Prominent Birmingham Attorney Offers Free Defense to Schley
Birmingham attorney James J. Tanner telegraphed Admiral Schley offering his professional services free in his defense of the accusations by Historian Maclay. Tanner, who helped escort Schley to Birmingham, sent a confirming letter and has tied his name to the defense effort.
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Birmingham
Schley
Emainauamu
Ala
James J. Tanner
Admiral Schley
Maclay
Tanner
Atlanta
Kimberly
Mavy Department
Crea Kimberly
Manila headlines mix local unrest and colonial admin
In Manila July 29 Major Henry Allen named chief of the insular constabulary as Leyte governor. Reports from Cebu note two native policemen killed and town firing continues while Provost Davis leads an investigation. In London rumors place General Lyttleton as Kitchener’s successor with Milner seen as the real problem solver for South Africa.
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Manila
Henry Allen
Forty-third Volunteers
Leyte
Insular Constabulary
Gunman
Forty-third
Cebu
Provost Davis
Santa Cruz
Martin Delgado
Panay
Philippines Commission
Ila
Ding
Lieutenant McCarthy
Aparri
Lyttleton
New York
Tribune
London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Kitchener
Lettleton
Buller
Forester-Walker
Methuen
Gladstone
Lord Milner
Lemons as Medicine and End of Local News
An 19th century-style assortment of medical testimonials touts Mosley’s Lemon Elixir as a cure for biliousness, indigestion, and other ailments tied to liver and kidney issues, with endorsements from Rev. John P. Sanders and others. Nearby items report labor-related unrest, public domain quarries, and a homicide in Bluefield, plus a Missouri-era note on returning workers.
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H. Mosley
John P. Sanders
Atlanta
Mosley
M. EB
Verbena
Ala
E. KE. Cowen
C. D
Murder near Macon ends in brother killed in quarrel
Clipped local item reports Tony Cummings killed his brother Tig Cummings with a pistol near Macon Bibb County on Lambus Road after a debt dispute over a marriage license and repayable loans. Tony surrendered to the coroner. coroner ruled murder in a self defense claim.
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Patel
Macon
Bibb County
Lambus Road
Tony Cummings
Tig Cummings
Tony
Ani
Bingo
Rothers
Cummings
Iit
Death Ends Carousal in Atlanta Shooting
In Atlanta on July 29, Bart Glover and Jim Jennings, both Black men, were drinking at 869 West Hunter Street when Glover broke a beer glass. A quarrel over the glass led Jennings to shoot Glover, who died at the scene before Dr. L. B. Palmer arrived. Jennings fired after the argument escalated as Glover seized a gun?
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Atlanta
Bart Glover
Jim Jennings
West Hunter Street
Jennings
Glover
Pase
Ant
Wee
L. B. Palmer
Sum Asi Veld Reech Lim
Jennings Es
New Industries Reported to the South in One Week
A weekly roundup lists major new ventures across the South including a $50,000 canal company in Bay City Florida a $20,000 chair factory in Thomasville North Carolina a $900 000 fertilizer factory in Savannah Georgia a flouring mill in Lenoir North Carolina a $900 000 oil mill in Mobile Alabama and a packing plant in Beaufort North Carolina among others with several tobacco and creamery facilities noted in Georgia South Carolina and Mississippi communities.
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Charleston
N. O
Starke
Fla
Gloster
Mins
Savannah
Lenoir
N.C
Ap Company
Carrespeile
Gaya
Winston-Yalem
Aberdeen
Misa
Sheenwood
Te Au MN. C
Houtville
Ala
Mobile
Lavonia
Aerbore
Beaufort
Marion
The World's Greatest Power Medicine Chapter Fragment
A fragmentary OCR item references a claim about a certain medicine's effects and a person named Tonie. The readable text mentions wiring concerns and a seizure of some sort, but details are unclear.
Mining Rival in Wilkes County Sinks Rich Gold Lode
A Georgia mining company, led mainly by Atlanta men, reports a vein of rich gold bearing soil in Wilkes County near Laxra. From a ton of earth, the newly mined yield is described as the richest ever seen, rivaling California's Klondike era finds. The report notes this claim as the richest yield known to the mining world and hints at substantial wealth potential.
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Georgia
Wilkes County
Laxra
Atlanta
California
Bey Ried
Dorado
Tadeer
Amoun
Colorado
Affray Over Loom Sparks Fatal Wound in Alabama Mill
At a Gadsden Alabama loom room a young woman named Willie Sapp fought with a man after a dispute in a Dwight Mayufgovuring mill. The conflict left a woman’s knife wound open to the bone and severed a major artery, killing Ressou. authorities arrested the woman, the man, and his mother.
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Gadsden
Gapevew
Ala
Dwight Mavufgovuring Company
Willie Sapp
Mra Reson
Sane Sapp
Beeren
Suffrage Debate Reopens in Alabama Convention at Montgomery
July 37 in Montgomery Alabama. Mr Spears of St Clair resumes speech against the suffrage clause arguing that 800000 Negroes pay taxes, obey laws, and should not be denied civil rights. Majority report supports registration plan while opposing broad Negro political rights. The session also notes figures and comments from other delegates. Fires, accidents, and various local notices follow.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Monroomery
Als
Spears
St. Clair
Graham
Talladega
Washington
Reun
Jackson
Ryots
Dow
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Fagro
Barstot
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Union County
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Sam Solomon
Amith Bros.” Druggists
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Athens
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Braowowam
Melrose Park
Latrobe Steel and Coupler Company
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Mavelos
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Bluefield
W. Va
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John Triley
Charles Berry
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Atlanta, GA
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Conover
Wilson
Orriigs
Will d. Daffin
H. B Daffin
Bauxswick
United States
Qagon
Cede and Whitfield
Ay Riche Company
Moe Ay
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Minms
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Columbia
Homeer Mott
Tom Griffin
Mots
Jelks
Montoomesy Ala
Jelks Hiss
W. H. Black
Broadway
J. C. Pet Bemopl
Monroe
Doak
Chamberlain
Cheters
H. BR. Palmer & Sons and
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Ralsama
Congha
Southern Progress
Klondike
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Smith Bros
Judge Sneed
Memphis
Mearms
John L T. Sneed
Duc Lam
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Fry Bros
William Grattendick
Lion Coffee
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South Court Street
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James McCoy
William
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Oniktte Denby
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J. Py Latimore
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Jacksonville
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St. Augustine
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John H. Gale
John Aebrough
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