Arkansas Levees Break and Flood Threat Mounts
A main levee has broken near Golden Lake Arkansas threatening Marked Tree and 45 township areas while Cairo reports firm defenses but rising danger nearby. Warnings were sent by telemeter phones urging residents to seek high ground as two thousand relief workers assist Mississippi County flooding spokesmen appeal for aid from Missouri officials.
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Memphis
Tenn
Golden Lake
Ark
Marked Tree
Cairo
Ander
Lake Milligan
Goose Island
Beech Ridge
East Cape
Missouri
Charleston
George C. Barnes
Mississippi County
Scott
Pemiscott
Dunklin
New ‘Madrid
Yazoo
Delta
Mississippia
Arkansas
Broussard Defends Free Sugar Bill Against Noted Losses
Representative Broussard of Louisiana told the Senate Finance Committee that the Democratic free sugar bill rests on novance and warned the United States would lose about 150 million dollars if enacted. He said the bill would not become law and criticized the agitation as criminal speculation.
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Washington
Broussard
Louisiana
Senate
United States
Senators Back Lorimer Retention as Sanders Seen Supporting Case
Washington observers say a Sanders of Chattanooga appointment to succeed the late Senator Taylor of Tennessee could swing a vote in favor of Illinois Senator Lorimer. Sanders allied with Tennessee Republican groups is expected to back Lorimer, who opposed him last year.
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Senator Say Sanders
Tennessee
Washington
Senate
Lorimer
Newell Sanders
Chattanooga
Taylor
Republican Organization
Sanders
Canada Reciprocity Deal Drafted Between Canada and West Indies
Ottawa announces that a treaty arranging mutual trade benefit has been drafted by representatives of the dominion government and the British West Indies conference. In Washington a favorable report on the Peters bill to incorporate the Rockefeller Foundation was ordered by the judiciary committee.
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Dominion
British West Indies
Ottawa
Ont
George ‘Foster
Rockefeller Foundation
Washington
Peters
Judiciary Committee of
Reprieve Arrived Too Late for Desertion Trials
A Civil War account recounts that nearly 300 Union soldiers died in a court martial after desertion. One of the condemned was a New Jersey native from Newark who had defected to the Confederacy and then rejoined Union lines. Executions were carried out by firing squad near a makeshift graveyard with reading, blindfolds, and coffins. General Slocum later recalled Lincoln's distress over suspending or carrying out sentences.
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iSub Lsgu
New Jersey
Newark
Thirteenth
Antietam
J. Madison Drake
Globe
Twelfth Corps
Slocum
Gettysburg
Bonapartists Rejoice Over Napoleonic Baptism Splendor
Paris reports a grand baptism for Marie Clotilde Bonaparte daughter of Prince and Princess Clementine Victor Napoleon with godparents including the king of Italy the king of Belgium ex empress Eugenie and Dowager Queen Margherita. Comparisons are made to Napoleon I's era and a century-old Notre Dame ceremony.
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Paris
Marie Clotilde Bonaparte
Clementine Victor Napoleon
Mareh
Clotilde
Victor Ermanuel
Italy
Victor
Belgium
Clementine
Extradition Bid Aimed At Chicago Beef Packers
Requisition papers for several Chicago beef packers indicted in Hudson county for restraint of trade in cold storage were turned over to the attorney general’s office for review by Hudson County Prosecutor Garven. A hearing will be held before Governor Wilson seeks extradition after an application is granted.
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Trenton
N. J
Chicago
Hudson County
Attorney General's Office
Garven
Wilson
Wickersham to retire if Taft reelected four-year cabinet term
Washington reports Attorney General Wickersham will not serve beyond March 4 if President Taft wins reelection. He stated he joined the cabinet with a four year limit and had arranged his professional future accordingly. Taft to New York for Yale club dinner and Union League reception, then back to Washington. In New Castle, twins born to Constable and Mrs Jack Fee, the third set to greet their home.
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Washington
Wickeraham
Taft
Thier
Wickersham
Newpork
New York
Yale Club
Union League Club
New Castle
Constable
Jack Fee
Harley Davidson M cycle with Ful-Floating Seat ad
Motorcycle advertisement touts a Harley Davidson M model featuring a Ful Floating Seat and notable comfort. Claims include exclusive benefits and a prominent 8 inch feature highlighted for the year.
Eastbound rail timetable fragment with mixed train names
A partial schedule lists trains No 6 Pass No 3 Passenger No 91 Local No 61 Chicago Moise No 68 Milwaukee Moise with times around 12 44 am 8 30 am 9 07 am and 12 15 pm. The fragment includes eastbound notation and incomplete entries.
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S. Lim
Washington
Lo West Lim
Chicago Moise
Milwaukee
Moise
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Army of Potomac
Army of the Potomac
Leesburg
Lincoln
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Packer
J.D. Dayton
West Chester, Iowa
Washington County
Iowa
Selden L. Stewart
West Side Grocer
Horse Breeders
Saskatchewan
Lose Land & Development Co
Germania Life Building
ST. Paul
Minn
Southwell & McCulley
Southeastern Lowa
Owen McGovern
J. Wilson
C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson Lawyers Opposite Journal Office
Charles A. Dewey
Washington County Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Eficher & Livingston
Edmund D. Morrison
Morrison Bide
North Side Square
I. J. Kellogg
Booth Side Square
W. M Keeley
Butterfield & Frame
Special Collection Department
Cralil’s
Caasew Trros
E. J. Perry
Washington Street
Ray H. Dean
Cook & Sherman's Drug Store
J. Glyde Wallace
J. Clyde Wallace
Windsor
Fenton & Fenton
Chiropractors
Palmer School
J. Hanley
Klein Klo Ko
Wasilington
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H. W. Russel
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Cess
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Ane Ghens
L. Broadgate
Macon
Austin Sutherland
Harry H. Ross
Sue
Foley
Bright
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