Duel at Meadville Sparks Civil Bloodshed Feud
An old feud between the Prichards and the Newmans erupts in Meadville Mississippi. A gun battle on main street wounds several, kills Cornelius Prichard and doctor A. M. Newman rumored dead, militia called, justice sought and county tensions rise amid broader regional unrest.
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Tiat Prichard
Aml
Barmain Street
A. M. Newman
Chan
Silas Greenville
Miss
Herbert Lawyer
Lenox
Newman
Ernest
Pricharda
Cotton in the Grass Cultivation Backward Across States
Weekly agricultural summaries show cotton cultivation lagging in many states east of the Mississippi with grassy fields and wet lowlands. Oklahoma Texas Louisiana and Georgia report progress and generally good yields despite boll weevil increases in several areas, while Alabama Mississippi and Arkansas face persistent grass and delayed work.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Income tax politics shift as Taft plan gains pace
Washington reports the income tax is dead for this congress with a proposed 4 percent levy on corporate net income. Senator Aldrich backs the plan and the president signals support. Taft uses pressure on insurgent senators to push the measure, amid friction between Cummins and Bailey factions.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Aldrich
Cummins and Bailey
Bailey
Cummins
Power Plant Explosion in Denver Kills Six
A boiler explosion at the Denver Gas and Electric Company power station collapsed the boiler room and cut power city wide. At least six men are dead, with more believed buried under debris as hundreds search for workers. A child horse named Joseph Perri was among the first casualties.
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Denver
Col
Denver Gas & Electric Company
Joseph Perri
Tariff bill framed for trust benefit, says Chicago Journal
The piece attacks the Payne bill and Aldrich for restoring the Dingley rate while boosting cotton glove tariffs to benefit a few mill magnates. It names New Jersey Delaware Rhode Island and Nelson W. Aldrich as key actors and accuses the trusts of steering national policy against the Republican convention pledges.
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Payne
Aldrich
New Jersey
Delaware
Rhode Island
New England
Trusts
Nelson W. Aldrich
National Senate
Trust
United States
Doe
Republican Party
Nation
Chicago Journal
Body Found in Trunk in Chinatown Room
Police investigate a decomposed female body found packed in a steamer trunk in a room occupied mainly by Chinese residents. The death appears strangulation with a related East Side murder case under review. A Chinaman, former room occupant, and letters unsigned to a missing person named Elsie are among clues.
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New York
Henry Harnwell
Busly
Elsie Sigel
Elsie
Mrs Ridley Inno cent Cleared by Judge in Larceny Case
Washington reports Congressman William Richardson of Alabama defended Huntsville resident Mrs Francis Robinson Ridley under indictment for grand larceny. He stated there is no case against her and she is of pure reputation. Ridley, arrested March 19, arrived in Newark from Atlanta with jewels to be handed to authorities.
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Washington
William Richardson
Alabama
Newark
Francis Robinson Ridley
Huntsville
Judge Richardson
Mra Ridley
Antiew Albright
New York
Richartson
One-Eighth on His Payroll in Washington
Figures presented by Dr. William Tindall show about one eighth of Washington’s population serves the District of Columbia and the general government. The tally lists 38,516 government empleados across agencies including the Navy Yard, Library, post office, Custom House, and others, amid a DC population around 343,000.
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Washington
William Tindall
Board of Commissioners
District of Columbia
Congressional Library
Navy Yard
City Post Office
Custom House
Internal Revenue
Quartermaster Department
Engineer
Pension Agency
Harahan Reveals None of Price Paid for Central of Georgia
President J. T. Harahan of the Illinois Central refused to disclose the purchase price of the Central of Georgia, stating the price is $1,000,000. He argued the deal unlocks Atlantic seaboard access via Savannah, expands freight tonnage over Illinois Central rails, and opens new fruit routes without establishing a new Southern Pacific continental route.
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Central of
Southern Pacific
Galveston
Bridal couple poisoned in Williamsport mystery
Albert S Mundoe and his wife returned from a Philadelphia honeymoon to Williamsport. They were found dead in their bedroom with two wounds and no weapon. Gas proved not to be the cause. A half eaten box of chocolates in another room is a key clue, suggesting a poison plot by a revengeful enemy.
