Catholic Missionary Congress Opens in Boston
Cardinal O Connell presided at the opening session as Archbishop Bonzano and Bishop Schrembs spoke on the congress theme The aim is to enlighten Catholics at home and abroad about mission work and to prepare a multilingual mission textbook The formation of a supreme bureau to coordinate mission information was urged by Archbishop Quigley
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Associated Press
Boston
Cardinal O'Connell
Catholic Missionary Congress
Bonzano
Schrembs
Toledo
Quigley
Chicago
Catholic Church Extension Society
Supreme Bureau
President Wilson Optimistic on Currency Bill Timeline
President Wilson told Majority Leader Underwood that the currency bill should reach the senate by early November and pass after two to three weeks of debate. He cited meetings with banking committee members and expected bipartisan support with no major changes to fundamentals. Republican Senator Weeks cautioned that the letter showed more optimism than the facts warranted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Underwood
Senate
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Weeks
Banking Committee
Death of W G Brown noted in Birmingham
William Garrett Brown longtime associate editor of Harper's Weekly and authority on Southern history died in New Canaan Connecticut. He will be buried in Marion Alabama.
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W.G. Brown
Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
William Garrett Brown
New Canaan
Conn
Brown
Harper’s Weekly
George Harvey
Marion
Snow First of the Year Flows Across South Dakota
In Aberdeen and eastern South Dakota a light snowfall accompanied by a stiff northwest gale and a drop in temperature marked the first snow of the year yesterday.
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Associated Press
Aberdeen
8. D
South Dakota
Resinol Cured Awful Itching In One Night
Miss Celia Kleinman reports six to seven months of itchy red skin on her hand. After using Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for one night, the irritation disappeared and did not return. The advertisement touts Resinol as fast acting and effective.
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New York
Celia Kleinman
Columbia St
Miss Kleinman
Earliest snow falls in Nashville area record
Nashville Tennessee reports the earliest snow on record with flurries starting at 5 46 am. Snow melted on wet ground despite 33 degree air at 7 am and was observed as far west as Huntington. The prior earliest fall was October 26 1898.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Huntingdon
First Snow of the Season Falls in Chattanooga
Snow begins to accumulate in Chattanooga but melts quickly as temperatures rise during the morning. A light fall reported around 7:30 with rapid thawing as the day progresses.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Snow and sleet hit Knoxville early this morning
In Knoxville Tennessee a mix of sleet and snow fell at 7 am and the temperature held at 39 degrees all morning. The note adds that the earliest trace of snowfall in records was October 28 1903.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Snow Flakes Reported in Birmingham This Morning
Light flakes of snow fell in Birmingham before 8 a.m. A sharp temperature drop since Sunday prompted widespread overcoat wearers as residents noted the cold morning in the city.
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Birmingham
Ala
Deaths and Funerals of Christianna O. Hume
Christianna Oliv Hume died October 16 1913 at age sixty six after a life of Christian service. She was born in Providence Forge Virginia daughter of Dr and Mrs Oliver Christian. Survived by husband H Ravenel Hume son Oliver C Hume daughter Mrs David T Warren and two granddaughters. Funeral held October 17 at Pine Crest cemetery with Rev A G Richards presiding.
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Christianna O. Hume
Christianna Oliv Hume
Oliver Christian
Providence Forge
New Kent County
H. Ravenel Hume
Oliver C. Hume
David T. Warren
Pine Crest Cemetery
A. G. Richards
Trinity Church
Child dies after brief illness in Marine street home
George Heiter three year old son of Charles and Annie Heiter died Monday at 3 am at the family home on Marine street third north of Easton after a twenty four hour illness. He left three brothers and two sisters besides his parents.
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George Heiter
Charles
Annie Heiter
Marine’ Street
Easton
Funeral of Charlies H Johnson in Whistler
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 the funeral for Charlies H. Johnson was held at the family residence on Gould street Whistler with Rev J W Reinhardt officiating. Maplecamp No 5 Woodmen of the World sent a delegation and interment followed in Whistler cemetery. Pallbearers included Dave Halliwell Mack Therrell Gus Seiple B F Koppersmith L Arras James Gilchrist a W W Pritchett and J T Witsett.
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Charlies H. Johnson
Gould Street
Whistler
J. W. Reinhardt
Methodist Church
Maplecamp No. 5
Woodmen of the World
Dave Halliwell
Mack Therrell
Gus ‘Seiple
Tennessee man Robert E Wallace dies at home
Robert E Wallace aged 49 a Tennessee native died at his home on Eslava street on Sunday morning.
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Robert E. Wallace
Tennessee
Eslava Street
Cotton Prices Jump Upward
New Orleans reports a cold wave across the South driving cotton prices up nearly two dollars per bale at market open. Early trading saw a sharp rise with months up 34 to 48 points, surging to 36 to 42 points before profit-taking caused a brief pullback.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
South
Weather Bureau
Atlantics
Cotton futures jump on crop damage fears in brisk NY session
The New York cotton market opened 27 to 38 points higher amid general buying and weather reports, with December contracts rising to 13.79. Heavy selling pared gains, leaving the market nervous after a lingering illness in a key figure. An obituary note mentions a local fish trader with surviving wife, step-daughters, siblings, and planned Magnolia cemetery interment Monday.
