Florida Coast Devastated As Storm Lashes Tampa Area
A ferocious gale sweeps the Florida coast with communications cut and ships grounded. Torn bay waters rise seven feet as Tampa and nearby towns endure extensive damage. crews report vessels damaged or lost and a fearsome stretch of destruction along the coast toward Punta Gorda and the Everglades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fin
Tampa
Florida
Rae
Lower
Tian Ex
Punta Gorda
Everglades
Citu Artillery Company
Egmont Key
Augustine Storm Floods Front Street and Rail Route
Swells sweep over sea wall as tropical storm affects Augustine Florida. At 9 o’clock water flooded waterfront streets and lower piers while shore roads and railroad lines endured heavy washouts. Work crews received hourly updates as miles of roadway were washed away near Jupiter.
Washington announces sugar and cotton grade information
The Agriculture Department will supply official cotton grades for $35 per set as required by law. The program follows the committee's recommendations to issue grades for federal use in the 1910-11 crop year. In York, notice posted about Solomon H. of Greensboro failing to meet obligations and leaving his post with Cone & Hedgepath of Greensboro.
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Ashington
Department of Age
Hare
York
Solomon II
Greensboro
N. C
of Cone & Hedgepath
Greens
Betchange
Montgomery Business Opposes Pppose Guaranty Bill
Montgomery business leaders place themselves on record against the proposed guaranty bill. They declare the plan to form a company insuring cotton skippers and common interests unfairly discriminates against Southern interests and jeopardizes shipper integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tgomery
Montgomery
Olton Shipper
Stock Brokers Quit Over Margins, Firm Signals Settlement
G Fagin Co bond brokers suspend business citing margin demands as the cause. The note says settlements with customers may proceed, with offices in Tacoma and Washington D C. Director Durand questions the extent of padding in returns and seeks plain understanding of the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Fagin & Co
Ington
D. C
Durand
Bureau
Flying Across Ocean Carrier Provisions for a Month
Walter Wellman and crew set sail from Atlantic City in the airship America aiming for Europe. A dense fog hid the craft for minutes as it rose, then headed toward Newfoundland banks with uncertain winds. Wireless reports later placed the America near Staten Island or at sea. Wellman warned of speeds from fifteen to twenty five miles an hour. The craft vanished from sight as spectators watched over the harbor, with only wireless messages confirming its voyage. The expedition team includes Walter Wellman commander Melvin Vaniman chief engineer F Murray Simonds navigator J K Win wireless operator John Aubert and Albert Louis Loud assistant engineers. The start marked a dramatic moment in this seaside resort town.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter Well Man
Europe
America
Atlantic
Staten Island
New Foundland Banks
Walter Wellman
Melvin Vaniman
F. Murray Simonds
J. K [R- Win
John Aubert
Albert Louis Loud
Government to challenge Alabama labor contract law
In Washington the federal government plans to urge the Supreme Court to rule the Alabama labor contract law unconstitutional. The goal is to strike down compulsory servitude under debt forms, a move aimed at freeing enslaved labor delegated by Southern planters and potentially affecting similar state statutes nationwide. Attorney General Wickersham views compulsory service as the target of the litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Wickersham
Five Die as Two Trains Collide Near McCormick
Five crew members were killed and seventeen injured when Charleston and Western Carolina trains collided near McCormick South Carolina just after 6 PM Sunday. Both locomotives and baggage cars were demolished. investigators suspect failure to follow meet orders by the McCormick operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Charleston & Western Carolina
McCormick
Kentucky Burley Growers declare pool off in 1910
In Lexington Kentucky after three attempts at forming a pool for 1910 the 10 000 burley tobacco growers representing about 400 000 000 pounds of tobacco ended the pool. The district board met in extraordinary session Saturday night and this means a race to sell tobacco at any price causing prices to likely fall rapidly to rock bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Burley Tobacco Growers
Kentucky
Rioe Plantings Estimated at 717200 Acres Nation wide
The Department of Agriculture places this year's rioe area at 717200 acres in the United States with 67.5 percent devoted to the Honduras variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Honduras
Young Pugilist Killed in Oklahoma Prize Fight
Enid Oklahoma reports 15 year old boxer Fisher of Fairview died after a prize fight with Frank Hall age 15 in Meno. Fisher’s peck was broken by a blow and he did not survive.
