Secret Orders Prosper in Athens With April Celebrations
Local readers note rising interest in Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias and Masonic lodges in Athens. Odd Fellows plan April celebration on Jackson street while St Elmo Knights of Pythias marks their ninth anniversary begun April 20 180. Masons prepare dedication of new hall in Max Joseph building with Red Men and Jericho revising activity. A health advert runs alongside describing Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine and One Minute Cough Core for children and coughs.
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Odd Fellows
Jackson Street
Ion
St. Elmo Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Occasio
Masonic Fraternity
Max Joseph Building
Knights of Jericho
Peace praise letter to France from United States president
In Washington on April 11 1899 the president thanks France for aiding peace with Spain and notes the French envoy's role. The message from William McKinley expresses appreciation for France's good offices in promoting the peace accord. An ad notes Prickly Ash Bitters as a kidney remedy and a streetcar conductor praises One Minute Cough Cure for his daughter's croup.
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Washington
Department of State
Emile Lonbet
Paris
United States
Spain
France
William McKinley
H.R. Palmer & Sons
J. Sheer
Sedalia, Mo
Tragedy in Dublin as Hood is Shot by Wood Yard Collector
In Dublin Georgia on Tuesday night J. J. Hood a Dublin Furniture Manufacturing employee was fatally wounded by Manly Tripp Green's wood yard collector after a dispute over a wood account. Hood died of multiple gunshot wounds after being shot five times with a 44 caliber pistol. Tripp fled the scene.
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Dublin
J. J. Hood
Dublin Furniture Manufacturing Company
Manly Tripp
Green’s Wood Yard
J. A. Jackson
Tripp
Hood
Drs Hightower & Weddington
North
Jefferson Street
New Zealand to send steamer to Samoa to assist
New Zealand Premier R Z Geddon cables the agent general Reeves pledging assistance for Samoa after setbacks. Auckland awaits orders while the Mildura cruiser heads toward Rarotonga with the governor aboard, signaling regional effort. The Globe cites German consul’s continued post as unfriendly.
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London
New Zealand
R. Z Geddon
W. P. Reeves
Samoa
Aukland
Admiralty
Sydney
Rarotonga
The
Globe
Detective Agency Ad Seeks Reliable Shrewd Operative
Shrewd reliable man wanted in every reality, act under orders, no experience needed. Write the Co-Operative Detective Agency in Nashville Tennessee for reply in a close stamped envelope. Also cites Castoria claims and One Minute Cough Cure benefits in unrelated sections.
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Co-Operative Detective Agency
Nashville
Tenn
France and United States pledge lasting friendship
The State Department released Emile Loubet’s letter to President McKinley dated April 12 praising the peace treaty with Spain and reaffirming France and the United States’ traditional friendship. The item ends with an unrelated advertisement for Prickly Ash Bitters.
Witnesses Testify In Lake City Lynchings Case
In Charleston D C April 183 two of the government key witnesses testified in the Lake City lynching case. J P Newham said he aided in setting the post office blaze while M W Springs claimed Stokes urged him to join the mob. Newham identified several defendants as present but said he did not see others in the mob. The government pressed its case with nearly 100 witnesses still to be examined.
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Charleston
D. C
Lake City
United States
J. P. Newham
State
M. W. Springs
Postmaster Baker
Newham
Washington
Stokes
Epps
Webster
Alonzo
Rodgers
Stoke
Baker
McKnight
Ward
Early P. Lee
Spring
Springs
Jaror Murphy
Kelly
E. Rodgers
Clark
Bryan Against Trusts Speech At Missouri Legislature
Colonel William J. Bryan spoke before about 2000 Missouri lawmakers from the capitol steps in Jackson City. He railed against trusts and income tax rulings, attacked goldbugs, opposed annexations of Cuba and Puerto Rico, and decried the Philippines conquest. Governor Stephens and Mrs. Stephens hosted him at the executive mansion after the address.
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Jackson City
William J. Bryan
Missouri
Capitol Steps
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
England
Colonel Bryan
Stephens
RHEUMATISM HOPES FOR PEACE
The report notes a cautious stance on Samoa with no warlike posture. Berlin says Germany supports the Samoa commission to avert bloodshed and that Britain and the United States back an early arrival. The Cologne Gazette comments on accountability for a German plantation manager.
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Berlin
United States
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Samoa
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Baron von Baelow
Great Britain
Cologne
Germany
The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature 4 Revolved around Pneumonia Season
A vintage advertisement extols One Minute Cough Cure as the infallible remedy for lung and throat ailments. It warns against substitutes and urges insistence on the genuine product during the season when coughing colds and bronchial troubles are common.
Object of Hate Mexican Ambassador Faces Diplomatic Snub
In Washington on April 13, the newly appointed Mexican ambassador Aspiros endures a broad diplomatic boycott. European envoys snub his greetings while recalling Maximilian’s fate and questioning Diaz’s stance. Aspiros’ history as judge advocate general and tryer of Maximilian sparks enduring resentment among foreign representatives.
