St Louis Dark Day Reported Amid Crimes and Deaths
Reports from St Louis on April 19 recount multiple suicides and a stabbing within the city, including F. E. Hargraves at 2312 Olive Street and Charles Heitzberg at a slaughterhouse on Prairie and Garfield. Other incidents include a man dying by ingesting poison and a shooting near One Hundred Eighteenth and Spruce streets.
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Western bankers aid Carlisle with gold to meet shipments
Washington April 19 Western bankers offered gold to back the treasury against shipments this week and Carlisle remains confident the Wall Street manipulators will not force a crisis. The secretary plans new rules on gold and silver coins and silver may be used for treasury notes when presented at the government. Over seven months the New York subtreasury has redeemed more than 21 40 000 treasury notes in gold. Secretary Herbert has LaGrippe and is confined to his rooms.
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Passing Queer Con Dr J W Glover In The Hands Of Law
Macon April 19 Dr J W Glover arrested here for passing twenty dollar gold pieces pleaded guilty and was placed under a two thousand dollar bond. He couldn t furnish bond and was sent to county jail to await action by the United States court. Glover, once tried in Gainesville for poisoning his wife, and later released by a jury, showed no emotion and kept silent about his life since the trial. He lived quietly on his father s farm. his wealthy father may furnish bond. Glover passed spurious coin in aita. The imitation coin is an offense that could lead to penitentiary time.
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The Defaulter John Schardt Dies After Disgrace
John Schardt former cashier of Mechanics Savings Bank and Trust died Monday night from brain congestion after being unconscious since early afternoon. He held life insurance totaling about 80 000 with multiple companies including Mutual Life and New York Life. some doubts remain about the Mutual Life policy.
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Nashville
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Hew
New York
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Philadelhia
Pirey Life
Hartford
New York Life
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Ao States
Mutual Life
Newark
Vlapeed
Savanday
England's John Bull Train Praised by Pennsylvania Crowds
Haverssoura April 19 crowds along the Pennsylvania railroad in Philadelphia suburbs cheered the John Bull train as it moved westward. The little locomotive and two ancient coaches drew large crowds and audible cheers during the World’s Fair inspection period.
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John Bull
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Quaker City
Johnny Ball
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Theorta Amity
Tax Rate Not as High as It Has Been
The tax rate for 1893 is slightly higher than last year due to extraordinary expenses this year. It stands at one and one tenth percent, still five one hundredths below the peak of several years ago, with expectations it may drop to one percent if all goes well.
Court Three cases tried Wednesday at courthouse
Superior Court proceedings list multiple cases. Will Hill was acquitted of burglary and Pat Lee was acquitted of simple larceny. The state v J T Sutton for forgery is pending with lawyers Boswell Burnett for the state and Tuck Thomas for the defense. Sutton previously worked for Singer Sewing Machine in this area. The Turner case for assault with intent to murder shows a tangled jury, with Judge Mc Whorter re charging them on the law before adjourning. Andrew White (cd.) faces assault with intent to murder as the first case next morning. The grand jury has not returned indictments. Judge Mc Whorter receives compliments from local lawyers and citizens.
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Sutton
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Athens
Gold market eases as treasury eyes no action
The gold situation today is described as easier than yesterday with treasury officials more confident. Reportedly the governor will act only as a last resort and Carlisle's firm stance boosts the sense that stopping payment of gold coin for Treasury notes may not be needed.
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Treasury
Sam Jones Converts Bowling Green Saloons Closed
Sam Jones preached ten days in Bowling Green earning 2300 dollars as over 2500 residents professed religion. Three hundred joined churches and were baptized. the city council refused license renewals, closing the forty saloons under a moral wave against liquor.
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Kentucky
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Bowling Green
Sam Jones
Georgis Evangelist
Fatal Charivari Tragedy In Kansas Farm Cottage
In Torixa Kansas at Ness City area a wedding reception turned deadly when a drunken gunman fired into a crowd killing two and wounding one others. Anderson a newlywed farmer fired from his cottage killing two more and wounding a third who is near death. The injured were cared for as investigators note a violent scene at midnight with buckshot. Wiseold’s Soothing Syrup advert appears in the page.
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Georgia Sunday School Delegates Meet in Athens
The Georgia State Sunday School Association plans a May 24 to 26 session in Athens invited by Clarke County with 200 to 250 delegates from county associations. President Jno M. Green and R B Rifford lead the event, aiming to boost Sunday school work statewide with notable speakers and a welcoming program.
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M. Green
Atlanta
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Sallie Moss
R. K. Bloomfield
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Albert Carter Arrested in Delaney Tragedy Story
Albert Carter, eighth man linked to the Oliver Delaney case by Lewis Land’s confession, was found at Princeton and held for Morganfield jail. He confessed that the first shot came from a surrey with Delaney’s pistol seen in Henry Delaney’s hand after the shooting.
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Tin roof fall tests foreman’s grit at Athens plant
E W Mitchell, a tin room foreman at E E Jones Co in East Athens, fell from a roof but clung to a length of tin, avoiding serious injury. He escaped with minor injuries and will recover in weeks. Separately, Capt Harei T Johnson, Macon property owner, died suddenly from heart trouble likely linked to cancer at his home Friday night.
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Athens
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Macon
Frida
Public library proposal gains support and plans
Prof G G Bond, superintendent of public schools, advocates moving the school library to suitable city rooms with a reading room and increased reference access. He plans a May benefit entertainment with French Revolution scenes and a solar camera to raise funds for a public library and reading room open to all.
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G G. Bond
Bond
Many Mules Burned in Atlanta Sanitary Stables Fire
Atlanta reports its sanitary department stables burned Saturday night. One hundred forty nine mules were housed there. 139 died in a huddle, ten were rescued but badly burned. Fire blamed on an incendiary. watchman noted a quick outbreak minutes after his round.
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Sanitary Department
Atlanta Sanitary Department
Baseball's Sixth Day Wrought Changes in Standings
The first week update notes Southern League games on Saturday April 17 with eight games played including Nashville over Memphis and Mobile defeating New Orleans in key pairings. Other results across the circuit affected team positions as the standings shift amid various day’s outcomes.
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Turpentine and rosin steady in early markets
In Savannah and New York market notes from April 19, turpentine held steady while rosin showed firm prices. Crude and yellow dip turpentine traded near prior levels and soy from the oil complex played into overall market tone across naval stores and commodities.
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Rosi
Virgin
Savannah
Shut In Society tale and local notices mix in scare
A classroom moment about the Shut In Society prompts Miss Goode to ask who memory formed it. Odd snippets follow from Boston and New York items, plus a mine incident in Suamox, and brief notices of a bank investigation in Nashville and Secretary Smith’s bout with la grippe in Atlanta.
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Jonah
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