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Enid
Okla
Kid Fisher
Fairview
Frank Hall
Meno
Fisher
Air man Claude Grahame White lands at White House during city flight
English aviator Claude Grahame White completes a six mile reconnaissance over Washington, landing his aeroplane at the White House side door after a ten minute flight. Admiral Lewey and military officials congratulate him. White later dines with officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Claude Grahame White
White House
George Lewey
Army
Navy
Oliver
Wood
White
Washington Monument
Executive Avenue
Allen
Senator Dolliver Dies in Fort Dodge Shooting Incident
U S Senator Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver died from dilation of the heart after an alleged attack of acute indigestion during a robbery by an osteopath physician. Relatives and friends were taken by surprise as Dolliver had appeared to recover from illness after a Wisconsin speaking tour for Senator La Follette. The osteopath reportedly listened to the heart with an instrument and found no heartbeat, prompting a death investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
United States
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver
Ostemath
Senator Dolliver
Dolliver
Wisconsin
Senator Lafollette
Senator Doliver
Northern Minnesota forest fires death toll disputed
Reports on cyclonic northern Minnesota fires were exaggerated by frightened residents. Gov Eb erhardt, returning from the north, said thirty two dead and property loss $2,000, but the situation is under control and rebuilding has begun. The governor noted the death count had been greatly exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Eberhardt
North
Engineer Reports Found Peak Higher Than McKinley in Alaska
Seattle engineer Thomas J. Riggs Jr and his boundary survey party report discovering a mountain north of the Arctic Circle near the Porcupine River beyond latitude 67. The peak, east of the 141st meridian, allegedly exceeds Mount McKinley by about 200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle, Wash
Thomas J. Riggs, Jr
Alaska Boundary Survey
Arctic Circle
Mount McKinley
Riggs
Boundary Survey
Porcupine River
Dothan Prison Escape Involving Carroll and Bland
White prisoners Louis Carroll and Gid Bland overpowered Jailer Newton as he locked cells, bound him with neckties, gagged him, and fled after stealing keys. They freed themselves, locked inmates inside, and abducted the best bloodhound before Newton untied himself and raised the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ala
Louis Carroll
Gid Bland
Newton
Din Accepts Democratic Nomination for New York Governor
John A. Din formally accepts the party’s governor nomination at the Rochester State convention. He warns that the “new nationalism” threatens war era institutions, aiming to shift powers from states to the central government and curb the Supreme Court, risking the sacrifices of the republic’s founders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Youndera
Southern opposition to new cotton guarantee plan sparks protests
The South united against a proposed plan to involve a foreign firm in guaranteeing cotton bills of lading. Southern cotton men say the 6 1/2 cent fee would burden planters and brokers, calling it an insult to Southern cotton producers. Cotton exchanges in Memphis Houston Atlanta New Orleans and Dallas condemn the measure as unfair and discriminatory against cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis Cotton Exchange
Atlanta Lusnes
Houston Cotton Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Taltas
New Orleans Exchange
Cuba Hard Hit by Storm
Havana Matanzas and Pinar del Rio provinces suffered a severe storm since Thursday morning. Winds reached about eighty miles per hour, with unprecedented rainfall endangering sugar cane and especially tobacco in Vuelta Abajo where seed beds likely ruined and replanting is now impossible.
