Mississippi Farmers Union Meeting Highlights and Future Plans
The National Farmers Union gathering in Fort Worth Texas drew delegates from about thirty states with President Barreto agreeing to serve another year. Discussions covered union goals road building trucking centers and dairy and corn club progress along with plans to influence Gulf and Ship Island rail service improvements. A Mississippi effort to host future meetings and push agricultural education and drainage law reforms was noted as a key development.
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National Farmers’ Union
Ft. Worth
Texas
Siant ‘i
Committee On
Barreto
West
UC Olan
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
American Federation
Amd
Walla Walla
Washington
Coron An
Coon
Jackson
Miss
Far West
Columbia
Powibie
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Mississippi Moves to Challenge Pure Food Law
State officials consider allied efforts to strike down the Pure Food Law as unconstitutional. National fundraising continues for a Gen Stephen D Lee monument with $100 contributions from Louisville backers. A 60,000 foot daily capacity mill is planned near Newton on the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City line. A white woman, Mrs McMillin, was murdered near Oxford by Lawson Pattoc who slit her throat.
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Mississippi
Stephen D. Lee
W T. Rigby
National Port Commission
Vicksburg
Henry Wasterson
W. B Haldeman
Bruce Haldeman
Louisville
Rye
J. B Buckwaller
Newwn
Neshoba
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Newton
Noel sets reward for arrest of Michael Nagi case
Gov Noel offers a one hundred dollar statutory reward plus private rewards for the arrest and conviction of Michael Nagi in the Augusta Perry county Mississippi area. The item mentions Mississippi grand lodge officials and fraternity activity with growing membership across the state.
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Noel
Michael Nagi
Nona Newburn
Augusta
Perry County
Ges
W. A. Sessions
Mississippi Grand Lodge
Koighos
Pythias
Mississippi Farm Conference Highlights Poverty Causes and Reform
The Starkville gathering featured Prof E R Lloyd of the Agricultural and Mechanical College addressing causes of the South’s poverty including the negro, plows, and fertilizer use. EL HL Lavely outlined government farm demonstrations in Mississippi and Alabama and progress against the boll weevil. Mississippi’s Civil War pension roll tops 34 thousand names with raises boosting pro rata allowances. Other notes cover poll tax movements, education safeguards, and new child labor and liquor club rules.
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Farmers’ Institutes
Starkville
E.R Lloyd
Agricultural and Mechanical Coullege
EL HL Lavely
Mississippi
Alabama
Standard Reconsideration of Landis Fine Argued
Chicago The Standard Oil Company of Indiana fights a new appeal on the Pecene decision. It seeks to limit arguments to points of law and asks for a rehearing to review the $1 5 million fine and the order for a new trial.
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Landis
Chicago
Standard
Company of Indiana
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
SIMUM
Guaranty Law Upheld In Injunction Appeal
The state supreme court heard an appeal from Noble State Bank challenging a 9 percent deposit assessment under the guaranty law. The lower court denied an injunction, ruling the law constitutional, and the bank argues it deprives private property without just compensation. The case loops to the state supreme court on appeal.
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Gwhirie
Chitma
Jude Hastem
Dhetriet Court
Bank Amed Demient
Supreme Court
Bankrupt Albert the Ow Minister Faces Charges
Local report from Copenhagen Missouri states Albert, titled as ow minister of laetice, is arrested on charges related to extensive fraud and a declaration of bankruptcy. The document alleges his petute will not ceelize more than $c ner and mentions involvement with coediters and a $000 investment in the strings Sank bank, of which Albert was president. The story notes diplomatic tensions and cautions about confidences leaking amid reactions from the king and foreign diplomats.
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Copenhagen
Albert
Frederick
Feretan
Postponed Sor Case Involving Labor Leaders
Washington tale recounts contempt of court charges against Samu Gompers Frank Worrison and John Witetell linked to Americas Federation of Labor case. Hearing delayed two workdays before Justice Gould. Melbourne dispatch notes American fleet sailors rejoining after awaiting mail and supplies with near hundred unaccounted.
