Pattern Shops Destroyed in Savannah Fire
Savannah May 1 pattern shops of the Savannah Florida and Western railway were totally destroyed by fire yesterday. Hundreds of valuable hardwood patterns burned. total loss estimated between 15000 and 20000 dollars. Fire started from locomotive spark. building in center of Plant system yard with many doors hindering access. Fire department fought blaze with chemicals. W A Hines of Manchester Illinois recounts miraculous escape after illness from measles and consumption. Dr Kings New Discovery praised. trial bottles free at local drugstores.
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Savannah
Florida
Western
Savarnan
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
W. A. Hines
Manchester
Dr. King
Chet
Lang
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Warren J. Smith & Hro
Died on Street Car in Jacksonville
An elderly Mrs Sophia Davis died after fainting on a Jacksonville Florida street car. The first such Floridian street car death, she had been ill and was en route to a relative's home. Car halted and she was moved to a nearby place, later pronounced dead.
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Jacksonvile
Fla
May L
Florida
Sophia Davis
Mra
Davis
Coal deal in Alabama ties Pittsburg firm to Walker county mines
Monongahela River Coal and Coke of Pittsburg buys Walker county coal properties from Virginia and Alabama Coal for 450000 cash. The deal signals a broader 3 million dollar plan as Southern Coal of Walker county and Corona Coal and Coke properties near Jasper may also transfer. Move aims to control lower Mississippi river trade with high output from the Alabama mines.
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Pennsylvania
Birmingham
Bruranam
Ala
Walker County
Virginia and Alabama Coal Company
Monongahela River Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburg
Southern Coal Company
John Greenough
Corona Coal and Coke Company
Jasper Town and Land Company
Corona
Jasper
Greenough
Poother Properties
Prerties
Coals
Mississippi River
Man shoots Miss Baker after church refusal near Morganthon
A young white man named agaxtox from N O shot Miss Martha Baker at her father Martin Baker's home two miles east of Morganthon when she refused to accompany him to church. The ball hit the cheek and traveled to near the ear base. The wound is painful but not dangerous. Cape, who worked on Alpine mill housing, had a good reputation and was sober. He was intoxicated yesterday and claims no knowledge of the shooting. He was sent to jail to await trial at the superior court. He had pursued Baker, sister of his landlady, then resented her refusal to go to church.
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Agaxtox
N. O
L—James
Martha Baker
Martin Baker
Morgahton
Cape
Agnor
Baker
Train collision near Bayas Pass injures many. Reid family hurt
In darkness near snowsheds at Bayas Pass California on May 1 a rear end collision between the Earorant Gap excursion train and the No 2 limited killed fireman James Saunders of The Dalles Oregon. D O Mills and his granddaughter Whitelaw Reid and wife were seated in a private car damaged and bruised though not seriously injured. Reid suffered a facial cut.
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Earorant Gap
Cal
Raymond
Baya Pass
Here
D. O. Mills
James Saunders
Dalles
D.O. Mills
Whitelaw Reid
Hall's Great Discovery advert in early Georgia notices
An 1808 Covington Georgia advertisement claims Dr E W Hall's Great Discovery cures kidney and bladder troubles including diabetes and rheumatism with a two month supply for one dollar. It also notes testimonials from H S Horton and references to Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsinovrea.
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Hall
E. W. Hall
P.O. Box
Louis
Covington
Presidents Tour Through the South
President McKinley defends subsidy policy as a doorway to expand trade and open markets in the Orient. He travels by special train through Mississippi to New Orleans after Memphis demonstrations, praising open door policy while urging improved transportation. The Tennessee cotton trade dispute from Civil War era is cited by the president in a rallying appeal to southern lawmakers.
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McKinley
Wickspuno
Misa
Lengtid
Yazoo
Memphis
Greater
America
Orient
China
Tennessee
South
Jackson
New Orleans
Known in Jacksonville Chestnut and Jordan Recalled by Floridians
Jacksonville residents report Owen W. Chestnut and Clifford B. Jordan, held by Macon police for a recent express car robbery, are well known locally. Jordan, a young man with Florida family ties, has prior arrest history settled by his father outside court.
