Soldiers guard Salsbury Jail in tense Salisbury stand off
In Salisbury three National Guard companies surround the jail while sentries with loaded guns patrol surrounding streets. Rumors swirl of a mob seeking ex-convict George Hall, linked to the Lyerly family murders, but no rescue materializes. Survivors Henry Lee George Ervin and two women remain safe in Charlotte jail.
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Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina National Guard
Statesville
Salisbury
Oner
George Hall
Montgomery County
Lyerly
Glenn
Henry Lee
George Ervin
Balloonist Falls to Death in Double Parachute Descent
Utica August 8 William Johnson balloonist perished after a failed double parachute descent during a street fair at Little Falls. He climbed to about 3000 feet, the second parachute failed, wires were torn and he fell onto railroad tracks below fracturing the base of the brain.
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Utica
William Johnson
Litle Falls
Johnson
Senate passes two house bills in Georgia
Atlanta August 8. The senate, with only dissenting votes, approved Wright of Richmonds bill for purifying ballots and also passed the Jamestown exhibit appropriation. A resolution by Russell of Muscogee to spend 20000 for Georgia at Jamestown was sent to the house after a 28 to 8 vote, eight senators voting no. The Hion Boykin Wright pure elections bill passed 27 to 1, Hamby voting no, with Bunn praising it. It deems bribery of votes and illegal voting a misdemeanor and forbids paying workers for election work.
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Atlanta
Senate
Wright
Richmond
Jamestown
Russell
Muscogee
Georgia
Adams
Foster
Hogan
King
Lumsden
Strange
Walker
Wiliams
House
Hion
Boykin Wright
Hamby
Fight at Capitol Splits Georgia House in 1900s Episode
In Atlanta on August 8 Representative T R Whitley of Douglas and Solicitor General Chas L Hill of Fulton clash in the Georgia House after Whitley accuses lobbyists backing the Mattingly bond bill of perjury. Hill strikes with a cane, clothing torn, Whitley seated, order briefly broken as senators and staff observe.
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Whitley
Hill Clash
Atlanta
T. R. Whitley
Douglas
Chas. LD. Hill
Fulton County Court
House of Representatives
Hill
Mr. Whitley
Letter from Georgia youth touts Conner agricultural act benefits
Myrick Clements of Greenville Ga writes Hon Martin V Calvin praising the Conner bill and the Georgia State College of Agriculture at Athens. He recounts a year at the university 04-05, practicing learned farming methods at home, and asks for reading and information to advance his agricultural career. He vows to support the state’s agricultural school and contribute to its growth.
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Georgia
Martin Calvin
General Assembly of Georgia
Richmond
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Athens
Calvin
Greenville
Martin V
Augusta
Myrick Clements
Vision of Aunt Ellen Triggers Estate Claim Tale
William White, a traveling salesman, dreamed his aunt Ellen Lahey dying and claiming her 600000 estate from Danube North Carolina. He awoke to confirmation of Aunt Ellen's death and telegrams, then ad copy of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, urging readers to buy genuine.
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William White
Kansas City
Superba
Ellen Lahey
Danube
N. C
Binghamton
N. Y
Ellen
DeWitt
Orr Drug Co
Stensland Jule d for Bank Wrecking
Theodore Stensland vice president of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank was arrested for insolvent bank deposits as receivership followed earlier actions. Bank president Paul Stensland and cashier Hering fled justice. safes were rifled and irregularities found. Arrest occurred in the police chief’s office after a depositor claimed knowledge of insolvency. Bonds were signed later to permit release.
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Chicago
Theodore Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Paul Stensland
Hering
Collins
Stensland
J. P. Straub
Jacob J. Kern
Watson Fearful Of McDuffie Backing Hoke Smith
Augusta Georgia reports Tom Watson fears losing McDuffie to Hoke Smith. He intends four more speeches in hopes of swinging the county, amid doubts he can convert voters. Local leaders question his motives, noting a possible deal with Smith to gain control of the state convention and party machinery.
