Convict Escapes as Guard Shot in Palmer Brick Camp
The article reports a prisoner, Harrie Willig, a black man about 6 feet tall and 24 years old, escaped from a Palmer Brick Company camp housing sixty convicts including eight guards. A state reward is active for his capture, with authorities pursuing him after an unarmed guard Pope remains inside. Gordon, outside, carried a shotgun and allegedly killed Hargrove. most convicts were unarmed.
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Sater
Gordon
Hargrove
Nelson to Meet Gans In Labor Day Finish Fight
Nelson and Gans negotiations advance for a Labor Day finish fight. Nelson’s manager expresses willingness to fight for 30000 dollars, with funds on deposit at a local bank and posting anticipated in San Francisco tomorrow. Gans acceptance expected the next day.
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Holdsela
New
Augusta
Nelson
Joe Gans
Jocel
San Francisco
Gans
Fulton Named Superintendent at Crozet Labor School
Professor Robert B Fulton of the University of Mississippi was appointed superintendent of the Miller Manual Labor School at Crozet Virginia He is a native of Alabama and assumed duties today in Charlottesville August 3.
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Fulton
Charlottesville
Robert B Fulton
Univerity of Missisippi
Miller Manuai Labor School
Crozet
Alabama
New York Carolinians Organize Society of Sons Daughters
Albany August 3 The Society of Sons of the Daughters of South Carolina was incorporated here today at the secretary of state office. Directors include Caesar Rivers, Peter M Jacobs, James L Edwards, Cecilia Poelin, Matte 3 M Young, Georgia B Rivens, Charlotte Negblt, all of New York.
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New York
Van Orsda le Victorious In Simulated Battle
In Chattanooga tonight the Blue and Brown armies clashed in a mock assault to seize an artillery battery on Snodgrass hill. General Thomas’s 1863 position inspired the defense as Brown Calone’s infantry and cavalry pressed the line. The Browns secured the battery with light losses as troops from Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Mississippi prepare to depart tomorrow.
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Yonn
Chickamauga
Artilery
Snodgrass Hill
George H Thomas
Sillery
Brown
Calone
van Org
Saventeepth
Virginia
South
Carolia
Alabama
Georgia
Caroline
South Carolina
Mississippi
Fever Deaths At Havana Reported By Health Board
Yellow fever deaths in Havana were reported to the state board of health by an inspector in Cuba. President Irton of the Louisiana state board of health said Havana's fever is very well controlled and that precautions in Central American ports have improved markedly since last summer.
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New Orleans
Havana
State Board of Health
Cuba
Irton
Louisiana State Board of Health
Central America
Jersey Mayor Gets 12 Years
Former Jersey mayor William A. Belcher, who absconded a year ago, surrendered and was sentenced to twelve years in the state prison at Trenton on embezzlement charges. Prosecutors said losses ranged up to 100000 from friends and the Manchester Building and Loan Association, which collapsed. The crowded courtroom heard no evidence, as six indictments formed the basis of the sentence and clemency pleas were denied.
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Patterson
William A. Belcher
Trenton
Belcher
Manchester Building An Loan Association
Beott
Passing Throng: Beers Leaves Atlanta for Bridgeport
Fred Beers a trusted United States clerk office deputy with two years served, departs Atlanta for his old Bridgeport home. He plans a restive tour of New England before returning Georgiaward. Beers praised for precise, well executed ledger work by inspectors and officials. Also noted are H W Osburn of Baltimore and M Hoover of Thomasville as southern visitors with ties to Knights Templar movements.
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Fred Beers
United States
Carter
Bridgeport
Coon
Beera
Baliwick
Atlanta
New England
Fred Beera
Washington
United States Clerk's
Mr Deers
Conn
Mr Beer
Mr Beers
Elberton Secures Engineer for City Pavement Plans
To Faye Elberton Hyberton Ga August 4 Special Engineer Barnett of Athens has been secured by the city of Elberton to make the plans and specifications for a pavement at the street of the city. The first street to be paved will lead from the public square to the Seageart railroad. Others will be paved in whort oater. Vitrified brick will be used.
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Faye Elberton
Hyberton
Barnett
Athens
Fatal Explosion in Houston Refining Room Kills Foreman
An explosion in the rectifying room of Jophet & Co wholesaler in Horaton Houston area fatally injures Fletcher, instantly kills Lee Brooks who is reported burned, and guts the building. Loss estimated at 876,000.
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Houston
Champion Resigns as Southern Agent in Elberton
Elberton Ga August 3 Special J A Champion who has served as Southern agent here for nearly twenty years resigned this week to enter business WS Owsley sold his interest in the Hawes Owsley Hardware Company and Mr Champion bought an interest in the business to effect a change in the firm.
