Diversified crops train tour through Mississippi and Louisiana
The Illinois Central and Yazoo Valley tour, Oct 2 12, drew praise for promoting diversified farming. The train visited eighty-plus Mississippi stations and fourteen in Louisiana, with large crowds despite rain, featuring lectures by notable officials and a focus on modern farming methods and crop yields.
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Illinois Central
Yazoo
Miss Valley
Memphis
Capt
Merry
Ami
Mississippi
Louisiana
Aberdeen
Alabama
Mississippi River
Hernando
Holly Springs
Grenada
Durant
Jackson
Natchez
Hermanville
Ham
Yazoo City
Wen
Mag- Bolia
Osyka
Osaka
Louisiama
Kentwood
T. Rowland
New Orleans
Tar
Hams
Wickesburg
Delta
Rolling Fork
Greenr
Benoit
Riverside
Mississippi Valley
Lake Cormorant
Yiel
Greenwom
Greenwood
Anet
Itta Bena
Leflore
J. F. Merry
Illinois Central Railroad
Manchester
Iowa
J. C Clair
Eastman
Tullus
Irelanders
Redmond
J. C. Hardy
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
Hutchinson
Ames
Fox
Lioyd
Smith
Walter Clark
Missis
Southern Cotton Association
Blakeslee
D Sissippi Department
Agriculture Commerce
H. E. Laveley
United of Tate
Snowstorm Sweeps Through Southwest and Rocky Mountain States
A severe snowstorm with freezing temperatures spreads from Colorado and Wyoming into Utah New Mexico and northern Texas with winds increasing to gale and pockets of tornado force. Telegraph service failed rail traffic delayed and sheep losses reported in northern New Mexico as Albuquerque and Las Vegas endure damage.
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Washington
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Menzico
Arizona
Texas
Rocky Mountain Districts
Plains States
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Grand Valley
Las Vegas
Corveca
Albuquerqe
Lynching of a Black Man in Lucedale Mississippi
Dan Dove, a Black man held for alleged assault on two white women, was quietly taken from the calaboose by a mob of masked men. He was hanged from a telegraph pole beside the railroad bowser near the depot after midnight, as local officials watched.
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Lucedale
Miss
Dan Dove
Semmes
Als
Sherif Hinton
Calabowse
Jackson County
Hinton
Calaboose
Death and Destruction Along Florida Coast as Storm Hits Keys
Survivor accounts from the Florida East Coast railway extension recount a deadly storm that struck houseboat No. 4 at 5 AM Thursday. The vessel capsized and broke apart, many drowned as waves crushed men and toppled timber. The Russian steamer Jennie rescued 49 survivors and searchers continued at sea for others.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Fast Coast Railway
Keys
W. P. Dusenbery
Jennie
Gulf
Long Key
Judge Lurton Well Backed For U S Circuit Bench
Washington reports that Judge Horace M. Lurton of Tennessee has strong support for a Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Brown’s retirement. Justices Harlan White and Day reportedly expressed cordial approval, with age cited as the sole point of contention. Lurton is described as without a superior on the circuit bench.
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Washington
Horace M. Lurton
Tennessee
Justice Brown
Harlan, White
Day
White House
Lurton
Flooding Threatens Richmond as James River Rises
The James River flood was expected to reach its crest this evening in Richmond amid continued rain. Part of the city prone to overflow was inundated today with little damage, while the river above Richmond washed away lowland crops causing larger losses.
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Richmond
James River
Secretary Shaw in Washington for talks with the president
Secretary Shaw arrived in Washington for a conference with the president on the financial situation. He had not decided whether Treasury assistance was necessary and favored giving the matter further attention. He planned to stay in close touch with the situation and act as conditions warrant.
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Washington
Shaw
Treasury
Ships Torn to Pieces Off Florida Coast Storm Death Toll Rises
The storm wrecks ships and injures workers along the Florida East Coast extension from Miami to Key West. Barges carrying 1,050 men drifted away. only two of ten reached shore with a few lives saved. Fifty lives feared lost on dredges at Long Key and Lower Metecambe. Rescue boats search for the missing as authorities brace for wider losses.
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Florida East Coast Road
Miami
Key West
Biscayne Bay
Loos
Key To
Key
Mainland
Lucia
Elliott's Key
Jackson
St Lasia
Flagler
Bravo
Keys
Long Key
Were
Mexico
Peerless
Elmora
Ami
Nannie
Lower Metecambe
Tidal Wave Claims 250 At Elliott's Key Off Florida
A powerful tidal surge near Elliott's Key offshore Florida results in the loss of about 250 lives. Rescue efforts involve coast guard units and local authorities tracing missing swimmers and beachgoers. Officials warn of dangerous currents and urge harbor authorities to inspect coastal barriers.
Havana Cyclone Sinks Vessel. Fifty Die On Barge
A two day cyclone swept from Havana to Florida wrecking ships and killing many. The steamer St Lucie sank off the Florida coast with 25 dead of 100 aboard. A barge carrying 100 people was torn loose near Elliott’s Key and 50 passengers drowned. Capt Bravo injured. 60 injured aboard an excursion boat brought to Miami hospital.
