Mississippi News Highlights Share Road Boosts and Weather Strains
The Bolivar good roads push under the Business Men's League plans a statewide invitation to a convention in Cleve to mobilize support. Severe rains flood crops and roads across counties, washing out pikes and delaying harvests while local elections face courthouse site decisions.
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Peoce
Clevefo
Husiness Men's League
Board of Supervisors County
Peo
Curtiss Sets 50 Mile Air Record At Atlantic City
Glenn Curtiss flew 50 miles along the Atlantic City beach in 1 hour 14 minutes 54 seconds to establish a new American record. He also climbed 1 600 feet in 5 minutes 51 seconds, citing engine reliability and wind factors as limits. The $5,000 altitude prize went to Brookins after Saturday’s 6,175 feet record, with Curtiss weighing options for the additional 1,000 mile prize.
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Atlantic City
N. I
Glenn Curtiss
Curtiss
Brookins
Wright
Whch
Mosquito Plague Hits Gulf Coast in Summer Surge
Mosquitoes swarm the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Mississippi. The pest problem disrupts daily life with families returning from beaches and farms losing workers. Horses, mules, and wild deer suffer as mills and factories suspend operations to avoid the swarms.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Conet
Steam Lifts in New York As Heat Toll Climbs
A sea breeze eased a week of heat in New York but failed to halt its toll. On Monday the city counted twelve deaths and many prostrations, with 89 degrees as the day’s high. For the week ending Sunday the health department reported 23 deaths, up from seven the previous year.
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New York
Health Department
Seven Afro Cuban men arrested for alleged uprising conspiracy
Havana secret police seized Jorge Valera a mu latto and six others on suspicion of plotting rebellion. A trunk with arms and dynamite was found en route to Vieja Bermeja Matanzas, and papers on the prisoners suggest wider involvement across sources.
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Havana
Jorge Valera
Vieja Bermeja
Matanzas
Havan
Ohio Governor moves on Newark officials over lynching
Governor Harmon seeks mayor Etherton of Newark and Sheriff Linke of Licking county to retire after a lynching of a "dry" detective. A Newark grand jury is to be empaneled to probe the incident while police arrest a black man suspected of aiding the jail break and removal of Etherton.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harmon
Atherton
Newark
Linke
Licking County
Etherton
Postmasters Warned About Free Transmission for Presidential Widows Letters
The postmaster general issued an order noting bills charged at the last congress session that Mrs Frances F Cleveland widow of Grover Cleveland and Mrs Mary Lord Harrison widow of William Henry Harrison are entitled to free postage.
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Washington, D. C
Frances F. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Mary Lord Harrison
Harrison
Drought in Spring Wheat Relieved by Rain and Market Rally
Reports from New York indicate spring wheat drought relief due to rain. A £2,000,000 gold shipment pact in London to New York and the weekly bank statement pointed to ample money supply. These factors supported stock prices, which rose above last week's close.
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New York
London
Cotton Crop Losses Amid Rainy Season Across States
Reports dated July 7 compare cotton yields across states. Texas and Oklahoma show normal to good gains with limited moisture. North Carolina and Tennessee hold their own with small gains. Heavy rains east of Texas and Oklahoma degrade crops, grassy fields and submerged lowlands lead to abandonment, while weevils intensify in Louisiana and Texas.
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Texas
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
Louisiana
Georgia
Kentucky
Alabama
Arkansas
South Carolina
Tragic House Fire Ends in Tragedy in Sandusky
In Sandusky Ohio Andrew Federkiel 69 a stone mason locked his wife and three daughters inside their rooms then set his home ablaze. He later threw himself before a Lake Shore train, dying. The four women were rescued with Mrs Federkiel severely burned and possibly dying. Federkiel had been regarded as eccentric after a two years earlier gunshot injury from his son.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Andrew Federkiel
Lake Shore
Child shoots self after reproach from mother
Laura Dick an 1 year old girl in Louisville Kentucky shot herself through the heart after being reproved by her mother for failing to perform household duties. The child had been normally healthy but unusually sensitive to criticism recently.
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Louisville
Laura Dick
Cured of Pellagra Reported in North Carolina
Durham physician reports Mrs. R. M. Baxley of Hillsboro cured of a severe pellagra case. The blood injection treatment suggests pellagra is a blood disease, not caused by a corn diet, according to medical men in the state.
