Roosevelt Bridges Gaps on Negro Issue at Chicago
Colonel Roosevelt acknowledges near break up over the negro question in Chicago. He says the Progressive Party has started on the right track by admitting negroes to local organizations, compares Lincoln's stance as a local issue versus a national one, and jokes about borrowing Democratic ideas from William J. Bryan.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Chicago
Coloniel Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Mensie
Eer Aece
Columbielle- Tavers
Jane Ams
Aioe Ch Chiea
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Public corruption allegations swirl around Hartwell role in river projects
The piece accuses Hartwell of using private property interests to influence McLaughlin bridge location and Mobile Channel changes. It notes Hartwell’s ties to Turner Hartwell Docks and Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company and claims he may be disqualifying as commissioner by divesting holdings without disclosure. It reports retreat from answering whether the sale involved his brother.
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Stewart Brooks
Joint River and Harbor Committee
Hartwell
McLaughlin Bridge
Mobile River
Lyons’ Campaign Committee
Mobile
Mobile ‘Towing and Wrecking Company
Turner-Hartwell Docks Company
Breakers Aread for the Meese Breakers Aread for the Meese
Illinois sees a split in the Roosevelt ticket as Funk faces Deneen. Downstate backers back Funk for governor while Chicago favor Deneen. Rumors claim McCormick secretly supports Deneen and favors Chicago interests, with power shifting from Cook County to outsiders.
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Illinois
Deneen
Funk
Llinois
D. M. McCormick
Frank Funk
Roosevelt
Bloomington
McCormick
New
Chicago
Cook County
Whreas Deneen
ACIS Moves Against Mena's Rebels in Nicaragua
Under General Macis a force of six hundred government troops has left Rivas to strike rebel forces led by General Mena at Nandaime. The peace commission is listed among the attending bodies.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Macis
Rivas
Mena
Nandaime
Taft to send special embassy to Japan for Mikado funeral
President Taft announced a special American embassy will attend the Mikado funeral in Yokohama. Secretary of State Knox will lead the mission, joined by a navy admiral and an army general with Ransford Miller as secretary. The party sails August 15 from Seattle aboard a warship. The funeral is set for September 12.
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Washington
Taft
Japan
Knox
Army
Ransford
Miller
Dewey
Sco
Seattle
Yokohama
Tokio
Japanese Foreign Office
Manchuria
China
United States
Porter Forced to Take Flight in Public Safety Saga
Philadelphia director of public safety George J. Porter, targeted by graft and politics opponents, has fled to the Maine woods with his wife to regain control of her nerves. A woman with a baby claimed Porter fathered the child, while threats and taunting calls from underworld figures disrupted the Porters' home.
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Philadelphia
George J. Porter
Public Safety
Police Department
John Murphy
Director Porter
Maine Woods
Porter
Moosehead Moose Heads In Demand By Taxidermists
In Maine’s Moosehead Lake and Aroostook boating regions taxidermists report high demand for bull moose heads. They say they would buy around a hundred heads if they were available to fill customer orders and display mounts.
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Greenville
Maine
Moosehead Lake
Arostook
Great Port 1 Planned South of Mobile
The Manufacturers Record notes Great Port 1 is planned south of Mobile led by South Mobile Terminal Company, with General Electric ties. John W. Upp heads a GE department, and key GE figures Hewlett Barry and others hold roles. Directors include Sperry Lyons Smith Karsch Stevens and Tietjen. O G Thompson confirms stock and bond financing, with Texas City as the potential site. The venture aims to modernize southern commerce facilities.
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South Mobile Terminal Company
General Electric Company
General Electric Undertaking
John W. Upp
Alabama Port Land and Improvement Co
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Hewlett
Electric Company
Charles E. Barry
A. William Sperry
West Side Bank
New York City
John T. Stevens
Kershaw Mercantile & Banking Co
Texas City
Texas
South
Plans for Alabama Port as Gulf of Mexico gateway
Mr. KE H Hewlett outlines South Mobile Terminal Co and Alabama Port Land and Improvement Co plans to develop Alabama Port into the Gulf of Mexico’s chief port and a future Mobile suburb. Docks, rail links, warehouses and coal pockets will handle gulf traffic. rail connections exist with Mobile and branch lines. An electric traction line is planned to connect with Mobile and coast points. The harbor will serve barges and tows carrying coal iron ore stone and timber from surrounding forests.
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KE. H. Hewlett
South Mobile Terminal Company
New York
Alabama Port Land and Improvement Company
Alabama Port
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
United States
Mobile Bay
Gulf
Alabama
Mobile and
Kay Shore Railroad
Ohio Southern
Great Alabama
Luke Wright Joins New Party Boost in Chicago Convention
Luke Wright of Tennessee a Southern Democrat and Roosevelt cabinet member leads strong booster group for the new party at the Chicago convention. He is well known in Mobile where his wife is a daughter of Admiral Seraves.
