Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic praised for vitality boost
A Savannah River saw mill owner reports Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic restored health of over one hundred workers after a fever outbreak. He claims all became well and returned to duty, and no further fevers occurred. The letter from J. R. Lassiter in Hendersonville, September 2, 1896, endorses the tonic’s digestive and liver benefits.
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Johnson
J. R. Lassiter
Hendsonville
A. B. Grrarpeau
Savannah
Roosevelt to Welcome Nassau County at Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay hosts a grand 18 000 strong audience for President Roosevelt as Nassau County residents gather at Sagamore Hill from 3 to 6 pm. Special trains and yachts converge while bands from Brooklyn and Long Island perform. Visitors will receive lemonade and a souvenir after moving through the line. Sheriff Johnson mobilizes 300 deputies and secret service men guard the porch to prevent trouble.
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Oyster Bay
L. 1
Roosevelt
Nassau County
Sagamore Hill
Hempstead
Mineola
Far Rockaway
Freeport
New York
Brooklyn
Long Island
Johnson
Secret Service
Lord Beresford in New York During War Maneuvers
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford arrived in New York for a three week stay and praised American naval and army maneuvers noting their value for training and identifying weak points. He commented on shipping alliances, admitting fear of rival combinations but deeming England unable to compete with U.S. airways and reliant on through rates.
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New York
Charles Beresford
America
Beresford
England
Fragmented text on diamonds and women’s health in local notice
The passage references diamonds for rings and earrings and hints at ill health among women. It mentions Saale ot bac and Feena hapstae ieee woman in a garbled, local context describing diseases of the delicate. No clear event or names emerge.
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Feena Hapstae
Ieee Woman
Lively fight over platform adoption at Alabama convention
At the Alabama Republican state convention in Birmingham on September 17, discord erupted over the platform, notably opposition to endorsing Theodore Roosevelt for renomination and to a cotton mill child labor clause. The dispute followed the removal of district attorney Vaughan by Roosevelt, and the convention ultimately defeated a substitute that dropped Roosevelt endorsement. The mood reflected tensions over labor, railroads, and party unity.
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Roosevelt
Vaughan
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Committee On Platform
Lss
Wiliam Vaughan
North Alabama
J. W. Davidson
Philadelphia
Organisation of Labor
J. H. W. Smith
Knife
Battle in Venezuela Ends Government Defeat Near Caracas
Venezuelan advices confirm that a four day battle began Sept 11 near Tinaquillo with about 4,000 revolutionists under Mendosa Batalla and Rioja defeating government forces led by General Carrido. Carrido retreated to Valencia then entered Caracas Sept 15 with ~2,100 men as revolutionaries pressed forward. President Castro planned to unite near Valencia. Deserions from government troops surged as revolutionaries gained momentum. The report also notes Hobson will be assigned to duty after eye condition review and may resume work at Crescent Ship Building.
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Willematadt
Curacoa
Venezuela
Associated Press
Wilemstadt
Tinaquillo
Generale Mendosa
Batalla
Riro
Carrido
Torres Cardenay
Castro
Mendoza
Tonquillo
Valencia
Caracas
Rioja
Battala
Matos
Rebesdent
Ocmure
Charayava
Guayaba
Garido
Mene
Dn Alxey
Navy Department
Rixey
Navy
Hobson
Negro Child Burned to Death in Augusta Kitchen Fire
In Augusta Georgia on September 17 a four year old Black boy, Joe Willeing, was burned to death after his mother left him alone in the kitchen while she washed outside. The stove fire ignited the child as he played, burning him in the kitchen. He died shortly after, the flames described as consuming him from the bones.
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Augusta
Joe Willeing
Wee
Merger Talked Of Coast Line Railroads In Deal
Wilmington N C Sept 15 Fresh talk of a merger uniting the Southern Coast Line, Atlantic Coast Line, and Louisville and Nashville under the Connecticut charter of the Atlantic Coast Line circulated among railroad men. Officials led by Harry Walters met in New York to map a plan modeled after Northern Securities and expect formal announcements on the officials return.
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Southern Coast Line
Louleville and Nashville
Deal
Wilmington
N. C
Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Louleviie
Nashville
Connecticut
Atlantic Cost Line
Northern Securities Company
Coast Line System
New York
Harry Walters
Walters
Coast Line
Ti Ia
South Carolina Jury Awards Record Damages in Railroad Injury Case
William Boyd, a Seaboard Air Line Railway foreman, sued for 30 000 after a hand car incident left two workers dead and Boyd badly hurt. The jury awarded 22 000 but the judge reduced the verdict to 10 000, with motions for new trial or further reduction debated by counsel.
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W. E. Boyd
South Carolina
Columbia
8. C
Candon
Willam I. Boyd
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Boyd
Hoe
Danteler
Justice Horace Gray Dies at Nahant Home
Lynn Massachusetts September 15 Justice Horace Gray former Supreme Court justice died at his summer home in Nahant after a long illness He was born March 24 1828 and graduated Harvard College in 1843 and its law school in 1846 He served as reporter of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1864 to 1881 and Associate Justice in 1878 with a distinguished career in state and federal courts
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Massachusetts
Arthur
Maprose Court of the
United States
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Allen House Corner
Americus, Ga
President Roosevelt
Lord Beresford
Mest
New England
Manufacturere’ Association
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
J. Temple Gwathway
New York Cotton Exchange
Rockmart
T. W. Morgan
Hind
Handa
Gastro
Tinaquitto
Imues
ROYAL
Justice Horace Gray
Ayer
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