Letters From Canton China Aboard The Orient Express
Canton China April 25 1916 writer muses on unrest in China with Yuan Shikai bid to found a dynasty. He notes American and missionary interests risk and U S Navy patrols along rivers and coasts to protect citizens and assets amid regional turmoil.
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China
Ces
Mexico
Europe
Yuan Shi Kai
Vienna High School
Standard Oil Co
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Vacuum Oil Co
Vacuum Oil Co., Various Tobacco Companies
United States Infantry
United States Navy
Knife Thrown at Colonel Roosevelt During Memorial Parade
In Raseas City on Memorial Day a man named Edward McDaniel from Tulsa was arrested after attempting to force his way into the Roosevelt suite at the Muelhebech hotel. A separate incident involved a knife thrown at Colonel Roosevelt's motor car. the knife struck the rear of the auto and was later found in the street. No arrests reported in the first case.
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Raseas City
Colonel Rosevelt
Roosevelt
Edward McDaniel
Tulsa
Oklo
Muelhebech Hotel
Standardized Street Dress for Women Adopted by Federation Delegates
Two thousand delegates alternates and visiting club members at the thirteenth biennial Federation of Women's Clubs convention endorsed standardized street dress for women. The home economy committee will introduce a resolution at this week's session and exclude gowns for evening wear from the proposed limitations.
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New York
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Home Economy Committee
Federation
Jenkins Heads Wesleyan Female College Again
Grady reports Rev. Dr. J. C. Jenkins was reelected president of Wesleyan Female College in Macon Georgia. The article then critiques Chinese progress, blaming lack of science, conservatism, and widespread corruption under a system of squeeze, and promises further discussion next week.
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Macon
J. C. Jenkins
Wesleyan Female College
Georgia Cattle Conference Set for Moultrie June 27 28 1916
Prominent Georgia figures and many supporters back the statewide Cattle Conference to be held in Moultrie on June 27 and 28 1916. Organizers aim to promote Georgia livestock as key to diversified farming and to attract attention from railways and newspapers for regional development.
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Moultrie
A. Ward Motte
Georgia
Southern Settlement and Development Organization
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce
A.M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
Peter F. Bahnsen
Department of State Agriculture
H. A. Petty
State Livestock & Dairy, Association
Dawson
Contiguous Territory
Motte
Southern Settlement & Development Organization
Chicago
Auto Theft Ring Traced Across Cities In Chicago Case
Police pursued an alleged nation wide auto theft trust tied to three Whitehead brothers and associates in Chicago and Birmingham. A warehouse raid on North Clark Street recovered stolen cars and equipment to alter identities, with losses estimated from 150000 to 200000 dollars and some autos valued at 30000 already recovered for owners. Captain Morgan Collins called the syndicate the largest of its kind and said the confession supported the existence of the trust.
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Chicago
Whitehead Brothers
Birmingham
W. B. Relihan
Morgan Collins
Central Station
Collins
Goggin and Prendergast
Clark Street
United States
L. A. Whitehead
Pine Grove Avenue
RD. Whitehead
East Fiftieth Place
William E. Whitehead
Ala
W. E. Relihan
St. Regis Hotel
Ikept
Three Autos Seized in Birmingham Theft Ring
Three cars believed stolen by an organized Chicago centered band were seized in Birmingham. The arrests coincide with Chicago raid on A. F. Whitehead. The Birmingham machines belonged to local owners who bought them from L. A. Whitehead, whose Standard Home Company is now defunct.
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Mingham
Birmingham
Chicago
A. F. Whitehead
L. A. Whitehead
Whiteheads
Standard Home Company
Larger Postal Savings Deposits At Post Office
The Postal Savings Act amendment approved by President Wilson raises the maximum postal savings account to 1000 dollars from 500 and removes the monthly deposit limit. Postmaster General Burleson and Third Assistant Dockery led the reform, praised as easing public and official embarrassment and expanding savings access.
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Wilson
Uncle Sam
Burleson
Dockery
Icounty Officials Attend Convention in Savannah
County officials led by Judge J C Slade and Commissioner J D Lester attended the two day state convention of superintendents and wardens in Savannah. A Florida Metal Products Co cruise featured the event with fishing as the highlight and a $40 gold watch awarded to the angler who first pulled a fish from the sea. Lester received the watch after his catch.
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J. C. Slade
Savannah
Wardna
J. D. Lester
Atlantic
Florida Metal Products Co
Lester
Bleckley County to name next senator in Fourteenth District
Bleckley County will name the next senator from the Fourteenth district after the primary. A unanimous executive committee vote backed Bleckley’s claim with J B Peacock leading the push. A rotational order Bleckley Wilcox Crisp Dooly Pulaski was set with Wilcox getting the seat two years hence. Chairman Harvard to call a Cochran convention after the Sept 12 primary.
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Cochran
Cordele
Bleckley
Wilcox
Crisp
Dooly
Pulaski
J. B. Peacock
N. M. Patton
J. M. Warren
Peacock
Patten
J. Gordon Jones
J. M. Busbee
Howard E. Coates
Col. W
Harvard
H. E. Coates
Dodge
Coates
Leckley
Busbee
Jones
Dooly Farmer D T Forehand Challenges Wheat Growers
D T Forehand, a leading farmer in Dooly, claims four acres produced 111 bushels of wheat without fertilizer. He urges others in the county to share any higher yield and demonstrates the rich potential of the local soil.
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D. T. Forehand
Dooly
Banks To Close Saturday For Holiday Observance
Abbeville reports Z A Lassiter died suddenly of heart failure at his home on Thursday the 26th. He was about 65 and survived by his wife and several children. Local banks will close Saturday June 3 as the holiday observes.
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ZA. Lassiter
Abbeville
Z. W. Lassiter
Noop
Railroads Oppose Eight Hour Demands In Negotiations
Washington reports railroads and Railway Brotherhoods will begin negotiations in New York on June 1 to resolve wage demands for an eight hour basic day and overtime pay. Shippers fear higher transport costs if wage increases are granted, while railways argue that speed alone cannot cut long-haul delays and that congestion would rise on single-track lines without higher freight rates.
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Washington, D. C
New York City
The
Southeastern Railway
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Vienna
Wilmington
Wewa
Orient
Boone
Iman
Colonel Roosevelt
Man
Colseal
Wesleyan
Grady
Moulttrie
Whiteside Brothers
For. Mealy
Bir
Bleckley County
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