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Luke Wright
Tennessee
Roosevelt
New Party
Chicago
Mobile
Admiral Seraves
Fire Rips Through Red Brick District Store and Dwelling
A early morning blaze on St. Louis Street badly damaged a store and adjoining dwelling in the Red Brick district. May Foster leaped from a second floor gallery into a police officer’s arms to escape the flames and died. an elderly man on the premises was rescued after severe burns. Two nearby houses at 109 North Lawrence and 504 St Louis Street sustained fire and water damage, with salvage crews saving much of the contents. The scene drew local residents as unknown white men fled the building. The first floor housed Mrs. Annie Quigley’s grocery with stock worth little insured. the building was insured.
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Mobile
Wanda
Cheatham
van Antwerp
Atlanta
Department, of Justice
Department of Justice
Georgia
Montgomery
United States District Attorney
Uncle Sam
Birmingham
Richard Jones
Macon
Juanita
May Foster
Nugent
Annie Quigley
North Lawrence Street
May Kelly
St. Louis Street
Rosa Laneford
Wonderful surgery performed on a child
New York August 19 Dr Fred IL Aibee head of orthopedic surgery at Cornell University of Vermont and Post Graduate Medical School completed a remarkable cure of a two year old boy crippled from birth He underwent bone transplantation from infant remains in a new operation witnessed by a large New York clinic and allied surgeons and deemed completely successful The boy will reportedly recover mobility and return to Waterbury Connecticut
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New York
Fred IL Aibee
Cornell
University of Vermont
Post Graduate Medical School
Post Graduate Hospital
Waterbury
Conn
Teers
White Way lighting promotes modern Mobile streets
The article argues for installing a White Way along Mobile business streets. It states street lighting enhances night appearance, daylight decor with ornamental columns, signals progress, attracts business, and compares Dauphin street’s night scene to years past to illustrate gains from modern illumination.
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Mobile
Dauphin Street
Alabama Orators In Demand Across States
Washington reports Democratic and Republican factions clash over tariff policy with the president vetoing bills. Alabama figures Heflin and other senators are sought for campaign speeches in Maine Vermont Indiana and further afield to support farmers free list efforts and state campaigns.
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Taft
Washington
Senate
Congress
Labama
Heflin
Alabama
Maine
Plaisted
Thomas
Vermont
Indiana
Underwood
Clayton
National Campaign Committee
Peeper Targeted by Deputies Near Broad and Savannah
Deputies were summoned shortly before midnight to the southeast corner of Broad and Savannah streets to confront a man said to be peering into windows and looking at residents. The report notes a thorough...
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Broad
Savannah
Agreement Kept Secret on Canada Naval Pact
London reports a principle agreement between the British Admiralty and Canadian Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden and his cabinet on naval cooperation. The terms, described as tentative, aim to model dominion participation within Britain’s empire naval program. Full details await Ottawa parliamentary and Dominion leaders’ reactions.
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London
Robert Borden
Canada
Empire
Borden
Gall
Bristol
Robert
Ottawa
Great Britain
Tondon
Imperial
Fat Woman Forces Train Stop in New York Front Incident
An overweight passenger halted an Interboro elevated train near South Werry as several hundred riders waited for six to ten minutes. The woman yelled unbutton me idiot and struck the conductor, who then used the exit gate to remove her from the car. The train resumed with passengers laughing at the unusual scene.
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New. York
Interboro
South Werry
Twelve Year Old’s Puppy Love Shocks Hoboken Family
The New York dispatch reports Jasper Biaschini, 12, of Hoboken, inflamed by a girl five years younger, Mary Biaschini, led to a troubling end as he caused a fatal injury to his father this noon. The family called it puppy love and dismissed it as harmless.
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New York
Jasper Biaschini
Hoboken
Mary Biaschini
Seis Peneres
Free Tickets To Theatres In Classified Ads
The Mobile Item lists daily admissions to Ben tee and Dreamland Theatres for names in the classified ads. From four to twelve tickets are given each day to those whose names appear. Call the business office to claim tickets and enjoy the performances since names may reappear on subsequent days.
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Ben Tee
Dreamland
Tomrow
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Allege
Mary Wanda
Mary Evans
Mary Cheatham
Mary Farar
Mary Fleming
Mary Fara
Juanita Cheatham
Cassie Fort
Tis
Acis
Great Port
Manufacturers’ Record
MOOSE
Democratic
TS Hh
Jack the Peeper
England
Ben Harney Theatre
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