Mixed Opinions On Sports Fashion And Public Figures
A collage of quotes on religion optimism and racing from various papers contrasts beliefs about horse racing and its effect on breeding. References include the Washington Star Louisville Courier Journal New York Herald World Tribune and Mail noting a shift toward physical culture and a 1865 Washington parade memory. It also mentions a tribe of pygmies described in New Guinea and reports on Herodotus Stanley and Papuan discoveries.
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Dutch New Guinea
New York Mail
Herodotus
Nile
Stanley
Africa
East Africa
Philipp
Papua
Mountaineers of Kentucky Impress Visiting Inspector
Indianapolis based Postoffice Inspector Fletcher returns from a tour of Kentucky mountains with a high opinion of locals. He says feuds exist but strangers are safe, and warned banks are absent so mail is sent by registered letter with safeguards. Neighbors rally to defend mail during robberies.
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Postofice
Fletcher
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Prohibition Split Shapes Governor Race and Amendment Vote
In Dallas Oscar B. Colquitt, anti prohibitionist, is nominated for governor by a plurality likely near 60,000. Prohibitionist Cone Johnson and Will Poindexter trail by about 1,000 votes, with Poindexter leading Johnson in marginal counts. The prohibition amendment to the constitution passes for public vote by about 20,000, reflecting a split among prohibitionists and a cross current in the race. The article notes the unique clash of an anti prohibition Democrat facing a party urging constitutional prohibition.
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Dallas
Tex
Oscar B. Colquitt
Cone Johnson
Will m Poindexter
Poindexter
Heavyohnson
Davidson
Johnson
Oscar L. Clark Selected in 143rd Ballot for Sixth District
In Wilmington North Carolina the sixth district congressional convention faced a dispute over delegates from New Hanover and Cumberland counties after a reorganization. Oscar L. Clark of Bladen won the nomination on the 143rd ballot at 1:26 a.m. Friday, defeating Godwin and three others as Godwin supporters push for a three way contest with Republicans likely to field a nominee.
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Wilmington
N.C. S
New Hanover
Cumberland
Oscar L. Clark
Bladen
Godwin
Hannibal L. Godwin
Harnett
H. L. Godwin
J C. Clifford
25000 Fewer Bars Reported By Temperance Leaders
At the annual convention in St John New Brunswick the national division Sons of Temperance of North America reported about 25000 fewer open bars than two years ago. The finding came from convention proceedings held here last week.
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St. John
N. B
National Division
Sons of Temperance of North America
John D.s Place Cause of Protest in Cleveland
John D Selmapps was arrested for placing a window sign reading This is John D.s place at his saloon. Frank Parmann, a friend of John D Rockefeller, filed the complaint arguing the sign could provoke a reaction from Rockefeller’s Sunday school pupils. Selmapps contends his name gives him the right to use it.
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John D
Cleveland
John D. Selmapps
Frank Parmann
John TD. Rockefeller Marmann
Rockefeller
Senapps
Louisville Banker Ropke Accused of Million Dollar Embezzlement
Louisvill e financial official Ropke from Fidelity Trust Co. is alleged to have stolen 1 140 000 dollars the company surplus. John W Barr president says the loss empties the concern. Ropke is jailed ten days unable to raise 25 000 dollars amid rumors of heavy Wall Street and Chicago board of trade speculation.
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Louisville
Ropke
Fidelity Trust Copany
John W. Barr
Wall Street
Chicago Board of Trade
Census Sparks Texas Growth and Shifting Political Power
A Washington dispatch highlights dramatic 1910 census gains in Texas with 51 counties totaling 817 475, Texas population rising 46 percent since 1900. Nueces and Knox counties show sharp surges, and Oklahoma and other South states post large increases. If trends hold, Texas could gain seven House seats, elevating regional influence and renewing talk of Southern representation in Congress amid Republican force bill debates.
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Washington
Texas
Nueces County
Census Bureau
Knox County
Tom Green
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Congress
House
A Patchwork Of Tragedies From Early 20th Century News
A string of curious and sobering incidents from Kirksville to Boston and beyond. Victims include Mattera who died after a long conversation, Jimmie Holderby a three foot six inch man buried in Kirksville, and Miss Ella Ewing noted as perhaps the world’s tallest woman. Chicago businessman Tra G. Rawn was shot at home, while protests erupted over The Clansman in Boston. A Georgia bill makes train drinking a misdemeanor, and a New York restaurant claims a death by pepper and sneeze. Aviation studies leave Robert J. McKinley unbalanced, and various social notes mention marriages, best men, and a courtroom moon ruling in Pennsylvania.
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Mattera
Jimmie Holderby
Missouri
G. R. Holderby
Kirksville
Jimmie
Ella Ewing
Miss Ewing
Tra G. Rawn
Monon Railway
Winnetka
Tfl
Chicago
McLeod
Democratic State Committee
Fitzgerald
Boston
Georgia Senate
Joseph Bennorschild
New York
Robert J. McKinley
Brooklyn
Sam B. Dobbs
Atlanta
Association of Advertisine
Inerica
Sheriff Kills Seven With Two Pistols in Mississippi
Deputy Cauley and two citizen deputies went to arrest seven men on a minor assault charge at Henry Beck’s home near Elliott Mississippi. The assailants armed with farming tools rushed the deputy as he opened fire using two revolvers killing five of them and wounding the rest before the deputy surrendered.
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Elliott
Cauley
Canley
Henry Beck
Market Molasses Whiskey Marketing Pact Reached
Washington reports a complete agreement on molasses whiskey marketing, pending only the Acting Attorney General Fowler’s perfunctory approval. The deal outlines how molasses-made spirits may be sold under federal oversight and sets the stage for official clearance.
