Night Riders in Tennessee Receive Death Penalty Verdicts
The Union City case over Captain Quentin Rankin’s murder at Reelfoot Lake ends with six night riders sentenced to death and two to twenty years. The Atlanta Journal notes the mobs’ reign of terror showed brutal crimes, including flogging a woman, and supports strong punishment to restore law and order.
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Union City
Tenn
Quentin Rankin
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
Reelfoot
Rankin
Atlanta Journal
Dr Bush’s Programme for Mill Education Law Enforcement
Dr Bush, the new mill inspector, aims to enforce Alabama’s compulsory education law requiring mill children under 16 to attend school at least eight weeks a year. He will visit mills personally, inspect compliance, and then backtrack to ensure enforcement, pledging to do little office work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Bush
Compulsory education provision for mill children
The article explains a state law requiring all children aged 12 to 16 employed in manufacturing to spend eight weeks each year in school. It states no color line exists and urges teachers, parents, and citizens to support enforcement. Dr. Bush is praised for his plan to enforce the eight-week schooling requirement through inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush
Bush Sooms
Birmingham Age Herald
Timeline highlights from early U S and provinces events
A concise list cites events and figures: 1785 seat of U S government at New York. 1415 Cumberland Island taken by Britain. 1825 Bayard Taylor born in Chester County. 1878 death in 1861 Alabama secession. 1862 Burnside expedition from Fortress Monroe. 1871 Manitoba provincial elections. 1897 Anglo American arbitration treaty in Washington. 1904 death of John Young Brown former Kentucky governor born June 28, 1885.
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New York
Cumberland Island
Georgia
Bayard Taylor
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Dee
Alabama
Fortress
Monroe
Manitoba
Washington
John Young Brown
Kentucky
Notable Notes From Capitals And Hubs On January Eleventh
Reports from Washington Helena Jackson Charlottesville note Olga Nethersole to appear tonight in The Writing on the Wall in D C. at Columbia Theatre. Government sues Northern Pacific Northwestern Improvement Rocky Fork coal lands worth over 100000 in federal court. Mississippi Farmers Union holds annual state convention with expected re election of President High tower and Secretary Russell. John Chanler seeks sanity ruling and fortune recovery in Virginia case, with earlier sensational testimony.
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Washington, D. C
Olga Nethersole
Columbia Theatre
William J. Hurlburt
Helena
Mont
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Northwestern Improvement Company
Rocky Fork Coal Company
Jackson
Miss
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union
Mississippi
Capitol
G. BR. Hightower
G. W. Russell
Birthday tribute to James M. Lynch typographical union leader
James M. Lynch born January 11 1867 in Manlius New York. He trained in Syracuse and led the Syracuse Trade Assembly for seven terms expanding union representation from eighteen to forty five. Lynch served as first vice president of the International Typographical Union in 1889 and has been president since 1900 guiding the union to growth and strength nationally.
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President Lynch
International Typographical Union
Manlius
N. Y
Syracuse
Sven
Syracuse Trade Assembly
America
Scarbrough Drug promotes Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets in Anniston
The ad cites post mortem findings from New York hospitals linking dyspepsia to tuberculosis risk and urges treatment. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are touted as a new cure with a money back guarantee if no benefit, sold exclusively by Scarbrough Drug Co in Anniston.
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New York
Scarbrough Drug Co
Rexall
Drug Co
Anniston
Scarbrough Drug Company
His Experience in Architecture and Costs
A dialogue in smart set humor contrasts a new house with the architect's design and the mounting costs. Victorie notes the result resembles the plan more than the price suggests, while Spector counters the price overruns.
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Spector
Victorie
Savonarola Quotation on War Lacks Victory Or Crown
The fragment mentions Savonarola declaring that fighting yields no victory and no crown, signaling a warning or critique of conflict and its outcomes. The text uses a repeated line about no victory and references a historical figure to convey a moral stance.
Kilby and Houser Lead Leadership Trio
Thos. Fe Kilby serves as president with Chas J. Houser as vice president in a leadership slate. The terse entry notes the officers' names and roles without further context.
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Thos
FE. Kilby
Prest
Chas
J. Houser
Geo
FE. Cater
Talbot Foard
J. J. Willett
Thos. B. Kilby
Jas. Keith
H. FP. Williamson
Jno
B. Lagarde
Arthur Wellborn
Civil service exam proves odd virtue in applicant
A Philadelphia Record tale describes John, a colored Butler applicant, boasting of a civil service exam. The employer, noting differing tastes, asks for civil service as a virtue for mad guests and declares the qualification valuable, highlighting the social stereotype in a cautious, humorous exchange.
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Philadelphia Record
John
Butler
Philadelphia
Williams
A Mogul Hero and the Early Reign of Babar
A vignette on Babar the first great mogul. He seized Ferghana at a young age, faced betrayal, lost and regained lands, wandered two years, then reclaimed Ferghana before seventeen. Thirty-two years later he died after performing a costly sacrifice for his son Humayun, per the Coector.
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Babar
Ferghana
Samarkand
Humayun
Inside and Outside Vegetarianism in Philadelphia Church
A Philadelphia vegetarian at a local church proclaims true vegetarianism is both inside and outside the body. He wears gray clothing and asserts garments and accessories should come from non animal sources, denying any use of animal products. He claims to abstain from fish flesh and fowl as well as mammals.
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Philadelphia
Little Vegetarian Church
New York Press
The Dogskin Wouldn't Go Round
A Hungarian farmer’s son fails law exams and forges a diploma on parchment called dogskin. The father quips that there are more barristers than dogs in Hungary, so kutya-ber is scarce for all.
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Hungary
Budapest
London
Slipper Allum Tea on a Brooklyn Sidewalk Stand
A New York Post item describes a sidewalk vendor selling "slipper allum tea" and tobacco twists with tobacco and bark. The old woman explains the remedies while a passing woman questions the claims, noting the con job aimed at lonely women and promising a fortune if sold widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Ginral
New York Post
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days By Pazo Ointment Guarantee
Guaranteed to cure itching burning bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Advertises Pazo ointment with price 65 cents and refund policy.
Rail schedules list regional local and connections
Local and through trains listed for Rome Talladega Selma Gadsden Birmingham Calera with departure and arrival times. No. 24 16 15 23 84 86 82 services connect to Meath Chaffansege and Childersburg points. Arrival 6:45 am for No 82 southbound from Calera.
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Rome
Chaffansege
Meath Xo
Talladega
Selma
Talladega and
Childersburg
Tocal
Gadsden
Birmingham
Calera
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John Chanler
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James M. Lynch
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