Big Marine Railway Planned for Jacksonville Docks
Merrill Stevens Engineering plans a large new marine railway to be built west of the machine shop on East Bay Street Jacksonville. The docks will accommodate Clyde line vessels and tramp steamers and cost about 76000 dollars. Mr Stevens will tour eastern port cities to incorporate latest features before plans are finalized. Work to begin once plans are completed.
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Jacksonville
Pia
Merrill-Stevens Engineering Company
East Bay Street
Hay Street
Clyde Line
Stevens
Merrill Stevens
Bemport
Negro Ravisher Captured in Spartanburg Case
George Sheldon, the accused assailant of Mrs Julia HU near Spartanburg, has been arrested and jailed. He denies guilt while the woman identifies him. the case goes to the magistrate's court. Florida watermelons in decline. state crops nearly exhausted with few shipments expected all summer. Tillman to Lexington with uncle Senator Tillman and deputy sheriff for a court session scheduled the third Monday in September.
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Columbia
George Sheldon
Mra
Julia HU
Spartanburg
Tun Cent
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Tillman
Lexington
8. C
Senator Tillman
James H. Tillman
Bransford's Clifton Floors Best Says Wingfield Grocery
Brief ad claims Bransford's Clifton is the best floor product, guaranteed by the maker. Wingfield Grocery promotes the item with assurance of quality, noting it is baked and biscuit-like in appeal.
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Bransford
Clifton
Kearsarge Set for Record Sea Cruise After Overhaul
Portsmouth England July 14 Captain Hemphill of the United States battleship Kearsarge ordered to clear propellers and bunkers with best coal to reach Frenchman's Bay and test speed. First peacetime voyage for the Kearsarge aims to set a record, following a similar Oregon run in the war with Spain.
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Portsmouth
England
Hemphill
United States
Nagshiy Kearsarge
Frenchman's Bay
Oregon
Spain
Divera
Cotton
Washington
Forton
Kearsarge
Wrenchmen's Bay
Maine
Memphill
Crop conditions from USDA weekly summary report
The July 13 weather period brought generally favorable temperatures east of the Rockies with some frosts in exposed areas and rainfall shortages in parts of the lower Ohio and central Mississippi valleys, southern Florida, and eastern Texas. Corn shows strong growth and water wheat harvests finish. oats mixed yields. cotton improves. tobacco outlook promising. apples fair in major states.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Middle Plateau
Ohio
Mississippi
Florida
Texas
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Upper
Ohio Valley
Avantic
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Coasl
In Hot Pursuit Of Pirates And Strike At Wachusett Dam
United States gunboat Callao pursues pirates in the Orient after abducting a Chinese crew member for ransom. Six pirate parties located as China mobilizes gunboats near Canton to exterminate them. In Clinton Massachusetts striking stone masons force 450 to stop work at Wachusett dam, one rescuer saved from the Nashua river. Dr King’s Life Pills advertised as a busy daily aid.
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United States
San Francisco
Orient
Callao ‘E
Callao
Canton
Clinton
Mass
Wachusett
Metropolitan Water System
Nashua
Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys Ad
A health ad explains kidneys filter blood every three minutes and warns against neglected kidney trouble. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy and offers a free sample bottle and pamphlet by mail from Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Czar abolishes barbaric punishments in new statute
From St. Petersburg dated July 15 the British Vedomost reports the czar has abolished the harshest remnants of old punishments such as cudgels and cat o nine tails used for exiles and miners. Cat o nine tails and cudgels often caused death, replaced by up to one hundred days of confinement with bread and water, every third day hot meal. Corporal punishment persists in lighter forms with birth rods up to one hundred blows for minor offenses, left to prison and local governors.
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St. Petersburg
The Russian Petition Sent To Russian Czars
Hay communicates with the American charge d affaires at St. Petersburg regarding presenting the Jewish petition to the czar. The B nai B rith committee has informed Washington of steps to deliver the petition and to notify the Russian government of its existence. Mr. Riddle will report back on whether Russia will receive the petition.
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Hay
Washington
B'Nal! B'Arith
Riddle
St. Petersburg
Heywood Case Again Delayed in Raleigh
The Ernest Heywood murder trial of Ludlow Skinner II was postponed again in Raleigh North Carolina on July 15 as a key witness reportedly fell ill. The state pressed a counter affidavit arguing the witness already testified fully at a May habeas corpus hearing and cannot alter that testimony.
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Heywood
Raleigh
N. C
Ernest Heywood
Ludlow Skinner II
Night Was Her Terror Coughing Declared Consumed by Illness
Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana recalls near nightly coughing from consumption and blood spitting. She credits three Dr Kings New Discovery bottles at one dollar each for a complete cure and 68 pound weight gain. Trial bottles were offered free at local stores W J Smith and Bro and H R Palmer and Sons.