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Champion
Elberton
J. A. Champion
Southern
Owsley
Hawes-Owsley Hardware Company
Chetpion Hee
Inquest Foregone for Dempster in Pittsburgh Area Case
Canonsburg Pennsylvania August coroner Lips will not have Himer Dempster, who admits murdering Mrs Margaret Pearce and two children, present at this afternoon's inquest. The fourth victim, young Robert Pearce, remains dangerously wounded but is improving and likely to recover.
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Igmaching
Canonsburg
Lips
Himer Dempster
Margaret Pearce
Robert Pearce
Milk safety report cites formaldehyde usage in Columbus
Chemist Dr E B Smith reports milk samples in Columbus show formaldehyde used as an anti ferment but not in quantities that poison. He notes the chemical retards digestion, while plans for a new Elks home club house proceed with a $20 000 to $30 000 construction estimate as incorporation papers file in Muscogee court. Judge Little reviews estate undervaluation claims involving Charles J Swift and executors of George P Swift with calls for accounting and asset valuation.
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E B Smith
Elks
Muscogee Superior Court
W G. Love
the Elks of Columbus
Little
Charles J Swift
Swift
J P Kyle
George P Swift
Thomas County
Georgia
Mr. Swift
Charles Jewett Swift
Columbus Agar
Minor Brings Affidavits in Fee Suit in Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee on August 3, J W Minor an independent fee dealer resumed his chancery court hearing against leading fee manufacturers alleged to have formed an unlawful agreement. Five affidavits were filed supporting the accusation. no further action occurred as the hearing was postponed until Monday to grant the manufacturers time to respond.
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Iceman
Memphis
Tém
Chancery Court
J. W Minor
Hetaken
Minor
Mortuary notices and deaths across cities report August 3
London memorials announce the death of Charles Hudson chief clerk of the American embassy and Sir Henry Waterlow once lord mayor of London. Obituaries list Florence Lanier Ruth Harrison Stella Saxe John Burton and Herbert Compton along with Dr Henry Rauch of Herod Georgia. Interments are planned in Decatur Oakland and Social Circle, with services noted.
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Charles Hudson
London
Charles Hedeon
Hudson
James Russell Lowell
Browell
Hodgson
Lowell
Henry Waterlow
Henry Watertow
Lonedon
Florence Lanier
Pearl Street
Decatur
Ruth Harrison
Newaan
Herbert Eastwick Compton
Rea
Madeira
Henry Rauch
Herod
Pawson
Edgefield County
South Carolina
Eclipse Catarrh Cure advertised as instant relief remedy
An advertisement promotes Eclipse Catarrh Cure as a vegetable remedy yielding immediate relief from catarrh. It cites claims of clearing nasal passages and curing ear discharge, offering a week’s treatment and a free booklet, with testimonials and a Chicago address.
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Wear
Quona
Fla
Total Eclipse
Une of
Totel
Eclipse Medicine and Manufacturing Company
Adarite A
Dictatorship for Russians Continues Amid Street Turmoil
Reports from St Petersburg describe mass pickets by cavalry and infantry and halted streetcar service as revolutionary tension surges. Gestroretak notes heavy reinforcements to a nearby arms factory and telegraph protection measures. The admiralty says cronstadt drumhead trials may end with executions, while Stolypin reportedly resigns as a general strike expands to 150000 workers and trains across regions.
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Mina Herzenstein
St Petersburg
Czars Arms Factory
Gestroretak
Tha Jong
Berg
Moscow
Drumbhead
Cronstagt
Troops Pass Through City To Chickamauga Bannered Train
Over 1000 South Carolinian troops from Sumter Darlington and Charleston counties traveled to Chickamauga park aboard a Georgia railway train that reached Atlanta at eight o clock with five hundred soldiers aboard and stopped briefly to eat sandwiches and coffee at the Union Depot before continuing along the Western and Atlantic line. A second train carrying seven hundred men arrived at eight o clock this morning.
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Chickamauga
Georgia Railway
Atlanta
South Carolina
Chickamauga Park
Sumter
Darington
Charleston
Union Depot
Western
Atlantic Road
General Greeley Assigned to Northern Division
War department orders appoint General H C Greeley to command the northern division with headquarters at St Louis. General Corbin, retired, leaves the command September 15. Greeley previously led the Pacific division in San Francisco. Coal miners settlement reached in Coshocton as of August with miners winning wage demands. new scale mirrors prior terms.
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General Greeley
Washington
War Department
H C Greeley
St Louis
Corbin
San Francisco
Coshocton
MEN ADRIFT IN OPEN SCOWS NEAR GULF COAST
News from New Orleans reports two men adrift in three scows without food or water after a storm broke their towline with the tug Wilmot. The Wilmot raced toward Pensacola to drop a dredge and return for the scows, while the castaways drifted 60 miles out from Mobile. The dredge and scows originated from Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Wilmot
Mobil
Pensacola
Fla
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Texas Molders at Work in Houston Strike Settlement
Forty ngiders who had been striking in Southern Pacific shops in Houston returned to work today under the company's terms after ten days of halted labor.
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Texas
Houston
Southern Pacific
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