Diplomatic Appointments Highlight Pan American Congress
Washington notes reveal Theodore Runyon named ambassador to Germany. Albert Willis chosen for Hawaii post. Mills to Haiti. Carroll to Dresden. other U S appointees include consuls at Port Stanley Acapulco and Calais. Senate discusses silver coinage and Faulkner amendment. Pan American Medical Congress adjourns. bank cashier commits suicide. Chicago job relief program meets setback. Augusta imposes quarantine on Brunswick and Tampa Bay.
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Theodore Runyon
New Jersey
United States
Gera N
Savannahs Turpentine Market Report Notes Firm Prices
Turpentine and rosin hold firm with turpentine near 1.00 per unit and rosin around 65 to 66 cents. New York cotton futures show steady to firm tone with 147,000 sales noted. Market activity appears mixed with scattered quotes across grains and other commodities.
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New York
Quingh
Great Repeal in Hosiery Deals Plunge Prices
Hosiery sale offers ladies black hose at 6c and fast black full size hose at 9c. Hermsdorf seamless black hose priced at 224c, marked down from 40c, plus Lyle thread fast colors at 33c, Balbriggan hose at 22c, Misses ribbed hose at 6c and 10c, plus assorted colors and children’s hose at 53.
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Hermsdorf
Good Value in Ladies Vests Offers
Advertisement notes lisle thread and balbriggan undervests for ladies at 22 cents each, a value range of 40 to 65 cents. Pink and blue undervests offered at 15 cents each or two for 25 cents, each worth 20 cents.
Final Bargains on Challies and Ginghams Fabric Sale
Last chance sale offers deep discounts on Challies Ginghams Lawns Dimities India Linens and Sateens. Items include 10 yards Challies 35c, 10 and 12 4c Ginghams, Apron Lawns 124c, Figured Ravat Cloth 20c per yard, Figured Ratists 64c yard, Dimities 1240 per piece, Printed India Linen 9c, Load of Sateens 18c and 12c yard, French Sateens 18c, Figured Sateens 12c.
Sale item pricing for Black and White Flouncings
The notice lists 54 inch Black Mall Flouncings with former prices 250 to 300 now 100 and 54 inch White Lawn Flouncings at 75c, with original values 150 to 200. The compact ad presents discounted markdowns on home decor pieces.
Shoes for sale at 500 a pair this weekend
Advertises men and ladies shoes with prices 100 to 250 dollars. Claims large stock and no limit per customer. Urges customers to come early before sizes sell out.
Bargain Textile Shortlist From Local Cloth Sale
A listing shows 36 inch Percals at 9¢ a yard, 12c value. 5 pieces Fancy Striped Chiviots at 8c a yard, 124c value. Velvet Dess Prints at 54c. Shirting Percals at 4c. and Best Oil Cloths at 15c a yard.
Bargains in Gent Furnishing Goods
Bargains in Gent Furnishing Goods features discounts on Gent's Fancy Parcel Shirts Collars and Cuffs at 50c and 65c Gent's White Dress Shirts 50c and Embroidery Front Dress Shirts 75c Outing Shirts 18c Gent's Collars 5c Cuffs 10c Colored Cuffs 15c Colored Collars 5c Scarfs 10c 25c Fancy Scarfs 50c Undershirts ribbed 20c Gauze 20c Best Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers 50c Beachid Drill Drawers 25c.
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Gent
Gen
Ganv
Bargains in Household Goods and Linens
Great bargains on Sea Island and bleached cottons at half to one dollar per yard. Heavy counterpanes and towels offered with multiple yardage and border options. Turkey Red table covers and linen towels priced to clear, with bulk quantities and reduced rates for immediate sale.
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Sea Island
Special Grocery Store Sale Items
An old style list highlights specials: 18 lbs sugar for 1.00, 5 lbs Rio coffee at 1.00, 4 lbs Best Roasted Cottea at 3.10, 10 lbs rice for 10. Back pepper 10 cents per 4 pounds, 13 bars soap at 25 cents, 13 bars H. S. soap at 5 cents, breakfast tea 20 cents, choice pickles from 10 to 95 cents per bottle.
Rally of Defender yachts opens season with four contenders
New York watchers report lively early trials off Sandy Hook as Vigilant Jubilee Colonia Pilgrim compete for the defending cup. Jubilee pulls out early, Pilgrim withdraws near the bay. Vigilant leads, Colonia trails. In Knoxville, a woman shot a neighbor and killed a man during a separate incident near Fairview, Virginia.
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Vigilant
Jubilee
Colonia
Highlands
Pilgrim
Man and Wife Held for Murder in Georgia
Gnereysworo Georgia September 8 Deputy Sheriff Griffin of Bartow County arrived with Mr and Mrs James Mathews wanted at Cartersville Under testimony of his wife a man was convicted of murder and his term set for September 15 The wife testified that Mrs Mathews and her husband were tied and traveling with their child through Greensboro A Beechams Pills reference appears in the text
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Gnereysworo
Griffin
Bartow County
James Mathews
Cartersville
Mathews
The Voorhees Bill Senate Debate on Sherman Act Repeal
The Senate discusses Voorhees motion to proceed on repeal of the Sherman act with Morgan pressing for finance committee action. Stewart lends support for a rapid form of enactment while Walthall argues the Sherman clause did not cause the financial woes and repeal could push America toward a gold standard as Mississippi bimetalists favor free coinage of silver.