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Washington
Special
Internal Revenue Officials
Attroney-General
Fowler
Church to run Square Deal Grocery for church fund
The congregation of the church will operate a grocery store to raise funds for a new church. They purchased a store. Rev. William Hogan is in charge. The venture has been named Square Deal Grocery.
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Washington
The
and M. EB
William Hogan
Square Deak Grocery
R. R. President Left Scandal in Rail Puzzles
Chicago report claims R. R. President Richard Rawn of the Monon Railroad died by a gunshot on the eve of exposure in a vast railway scandal. Illinois Central counsel faced questions in a probe, admitting a foundation to place him chiefly responsible for years of fraudulent car contracts, though he denied the charges.
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R. R
Chicago
Tra
Rawn
Monon Railroad
Tlinois Central Railroad
Varbatim
Eight Hour Limit Applies in Government Shipyards
Attorney General Wickersham rules that the eight hour work day applies to work on and for a battleship in government shipyards. The decision allows armor manufacturers for warships to have their employees work as long as needed, under the recent appropriations act restricting vessels to certain construction.
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Washington, Special
Wickersham
Nct
Bucks Stove Company Surrenders in Peace Accord
Cincinnati reports a peace agreement likely ends prosecutions by Bucks Stove Company against leaders of the American Federation of Labor. The deal involves the Stove Founders' National Defense Association and AFL President Gompers.
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Buck's Stove Co
Cincinnati
Stove Founders' National Defense Association
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bucks Stove Company
Postal Supplies Depot designated as Southeast postal hub
The Post Office Department designates Brunswick Georgia as a general distributing point for postal boards stamped envelopes and stamped wrappers. Beginning August 1 the department will ship supplies in carloads to Brunswick for distribution to port masters in the Southeast as needed.
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Washington, Special
Brunswick Ga
Post Office Department
Brunswick
Boy Drowns After Stingaree Spearfish Attack
Laurence S. Baker, 11, of Jacksonville, dived from a boat on Lake Worth in West Palm Beach. A stingaree lurked beneath the vessel and pierced his neck with a barbed spine, severing the jugular vein. He surfaced calling for help and died within four minutes.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Laurence S. Baker
Jacksonville
Lake Worth
Moonshiner Still Destroyed. Prominent Citizen Involved
United States revenue officers returned from Cleburne County after destroying one of the largest moonshine stills located in years in the home of Charles Pensell a leading county figure who nearly won the sheriff nomination in May. No arrests were made.
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Nashville
Tenn
Anniston
Ala
United States Revenue
Cleburne County
Charles Pesnell
Taft Sees Unity Across United States Tour Ends in Eastport
President Taft speaks of national homogeneity after touring Seattle San Diego and Eastport noting Americans share aims and citizenship. He urges closer Canada United States trade relations and cites progress in resolving disputes between Great Britain and the United States through arbitration.
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Eastport
Mair
Taft
Nativ. Wo
Key West
United States
Seattle
San Diego
Florida
Canada
Great Britain
Finger Nail Growing on Nose in Washington D C
A Washington man J B Norris recently developed a fingernail growing from the end of his nose after earlier nose loss and grafting of a finger into the gap. He plans to return to New Orleans for surgeons to rebuild his nose with instruments.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
J. B. Norris
News Orlean
New Orleans
Torre
Prosecutions Set Against Ice Cream Cone Makers
The government will prosecute manufacturers of ice cream cones containing horax under the pure food law after large seizures. Inspectors of the agriculture department found horax in the cones, a substance deemed deleterious to the human stomach.
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Washington
Department,of Agriculture
Flour Jumps Fifty Cents a Barrel in Jeffersonville
Local dealers blame high wheat prices and poor yields for flour increasing by 50 cents a barrel. Farmers report orchard grass sprouting in shocks after heavy rains, signaling heavy potential losses. Fort Monroe Special reports a devastating accident as a 12 inch gun breech block failed during coastal artillery practice. Eleven artillerymen died and several were seriously injured including two officers. The De Russey battery was led by Sergeant Harry Haas of the 69th Company US coast artillery during a target sinking exercise toward Washington.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Fort Monroe
Special
de Russey
Coast Artillery
Washington
Harry Haas
69Th Company
United States Coast Artillery
French Justice in Tours: double murder confession and guilty verdict
A Tag picker named Joseph confessed to the April 21 1910 assassination of two children of farmer Briere near Chartres. The father of the victims was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, dying in prison.
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Picker
Joseph
Briere
Chartres
President Appoints Colored Man as Collector of Customs
Whitfield McKinley, a Negro real estate agent of this city, has been appointed collector of customs at the port of Georgetown D C. News of the selection reached here from Secretary Norton at Beverly. The appointment signals recognition of Negroes in federal positions. McKinley came to Washington from Charleston in 1884 and has been active in politics.
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Washington
1800 Michigan Men Strike Hits Grand Trunk Rail Line
About 1800 Michigan workers have walked out on the Grand Trunk Railroad following a Monday strike. Roughly 800 miles of freight routes are idle and passenger service is delayed at several points as the labor action disrupts traffic. Government regulations on insecticides and fungicides are to be issued, with Treasury interest tied to tobacco used in some preparations.
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Michigan
Detroit
Grand Trunk
Makenington
Treasury Department
Break J Offiera Foolishness Washington Special
As a consequence of a court of inquiry into unsatisfactory conditions caused by many officers leaving Washington too long the headquarters staff with a few exceptions was Tuesday ordered to new posts in different parts of the country.
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Washington
Coort
Beon
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