Civil Pension Debate Fails in Alabama Convention
In Montgomery on June 23, the constitutional convention debated pensioning dependents of sheriffs deputies or policemen who die saving prisoners from mobs. The section failed 63 to 8%, with foes arguing it would open a civil pension wedge. Judge Coleman and Governor Jones led, but the effort ended with no adoption. Also notes an upcoming Chicago meeting of Booker T. Washingtons National Negro Business League.
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Montgomery
Ala
Constitutional Convention
Jones
Cobb and Oates
Heflin
Chambers
Sollie
Dale
Judge Coleman
Burls
Dallas
Coleman
Committee On
Chicago
Tuskegee
National Nasco Business League
Booker T. Washington
Boston
Ballew Arrested After Chattanooga News Dispatch
Sew Decatur Alabama June 25 special Will T Ballew arrested on a warrant by photographer C F Vaugt for slander. He sent a special to The Chattanooga News accusing Waust of nude Victitudes or attempting assault on twelve year old Rosa Parnell of South Yeoltur. Ballew waived examination and was held on 580 bond.
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Chattanooga
Decatur
Ala
Will T. Ballew
C. F. Vaugt
Ballew
Chattanooga News
Rosa Parnell
South
Plead for Colonel Kilkenny Visitation by New Orleans delegation
A New Orleans delegation led by Col A T Moss met General Passenger Agent Stone and Louisville and Nashville traffic officers to seek relief for Col John Kilkenny, recently blinded, who served as division passenger agent. They carried letters from ex Mayor Fitzpatrick and other city leaders. No definite result was reached, but the talks were deemed satisfactory.
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Louisvile
New Orleana
Unon
Stone
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Coloniel
John Kilkenny
New Orleans
Kilkenny
Warthly
A. T. Moss
Fitzpatrick
Martin's Stealings Shown State Treasury Clerk Crooked Work
Raleigh June 2 Special report to Governor Aycock states ex state treasury clerk W H Martin, now in the penitentiary, stole funds from the asylum and agricultural institutes totaling 25 plus 443, plus 1493 and 1539 dollars, repaying all to the penitentiary fund and returning about 129 dollars during the first quarter of a new administration.
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State Treasury
Raleigh
N. C
Aycock
Special Legislative Committee
W. H. Martin
Penitentiary
Insang Asylum Fund
Agricultural and Mechanical
Treasury
Fraternity Meets in Richmond Area for Biennial Convention
The twenty first biennial convention of the southern Kappa Alpha fraternity opens in Richmond Virginia with broad attendance. Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson is due tomorrow as guest of honor at a governor hosted reception. A Lake Side Park banquet will award him a diamond fraternity pin.
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Richmond
Pearson Hobson
Captain Hobson
Philadelphia Building Site Chosen for Charleston Expo
Charleston, June 25. The Philadelphia city council committee arrived to select a site for the Philadelphia building at the Charleston exposition. The committee will stay two days and be entertained by local citizens as they review possible locations.
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Philadelphia
Charleston
S. C
Sharp Debate At Virginia Constitutional Convention
Richmond Va May 25 The constitutional convention considered inviting William Jennings Bryan and debated a resolution by R Wallen Moore to create a standing committee on retrenchment and reform While some delegates opposed it Moore won a large majority The day featured many resolutions touching suffrage school tax fund education and property provisions including calls for reallocation by paid money and tax rules and a proposal to prohibit fund division by rule lines
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Richmond
Tyne
Willam Jennings Bryan
O'Flaherty
Bryan
R. Wallén Moore
Willam A. Anderson
W. Meredith
Mr. Moore
Judge indicates decision on Underwood Cunningham case
Judge Walter Evans in Tennessee federal court indicated no new trial for General Joan C Underwood against S A Cunningham and the Methodist Emiss co op church. He denied severance, upheld excluding evidence, and declined a new trial while reducing jointly awarded compensatory damages from 315000 to a lesser amount. The suit stemmed from an article in The Confederate Veteran criticizing Underwood as agent of the Confederate Memorial Association.
