State Gossip at Capitol Corridors for meeting tomorrow
State gossip notes a railroad commission session with a petition by Atlanta to charge light rates and a reclassification affecting West Point and other lines. The prison board docket includes 42 cases, among them W. F. Johnson's murder case, while Governor Terrell returns from New York to address bonds, militia advisory board, and pension fund payouts.
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UK Railroad Commission
West Point
Anitt
West Paint
Atlantic
Urgia
Alabama
Prison Commission Cis
W. F. Johnson
Mitchell
Johnson
Folsom
Jadh
Arnold
É& Ne
M. M. Monk
Cinch
Monk
Flo
Flo First Sent It Up Gade
Candler
Tyne
Terrell
Yevour
New York
Capleo
Lkely
Thirty Persons Drowned In Van Stabel Wreck
London reports confirm the French bark Van Stabel captained by Quimper, which sailed from Glasgow January 11 for San Francisco, doomed after wreck off Duraborg reef. About thirty crew and passengers are believed drowned.
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van Stabel
London
Bayhead
Duraborg Reef
Quimper
Glasgow
San Francisco
Mozley Lemon Elixir Laxative Promotes Gentle Bowels
Mozley's Lemon Elixir acts gently on the bowels without unpleasant effect. It is a perfect liquid laxative priced at six tents per bottle at all drug stores.
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Mozley
Cloudburst in Tennessee floods Yellow Creek valley
A Tennessee cloudburst last night caused flooding in Yellow Creek valley with two houses flooded beyond the railroad track and fencing washed. Some trestles of the Middlestate Belt railroad were undermined and all trains delayed. Middlesboro, Kentucky report notes limited damage overall. The Rock Island Railroad has joined the Terminal Association to settle the Wiggins Ferry Company dispute.
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Yellow Creek Valley
Middlesboro
Middlestate Belt Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
St. Louis Terminal Association
Wiggins Ferry Company
Rock Island
Terminal Association
Paine's Celery Compound Advertises Nerve Remedy
An old advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for neuralgia rheumatism and general debility from a weakened nervous system. It claims to restore nervous tone build up the system and expel poisons while citing Dr Phelps and Dr Dudley Conner as endorsers.
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Paine
Phelps
Dudley Conner
Simpsonville
Kentucky
Death in the Piedmont elevator leaves mystery unsolved
Robert Jenkins, 19, an elevator boy at the Piedmont hotel, was found dead between the elevator and eighth floor after a 3:45 a.m. call for water. An inquest ruled an accidental death with no clear cause, amid theories of mis-timed lever use and door closure. Funeral planned for 2 p.m. at his Grange Street home with Company M machine gun battery pallbearers. interment at Wrestville.
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Robert
Jenkins
Piedmont Hotel
Patterson
Ife
No. Grange Street
Lve
The
Piedmont
Ofelock
Wrestvlow
Booker Goes to Gainesville to Speak for Educators
Booker T. Washington, principal at the Tuskegee Industrial School for Negroes, left Tuskegee tonight for Gainesville Florida to address a meeting of school superintendents and educators. A prior invitation was extended but declined before. He now travels after receiving a telegram from Gainesville officials urging his appearance at the courthouse for a joint address.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Booker T. Washington
Industrial School For
Gainesville
Fla
Washington
Court House
W. R. Thomas
William Holeway
W. V. Sheats
Police Chief Orders Crackdown On Pocketbook Thefts
Chief Ball announces Special Order No 2 directing captains and the detective sergeant to train officers to seize loiterers and thieves citywide. He urges aggressive cases against violators and pledges to curb petty thievery and purse snatching while advising women to avoid carrying pocketbooks in public.
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Ball
The
Constitution
X. W. Ball
Fought and Duel With Robbers In Huntingburg Shootout
Louisville reporter recounts a five day pursuit of post office robbers in Huntingburg and Jasper. Inspector S C Kile and a posse engaged four burglars in Huntingburg at 1 am, two robbers wounded, two escapes pursued, blood traces found along the chase.
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Louisville
S. C. Kile
Hunlingburg
Ind
Huntingburg
Jasper
Kile
Tragic Death of 19 Month Old Samuel Pridgeon
Samuel H Pridgeon the 19 month old son of Mr and Mrs S G Pridgeon of 49 Edwards street died Tuesday afternoon at home from swallowing concentrated lye left unattended by his mother. Four physicians treated him but could not halt the poison. Funeral services were held yesterday at the residence and interment followed at Casey's cemetery.
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Samuel H. Pridgeon
S. G. Pridgeon
Edwards Street
Httle
Casey's Cemetery
A Moderate Expression. Do you believe in infant damnation
The man with a large family responds with a pained expression that he prefers not to state harshly yet admits that midnight care with a baby can be exasperating.
Scott's Emulsion Promises Lungs and Throat Strength
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as especially beneficial for weak lungs and sensitive throats. It claims the product strengthens the throat and lungs, drives out coughs, colds, and bronchitis, and helps keep them away. The note invites readers to try a sample and mentions Scott & Bowne of New York.
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Scott
Ike
Scott & Bowne
Pealeres
New York
Pe-ru-Na Praised By Elderly Pastor In Claims Of Curing
A venerable Texas pastor and several elderly readers tout Pe-ru-Na as a cure for catarrhal and age related ailments. Letters describe long life, restored hearing, digestion, and renewed vigor after using the remedy, with many endorsing Dr. Hartman’s product and inviting inquiries for guidance.
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Pe-Ru-Na
America
Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Texas
Peruna
Brott
United States
Dr. Hartman
Newman
Frank O'Mahoney
West Side
Hannibal
Pe- Funa
Itt Ua
Columbus
Ohio
Frani
O'Mahoney
Municipal brewery in Manchester wastes high quality beer
Special Correspondence from London reports Manchester opened a municipal school of technology with a model brewery. Students learned brewing but authorities require every drop to be dumped into sewers. Excise inspectors oversee destruction while experts say the beverage is first class.
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Inondon
Manchester
Burton
Mra. Natidn
England
Municipal Students of Brewing
Banker Macesco Found Dead After Lottery Scandal
Bucharest reports that Macesco, ex finance ministry official and banker, about to be arrested last month in lottery scandals, threw himself under a passing train and died. The incident occurred on February 4 in Bucharest.
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Bucharest
M. Macesco
Finance Ministry
Salvation Army General Booth Eyes Louisiana Colony
New Orleans reports General Booth of the Salvation Army plans for a Louisiana colony near Lake Charles in the rice belt, serving white settlers with potential later accommodations for negroes. The Army already runs colonies in Colorado, Oregon, and Ohio, showing a widening Southern presence. Separately, Congressman Robert W. Davis of Florida married Helena Keating in Washington in a private ceremony, after which the couple departed for New York.
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L Booth
Salvation Army
New Orleans
General Booth
South
Rice
Louisiana
Lake Charles
United States
Colorado
Shemia
Ohio
Davis
Washington
Robert W
Congress
Florida
Helena U. Keating
Mirs
New. York
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