Americus Burglar Captured in Philadelphia Murder Link
Charles Perry, sought for Americus burglary, was captured in Philadelphia while trying to pawn a silver watch taken from Prof. White's body. He implicated accomplices, described flight from Americus, and faces possible trial as authorities pursue indictments. Perry’s arrest follows a lengthy national manhunt and police cooperation.
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Prof. White
Charles Perry
Times-Recorder
Philadelphia
Americus
Perry
Philadelphia Inquirer
Faw
McArthur
White
Death of Mrs Samuel Hart at home on Church Street
Announcement yesterday reported the death of Mrs Samuel Hart who fell ill a week ago and passed away at her home on Church Street. She leaves a husband and three children to mourn their loss as funeral arrangements were held in Dranesville yesterday afternoon.
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Samuel Hart
Church Street
Eclipse Photograph Powers Public Curiosity In Americus
A photograph of a solar eclipse captured by Prof. Tipper of Americus with a new photographic apparatus shows the moment of obscuration. The image, praised widely, has sparked public interest and debate over the photographer's invention and its value, with some arguing it could bring financial gain.
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Eclipes
I’rof
Tiper
Americus
Cabi
van Riper
A Happy Mother's Gratitude Letter to Pinkham's Compound
A letter from Mrs Ep Linoen of Devine Texas thanks Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from prolapsed womb after nine years illness. She reports easier labor and a healthy baby girl and renewed energy to work. Another note from Mrs Emir Beuseipen of Detroit Michigan praises the remedies for preventing faintness and strengthening her.
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Mas
Pinkham
Dean Mas
Pissuam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emir Beuseipen
Hecew
Derroirr Micu
Closing of Public Schools at Farlow School
Beautiful invitations issued for graduation exercises at Glover's Opera House on the evening of the 14th. Twelve graduates are named with Mary Tower valedictorian and Marie Lamar salutatorian. Hon. Henry Richardson will deliver a literary address to the graduates in the opera house.
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Farlow School
Glover's Opera House
Mary Tower
Lucife Dunn
Louise Dann
Willie Belle Matthews
Marie Lamar
Hattie Taylor
Percival Raiford
Egin, Watts
Mossra
Howell Perkins
George H. Cobb
Mrs Mary Addison Died in Shellman
Mrs Mary Addison a former resident of this city died yesterday morning in Shellman at her daughter Mrs Childrens home with whom she resided Her residence of a quarter century here made her well known and beloved The remains arrived by the 940 train last night and will be buried at Oak Grove Cemetery at 9 this morning Pallbearers were S Hawkins E Taylor H T Davenport J N Carter J O Nicholson and J A Ansley
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Mary Addison
Shellman
Childrens
Messrs
8 . Hawkins
E. Taylor
H. T. Davenport
J. N. Carter
J. O. Nicholson
J. A. Ansley
Lifesaving Cure for Typhoid Pneumonia Prompts Praise
Hannibal Missouri resident J E Lilly credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving him from fatal lung disease after typhoid fever progressed to pneumonia. He says one bottle brought relief and full recovery followed. The medicine, touted as a rapid throat and lung cure, comes in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes with a free trial bottle at E J Eldridge's Drug Store.
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J. E. Lilly
Hannibal
E.J. Eldridge
Four Entered Pleas Guilty in Andersonville Gamblers Case
Four of twelve African American suspects captured near Andersonville last Wednesday admitted guilt. Peter Jones received two years imprisonment or a $150 fine. General Laing and Eph Daniel were fined $50 each or ten months. Other members may follow in the wake of the gang’s upheaval.
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Andersonville
Peter Jones
Laing
Eph Daniel
Indictment for Burglary in Store Porters Case
Grand jury returned an indictment yesterday against Charles Perry, known as the king bee of the store porters union, for burglary connected to the E. D. Sheffield store theft. A cartload of silks and goods vanished through a scuttle, later found hidden at Perry’s home along with other items valued at hundreds. Perry fled to the woods. Bill Tucker, an understudy, faces two indictments and remains in jail.
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Charles Perry
Americas
King Bee
Porters United and Protective Goods Swiping Association
Perry
E. D. Sheffield
Bill Tucker
Tucker
Mozley’s Lemon Elixir Claims Broad Liver and Digestive Health
An old advertisement for Mozley’s Lemon Elixir by Dr H Mozley of Atlanta promotes the tonic as regulating the liver stomach bowels and kidneys for biliousness constipation malaria indigestion and various nerve and fever related ailments. It touts a 50c to 1 dollar bottle and includes a customer testimonial from Mas Erra W Jones of Parkersburg West Virginia praising relief from severe headaches.
