Foster Murder Shocks Shreveport Community
A planter named John G Foster was shot dead near Shreveport Louisiana by Edwards a Negro man amid unrest between overseers and enslaved workers Foster a 22 year old settler tied to Shreveport families was killed as he rode toward a cabin where trouble had started Police pursued suspects and most were captured including Mandy Edwards wife of the killer Edwards remained at large The killing spoiled two weddings planned for that night and drew attention from local families and clergy in Shreveport Louisiana.
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Shreveport
John G Foster
Foster
Vicksburs
Prince Edwards
Edwards
McMilan
Tennessee
Foster Plantation
Mandy Edwards
Forter
Ednaris
New Orleans
Mr Foster
James Clairborne Foster
Marie McClutcheon
Miescolin Gehuler
Keadle
Miss Felix
Colonel Velix
Port Royal mine disaster claims eighteen victims
West Newtonia June 1 another explosion rocked Port Royal No 2 shaft at 4 PM sending oil dust and smoke high as coroner Wynne opened an inquiry. Two witnesses testified before adjournment as inspectors plan a new recovery and inquest to determine cause. The death toll stands at eighteen.
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West Newtonia
Port Royal
Wynne
Westmoreland County
Runaway Engine Kills Two in Fayette County
In Conneleville Pennsylvania on June 12 a runaway Baltimore and Ohio engine on a lumber track from In fusion Station to Stewart station plunged down a grade at high speed. Passengers Mrs Baldwin and John McPeek were crushed to death in the wreck near the curve and hillside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
John McPeek
Conneleville
Fusion Station
Baltimore and Ohio
Stewart Station
Fayette County
Birs
Howard Beatwin
Officers Scarce Hinders Reestablishment of South Dept
Washington June 12 Special There was a proposal at the War Department to reestablish the military department of the south with headquarters at Atlanta The plan was abandoned for the present due to a shortage of officers and soldiers to garrison existing departments The Philippines draws heavy demobilization upon the arm leaving many posts short staffed
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Department of South
Washington
War Department
Military Department of the South
Atlanta
Philippines
Death of Millionaire Hyde With Georgia Railroad Ties
Charles Hyde, 89, financier and president of the Plainfield City Nations Bank, died in Georgia after a cancer battle. A native of Titusville, Pa., he built wealth from oil ventures, owning two banks there, a railroad in Georgia, and extensive properties in New York and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Piatrfiela
Charles Hyde
Plainfiels City Nations Bank
Roar Taiay
City
Titusville
New York
Pannsyivants
Money 10 Fight Strikers War Declared on Union
The National Metal Trades Association ends its session in New York pledging a $300,000 strike fund to back employers against striking machinists. The group refuses to set a national work hour standard, leaving hours and wages to local settlement and designates finance and strike committees to run the dispute under council supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Metal Frades Association
W. J. Chalmers
Cleveland
Toronto
Weo
Strike Situation At Roepert News Shipyard In Newport News
Newport News June 12 A strike at Roepert News Shipyard grows critical as about five hundred machinists are joined by two hundred skilled workers in electrical plumbing and pipe fitting laid off yesterday and ten per cent more today. Yard may close in a week or ten days without a change. Business Men's Association forms committee to seek arbitration with machinists and yard management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roepert News
Newport News
Business Men's Association
London engineers promise aid to New York machinists
A cable from London's Amalgamated Society of Engineers promised financial aid to New York City machinists on strike. The group, reputed to hold over 8 million dollars, plans to tax its 2 million American members ten cents each. The strike committee reported support from Iron Mothers and other trades and warned of a possible broad sympathetic strike on railroads in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Society of Engineers
New York
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
London
American Federation of Labor
Ita
New Yorkistrict Lodge of Machinists
United States
Canada
Georgia Cadets Train in Washington for Army Exams
In Washington on June 12 Special Representative Griggs joined a Georgia group preparing for army exams at Fort Monroe. The class includes Lt. L F Brown Atlanta G M Holly Quitman J M Kinsbaugh Sr Griffin J J Miller Augusta and J M Longstreet Jr son of General Longstreet. They await commissions to join new regiments and some may be promoted to first lieutenant after qualification.
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Washington
Griggs
Georgia
Erguiar Army
Fort Monroe
L F Brown
Atlanta
Holly
Quitman
Chasing Negro Suspect After Frankfort Assault
In Frankfort Kentucky a 15 year old girl, Misa Holmes, daughter of Dr Holmes and niece of ex senator Lindsay, was attacked by a large Negro near a school commencement. Her brother shouted for help, rocks were thrown, and the assailant fled. A posse pursues the suspect with threats of lynching if caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Frankfort
Misa Holmes
B Holmes
United States
Lindsay
Miss Holmes
Feast of Song at Buffalo Saengerfest set for June
Professor J Hanno Deller presides as president of the North American Saengerband. A June 24 executive board meeting in Buffalo North Carolina precedes the general delegates meeting on June 26. About three hundred delegates and over 3800 singers are expected for the thirtieth Saengerfest in Buffalo from June 24 to 26.
