
Jeane Grant, son of former President C. 8. ticant, traveled to St Louis with Henry U. S Childers to gauge Southern views on his potential presidential bid. At a dinner with Democratic leaders, Grant indicated he would accept a nomination if offered, though not declaring candidacy.
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St. Louis
Jeane [Trant
Forte
C. 8
Ticant
Henry U. S Childers
Democratic National
Grant
War talk with Japan elicits cautious, polarized views
An interview with Admiral Sakamoto quoted in Tokio newspapers argues that if war with the United States breaks out, bases of operation are too distant to be practical. It questions American patriotism and training, suggesting many crews would desert ships. Admiral Dewey is cited on the need to keep battleships in the Pacific.
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Tokio
Sakamoto
Japan
America
Preaca
Cavite
Manila
Washington
Confederate battle flags report for Chattanooga to be shared
A committee led by Maj Gen Stephen A Lee finished a three year review of Confederate battle flags. Seven flags are designated official including the stars and bars and the blue battle flag. A booklet The Plays of the Confederate States of America will describe each flag and be distributed in about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Stephen A. Lee
Nashville
Conmunitton
Ced
Confederate States of America
Cotton Had Good Week Despite Cool Nights Across South
High temperatures favored cotton growth across the South with generally rapid development. Cool central belt nights posed the only drawback to growth while some eastern belt rains slowed progress. Growth was widespread and cultivation advanced in all sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Central Belt
Bank Receivers Appointed for Exchange Bank of Macon
Judge Whipple named B. P. O Neil T. N. Baker and A. D. Schofield as receivers for the Exchange Bank of Macon. Assets and liabilities listed at 1,958,073 each. President Cabaniss said directors resolved after July 2 3 and 5 meetings that all cash was exhausted and operations could not continue. creditors unlikely to be paid in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Mexican doctor to seek Central American confederation
Dr. Francisco Reyes leaves Mexico City for Salvador to press a plan for confederating the Central American republics. He will meet Salvador’s President Figueroa and Nicaragua’s President Zelaya to urge reconciliation and pave the way for a congress in Mexico to discuss confederation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Francisco Reyes
Salvador
Figueroa
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Mexico
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Capt
Titus
Near West Point
Roosevelt
Laurel Ledger
Jones County
Iherewith
J. M. Lindsey
Lindsey
J. D. Ashcraft
Amory
Monroe County
Sinois Central
Aberdeen
Corinth
Jasper
Ashcraft
Sam Jones
Missisippi
Gloster
Lake
Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Bayou Cassette
Jackson County
Kracke & Flanders
S Oil
South Mississippi
Water Valley
Birmingham
Centreville
Henry Terrell
Standard Oil
Post Office
Rockefeller Estate
Newberry
Body of Temperance
Chicago Southern
Emmett Dalton
Committee
Commissioner Neill
Gould Demurrer
Nebraska
Man E
Albuquerque
St. Joseph, Mo
Honduras
Life Insurance
Jesser, Grant Coming
Admiral Dewey
Committee of Veterans
Bank
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