The Forty Eighth Convocation Speech on Race by Graves
John Temple Graves of Georgia delivered a speech at the University of Chicago urging separation as the solution to race issues. He argued God set nations apart, condemned miscegenation, praise Caucasian unity, and urged removing the Negro from American civilization to achieve progress. He claimed the South and North must meet in brotherhood but asserted the need to purify politics and liberate the South to vote freely.
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Chicago
John Temple Graves
Georgia
University of Chicago
Trains Crash Head On In Missouri Kansas and Texas Accident
Sedalia Missouri Sept 3 A Missouri Kansas and Texas stock train and a freight train collided head on at McBain injuring three men H A Waller Wichita Falls Texas right leg and left ankle badly injured J A Davis Wichita Falls Texas left thigh fractured Edward Turbeyville back internal injuries Injured brought to the company hospital Both trains wrecked Also English Buys Cotton Mill in Batonton Georgia for 40350 dollars with other bidders present Absconding Ex-Treasurer Victoria H C Miller alias Fred Lyford arrested with 12000 funds confession and extradition Must Earn His Fee cartoonish tale reflects a pork manufacturer and doctor dialogue
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Sedalia
McBain
H. A. Waller
Stockman
Wichita Falls
Tex
J. A. Davis
Edward Turbeyville
Freman
Victoria
H. C. Miller
Fred E Lyford
Rock Island
Rock Island County
Lyford
Fresh Flour All the Time at Wingfield Cash Grocery
Advertisement promotes Warton Flour sold only to retail merchants in 12 small quantities for freshness while Bransford's Clifton flour is pitched for family use. The notice positions Wingfield Cash Grocery as the seller offering these brands for bread and cake making.
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Warton
Bransford’s
Clifton
Ee Ee Wingfield Cash Grocery
Labor Day Train Fares Offered by Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard Air Line lists Labor Day round trip fare Athens to Atlanta for 2.44 with sale from September 7 for the morning train on September 8 and return valid September 9. Information via J. Z. Hoke Athens agent and J. A. Von Dahlen Atlanta traveling passenger agent. Attractions at Ponce de Leon and other resorts noted.
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Seaboard Air Line
Athens
Atlanta
Ponce de Leon
Lather
J. Z. Hoke
Agt
J. A. von Dohlen
Trav. Pass. Agt
Vardaman fears and mining mergers headline Sept 3
Mississippi blacks fear Vardaman’s governorship will curb civil rights and return to slavery rumors. Across Tonopah Nevada a merger of nearly all mining firms is planned, forming the Jum Butler company linking Gold Hill Fraction and Tonopah City firms.
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Andea
Major Vardaman
Nevada
Tonopah, Nev
President Brook
Tonopah Company
Philadelphia
Jum Butler Company
Gold Hill, Fraction
Tonopah
Tonopah Minicy Company
Wre
Sheriff Shot Near Eldorado in Feud Killing
Eldorado Arkansas September 8 deputy sheriff Dallae Hunter riding from home was shot by an unseen rider about four miles west of town. A posse with bloodhounds followed the trail, the pursuit continuing as authorities suspect an old feud linked to the shooting of W P Lee on July 6.
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Arkansas
Eldorado
Ark
Dallae Hunter
Hunter
W.P. Lee
Stolen Antique Recovered and Other Crime Update
Florence police recovered a valuable Della Robbia baglella representing the descent from the cross stolen last July from the oratory of the Brotherhood of the Annunciation at Lopi. Several suspects were arrested as part of an art theft ring. Also, Alfred A Knapp the so called strangler was moved to Columbus to await execution in the electric chair on December 12.
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Rome
Florence
Knapp
Hamilton
Alfred A Knapp
the Strangler
Columbus
Bisdorff
Bis
Bobby Walthour to Race Five Horses at Northeast Georgia Fair
Bobby Walthour, famed bicycle star, will race five fast Georgia horses on opening day October 5 at the Northeast Georgia Fair in Athens. A motor-paced event with a 14 horsepower machine is planned, with payoffs for Walthour if he wins. The fair will feature free horse racing inside gates, midway attractions, a balloon ascent, and a variety of entertainments expected to draw thousands daily.
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Bobby Walthour
Will
Georgia
Walhour
Bobby
Athens
Atlants
Walthour
Kno Glo
Castle
Wan
Walthoun
Watthour
Flying Baldwins
The
Fair Association
Fair Grounds
Mean Cobwikeer and Mia Trade Charges Over Trip Fares
In a New Times snippet Cobwikeer protests Mia’s trip plans arguing the 40 cent rail fare is excessive and that each lift trip costs 25 for so-called necessary items. Mia counters with defensiveness about mean judgments and city absence.
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Mia
Cobwikeer
Henry
Cobwigger
New Times
Timid Plancer Bets A Dollar On Marriage
A humorous exchange records a timid suitor Gueate wagering a dollar on proposing marriage. The girl scorns the bet, noting he won’t risk more on a supposed sure thing, as reported by Baltimore American.
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Gueate
Gusele
Baltimore
Passing reference in Cleveland Plain Dealer note
A fragment references a passing sequence and a passing event. It mentions Mrs. Tob and Cleveland Plain Dealer in a terse, lingering note about acquaintance and a shared past occurrence. The text is incomplete but suggests a casual aside about a prior meeting and a death.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tob
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English
Batonton
Little River
United States Court
J. W. English, Jr
London
Joseph
Lucien B. Fltow
Shea Yard
Lhies
Choice
Valmora Batiste
Sea Yard
Batiste
Dimity
Lucien Broe CO
Cornerrner Collebe Aven
Prison Commission of
Acta
Complnion
Uy Soch
Walt
Garner
TU Goodloe Yancey
Pal
Sagds
GAIE
C. A. Edgarton Mfg. CO
Shirley, Mass
Bissipp
Vardaman
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
James K. Vardaman
Gus Castle
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