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Havana
Mataceas
Pinar del Rio
Vuelta Abajo
Rights Claim for Interstate Ride Against Jim Crow Car
Washington writer J Alexander Childs, a Black man, says his interstate passenger rights were violated after being forced to ride part of his trip in a Jim Crow car. He appeals to the Supreme Court for remedy. Georgia pardon clears twenty two gubernatorial primary managers in Gilmer County convicted of violating primary law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. Alexander Childs
Washington
Lexington
United States
Atlanta
Gilmer County
Joseph M. Brown
Navy to abandon part of oil burning machinery on battleships
Lieutenant-Commander Orrin G Murfin, senior engineer officer of the North Dakota, visited Washington to report that the navy will abandon in part or whole the oil fuel burning equipment on some battleships following the Hampton Roads disaster in which three sailors died while saving 900 officers and men aboard the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Orrin G. Murfin
North Dakota
Hampton oRailsias
Campaign Slogan Sparks Tariff Debate in Indiana Harbor
Hammond reports John B. Peterson, Crown Point farmer, lawyer, banker and Democratic candidate against E. D. Crumpacker, used a pew slogan titled Silk stockings for girls in a speech at Indiana Harbor. He attacked the tariff and claimed women wear cheap stockings due to high tariffs, drawing indignation from local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
John B. Peterson
Crown Point
E. 2D. Crumpacker
Pew
Indiana Harbor
Rockefeller Gifts Conditional to Western Reserve Medical Dept
John D. Rockefeller announces a personal gift of 259000 dollars to Western Reserve University medical department. The gift is contingent on the university raising 750000 dollars more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
John D. Rockefeller
Medical Department of
Western Reserve University
University
Baltic hurricane wrecks claim hundreds at sea
A hurricane swept the eastern Baltic coast causing numerous shipwrecks and the loss of hundreds of sailors. Rescues and search efforts were underway as authorities assessed the disaster’s scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Baltic Sea
Reunion at Hattiesburg honors Lost Cause memory
More than 600 Mississippi veterans attended the first day of the twentieth Confederate reunion in Hattiesburg. A parade formed at the Hotel Hattiesburg, a gun salute occurred, and speakers including Luther Smith and Congressman Collier reflected on the Lost Cause. The ceremony culminated with unveiling a monument to the memory of Lost Cause men and women, presented to Forrest County supervisors by the Hattiesburg Daughters of the Confederacy chapter.
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Mattlesburg
Courthouse Square
Hattiesburg
Ling Ofe
Hov. J. N. Mc
Hat
Anna Allen
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Luther Smith
Dixie
Mra
W. H. Mardy
J.P Carter
D. C
Daisy McLaurin Stevens
Mr. Collier
Prizes Offered by Yazoo County Farmers Union
At a Yazoo County Farmers Union meeting premiums were announced to reward top farming results. Awards include 50 for best two acres of corn, 25 for second best, 25 for best one acre of corn, 12.5 for second, 5 for best and 2.5 for second in calico dress by girls under 14, plus 5 and 2.5 for dress by girls 18 and older. Additional rewards cover quilts, drawn work, embroidery, corn bread, plain cake, and a pig born after January 1 1911, with second prizes listed. A paper on vital farming questions under boll weevil conditions is sought from boys 16 and under.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo County
Talk Good Roads Mississippi Meeting Seeks Road Reform
The Mississippi Association of county supervisors plans its annual meeting in Jackson on October 24 and 25 during the state fair. The program will focus on road making and road government under new legislation like the Anderson act authorizing district bond issues. A U S Department of Agriculture expert will attend, highlighting the statewide push for improved highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mississippi Association of County Wards
Mississippi
Anderson
United States Department of Agriculture
Brookhaven Farmers to Plant Peanuts Next Year
Lincoln county farmers plan to switch to peanuts after a boll weevil ruined this year’s cotton crop. Peanuts are seen as a staple that could yield better returns, helping farmers tide over the profitability gap until cotton profits recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Lincoln County
Gasoline Blast at Hill City Pressing Club
An explosion rocked the Hill City Pressing Club on South Washington Street in Vicksburg. Whatley Bros. run the shop. an employee using gasoline near an open furnace caused flash fire burning several pieces of ladies clothing.
Farmers Union Convention Draws Big Turnout in Jackson
The sixth Mississippi Division Farmers Education and Cooperative Union of America meets in Jackson on November 1 with national president Charlies Jarrett and new executive committee members attending. The event coincides with the state fair, creating a large combined audience for both occasions. The gathering will elect a president and a new board, with several current executive members not seeking reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mississippi
Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union of America
Charlies
O. F. Derublaser
Clotrurne
Texas
P. W. Cor
Colfax
Wash
L. M. Rhodes
Huntingdon, Tenn
HW. L. Petty
Union Level
House of Representatives
State Capitol
C. R. Hightower
Mississippi seeks broad interest in Davis life project
The Mississippi Archives and History Department under Dr. Dunbar Rowland plans to publish and edit the complete writings of Jefferson Davis titled Life Letters and Speeches of Jefferson Davis. The project attracts national attention with invitations to Rowland to address societies and prepare magazine articles.