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Washington
Samu Gompers
Frank Worrison
John Witetell
Americas Festuration of Labor
Supreme Court of the
Ewstrier
Columbia
Secoant
Actu Am Aterances
Cemeer Publishing ‘Fe
Buck Stove
Ose
Wedom
Gould
Prem. Com
New Orleans City Office Faces Inquiry Over Savings Members
Fragmented OCR text hints at a city office probe in New Orleans regarding savings members and a comptroller role. Mentions district attorney and possible accused individuals, with unclear details and multiple corrupted phrases.
Thief in Edwardsville Fires On Officer During Break-in
A burglar entered the residence of wealthy merchant EJ Jeffress in Edwardsville Illinois and fired three shots at Officer Reis, missing him, before fleeing. Police describe the suspect as matching a killer of East St Louis Chief Gill and he was later pursued along Madison tracks. Chapman's Branch near 728 Clare don Street in St Louis is mentioned as a location during the chase. Mrs Mire Mader, visitor at the Jeffress home, was frightened. General Manager S H Muntge of the Postal Telegraph Company is noted as her husband.
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Edwardsville
Offeer
T PF
Reis
Reilly Fred
Amd
Gill
East St Louis
EJ Jeffrees
Aimee
Lynching of Mrs McMillin At Oxford Farm Home
A mob abducted Mrs McMillin from jail on a night patrol and hanged her at her home. Regro ho inte Tislas Will and Mine-Lawcon Patten are named in the unrest. Patten later delivered a message to her husband. He reportedly disarmed a revolver in an attempted fright, but the mobactus achieved their aims.
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Oxford
Lawcon
McMillin
WeMillin
Notable Seattle Doctor Dies After Alaska Railcar Accident
Dr Cabet Whitehead general manager at the Sevant Peninsula railroad in Alaska dies following a Saturday night arvratent when his car overturned and sank in two feet of water. His body was recovered after ten minutes with lungs partly filled by water. He was regarded as one of Alaska's best men.
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Seattly
Washington
Cabet Whitehead
Sevant Peninsula
Alaska
Whitehed
Ievever
Tee Minaes
Samine Linger
Aleka
Pacer Dan Patch Narrowly Outpaces Two Runners at State Fair
At the Michigan State Fair a famed pacer named Dan Patch failed to beat the record of 156 seconds yet impressed spectators by a fast mile. Dewitt Wich Dean Pateh steered the horse as two runners paced him, while Hersey kept well back from the tiring field.
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Dewitt Wich
Dean Pateh
Amie
Michigan
Driver Hersey
Dan Patch
Portland Missing Woman Sought After Sudden Disappearance
Portland, Ore., reports a woman connected to the Adame Expense company vanished after leaving her hotel on August 24. Friends and police scour the city for clues, but no trace has been found despite broad searches.
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Portland
Ore
Adame Expense Company
No Ansy Bid Aims to Move Thaw for Bankruptcy Exam
A unclear report states Henry E Thaw and the Ceehes county oil matter involve potential transfer to Pennsylvania for bankruptcy proceedings. The commission and Referee Mair of Pittsburgh are referenced in connection with a court order for examination. The text mentions Dr Libert W Peerts as commission president.
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Allany
Henry E Thaw
Ceehes County
Poughkeepsie
Portland man not alarmed by mother’s Paris disappearance
Hurry B Litt of Portland reports no concern over his mother Mrs. Litt’s vanish that has been linked to Paris letters claiming she enjoys the trip. He says if trouble arose he would have learned from the American Express company with which he stays in close touch.
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Portland
Ore
Paris
Paria
Definitions of dairy products set by international group
The congress of the international Whiteress association drafted definitions for pure milk butter oleomargarine and other common fats for wartime food administration. In New York Lieutenant Guy Wiman of the Eleventh United States cavalry, court martialed for falsely certifying single status, was acquitted and restored to duty.
