Racial Conflict Rumor Flares Over Sister Sapp in Alabama
A report from Gadsden Alabama warns of an imminent clash in Etowah County over Sister Sapp a Black female preacher who claims to be the Messiah and leads a mixed white and Black following. The preacher allegedly urged violent acts against opponents while a loyal crowd swore to exterminate the better element of whites.
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Gapspey
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Etowah
Sand Mountain
Littleton
Sapp
Negroca
Dr. Dozier
Gadaden
Sistera Gang
Ter Sapp
Jesus
Weds Man of Her Choice in Raleigh Society Scandal
Miss Bessie Boylan Tucker, Raleigh’s wealthiest heiress, marries Englishman Edward Fellowes amid social strife and family tensions. She forfeits her share of her father RS Tucker’s estate and departs with Fellowes, who plans to move to Albany, Georgia to represent a Liverpool company.
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Ratzlan
North Carolina
Bessie Boylan Tucker
Raleigh
Edward Fellowes
Colonel Jowes
Royal Engineers
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Mr. Fellowes
Tucker
Seal Air Line
Charlea E. Johnson
F. H. Lee
Albany
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John H. Winder
Seaboard Air Line
Yoke Fellows and the Burden of Daily Life
Fragmentary text discusses women bearing heavy daily and hourly labor with love from husbands and children. It notes that love enables endurance but that physical weakness or disease worsens the burden for a woman.
McKinley Attending Grand Army En Campment Receives Welcoming
Aug 24 dispatch reports prominent veterans events in Borrato with McKinley in attendance. Crowds pour into eight long trains while rail stations bustle for reunions of corps and veterans groups. Naval veterans ex prisoners of war and women auxiliary societies host campfires parades and receptions as reunions proceed. Paris coverage notes Cronstadt demonstrations lauded by most papers with Russia Germany influence cited and French officers honored.
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Oronstadt
Guards at Panjab bridges and Sikh indignation rise
Aug. 4 reports from Bombay state that upper Panjab bridges are guarded by small troops. Mohmands attacked Fort Shabbadi and the Sikh temple books were seized, provoking strong Sikh anger on the frontier. Arrests in Beluchistan and other scattered items follow.
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India
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Bombay Gazette
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Chomesbhakis
Yaermahomd
Quetta
Striking Coal Miners Conference Breaks Up Without Pact
At Pittsburg the joint conference between coal operators and miners ended at noon without agreement. Miners demand 69 cents per ton and arbitration. operators offer 61 or 64? cents and refuse higher. President Ratchford backed 69 cents and proposed McKinley and Bryan as arbitrators. A general operators meeting is set for 2 PM to report on the committee.
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Illiam J. Bryan
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