Farmers outsmart gamblers at Sharon Springs pool scheme
The New Orleans States notes farmers in Sharon Springs exploited a race pool scam by telegraph to Albany, then turned the tables on gamblers as farmers practice card tricks for defense. The piece portrays farmers rising from past bunco targets and hints at eventual retaliation by urban gamblers.
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Saratoga
Sharon Springs
New York
Chevaliers D'Industrie
Albany
Telegraph
Telephone
Bunco Steerere
Green Goods
Reuben
New Orleans
Americus urged to expand fall trade and advertising
In a call to action the Americus merchants should widen the city and district trade as a big fall season nears. Growth of crops promises outlets, and aiming for 100000 bales of cotton, new markets beyond a hundred miles are urged. Advertising and hard work are urged now to build a lasting commercial boom.
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Americus
Georgia
Liquor Licensing Endorsed by Sumter County Vote
By popular vote on August 21 1909 residents of Sumter County and Americus approved liquor sales. The Times Recorder notes broad acceptance and urges citizens to unite for Americus’s upbuilding, hoping factional disputes fade and law and order prevail.
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Sumter County
Americus
Andtts
Times Recorder
Typhoid Germs Spread Through Soil Warned by Medical Opinion
A Boston Herald note cites a New York Medical Record paper by Dr. M. A. Veeder. Soil contaminated by typhoid patients can preserve and spread the disease for years, through dust or vegetables grown in it, making immediate disinfection essential this season of heightened caution.
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Boston Herald
New York Medical Record
Syracuse Academy of Medicine
M. A. Veeder
Rapturous Verse of Love Amid Starlit Stair
Poem speaks of a lovers’ walk above the street where care and glittering wealth are left behind. The speaker vows love and faith as a crown, sharing a private kingdom with the beloved. Twilight and rain frame a tender pledge, with a tiny star and candlelight guiding thoughts of the other.
Woman Dies In Peculiar Bedroom Accident
A Montgomery special reports Mrs. R. H. Daniel wife of railroad engineer R. H. Daniel of the Alabama Great Southern died in Montgomery when she fell while attempting to rise from bed. Her neck broke and death was instantaneous.
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Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Birmingham
R. H. Daniel
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Boy Dies After Playing With Revolver Near Decatur
Aug. 23 in Decatur Alabama reports Archie Crow eight year old son of B Crow a farmer Irving near town took a revolver from his father s horse with a black neighbor boy and played near the house the weapon discharged lodging a ball in his chest causing instant death authorities say it was an accident and no one else was harmed
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Decatur
Ala
Archie
B. Crow
Irving
Head-On Train Collision Kills One in Claysville Tunnel
Pittsburg Aug 23 One man A Ritznoor fireman crushed to death and E D Reynolds brakeman fatally injured along with four trainmen hurt after two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains collided head on in the Claysville tunnel. Engines and cars demolished and many cars burned or wrecked.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Claysville
A. Ritznoor
E. D. Reynolds
Wreck on Southern near Gurley Kills Fireman
In a head end collision near Gurley Alabama, Fireman George Bond was killed and Engineers Woodruff and Russell were seriously injured. The wreck occurred about 1 mile west on a curve obscuring view, as two freight locomotives and their cars piled atop them. Investigation by railroad officials underway.
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Gurley
Ala
Gurely
Southern Railroad
George Bond
Woodruff and
Russell
Here
Drowned Orphan Boys At Isle Of Palms Surf Tragedy
Two Charleston Orphan Home boysLeon Phinizy 13 and Van Voronee 12were swept to sea while 350 children enjoyed an annual seashore outing at Isle of Palms. Rudolph Harrington survived as undertow and strong current overwhelmed the youths despite warnings. Bodies recovered after a city search.
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Isle of Palms
Charleston
Leon Phinizy
van Voronee
First bale for Buford marks early cotton market
Buford Ga August 23 the first bale of the season was marketed weighing 570 pounds. LT Fesser of Hall County delivered the bale to M Gowrowski at ten cents per pound. This event comes four days earlier than in 18 years. Pelham Ga August 23 Snake Thomas, a Black man, was killed instantly while attempting to board a moving train. He fell under the wheels and his head and both legs were amputated.
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Buford
Fesser
Hall County
M. Gowrowski
Pelham
Snake" Thomas
Public Sale Notice of Valuable Land Likely Forged Deed
A damaged OCR item references a public sale of valuable land and a deed under sections tied to a court record. Details are fragmented but indicate a sale action, local officials, and an error in the recorded instrument. The readable terms show references to a deed, power, and court order.
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Georgia
Sumter
Lainio
Sean
Holley
Toe House
Said
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