Congressional Debates on Tariff and District Measures
The House debated measures on the Memphis Cotton Exchange resolution and the agricultural appropriation bill while moving into committee on the naval appropriation. The Senate discussed district measures, the tariff bill, and bribery charges, with investigations into the sugar trust and campaign contributions. Gallinger opposed the tariff as Lodge proposed probes into alleged bribery and sugar interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Memphis Cotton Exchange
Atlanta
Harris
Committee On Commerce
McGann
Congress
Great Britain
Senate
District of Columbia
Mr. Aldrich
Mr. West
Lodge
New York Sun
Philadelphia
Democratic Party
Cockrill
Sugar Trust
Gallinger
Hines Nominated and State Officers Named at Georgia Meet
The people's party of Georgia met in Atlanta and nominated Judge J. K. Hines for governor. State officers named include Dr A L Nance for secretary of state C M Jones for treasurer W R Kemp for comptroller general J D Mehaffey for attorney general James Barrett for commissioner of agriculture. The platform pledges Jeffersonian principles, graduated income tax, conv ict lease abolition, state funded school books, Australian ballot with protections for the blind and illiterate, opposition to public officer rail passes, and adherence to past party principles with a God-founded pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Party of Georgia
Atlanta
J. K. Hines
State House
A. L. Nance
Gainesvile
Hall County
C. M. Jones
Bartow County
W. R. Kemp
Emanuel
J. D. Mehaffey
Jackson
James Barrett
Richmond
People’s Party
Thomas Jefferson
People's Party
United States
Jefferson
Democratic Party
Georgia
Governor Carr appoints Holliday to attend Southern Interstate Immigration meet
A. G. Holliday is named commissioner by Governor Carr of North Carolina to represent the state at the Southern Interstate Immigration convention in Augusta Georgia on May 30. The report lists other regional political and economic items including bank tax repeal requests, a shift in labor at Ramsey Coke Uniontown, and crop conditions in North Carolina for May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr
North Carolina
A. G. Holliday
Augusta
Ramsey Coke Company
Uniontown
Mississippi
Coke
New York Dispatch
New South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company
Old South Carolina Railroad
Charles Parsons
Peter Burba
Hedginsville
Tennessee
Henry C. Snodgrass
J. B. Frazier
Hamilton
Boston
Mass
United States
Custom House
Mitchell
Florida
D. H. Ellott
Sanford
John Bradford
Bradfordville
John N. C. Stockton
Jacksonville
W. D. Chipley
Pensacola
P. P. Bishop
Cira
Trade Topics and Unrest in Early 1900s Industry
The Dun and Co weekly review notes strikes harming coal fueled works and iron furnaces, with about a third of iron capacity idle and several textile and railroad operations at risk. It cites reduced foreign demand, shifting capital, and waning gold reserves amid ongoing bankruptcies and shrinking liabilities, plus switchmen in Saxony earning $178 annually.
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R. G. Dun & So
Washington
Diverse 1900s News Items from Missouri to Boston
Missouri convention in Kansas City. U S consul general W H Edwards dies of lung inflammation in Berlin. Cochran plant attacked by 300 strikers. no shots fired. Chicago bankers form bi metallism committee. Boston fire leaves half a million in losses. 137 buildings destroyed and 2,300 homeless. Cleveland wage committee for miners and owners. Harvard four students drown near Thompson's Island. two bodies recovered. Brooklyn Tabernacle to be rebuilt under Dr Talmage. Coxey case appeals stay verdict. judge may suspend sentence. Jones Coxey Browne rebuffed in police court. Jones Woods fire in East Village destroys four blocks. $200,000 damage. horses burned. Greensburg sees Galvin army starving. town guarded by 40 policemen.
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Kansas City
W. H. Edwards
United States
Berlin
Jackson
Cochran & Co
Connellsville
Chicago
Boston
Mass
Cleveland
Harvard College
Thompson’s Island
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Dr. Talmage
Brooklyn
Dr.Talmage
Chandler A. Oakes
Washington Dispatch
Coxey, Browne and Jones
Miller
Jones’ Woods
Avenue A
Sixty-eighth Street
New York
Sixty-seventh
Seventy-first Streets
East River
Greensburg
Galvin
Growth of the South review of industry and labor
The weekly industrial review notes miners’ strike impacts with preparations to shut another furnace and coal shortages in some areas while labor relations remain steady. Droughts and good weather boost agriculture and a surge in new plants, enlargements, and notable buildings. Numerous new enterprises form across the South with capital totals listed, including mills, canneries, lumber firms, and machinery works in states from Alabama to Texas and beyond.