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Underwood
Cunningham
General Underwood
The
Confederate Veteran
Tinder- Wood
Confederate Memorial Association
Engagement announcement for Miss Mary Brand May and Mr. Blace Will Marry
Miss Mary Brand May of Lexington is announced to wed John Eleee, a native of the Islands educated in Bedford Island. The couple’s forthcoming marriage is noted in local society circles with emphasis on Mary May’s family heritage.
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Mary Brand May
Blace
Lexington
John Eleee
Fsland Islands
Bedford Island
Kentucky
Hells
Texas
Engagement of Miss May and Mr Elsee Stir Social Circles
Miss May, a celebrated beauty of Kentucky, and Elsee, a Galveston Fibre Company superintendent who lost his wife and two children in the Galveston flood, announce their engagement. He made Lexington his base after the disaster, and their romance has caused a social sensation in the Bluegrass State.
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Miss May
Elsee
Galveston
Galveston Fibre Company
Galvescon
Gulf
Kentucky
Bexington
Orst Sight
CAB BREAKERS CAUGHT IN DECATUR
Southern side tracks at Decatur Alabama were repeatedly broken into to steal freight. Special agents Morrow and Chief OD Young recovered Mason Twing and Sam Hampton this evening after five cars were rifled. Goods included groceries and other merchandise later sold to local storekeepers.
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Decatur
Ala
Freiight
Morrow
Od' Young
Mason Twing
Sam Hampton
Bas Q
Gusher at Redfork Creek Lands Shocks Territory
A massive oil gusher, 400 feet high, erupted at Redfork near the Frisco railroad extension in the Creek nation, north of Denison, Texas. The Pennsylvania Oil Company, active in Bartlesville fields, reports uncontrollable flow with thousands of gallons wasted daily. The strike follows Creek nation treaty approval allowing oil leases, boosting activity across Indian Territory and Bartlesville wells.
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Denison
Tex
Stedfork
Creek Nation
Deni+ son
Frisco
Pennsylvania’ Oil Company
Indian Territory
Mississippi River
Pennsylvania Company
Bartlesville
Redfork
Beaumont
Pistol Used At A Picnic Ends With Police Shooting
Richmond Virginia June 23 special report describes Wilson Enroughly a young husband and his wife being out at Church Hill when a Sunday picnic ended with him shot twice by a policeman at West Point. The officer fired one shot to his back and another to his arm after a boat dispute escalated. Enroughly was arrested after the incident amid angry bystanders seeking vengeance. Different accounts claim the shooting arose during a row over a bathing party taking possession of a boat assisted by the owner and a police officer.
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Richmond
Wilson
Church Hill
James Garrett
West Point
Harroughty
Bead Split Open. Brother Charged With Murder in Newport News
Robert Kelly was found with his head split by an ax in Warwick county near Deep Creek. His brother Samuel, an inmate at the soldiers' home, had left the scene and was arrested later at a different brother’s home, charged with the murder on circumstantial evidence. The house showed signs of robbery.
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Newport News
Robert Kelly
Deep Creek
Warwick County
Samuel
Robert
New York State
Endowment Insurance Adopted by Georgia Corporations
Insurance notes discuss the growing use of endowment policies by large Georgia corporations to fund sinking funds and settle bonded debt without stockholder taxes. The piece notes agents joining Prudential in the Southeast, mentions regional figures, and cites calls for officer life coverage to protect families after officer deaths.
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Tfe
South
Georgia
United States
Cctton Mil Companies
Train Wreck In Beebe After Cow Collision
At 6 15 this morning passenger train No 65 the south bound Texas special on the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railroad struck two cows in Beebe Arkansas and wrecked. Mrs Howard of Waco Texas en route home from a St Louis hospital severely bruised and seriously injured. W W Seybould postal clerk St Louis injured about head and arms not seriously. E Bimms Little Rock postal clerk bruises not serious. Butler Campfield St Louis postal clerk cut on hands and face not serious. Engine derailed but crew uninjured. Two baggage coaches and one mail coach wrecked. three day coaches and one sleeper derailed but not overturned. Track torn up for 200 yards. Passengers shaken but none killed and only Mrs Howard severely hurt.
