Cotton Planters Convene at Vicksburg Mississippi
The National Cotton Planters Association met in Vicksburg with delegates from Mississippi Georgia Alabama Arkansas South Carolina and Texas. Speakers reviewed the Souths agricultural growth plans for 1914 expositions and fiber industries while committees prepared resolutions and a New Orleans Exposition link was confirmed.
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National Cotton Planters’ Association
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Vickspuns
Miss
Opere
Lyceum
C. H. Marshall
F. C.moorehead
Simrall
Supreme Court
Geo
Geo South Carolina and Ten- Besses
South
Lowery
Colonel Richards
Dent
Ina Lanter
New Orleans
M. Patton
Alabams
Lowrey
Jefferson Davis
Burke
New Orleans Exposition
Pardee
Connecticut
Atlanta
North
Chas. E. Hooker
Wickssexg
Opera House
Texas
Meyers
M. and A. College
T. M. Barna
Thomas Pray, Jr
Boston
A. J. McWhirter
Nashville
Tenn
Magnolia Club
Cunttee
Orleans
Generale Hooker
Brockenrhige
Arkansas
Hilder
St. Louis
Committee On Resolutions
Congress
Mississippi River Commission
Eads
Judge Foote
Macon
Edward Atkinson
Commiadioner Loring
Washington
W. M. Stone
Stoneville
England
Minnesota
Baumen
Halifax
Eng
Atkinson
Hogansville
Peeton
Charleston
D. C
Association
Morehed
Morehead
Ben.s. Purder
New Haven
Cottin States
A Kentucky Tragedy Near Hickman Claims Two Lives
In Hickman Kentucky a double murder and robbery shocked the county. Old couple Hillsman and Amanda King, aged about eighty and sixty, were found slain in their home after a presumed struggle. The motive appears robbery, with a trunk opened but money undrawn. A suspect named Frank Miller, a Prussian peddler or clock-mender seen near the house, is being pursued amid demands for a reward and possible lynching threats.
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Kentucky
Hillsman King
Amanda King
Hickwall
Arthur King
King
King’s
Frank Miller
Judge Lynch
Michigan
Jackson
Mice
Boles
Concord
Crouch’s
Ann Arbor
The Change in Time Adopted by Railroads Nationwide
Railroads adopt a single standard time on November 18, replacing fifty three local times. Five standards Intercolonial Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific are mapped by meridians at 60th 75th 90th 105th and 120th. The move reduces train timing confusion and aligns schedules across the continent.
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Chicago Tribune
Tribune
the Tribune
America
England
Pacific
Chicago
New York City
Continent
Greenwich Observatory
London
Greenwich
Time zones divide North America into five divisions
Old railroad maps used fifty three time marks with colors. Now five divisions Intercolonial Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific group lines from Nova Scotia to the Pacific. The shift aligns local towns with standardized time based on Greenwich, with Chicago time used by Illinois and Iowa towns.
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Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Winois
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Missouri River
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Great Bridge Over Niagara Nears Completion
In Locxport New York reports the first cantilever bridge in America will span the 500 foot Niagara River chasm by December 10 with trains expected to run. Construction began April 20 and key stone placement anticipated November 20. The project, combining Canada Southern and New York Central, marks a historic engineering feat.
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Locxport
N. Y
America
Suspension Bridge
Central Bridge
Buffalo
Niagara
Canada Southern
New York Central
An Ants Brain and the Size of Thought
A Longman's Magazine excerpt discusses the ant brain as a marvel of complexity beyond microscope limits. It estimates atoms in an ant脑 and compares the brain’s vastness to Darwin’s Descent of Man, noting the improbability of full description in 400000 volumes. Newbern, Tenn. law imposes fines for entering saloons.
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W. Thompson
Longman's Magazine
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