Return of Speech Is Considered Most Favorable
Washington reports indicate Senator Tillman of South Carolina showed improved condition after a Thursday illness with partial paralysis. A late bulletin from three attending physicians said initial speech disturbances have abated, improvement has begun, and the senator recognized a doctor by name stating hello, doctor, with a comfortable night and normal temperature.
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Master Gabriel Prepares Grand Atlanta Welcome Week
Master Gabriel with the Little Ne ma company at the Grand is to be celebrated by Yaarab Temple members in Atlanta this week. Plans include a pool billiard tournament at back Wil son’s and serial entertainments. Forrest Adair and prominent temple members organize the events.
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Forrest Adair
Jack Wilson
Ed Hafer
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J. Lee Barnes
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Bill Nye
Wilson
Aragon Hotel
Nobie Lee Barner
Noble Lee Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Brother Noble
Woman Sues For Damages Over Husband's Fatal Wire Injury
In Macon Georgia on February 20 Ethel Jackson filed suit in the city court through Napier and Maynard seeking 20009 damages from the utility. She says the company was negligent by allowing current in a broken live wire when Delmar Jackson was repairing it at Fifth and Ash streets.
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Ethel Jackson
Delmar Jackson
Fifth and Ash Street
Napier & Maynard
Wes
Tillman and Bacon in Senate Bonds and Battles
A portrait of Senator Tillman and Senator Bacon in Washington shows their deep friendship, debates, and shared routines. Tillman’s intellectual zeal and public lectures contrast with health strains while Bacon’s support and frank humor illuminate their eight years together in the Senate and their influence on railway rate regulation.
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Nish
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Washington Monument
Washington
Iever
Wagelshl
United States
Fenate
Union
Tillman and White House clash echo tragic life tale
The article recounts a Senate scene with Senator Tillman facing expulsion threats from White House aides, notes a withdrawal of an invitation, and mentions Lt. Gov Tilman’s abrasive style. It recalls Tillman’s family tragedy when lightning killed his daughter and fiancé under a North Carolina tree.
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White House
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South Carolina
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State of the Republic
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Mr. Tillman
Tillman
North Carolina
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Hinson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
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Changes Sought in Patent Laws
Washington reports substantial changes in patent procedure sought in bills favorably reported by the House committee on patents. The measures aim to prevent fraud by requiring additional copies beyond the single drawing, enable archiving accessible to the Commissioner, and authorize corrections for typographical errors to ensure patent certificates match the records.
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Washington
House Committee On Patents
Commissioner of Patents
Americans in Fierce Battle at St Vicente In Nicaragua
The Americans under Captain Victor Gordon fought with General Mena against General Vasquez’s insurgents near St Vicente. William Wilkins was badly wounded by a steel bullet. G. T. Bushby was shaken by a cannonball impact. Five Americans, led by General Zeledon, helped drive the enemy’s left flank, contributing to a provisional forces victory as Vasquez retreated toward a lake.
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Frank Reynolds
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Wilkins
South Africa
Lewis Ross
Milwaukee
T. D. Moore
Dover
Fla
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In Memory of R. W. Gilder Recall Service Held in New York
Nineteen organizations including civic social literary and political groups gathered at Merdegfold Hall in New York on February 20 to honor the late Richard Watson Gilder with memorial services. Governor Hughes delivered the principal address.
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New York
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Merdelsfoltin.hall
Hughes
Legislature Holds Clairvoyant Toed Last Session
In Columbia on February 20 the South Carolina legislature closed a busy session. The asylum bill passed final senate reading with no debate and two positions named for the State Hospital for the Insane and the state health board. A proposal to divert $275,000 of dispensary funds to public schools was debated. A cotton weights bill passed after long discussion, while nepotism in state colleges was killed. Two former clairvoyants, John Fosgate and William Leads, were arrested in Bristol for allegedly taking $6,000 and jewels from Mrs. Stewart F. Lindsay in a pretense scam.
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Senate
State Hospital For
State Board of Health
Garris
Marlboro
Simpson Des Thres
Clemson
South Carolina Senate
Bristol
Tenn
John Fosgate
William Leads
Stewart F. Lindsay
Fosgate
Motive for Murder of the Swope Family
Kansas City February 20 The grand jury probing the deaths of Colonel Thomas H Swope and Chrisman Swope resumes tomorrow with expected testimony on motive for the alleged poisoning of the millionaire and heir. Witnesses include Drs Ludwig Hektoen Walter Haines and Victor Vaughan. John G Paxton and Thomas Swope expected to testify on the estate and its division.
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Kansas City
Thomas H. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Ludwig Hektoen
Walter. Haines
Chicago
Women of America Wearing More Silk
Washington reports American women increasingly wear silk and favor domestically produced silk. Government estimates show about 165 million dollars in silk used in the year, 132 million of which is home manufactured and 35 million imported. Silk industry has grown since 1870 from 738 thousand pounds to 22.25 million pounds, with value rising from four million to seventy four million dollars, while price per pound fell 37 percent.
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Washington
Uncle Sam's Domain
United States
Suffragettes Move on New York Solons
Albany reports intense suffrage activity as judiciary committees plan a March 9 joint hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment. The New York State Woman Suffrage Association HQs on State Street highlight Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont and the Equal Franchise Society led by Mrs. Clarence Mackay at the Ten Huck Hotel.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Assembly
State Street
New York
Eloped With Wife Of Another Man At Macon
Claude Kent, a young white man, is jailed in Bibb county charged with numerous offenses after eloping with Mrs. Fred Simmons, wife of a Macon conductor. Deputy Byrd found them in Washington Memorial era. the wife repents. In New York, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock reports pledges to build the George Washington Memorial Hall in Washington DC, costing $2,500,000.
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Macon
Claude Kent
Bibb County
Fred Simmonz
Macon Railway
Columbus
Thera
Walter Byrd
Washington Memorial
New York
Henry F. Dimock
George Washington Memorial Association
George Washvaughn Atenorial
Washington
What Ails This Man Biliousness Condemned Pills Advised
An old newspaper fragment describes a man with poor appetite, back pains, coated tongue, dizziness, and constipation as bilious. It promotes Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills as a universal cure for biliousness and liver trouble with quick changes in mood sleep and digestion. It urges keeping them on hand and claims physicians approve.
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