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Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad
Beebe
Howard
Waco
Tex
Passing Throng Reports Wilkes County Conditions and Local Politics
Captain Richard O Barkesdere of Washington Georgia notes fair Wilkes county crops but drought aids grass suppression. Local governor race interest is low in off years, while County Treasurer vacancy led to Capt Charles E Irvin’s unopposed election. A depot incident revealed owners sharing a liquor bottle and cards. Sheriff John W Callaway, famed for Georgia BBQ, remains dominant in Wilkes politics after fourteen years. Notables J S Batley, E G Thomson, Charles L Redding, and W H Sheftal are seen in the city and bound for future postings or travel.
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Richard O. Barkesdere
Washington, Ga
Wilkes County
Eighth District
Nhot
Barnett Irvin
Board of County Commissioners
Charles E. Irvin
Union Depot
Desortine
Es- Gon
John W. Callaway
Washington
International Press Association
Georgia
Coney Island
Wiles County
Sherif
Callaway
Hill
Death Follows Diseased Kidneys Promoted Cure
An old newspaper ad touts Stuart's Gin and Buchu as a cure for Bright's Disease and kidney trouble. It lists symptoms like cloudy urine and dull headaches, claims a permanent cure after other treatments fail, and urges readers to buy the remedy for $1 via Druggist or express prepaid.
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Stuart
Bright
Stuart Drag Co
Tanta
Gea
Walke leaps into Atlantic in suicide attempts headline
Richard Walke a Norfolk Virginia lawyer leaped from the Furnessia steamer June 2 after prior suicide attempts. He leaves a wife and four daughters and is said to be a prominent Virginia figure. His death marks the third family suicide in recent years following Henry Walke and Littleton Walke.
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Glasgow
Furnessia
New York
Jung
Richard Walke
Virginia
Norfolk
Commodore Truxton
Europe
Henry Walke
Brooklyn
Littleton T.walke
University of Virginia
Brownlow and Evans Unite Rival Factions in Tennessee
Chattanooga Tennessee June 25 Special Postmaster Robert Sharpe Republican candidate for congress in the last election says both the Brownlow and Evans headquarters are covered and Republican headquarters are open He denies further comment on the settlement of differences between the factions and asserts his certainty about headquarters status.
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Brownlow
Evans
Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert &. Sharp
Congress
Evers
Sharpe
Negroes urged to build a strong Young Men's Christian Association
Rev I Garland Penn calls Atlanta the best site for a denominational congress next summer and urges colored men to join efforts to establish a robust Young Men's Christian Association in Atlanta. He notes local meetings, donations of chairs and lamps, and invites men to attend a 430 PM report session. He cites social barriers and urges conduct changes to foster a thriving association. He references speeches by Rev B P J Bryant and Z B Shandon and shares a northern paper excerpt on Booker T. Washington praising Black progress and the YMCA's growth.
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I. Garland Penn
Epworth League
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Nelt Loyd Atreet Church
Atlanta
Elmer Green
W. A. Green
Macm
Peachtree
Whitehall
Kentucky Muratuha Company
Auburn Avenue
George Woodson
W. B. Mathew
Great
Young Men's Christian Association Jubilee Congress
Tourg Men's Christian Association
Fen Grant
Riich
PB. J. Bryant
Young Men
Baler T. Washington
Tuskegee, Uln
Tuwkegee Institute
Hichsaond
Chetaijan
Health editor's note on Blocum System for consumption cure
The article promotes the Blocum System of Treatment claimed to cure consumption and pulmonary troubles. It describes four preparations including cod liver oil emulsion and extracts, sold with free health guidance. It urges readers to test the system and promises germ destruction and body rebuilding.
