Tragedies at Madrid Bend Kentucky Reported
Telegram from Fulton Kentucky describes a series of brutal crimes at Madrid Bend Kentucky forty miles below Hickman A white man Morgan Ball allegedly forced Elijah Drake into the Mississippi River and killed him A second negro was killed and a third beaten badly An unknown negro was shot twice Several white men are said to have participated Sheriff Carpenter will investigate Governor may offer a reward Madrid Bend lies cut off from Kentucky by the Mississippi River requiring detours or crossing to reach it
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Paducah
Fulton
Madrid Bend
Hickman
Elijah Drake
Morgan Ball
Drake
Mississippi River
Ball
Henry Smith
Carpenter
Kentucky
Tennessee
Good Roads Convention Opens in Richmond With Broad Virginia Turnout
Richmond March 20 Lively attendance marks the start of Virginia good roads convention in the chamber of commerce. Governor Montague and others urge road labor. Colonel Miles of Radford elected chairman. A committee for permanent organization is formed and a request sent to legislators to draft a state good roads bill. Delegates tour the good roads train outside Richmond.
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Virginia
Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Montague
Miles
Radford
Good Roads Association
Kentucky Court Voids Eight Percent Coinsurance Clause
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled the eight percent coinsurance clause adopted by Louisville underwriters is void for real estate claims. This marks the first clear ruling in the U.S. on partial fire losses under such terms, following prior decisions against eighty percent or three quarter value clauses in total loss cases. The suit was filed by Morris A. Sadie of Louisville against London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company of Liverpool.
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
Louisville
Morris A. Sadie
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company
Liverpool
San Francisco Cruiser Brief Trial Cruise Ends in Newport News
The U S cruiser San Francisco completed a short supplementary trial voyage today before docking at Newport News for coal.
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San Francisco
Newport News
United States
Dangerous Surgery Should Be the Last Resort
Pyramid Pile Cure is promoted as a cure for piles, claimed to remove the disease’s cause via a suppository. Testimony from John Cullen Bryant of Haverhill Mass says after twenty years of hemorrhoid suffering and trying many remedies, Pyramid Pile Cure produced a year of improvement and is offered for public benefit.
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John Cullen Bryant
Haverhill
Mass
Ablaze She Races For Life In Farmyard Fire
Mrs Ecima Alexander wife of W W Alexander a prominent farmer near Deans Crossing Greenville was severely burned while tending burning corn stalks in a field 300 yards from home Her dress caught fire flames spread over her skirt before husband could aid her He covered her with damp earth then she jumped up and grabbed him to stop further help She was carried unconscious to the house and a physician was summoned It is thought she will die.
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Greenville, & C
Ecima Alexander
W. W. Alexander
Deans Crossing
Greenville
Mr. Alexander
Alexander
White Man Burned to Death in Alabama Furnace Yard
In Opelika Alabama on March 20 Thomas Washington a white watchman at Jenifer Furnace Company was burned to death after a seizure caused him to fall on his lantern. He tried to reach a nearby pool of water but died within two hours of the accident. He leaves a widow and one child. The company handled the burial.
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Opelika
Ala
Thomas Washington
Jenifer Furnace Company
Jenifer
Washington
Jenifer Furnaces Company
Mississippi Family Faces Counterfeiting Charge
Bail of 500 dollars was posted today for B L Winn and his five sons after their Tuesday arrest by Deputy U S Marshal Henry on counterfeiting charges. The eldest son is about 25, the youngest under 90. Federal officials say the old man and eldest son produced the fake dollars and half dollars circulated in Goodman. Samples seized are crude and lighter than real currency.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
B. L- Winn
United States
Henry
Goodman
General Wood Seeks White House Talk on Cuba Tariff
General Wood and party arrived from Havana and headed north to consult the President. He opposed the tariff reduction bill on Cuban imports, arguing a small cut will not help Cuba’s economy and urging broader concessions or full commercial reciprocity.
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Cuba
Miami
Pla
General Wood
Havana
Spm
United States
Ife
Columbus Water Supply Waits on Pipe Across Bridge
Columbus Ga March 20 Special residents still drink river water without wells or cisterns. Water Works has laid mains to both Georgia and Alabama ends of the upper railroad bridge. The remaining step is laying the iron pipe across the bridge to reach the Alabama reservoir. The pipe, located today in Baltimore, was shipped to Savannah by steamer and will arrive early next week.
