Negro Confederate Major Stone Buried With Honors
Major Stone, said to be the only black member of the United Confederate Veterans, received a full military funeral in Batesville after dying Friday. He joined Company K of the Arkansas Rifles with his master Jeff Stone, carried his master’s body through Confederate lines at Chickamauga, and was later admitted to the Batesville camp for his valor.
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Little Hock
Ark
Stone
United Confederates Veterans Organization
Batesville
Arkansas Rifles
Jeff Stone
Chickamauga
Clock Workers Strike in New Haven
Employed at the New Haven Clock Company 1309 workers walked out after the firm refused to grant a shorter workday and higher wages. The strike began on October 18 in New Haven Connecticut as workers protested reduced hours and pay.
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New Haven
Conn
New Haven Clock Company
Millionaires Accused of Unlawful Methods in New Haven Case
New York October 18 The government opened the case against William Rockefeller Lewis Cass Leayard Edward D Robbins and eight others directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad charged with conspiracy to violate the Sherman law. Alleged acts include foreclosures secret stock acquisitions dummy companies fictitious securities and use of money to influence a Boston newspaper and legislation. Rockefeller and others allegedly aimed to force control of competing lines and hide ownership through complex maneuvers with J P Morgan & Co involved.
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New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Robert L. Batts
William Rockefeller
Lewis Cass Leayard
Edward D. Robbins
Massachusetts
Boston
Canada
New Haven
Batts
New England
Sherman Law Was Intended To Punish. All Thees
J.P. Morgan & Co
Old Colony Steamboat Company
Morgan Arm
Cald
Old Colony Railroad
Fhlaven
Jaiad
Stenmanin
Robing
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Charles ¥. Brooker
Connecticut
Hartford
Rockefeller
Submarine Sinks Ship with Seventy One Lost
Paris reports that the French steamship Amiral Hamelin, requisitioned by government, was torpedoed by an Austrian submarine. Seventy one aboard perished, thirty three crew members survived to reach shore after bombardment and rescue by a French torpedo boat and an English hospital ship.
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Paris
Marseilles
Petit Journal
Pereire
Havas
Amiral-Hamelin
Amiral- Hamelin
Coffee Dwarfs Children Says State Board of Health
The State Board of Health of Texas reports inquiries into coffee effects on school children. Coffee drinkers show morning energy but fatigue and lowered height weight and hand strength versus abstainers. Many parents switch to a hot beverage resembling coffee but free of caffeine to avoid disruption.
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State Board of Health of Texas
Queaport
Finch
Noth
40 000 Atlantans Become Young Again at Big Circus
Britt Craig writes on Barnum & Bailey Cir cus drawing around 49 000 to Atlanta shows. He praises Bird Millman tight-wire act and the steam caliope, notes the wide range of performers, aerial stunts, clowns, and the crowd’s roaring response from 8:15 to 10 pm, as the tent emptied before dawn.
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Big Circus
Britt Craig
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Bird Millman
New York
Hippodrome
Pretty Bird Millman
Atlanta
Barnum & Bailey
Mrs. Jennie Bruce Dies in Nashville Area Home
Mrs Jennie Hagan Bruce aged 17 wife of A C Bruce retired architect died Monday at 327 North Boulevard Funeral held from the residence Tuesday at 3 oclock She born near Nashville and married there November 2 1865 She was member of First Baptist later Jackson HM Baptist church Survived by husband one son W L Bruce one daughter Mrs B F Cobb two grandchildren Misses Bruce and Marle Bruce Cobb
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Jennia H. Bruce
A. C. Bruce
North Boulevard
Bruce
Jennie H Hagan
Nashville
Tent
First Baptist Church
Jackson HM
Bruce Te
W. #L Bruce
B. F. Cobb
Misses Bruce
Marle Bruce Cobb
Death of Charles J. Parker in Copper Hill Brought to Atlanta
The body of Charles J. Parker aged 28 shot during a Copper Hill street fight after a disputed popularity contest was brought to Atlanta for burial. He was the son of the late J. A. Parker, a longtime bailiff in Judge Orr's court. Survived by his mother Mrs Parker and brother Hayden Parker of Atlanta. Funeral Tuesday at 2 from Greenbere & Bond chapel with Rev C V Weathers officiating. Interment in West View.
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Charles J. Parker
Copper Hill
Tenn
Atlanta
J. A. Parker
Parker
Hayden Parker
Atants
Greenbere &Bond
C. V. Weathers
West Iew
Wireless Operators Vote On Strike Across Coast
New York October 18 A strike vote was taken by 400 wireless Telegraphers of the Atlantic coast district of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America. Members reported wages from 23 to 50 a month and a proposed scale of 50 to 5 dollars. A union official warned a strike could tie up 5 percent of Atlantic coast and Trans Atlantic shipping.
