Old Doctor Pridgeon Preaches His Own Funeral
Artexa Georgia April 8. Dr Nathaniel W Pridgeon an elderly minister staged his own funeral sermon to a vast crowd. He spoke from a coffin placed before him and railed against pagan body worship, praising faith and warning against material wealth. The scene blended humor and devotion as townsfolk witnessed the eccentric rite.
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Mecca
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Georgia
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Alabama
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Hell
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Toni
Wholesale Plunder In North Carolina Merchants
A Newton slate of arrests unfolds as officers seize stolen goods worth thousands linked to G. E. Grahams Co. and an insider, Robert Bast. The gang divvies loot to Newton, with one suspect at large as families with solid names are drawn in. Civil cases also report embezzlement by Dr J T B Fourd in Escambia county, while a Beaufort County lynching case prompts a widow to claim property and prompt investigation.
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Florida
Bohs
Saniston
Wayne County
Parker
Wayne
Ace l
Louise Blarr
Louisville
Virtue
Editor Wins Libel Case in Wadesboro Trial
From Baaren South Carolina April 8 Special. J W Hearn editor of the Wadesboro Intelligencer was acquitted after a heated jury trial. The verdict followed sharp prosecutorial and defense argument, marking a significant win for Hearn and potentially ending related suits.
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S. C
J. W. Hearn
Wadesboro Intelligencer
John
Lockhart
Hearn
Stone
Argo
J.P. Gaston
Gillespie
Statesville Mail
Deadlock in the House blocks business and tariff debate
The April report describes a House stalemate with Democratic factions debating adjournment and filibuster tactics. It notes calls to restore the cotton tax refund versus tariff reform, mentions Randall and Mills bills, and cites Senatorial views on party strategy and Blaine’s potential nomination.
The Week in Congress Report on Senate and House Work
The piece surveys upcoming Senate actions on the South Dakota bill and an animal industry bureau, with expected votes by Wednesday. It notes further plans for Sherman’s treasury investment bill, the freedman bank bill, and the Confederate preference bill, plus possible executive session on fisheries and Burdhone’s Paris post. In the House, attention centers on the direct tax bill and likely procedural progress, with partisan deadlock over the direct tax and appropriations bills.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Secretary of the Treasury
Burdhone
Paris
Lkely
Taylor
Roi Call
Tsst
Nt Hepe
Appropriation Committee
Cone
Annals of Congress
Concluding Tub Strikes by Locomotive Brotherhoods
In New York on April 8 about 1500 members of the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Locomotive Firemen met at Tammany Hall to discuss and resolve Chicago Taeton and Quincy strike actions. Leaders J J Hanahan and Joseph Porter described damages, blamed railroad management, and urged renewed solidarity with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy workers as long as needed.
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Therus
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
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Thas
Vinkace
USA
Fii
Haaleen
Kretlers
Bartington
Mrt
Quincy Rallrogel
West
Died at Tan Fhe Carver of a Notable Southern Stallion
Exxuma Excerpt: Wood's Hambietonian, a famed stallion owned by Joseph Wood of Knoxville, aged 30. Sire of many fast horses and progeny on the 2:40 list, including Mamie Woods, the fastest two year old this side of California. Also notes a recent local death and a jail incident in Montgom ery Alabama.
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California
Mamie Woods
Congressman Flood
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