Wants Man of South Thinks Daniel Acceptable
Georgia lawmaker urges tariff revision and opposition to centralization of power. He argues the South has been excluded from national leadership and calls for a renewed Democratic stance on states rights, rail regulation, and restraint on federal authority amid a national contest over party unity. The piece notes intra party tensions, regional loyalties, and the push for a decisive platform ahead of the next campaign.
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Georgia
North
Stevenson backs Bryan for Democratic presidential nod
Former Vice President Adiut E Stevenson endorses WT Bryan for the Democratic nomination and predicts Nebraskan will secure it again. Stevenson says he is out of politics and mentions upcoming events at the Jamentown Exposition with other speakers including J Warren Kelfer of Ohlo.
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Berfolk
Adiut E Stevenson
Bryan
Kewan
Stevenson
House of Burgesses
Jamentown Exposition
Wii Secrator
J Warren Kelfer
Ohlo
France Extends Porto Rico Tariff Talks Into October
Washington reports that France extends the minimum duty on Porto Rican coffee and meat shipments into October as talks with the United States delay any general reciprocity treaty. Paris treats the extension as a goodwill measure, not a guaranteed right, while hoping to preserve American trade pending tariff accord. The State Department notes France accepts meat certificates from the U.S. Agriculture Department as a temporary concession to aid trade.
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United States
France
Porto Brco
Jusser
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Tn Sisters
Aman Department of Agriculture
Irs
Uemarks
Benatea Ig
Prance Inceu
Eure
Benite
Commerce Commission narrows cotton rate case
The commission rules that the present 41 cents per 100 pounds rate on cotton goods by sea and rail to New York is unreasonable. It cites the Warren Van Wacting Company of Augusta and others against Southern Railway and others, noting interstate commerce limits and urging lawful rate absorption and competition safeguards in the long run.
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Clements
Inter ‘the Commerce Commission Ducites
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Warren van
Augista
Olurs
Th Southern Railway
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A Scientific Breakfast Promotes Grape Nuts and Postum
An article extols a scientific breakfast using Grape Nuts with cream and Postum Coffee to improve health. It claims such foods deliver essential elements for brain and nerve vitality, aiding digestion and overall vigor.
Roosevelt Choice Sparks North Carolina Push for renomination
Judge Spencer B Adams of North Carolina, visiting Washington on legal business, urged President Roosevelt to accept a Republican renomination, arguing the nation would benefit from four more years and that Roosevelt is popular in the South and likely to carry North Carolina. He framed the matter as the party honoring the President’s welfare over personal wishes and predicted broad unification at the convention if Roosevelt were renominated.
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Damel Kia Choice
Joan Ra
Bo Clettn
Tye
North Carolina
Republican State Committee
Beloves
Roosevelt
Spencer B Adams
Republican State Executive Committee
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President Roosevelt
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Destra
Rocavelt
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Old North
Beveridge Favored Wedding Plans for Beveridge Kin
Sevela Sevelaa Cable shows favor to Beveridge by courting approval for a forthcoming marriage to Katherine Eddy in Martin. The German foreign office grants a special dispensation waiving absence restrictions for a 47 cent foreign marriage. A civil ceremony at Ambassador Towers will be followed by a church service in Newark. David Graham Phillips stands as best man with about thirty guests. Beveridge expected in Berlin tomorrow for a noon Wednesday ceremony in August.
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Tue Wanlington
Benator Beveridge
Berlin
Moissant Estates Released After Embargo Lifted
Salvadorean government lifts embargo on the Moissant brothers George and Alfred, who are released from captivity. State Department awaits full facts before deciding next steps and potential damages claims for imprisonment. The dissolution of the attachment suggests the brothers may be cleared of charges.
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Salva Fir
Vromerry
Sade ‘Ageli
Huntington tragedy shocks Versailles household in murder case
Henry Huntington, long rumored mentally unbalanced, shot his father and two brothers and wounded a sister after returning home in Versailles. The attack followed a quarrel over treatment of their father, triggering rapid police involvement and transfer to jail for the young Huntington as he offered no remorse. The Huntington family, long prominent in Chicago and Paris society, was said to have moved to France eighteen years ago for their children’s education.
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Denise
Henry Huntington
Henry
Huntington
Maj Huntington
Parla
Department
Aisne
Mus Huntington Wehen
Versailles Park
Sertante
Douglas Wileh
Hilzabeth Huntington
Mal Henry Alonzo Huntington
Versaillee
France
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Strvena
Sherman Khey
Huntingtons
Mel Stevens
Stevens
Dolor Nemede
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Paris
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Torty
Vaj Huntington
Ing
American Club
Parta
Isteche
Legion of Honor
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Lafayette
Mies Tucker
Virginia
Hartimore
Washington
Itle
St George Tucker
Han
America
Diplomats Change Posts to New Mission Assignments
Richmond Pearson and John B Jackson to wave new missions as American ministers with Pearl Harbor era timing. Pearson to Persia on leave, then assume charge of American affairs in Athens before taking Greece post, in exchange with John B Jackson as minister to Greece. Pearson to Athens via preliminary duties in Echernn with a planned October 1 exchange.