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Miami
Fla
Lucie
Bravo
Florida
Florida Fish and Produce Co
Adams
Elliott's Key
St. Lucie
Bahama Islands
Mississippi oyster industry hit by storm damage and price rise
The Mississippi oyster trade reports serious storm damage with reefs buried by mud and sand. many canneries raise prices for bivalves while some reefs smother oysters. Gulf Coast areas suffer less damage than Mobile and Pensacola regions.
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Mississippi Coast
Mobile
Pensacola
Found Wife in the Morgue in Birmingham
E M Ivey, a Birmingham carpenter, learned his wife was missing and later identified a dead woman in the morgue as his spouse after hearing of a street car killing. The report mentions a dramatic gold mine robbery at Mohawk mines in Goldfield Nevada, with $54 000 of ore stolen by armed robbers who eluded capture.
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Birmingham
Ala
E. M. Ivey
Goldfield
Nev
Hayes Monette
Mohawk
Bank Robbery At Cambria Leaves Cash Secured By Burglary
A Cambria savings bank in Wayne County Iowa was robbed when the safe was blown and about $2000 in cash taken. The burglar escaped leaving no trace. The Iona Savings Bank in Centerville, Iowa is not involved in the event.
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Iona Savings
D. Centerville
Cambria Savings Bank
Cambria
Wayne County
Havanan Cyclone Kills Twenty and Wrecks Harbor
A severe Havana Pinar del Rio cyclone causes at least twenty deaths in Havana, widespread property damage, and heavy losses to sugar and banana crops. Harbor chaos follows as ships drag anchors and lighters sink, with about two million dollars in estimated damage amid Camp Columbia disruptions.
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Havana
Pinar del Rio
Camp Columbia
Havana City
Alquizar
Guira
Brooklyn
la Regla
Denver
Minneapolis
Texas
Prairie
Celtic
Fossa
Catholic Bishop Bars Hymns in Newark Diocese
Bishop John J. O Connor forbids singing Nearer My God to Thee in all Newark diocese churches and allows Lead Kindly Light only after services with pastor consent. The order targets hymn usage in Catholic worship across the diocese.
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O'Connor
Newark
N. J
John J. O'Connor
State cotton sells well at good prices
State officials report strong prices for 500 bales of state rated cotton sold last week. Short staple brought 12 dollars and four cents per bale, long staple 11 dollars and ten cents.
White boy shoots if charged with lying in Delta
A 14 year old white boy William Isreal shot 15 year old Lee Cubit after Cubit called him a liar. Cubit died instantly and Isreal is jailed in Bassfield. J M Kirk of Gunnison sold long staple cotton at 15 cents a pound, a high price for delta. Negro mass meetings pledged to support law and order and curb vice dens while calling for equal schooling for Italian children as the state board of education rules white schools for Italians.
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Lee Cubit
William Isreal
Cubit
Isreal
Bassfield
J. M. Kirk
Gunnison
Delta
State Board of Education
The
Jury Convicts Abraham Goldstein in Natchez Case
After seven hours the jury finds Abraham Goldstein a Polish Jewish factory worker guilty and sentences him to life at hard labor. The report notes a separate item on the W C T U leadership in Boston with the Countess of Carlisle elected president succeeding Lady Henry Somerset.
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Natchez
Misa
Abraham Goldstein
Boston
Countess of Carlisle
Henry Somerset
Family in Okia-O region wiped out in gun attack
Heyworth, a prosperous farmer 17 miles north, killed his wife and three daughters aged 22 18 and 20 and fatally wounded himself in a gun attack. The inquest or official details are not provided in the readable text.
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Gage
Okia
O. B. Heyworth
Hesters Cotton Report and Dreadnaught Orders
Hester reports world visible cotton supply at 2 640 7 with last year 2 344 645 while American cotton totals 1 892 1 7 against 1 609 648 last week. In Amarillo Texas a murdered boy identified Earl Dooraer tty by his father Silas of Asheville Oklahoma. Earl Dooraer tty earned 120 dollars and began home to his father s farm. London reports admiralty orders to build three additional battleships after successful Dreadnaught trials.
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Hester
New Orleans
Amarillo
Tex
Earl Dooraerty
Silas Dooraerty
Asheville
Oklo
Earl Dooraertty
London
Admiralty
Fire Claims Father and Son in Velkan Home
In Independence Kansas a blaze destroyed the Velkan home two miles north of Deering killing J. W. Velk an and his son. Three other family members escaped unharmed while a cow perished in the fire.
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Independence
Kas
J. W. Velkan
Deering
Velkoe
Mrs Martha Bryan Dies Near Carrolltes Widow of Samper Bryan
Mrs Martha Bryan aged years widow of the late Samper Bryan died near Carrolltes. A native of Mississippi she had resided in Carroll County for sixty years.
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Martha Bryan
Samper Bryan
Carrolltes
Carroll County
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