Alabama Riot Serious Affair Rocks Wilmer Night Attack
In Wilmer Alabama 200 white residents gathered as Sheriff Powers and four deputies hunted for four implicated men after a white resident was shot by a negro mob. The attack started with Cole Daniels a black ex convict and progressed to a night of gunfire as townspeople attempted lynching and a posse waited for the suspect to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Ala
Sheriff Powers
Wilmer
Mobile
Jackson
Kansas City
Cole Daniels
Pringle
Sam McPaston
Bilis
Regres
Jeff Witmer Eilis
Elis
Citizens
Negro Sterif
Powers
John Williams
Clifford Waltom
Doc Davis
Sher Powers
Wiggtes
Imaginary Estates Defraud Dutch Inheritance Schemes
A U S consular report from 1878 and Edward Downes 1896 account describe Dutch “imaginary estates” like Anneke Jung Cronekheit Vin Cot Van Trassen Welte Brandt Veltager as fictitious inheritors. They misled U S subscribers, with unclaimed inheritances escheated after five years per 1852 statute, marking every dollar spent as waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Holland
Earl
Hague
Whch
Lolland
Anneke Jung
Edward Downes
Amsterdam
Bank of Holland
Wach
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets Promised To Cure Consumption
An advertisement-style piece touts Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy that can prevent consumption and ease indigestion. It claims the tablets address dyspepsia and related coughs, promising relief and urging immediate use to avoid serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amenca
Stuart
Zaa
Easter Egg Hunt Planned At Grant Park In Atlanta
The Atlanta park board under President Walter G Brown plans the annual Easter egg hunt at Grant Park marking the opening of the spring and summer season. Committees will meet to arrange the event with music, eggs, and a special Vaudette concert program for children and families.
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Grant Park
Board of Park Commissioners
Walter G Brown
Atlanta System of Parks
Atlanta
Park Board
Walter Brown
Presiden Brown
Whuck
Colincilme
Pomeroy
Waver
Harwell Fa
White Counuiman Patterson Fe
Board of Water
Chattahoochee
Casey Hill
Chosewood
Band
Fifth Ward
Saytors Committee
Cannaiman Roberts
Samtery
T RK Scott
The
Georgia Railroad
Eithe Am
Deratur Street
Oakland Cemetery
Tunter Street
Oakland Cemetery Hill
Dr Felix Adler Echoes Osler on Old Age Address
Dr Felix Adler delivered remarks referencing Dr William Osler on aging and life’s twilight. The speech drew wide newspaper interest, noting debates on retirement, mental versus physical decline, and the idea that complexity of aging defies simple limits. It cites Osler’s life example and quotes on doctors’ longevity and creative work after sixty.
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William Oslers
Felix Adler
Carrtegie
Ethical Culture Society
Alen
Physican
Adler
Ble
Oslers
Foreign
Artim
Oster
Testitwe
Osler
Bente
Mic
el Angelo Tillar Leibnits
Kent
Dravlen
Passing Throng and The Heir to the Hoopah in Court Fight
A New York court considers claims that The Heir to the Hoorah plagiarized a short story by Jenry J W Dam titled The Trans mortification of Dan from The Smart Set September 1901. Dam seeks an injunction to stop production by Kirke La Shelle’s company after Atlanta showings draw attention to alleged infringement. The piece notes the theater world’s rush for new material and questions authorship amid praise for the Atlanta performance. It also recalls remarks about Major Mims from three notable figures and reports on the Kalamazoo celery growers the Butine brothers planning a May return to tend crops in Michigan.
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New York
Jenry J W Dam
Kirke la Shellie Company
the Grand
Atlanta
Hetr
Bat Ting
England
Dam
Dan
Sult
Dem
Livingston Mime
Prince
Wiliam Me Ikmey
Mims
Grover Cleveland
Vajar Virus
Joseph E Johnston
Nim
Napoleon
Moscow
Detroit Free Press
Peter C Butine
Peach Orchards Grow On Pine Mountain In Georgia
An Ohio investor plans a large peach project on Pine Mountain near Warm Springs, Georgia. The Pine Mountain Fruit Company owns 30 000 Elberta trees and will ship up to 20 000 crates this season. The Warm Springs hotel property spans about 2100 acres with 600 acres devoted to pine plateau land ideal for peach growing. The article also notes unrelated local political candidacies in Georgia.
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Columbus
Pine Mountain
Warm Springs
Ohio
Elberta
Pine Mountain Fruit Company
Jshanahan
Ottia
Bullachville ix
The
Knights ‘Templars
Hadeon
Columbus Ga
Hudson
Harris County
Senate
A Review of State Shows Fine Condition
Martinn Calvin surveys Georgia farm homes by circle, detailing encumbrance rates across Savannah Brunswick Waycross and other regions. He maps 1870s mortgage trends, noting percentages of mortgaged homes from Augusta to Athens and Atlanta amid district counts and farm-home totals.
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Martinn Calvin
Staid Im Thei Union
Ereeler
Georgia
Augusta Savannan Brunswick Coumbus
Rome
Waycross
Iittre City
Albany
Aneneus Macon
Atlanta
Gainesville
Athens
Stillmore
Tng
Augustas
Savannah
Brunswick
Waycross Circle
Valdosta
Ito
Americas
Columbus
Macon
Romes
Georgia farm progress and moonshine relics across counties
A Georgia survey traces 1900 to 1904 growth in farm home comforts and implements in Gainesville Macon and Albany circles, noting rises of 112 percent and 502 percent respectively while Georgia firms show white labor dominance. The piece also recounts Missouri moonshiners near the Arkansas line, detailing marshal standoffs, hidden stills, and revenue officers chasing illicit whiskey in rugged hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Galneevile
Macon
Albany
Gainesville
Tolley
Maconareie
Albany Circle
Circle
Georgia
Martin Calvin Augusta
Missouri
Kansas
Majur
Daurks
Uswar
Marshals
Sts
Wis
Arkansas
United States
Wassour
JE Morrie
Dan Hoisseau
Jim Joplin
Noel
Jat
Actiss
Arkansas Lige Revenue
Hirtag
Liew
Idis
Tragedy at Log Holling Sparta Ga
A shooting occurred four miles west of Sparta Georgia near Log Holling. Mantel Thomas Hoth fired on Yack Banes, resulting in Banes's death. Police investigated the incident and reported no further details available at press time.
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Log Holling
Sparta
Maren
Rigai Yack Banes
Mantel
Thomas Hoth
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Iynch McPaston
A J Ellis
Marshall, Mob
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Peatytree
Chambers
Spesial
Russell County
Colonet J Henry Chambers
Oswichee
Creare
Globe
Berlin
Ayer
Paris
St Petersburg
Rosenthal
Hadereuski
Josef Hofmann
Kubehk
Chaminade
Acolian Company
Weber Pianos and
Pianinas
Peachtree St
Teroi
San Thik
Corban Banking Company
Pam Jeans
Keith
Preston
Keith Shoe CO
Brocton
Mass
C. W. Hatcher
Marletti St. John Cow Smith
Peters
Arekh
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