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Swan River Phosphate Company
Sheffield
Ala
Capital
Estabutchie Lumber Company
Extabutchie
Mis
Fean Lumber Company
Fenn
Brown Electric and Machinery Company
Little Rock
Ark
Blooming Grove
Texas
Hoffman Hardware Company
Texarkana
E. K. Dillingham Iron Company
Huston
Montgomery
Houston
Mobile
Athens
Nesbitt
3. C
Taylor, Tex
Jacksonville
Fla
Mt. Peasant
Savannah
England
Apopka
Lla
Barnesville
Wavyerssy
Frankfort
Jackson
Lebanon
Donaldsonville
New Orleans
Brookhaven
Kuhns
Miss
Chattanooga
Erwin
Bassion
Memphis
Welch
W. Va
Groesbeck
Tex
Ae Nae
Enn
Sale set for East Tennessee railroad by special master
Special Master Caldwell, appointed by the U S court, fixes July 7 for the sale of the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia railroad at its Knoxville depot. The property must bring 3.15 million and 150 thousand cash bonus, with reorganization committee as sole bidders. New owners to operate the system within sixty days. Gold reserves fall as 2.5 million is engaged for export to Europe, dropping the treasury gold below 87 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
United States Court
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Knoxville
Tenn
North Carolina society meets in Greensboro session
The North Carolina state medical society held its fortieth annual session in Greensboro with about two hundred physicians present led by Dr. William H. Cobb of Goldsboro. Prison escapees from Hight, including death row inmate Orange Page, were reported early Wednesday. Other notes cover Morehead City encampment plans for state guards, rail rate changes, Richmond newspaper men organizing the Old Dominion Press Club, and county convention results from Alabama and North Carolina political moves.
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North Carolina State Medical Society
Greensboro
William H. Cobb
Goldsboro
Hight N. C
Orange Page
Carr
North Carolina
Morehead City
Richmond
Old Dominion Press Club
Virginia
Montgomery
Ala
Oates
Johnston
Democratic Central Committee of
Raleigh
Central Committee
Tillman
Darlington
Richbourg
E. J. Dennis
Willie Jones
J. T. Barron
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Nashville
Sadie Means
Columbia
D. C
General Auditor Loop
Southern Express Company
Southern Associated Press
Wells, Fargo & Co
S Express
Chicago
South
Exposition Committee Seeks 500000 Hearing Prospects
A two hour hearing before the House Appropriations Committee on the Cotton States and International Exposition sought funding. Representative Livingston introduced the visiting committee, and members reported a cordial, productive session. The panel may recommend a substantial appropriation, possibly 750000, with 500000 as a likely floor.
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House
Representative Livingston
Congress
Livingston
Committee On Appropriations
Great Minnesota Storm Kills Seven and Wrecks Bridges
A Minnesota Wisconsin storm lashed the St. Croix Engalle and Chippewa rivers with record rain causing rapid floods. Seven people died including a lightning fatality near Anika Minnesota and two drownings near Eugalle river Spring Valley Wisconsin. Bridges washed out dams failed and rail traffic halted overnight.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Northwest
St. Croix
Engalle
Chippewa
Anika
New Richmond
Wis
Eugalle
Spring Valley
Mindon
Suffering for Bread on Sea Islands from Storm
Governor Tillman receives a Bluffton Beaufort County letter detailing destitution among white residents after last August storm. About 150 families or 600 people reportedly lack bread as Red Cross aid allegedly favored Black residents. Immediate help is appealed for.
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Tillman
Bluffton Township
Beaufort County
S. C
Red Cross Society
Striking Ribbon Weavers in Patterson Call Off After Eleven Weeks
The central committee of ribbon weavers in Patterson New Jersey declared the strike off after an eleven week struggle. A majority of workers at the William Strange company mills and Levy Bros returned to their looms.
