Negroes Claim Rising Prejudice in Train Car Bill Fight
Washington May 31 Negro representatives meet with conferees after a rate bill adjournment to protest the equal accommodations clause. Judson Lyons and others warn that the provision could prompt Jim Crow car practices in the North, arguing prejudices are spreading beyond the South and urging its removal.
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Washington
Tilman
Senate
Judson W. Lyons
Registers of the Treasury
Elkins and Cullom
Sherman
New York
Half Slate Coal and Waste Food Warn Workers
A column explains that coal half slate increases fireman workload and reduces furnace heat, while half waste food burdens the stomach and drains energy. It argues brain workers should eat foods that enrich blood with minimal brain withdrawal during digestion to stay healthy and mentally clear.
Apitezo Cereal Promoted for Nutrition and Digestibility
An advertisement extols Apitezo cereal as a balanced food containing vegetable iron that energizes the system by boosting red blood cells. It claims easier digestion than beef or eggs and greater nourishment, promising better meals and elimination of tonics after a month of daily use.
Famous Pair May Request Bail In High Profile Case
In Macon on May 31 the execution of Captain John F. Gaynor and Benjamin D. Greene was stayed by Judge Pardee. The prisoners remain in Bibb county jail awaiting the circuit court of appeals hearing on the writ of error as prosecutors seek an appeal bond and possible bail remains at court discretion.
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Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
United States
Marion Erwin
Circuit Court of Appeals
Hmary Speer
Erwin
Greene and
Gaynor
Bibb County
Savannah
Lincoln Party nominates Emery for governor by acclamation
In Philadelphia on May 81 Emery was nominated for governor by acclamation at the Lincoln party state convention. The party consists of independent Republicans opposing current Republican leaders. John Rockefeller sails. In New York on May 31 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller boarded the steamer Deutschland bound for Hamburg.
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Lincoln Party
Emery
Philadelphia
Louis ‘Emery
John Rockefeller
New York
John D Rockefeller
Hamburg
Wood Alcohol Fatality at State Penitentiary
Two convicts William Wardlow and Jesse Keating died at the state penitentiary after drinking wood alcohol from a varnish bottle used in the broom factory. The poison caused convulsions and total blindness. two other convicts also drank some, but survived.
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Rawlings
Wye
William Wardlow
Jesse Keating
State Penitentiary
Central of Georgia schedule changes effective June 3
The Central of Georgia By shifts train times starting Sunday June 3 with Train No 14 leaving Atlanta Terminal Station at 1201 p.m. instead of 1220 a.m. and Train No 3 arriving Atlanta at 7:40 a.m. instead of 7:20 a.m.
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Central of Georgia By
Atlanta
Murdered American Morley in Mongolia Robbery Motive
Pekin May 31 Reuben Morley of Saginaw Michigan was slain on the Mongolia border 400 miles north of Pekin on September 2. A French adventurer calling himself Viscomte Laverger traveled with him. Morley’s papers were burned and his pack horse found among wild horses. Morley’s brother John Morley of Cleveland returned from an expedition with evidence from French missionaries and Chinese showing Morley left a Chinese inn to visit a lake ten miles away. The presumption is Morley was shot or drowned there and the Frenchman later sailed for Europe after seizing Morley’s letter of credit in Colombo.
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Reuben Morle
Mongolia
Pekin
Reuben Assorley
Saginaw
Mich
Mongolie
Viscomte Laverger
John Morley
Cleveland
Ohio
Reuben Morley
Morley
Mongola
Why did you recommend the Back View house to your heir
A brief dialogue from The Philadelphia Ledger centers on a rich uncle and his heir. One character questions the choice of a cheap beach house while the other explains the motive to save money and potential inheritance. The exchange hints at family ties and financial planning without further details.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Backview
Compromise at The Sun Stella's vow to remain widowed debated
Stella refused to tell her husband she would always stay widowed yet promised not to remain married Bella says she voiced no such pledge. The remark underscores a dispute over marital status and promises within a domestic dispute fragment from The New York Sun.
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New York Sun
Stella
Bella
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Pardee
Royal Pale
Teaphons
Atlanta Brewing & Ice Co
Sateen Petticoat Sale
Chamberlin~Johnson-DuBose Co
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