Four States Quake Rattles Midwest Cities
A morning earthquake was felt across St Louis and western Illinois towns including Springfield and Terre Haute Indiana. Chimneys cracked, windows rattled, and lights disrupted as sleepers awoke. Louisville and other Kentucky cities also reported a perceptible shake with no major damage.
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St. Louis
Terre Haute
Ind
Kentucky
Louisville
Padurah
Henderson
Owensboro
Hopkinsville
Mayfield
Roosevelt May Complete Work on Canal
Washington reports floated that former president Theodore Roosevelt may be asked by Taft to oversee finishing the Panama Canal. Observers credit Roosevelt with pioneering the project and say his leadership could ensure a speedy, enduring completion linking the United States to the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Canal
Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
Little House
Eit
Convers
White House
Fie
United States
Panama
Poor Place for Fortune-Hunters in Washington Society
The Washington Star notes Washington is a poor ground for fortune hunters seeking marriages with heiresses. Foreign embassies swiftly verify aristocratic claims, exposing impostors who seek status or wealth. English embassies and other nations’ missions closely scrutinize pretenders and alert society to false hyphenations and noble titles.
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Washington Star
Henry Pierce-Brown-James
Sirleigh Commons
Brentshire In the Woods
Hartley
Washington
Pierce-Brown—Jones
Army Surgeon shortages prompt new enlistment plan
The Army Medical Corps faces a lack of qualified candidates for commission despite high initial pay and clear promotion paths. Officials consider a permanent Washington based examination board and year round eligibility to fill vacancies, with semiannual tests, to restore full strength for duties at home and abroad.
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Army Medical Corps
Licely
Surgeon General's Office
Medical Reserve Corps
Washington
Army Medical School
Persian Minister in Washington Noted Host and Richest Persian
The Persian minister to the United States stands six feet four inches tall and is reputedly worth at least 10 million dollars. He is celebrated as a gracious host, serving tea with unique skill, and his Washington residence features rare Persian rugs, gold plates, and lavish dining rooms with orchids and ornate decor. He brought a valued collection of rugs to his 1906 arrival, including items claimed to be centuries old.
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Er Case Bean
United States
Washington
Persia
Puzzling Exchange Sparks Laughs About Louisville
A playful exchange circulates about Louisville's one chink and a mistaken drink. Friends tease with rapid-fire quips on aging and memory, highlighting wordplay and humor in casual chat.
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Louisville
Yellow Pine Case Settled by ICC Approval
Washington officials announce a settlement of the yellow pine reparation cases after ICC approval. The suits, brought by the Yellow Pine Association in Louisiana Mississippi and Western Alabama, total about 1 million dollars. Railroads will pay 67 percent of provable shipper claims.
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Yellow Pine
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yellow Pine Association
Louisiana
Minniesippa
Western Alabma
Raisin wine taxed only in Washington per 1908 circular
Raisin wine remains taxable and cannot be compounded except under Washington authority. The Internal Revenue Service affirms circular 731 dated November 21, 1908 prohibiting rectifiers from making wine mash and its use in compound liquors. Offenders face fines from $500 to $5,000 and imprisonment up to two years per offense.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Cabell
Revere
Fire destroys Sterling Stamp building in Pittsburg
A blaze completely wrecked the Sterling Stamp company on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburg. Five firemen and five girls barely escaped as flames engulfed the shaft and ladder twisted during the effort. In Trenton Georgia a jail case involved Charles Stegall refusing to aid the grand jury. In Cotton Plant Arkansas Henry Swope found a nearly 38 grain pink pearl in Cache River and refused a $1,200 offer, aiming for higher sale to eastern jewelers.
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Pittsburg
Liberty Avenue
Sterling Stamp Company
Charles Border
Ark
Henry Swope
Cache River
Maberry
Zanone Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Family Killings
Eufaula defendant Mike A. Zanone pleaded guilty by indictment to manslaughter in the deaths of his wife’s mother and sister. He was sentenced to eighty years in the penitentiary with forty years imposed for each conviction.
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Eufaula
Osio
Mike A. Zanone
Explosion injures many at Columbian Film Exchange offices
A blast rocked the Columbian Film Exchange offices in Pittsburg injuring between fifty and seventy five people, many seriously, and causing about two hundred thousand dollars in damage.
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Pittsburg
Columbian Film Exchange
252 BODIES FOUND RELIEF FEEDS 500 HURRICANE VICTIMS
New Orleans reports 252 dead from last Monday storm with more casualties feared as relief expeditions search marshes and lowlands in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. A. Cardona says 500 people fed in Mayou Lafourche area. seventeen relatives drowned in one house near Bayou LaFourche mouth. Additionally thousand refugees in Houma, relief sent from New Orleans, demand for federal aid.
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Terre Botine
LaFourche
Lewinville
Dunbar
Claiborne
Louisiana
A. Cardona
Mayou LaFourche
Leeville
Terre Bonne
Bayou LaFourche
Howma
Broussard
Col. Foote
President Taft Preaches Civic Amity in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City President Taft spoke at the Mormon Tabernacle, following Theodore Roosevelt’s Four years earlier sermon. The ceremony featured a sermontext and stirring musical program including operatic and patriotic selections. Taft urged amity among citizens and to assign the best motives to others whenever possible, avoiding hatred or animosity.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mormon Tabernacle
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Lynching Report Near Perry Leaves Charley Anderson Dead
In Live Oak Florida a mob lynched Charley Anderson, a Black man, after he killed Marshal Hawkins in the line of duty. The body was found swinging from a limb near Perry where Hawkins had been slain during the arrest attempt.