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Watson
Augusta
Tom Watson
McDuffie
Hoke Smith
Hig Thomson
Congress
McDumbe
Thomson
Tom
Hkve Smith
Macon
Heke Smith
Death of Mr Jacob Flatau at sixty in Crawford Athens
Mr Jacob Flatau died yesterday at his Hancock avenue home after a long illness at age sixty. Born in Germany he came to the United States thirty five years ago settling first in Crawford then Athens twenty five years ago. He leaves a widow and three sons Col Sol Flatau of Dayton Ohio and Max and Arthur Flatau of Athens. He was a member of Zarathartha Lodge and Mt Vernon Lodge. Funeral today at five in the Hancock avenue residence with Dr I Koplowitz officiating and Masonic honors by Mt Vernon Lodge.
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Hancock Avenue
Jacob Flatau
Mr. Flatau
Germany
Crawford
Athens
Col
Sol Flatau
Dayton
Ohio
Messrs
Max and
Arthur Flatau
Flatau
Zaradatha Lodge
I. Koplowitz
Mt. Vernon Lodge
Texas Flood Toll Rises Amid Destruction in South Texas
Fort Worth Texas reports a devastating flood as the Colorado River breached banks after heavy rain. Ten lives lost and thousands left homeless as cattle and property valued in millions are destroyed. Communications blacked out, trains halted, and several towns isolated with uncertain fates.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Colorado
Galveston
Heat Claims Five Souls in Greater New York
New York on August 7 recorded five heat deaths this morning and sixteen yesterday, bringing total fatalities to twenty one. Humidity fell to 69 while the temperature reached 82 at 10 o'clock. Several magistrates this morning refused to commit prisoners arraigned for minor offenses.
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New York
Mercury
Oldest Manitowoc resident Aloi Turkensky commits suicide
Aloi Turkensky aged 95, Manitowoc Wis, hanged himself in the garret of his son's home where he lived for years. Officials say he acted from despondency due to failing to win the love of Anna Girch, 20, next door neighbor's daughter.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Aloi= Turkensky
Anna Girch
Jury Commissioners Meet Delayed By Absences
Jury commissioners were to revise the jury list at the courthouse but could not form a quorum due to the absence of Myer Stern and Dr. John A. Hunnicutt and J H Mealor not serving longer. A meeting is scheduled for the 27th to resume list revision with many names to be added or removed.
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Court House
Myer Stern
John A. Hunnicutt
J. H. Mealor
Wrestlers Stay Strong On Abstinent Life Even as They Age
The Baylmore sun notes wrestlers enjoy long careers from twenty five to fifty by living abstinence and steady training. Tom Cannon, Farmer Burns, George Bothner, Hackenschmidt, Hughy Leonard, Billy Muldoon and others uphold discipline, while Turks rely on coffee and excess weight.
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Bailmore Sun
Tom Cannon
Farmer Burns
Tom Jenkins
Jenkins
Fuure
West Point
Harvey Parker
Parker
George Bothner
Bothner
Princeton University
Georges Hackenschmidt
Hughy Leonard
New York Athletic Club
Leonard
Bill Brown
Brown
Billy Muldoon
Mouldoon
Muldoon
Youssuf
Nouralah
Woman Shot by Husband in Huntsville quarrel
Mrs. George Palmer was fatally shot by her husband after a family quarrel. She fled from their Birmingham area home into the street when Palmer followed and fired with a shotgun. Palmer was jailed.
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George Palmer
Palmer
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Senator Bunn
General Judiciary Committee
Lwely
Mr. Hill
Standers
J. P Knight
Berrien
Speaker Slaton
Mattingly Bond
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Limia
Virginia
Florida
Congrest
IRS
Benner
JURY
Jong Intervale
Hackenschmidt
Birmingham
Als
Huntsville
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