City of Ciudad Bolivar sees flag upheaval and foreign ensigns
Reports from Soledad Venezuela describe government forces preparing to attack Ciudad Bolivar after revolutionary control. White flags fly over government buildings while over 25 foreign ensigns decorate private homes. A flag of truce and a conference with officials occur amid rising tensions.
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Ciudad Bolivar
Castro Weady
Soledad
Venesuela
Tuesaday
Ciudad
Bolivar
Orinoco River
Revoluionary
Orinoco Steamship Company
el Rio
Gomes
la Salina
Orinoco
Rives
Gomez
Ciudad Palivar
Rolanda
Freedmen Aid Society held annual meeting at Cincinnati
The Freedman Aid and Southern Educational Society of the Methodist Church concluded its last annual meeting before Los Angeles with three days of sessions. Reports by Secretaries Mason and Thirkield were highly favorable, noting a rise in school appropriations to 108.5 thousand for 198? to 194. The quadrennium shows debt declines, new buildings, and equipment. Appointments include J M Manker as professor at Grant University and S A Peeler as president of Cookman Institute.
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Cincinnati
Freedman « Aid and Southern Educational Society
The
Methodist Church
Los Angeles
Mason
Thirkeild
General Committee
Society
J. M. Manker
Grant University
Chattanooga
S A. Peeler
Cookman Institute
Jacksonville
Fla
Mother Jones Leads Textile Marchers to Elizabeth Socialists
"Mother" Jones and about 30 Philadelphia textile workers arrived by trolley, led a walking march to Washington Hall where they were hosted by Elizabeth's Socialist party. Jones noted more than 500 workers had joined the strike effort since leaving Philadelphia.
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Accey
Elizabeth
N. J
Model Syrup Factory Built for Ungee Sam in Georgia
Washington reports the government funds a model syrup factory at Waycross, Georgia, to study cane syrup production and standardize quality. Dr. Wiley and Dr. Spencer oversee scientific methods from planting to bottling, aiming to reduce fermentation, publish records, and aid southern planters. A federal pure food law is urged to curb false labeling and protect genuine cane syrup.
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Washington
Anéie Sam
Erates
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Waycross
Ita
Wiley
South
Georgia
South Carolina
Missingippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Texas
United States
Ucta
Waycrafe
L. Spencer
Sugar Laboratory
Agricultural Department
Department
Congress
Nuns Attacked by Crazy Man on Market Street
In San Francisco on July 15 William Ho Sel bach a Columbus dentist assaulted three Dominican nuns. He was rescued by police after a mob beat him and jailed him. A large money draft found on him, claimed to come from the east. He is believed demented.
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San Franciis
William Ho Selbach
Columbus
Ohio
Market Street
Odell Bond Escheated for Absence in Court
Special from Savannah July 15. In superior court the case against Charles J. Odell was called and his counsel said he was absent in Cincinnati. The $1.00 bond was tied to Horace Rivers as the surety. Odell faced an indictment for keeping a gambling house.
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Savannah
Charles J. Odell
CinciInnagl
Horace Rivers
Odell
Jury Finds Lahmanon Guilty of Boodling in City Fight Bill
The jury convicts Juime Lahmanon, former member of the house of delegates, of bribery connected with the passage of the city fighting bill. He is sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary, the longest term yet in boodle cases.
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Louis
Juime Lahmanon
House of Delegates
Postmaster Fatally Injured in South Carolina Incident
Aiken County postmaster Wilt Hall of Chinquepin is fatally wounded by George Edwards, a Black man, near Norway, with Edwards attempting to shoot Judson Hall as bystanders intervene. Bloodhounds are tracking Edwards as locals hunt for the alleged assailant. No motive is known.
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Columbia
D. C
Norway
Wilt Hall
Chinquepin
Aiken County
George Edwards
Edwards
Judson Hall
London Honors Washington Statue Plan Approved
The Pilgrims' Club executive committee in London appointed a subcommittee to raise funds for a George Washington statue in London funded entirely by British subjects. Archdeacon Sinclair praised Washington’s English birth and influential role in world history. Archdeacon Binclair said a site offer at St Paul’s Cathedral was authorized.
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London
Pilgrims’ Club
George Weshington
Archdeacon Sinclair
Washington
Binclair
St. Paul Cathedral
Jews Petition Not Modified On Kishineff Position
New York July 15 Leo N Levi states after a Kishineff conference with the president and Jewish committee that the talks were satisfactory and public details are deferred. The petition by Americans regardless of faith seeks to influence Russia. a further official statement from the State Department is expected from Washington.