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Williamsport
Albert S. Mundoe
Philadelphia
New Lumber King Throned at Onalaska Texas
J M West recently from Kansas has bought the William Carlisle & Co lumber plant at Onalaska Polk county Texas for 10 million dollars. The deal includes a mill with 150000 feet daily capacity a circular mill 60000 feet daily and about 10000 acres of timberland in East Texas with 1000000000 feet of standing pine and other growths.
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Galveston
Tex
J. M. West
Kansas
William Carlisle & Co
Onalaska
Polk County
Texas
East
Bankers Hill Battle and Fireworks Pageant Disaster
A Banker Hill celebration disaster left sixty five injured in Reston area hospitals after fireworks and pesters caused chaos. The event featured a electric parade and a jewel themed display with ruby emerald garnet amethyst and other stones. Miss Mette Turnbull led the carnival as queen and about 10 000 spectators attended the pageant. Eyewitness parades were suspended in Beaton Lyon Cambridge Newton and surrounding towns.
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Banker Hill
Thurelay
Reston End
Charlestown
Mise Mette Turnbull
Beaton
Lyon
Cambeuge
Newton
Protect Coffee Drinkers From Harmful Coffee Adulterants
Washington reports a government board ruling protecting coffee drinkers from tainted supplies. The shipment of rotten coffee berries and rotten coffee dam cand with offensive odor near hides is prohibited.
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Washington
Government Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Woman arrested after field shooting in Kennedale feud
F A Stead was shot and seriously wounded Thursday near Kennedale while plowing. The bullet entered the mouth and exited under the left ear. Mrs. E C Bledsoe, 25, handsome and from a neighboring farm, was arrested, bonded, and sent to Fort Worth for a preliminary hearing where she did not deny the shooting amid a long feud between the rival families.
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Kennedale
Tet
F. A. Stead
E. C. Bledsoe
Pretty
Wes
Fort Worth
Bond
Farma
Defaced Mail Boxes Suspect Frances Konz Caught
Post Office Inspector Susong, aided by numerous officers, captured Frances Konz after a lengthy hunt for a vandal who defaced mail boxes in Louisville Kentucky. He traced her by description and observed her pour filth into a mailbox rendering the mail undeliverable.
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Louisville
Office Department of
United States
Frances Konz
Post Office
Susong
Post Office Department
Secretary Root's Bad Start in the Senate
The piece critiques Senator Root for presumptuously lecturing older colleagues in the Senate, arguing that a newcomer should not assume expert status. It predicts humiliation and a stiffer challenge to his credibility as he learns through experience, urging modesty as the best policy for all ranks.
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Root
Senate
Powe
Gude
Cuba rejects Spain debt share proposal
Havana Secretary of State Velez in reply to Spanish minister Senor Soler declines to consider Spain's proposal that Cuba assume a proportion of the Spanish national debt.
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Havana
Velez
Senor Soler
Spain
Cuba
Acquitted in Cruelty Case at Lake Charles Orphanage
Rev J E Trice superintendent and Miss Elvira P F Youngblood acting matron were acquitted of assault and battery on Monroe Kelly a 15 year old inmate. The court found no evidence of prejudice or intent to inflict undue punishment despite the child being severely whipped.
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Lake Charles
J. E. Trice
Elvira PF. Youngblood
The
Baptist Orphanage
Monroe
Kelly
Georgia Railroad Dispute Chooses Third Arbitrator
Bishop Warren A. Candler of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Georgia was named the third arbiter in the Georgia Railroad Company dispute with five men. His selection followed a conference among Hilary A. Herbert former Secretary of the Navy and Representative Hardwick of Georgia, who picked the other two arbitrators.
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Washington
Warren A. Candler
Methodist Episcopal Church of Georgia
Georgia Railroad Company
Bishop Candler
Navy
Hilary A. Herbert
Representative Hardwick
Georgia
Sues Railroad for Million Over Town Lots
Guthrie Okla Suit for a million dollars was filed against the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company by the Arkansas Valley Town and Land Company. It claims the railroad agreed to plat towns and sell sites but in the past five years built miles of road and sold lots along the right of way without notifying the board company.