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Senate
Washaton
Proctor
Wolcott
Faulkner
Faulkmer
United States
Walthall
Washington
Voorhees
Morgan
Jolie Select Committee On Finance
Finance Committee
Stewart
Foreai
Emai
America
Peoce
Mississippi
Tillman Gripes At Federal Judge Over Whisky Case
Columbia Sept 8 Governor Tillman denounces Judge Simonton of Charleston accusing him of tyranny and serving saloon interests. He vows to take the case to Washington on habeas corpus, saying whisky seizures by receivers require a warrant and pledging to seek Supreme Court redress.
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CoLumbia
Tillman
Simonton
Charleston
Syruam
Swann
South Carolina
Commonwealth
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Higbes Found Guilty Amid Turbulent World’s Fair Scandals
An investigation panel ruled F D Higbee guilty over soliciting funds for a tainted project linked to a silver statue scheme. The trial exposed wheeling dealing at the fair and highlighted broader corruption concerns within the organization.
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Higbes
F. D. Higbee
Eearnssanya
Graves Denial Letter Cited Before Bridgeport Trial
Dr. T Thatcher Graves leaves a deathbed statement denying involvement in Mrs Josephine Barnaby’s death. He invokes Masonic, Grand Army, and Golden Cross oaths and urges belief in his innocence. Graves’ remains will be moved to Bridgeport, Conn. Sunday night. Maryland Republicans Nominate Horner for Comptroller At Barrimore the party chose Joshua Horner Jr. for comptroller amid GOP tension. Counterfeiters are active with convincing imitations. Two white men and two Black men were arrested in Danielsville for counterfeit money and jailed.
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Denver
T. Thatcher Graves
Josephine
M. Barnaby
Grand Army
Golden Cross
Gand
Thatcher Graves
Harvard
Graves
Bridgeport
Conn
Danielsville
Growing Brighter as Mines and Mills Resume.
The Yourtree ore mine and Russellville coal mines will restart on full time next Monday, employing about 2,000 workers with contracts to run six months. Illinois glass works prepare to resume after a factory fire. Pittsburgh and Lake Angeline mine returns to full-time work. Collins Mills in Collinsville and Troy City paper mill restart after suspensions. Peabody mills open with 400 workers. A fatal train accident in Rowe, Georgia leaves a Black man with both legs amputated. unlikely to survive. Danes, Georgia reports hurricane disruption but no major damage. Augusta’s Enterprise Cotton Factory declares a semiannual 3 percent dividend. Robbery at Curacao hotel nets $10,000 from cashier’s room. Campbellania’s Eastward Ocean record set in 5 days 14 hours 55 minutes. Hooley, Chicago manager, reportedly dying amid illness and treatment.
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Russellville
Ala
Yourtree
GROLERA GAINS GROUND IN CHOLERA NEWS AND LAWSUIT
A Sept 7 dispatch reports cholera in Europe and increased immigrant scrutiny as US imports more controlled. Nantes consul notes rising cases and seven weekly deaths to Aug 19. Palermo reports 12 deaths. three cases in Dusseldorf. A separate suit in Pittsburgh seeks 20000 damages for libel against Chief Arthur and Brotherhood officials over expulsion of Jeremiah Evans. Evans, a foreman, claims he cannot be expelled for scabbing. Mrs. B C Leyton walks 1203 miles from Chicago to New Orleans for a $10000 wager, accompanied by her husband.
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Nantes
France
Young
Palermo
Italy
State Department
Dusseldorf
Germany
Arthur
Pittssurg
Jeremiah Evans
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Evans
Elba Ironworks
Nion
Keystone Lodge
Brotherhood
Elba
HendDerson
B. C. Leyton
Henderson
Chicago
New Orleans
eAthletic Club
Rai
Orders Enforced in Cherokee Strip Ejects All
Caldwell Kan Sept 6 The interior department orders to eject all persons from the Cherokee strip are being faithfully complied with. Daily arrivals are turned back at the agency and wagons en route are stopped. Residents from western and central Kansas are affected as the time nears for removal while New York reports debunk a Bennett Gerald claim as false.
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Caldwell
Kan
Secretary of the Interior
Cherokee Strip
Sam
Kansas
Finance bill outlines state bank repeal and treasury notes
Washington report describes Georgia's Me Livingston drafting a finance bill to repeal the 10 percent tax on state bank issues. It proposes treasury notes issued by the general government, lent to states and to corporations, with gold and silver backing, supervised to protect note holders and depositors, replacing national banks and ensuring local currency distribution.
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Washington, D. C
Livingston
Georgia
Treasury
Millionaire Bennett Fantasizes Bonding Vast Estate in Delusion
Burrac Sept 8 A Buffalo millionaire, Congressman David Bennett, 80, has spent a decade battling a railroad over water land and now imagines he owns 3,000,000 in property to bond. His delusion has grown since two years ago his faculties faltered and his wife has watched him closely. An attendant accompanies him on purchases and often accepts his checks under duress, while he remains fixated on a gigantic elevator trust from grain elevators in New York. The report notes Bennett’s mental illness and his guarded condition.
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Burrac
David
Bennett
Buffalo
Delaware, Lackawanna and Wern
New York
Campe
Mr. Bennett
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