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Columbus
Columbus Water Works Company
Georgia
Alabama
Baltimore
Savannah
Chattanooga Seeks Local Day at Charleston Exposition
A joint meeting of city council and chamber committees decided to push for a Chattanooga day at the Charleston exposition around April 16, with plans to represent Tennessee on exposition Tennessee day.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chamber of
A Curious Theft Racket Baffled Chattanooga Crowd
In Chattanooga Tennessee on March 20 a white man named Sam Hollifield was arrested for a bizarre scam. He rushed to homes claiming a mad dog threatened a child and asked homeowners to shoot it. He then took a pistol and fled, netting over a dozen valuable pistols from victims.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sam Hollifield
Hollifela
Galveston Votes for Landside Bond Issue
Galveston Texas report states Galveston county approved a 1.5 million bond issuance to finance a seawall. Plans were provided by eminent engineers and returns show near completion with only twenty one votes against. Over one million dollars of bonds have been subscribed by local residents.
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Galveston
Tex
Galveston County
Negro Given Ninety Nine Years Convicted in San Marcos
Henry Wright, a black man who tried to assault a white girl at San Marcos, was convicted today on a guilty plea and sentenced to ninety nine years in the penitentiary after a speedy trial promised by the district judge. Less than seventy hours passed between the crime and conviction.
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San Antonio
Tes
Henry Wright
San Marcos
Dunlap Made a Director in Exchange Bank
Macon Ga March 20 Spectal S B Dunlap Jr has been elected director of the Exchange bank, succeeding his deceased father Capte p Dunlap. No president has yet been elected to fill Captain Dunlap's vacancy.
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Dunlap
Macon
Dunlap, Jr
The
Exchange Bank
Capte P Dunlap
Captain Dunlap
Wilcox Trial: Defense Speaks as Court preps charge
In Elizabeth City North Carolina March 20 Solicitor Ward urged the jury to find James Wilcox guilty of Nellie Cropsey s murder arguing the drowning evidence is conclusive and that motive arose from his dislike of rejection Defense counsel E B Aydlett reviewed the case noting sympathy for the Cropseys and urging an honest verdict He accused doctors tests as misapplied and predicted the judge would deliver the charge to the jury tomorrow with spectators leaving after the defense portion concluded
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Elizabeth City
George Ward
James Wilcox
Nellie Cropsey
Wilcox
Miss Cropsey
E. BR. Aydlett
Montgomery Men Close Deal for New Street Railway
W F Vandiver and B L Holt, in New York, telegraphed from Montgomery that they closed a deal to construct a new street railway system. They secured a charter and franchises last year, sold bonds and bought rails, planning to begin work at once with Emerson McMillan Co. of New York backing the venture.
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Montgomery
New York
Ala
W. F. Vandiver
B. L. Holt
Emerson, McMillan & Co
Uncle Chas Hardy Dead Pioneer of Berrien County
Charles Hardy known as Uncle Chas, died at his Brookfield area home near Tifton on Monday at age 85. He left a widow and several children, built a fortune of about 20000 through honest labor, and his funeral was held at Turner's Church near Brookfield. Rev Sam Jones to hold meetings in Tifton starting March 30 for eight to ten days with a large tent and broad cooperation from pastors. Berrien superior court adjourned from the fourth to the fifth Monday in March by order of Judge Hansell.
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Berrien County
Tifton
Charles Hardy
Berrien
Brookfield
Turner's Church
Sam Jones
Sam P. Jones
Berrien Court
Berrien Superior Court
Hanseil
Railroad Is Heir to a Baby in Mississippi
In Jackson and Crystal Springs Mississippi a well dressed infant four to five days old was found aboard a north bound train. A young woman who boarded in New Orleans left the baby and herself, and the infant was taken to the total agent of the Illinois Central and sent back to Crystal Springs. The mother has not yet been found.
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Tlinois Central
Jackson
Miss
Tlinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Crystal Springs
Total
Union of Three Colleges Chosen for Anniston Site
Anniston Alabama to host a large south female college consolidation of the Athens Female College in Athens Alabama Mississippi Female College in Grenada Mississippi into one institution. The new college will operate in the former Anniston College building with about 200 boarding students expected at the September start. Professors Duggan and others may join the faculty with Dr A J Battle stepping away.
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Anniston
Ala
South
Anniston College For Young Ladies
Athens Female College
Athens
Mississippi Female College
Grenada
Miss
H. G. Davis
W. M. McIntosh
Anniston College
New York
Duggan
A. J. Battle
Macon
Six Murders Charged to Ed Patson in Lake Charles
Ed Patson was arraigned in Lake Charles Louisiana for the murder of the Earl family. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded to jail to await trial about April 1. In New York the stock exchange and the New York Produce Exchange plan to close on Good Friday March 28 and the following day.
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Lake Charles
Ed Patson
Eart
Earl
Mayor Bims Praises City Street Cleaning and Repairs
Mayor Mims expressed satisfaction with sanitation department street cleaning and public works road repairs. He commended Captain Hope and Commissioner Collier for earnest work and noted unavoidable disruption during water mains and sewer projects, citing prosperity and future easier upkeep.
