Georgia Democrats Back Hoke Smith In 1912 Presidential Bid
Ex-Gov Hoke Smith wins the Georgia Democratic convention endorsement with 233 of 368 votes to 135 for Joseph M Brown The platform pledges progressive reforms curbing corporate influence and calls drastic railroad rate cuts Brown remnants protest while Smith supporters take control of party machinery Some Brown leaders quit and talk of an independent candidate surfaces.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Joseph M. Brown
Smith
United States
Georgia
Railroad Commission
Platform
Brown
Joseph Hill Hall
Griffith
United States Senate
Hoosier Gas Well Extinct in Indiana
Richmond Indiana September 2 After twenty two years of use the mains from the Harry county fields were cut off ending natural gas in the area Householders must now rely on hard fuel or pay for artificial gas at a cost of about one dollar per unit.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Harry County
Baseball results from Cincinnati games and weather postponed
National and American league results show Pittsburg 1 for 6 with errors and Cincinnati 0 for 0 in a rain affected day. Pitchers Camnitz Phillippi Gibson Beebe Clarke involved. Other games postponed due to rain.
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Cincinnati
R. Hwe
Pittsburg
Camnitz
Phillippi
Gibson
Beebe
Clarke
Dr B C Hyde Leaves Prison for Birth and Death of Heir
Dr B C Hyde is released to visit his newborn son and heir who dies shortly after birth. The event unfolds as authorities allow limited contact during the postrelease period.
Dr Hyde's Heir Dies as Guarded Birth Occurs
Kansas City dispatch reports Mrs. B Clark Hyde gave birth to a son while her husband Dr Hyde, jailed for the poisoning murder of Thomas H Swope, was kept at the Hyde home by armed deputy marshals The infant died soon after his father arrived in custody Dr Hyde assisted during the dying hours but later returned to jail and will not be allowed at the home again
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Kansas City
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Browne Trial Nearing End in Bribery Case
Testimony in the second Browne bribery trial concluded before Judge Kersten as State's Attorney Wayman opened the closing argument. A second true bill in the perjury inquiry tied to testimony in the Browne case was approved by the grand jury. George F. Glass is accused of perjuring himself in nearly all material details.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Kersten
Wayman
George F. Glass
Dies of prize ring injuries near Bluefields
Washington reports Corporal W H Brinkmeyer of the U S Marines died at Bluefields Nicaragua from injuries received in a boxing bout. Details are unavailable and an investigation is expected.
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Corporal Brinkmeyer
Hurts
Washington
W H. Brinkmeyer
Bluefields
Nicaragua
New York City Population From Thirteenth Census
Official census returns show New York City population at 4 766 888, up from 3 437 202 in 1900 and 2 607 414 in 1890. The 1900 to 1910 gain is 1 329 681, a 38.7 percent rise, compared with 38.1 percent for 1890 to 1900. The nation’s total population in 1790 was 3 929 214.
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Washington
City of
New
United States
New York State
Population figures for New York and United States in 1900
The 1900 New York state population is 7,266,894. The 1900 U S population is 76,303,387, with an unofficial estimate around 90,000,000 in the present year.
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New York State
United States
Ohioans Honored by Kaiser in Berlin Parade
Former Ohio governor Myron T. Herrick and wife Mrs Herrick along with Mr and Mrs Henry A Taft of Cincinnati attended the Kaiser’s autumn parade on Templehof field. Herrick and Taft dined with the Kaiser after the parade, joined by Mr Hill the American ambassador. American officers in Berlin to observe maneuvers at Danzig watched the spectacle.
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Berlin
Kaiser
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Confederate Pension Roll Expands in Texas
More than 600 Confederate pensioners joined Texas state rolls in the last three months, bringing the total to 12,500 veterans and widows receiving pensions. The state pension department issued a quarterly apportionment of 10.50 dollars to each pensioner.
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Austin
Tex
State Pension Department
The Great Trouble
Quote from Chicago Record-Herald on women's duty to stay young and men recognizing the problem of keeping youth too long.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Market Report for Chicago Cattle Hogs and Sheep Sept 2 1910
Hogs estimated receipts 11000 yesterday 15545 official receipts 15545 shipments 4575 left over 5822 and tomorrow 10000 market steady to 5 lower than yesterday. Cattle receipts 2500 beef prices 4 90 to 8 40 cows 2 50 to 6 60 Texas steers 4 10 to 25 stockers 3 75 to 6 00 Western cattle 450 to 725 SH market strong. Sheep and lambs steady to strong with ranges 285 to 470 for natives and 300 to 470 for westerns. closing market steady at opening prices. Grain market notes Wheat Corn Oats data from Beach Wickham.