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Central Committee of
Patterson
N. J
William Strange Company
Levy Bros
Congressman Bratton Dies in Maryland
Representative Robert F. Bratton of the first Maryland district died Thursday morning in Princess Anne Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Bratton
Robert F. Bratton
Maryland
Princess Anne
Flower Culture for Essences Sparks West Coast Growth
The piece highlights perfume flower farming as a refined agricultural pursuit led by a woman in Los Gatos. It notes Santa Ana land purchases for similar cultivation, claims California roses may yield up to 20 percent more volatile essence than French districts, and describes a Begonia bulb operation of about 60,000 plants under a half acre enclosure.
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Los Gatos
Santa Ana
France
Lime Water and Old Age Health Benefits of Distilled Water
Editor Joseph Midill of the Chicago Tribune reports personal improvement after drinking distilled water at age 71. He claims lime removal cures rheumatism and indigestion, stabilizes heart function, and boosts mood. The piece also notes boiled tea is common in China and India, suggesting boiling rather than nicotine may aid health.
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Joseph Midill
The
Chicago Tribune
China
India
Odd kernel rows puzzle on corn bins and marriages
A farmer and professor debate a curious fact about counts. The corn bin reveals every ear has an even number of kernel rows, and the farmer quips that marriages likewise come in pairs, challenging the professor’s claim with rural wit.
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Hal
Odd Tips and Travel Ad T:
Cooking high scent foods in iron utensils by burning or washing with soda. Snowfall records from Florida to Maine. Travel advice urging timely arrivals and bottling Kilmer Swamp Root and Syrup of Figs for health. Central Railroad promo to Boston New York and the East with $42.90 round trip rate.
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Boston
New York
Central Railroad
Ocean Steamship Commg
Los Straight
Informaion Callon
Central R. R
Royal Baking Powder Endorsed as Superior and Reliable
The text claims baking powders other than Royal degrade after opening, producing heavy food and wasted ingredients. It extols Royal as absolutely pure, consistently strong, economical, and reliably leavening, ensuring wholesome outcomes across uses.
Criminal statistics across Europe in the 19th century
A summary of crime and punishment data across nations. It notes high rates of illiteracy among English criminals, many assassinations in Italy, and long-term shifts in Swiss capital punishment. It mentions Roman jury origins, Treland's low crime rate per million, and specific murder convictions and executions in France in 1881. It also includes technical breaking weights for wood samples.
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France
Italy
Switzerland
Treland
A Girls Life and Bank of France Vault Notes
A fragment discusses a girl’s changing view of life from 16 to 25 and a note on the Bank of France vaults where robbers flood cellars with water. It also lists melting points for several metals including cast iron copper gold silver lead and tin.
To fy enrich and vitalize the blood and liver
The passage outlines a remedy aimed at improving blood quality and nourishing the liver and digestive organs. It promotes building up the nervous system and restoring overall bodily harmony through nutritional or medicinal means, reflecting historical health theories on holistic tonics.
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Ciidren
M.L. Thompson & Co
Condersport
Hall
Shilot
Mr. A. Ig
Davenport
Milton, N. J
Hood
A. J. Day- Enportt
Milton, New Jersey
Rudy
Scott
Scott & Bowne
N.Y
All Draggista
W. Baker
Grocers
R& D
Dorchester
L. Douglas
Derby
Parkes
B.F. Johnson & Ci
Richwand
Cesseree
GEO
West
Ann
Giana Atall
Brow
N mm J
Autelfidential
Atlan
J. W. Rice
Atlanta Business University
Atlanta, GA
Maclean, Curtis & Walker
Pners
P. Simpson
Washigton, D.C
A N. T
Congressional
Dun’s & Co
Treasury
Canada
Saxony
Sale OF
East Tennessee
Treasury Department
Europe
Gulf
Brownsville
Key West
Punta Rosa
San Diego
Cal
Maine
Iowa
Hoatetter
Incentsani
Bank of France
Electvo
Charles Pr
Gospel of
Carmi Aorthusapeetan Co
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
J. F. Hudson
Whitcherville, Sebastian Co
Erin
Golden
Golden Medical Discovery
A. Trout
Tire Atcha Acmenyali Otel Ana Surgical State
Main Street
Buffalo
Ellow Light
Lovell
Acerts
Qed
St “Co
John P.lovell Arms CO
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