Late Insurgents Refuse Surrender as Arms Debate Bubbles
From Havana May 24 reports say some insurgents refuse to give up arms while Governor General Brooke plans no house to house searches. A $75 share of a $3 million pool may influence revolver surrender. Decoration Day is organized by Mrs Estes Rathbone for graves of forty nine Americans at Quemados with a special train for observers.
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Havana
Brooke
Estes. C. Rathbone
Quemados
Fitzhugh Lee
Senor Mora
Superior Court
Senor Lanuza
Department of Justice and Public Instructions
United States
T. H. Bliss
New York
trans-Atlantic Steamship Companies
C. W. Mansfield
Farrar St
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Williams
Troit
Seven Year Old Boy Killed His Little Sister Near Emerson
Cartersville Georgia May 24 News cites Arthur Armstrong seven year old African American boy left in charge of his baby sister Henrietta while parents worked. On return the siblings were missing found under a brush heap the skull crushed. Inquest by Coroner Patterson found the boy guilty but declared him mentally unfit due to age.
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Cartersville
Emerson
Arthur Armstrong
Henrietta
Patterson
Christmas Observance Debate at Presbyterian Assembly
Richmond Va May 24 The Presbyterian general assembly declined to back North Alabama’s proposal that presbyteries meet annually instead of twice a year The assembly also left hymn book matters and a Christmas and Easter observance report on file The night session focused on home missions reports and a collection was taken for the cause Scott and Emulsion ad appears in the text.
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Richmond
Presbyterian General Assembly
Presbytery
North Alabama
Century Company
Assembly
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Committee On
General Assembly
Athens
Chi
President pledges action on Lake City post office return
Washington report says the president assured Congressman Norton that he would take up re establishing a Lake City post office with the postmaster general. Norton met with postal authorities after the audience and urged relief for locals inconvenienced by long mail trips. In New York Miss Gladys Wallace and Samuel Insull were married in a high profile ceremony.
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Washington
Congressman Norton
South Carolina
Lake City
Northern
Norton
Gladys
Million
New York
Gladys Wallace
Samuel Insull
Evans Replies to Athens Veterans on Reunion Neglect
General G A Evans addresses charges from the Veterans and Sons of Veterans of Athens claiming neglect of the sponsor and maids of honor at the Charleston reunion. He asserts full attention by his staff, defends his actions, and explains escort arrangements and communications with headquarters.
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CO. A. Evans
Veterans and Sons of Veterans of
Athens
Charleston
Georgia
South Carolina
New Orleans
Constitution
Journal
Evans Resigns to Defend Record at Confederate Reunion
Clement A. Evans, speaker for the Georgia division, defends his handling of sponsor arrangements at a Charleston reunion. He recounts hours of oversight, carriage logistics, and misseatings, insisting no sponsor badges were Georgia’s fault and praising his staff’s efforts. The piece highlights tensions over duties and honors amid postwar reconciliation efforts.
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Alabama
Georgia
Charleston
Florida
Adjutant General
John A. Miller
Moorman
Underwood
Battle ‘Abbey Association
Daughters of Georgia
Two Points of View On Auld Kirk Ministers Ride
An old Scotchwoman walks to church with family and mocks the speed of the minister riding by on the Sabbath. Soon her own minister passes by in a similar rush and she praises him as dedicated and eager in his heart to his work.
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Phillpotts
Exeter
Origin of Pall Mall and its historic roots
Fragmentary notes trace Pall Mall’s name to paile maile an ancient pastime linked to Ser eceianee, later anglicized in England. The excerpt mentions Pepys and a cryptic reference to Wellington and courtly conduct amid garbled text and partial phrases.
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England
Pepys
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H. R. Palme
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Iain
P. E. Grisham Gaars Mills
H. RB. Palmer & Sons
DeWitt
South America
South Africa
Antipodes
Tuileries
Resbyterian ‘Assembly
Scott
Scott & Bowne
B.B.B
Addreas Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
G. A. Evans Mikes
Pes Ilis
Yan
Jone
Waldering
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Box V. Schenectady
N. Y
Confederate Memorial Association
Pinckmey Y Brrest
Charles
Tom Wets
Aissist
Clement A. Evans
Simey Ty
Wellington I
Boston
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