Epitome of the Week ROMESTIC and Martin hanged at Rockingham
A historical weekly summary recounts Martin, a colored man, hanged at Rockingham North Carolina on the 8th for murder, his confession on the scaffold noted. The piece also lists numerous national and international happenings including battles, fires, accidents, political moves, and notable deaths from the period.
Personal and Political Obituary and Convention Notes
Deaths of ex-Lieutenant-Governor L. J. Robinson in Franklin at age sixty-nine. Ascan Nezns, Chicago Anarchist convict, aged thirty-seven. J. P. Simour, German editor of Der Demokrat in Davenport, died at seventy-four. Gesinay Brenard Rowerr, Carlinville breeder, died at Washington Park track in Chicago at fifty-seven. Des Moines Prohibition State convention nominates full ticket led by W. G. Farnlum. platform calls for separate party action on liquor, lower train fares to two cents a mile, woman's suffrage, and postal savings banks. RK, Cowan noted as Supreme Keeper of Records.
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L. J. Robinson
North Carolina
Franklin
Ascan Nezns
Chicago
J.P. Simour
West
Davenport
der Demokrat
Cowan
Rec
Late News Roundup of National Events and Disasters
Baseball NL standings show Detroit leading with 41 wins, followed by Chicago and Boston at 37, New York with 34, Philadelphia 31, Washington 29, Pittsburgh 22, Indianapolis 18. A dynamite blast destroyed AsaA Loan in Fairmount, Indiana. Clearing-house totals reach 9051 exchanges, 785,024 dollars, up 10.4 percent versus last year. Major fires kill several in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh while a fatal shooting occurs in Crystal Falls. A cyclone devastates Waupaca, a presidential train accident occurs, Chicago steel works explosion injures workers, and a New York storage warehouse burns for a half million dollars. July heat records, with multiple cities posting 90s and above, cause numerous sunstroke fatalities nationwide.
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Romestic
Martin
Rockingham
N. C
Henry McNell
Htm
Battle of the Boyne
Orangemen
United States
Ireland
Canada
Tyrke
Sons of Temperance
Bagton
Order
Virginia
Royal Center
Ind
W. A. Garner
Wifh
Chautauqua
Minnesota
Minnehaba Falls
Tur Pelzer Factory
Greenville
D. C
Pennsylvania
National Educational Association
Exposition Building
Chicago
BE. & HT. Anthony
Materizy
New York
Extauraine
Winthnop R. Cunnixcux & Sons
Colby
Bessemer
Mich
Juselm C. Kexsyeny
Washington
City
John Daily
Kennedy
Clinton
N.Y
Roan
Wabash County
Hanford
Cal
Charleston
Kansas
Atchison
William H. Evenson & Co
Pittsburgh
McDougall, Logis & Co
Montreal
Bunycoats
H. Stanton
Anaconda
M.T
Ernest Kearny
Philadelphia
Golder
Tuz Cass County (Ltd
Logansport
Lexington
Miss
B. Chatham
John Harkins, Jr
Brollet Int
Lake Superior Iron Company
Ishpeming
American Educational Association
Seasion
Aaron Gove
Colorado
Jd. Cunsinenin
Indiana
Mt Clemens
Anscanenrof
Galena
Ill
Coates House
Kansas City
Huron
D. T
Dakota
Jacon Sitany
Nogales
A. T
Sonora
Mex
Columbia
C. T
Josxue M. Wurte
Philadelphia Times
Tin Sons of Temperance
Boston
Trent
Decatur
David Buckingham
Jolly A. Locax
Jbl
Carbondale
Brixarv J. Mumenreanrr
Detroit
Rock Island
Lawrence County
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ilinoi
Mercury
Tay Treasury Department
Tuner
Lincoln
Neb
TL. Stith
Latrobe
Smith
Lawrends Cement Works
Baltimore
Homing Mill and Gambrill Manufacturing Companys
Bergdall Company
Lewiston
Joss
Plymouth
Wis
Can
St. Lawrence
Tim
Standard
Mt. Pleasant
Charles Grosag
Cincinanati
Frank Ronnixson
Jamaica Bay
N. Y
Weck
Pittshburgh
Indianapolis
Asaa
Fairmount
Wth
Wasit
Brockway Villa
William Davausiery
Apollo
Moshen
Christopher Nicolas
Jacob Roller
Jacob Bachman
Waupaca
Clayton
Alder Creek
Bridgeport
Apyiius
BL Thomas
Philadephia
Todianapolla
Milwaukee
Bt Louis
The Teachers Big Convention Opens in Chicago
The Big Convention opens at Central Music Hall with teachers from across the South and nation. President William B. Sheldon presided as committees formed and resolutions urged swift Congress action on the Blair Educational bill to aid literacy and national unity.
