Hanna Pushes Old Ex-Slave Pension Scheme Again
Washington dispatch reports Senator Hanna introduced a by request bill reviving an antiquated ex slave pension scheme used to attract black voters. Critics note the scheme’s fraud records, mail prohibition history, and ties to Vaughn swindle, with warnings about political manipulation ahead of the party convention.
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Hannah
Hanna
Constitution
Washington
Senate
Congress
Finch
South
Post Office Department
Vaughn Ex-Clave
Pension Bureau
Easy Collecting Agency
Himeo
Atlanta
Republican National Committee
Warwick
Senator Hanna
White House
Leslie
Pondering a Colored Vote and Hanna Opposing Roosevelt
A Washington dispatch discusses a plan to win over Black voters by using pensions for ex-slaves and potential support from Marcus Hanna. It questions Hanna’s motives, Roosevelt’s bid for the Republican nomination, and the political risk of large pension expenditures in the South and North.
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Lily Walte
Roosevelt
Congress
New York
White House
Hana
Hanna
Hanna J
United States Senate
Easure
Marcus Aurelius Hanna
Saodaan
Warwak Hanna
Mark Hanna
Henry Clay
Ohio
South
Blame and Memory in Adm Sampson’s End
Public attention turns to the late Rear Admiral Sampson as official naval records reveal he suffered aphasia for years before death. His widow to receive pension. discussion of his commands during critical prewar moments prompts critique of naval leadership decisions.
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Sampson
Admiral Sampson
Spain
Santiago
Naval Administration
Does Prohibition Prohibit Vermont Adopts Local Option Plan
Vermont, after fifty years as a prohibition state, adopts Georgia style local option. Vote to be taken to voice the large dragnot with false pretense and legal travesty. Only four states remain where prohibition is nominally in effect New Hampshire Maine Kansas North Dakota. Public sentiment revulsion grows to follow Vermont’s example. Carrie Nation’s notoriety is referenced.
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Vermont
Georgia
New Hampshre
Maine
Kansas
North Dakota
Carrie Nation
New Attitudes in Matrimony Spur Western Ventures
A Topeka Capital excerpt mocks saloon closures and riffs on Tacoma and Troy social quirks. It notes a tongue in cheek shift as women push marriage initiative, while Western towns debate manners and gender roles in a playful but pointed discussion.
A Clean Spot in Pittsburg
Jacksonville Times-Union recounts Rich ard Mansfield praising Pictaturg from a financial angle while mocking the city’s grime and smoke. He recalls a smoky town natatorium plunge with his troupe, insisting a clean spot exists once they leave.
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Pittsburg
Jacksonville
Fla
Times-Union
Richard Mansfield
Oine
Mansfield
Vcheiter
Remai
Drift and verse meet in a ragged miscellany
A jumble of verse and prose echoes from a local paper. It features a drifting poem about life and parting attributed to Josey W. Marmonnies, musings on faith and fate, a brief social vignette about domestic conflict, literary criticism notes on novels, and humorous clippings about politics, theater, and courting couples.
Letters From the People and Poems From Georgia Readers
A reader responses column recounts Mrs Rebecca F. Green's tribute to her late son with May Riley Smith's poem Sometime and an editor's note on publishing The Tapestry Weavers. It includes Mrs D S Walraven's entered poem and reflections on faith, sorrow, and weaving life’s pattern. A series of reader inquiries asks about a missing poem There Is No Death and a riddle from Bishop of Salisbury, with letters from Acworth and Macon readers.
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W. H. Jones
High Shhoals
Lox Angeles
Cal
Ulrich Green
Rosedale
California
May i Riley Smith
Rebecca F. Green
Decatur, Ga
C. Knight
Walraven
Luckie Street
Atlanta
Heaven
Constitution
M. Mitchell
Acworth
Bishop of Salisbury
Holitar
Noah
The
Ark
E& Smife
Isle
Georgia
Confederacy
Alabama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Ras
Gadsden
Ala
Memphis civic woes and Alabama Confederate veterans aid noted
A Memphis observer denounces city ills including police failings, monopolistic streetcar control, paving needs, and governance reform. The piece also covers Georgia veterans rights, Alabama’s aid to needy Confederate soldiers, and a postponed Salvation Army visit to Atlanta with Booth. The report lists visiting dignitaries and locals at the Piedmont and Kimball hotels as well.
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Atlanta
Willam Booth
Salvation Army
Salvation
Piedmont
Booth
Booth-Tucker
Hisging
Cox
Wright
Staf
State Gossip Gaught In Capitol Corridors
Governor Terrell and party did not return from New York as planned, arriving today at 5 20 am. Various officials and delegates are mentioned, including Calhoun and Gordon county reps, with updates on charters, fertilizer seizures, and pension disbursements totaling over 400 000 so far this year.
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Amazon
Sunflower
Topeka
Knonsogs Avenue
Plana
Terrell
New York
Capitol
Terrell Yesterdy
Washington
Clark Howell
W. G. Obear
Covington
R. E Park
Hart
Madison
Muscogee
Talbot
GB. Erwin
Cobnel Frank A. Cantrell
Calhoun
Gordon County
W. B. Merritt
Broughton Named at Madison as Postmaster Nominee
President sends Senate nominations for postmasters including James F. Broughton of Madison Louisiana B F Ford Natchez South Carolina Alonzo D Webston Orangeburg and John T. Hale Trenton Tennessee with listings for Alabama Georgia and Tennessee offices and locations dated February 5 Madison Washington.
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James F. Broughton
Madison
Louisiana
B. FL Ford
Natrehitoches
South
Caroline
Alonzo _D
Webston
Orangeburg
Tennessee
Johnn T. Hale
Trenton
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Suite University
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Barnard, Jr
Savannah
Compress
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Kimball House
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Kimball
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Columbus, Ga
Miss Hobson
Greensboro
DeWitt C. Bacon
Catonia
Mr. Bacon
Atllanta
Mississippi
T. Ballard
Loulaville, Ky
Child
Romal] House
J. T. Anderson
Gainesboro, Tenn
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Gallatin, Tenn
John R. Wants
John R. Wiete, Jr
White Hall
W. A. Holmes
la Grange
Lee Trammell
P. Godfrey
Agnes Ciodfrey
Matison
J. Rice Smith
Augusta
F. Preaman
Greenville, Ga
J. Render Terrell
Greenville
J. L. Dables
Charlotte, N.C
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H. ©. Vail
Philadelphia
A.C. Brewster
Cedartown, Ga
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Hi. M. Steele
Central of Georgia Railway Company
HL FE. Johns
Raleigh, NC
R. J. Marlin
Brunswick
Department of Agriculture
Baugh & Bons
Baltimore
Brunswick and Burmingham Railroad
Downing & Co
Marila
Phil Cook
Citizens’ Bank of ‘Fifth
Pauls
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C. Myers
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Tifton
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Spahin
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Hot Springs
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