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W. J. Smith & Bro
H. RB. Palmer & Sons
Mob Lynches Murderer at Flemingburg Jail in Kentucky
A mob broke into Flemingburg jail and hanged William Thacker, a white man with a life sentence for murder of John Gordon in Foxport. The enraged crowd overpowered the jailer and dragged Thacker to a nearby tree, beating him with a rock and leaving his body suspended. Gordon, a local citizen, was killed two years earlier. Thacker had appealed to the court of appeals awaiting another trial but faced public outcry and potential escape of punishment.
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Maysville
Flemingeburg
William Thacker
John Gordon
Thacker
Gordon
Foxport
Flemingaburg
Court of Appeals
Mount Carmel
Flemingsburg
Georgia House again rejects race based school fund division
The Georgia House of Representatives votes 79 to 64 against a constitutional amendment to divide the state school fund between races by tax share. A separate peonage investigation resolution is introduced by Mr. Glenn to probe Lula Frazier case and inmate labor in camps. The alternative road law amendment fails 80 to 13, falling short of the two thirds needed for a constitutional change. Fields signals intent to move to reconsider.
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Avianta
House of Representatives
House
Georgia
Glenn
Whitfield
Senate
South Georgia
Lula Frazier
MecRee
Lowndes County
Negroca
Mesera McCurry
Hart
Fields
Dooly
Hudson Samson Dead
Hudson Samson a prominent Methodist Episcopal lay leader and builder of many Pennsylvania and western churches died at his Pittsburg home from acute indigestion. He led national funeral directors groups and the National City Evangelization Union, and built the first public crematory in the United States in Pittsburg twenty years ago.
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Pittsburg
Hudson Samson
United States
Pennsylvania
Middle
Annour L Seeks Alderman Seat in First Ward Campaign
Annour L announces candidacy for alderman from the first ward with backing from the Democratic party. O. W. Couper signs the statement endorsing the bid.
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Eabhjeet
Democratic Party
W. Couper
Pope Clings to Life Amid Delirium Battle
Pope remains in frail condition with no recurrence of the delirium that sparked alarm. Doctors say he may linger for days as weakness and prostration from a recent illness persist. Restlessness and difficulty sitting up mark a quiet night followed by minor discomfort but no new dangerous symptoms.
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Rowe
Feared Mob Vengeance Over Maryland Assault Case
Albany July 15 James Little the negro who assaulted an 11 year old girl near Baltimore yesterday was taken back to New Baltimore for arraignment. A New Baltimore mob of farmers molders from Coxsackie and boat hands gathered with a sophole Cole drawing a revolver but disarmed by Deputy Gould. The prisoner awaits examination with counsel from Coxsackie expected. The child’s condition eases the excitement.
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Albany
N. Y
James Little
Baltimore
Art
Catskill
New Baltimore
Cole
Gould
Justice of the Peace
Shaw Guest of Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was hosted by President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay to discuss matters of importance in the treasury department after a westward trip. Guests included Charles J. Bonaparte James Walker and H. H. Kohlaast. Mrs Bonaparte assists in prosecutions of indicted post office officials.
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Secretary of Treasury
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
S. 1
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Roosevelt
Sagamore
Hee
H. H. Kohlaaat
Chicago
Bonaparte
Asalat
Post Office
Telegraphic Brevities from Around the Nation
Highlights include a heated Augusta council fight between Catholic and A. B. P. elements, a Virginia man claiming the first ber harvest ground, a Compton Arkansas debate between Governor Davis and Judge Wood, and troop trouble in Alabama leading to the mustering out of company A, Third Regiment. Also notes on postal official Mashen, Roosevelt not forwarding a Hebrew petition, and a druggist offer on Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with money-back guarantee.
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Augusta
A. BP. A
Virginia
Compton
Ark
Davis
Supreme Court
Wood
Byatanders
Alabama
Montgomery
John M. Mashen
Postal Department
Roosevelt
Russia
Young Farmers Are Successful
Three young men near Athens Eugene Sibley Frank Sibley and Robert Williams brought a basket of peaches apples grapes plums tomatoes and two ears of corn to The Banner. They own a small farm and garden on which they have planted thirty acres in corn and ten in cotton. The cotton bloom was picked July 2 and the crop is in good condition. The boys under 10 years old show judgment and management beyond their years and are expected to succeed.
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Eugene
Frank Sibley
Robert Williamsou
Athens
Banner Office
Wamall
Seaboard to Build New Trestle Soon
The Seaboard Air Line plans to begin a new trestle across the Southern tracks near the depot. The old structure is worn, a replacement is needed, and construction will start within days after finalizing the site. Also included is an testimonial about stomach catarrh praising Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from J. R. Rhen of Coppell, Texas.
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Seaboard Air Line Road
J. R. Rhen
Coppell
Tex
Orr
Dreg Oo
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