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Chestnut
Jordan
Jacksonville
Fla
Owen W. Chestnut
Clifford BR. Jordan
Macon
Any
Buried Treasure Dug Up in Ohio Farm Field
Joseph Moyers on the Oscar Osborne farm unearthed a pot with $9,000 near the barn, the second gold discovery at Repem totaling over $5,000. Osborne family claims $20,000 hid elsewhere. Johnson sits in Ohio penitentiary for the old man’s murder, linked to the money’s secret.
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Axnrox, O
Joseph Moyers
Oscar Osborne
Repem
Osborne
Gar Johnson
Ohio
Georgia Girl Uses Public Safety Item in Fatal Lesson
Miss Delia Whitmore, a Carrollton County resident, shot Horace Heflin a Black youth with a public safety item after he trespassed near her home. Heflin suffered non fatal injuries, was arrested, and ordered to post a $200 bond after a preliminary hearing.
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Carrolttes
Delia Whitmore
Carroll County
Horace Heflin
Heflin
Miss Whitmore
Columbus Police Instructed to Defend Themselves
In Corvumere Georgia at the semi annual police inspection Chairman McEachern Chief Williams and the police commission urged officers to promptly defend themselves against desperate criminals. They emphasized that it is better for 100 outlaws to be killed than one good officer and advised careful use of force when necessary.
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Columbus
Corvumere
McEachern
Police Commission
Williams
Georgia Fruit Growers to Meet in Macon Convention
The Georgia Fruit Growers association will hold its annual session at the Brown House in Macon next Friday. President M Hughes anticipates full attendance as topics include transportation refrigeration and other fruit industry concerns. State Entomologist Scott and State Horticultural Association President Berkman are expected to attend and a report on Georgia fruit crop conditions and impact of recent cold weather will be presented.
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Macon
Georgia Fruit Growers’ Association
Brown House
Gore
M. Hughes
Scott
Berkman
State Horticultural Association
Georgia
Electric Bitters claimed to cure scrofula in Washita woman
Dr D B Cargile of Washita writes that four bottles of Electric Bitters cured Mrs Brewer of long standing scrofula with terrible sores on head and face. He says thousands prove it the best blood purifier and remedy for eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers and running sores. It stimulates liver kidneys bowels expels poisons aids digestion and builds strength. Only 60 cents, sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro. Druggists guaranteed.
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D. B. Cargile
Washita
Brewer
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Chamberlain's Alolic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed
Droggist A W Sawtelle of Hartford reports a grateful female customer attributes life saving aid to Chamberlain's remedy seen on his display. A visitor with severe cold pains allegedly recovered after taking the medicine, and he notes another case where a man improved within fifteen minutes. Sold by H B Palmer & Sons and Smith Bros.
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Chamberlain
Droggist
A. W. Sawtelle
Hartford
Conn
H. B. Palmer & Sons
Smith Bros
Conger Not Unwilling as Gubernatorial Buzz Grows
In Obaha on May 1 Minister Conger and a Des Moines relatives reception group arrived and discussed Iowa governorship. After talks with friends in Des Moines he indicated possible candidacy while a parade welcomed him in Cornei Bluffs and a banquet was planned. Hall's Catarrh Cure ads and testimonial notes appear amid the scene.
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Obaha
Conger
Des Moines
Iowa
T Hall Pesball
Cornei Bluffs
Money Pooled for Fines by Dublin Laboring Friends Society
A Dublin Negro society named Laboring Friends' is said to pay fines for its members and deter members from testifying against each other. In Dublin many crimes are suspected to be linked to the group, with barber Henry Wilson fined $15 and bailed out by the society. Police watch ongoing members as the practice draws scrutiny. Also notes advertise Pain-Killer Perry Davis' and local monument work in Athens GA.
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Negro Society
Dustin
Dublin
Laboring Friends’ Society
Henry Wilson
Laboring Friends' Society
Nez-Nca
Lynching Fear Grips Alabama Town After White Market Operator Arrested
In Ala May 1 a mob of about 500 Negroes surged near Warner over the death of Walter Morehead. Charles Russell, a white meat market operator, was taken for protection then jailed, later cleared. Coroner Paris and authorities moved suspects aboard trains as crowd dispersed, amid tensions and shifts in blame.
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Bimwivonam
Ala
Charles Russell
Warner
Mfe
Walter Morehead
Five Mile Creek
Isling
Paris
Chesters
Russell
Coronenr
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University of Tennessee
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