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New York
Oyster Bay
Leo N Levi
State Department
Vwasehurgeon
Lesa Sul
Wutregh
Wutregh Auimediiey
Wenivers
Lsu
Jewa
Washington
Hay
Riddle
St. Petersbug
Gan’s Return: A Chorus Poem Amid Ocean Echoes
A children’s chorus piece titled Gan’s Return celebrates Mister Morgan’s safe return from sea and the ocean’s rhythms. The verses mix playful sounds with notes on water and shore life, reflecting a Boston Journal voice. Nearby, a statistic notes 17 000 university staff in the United States and about 20 500 students in British universities.
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Gan
Tor Mister Morgan
Holman F. Day
Boston Journal
Gosh
United States
United Kingdom
Commissioner of Education
Cudgel and Cat Barred by Czar in Russian Prisons
The Birzhevia Vedomostsi reports that the czar abolishes cudgel and cat o nine tails as punishments in penal settlements and mines. Yet the government expands other punishments, with solitary confinement up to 100 days and birch rod blows up to 100 for minor offenses, left to prison authorities discretion.
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St. Petersburg
Police Board Ends City Patrol at Ponce de Leon Park
The police board decided to remove the city furnished patrolmen from the Ponce de Leon Amusement Company venue, requiring the resort to hire its own officer. Debate compared private parks like Lakewood and East Lake to Pieumont park and questioned theater protection, with Chief Ball urging city officers on grounds. The issue will be revisited at the next board meeting.
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Ponce de Leon Amusement Company
Lakewood
East Lake
Ponce de Leon
Pieumont Park
Theatera
Opera Honaes
Ball
Receiver Named for A Springer Furniture Firm
Paul E Johnson was appointed receiver for the business of A Springer a furniture dealer after Atlanta Store Works filed involuntary bankruptcy in U S court Morris Cohen who claims Springer sold him goods is also a party defendant The receiver took charge of three warehouses at 46 and 166 Decatur street and 4 West Mitchell street Attorneys Mayson Hill and McGill represent the petitioner.
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Paul E Johnson
A. Springer
Atlanta
Paul E. Johnson
United States
Springer
Morris Cohen
Decatur Street
West
Mitchell Street
Mayson, Hill & McGill
Island sanitarian rule keeps Cubs exempt from yellow fever
Under US control Governor Wood and associates maintain sanitary administration that keeps the Cubs free from yellow fever and smallpox. The statement notes continued exemption due to the island’s effective health system.
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Cubs
Island
United States
Wood
Renowned Yachting Boats to Vie for America Cup Renendezvous
New York plans a grand rendezvous as the American Ogap ship champion yachts start for the final event. Columbia Constitution and Reliance will accompany the New York Yacht Club fleet to Glencove with Eastern Yacht Club guests aboard. A special cup offered by James Gordon Bennett will spur steam vessel trials before selecting the defender of the America’s Cup.
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New York
Columbia
Constitution
Reliance
New York Yacht Club
Annal
Glencove
Yecht Club
New York Club
James Gordon Bennett
Steam Yechia
Sylvester to be hanged unless pardons board acts
In Tallahassee on July 15 the Florida supreme court upheld the lower court verdict in state v. Sylvester. Unless the pardoning board intervenes, Sylvester faces execution for the murder of merchant Exjvers Bokwn, with calls for clemency from Mia Heck and others.
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Mia Heck
Tallahassee
Fle
Supreme
Court
Toflay
Effault Court
William Sylvester
Ingoard
Willong
Yeater
Exjvers Bokwn
Hiaktet Mrechanté
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Sirup
Ungee Sam
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Reney
Nme
Essig Bros
Clothiers
Whitehall St
Czar
Owe H
Murray Hill Club
Jos
A. Magnus & CO
Cincinaati
Hunnicutt & Co
North Broad ST
National Life Insurance Co
U.S
of A
Century Bidg
Atlanta, Ga
Yew
York
Bos
Savannah and Ocean Steamship Company
Winbura
Haile
Mane
Avannar
Gbeers
Wallace Stable CO
Marietta ST
Wrightsville Beach
N. C. Oo
Seaboard
AIR Link
Len Broughton
Tabernacle Infirmary
Fred Geissler
Sylvester
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