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New York
Adlantic Coast
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
George Schnat— Ainets
Scottish Rite Masons Dedicate New Temple in Washington
The new $2,000,000 Masonic temple, headquarters of the Scottish Rite Free Masonry Southern Jurisdiction and Mother Council of the World, was dedicated in Washington with elaborate ceremonies. Noted Masons from across the country attended, including Sovereign Grand Commander Moore and guests from Canada and several U S states. The temple, begun in 1911, stands on Sixteenth Street near the Capitol and follows the Mausoleum style of Halicarnassus.
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Washington
Masonic Temple
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Free Masonry
United States
Mother Council of the World
Mausolus
Artemisia
Halicarnassus
Aines
Enlund
Sixteenth Street
Tte
He Naciun
Tneir
Rosenbaum
Moore
Tha Camp Guard
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Sovereign
Benjamin Allen
Canada
Leon Abbott
James H. Codding
Harry J. Guthrie
Delaware
James 8. Krause
Pennsylvania
Charles ‘T. Gallagher
Frederick” W. Hamilton
Massachusetts
Robert A. Shirrets
New Jersey
Georges W. Currier
New Hampshire
Compromise Offer Rejected by Striking GE Workers
Representatives of the 2,000 striking General Electric employees in Schenectady New Jersey tonight voted to reject a compromise offer. The walkout began after the company refused their eight hour day demand. The proposal would have granted a 5 percent wage increase now with a nine and a half hour day, plus a 6 percent raise and a nine hour day in one year.
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Schenectady
N. J
General Electric Company
Not Aphrodite Prem Judge Chorus Girl Dialogue
A fragmentary stage exchange shows a chorus girl rebuking a theatrical manager about appearances and terms, with quick retorts revealing backstage tension. The terse dialogue hints at gendered slang and performance culture in a theater scene.
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Aphrodite
Prem Judge
The Prophet and War Confidence Question
The colonel speaks with pomp claiming the war will end in October but avoids a precise year when Bildad presses for it. The exchange centers on doubt and the unclear timeline for resolution, highlighting tension between certainty and ambiguity.
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Tober
Bildad
Ribbons Galore for Atlanta Horses at Bartow County Fair
The Bartow County fair in Cartersville opened with a strong horse show drawing about two thousand visitors from Chehatnoosa Dalton Calhoun Cedartown Rome Atlanta and Marietta. Seven classes featured five gaited horses saddled riders and harness entries led by notable names such as Bonnie Bradshaw Temple and Wonderful Chief. Winners included Mary Algood Jones and Miss Margaret McKee with multiple horses earning top honors in classes for open world mares and ladies riders.
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Cartersville
Chettanoosa
Dalton
Calhoun
Cedartown
Rome
Atlanta
Marietta
Park Hotel
Wonderland Chief
Orgs T. Florida
Sweetwater
Tenn
Bonnie Bradshaw
Bonne Bradshaw
Judge Candier
Misa Mary Algood Jones
Temple
TW. Tinsley
Mim Mamie
Maney
Dana Allen
G. T. Fiorida
Margaret Dickee
Best
Wonderful Chief
G. T. Florida
Margaret McKee
Hijack Ditmond
Hugh Best
Mag. Possibility
J. P. Deglec
Gourga
Mies Jones
G. T. Tinsley
Thomas ‘Tinsley
Florida King
George Florida
Airship Drops Bombs on Swiss Village Near France
A foreign aeroplane dropped three bombs yesterday afternoon over Chaux Des Fonds near the French border. One adult and one child were wounded. Berne reports three townspeople and one child gravely injured. The government has ordered an inquiry and will renew protests to belligerent nations over Swiss territory violations.
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Chaux Des Fonda
Switzerland
Pora
Berne
Uondon
Kaiser Sends Message to Moravian Brothers
Emperor William replies to the Moravian greeting at Herrnhut Saxony via wireless from Sayville New York. He hopes that with God’s help the wounds inflicted upon German missions by the world war will be healed after a victorious peace.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
William
Herrnhut
Saxony
Courtship Dilemma In Racy Verse Dialogue
The text presents a playful exchange with Judge remarks about truth and deception in romance. Fretty Fawks voices skepticism while Ned advises a diplomatic reply to keep the engagement issue open. A Baltic tone accompanies the dialog as a courtship satire with clever lines and a periscope metaphor.