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Geneva
Congress of the
International Whiteress Association
Tuiay
New York
Guy Wiman
Eleventh
United States Cavalry
Huntsville
Tenn
Eleventh Cavalry
Japan Rice Crop Seen Rising This Year
A cable gram to the Japanese consulate in New York reports Japan’s rice crop for the year is officially estimated at 52 5000 kode or 3.13 bushels per koku, up from 45 300 000 koku last year, an increase of 3 200 000 koku.
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New York
Japan
Young man who caused Stock Exchange panic committed
A young man who last Wednesday created a panic on the Stock Exchange by firing three shots from a revolver has been committed to an asylum.
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Stock Exchange
Denver man J F Mace Charged With Forgery
J F Mace formerly linked to St. Louis and San Francisco Railway as traveling traffic agent, based in St Louis, arrested in Denver on forgery charge. Mace is a well known figure in the Middle West.
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Denver
Colo
J_ F_ Mace
St. Louis
San Francisco
Head
Mace
Middle West
Dancing Professors Elect Officers
The American Society of Professors of Dancing wrapped its thirty first annual convention in New York after a four day session. R W Vizay of Milwaukee was elected president and Oskar Duenneg of Terre Haute Indiana was chosen vice president.
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New York
American Society of Professors of Dancing
R. W. Vizay
Milwaukee
Oskar Duenneg
Terre Haute
Ind
Vies
Lynching Reported in Georgia Town
John Towne, a Black man accused of assaulting Mrs. Joseph Wheeler, was captured in Damascus, Georgia, and was lynched by townspeople of Albany. The incident follows the alleged attack last Thursday and ends with the mob action in Damascus.
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Georgia
Albany
John Towne
Joseph Wheeler
Damascus
labor contractor vanished after bank withdrawal
New York labor contractor Frank Del Balko withdrew 2500 dollars from a bank to pay laborers. Later his horse and buggy were found abandoned on a Bronx road, and Del Balko was missing. Authorities fear he was killed and robbed.
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New York
Frank del Balko
Bronx
Bridgewater man shoots wife then dies by gas
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, businessman Kimball F. Sheldon killed his wife with a firearm and then committed suicide by turning on the gas, according to police reports. The incident ended the couple's troubled marriage.
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Bridgewater, Mass
Kimball F. Sheldon
Bridgewater
Accidental Dynamite Blast Kills Three In Province Mountain
Three men died and another was seriously wounded in an accidental dynamite blast on Province Mountain. The explosion occurred during handling of twenty pounds of dynamite tied to a contract linked to a water project. Victims were laborers amid a district effort connected to a Springfield water supply preservation. The incident prompted a formal inquiry and compensation discussions.
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Agawan
Maes
Provin Mountain
Cmadellon
Springfield
Woman swept to river by Niagara Falls in NSW incident
A refined looking woman about 25 walked into the river from a point about thirty feet above Prospect Point and was swept over the falls. Seventy five witnesses saw the event but she left no identifying clues.
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Niagara Falls
Nsw
Prospect Point
Earthquake Shocks Scare San Juan Residents
San Juan Porto Rico reports an earth quake shock that alarmed citizens and caused many to rush into the streets. No damage or loss of life noted so far. Driver Run Over by Log Wagon near Shades Bridge on the Obion River in Tennessee.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Trezevant
Tenn
Greenfield
Monroe Crocker
Shades Bridge
Obion River
Woman Survives 40-Foot Train Toss in Harrisburg
Mrs. Martha A Book of Mexico Juniata County was hurled forty feet by an express train on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Trainmen reached her, she rose, and began brushing dirt from her dress, astonishing onlookers with her recovery.
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Harrisburg
Martha
Mexico
Juniata County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mrs August Rich Saves Four Men From Damaged Dock Blast
New York report credits Mrs August Rich with rescuing four men from a fiery explosion aboard a boat at a dock on Black Island. Her quick actions prevented multiple fatalities as flames engulfed the vessel and dockside area.