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Durham
N. C
R. M. Baxley
Hillsboro
Heatwave Claims Ten Lives In City Storm
New York endured the hottest day of the year as a heat wave sent three people into madness and caused ten deaths among a large list of prostrations.
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New York
Pension List Grows for Civil War Veterans
Washington reports pensions funded by congress reached 161 million dollars for the year ending June 30 1909 with 936 194 pensioners. Surviving Civil War soldiers continue dying at about 22 000 annually while total recipients rise to eight times the number after the war.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Jnt
Rella
Lynching of Blacksmith Freeman in Rayville Shop
In Rayville Louisiana J C Freeman blacksmith killed Town Marshal C C Chenault on June 25. Freeman was lynched Sunday night in his own shop, his body hanging from a forge rafter. A streamer read The outcome of Attorney Monroe's appeal. Sheriff Traylor said Freeman was taken to a higher court. The mob unlocked Freeman's cell and broke the door to remove him.
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Rayville
J. C. Freeman
C. C. Chenault
Monroe
W. N. Traylor
Delhi
Freeman
Rockefeller urges universal religion at Euclid Baptist
John D Rockefeller spoke at Euclid Baptist Church Sunday School urging a universal religion. He cited a magazine article featuring Theodore Roosevelt as associate editor advocating fusion of Christian churches and quoted a Bonemelli letter to the world missionary conference urging union of all Christian congregations.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Baptist Church
Rockefeller
Theodore Roosevelt
Mon Egnor Bonemelli
Feinburgh
Roosevelt stance unclear on Poindexter candidacy
Chicago dispatch reports Secretary Ballinger arriving Friday. Asked whether Roosevelt would back Congressman Poindexter of Washington, Ballinger said Roosevelt’s attitude is unknown but any action will be for the country’s good and pursued earnestly, as in the past.
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Chicago
Ballinger
Theodore Roosevelt
Poindexter
Washington
Heatwave Bakes Chicago With 94 Degree Peak
A ten hour rise to 94 degrees caused suffering in Chicago on Friday. Police logged twenty one heat prostration cases as a man celebrated his 71st anniversary at Forest Hill, amid multiple telegrams of congratulation from friends.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Latin American protest against U S policy studied in Washington
In Washington observers discuss a potential Latin American protest against United States policy toward Central America. Several Central and South American diplomats may push for a coordinated stance at a regional conference, though formal action is deemed unlikely. Officials monitor possible diplomatic signals urging acceptance of U S positions on Nicaragua.
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Washington, DC
Muchos Ayres
United States
State Department
Nicaragua
Brookins Soars to 6175 Feet in Wright Biplane
Atlantic City aviator J Walter Brookins reportedly set a world altitude record in a Wright biplane reaching 6175 feet. After fuel ran low and engine hiccups began, he glided toward safety over the ocean and landed to recover, delaying his full tale until midnight.
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Atlantic City
Walter Brookins
Wright
Drookins
Rookins
Corn acreage increased in July crop report
The July crop report shows corn area planted at 114000 acres, up 5712 acres or 4.9 percent from last year. It lists July 1 acreage and condition by major corn states, detailing expansion and comparative status.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Aericulture
Trade with non-contiguous U S territories hits $199 million
Washington report shows the United States trade with its non-contiguous territories for the fiscal year just ended totaling about $199,000,000, compared with $35,000,000 in 1907. The Commerce and Labor Department notes the sharp rise in overseas and territorial exchanges.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department
Treasury figures show corporate tax receipts in late payment
Reports from the treasury department indicate corporations paid $25,791,010 toward an assessment exceeding $27,000,000 by close of business Saturday. The payment deadline ended July 10, but Sunday’s holiday pushed the date to Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Robbery at St Leonard's Church in Brooklyn
Three masked burglars tried to loot St Leonard's Roman Catholic Church rectory in Brooklyn aiming for 500 dollars. Three priests fought them for over 15 minutes with thugs and churchmen clashing. Fathers Konig Oppel and Sanders suffered head arm bruises and a knife wound to the hand. The trio escaped.
