Beirut Crisis Deepens as Houses Pillaged and Refugees Flee
Official Beirut reports reveal a grave surge of violence with Christians attacked, houses looted, and residents fleeing to the French College. Nesim Pasha arrives to restore order while discussions consider French warship deployment and potential marines landing to quell chaos.
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Wall
Paris
Beirut
Museulmany
Christiana
Wall of
Bas
Nessin ‘Fasha
Damascus
Reports at Variance Beyrut Affair Consular Version Differs
Consular reports from Beirut contradict the Turkish government version of the Beirut outbreak. The wali was away. Christians flee as tensions rise. Diplomats prepare serious protests in Constantinople and seek naval protection. Nazim Pasha arrives to assume temporary control, while a port policy of restraint is urged. Reinforcements gather around Adrianople as writes warn of possible massacres and further mobilizations.
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Beirut
United States
Brooklyn
Mussuluiana
Bairut Eice
Lebanon
Constantinople
Wall of
Nazim Pasha
Vali
Syria
Damascus
Porte
Nazin Pasha
Cotton
France
Hoirat
Vilayets
Turkey
Monastir Willesult
Adrianoye
Mirk-Kilsseh
Adrianople
Hammnieh
Anatolia
Lake
Aanittovo
Vilayet
Fresh Flour All the Time at Wingfield Cash Grocery
An advertisement touts lifton Flour sold only to retail merchants with small quantities for freshness and Clifton flour for family use. Wingfield Cash Grocery notes regular stock and urges customers to bake with Clifton for bread cake and pastry.
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Lifton
Bransford
Clifton
Wingfield Cash Grocery
Fight for a Fortune in English Prison Case
Attorneys for Mrs Maybrick begin proceedings to recover over 40000 from executors of Darius Holbrook’s will, seeking assets tied to a vast fortune and coal lands in Virginia, with Maybrick potentially becoming one of America's wealthiest women if successful. The case follows her 1889 murder conviction and involves connections to rail and cable ventures and a Rouen-based baroness.
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Virginia
Sulta
Maybrick
United States
Mr. Holbrook
Molle
Ala
Cyrus Field
Catra
South
Carnegie Aims to Buy Famous Battlefield of Bannockburn
Carnegie reportedly negotiates to purchase Bannockburn near Stirling to save the historic site from developers. The excerpt also promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and cites testimonials, alongside dated jokes and ads from the era, including cures by Smith & Bro. and Palmer & Son.
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Ledbetter
Shreveport
DeWitt
Wucklea
Avex
Smith & Bro
H. RB. Palmer & Son
Saya D. L Beach
Clover Nook Farm
Greenfield
Mass
Chamberlain
Lt. R Palmer & Son, W. J. Smith & Bro
Murderer Saved From Mob in Chicago Riot
Police saved negro murderer John Brinkley from a mob of about 200 would be lynchers after he shot plasterer Charles McCarthy. Officer Mooney disarmed Brinkley and escorted him to a factory office, but the crowd surged, Brinkley escaped, and a patrol wagon arrived to help. A teamster struck the prisoner, and bricks rained as officers and Mooney fought through the crowd to the station. The killing stemmed from a chicken-stealing dispute.
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Chicago
John Brinkley
Charles McCarthy
Bove
Po Nceman Mooney
Mooney
Brinkley
McCarthy
Purgatives and Patent Medicines Featured in Mixed Notices
An English and American notice collage discusses DeWitts Little Early Risers as a purgative, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and Hall’s Family Pills with testimonials and endorsements. It also covers a Trades Union Congress report from Leicester dated Sept 9, noting suspended proceedings to address Turkish atrocities and a cable greeting from Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor.
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Hall
F J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
F J. Cheney
West & Troax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Trades Union Congress
Leicester
England
Unfon Can
Mos
Samuel Gompers
Algericni Bele of
Labor
His Life Saved by Chamberlain's Colic Remedies
B L Byer a cooper in this town says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life last summer after a month of bilious dysentery. He found immediate relief when nothing else helped. Stale by H R Palmer & Sons Hancock Md W J Smith & Bro.
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B. L. Byer
Chamberlain
B. T Little
Hancock, Md
H R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Conspiracy Charge Against Beavers Involves Officials
Federal grand jury probes postal department corruption with charges of conspiracy against Beavers and others including Augustin Mahen. City hall notes anticipated indictment timing as cases proceed in a widening postal investigation. Also includes unrelated medical advert copy about Chamberlain’s tablets and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
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Wertahington
Federal Grand Jury
George W. Redvers
Boxing Bout May Be Fatal In Philadelphia
A 23 year old pugilist named Riley remains unconscious after a boxing match with Griffin Jones of New York at the Southern Gallery club. Police have instructions to arrest all concerted participants. Doctors cannot yet determine the nature of Riley’s injuries and he lies in a hospital in a critical condition.
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Philadelphia
Griffin Jones
New York
Jones
Riley
Tao
Weekend Rail Fares Announced for Athens to Mt Airy Trains
The Southern Railway Company offers weekend round trips from Athens to Mt Airy Georgia from Aug 22 to Sept 12 at a single fare. Valid for trains leaving Athens at 12 15 p m and 5 50 p m Saturdays with return on the Tuesday after sale date. R W Sizer G A
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlanta
Athens
Hoke
Athena
W.E. Christian
A.G. P
B. Ryan
G. P
Portsmouth
Southern Railway Company
Mt. Airy
R W. Sizer
G. A
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Witter
Steek
Gainesville
W.L. Douglass
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Rosa A. von der Lieth
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James White
Arthur E. Griffith
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Water B. Hill
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W. J. Smith & Bio
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Lanyi Va
Sait
Southern Railway
Union
Taliaferro
Crawfordville
Taliaferro County
Augusta
W J. Smith & Bro
H R, Palmer & Son
Knitting Company
Raleigh
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PH Haines Houting Company
Winston
PH. Haines
Europe
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Maggie Mulligan
Mulligans
Louisville Courier-Journal
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W. H. Howell
Houston
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Beayers
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Wishmateas
George W, Rdavers
Halle
Prussia
Tulay
Emperor William
Saxony
Kodol
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DeWitt & Co
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