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Ned
Major Roy Sacrifices Life To Save Soldiers In Arras Battle
An official Canadian report from France recounts Major A J Kay in the Arras sector where a mortar shell near his trench exploded just as he bent to grab it and save comrades. He died from wounds, while brigades praised his selfless act and courage during the October 6 engagement.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Arras
France
Sir Samuel Hughes
A. J. Kay
Watson
Quebec
Major Roy
Roy
Hoy
Gaudet
Montreal
Embury
Regina
Amoke
Wk. Brown
McAvity
St. John
C. Fairweather
Mehee
H Eavy
H Eavy Rifle and Machine Gun the Wee Opened On the Party. Major Brown
Death notices from Columbus and Union City
George A Nix aged 62 dies at his home three miles from Columbus Georgia on October 18. W J Cox aged 72 dies at his Union City residence and is survived by his wife three sons and one daughter.
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George Nix
Columbus
George A Nix
Alabama
W. J. Cox
Union City
Marriage on Skates at Casino Rink Tonight
A skating rink wedding features two famed professional skaters Jack G. Williams from Denver and Miss Mary Dieswore of Gulfport. The event at 9:80 PM is organized by Mrs. John W. Alexander for the First Christian Church fundraiser with Rev. Bricker officiating.
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Casino
Jack G. Williams
Denver
Colo
Mary Dieswore
Gulfport
Misa
John W. Alexander
First Christian Church
Bricker
German American neutrality under scrutiny in Berlin column
Berlin editor George Bernhard reviews the Dumba letter and von Bernstorff reports, questioning American neutrality amid Arabic talks and delayed official reports. He urges a clear explanation of how the United States fulfills its duties toward the German ambassador, while Count von Reventlow notes U.S. naval gains and new battleship construction.
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Berlin
London
George Bernhard
Vosslaché Zeitung
Germany
United States
Constantin Duma
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Dr. Dumba
Herr Gernhard
von Bernatorff
America
German patrol boat destroyed in Baltic Sea
A German mine patrol boat was blown up in the Baltic Sea with ten crewmen reported missing. Wreckage was found at Marstal, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Baltic Sea
Copenhagen
Marstal
Aem
Knights of Honor assets fall short of liabilities by $300000
In St. Louis on October 18 the federal court received a report by receiver Charles A Houta on the Knights of Honor, showing the supreme lodge’s assets are about 300000 less than its liabilities.
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Knights of Honor
St. Louis
Supreme Lodge
Charles A Houta
Pate
S. S. S. Blood Remedy Promises Health and Skin Cure
Purports to cleanse blood with roots and herbs, claiming to cure skin eruptions and deep seated diseases like rheumatism and blood poison. States that S. S. S. penetrates circulation, removes toxins, improves complexion, and invites readers to write to S. S. S. Co in Atlanta for peculiar cases.
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S. S
Atlanta, Ga
Charlton on trial for murder of wife in Como
The American Porter Charlton faces murder charges in Como Italy as Signor Cataneo seeks delays. Baron Sciacca denies postponement and the trial proceeds with Charlton testifying about his life and marriage to Mary Scott. Evidence includes the trunk, the hammer, and other articles as experts assess cause and timing of death.
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Como
Tialy
Parig
Porter Charlton
Signor Catanea
Charlton
Lfe
Mary Scott
Italien
Ba Bag
Baron Sciacca
Suspicious Yacht Held by Colombia Near Buens Ventura
An American yacht named Academy painted over Ethel and carrying an unusually large crew is detained near Buens Ventura, Colombia, with irregular papers and a erased German master name. Washington reports British agents fear yachts with German crews to attack fuel oil tankers, amid Kronprinz Wilhelm crew disappearances and Pensacola investigations. Alfred Dr Oro of New York relinquishes three cushion billiards world title to Huey of Chicago after returning emblem.
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Hogata
Colombia
San Francisco
Academy
Ethel
Buens Ventura
Pacific
Washington
California
Atlantic
Mexico
Kronpring Wilhelm In & Yarn
Moerfolk
Pensacola
Fla
de Oro
Chicago
Alfred Dr Oro
New York
Fichting Bui
Huey
Sex Lonor
Life of Czar Nicholas at the Battle Front
An authorized Petrograd description details Emperor Nicholas at the front. Headquarters in a two story White Roсkta city house with a minimal staff. He begins at 8 am reviewing reports with General Alexeeff, hosts brief luncheons, then returns to work past dinner and into the night. The government of India will extend its wireless system to army posts. All Star Cast in Robin Hood shows Wednesday and Thursday. seats now.
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Petrograd
Roasla
Cyril and Boric
Dmitri Pavlovitch
le Wenerdl Staf
Alexios
Ataff
General Alexie
Alexieff
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