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Mims
Sanitary Department
Public Works Department
Captain Hope
Collier
Atlanta
Fire at Tranham and Rays lumber yard
A small chest started a fire early this morning at Tranham and Rays lumber yard behind 99 Decatur Street. The watchman spotted it, an alarm from box 42 was sounded, and firefighters quickly controlled the blaze with little loss. The yard, among the city’s largest, narrowly escaped a major conflagration due to prompt discovery.
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Tranham & Ray
Trahnam
Ray
Decatur Street
Rider Moran Arrested for Disturbing Golf Party at Park
J S Moran, a rider with the Coliseum performers, was arrested at Piedmont Park yesterday afternoon for disorderly conduct after allegedly ganging up on a group of golf players. Sergeant Mike White filed the case at Recorder Broyles’s request. Moran faces trial in police court this afternoon with Judge Broyles presiding.
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Piedmont Park
J.S. Moran
Coliseum
Mike White
Recorder Broyles
Moran
Broyles
Sterling Remedy Company Ad Explores Remedies and Locations
Fragmentary advertisement text references Sterling Remedy Company with mentions of Chicago and New York. It hints at druggists, bulk offerings, a guaranteed money back policy, and mentions of substitutes or products like boots. The readable portion suggests a broad promotional claim without a clear product or outcome.
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Ste
Scaple
Boots
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
W W Wrigley Macon Banker Dies After Short Illness
W W Wrigley longtime cashier of the First National Bank of Macon dies at his Third Street home after a brief illness from grip He served since 1863 as cashier and was manager of the Macon Clearing House and treasurer of the bond fund for the Macon Volunteers Armory Born October 31 1841 he served in the Macon Volunteers and Cummins battalion Two wives and nine children survive with relatives in Griffin New York and Atlanta Funeral planned for Saturday pending arrival of relatives
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Macon
W. W. Wrigley
Third Street
First National Bank
Macon Clearing House
Macon Volunteers Armory
Macon Volunteers
Cummin's
Annie Mallard
Ida McIntosh
Arthur Wrigley
United States
Manly B. Curry
Atlanta
Philippines
Eva
New York
Griffin
Attacked by a Dog Wounds Mrs Flowers in Covington
Mrs John Flowers of Covington Ga was badly injured when a vicious dog sprang at her as she walked from the hotel to the kitchen. She fell from a porch ledge during the struggle and has not moved since, with severe injuries and nerve strain reported.
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John Flowers
Covington
Johar Flowers
Flowers House
Mrs. Flowers
Gilbert at Work on Depot Plans for State Property
Architect Bradford L Gilbert of New York has begun preliminary plans for a new union passenger station on state property. He expects completion by April 1, with a conference to follow between the depot committee and railroad authorities. Governor Candler will call a depot committee meeting soon to push for a rapid decision on the project. Appendicitis prevention claim for RU TER BA is noted.
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Bradford L. Gilbert
New York
Capitol
Union
Candler
Gilbert
Depot Committee
Hard luck and poverty haunt a wandering father and his children
A man named W P Franklin arrived at the police station with his son Jimmie and daughter Genie claiming wife’s desertion and poverty forced their journey from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He says two older sons left him, he fell ill, and they walked most of the way seeking shelter and a chance to sell eggs and butter. Police provided beds for the night and he hopes for a fresh start today barring license troubles.
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Police
W. P. Franklin
Washington Pearson Franklin
Jimmie
Genie
Chattanooga
Georgy
Garhesville
Atlanta
Calaboose
Eee
Franklin
Fire destroys reform dormitory at Kentucky school
Bradley dormitory at the state school of reform near Lexington was destroyed by fire. All 125 inmates were saved, but two boys are missing and presumed to have escaped. Loss about 25000 dollars, two thirds insured. Officials suspect arson but will await full investigation. Board member W P Walton says he has information leading to arrests.
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Tuexington
Bradley
State School of Reform
Deak
W. P. Walton
Mississippi Crops Injured by Severe Frosts Across State
Mississippi reports two days of subfreezing weather injuring young vegetables in central and northern areas. Despite temperatures below 32 is, no widespread havoc seen yet. Tomato and cabbage fields in truck farming regions suffered notable damage. Silver Jubilee of Sisters in Augusta marked by a 25 year marriage anniversary at Sacred Heart church with Father O Shahan officiating. Mortuary notices include the death of Mrs F A Schoneman of Macon, Leon Phillips of Waycross aged 36, and infant Jack Cleghorn of Americus who died of diphtheria.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Augusta
Gertrude
DeChantel
Atlanta
Sacred Heart Church
Father O'Shanahan
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George Ade
R. E. Morse
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Spectall
F. A. Sehoneman
Leon Phillips
Waycross
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Gordon J. Philips
Oglethorpe, Ga
Little Jack Cleghorn
J. Cleghorn
Americus
Southern Engraving Co
Southern Eng. Co
Aliania, Ga
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