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Guthrie, Okla
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Arkansas Valley Town and Land Company
Boad Company
Father Notes Wife Illness Before Suicide in Covington
In Cincinnati area a 52 year old James Rouse of Covington Kentucky killed himself after worrying over his son’s railroad death last fall and his wife’s illness. He spoke to his wife after asking about her condition, then locked himself in his room and shot himself in the temple. Days earlier he transferred all bank holdings to his wife, indicating planned death by own action.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
James Rouse
Covington
Rouse
Death explodes as two children die in Warp home blast
Seven year old Allan Wesley Pierce of South Bosque fatally injured in gasoline explosion while attempting to cook supper for his sister Frances Pierce who died instantly.
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Warp
Tex
Pips
Allan Wesley Pierce
South Bosque
Frances Pierce
Walker Reaches Morgan After Long Day in Heat
Ogden Utah Edward Payton Wee tom walked thirty one miles in a scorching day and reached Morgan with a yellow vest. He decided to walk at night from now on.
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Ogden
Utah
Edward Payton Weetom
Morgan
Woman Fends Off Kidnapper With Ax in Stearns KY
Mrs Nettie Young a widow used an axe to stop a man attempting to remove her 12 year old daughter from their home window. The intruder was struck and fled leaving Charles Reynolds with a severe facial cut in custody. Mrs Young faces an assault charge as police investigate.
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Stearns, Ky
Nettie Young
Charles Reynolds
Mra. Young
Suit Dismissed in N Y Supreme Court Over Clairvoyant Claim
Justice Davis dismissed the suit of Mrs Marguerite A Gilbert against the widow of Al Adams the millionaire polis king seeking 30000 on a note alleged to have been induced by Gilbert claiming she was a clairvoyant with supernatural powers foretelling danger to Adams children and future trouble.
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New York
Davis
Supreme Court
Marguerite A. Gilbert
al” Adams
Polis King
Gilbert
Kentucky Feudist Ed Callahan Survives Wounding
Ed Callahan a Breathitt county feud leader survived a bullet wound after an assassination attempt. In a Thursday interview he warned that his enemies violated a peace compact and would have to face consequences, signaling continued tension in Lenington Kentucky.
Nebraska Wheat Tariffs And Trade Debates Mentioned In State Echo
The piece cites Nebraska figures backing wheat price relief and tariff reductions amid a tariff fight tied to New Hampshire. It notes support from Nebraska and other wheat states and argues for lower tariffs to boost trade in paper, lumber, leather, cotton, and woolen goods.
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Arternes
New Hampshire
Nebraska State Journal
Impossible to Move Aldrich in Uproar Over British Manufacturers
The column mocks Mr. Aldrich for resisting attacks on his schedules and opposing British manufacturers. It argues he is hopeless and out of touch, noting that American voters outnumber British producers and that his belief that change is impossible rests on a prejudiced claim.
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Aldrich
Tariff Debate Echoes Plain People Demand Lower Rates
The article argues that Cummins Dolliver and other western Reptil-Mean senators reflect the plain people's will for real tariff revision. It asserts that neither Senate nor House can silence this voice and that American consumers will push for lower tariffs regardless of congressional action.
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Cummins
Dolliver
Senate
House
Congress
Blewett Lee Named General Counsel for Illinois Central
Chicago reports Blewett Lee will become general counsel of the Illinois Central system succeeding Judge J M Dickinson who resigned to become secretary of war. Lee has long served as general solicitor in Chicago and is a son of the late Gen Stephen D Lee. New York notes Mrs Ben Teal must serve a year in the workhouse after conviction for seeking perjured testimony in Frank Gould divorce case. Mabel McAuslan testified of offers to swear on Gould and actress Bessie Devor.
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Stephen
Columbe
Soltor
Lee
Hon
Blewitt Lee
Chicago
Blewett Lee
Illinois Central System
J. M. Dickinson
Thokinson
Stephen D. Lee
New York
Ben Teal
Frank J. Gould
Supreme Court
Mabel Mc Auslan
Tariff Reform Debate Sparks Regional Alignments
The passage of a tariff bill aligned with Aldrich could trigger political upheaval and realignments. Genuine reformers in the west may oppose the so called revenue only stance, while eastern farmers and other groups push for a clearer aim. The cry shifts from tariff for revenue only to a revised pledge.