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Tutt
H. Mozley
Atlanta
Mas
Erra W
Jones
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Lemon Elixir claims aid for digestion and ulcers
An endorsement card from readers cites Mozley s Lemon Elixir as effective for indigestion dysentery nervous headaches biliousness and constipation with various patrons including Harax Adams of Birmingham Ala Mrs E A Beviour Woodstock Ala and P Lawrext Griffin Ga noting cures for ulcers and long illnesses attributed to the elixir.
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Mozley
Harax Adams
First Ave
Birmingham
Ala
Beviour
Woodstock
H Mozley
Lawrext
Griffin, Ga
Morning Call
Tidson Brown Dies in Manila Civil War Casualty
Judson Brown, a Black man from Americus, listed among dead in the Philippines. He belonged to the Forty-third infantry and served about six months. He is the second Americus Black man to die there, following Isaac Haskins reported ten days earlier.
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Judson Brown
Americus
Philippines
Brown
Hattie, Everett
Frank Everett
Forty-third Regiment
Infantry
Isaac Haskins
Arnica Salve Promises Pain Relief and Healing
Buakien's Arnica Salve advertised as a universal cure for skin eruptions and a wide range of ailments. Claims to treat ulcers boils felons corns warts cuts burns scalds chapped hands chilblains piles and general pains with a money back guarantee and a price of 256 a box sold by E Eldridge druggist.
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Buakien
Eldridge
Marriage Bells in Atlanta Set for June 14
Mr and Mrs George Stapleton of Atlanta announce the marriage of their daughter Martha Eleanor Stapleton to Mr Carlos Poulaud Lynes. The ceremony will be at 8 p m at the Stapleton home near Kirkwood. The bride elect has many friends in Americus, her girlhood home, who send congratulations.
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George Stapleton
Atlanta
Martha Eleanor Stapleton
Carlos Poulaud Lynes
Stapleton
Kirkwood
Americus
United States Court
Coffman
United States District Court
E.G. Coffman
W. D Manley
Wrenn
Georgia Handle Company
E. G. Coffman
Georgia Hand Company
Macon
Ready to Thrash Grain and Sell Flour
Tam operates a first-class separator in Tropic Sumter County offering oats wheat and rye thrashing. Contact details invite writing to the seller and urge dry grain delivery. The note ends with a quirky height to weight ratio claim for men.
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Tam
Tropic
Sumter County
Heavy rise in cotton acreage across belt in 1st half
New Orleans reports from about 150 special correspondents show nationwide cotton acreage up 5 to 15 percent over last year, with some areas near 20 percent. Ashton Phelps estimates about an 18 percent belt-wide increase after accounting for losses from heavy April rains and replanting in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Texas.
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New Orleans
Ashton Phelps
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Tthe
Ting
Study of Negro Problem Leaders Discuss the Future
In Atlanta on May 31 the fifth annual conference to study the negro problem adjourned after sessions at Atlanta University. Speakers cited morality, thrift, and labor dignity as keys to advancement. discussions covered philanthropy, leadership roles, and the need for white southern tolerance. New charters were loaned for two ventures, Boney & Harper Milling of Wilmington and Goldsboro Maminating and Traction, valued up to 100000 dollars.
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Atlanta
Atlanta University
Nebert Smith
Oakland
Tex
George Sales
Atlanta Baptist College
Tenement v
Shaw University
Raleigh
College of Negro
South
Ratmon
Janes
Boney & Harper Milling Company
Ters
Wilmington
Tal
Goldsbord
Bryan nomination assured at New York convention
New York reports indicate W. J. Bryan is virtually nominated for president as the New York Democratic delegates are pledged to him. Objections collapsed after Tammany and interior delegates aligned, with Brooklyn also capitulating. Hill spoke with McLaughlin, Kings County pledges firm, control of city patronage cited.
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New York
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Tammany
Brooklyn
David B. Hill
Hugh McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Kings County
Hill
Hoffman House
Mr. McLaughlin
Manhattan
Pursued by Bloodhounds Deep Run Hunt Club Man Hunt
In Surry County a Deep Run Hunt Club event sent two men fleeing from bloodhounds and pursuing officers over ten miles. Albertson White, 19, and John Ward, 21, fled through heat and fatigue, narrowly escaping capture near a shaded retreat as the pack and riders pressed them to seek safety. The article notes White and Ward scrambled among small trees while witnesses feared a tragedy.
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Deep Run Mwunt Club
Richmonny
Surry County
Deep Ruin Hunt Club
Albertson White
John Ward
Nood Makes a Statement on Cuban Postal Fraud
Havana, June 1. Leonard Wood, Cuban military governor, says irregularities in the postal system amount to theft and will be punished. He assures the fraud does not extend to other departments and notes investigations into customs, engineer, and parks departments finding them honest.
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Havana
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Customs Service
Engineer’s Department
Department of Parks
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