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Richmond Pearson
John B Jackson
Persia
State Department
Atlee
Pearson
Commission 1
Greace
Amaume
Athens
Greece
John B Jacwean
Afro
Two national figures stir politics over labor and law
Debates ignite as Gov Glenn wins a court fight en forcing a federal rate law and as William D Haywood faces scrutiny in a Western Federation of Miners case. Analysts see both episodes shaping the 1908 presidential landscape and Roosevelt’s standing with organized labor.
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Washington
Gov Gleav
North Carolina
Roited States Circuit Court
Southern Railway
Innis Stne
William D Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Belge Idaho
Haywood
Roosevelt
Logeu
Western Federation
Haywoor
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Hpralste Havel
Pritchard
Prominent Lawyer Cortlandt Parker Dies in Newark
Cortlandt Parker, famed Newark lawyer and elder in New Jersey bar, dies at 11 pm. Born Perth Amboy 1816, son of James Parker, he declined several high judicial and diplomatic nominations. Long associated with Theodora Frelinghuysen’s firm, he remained active, earning the title oldest practitioner in New Jersey.
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Washington Post
New York
Newark
New Jersey
James Parker
Tonga
Dentew Jarsey
Congex
Perth Amboy
Vie Parker
Theodora Fretinghuysen
Loreeventa
Court of Alabama Claims
Russiy
Vienna
Louisiana
Hief
Republan
Waterloo
Chauney le Becker Jong
Seneca County
Kingston
Edgar Eltinga
Hudson River
Senem Dalle
Harriette
Sam Stowell
Henry Stowell
Yellle
Madison
John Zueck
Firince
S National Order of Red Men
Moves on powder trust in federal suit at Wilmington
The Attorney General plans action in federal court at Wilmington Delaware on the powder trust case. A public statement is prepared and indicates the government favors proceeding while considering dissolution. A court prayer suggests appointing a receiver to manage assets for shareholders and public benefit, echoed by a similar petition in the American Tobacco Company case in New York.
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Veneral
Wirmingcon
Department of Justice
Powder Trust
Tobaeco Company
New York
Mrs Taft Improves After Illness in Millbury
A slight but hopeful improvement was reported for Mrs Louiss Mo Taft, mother of Secretary of War William Howard Taft, who has been seriously ill in Millbury for several days. Doctors warned of possible complications but thought recovery likely if condition remains stable.
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Millbury
Louiss Mo Taft
Willam H Taft
Taft
Bid Rabbi Loeb Farewell Meeting at Pythian Temple
Hebrew Congregations gathered to bid farewell to Adath Israel's retiring Rabbi Dr Julius T Loeb in a Pythian Temple reception. Speakers from United Hebrew Congregations and many city groups voiced regret at his departure for Atlanta. Nearby attendees included leaders from Baal Zion and Above Sholem. notable figures offered messages of farewell.
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Pythian Temple
Atlanta
Julius T Loeb
Adath Israel
Siyen
United Hebrew Congregations
Loeb
Dr Loeb
Isaac Blout
Joseph L Tepper
Rivbin Terete Ooud
City
Bie
Nabbi Gilverstone
Tgeac Rosenfeld
Baal Zon Society
Falk Harmel
Young Peoples Crow
Jyhon
Applestein
Gordon
Bal Zion Society
Cohen
Hhe
Geldmen
Ciara Goodman
Kayman
Kermea Cot
Minto Caayer
Ristamans Goodwin
Monod
Tavis Mies
Lena Kore
Mga Florence Iimas
Wincoere Mir
Stqatroan
Ast
AGx_ Lezorten
Tre Daugstars
Beeucee Dave
Wesimone
Ant
Suger
Dy Cooper Kasi
Harel
Korman & Gordon
Hanatein
Baker
Hotel Bar Drink Service Tax Clarified Letter
A reply letter discusses hotel bar drink service to guests and tax implications. It notes that payments and receipts for liquor, ordered by guests, pass through hotel staff and are charged to the guest’s account. The text clarifies that the hotel proprietor incurs no special tax when liquor is ordered for a guest.
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Raveque Williams
Japanese Chamber Urges U S to Ease California Tensions
A letter from leading Japanese chamber of commerce figures to the Washington Chamber appeals to calm anti Japanese sentiment in California. It cautions that hostility toward one U S region could harm broader trade, noting Japan’s growing demand for American goods and the value of U S markets for Japanese products.
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United States
Washington Chamber of Commerce Oy
Chambers of Commerce of
Japan
California
Robert N Harper
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Jeter
Chambers of
Natano Toxo
Doel
Osaka
Kishimure
Ono
Yokohama
Toshimate
Wheaton
Accuses John D's Caddy in Wauneston Court Case
Special to The Wauneston rest New York reports a dispute over a golf club used by Stephen Gregory, husband of Mrs Gregory. She testifies he carries clubs formerly used by MT Rocks feller and alters his play in a court hearing, with the game turning 2 up and 4 to play before a warrant is issued.
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Wauneston
New York
Jommy Rackefeller
Naddy
Stephen Gregory
Clube
Oll Ldag
Mra Gregory
MT Rocksfeller
Customs Agent Burton Parker Appointed in Detroit
Burton Parker of the Treasury Department has been named in charge of special agents in Detroit, shifting from Washington. He will assume the Detroit post around September 1, returning briefly from leave to begin duties, a move said to reflect Secretary Cortelyou’s wishes and Parker’s fit for the role.
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Customs Department of the Treasury
Detroit
Washington
Autter Parker
Shaw
Saia
Cortelyo
Parker
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