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Texas
Curtiss Makes Return Trip Safe Across Lake Erie
Glenn Curtiss completed a water overwater distance flight from Cedar Point to Euclid Beach and back in one hour 42 minutes. He surpassed the Cedar Point leg but fell short of the 5 000 foot height and speed records while battling a stiff gale. Curtiss earned 5 000 dollars for the trip and faced tough wind that delayed the return train watching from the Lake Shore line.
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Cleveland
Glenn H. Curtiss
Cedar Point
Sandusky
Euclid Bearch
Geodetic Survey Office
Curtiss
Lake Shore
Ely
Mars
Bay
Euclid Beach
Breakers
Curties
Weather snapshot from Washington and major cities
Observations show New York 70 partly cloudy Albany 66 cloudy Atlantic City 70 rain Buffalo 64 cloudy Chicago 42 53 percent 64 cloudy New Orleans 76 cloudy St Louis 74 cloudy Washington 72 clear Philadelphia 70 cloudy Boston 62 rain Illinois and Indiana cloudy with showers today and tomorrow with moderate variable winds.
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Temp
New York
Albany
Atlantic City
Buffalo
New Orleans
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
Iinois
Indiana
Washington City Market Prices Report
Prices listed for corn oats hay straw flour bran shorts and meal across market entries. Includes figures per load per hundred and per sack with quantities and unit prices, attributed to Reister & Son quotations including turkeys fowls springs roosters ducks and geese.
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Reister & Son
Fows Springs
Democrats Hold Able Panty Meeting
Democratic leaders convened in Aly to discuss rising rubber trust influence as the party considers successors to Senator Aldrich. Rubber Trust head cited as a leading potential successor.
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Aldrich
COMPLETE WORLD TOUR Have Been Abroad About a Year During Which Many Foreign Countries Visited
Homer Laughlin former adviser to President McKinley and founder of a large Ohio pottery firm returned to New York after about a year touring the world with his daughter. They visited Honolulu, Japan, Korea, China, Java, Ceylon, India, Egypt, Palestine and much of Europe. A typhoon in the China Sea drove the Princess Alice 400 miles off course for four days, the only exciting episode of the voyage.
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New York
Homer Laughlin
McKinley
Ohio
Pacific Coast
Laughlin
Honolulu
Japan
Korea
China
Java
Ceylon
India
Egypt
Palestine
Europe
Christine Nielsen Secretly Marries Joseph Leer at Saratoga
New York report reveals actress Christine Nielsen wed Joseph Leer, a Saratoga real estate dealer and horseman, on July 15. Nielsen, a California native, will continue her stage career.
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Horseman
New York
Christine Nielsen
Saratoga
Joseph Leer
Priest's Father Is Dead at Notre Dame President
Notre Dame Indiana Sept 2 The father of Reverend John Cavanaugh president of Notre Dame university died suddenly in Leetonia Ohio The death came soon after his mother had died less than two weeks earlier.
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Notre Dame
Ind
John Cavanaugh
Notre Dame University
Leetonia
Father Cavanaugh
Moran Bests Burns in First Newspaper Decision Fight
San Francisco witnessed its first newspaper decision as Owen Moran of England defeated Frankie Burns of Oakland in ten rounds. Burns showed improved form and surprised ringside followers with his performance.
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San Francisco
Owen Moran
Frankie Burns
Oakland
Cal
Burns
Rain Insures Cotton Crop Across Large Texas Region
Heavy rainfall across south and southwestern Texas, covering over a third of the state, reached four inches in some areas and promises a big cotton harvest for the season.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Delegates Split Over Governor Choice At Tompkins Meeting
Ithaca September 2 delegates from Tompkins county discussed the gubernatorial choice with no pledged commitment as party leaders urged strategy while attacking the Republican state administration. Chairman John A. Dix assailed Roosevelt and criticized canal scandals and big corporate contributions.
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Ithaca
John A. Dix
Democratictate Committee
Tompkins County
Roosevelt
Than Dix
Albany
Washington
Dix
Mayor
New York
Gaynor
Minor Daniels
Enfield Center
Assembly
BE. H. Woodruff
Cornell
Republican State Committee
John Dwight
Practice and Preaching Amid Domestic Friction
A London fragment captures a preacher, urgently calling his wife Amanda to remove a crying baby from the room as he frets over composing a sermon on Another's Burdens. The scene blends domestic disturbance with religious vocation in vivid dialogue.
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Amanda
London
Chicago and Omaha Live Stock Markets Report
Market report shows mixed cattle hogs and sheep prices with wide ranges. Receipts: hogs 14 000 heavy packing to good to choice pigs. cattle 7 000 steers and cows. sheep and lambs 15 000 with varied values. Omaha market steady to easier for cattle and mixed for calves and bulls. Buffalo market lists cattle hogs and lambs with lower tone on hogs.
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Illinois
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Eges
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
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HN Aly
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