Doctor Toad Slocum Cure Ad From The Constitution
A dated plea instructs readers to write their name and address to Dr. Toad Slocum at US Pine Street New York, claiming four free preparations will be sent with directions. The text markets a supposed sitive cure for consumption and lung troubles, promising weight gain and vigor for pale weak individuals.
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Toad Slocum
Pine Street
New York
Atlanta Constitution
Post Civil War era notes and Black community updates
A collage of Civil War reminiscences and contemporary notes on Black leaders and organizations. Mentions Major Joseph Hardie ex slaveholder, a Confederate veteran later noted as superintendent, W. A. Hinton and J. Mooreland, Peabody funds aiding a Young Men's Christian Association project in Columbus, and remarks on crime and moral reform among Black communities. Includes references to A. St. George Richardson visiting Jacksonville, fire loss of Bainbridge college, Pythians activities, train arrangements for Georgia Grand Lodge, and notes on The Colored American Magazine and local civic events in Atlanta.
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Sret
W. A. Hinton
Mooreland
Gouthern
George Foster Peabpas
Young Men's Christian Association
Columbus
Young Men's Christian Association I
Our Falls
Amt Penitentiantes Aris
Yim
Young Men's Carictian Association
A. St. George Richardson
Jacksonvile
Fin
T. EH. Slater
Ise
Baward Waters College
Jacksonville
Nla
Bainheidee
Pythias
Georgia
Grand Lodge
Ores
C. Ti. Creswill
Bainbridge
Cental of Georgia
Georgia Pine
Egacles
Macon
Bainbrider
Atlant
da. m
Americus
Albany
Cuthbert
Uletala
Bainridge
C. Drayton Creswill
Banner of Atlanta History Shells Across the City Scene
Garlands and a traveling party led by Garland Penn prepare a grand reception for captains and lieutenants returning from the Philippines. Majer Rev. William Newton delivers sermons as Mrs Zachry aids the sick with beds on Mitchell street. Fulton Brick Company, run by colored men, reports brick stock and brisk sales. Baptist Sunday School Union plans a meeting at Rev Williams church on Gilmer and Bell streets.
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Colored American Magazine
Shaw Memorial
June Vrier
William " Stanley Brathwaite
Pauline E. Hopkine
Homildarlyeny
Madaenens
Aba
Stewarts Charles Winsto
Auge
Tua M. Hodge
Sarah A. Atlen
Richard Deet Rogerst
Waris
Mme. Leuraford
Lauides
Golored Cooperative Publishing Company
Park Square
Boston
Masa
Nlas Brockett
Logang Avenue
Hilliard Street
Atlanta
E. R. Carter
Friendship Baptist Church
Chiumel HL
A.ucker
Fey
Thomas Grant
Lieuten
Anta Marion
Parker
Philippioes
Gate City
Atlanta Am Georgia
Wiliam Newton
Paul
Fulton Brick Company
Colored Tien
Jyeresident Ang Terasurery
WC. Thom
Brick
el Scon
Baptist Sunday School Union Wit
Wiliamstehursh
Gilmer and
Bell Street
Butler
Literacy and governance in Venezuela spark unrest
Pittsburg Dispatch argues that Venezuela suffers from widespread illiteracy of 34 000 people able to read and only 3000 able to write. It claims ignorance and volatile temperament fuel conspiracies, with no national press or town meetings to inform citizens. The piece urges education as the nation’s greatest need and criticizes misused public funds.
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Venezuela
Pittsburg
Motherhood a Lifelong Profession in Modern Times
A column argues motherhood evolves from a private duty to a universal role. It urges women to extend care beyond home, contributing to community and national needs. Citing Ruskin, it links maternal virtue with public responsibility and social service.
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Hhofeswian
Tata
Nol
Comal Floated After Sinking Near Jupiter Inlet
Jupiter Fla June 2 The steamship Comal of the Maiory line which went aground early Sunday morning offshore of Jupiter inlet was floated this evening without assistance. She is uninjured and will proceed on her voyage without assistance.
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Jupiter
Fla
Maiory Line
Fsnore
Jupiter Inlet
Sulock
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