Dynamite warnings in Felton letter to Bartow voters
In Cartersville on August 18 1906 Dr. William H Felton warned Bartow county citizens that efforts to disfranchise white voters or grant broader black suffrage could unleash violence and upheaval. He argued true reform must come by Congress and urged voting against disfranchisement while praising market development and white civic responsibility. He endorsed Howell as governor candidate and urged calm to protect Georgia’s prosperity.
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Cartersville
Bartow County
William H Felton
Bartow
Felton
Tata
Feltons
Lumpkin
Thomas
W. Milner
G H Aubrey
Joan H Wikar
A M. Foutr
Thomas F Joneb
Sage OF
Messrs. Lumpkin
Milner
Auteey
Georgia
Congress
Indoria
Geongia
Toombs
Walt
United States
de. Landrum
Virginia
Georgis
Georgina
USA
Concentratil
Hall
Han Clark Howell
Diba
Isaac
Ead
WM. H. Felton
Robbery at Fort Riley Involving Masked Soldier
Two women, wives of farmers, driving on the Fort Riley reservation were held up by a Black soldier wearing two handkerchiefs as a mask. He robbed them before escaping toward Fort Leavenworth. The incident occurred August 18 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Fort Riley
Mack
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Reservation
Leavenworth
Bulgarians Attack Turks Near Kochana
Bulgarian troops aided by armed peasantry besieged a Turkish blockhouse near Kochana on Thursday but were repulsed leaving three men dead in the August 18 action reported from Salonika.
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Salonika
Kochana
Coney Estate Checks Amid Transit Fare Dispute
New York August 18 relief moved after a temporary agreement over a double fare to Coney Island. Rebate checks were distributed today to Coney Island passengers by Brooklyn elevated and surface lines. In Oklahoma King Fisher, August 18, George C. G. Peck age 72 was shot fatally by Professor G R Hale age 60 in an old grudge.
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Coney Estate
New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Coney Island
King Fisher
Okla
George CG. Peck
G. R Hale
General Regalado Buried in Panama during funeral rites
General Thomas Regalado, Salvadorean minister of war, killed on July 1 at Santander while leading troops in the Thissemolinn et Hearo conflict. The August 18 ceremony drew about 12,000 personnel from various departments of the republic. The report notes widespread hardship and food shortages among the population amid the events.
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General Regalado
Panama
Thomas Regalado
Thissemolinn Et Hearo
Santander
Bomb Thrown At Warsaw Chief Provokes Siege
Three bombs exploded near the governor general's carriage in Warsaw as gendarmes searched a house from which the missiles were thrown. The injured official suffered a concussion while police found an unexploded bomb on the balcony. Infantry and artillery were deployed. a state of siege is reportedly imminent amid rising revolutionary activity.
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Warsaw
Natolingia Wrest
Strike Likely as U S Bindery Teams Up Against Foreman
Washington August 18 Union binders in the Government Printing Office threaten a strike over the suspension of A J Tanner by acting foreman Harry Ashton. President J L Feeney vows a conference with Public Printer Stilings Monday. About 5,800 workers are said to be unionized, with tension mounting between binders and printers.
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Washington
Book
Inders
Government Printing Office
Harry Ashton
J. Tanner
J. L. Weeney
Book Binders Union
Tanner
Winders
Ashton
W. A. Miller
Roosevelt
Feeney
Tanner & Grievance
Newlywed Groom Returns to Office Transformed by Hearts
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a June wedding couple returning from their honeymoon. The husband reopens his office to find every surface filled with hearts cupids and turtle doves painted by a serenic artist. A Venetian scene decorates the partition and the desk displays further romantic motifs.
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Chicago Inter -Ocean
Herrie
The Fountain of Bern and Its Grotesque Ogre Fountain
The piece describes Bern Switzerland’s fountains dating to the sixteenth century and highlights a grotesque ogre fountain at a former moat site. It notes the bear, ogre, and other figures as enduring city symbols and recalls the moat once filled with water that claimed victims as children played nearby.
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Bern
Switzerland
Moses
Justice
Berne
Ermor
Easis
White Domads in England at Henley
A tall dark woman in Henley, about forty, daughter of a northern England doctor, sings popular pathetic ballads with a fair voice. She has lived by singing since eighteen, aided by money given away to associates, and rejects home offers. She moves freely, unlike homed life, with many nomads preferring roaming life to settled houses and servants.
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England
London
Henley
Asoe
Nomada ‘Uth
Thia
Ratt Kennedy
Real Mrs Niles Defamation Tale Faces The Public
The article recounts Mrs Margaret J Hampton's sister Mrs Clifford Niles denying ties to Mrs George R Niles. She condemns Hoke Smith and the Fake Factory for a telegram claim meant to smear Hampton in the governor race. The sister underscores no relation, urging voters not to be swayed by the late smear campaign.
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George R. Niles
Smith
Hampton
Hoke Smith
Margaret J. Hampton
Augusta
Niles
Griffin
Margaret Hampton
Clifford C. Niles
Government Census Bureau
Pine Millinery Saved in Wreck
London rail wreck story describes a woman who escaped unharmed and later retrieved her chiffon hat from the wreckage. Despite smashed engines and carriages, the hat remained pristine with no dust, a striking relic amid the disaster and torn debris.
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New York Pres
London
Sven
Lami Srs
Fragmented Readable Snippets From A City Page
A garbled OCR reading presents assorted dialogues and stray lines. It includes mentions of birthdays, letters, and social chatter with fragments about messages, presents, and domestic remarks. Names, places, and coherent events are largely unreadable or incomplete.
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DR. Felton
Sage of Bartow
Fez
Ewers
Arsempt Congress
Misus
Aouthern
Illiam FE
Almoat
Carrieg
Alege
U.S
Fountain of Bern
Philadelphia Evening Bulle
Mrs. Niles
Mrs. Hampton
Chicago News
Oldham
Atlea
Cntl
Verner
Mos
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