One Big Issue Confronting America in LaFollette Memoir
United States Senator LaFollette in an American Magazine closing chapter argues the one great issue is the encroachment of the powerful few on the rights of the many. He links tariff railroads and other special interests to oppression faced by farmers workers and common people. The excerpt notes Roosevelt Taft era stock and bond figures and tax on dividends, with local notices and social items following.
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United States
LaFollette
Roosevelt
Rusia
Steel Bill Repassed Over Taft Veto by House
The House voted 172 to 88 to repass the steel and iron bill despite the President’s veto, two votes short of a veto-proof margin. Sixteen Republicans joined Democrats in favor. In a separate vote, the cotton tariff revision bill was defeated 16 to 14 after amendments tied to the Canadian reciprocity law. Local notices mention prayer efforts against political figures and a fatal shooting in Norfolk where Rudolph DeWaters defended his father amid a Park Avenue incident.
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Senate
LaPolletters Enbeiliers
de Tautt Hoard
LaPotlette
Dormiecras
New York Suicide Report Sees 678 Deaths in Six Months
Statistics released today show 678 New York State residents ended their lives in the first half of the year. Gas inhalation accounts for 160 cases, hanging 144, shooting 141, knife 145, drowning 20, and 32 by jumping from high places. Albany note.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Fires, floods, and courts color a busy week in the Carolinas
The prospect House at Southern Pines burned last week with estimated losses under 10 000 dollars and signs of arson. A Kinston girl faced a sharp warning after boiling water mishap. A Black convict died fleeing a road gang near Keoky Mount. Reports include political campaigning, a Columbus Georgia mob hanging a man after conviction, New York police graft protests, a healthier note on a federal trade bill, and several other local incidents across the region.
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Southern Pines
Kinston
Wm. Morrison
Keoky Mount
Locke Craig
Montrose
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Aborant
Nilko
Atwrant
Ata
Ferwom
Nik Macaine
Salabury
Bashad
Dle
Sal
MacAtowter
Cartue
Conference Committee
House
Senate
United States
Iit
Columbus
Nekro
New York
Cooper Union
Lance
Greensboro Progressives to Form State Convention
Prolonged Greens boro session calls a state convention to meet in Greensboro on September 3 to organize a new party, select electors and officers, and draft a platform. James N Williamson presides as state chairman with W Pearson as secretary. committees to draft platform and issue a call for a mass meeting to support Roosevelt and Johnson.
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Greensboro
James N. William 1Son
W. 3. Pearson
Iredell Mears
New Hanover
Bailey
Nash
R. J. Petree
Stokes
J . S. Pearson
Mecklenburg
W. A. Guthrie
Durham
Roosevelt
Johnson
Progressive Party
The Character of Charles B Aycock Memorial Address
B C Beck recalls Charles Aycock as neighbor and friend, praising his faith in justice mercy and equality. He lauds Aycock’s defense of the innocent, pardoning power, and democratic ideals rooted in Christian ethics. The speaker urges a Raleigh monument of native granite to honor his work in North Carolina education.
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B.C. Beck
Charles Isane Aieck
Raleigh
Cief Executive of
North Carolina
State Board of Internal Improvements
Aycock
Havng
Hha
Irael
Charles Apecek
Carona
Woman Under Sentence of Death in Reading Case
After eleven years in Berks county prison under a death sentence for murdering her husband, Mrs Edwards nears execution as four Pennsylvania governors have not set a date. She and a black man were convicted of first degree murder. the man was freed after evidence showed he did not commit the crime.
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Reading
Berks County
Pennsylvania
Edwards
Southerner and Uncle Entangle Ben in Broadway Con Scam
Benjamin B Bonkalzhi a 21 year old cotton planter from Johnson South Carolina travels to New York with his uncle Si and a companion Arthur Burton. On Broadway they meet, gamble, and are cleaned of cash and two $50 checks before drifting toward a roof garden and a plan to return home. Benjamin ends up at Weather Station and Meier Hotel as police track the case.
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New York World
Benjamin B. Bonkalzhi
Coton
Johnson
S.C
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Field Bank of
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Broadway
Forty-second Street
Exme
Arthur Burton
West One Hundred
Forth Street
Burton
Benjamin
New York
Bronx Park
Coney
Beasanti
Miller's Corners
N. Ih
Uncle Si
East Thirty-seventh Street
Sheffield
Mass
Weathorvonth Street
Bucle
Meirnight
Yorkville
When Charlie Met Babe Again at Chapel Hill Reunion
Washington rumor notes Major M. Steadman of Greensboro recalls old friend Reuben Kolb of Montgomery after fifty years. They roomed at Chapel Hill in 1859 and reconnected near Washington. Kolb calls the 1859 commencement the greatest ever with $13,000 raised for meals, band, and incidents. President Buchanan and five cabinet members attended. The piece ends with a quip about gas meters and high flyers.
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Congress
M. Steadman
Greensboro
Ruben
Trider
Chapel Hill
Stedman
Kolb
Baltimore
Marine Band
Washington
Buchanan
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