South Carolina items mix of smallpox and politics in Greenville era
A long column of notes reports smallpox cases in Greenville, a fatal rock assault in Verdery, a priest acquittal in Charleston, and county governance shakeups in Richland. It covers local deaths, a train accident near St Georges, and farm and industrial hints from beets to mills.
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Staal
Fort and
Orange
South
Greenwood County
Nellie Logan
Westminster
Verdery
Abbeville
Thie Eraded
Terrible Punishment of a Horrible Crime
Fort Smith dispatch describes a mob on the Oklahoma border executing two Seminole men, J Marcus McGe esey and Walmer Simpson, for the murder and mutilation of Mrs Jackson Simmons. The mob burned the men at the stake after seizing prisoners near Maud. Charred bodies found in burn sites. local knowledge points to mob involvement with no identified leaders.
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Ark
Dan
Gretée
Fort Smith
Tenry Smith
Paris
Oklahoma
J. Marcus McGessey
Walmer Simpson
Jackson Simmons
McGeisey
Maud
McGiisey
Simpson
Ashe
Oklahoma Territory
Judzo Kynek
Tynan
Looking Backward She Broke Her Neck
Jan 7 Viaconet report of a 1 year old girl who died when a chair toppled as she sat in a firelit chair with family. The child toppled backward. her neck broke and she died before a physician arrived. Local family mourns.
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Viaconet
de Scott
Reoth
Fiath Piloteiom
Pk Stine
Return of Rev Robert Simmons Thrills Rutledge
A famed preacher from Seetion returning to Rutledge causes a town stir as the revived Simmons murder mystery nears resolution. W H Bray and a Bray estate worker were jailed for a crime tied to a missing man, with a coroner’s verdict and new findings rattling the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchi
Ladeen
Simmons
W. H Bray
Bray
Georgia
W. H. Jay
Robert Simmons
W. I. Bray
Henry Jones
Madison
Hancock County
Jones
Simmons-Bray
Atlanta Jornal
Atlanta Reunion Honors Mrs Davis and Daughters
The United Confederate Veterans Association plans a July reunion with Mrs. Jefferson Davis and her daughters Winnie Davis and Mrs. Hayes attending. They will be greeted by an escort from state camps and numerous receptions are planned in their honor as the crowning feature of the gathering.
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South
North
New England
Ney
Ome Fretory Ee Nodapt
Jong Toure
Massachusetts
Pontine
Jefferson Davis
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
Winnie Davis
Hayise
May Davis
Hiyery
Davis
Association
Fulton
Atlanc Journel
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Spot Cash
B.C. Evans & Co
Green-ville
Vather McManus
William Aiken Welly
Charleston
South Carolina and Georgia Railroad
St. Georges
Kichland County
Board of Control
Robertson
Hopkins
State Board of Control
Greenwood
Ist
Ellerbe
South Carolina
W. Ti. Ellerbe
Selita Advocate
South Carolina Baptist Convention
John W. Berry
Ey Moore
Ste
Urucl
Ui Uy
Moore
Senecn
J. B Sanders
Nicey, Burkett
Tom Burkett
Seneca
Cury
Kuewee Curvier
Colum Din Register
Spartanburg
Frovuville
Greenville
Post-Hose
Tomas Bonar
Howard Gay Road
Turvey
Florence
MclKenzie
Andrew Welch
Johnsons & Wells
Mehene Ae
Coe
Mr Megas
Hedman
Hari
Tosperiniei
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
New York
Lee
Chat
Watsonville
Californa
Ogden
Utah
Lehi
Lehitory
Alvarado
Cal
Los Alamitos
East Tennessee
Kyonvillk
A. W. Carter
Garter
Carter
Howse
Walter Gass
Welock
Lew
Greene County
Burnside Post
No. 8
Ile
Tat
Tennessee Volunteers
Cathan McCravy
Senate
Enidietias
Tyst
Thaye
New Bedford
Piettiatne
Osee
Willman
Wool and Catton Reporter
Atlanta
Missouri
New York Tribune
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