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Live Oak
Fla
Perry
Taylor County
Charley Anderson
Anderson
Marshal Hawkins
Bailey delays reply to Bryan El Paso speech challenge
Senator J W Bailey announces postponement of a reply to W J Bryan s El Paso speech and agrees to a joint tariff debate to be held in Fort Worth or El Paso. The clash centers on duties on raw materials with Bailey favoring protection and Bryan seeking free raw materials. Attorneys for the Waterforce Qi company warn that forcing H Clay Pierce of St Louis to face trial on perjury charges could endanger his life due to serious illness.
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Gainesville
Texas
J. W. Bailey
W. J. Bryan
el Paso
Bryan
Bailey
Fort Worth
Paso
Austin
Waterforce Qi Company
H. Clay Pierce
St. Louis
Cook to Sue Peary Over Slander Claims
New York reports Frederick A. Cook plans a slander suit against Peary over allegations of misusing Cook's storms at Utah and gold bricking. Cook and backer Mindlew await developments as rivals argue who first discovered the pole.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Peary
State Wheel Land Department Overspent Since Statehood
The attorney general reports the Guthrie and Cikla led state wheel land department spent about 205020 on school land and 10000 monthly for expenses over ten months since statehood. Charles Taylor as state examiner notes no itemized accounts and no state auditor approval. Receipts totaled 1,274,049 with 1,157,570 earned in ten months and over 10,000 monthly spent on expenses.
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Guthrie
Cikla
State Wheel Land Department
Aml Dle
West
Charles Taylor
Taylor
Kissinger Family Wins Largest Family Premium at Sharp County Fair
At Ash Flat in Mardy Arkansas the Sharp County Fair awarded Martin Kissinger the premium for the largest family. He and his wife have been married sixteen years and raise thirteen children, all living, with no twins or triplets.
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Mardy
Ark
Ash Flat
Martin Kissinger
Bishop Seth Ward to be buried in Houston
A cablegram from Kobe, Japan, reports the remains of Bishop Seth Ward of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will depart Kobe on October 3 and reach San Francisco by October 22 before interment in Houston, Texas.
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Seth Ward
Houston, Tex
Nashville, Tenn
Kobe
Japan
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
San Francisco
Houston
Texas
Cotton Prices Rise After Pemiscot Storm in Steele
In Steele Missouri, cotton sells for 4.85 to 4.25 per hundredweight amid Pemiscot county storm damage. Early price advances look likely as market prospects improve.
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Steele
Pemiscot County
Shonts Sued for 200000 Damages in Personal Suit
New York figure Theodore P. Shonts former Isthmian Canal Commission chairman and new Interborough Metropolitan Company president is sued for 200000 by Frederick Hirsh New York manager for a Kentucky distillery alleging alienation of his wife's affections. Shonts through attorney Delaney Nicoll calls the suit preposterous and based on mistaken identity.
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Interborough-Metropolitan Company
Frederick Hirsh
Kentucky
Shonts
Delaney Nicoll
South Carolina Beer King Cleared in Bribery Trial
The jury found James Farnum not guilty after indicting him for bribery of former state dispensary officials. Testimony showed Farnum’s business generated two and a half to three million dollars yearly and he received about 594000 in six months.
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Columbia
James Farnum
South Carolina
Farnum
Jnwards
Cloth ed in Purple The Jonathan Leadership and Maccabean War
The text analyzes the Maccabean revolt as a civil struggle rather than a religious conflict. It discusses prophetic influence, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the potential creation of Hebrew literature amid the crisis, noting Daniel as a pattern for later apocalyptic visions and questioning the dating of Maccabean writings.
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Daniel
Tim
Jonathan Appointed Duke After Peaceful Return to Jerusalem
Jonathan rises from fighting to leadership after surviving plots by Bacchides. King Alexander proclaims him high priest and king's friend, then honors him with a purple robe and the title of duke as he returns to Jerusalem in peace.
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Judas
Bacchides
Demetrius
Simeon
Thecce
Asphar
Jordan
Jerusalem
Judea
Israel
Michmas
Alexander
Ptolemais
Egypt
Cleopatra
Ptolemer
Land of
Ptolemaia
Psalm 140 Recited in Sermonette on David and Maccabees
The speaker cites Psalm 140 as a source of refuge for the devout Maccabees and for Jonathan’s leadership. The text invokes deliverance from the violent and crafty enemies, asking God to shield the righteous and to overthrow wicked plots. It ends with trust that the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor.
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Mattathias
Maccabees
David
Jonathan
Divine love and the Father through the Son, a shared humanity
The text argues that true religion blends love of God with love of neighbor. Jesus reveals the Father, and denying the Son denies the Father. Mercy and self denial uplift humanity, forging brotherhood through Christ rather than pride in superiority over others.
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Jesus
Mississippi and Local Notes From Meridian and Counties
The issue reports the opening of the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College session with crowded dormitories and many refusals due to limited rooms. It notes University of Mississippi activities at Oxford, freight train collision near Deerley, and widespread storm damage to cotton crops. Also covered are educational institutes in Holmes county, Sunday school superintendents’ meeting at Meridian, and upcoming events including fairs, barbecues, and tax and legal notices across Lauderdale, Jones, and Pike counties.
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Senator McLaurin
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Trleane Theat Northern Railroad
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Develo
Jt J. Warding
Timde Evant
Awditer Smith
Inet
Tr. B. Barhee
Grenade Fair and Live Stock Association
Ated J. S King
Alcorn County Fair Association
Corinthan
J W. Smith
Columbus
Lafayette County
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Kate Laurent
We. R. Smith
FE. R. Laurent
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Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Pike County
E. T. Elizey
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