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Congress
Aldrich
New England
West
Tax wealth not poverty to ease cost of living
The Troy Press argues that the burden of taxation falls more on the poor. It decries universal proportionate taxation of wealth, notes real estate and personal property escape taxation, and says federal taxes hit consumption and cheap goods hardest, raising living costs for moderate earners while creating wealth for a few tariff millionaires.
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Troy Preas
New York
New York World
Senate Rejects Proposal to Tighten Sugar Duty Margin
The senate kept the Dutch standard test of sugar and current rates, preserving the trust’s margin between raw and refined sugar. Refined sugar at Catyom cost $1.99 per hundred pounds while raw stood at $1. A proposed duty of $0.82 would have cut the margin by 7 percent, but it failed with only six insurgent Republicans supporting rejection. Democratic senators from Louisiana opposed both amendments. A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent noted the sugar trust quickly relayed the result to New York, suggesting its influence.
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Senate
Hepeblicane
Heverster
Louisiana
Cineinnati Enquirer
New York
Sugar Trust
Octopus
Iowa Senator Cummins Forecasts Tax Cut Campaign
Senator Cummins of Iowa argues that if the DML resembles a law the drive for lower duties will begin after Congress adjourns. He cites Iowa governors and northern farmers as indicators of reform sentiment spreading from agricultural regions to the nation.
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Estes
Tariff Battle Seen Under Polls Fight Over Aldrich Plan
The piece argues a tariff clash will open a long campaign struggle. It labels Aldrich and a Seance committee as pursuing a tariff that won’t settle issues, warning of reactionaries and radicalism shaping next year’s political fight and revenue goals.
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Mr. Aldrich
Seance Committee
Abirtch
Benefit of Downward Revision in Tariffs?
The Washington Times argues that a tariff deficit from a downward revision could become a national blessing by forcing economy, reducing extravagance, and prompting wiser policy. It notes Taft seeking intelligent opposition in the South and questions the rise of Aldrich or La Follette factions.
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Treasury
Congress
Taft
South
Washington Times
German Anthropologist Debunks Gray Hair Myths
A German anthropologist challenges the idea that sudden fright turns hair gray. He argues pigment cells keep their qualities at roots, with gray hair arising from new hairs replacing pigmented ones. Gray hairs reflect natural pigment loss in new follicles, not bleaching of existing pigment. The piece connects hair biology to broader views on education and social roles.
Change in Time Standard Would Add Daylight Nationwide
The author argues for advancing the U S time standard by two hours from May 1 to October 1 each year to gain two extra daylight hours. It would boost health, outdoor activity, and convenience without altering daily habits or causing confusion. The piece cites England’s experience and urges universal adoption nationwide.
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United States
Laban
England
Break Away from Work for Fortified Leisure
A. Horton Mepburn argues business men should abandon trade exactions voluntarily to gain longer healthier lives. He urges more reading, open-air time, and giving to others, promoting culture and reduced emphasis on money, with Aristotle cited on labor and leisure.
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A. Horton Mepburn
Aristotle
Tourists detained as spies at Austrian border near Lago di Garda
A merchant, a lawyer, and a student from Honenia touring Lago di Garda were stopped at the Austro Italian border by carabinieri. They were held for hours, their clothing searched and knapsacks rummaged, found no proof of spying, and released late at night aided only by a photographic instrument in their gear.
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Europe
Innsbruck
Hoenia
Lago di Garda
Carabinieri
An Idealist's Purpose Dialogue Sparks Wealth Debate
A socialist imagines wealth equally shared and proposes starting a personal business to gain a stable competency, freeing himself from precarious lecture profits. The exchange centers on independence, entrepreneurship, and economic ideals.
Consistent Self-interest in a Hero Medal Dispute
In a humorous exchange a bystander saves Mr Kermudge from drowning. He asks if the rescued man was grateful and is told no, as he claims half a hero medal for his own presence of mind in hollering for help.
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Mr. Kermudge
Silly Accusation Sparks Witty Exchange in Catholic Standard
A light exchange features Kleseman calling an accusation a lie out of the whole cloth and Cutting replying that it is ridiculous. The dialogue highlights a clash over honesty and economy in a humorous tone.
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Kleseman
Cutting
Catholic Standard and Times
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Newmans
Cornelius Prichard
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Union County
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Lowndes County
Mo & Kansas City Railroad
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Cheetaw County
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Pleyer
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