Banquet Marks Burley Tobacco Society Officers Dinner
A grand central Kentucky banquet hosted by the Clark County Board of Control and Winchester Commercial Club for the District Board of the Burley Tobacco Society drew 102 guests. Elaborate decorations, a diverse menu, and meticulous planning by Strander Goff, R. P. TaylOx, Buford Tracy, Robert Gay, Laban Cockrell, W. M. Beckner, John L. Garner, Beverly Jouett, Frank Murphy and Ed Smith highlighted the event.
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Kentucky
Brown-Proctoria Hetel
Burley Tobacco Society
Clark County Board of Control
Winchester Commercial Club
Strander Goff
R. P. Tayloxy
Buford Tracy
Robert Gay
Laban Cockrell
W. M. Beckner
John L. Garner
Beverly Jouett
Frank Murphy
Ed. Smith
Commercial Club
Signboard Lighting and Tobacco Themed Hotel Decor
Manager A Moss of the hotel personally oversaw a doorway display featuring an electric Equity sign. Each chandelier held a prize Burley tobacco hand from the Burley Tobacco Society, with leaf imagery. The second page listed toasts and speakers while the third held the menu and decorative tobacco items.
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Equity
A Moss
Burley Tobacco Society
Prominent Visitors Toast Tobacco Movement Night
A large crowd greeted Commissioner M. C. Rankin Senator William Lindsay Justice Ed O rear and Rep Windy Bill Thompson as they joined a 9 to 2 a m toasts session. John Garner served as toast master and the room rang with laughter and applause through several speakers including a tribute to Miss Alice Lloyd and the women in the tobacco movement.
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M. C. Rankin
William Lindsay
Frankfort
Ed. O’rear
John Garner
Alice Lloyd
O’rear
Burley Tobacco Board Distributes Crop Funds
The District Board of the Burley Tobacco Society met in regular session to review county reports on packing progress. Most counties report ready-to-ship tobacco, weather permitting, with funds to be disbursed as deliveries occur. discussions on the 1909 crop were postponed amid a week of jubilation and congratulation.
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The
Burley Tobacco Society
Burley
Farmers Club 10 Meet Saturday at Court House
The Farmers' Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at the court house Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Open to all county farmers, the event aims to discuss farm business and life, with prizes planned for best papers and farm products. Ladies are invited to participate and help ensure an engaging program.
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Farmers’ Club
Court House
Roosevelt
Commission On Country Life
Primitive Baptist Church Destroyed by Fire in Montgomery County
The 107 year old Lulbegrad Primitive Baptist Church, once a long time home to Elder Billy Rupard, was destroyed by fire at about six o clock Wednesday morning. Tramps are suspected to have started the blaze after sleeping there overnight.
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Lulbegrad Primitive Baptist
Montgomery County
Billy Rupard
Roosevelt advocates emergency volunteer army bill in special message
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress urging an emergency volunteer army measure. The draft bill, introduced in the Senate by Mr. Cullom, would replace the faulty peacetime law and provide machinery to mobilize up to 2,000,000 men or as few as 50,000. The War Department backs the proposal as prudent and nonfunded in peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Cullom
Spain
Army
War Department
Bills Introduced In Congress Involving Immigration Station Boston
Washington dispatch reports a wave of bills introduced in both houses and several sent to conference in the House. A new immigration station in Boston is among the measures. The House conducted a call of committees for the first time this session but reported no measures. Senate work centered on executive session nominations and resolutions of regret for recently deceased House members.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Boston
Committees
Roosevelt Canal Payment Claims Face Scrutiny
Solicitor General Hoyt says Roosevelt letter facts about Panama canal payment are true, detailing funds sent to the Bank of France via liquidator Gautron under Seine tribunal decree. The New York World calls for a full investigation, disputing Roosevelt’s claims and alleging a $40,000,000 payment by check to J P Morgan & Company rather than to the French firm.
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Panama
Washington
Hoyt
Foulke
Panama Canal
Bank of France
M. Gautron
Civil Tribunal of the Seine
Civil Tribunal of the
Seine
World
New York
New York World
Congress
The
Roosevelt
United States Treasury
J. P. Morgan &Company
To Arrest Kieran
New York police seek to arrest P. J. Kieran, former Fidelity Funding president, but have not located him. Authorities say he and his wife were expected to return from Washington, but they were not recognized upon arrival.
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Kieran
New York
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Funding Company
Washington
Drys Win in Monroe County Vote in Ohio
In Monroe, Ohio, on December 9, Monroe County voters chose dry by about 1200 votes, resulting in the closure of fifteen saloons and enforcement of prohibition in the county.
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Monroe
Columbus
Monroe County
Freight Rates Draw Fire at Illinois Manufacturers Meet
At Chicago banquet, shippers and railroads clash over pricing. W C Brown of New York Central argued for railroad participation in prosperity, while Ohio C Barber of Diamond Match urged rate reductions for shippers. Barber cited public distrust and attacked recent rate increases. Brown outlined ten year price trends, noting rail costs lagged and overall freight rates fell 10.69 percent from 1898 to 1908 despite many increases.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
Ohio C. Barber
Diamond Match Company
Barber
Mr. Brown
P. T. Barnum
William H. Vanderbilt
Commodore
Roosevelt
Brown
Austrian Boycott Expands in Constantino ple Amid Tensions
Vienna reports say 5,000 Turkish firms have joined the Austrian boycott committee, with rumors growing that Baron Von Aehrenthal may resign. Newspapers criticize his policy, arguing negotiating with Turkey could avert costly mobilization and disruption.
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Turkey
Vienna
Constantinople
Baron von Aehrenthal
Cashier Confesses Bank Looting in Healdsburg Mining Loss
Healdsburg California December 9 8S Rowland cashier of the Bank of Healdsburg confessed to Bank Commissioner W C Watson that he invested 120000 of the bank funds in worthless mining stock. His speculations spanned several years and drained the bank vaults. To protect depositors the Farmers and Merchants Bank has assumed the liabilities of the defunct institution.
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Healdsburg
Cal
Rowland
Bank of Healdsburg
W. C. Watson
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Gas firms sold at sheriff sale for 55000 in Ohio
Gallipolis Ohio December 9 The Chesire Oil and Gas company and the Richardson Oil and Gas company owners of the natural gas field in this section were sold at sheriff s sale to Jacob Weidman of Paterson New Jersey for 55000. The company has expended over 300000 laying pipes in Jackson Gallia and Meigs counties.
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Gallipolis
Chesire Oil and Gas Company
Richardson Oil and Gas Company
Jacob Weidman
Paterson
N. J
Jackson
Gallia
Meigs
Requisition Issued for Physician in Malpractice Case
Columbus Ohio December 9 Governor Harris issued a requisition on the governor of Wyoming for Dr Edward E Lynch of Circleville after a charge of malpractice was brought in the death of Miss Hazel Graves of Pickaway County.
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Columbus
Harris
Wyoming
Edward E. Lynch
Circleville
Hazel Graves
Pickaway County
Burley Tobacco Board Deliberates on $12 Million Copy
The burley tobacco society official board met at Winchester to decide on distributing $12,000,000 paid by the American Tobacco Company for poorer holdings and to plan the organization’s future.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco Society
Winchester
American Tobacco Company
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