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Jefferson Davis
Jeferson Davis
Mississippi
South
Rowland
Governor to address tick quarantine violations across counties
The governor reports open violations of state and federal tick quarantine rules in Marshall and Benton counties. He may ask the attorney general to pursue action if local courts do not prosecute offenders. Also: Prof. J. M. Kimbrough resigns from the Text Book Commission to become Holmes County superintendent. Prof. Peyton Jacob of Leland appointed to fill the vacancy.
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Jackson
Marshall
Benton
United States
J. M. Kimbrough
Durant
Mississippi Text Book Commission
Holmes County
Kimbrough
W. H. Smith
Mississippi
Text Book Commission
Peyton Jacob
Leland
Moseley Named To Mississippi Red Cross Advisory Board
Maj Gen George W Davis informs Hon L B Moseley of his appointment as a member of the Mississippi Red Cross advisory board. Gov E F Noel chairs the board with R W Millsaps as treasurer and J K R Bingham of Carrollton and T M Evans of Gulfport among its personnel.
Jackson editor Ward returns to farming near Winona
Ben F. Ward Jr son of Dr B F Ward of Winona former editor of the Farmers Union Advocate and Winona Advance announces he will return to the farm near Winona to pursue farming on modern lines and rebuild his health He notes boll weevil has a foothold in the Winona area and may affect next season's crop though its impact is not yet clear He has purchased land and will work as a farmer in Mississippi with Farmers Union ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Ward
Special Judges Appointed Amid Health And Disqualification Concerns
Gov Noel has named at least ten special judges since September five. Judges Cashin Hicks and others faced absences or disqualifications due to prior case connections. Special judges earned ten dollars daily as health issues and coast district absences added strain on court operations.
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Holmes Circuit Court
J. M. Cashin
J. C. Ward
Jackson
Sunflower Circuit
Micks Te
Cashin
W. A. Henry
Robert
Winfred Harris
Raymond
Hinde County
John l. Buckley
R. J. Cross
Paul B. Johnson
M. A. Taylor
Elijah Schreck
DeSoto
John Mitchell
Pontotoc
Dobb
Exhibition of Hook Worms Draws Mississippi Interest
Dr McCalip of Varo City displays live hook worm specimens in his office to educate visitors about the parasite. A microscope is provided for examination as locals study the dangers of hook worm ravages, comparing it to concerns over boll weevil and cattle tick impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCalip
Varo City
Mississippi
Drainage plan eyed for Bywy Creek area in Mississippi
Farmers and planters in the Bywy creek community northern part of the county push a drainage district covering 12 500 acres to reclaim swamp land and bring prime farmland into cultivation. The move aims to unlock substantial agricultural potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackerman
Bywy Creek
Mississippi
Dynamiter Misses Quiet Exit After Threat at Dinner
A man enters a business room with a leather bag and demands $23, claiming dynamite inside. The owner jokes about his wife’s warning and defuses the threat as the visitor, a married man, departs without violence or explosion.
How An Allegan Woman Recovered Health
Allegan Michigan woman Mrs Robert Schwab shares a testimonial after doctors could not cure her Brights disease. She suffered severe kidney symptoms including nightly urination bursts, back pains and fading sight. After using Doans Kidney Pills she improved and was cured, praising the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 54 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Schwab
RF D
Allegan
Mich
Bright
Doan
Dean’s
English Lord Receives Odd Dinner Scene In Wasp Tale
In a strange scene a nobleman overhears a child’s taunting cry “I smell the blood of an English man” as a family entertains an English lord. A fire eating father fosters anti English prejudice while a nurse tends dinner in the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Thank You’s Reflected On Loss And Fortune
A courtroom aside references gratitude and adversity. The speaker recalls a Wall Street theft where $10,000 was taken but he escaped with $20 hidden, prompting a judge to comment on perspective and luck amid misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Old Educational Institution in the Philippines
The University of Santo Tomas in Manila is described as the oldest educational institution under American rule. The text links the past and future with present relations to education and national development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
University of Santo Tomas
Manila
Coffee was It I Postum Cure Claim Heart Health
A testimonial describes a long coffee habit causing nervous collapse and heart weakness. After a year advised to quit coffee, the speaker tries Postum and reports rapid health improvements, better sleep, steadier nerves, and full recovery. The piece urges readers to read The Road to Wellville and try Postum.
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Postum
Wellville
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