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Chicago
Congress
Union
United States
South
J. W. Stearns
University of Wisconsin
Prof
Stearns
F. L. Soldau
Normal
St. Louis
Hartman
la Porte
Ind
A. HK
Winship
Boston Journal of Education
C Rounds
Plymouth
N. H
W. T. Harris
Concord School of Philosophy
Rebscon Ricoff
J. M. Greenwool
Kansas City
H. &. Tarbell
Providence
Aaron Gore
Denver
Callere
J. J. Sigort
Vanderbilt University
Rand
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Andrews
Marietta College
Ford
B. A. Lindale
Cleveland
Alice E. Freeman
Wellesley College
Massachusetts
T. H. McBride
Lons State University
Board of Education
City Hall
John Hancock
Ohio
John L. Buchanan
Virginia
J. W. Acker
Town
Central Music Hall
General Morgan
Rhode Island
Frederic Root
Oliver 8
A. B. Taylor
L J. Gray
St. Cloud
Minn
Department of Elementary Schools
Farwell Hall
N. 8. Williams
Catlettsburg
Nathan C. Schaefler
Kutstown
George E. Little
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Blanchard
C. M. Lowe
Wheaton College
H. §. Rosweiler
Northwestern College
Napier
FP. Fiske
Northwestern
Northwest
Teachers Exposition in San Francisco Inspires Education Debate
July 15 Crago Immense turnout over 7 600 teachers registered in San Francisco for the Teachers Convention at the Exposition Building. Sessions opened at Central Music Hall with discussions on university roles in public instruction and the revival of religious teaching in schools.
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Bewondybay
Omedia
San Francisco
Crago
Sean
Exposition
Central Music Hall
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention
Aaron Cove
Colorado
James H. Canfield
Kansas
Edwin C. Hewett
Clingis
William E. Sheldon
Massachusetts
Mark Hopkins
James B. Angell
Michigan University
Angell
J. W. Strong
D. D
Carleton College
Minnesota
the Christian College
Isaac L. Hopkins
Emory College
Georgia
J. H. McBride
Iowa University
T. H Chamberlain
D.D
Wisconsin State University
F. A. Noble
Advance
Mayo
Price
Tennessee
Campbell
California
Hugar
Farwell Hall
W. N. Hallman
Hallman
Hailman
Clara A
Boston
States
Vincent
Chautauqua
Albert Marlie
Thomas J. Morgan
Rhode Island
National Educational Association
The Big Normal Ends in Educational Convention Report
The convention adopted resolutions on education’s primacy for youth, calls for extended professional training, and departs from political influence in schools. It urges rural supervision, longer school years, higher rural teacher pay, and tighter attendance laws. Francis Walker spoke on manual training. next year’s meeting set for San Francisco.
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Tennheta
Baa
Rynopain
Caicado
Cantral Mua Hall
Committee On Resoilutions
Thomas 4. Morgan
Rhode Island
National Bureau of Education
Congress
South
Chicago
Francis H. Walker
Massachusetts Instiute of Technology
Boston
Central Music Hill
San Francisco
Association Williogarm
Illinois
Reform School
Pontiac
Asylum For the Blind
Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
Jacksonville
Normal University of
Cool County
Wisconsin
Danesville
School For the Deaf and Dumb
Indiana
Lafayette
la Porte
Rose Polytechnic School
Terre Haute
Ohio
Youngstown
Cleveland
Toledo
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Wincor
Colorado
Golden Gate
Tennessee
Young Ladies’ College
Nashville
Louisiana
New Orleans
School For the Blind
Janesville
Wis
Reform Sehool
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Presbyterian Home For
Pere Rouguerre
W.K. Waxnernist
Alva
Queenstown
Europe
Great Britain
Bulgaria
M. Stotloff
Mokra Planina
Honolulu
Australia
Barrllas
Guatamala
Ted
O'Bunten
County Kerry
Ith
M. Pastour
Massowah
Lonp Raxporn Cauretin
House of Commons
Henn Kueere
Isson
Prussia
Newfoundland
Dominion of Canada
Tuxpath
Gladstone
Quabac
H.R. Breynarer & Co
London & Port Stanley
St Thomas
Ont
Canada Southern
Ameer
Guznie
Caule
Sinal
Carcao
Guides OF the Young
Frederick William
Golden Square
Germany
Carmie King
Loypoyn
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