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New York
August Rich
iCky Island
Explosive Power Trial in Berlin Test by Munich Engineer
A new explosive of immense power, devised by a Munich engineer, was tested in Berlin before the Artillery Test Commission of the Prussian War Department. The trial showcased the device's potential impact and technical characteristics to military officials.
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Berlin
Munich
Prussian War Department
Fleet coal ships halt at Albany before long Manila run
American war vessels coal at Albany harbor as they prepare for a 1.649 mile run to Manila. The停 voyage underscores the logistical effort of the wartime fleet assembling supplies and fuel before deployment.
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Albany
American Fleet Arrives in Albany Amid Welcome by Residents
News notes the United States Navy cruiser fleet docking in Albany to friendly crowds. About 100,000 visitors greet the sailors as celebrations begin. the crew is reported in splendid condition with little sickness and plans for a long cruise toward Manila pending weather.
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Jackies
United States
Atipy
Moj Moore
Olbenttar
Nenter
Manila
Hepburn Rate Case Drama Spurs President and Attorney General
The article describes President Roosevelt and Attorney General Bonaparte discussing potential rehearing and procedural changes in the Hepburn rate and related rebate cases. A government petition for rehearing concerns Hawkfelter Corp fined $2900. a copy of the corporation’s reply is involved. The telegram about the United States and Justify case unsettles the president who paces and talks vigorously on the veranda.
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Oester
Ray
Bonaparte
Demorratte VP candidate to tour the South this fall
The likely presidential nominee plans a speaking tour in the South with stops in Maryland Virginia North Carolina Winston Salem and Georgia Tennessee. The itinerary is being arranged and will include two speeches in the lead up to the election.
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Georgia
Tennessee
Chiesage
John W Kern
Orieber
National Committee
Maryland
Virginia
Orteher
Winston-Salem
Galesburg Northwestern Halfway Company Incorporation
State records list Galesburg Northwestern Halfway Company granted by secretary of state with principal office in Galesburg. Capital stock nominally 10 dollars. Road from Galesburg to Rock Island and Muscatine Iowa. Incorporators include Lafayette Weinberg and others.
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Springfield
Galesburg
Aleioaml Northwestern Halfway Company
Rock Islam
Muscatine
Iowa
Lafayette Weinberg
G. Charehill
F W Latimer
HL. Arnold
E. R Drake
Charles L. Hibbard
C. F Hurchurch
Lake W. Sanders
Thomas W . Peterson
Fire at Point Lirk in Garrard County Causes Huge Loss
A blaze Thursday night at Point Lirk in Garrard County near Lancaster Kentucky caused about 110000 dollars in damage and was still burning at report time.
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Lexington
Point Lirk
Gerrard County
Lancaster
Rockwell withdraws from Democratic ticket in Ohio
Ravenna Ohio Thomas L Rockwell announced Thursday his withdrawal from the Democratic state ticket he had sought the nomination for lieutenant governor and preferred the state secretary post.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Thomas L. Rockwell
Debs Heads Here for Speech in City
Socialist candidate Eugene V Debs spoke Thursday night in Los Angeles and arrived on his "red special" train from Pasadena where he also addressed attendees.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Eugene V Debs
United States
Pasadena
Laymen's Missionary Movement debate at Chattanooga
The Chattanooga Laymen's Conference debates mission work and philanthropy urging hospitals and orphanages abroad. Speakers defend home missions and critique limited foreign work while stressing practical charity as core to evangelism. John B. Sileirard cites need for broader institutional effort.
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Gore
Athelien
Jerusalem
Jess
Chattanooga
Southland
Rlighes
Nile
Thierry
Heme
Havin
Earth
Jerutar
Monterey
Soohew
Egypt
Tong
John BL Sileirard
Sherard
Wiesissippi
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