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New York
St. Leonard's
Brooklyn
Konig
Oppel
Sanders
Tuleves
City funds contract for prison liquor treatment
Columbia authorities use city money to fund treatment for prisoners at a ward in the police station, selected by the recorder. New York man Peter Smith died after consuming 17 fingers of whisky to win a bet, then collapsed and died shortly after.
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Columbia
D. C
City Commission
Ecity
New York
Peter Smith
Capon Farming Profits Seen in Winter Workload and Juicy Meat
An article explains caponizing as a profitable winter task for farmers near Fairbury, noting extra work is minor and capons fetch higher prices in eastern markets. It covers methods, costs from 1.50 to 2 dollars for tools, and cites Chicago prices around 17 cents per pound for good capons versus 12 cents for dressed chickens, with large flocks sometimes yielding about a dollar profit per bird.
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Dy Miller Purvis
Fairbury
West
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
Philadelphia
Blister Canker Of Apple Disease Description And Care
The disease targets larger limbs and trunks with brown sunken bark and a distinct boundary. Circular fungal masses form beneath bark, then protrude as hard rings of tissue. Summer spores and perithecia develop in the stroma producing eight-spored sacs. Prevention centers on avoiding wounds and proper wound care. destroy all cankered limbs.
Corn Restores Soil Health and Value in Cropping
The article notes corn functions as both grain and forage, with grain valued from 75 cents to 0 cents per bushel and stover comparable to good English hay. It highlights corn’s extensive root system, which decomposes to enrich humus and soil structure for future crops, marking corn as highly restorative.
Peanut Growing and Soil Improvement in the South
The peanut emerges as a valuable soil renovating plant and growing money crop across the southern states. Its nitrogen fixing roots improve soil. harvested peanuts supply food, feeds, and oil, while by products fuel dairy and livestock needs. Beware fake Cascarets imitators undermining advertised products.
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Bollweevil
Cotton Belt
Timely Farm Notes on Crops and Care
Practical farming tips cover soil types for sweet potatoes and lettuce, weed moisture, incubator hens, fertilization, hay platforms in Mexico, red clover timing, rhubarb renewal, tomato shading, blackberry and apple dynamics, milk feeding, clover hay value, dairy products market, calf feeding with skim milk, butter from warm weather, root and silage fattening, and poultry keepers' failures.
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Mexico
Fungi Destroyer Promises New Fungicide Trial
Scientists report that several self-boiled sulphur preparations show promise as substitutes for bordeaux mixture in fruit crops. The stockman notes Sulfodice, a solution containing 99 to 30 percent sulphur, has surpassed Bordeaux in trials with less effort and cost. Future tests will determine peach and plum suitability.
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Stockman
Feeding Cotton Seed Meal Raises Alarming Fatalities
Southern farmers find large quantities of cotton seed meal harmful, often causing deaths. Used in small amounts with corn and alfalfa it proves beneficial.
St Louis Expo Cited as Cheaper Way to Compare World Expos
Becker notes the St Louis exposition seemed better value than Paris because travel costs were lower, making the journey less expensive and more accessible to attendees.
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Becker
Panther Photograph Turns Deadly Escape in Deccan
A wild panther, presumed dead, revived and lunged at a photographer who had captured the moment with a stand camera. The chase sent the crowd fleeing, the camera flying, and the panther scrambling into a tree as gunfire ended the pursuit. Spectators bore the eerie scene, describing a tense melee and a striking near catastrophe.
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Deccan
Ilo
Wide Works Magazine
Poets Reject Magazine’s New Monthly Poem Variant
The writer complains about two flawless rhymed poems sent to seventeen magazines and the new issue’s Kipling inspired pome on page eleven. They critique poetic commerce and contrast it with silent study of harsher arts.
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Kipling
Woodshed
Magezinos
He Rose to It Says Lad Knows All His Father Knows
A late boy of five boasts to a companion that he and his father share knowledge. When asked about Asin the boy nonchalantly replies that it is one of the things his father knows, illustrating a playful paradox.
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Asin
Harper
I Think I’ve Seen You Before Four Seasons Ago
A brief overheard exchange at the Summer Resort reveals a past engagement as two former partners reconnect. They recognize each other and reminisce about a marriage engagement from four seasons prior.
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