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Deller
New Orleans
J. Hanno Deller
Saengerband
Hag
Buffalo
N. C
Saengerbund
Fatfalo
Chasing the Maya Rebels Reaches Rebel Capital Chin Santa Ci
In Moeride Yucatan on June 12 the Maya rebels, now in forests and swamps, abandon tents and pickets with 1600 rifles and ammunition. Their host general Prudéncio Cate is dead. Governor Canton and his staff arrive at the rebel capital Chin Santa Ci to greet advancing troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moeride
Yucatan
Prudéncio Cate
Canton
Chin Santa Ci
Asked of Hell Bent on Death in Kennedy Murder Case
Kansas City reports Judge Watford excluded Edward W. Lewis a key witness for the defense in the Tutu Prince Kennedy murder trial. Lewis inspector for the Western Railway Association testified that Kennedy promised to marry Lulu Prince then allegedly ruined her, a claim later retracted as corroboration was denied. The defense argues Kennedy faced pressure and temporary insanity. cross examination continues.
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Kansas City
Mr. Nearing
Lulu
Luf
Phil
Churthouse
Cincere
Grand Rapids
Liki
Kes
Kiilen
Nearing
Lewis
Kennedy
Miss Prince
Mrg Kennedy
Fulton Torpedo Boat Launched at Elizabeth NJ
The Fulton torpedo boat was successfully launched today in Elizabeth New Jersey. Built by Lewis Nixon for the Holland Torpedo Boat Company, it mirrors the design of boats under construction at Nixon yard for the United States Navy.
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Fulton
New York
Einmarine
Elizabeth
J .Sne
Lewis Nixon
Holland Torpedo Boat Company
Nixon Yard
United States Navy
Stuart's Gin and Buchu Kidney Cure Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old advertisement urges keeping poisons out of the blood to protect the kidneys. It touts Stuart's Gin and Buchu as a permanent cure for kidney disease and related ailments, promising rapid relief, energy, and renewed vitality with claims of twenty years of testing and nationwide availability.
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Rick
Stuart
Elsa
Snort
Cin
Buchu
Drag Co
Administrator's Sale Auction in Fulton County Georgia
Auctioneers advertise an administrator's sale by order of the Fulton County Court of Ordinary. The property includes multiple parcels in Atlanta and surrounding land plots, with detailed descriptions of lots, streets, and measurements, to settle debts and distribute among heirs. The sale commemorates the estate of Mrs J A Libby with proceeds to be divided as per court terms.
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Georgia
Fulton County
Eald County
Wid Pouty
Fmt
Bithia
J A
Sata
Fowler Street
Atdante
Teink
Bigek Ne
Ain Rere
Simet
Magnolia Tract
SR Hoyt
Gid
Utd
Atlanta
Bekinang
Mangum
Mangum and
Rock Streets
Mangum Street
Rock
Atenzum
Inna
Rhodes
Iangyin
Amin
Ieagh
Ives
Trent Bald
IRTY
Peter Lynch Fourth Whitehall Window and Store Ad
Peter Lynch 4th Whitehall advertised as a dealer in foreign wines liquors tobaccos and related goods with a first class liquor store. He also ran at No 7 West Mitchell Street greeting Variety Store and offered seeds fruit jars gardening tools and seed varieties alongside wine and spirit barrels and related supplies.
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Peter, Lynch
Mitchell Street
Kentucky
Masons
Millville
Woodbury
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Liee
McMilla
Louisiana
Millionaire Hyde
Duffys
Duffy
iAftuaay
Metal Trades’ Association
UNION
Kennedy Hetates
W. Adair
Lebanon
Ind
Cardus
Emma Johnson
Miss Johnson
Miss Davis
Peter Lynch
Whitehall
RT. Dorsey
P. H. Brewster
Albert Howell
Dorsey, Drewster & Howell
Law Belding
Pryor and
Hunter Streets
Esceoia Inn
Linville, N. C
Hos
Ponti Goap
Earlington
New York City
27Th St. West
Broadway
Richfield Springs
N. Y
ST. James Hotel
Harlington Park
E. M. Earle & Son
Cumberland
Cumberland Island
South Atlantic
Ing Brunswick
Gamy Fernandina
le Kly
Continental
Atlantic Beach
Pia
Jacksonville
Florida
East Coast
H. YW. Merrill
Mer
Hotel Brunswick
89Th St
Matheson Avenue
Brunswick
Firth Avenue
Highlands
Central Park
Marchison Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Pas
Chas. HE Howland
Atlantic
Morehead City
Chase
Carolinas
Aragon
Rudolf
Atlantic City
H. Myers
Chicago
Lake Shore
Chicago Priest Hotel
Great Lakes
Virginia
Homestead
Alleghany Mountains
America
Stockton Hotel
Cape May
Alan Houte
Halcyon
Millbrook
Charles ST. John
Warm Springs
Chas L
BAVIS
Proorietor
Haddock Inn
Toccoa Falls
E. P. Simpson
Porter
Southon
Bell Telephone
Fairy Mol
Adarees Mire
Farrow
Coleman House
A.m
Rest—Recreation
Old Point Comfort
Pygeia Hotel
Hampton Roads
Golf
Geo. A. Ateler
White Sulphur Springs
ST Virginia
South
Harrington Mila
Fauquier White Sulphur Springs
Oper
EB. B. Moor
The
Savoy
Washington, DC
Park Ave
4Th Ave
Court Garden
Fourth Ave
Reed & Barnett
Millers Hotel
West 26Th Street
Biadieon Bauare
Browway
Bixth Avenue
Stanger
W. MC Haight
Hotel Gerard
44Th Street
Rooma Single
En Silr
J.P. Hamblin
Avon Inr
Avon-by-the-sea
ST. Most
New Jersey
Houston Street
Thosn Desirouz
High Point
Port Jervis
Blowing Rock Green Park
Biue Ridge
Frank F Morton
Favoran’y
Elmip
Siegal Nates
Vera
Nirwsepa
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