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Washington
Aspiros
Maximilian
Mexico
Diaz
Mr. Asperos
Mexico City
Ammbassador
Juarez
Austria
Francis Joseph
Charlotta
Belgium
Lichderveld
Generals Mustered Out and Officers Relieved in War Department Order
The War Department issued orders mustering out major generals James H. Wilson Fitzhugh Lee Joseph Wheeler John B Bates Samuel M Young Adna Chaffee William Ludlow Leonard Wood and brigadier generals George W. Davis Theodore Schwan Lloyd Wheaton Charles King Frederick D. Grant Robert P. Hughes Samuel Ovenshine Irving Hale to accept commissions as general officers of volunteers under the 1899 act. Others are mustered out to resume former commands, including James F. Wade Thomas M. Anderson Guy V. Henry. The report also includes a sardonic prose excerpt about an imagined naval battle and a humorous anecdote about a charitable restaurant scene.
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Washington
War Department
James H. Wilson
Fitzhugh Lee
Joseph Wheeler
John B. Bates
Samuel M . Young
Adna Chaffee
William Ludlow
Leonard Wood
George W. Davis
Theodore Schwan
Lloyd Wheaton
Charles King
Frederick D. Grant
Robert P. Hughes
Samuel Ovenshine
Irving
Hale
James F. Wade
Thomas M. Anderson
Guy V. Henry
Royal T. Frank
Edward B. Williston
Louis H. Carpenter
Joseph P. Sanger
Henry C. Hasbrouck
John CO. Gilmore
Oswald H. Ernst
Harrison G. Otis
Charles F. Humphrey
Prominent Palmetto Man murdered in home. wife assaulted
Alfred Crawford is slain in Palmetto while his wife is brutalized by Sam Hose a negro whose identity is confirmed by Mrs Crawford. A large posse with bloodhounds pursues the suspect as a planned lynching looms if captured.
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Palmetto
Alfred Crawford
Sam Hose
Crawford
Skiffs on Sunday customs and modern rest days
A reflective piece traces Sunday observance changes over a century from strict travel bans and blue laws to broader leisure use. It notes fewer arrests, gradual freedom for trains and newspapers, and the shift in public attitude toward Sunday as holy time, while praising Skiff the Jeweler’s modern rings and jewelry services.
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Sol
Skiff
Clinch County News Editor M. E. Tison’s suicide attempt
Clinch County News editor M E Tison attempted suicide by laudanum in Homerville Georgia on April 18. Dr Culpepper to restore him to life and believes he is out of danger. He left a note to his wife blaming family trouble over marriage connections not his wife. The piece also notes local shops like Skiff the Jeweler and The Racket Store offering wares and price cuts.
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Homerville
M. E. Tison
Clinch County News
Heckman Accuser Charged in NYC Conspiracy Case
A. S. Colgar Jr of Nashville was arrested in New York on charges of involvement in a plot to spirit away Nicholas A. Heckman, a key witness against Robert Molineaux. Colgar arrived with Captain Casteen to seek Heckman’s arrest and extradition. Extradition papers for Heckman were revoked amid new allegations concerning Percy E. Raymond’s escape and larceny conviction.
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New York
A. S. Colgar, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Nicholas A. Heckman
Robert Molineaux
Heckman
Colgar
Casteen
Molineaux
One Minute Cough Cure and Purveyors Ad
Cited lines promote a cough remedy while noting peat as its ingredient and urge amending New Year resolutions by buying groceries from W H Fuller who also sells Numsen's Old Orchard Vinegar.
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W H. Fuller
Numsen
Suit Ends in Death in Arkansas Free Fight
In Deview Arkansas a free fight left B C Ashburn dead and A J Black and his son Lee fatally wounded. Alex Miller suffered a broken arm while Henry Miller was badly shot in the arm. B M Ashburn and others were seriously wounded. The dispute stemmed from a court case involving major local farmers the Millers and Ashburns.
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Little Rock
Ark
Deview
B. C. Ashburn
A. J. Black
Lee
Alex Miller
Henry Miller
B. M. Ashburn
Millers
Ashburna
Carnegie Gives Seaboard Library $1000 To Help Travel
Elberton Georgia April 13 Mr Andrew Carnegie donated to the Seaboard Air Line traveling library one thousand dollars through Mrs Eugene Bernard Heard of Elberton. Mrs Heard organized the gift and works to promote the railroad library in the state. The Seaboard workers and supporters praise Carnegie for the munificent gift and its impact on library service.
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Elberton
Andrew Carnegie
Seaboard Air- Line Railroad
Eugene Bernard Heard
Heard
Seaboard
Carnegie
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Buffalo
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Athens
M. A. Simmons
Caesto
Trippe
H. R. Palmer & Sons
DeWitt
Apia
McKinley
America
State Department
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Pars
Emile Loubet
Everal
de Witt
Bryan
Cc. A. Scudder, Jeweler
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Santiago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Samson
Narrer
Hobson
Sly
Samsun
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Agin
New York Mail and Express
William
Skiff the Jeweler’s
W.E. Tison
Clinch County
Paritoa Suit
Hes
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