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NEW York Exchange
NEW York
Miss Walker
Ora Wallace
George
Lee
Arran
William
Milton Wallace
Laura Cantrell
Ida Downs
Emma Dobbs
Mariah Hunt
Magnolia Cemetery
Digest it 25c miracle cure for indigestion advert
A vintage advertisement touts Digest it as a principle treatment for indigestion gastritis and dyspepsia. It claims the tablets act on food not stomach breaking down particles aiding recovery with meals and at bedtime. Trial package offered for 25 cents citing Chas W Ross Cleveland Ohio as a contact.
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America
England
France
Chas. W. Ross
St. Clair Ave
Cleveland
Ohio
H Phrbinteha
Fifteen Hurt In Train Wreck At Alton Illinois
Fifteen persons were injured and two perhaps fatally when the midnight special of the Chicago and Alton railroad wrecked near Alton Illinois early Sunday. A steel cable bracing a telegraph pole saved the chair car from overturning. The wreck left 103 passengers shaken and bruised as coaches left the tracks. Most seriously hurt are Mrs Nora H Clark of Springfield Missouri and Mrs Joseph Lowe Jr of New York. Others injured include Mrs Eliza Camp of San Antonio Texas.
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ST. Louis
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Chicago
Alton
Nora H. Clark
Springfield
Jospeh Lowe, Jr
New York
Eliza Camp
San Antonio
Texas
Bitzer and Arata Declared Bankrupt
Frederick G. Bitzer and Angelo Arata doing business in Mobile as Bitzer and Arata produce merchants filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S district court. Liabilities listed at 5600 dollars and assets at 865 dollars. The firm adjudicated bankrupt and referred to R T Ervin, referee in bankruptcy at Mobile.
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Frederick G. Bitzer
Angelo Arata
Mobile
Bitzer and Arata
United States District Court
R. T. Ervin
Marengo Farmer Files Bankruptcy Petition
Hugh H. Wilburn a Van Dorn farmer in Marengo County filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S district court stating liabilities of 274 with no assets. The case was adjudicated bankrupt and referred to W K Campbell referee in bankruptcy at Selma.
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Hugh H. Wilburn
van Dorn
Marengo County
United States District Court
W. K. Campbell
Selma
Beiliss Trial Denounced in Chicago Mass Meetings
Several thousand persons gathered at two downtown theatres in Chicago to protest the Beiliss murder trial in Kiev. Police reserves restored order as women fainted amid the crush. Speakers from the theatres urged that blood ritual charges echo barbaric antisemitic insults and resolutions were sent to Secretary Bryan for delivery to the Russian court.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Beiliss
Kiev
Bryan
Russia
Bryan Touches Elbows at Mission Meeting
Washington October 20 Secretary Bryan attended the Central Union Mission as men described their Christian conversions. He spoke on saving men as wise economy, noting it is cheaper to save individuals than to recompense society for bad deeds. He walked from his home to the gathering through a misting rain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
Central Union Mission
Father and Mother Dead and Child Fatally Injured
Wile Kreitzer and his wife were killed when their car was struck by a passenger train at a crossing near their home in Trotwood Ohio. Their four year old son Was perhaps fatally injured in the collision last night, the Associated Press reports from Dayton Ohio.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Wile Kreitzer
Wif
Withur
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trotwood
Banana Rate Case Takes Up Freight Rates Across Gulf to Midwest
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner opened hearings on banana freight rates from the Gulf of Mexico to Kansas and Nebraska. An earlier Topeka inquiry found 80 cents per hundred pounds New Orleans to Kansas towns and 81 cents to Lincoln and Beatrice, Neb. The commission deemed rates unjustly discriminatory and ordered changes, with rates then reduced to 80 cents to Nebraska towns. Proposed increases were suspended and cases reopened after Kansas shippers filed complaints.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Gulf of Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Commision
Topeka
New Orleans
Patruts
Lincoln
Beatrice
Neb
Interstate Commerce Commission
Inventor Charles Tellier Dies at 85 in Paris
Paris obituary notes Charles Tellier inventor of the cold storage system for preserving foodstuffs died yesterday at age 85. His work advanced food preservation and supply chains in modern commerce.
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Associated Press
Paris
Charles Tellier
Great Revival at Whistler
A large crowd attended Sunday revival at Whistler Methodist Church directed by Rev. B C Glenn. The morning sermon held attention. over 150 attended the men’s service. The text was Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he reap, stressing that every sin is punished and every act of kindness noted. Services continue through the week with a Monday night talk on Character Building and King Solomon’s Temple.
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B.C. Glenn
Whistler Methodist Church
Glenn
King Solomon's Temple
Baalen Wound Fatal After Rejected Suitor Shot
In San Francisco on October the advertising solicitor Joseph D. Von Baalen died after being shot by Leah Alexander who said he had jilted her. The incident occurred yesterday and the victim died today.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Joseph D. von Baalen
Leah Alexander
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