Denounces King For Slave Traffic On African Soil
Rev Dr H R Nassau, returning from Africa, denounces King Leopold as behind slave traffic and calls him a monumental liar and cut throat. Nassau, 70, has served since 1861 with the Presbyterian board of foreign missions and accuses Belgium’s ruler of personal state ownership and whitewash missions. England debates colonial policy as Morrell leads anti Leopold crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leopold
H. R. Nausen
Africa
White Star
Majestic
Nassau
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Belgium
Europe
England
E. D. Morrell
Last Official Birthday Dinner at Julius Brown House
Julius L. Brown hosted a darkly festive sixty some guests at his No. 187 Washington Street home for his fifty eighth and last official birthday. The dinner featured a black velvet table, skull Place settings, candles snuffed at each course, and eerie decorations creating a somber Wake like atmosphere. Governors and notable guests, including Governor Joseph M. Terrell, shared jokes and unusual entertainments in a night of morbid amusement and rare wines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius L. Brown
Washington Street
American Bibliophile Society
Orient
Mr. Brown
American Society
Reuben Arnold
Benj. M. Blackburn
Joseph M. Brown
Julius A. Fischer
Amos Fox
Joseph C. Greenfeld
J. J. Knott
J. G. Oplesby
Joseph M. Terrell
H. M. Reid
John R. Wilkinson
Atlanta
Dante's Chamber of Death
Brown
Terrell
Torah Wan
Officers Elected by Convention Georgia Industry Mill Meet
The sixth annual Georgia Industrial Association meeting in Warm Springs drew seventy five mill men. Officers elected: President Jeff, Vice President P P Meikleham, Secretary Treasurer Charles D Tuller, Executive Committee W P Werdery I Handeler Callaway LaGrange, W Walker Monroe and W J Kincaid. Immigration topics featured, advocating more immigrant labor for southern mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Georgia Industrial Association
Jeff Toccoa
P. P. Meikleham
Lindale
Charles D. Tuller
Atlan
W.p. Werdery
Igo
Lon Yeaterday Folbeioee
South
M. W. Richards
Southern Railway
Washington
Remarkable Shorthand Demonstration at Bagwell's College
Bagwell's Business College adopts Chartier shorthand praised as rapid writing. L C Spencer led a class of beginners who, after five days, produced practice material at one hundred words a minute and read it fluently. Tenographers attended the demonstration with a promising display. closing exercises set for 8 p.m. at College hall 198 Peachtree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagwell's Business College
L. C. Spencer
Tenographers Court
Missouri coal strike nearly ended in pyran district
The Missouri coal strike nears resolution with talks amid random reports of a private wire dispatch. President John Itelbe te neer apal and Indiana connections are mentioned as possible influences, while scattered details point to afternoon developments at the riverside operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Pyran
Ainern Wil
Ners
Jonnitebelte
Nepal
Teaver Ifqr
Apolis
Novel Menu Cards At Mr. Julius L. Browns Dinner
Guests at Mr. Julius L. Browns unusual dinner received handmade menu cards in deep mourning with heavy black borders. The cards explained the dinner plan, time, place and rules, designed to amuse guests at each other’s expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius L. Brown
Brown
Fragmentary text on names and quotes from a song
The readable parts list Dr Amos and Mr Joseph with initials J Knott J Oglesby and Hamilet amid stray lines about Auld Lang Syne. A few phrases mention a cup of kindness and not going home till morning, with garbled trailing words.
Prologue and Play Menu With Dishes in Curious Text
Fragmentary script notes mix menu items and stage cues for a play titled The Play’s the eee eee ey. Includes references to Prologue, Act 1, salads, fish, and wine names like Chateau Yquem 1978. Mentions characters and diners, but text is garbled and largely unreadable.
Fragmented Host Evening Leaves Guests Reflective
Guests departed with a sense of having witnessed an event beyond ordinary grasp. They felt they had joined a society, yet were bound by Mr Brown and could not fully place the modern dinner remarks. A curious line about a Chinese pearl and an alphabet lingered as an odd, puzzling note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Atr Brown
Local fragments hint at a Manila area event or birth notice
Fragmentary OCR text references nerves and real stuff, mentions Manila area, hints at birth or personal notice. Unable to determine full facts, but readable terms indicate local names and generic personal notes.
Wholesale Grocers Back Pure Food Law Push
The National Wholesale Grocers' Association adjourned to meet next year in Chicago. A resolution was adopted supporting pure food legislation. R Judson of Grand Rapids led the board with twenty one directors listed. The item about marriages appears as a stray fragment noting “In 12 marriages out of every 10.”
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Biffalo
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Chicago
Ieenlaton
Food R. Judson
Grand Rapids
Benediction Quotation Attributed to Abijah Curtis
A brief benediction quotes the line May the good Lord love us and not call for us too soon attributed to Abijah Curtis, noted in a short item likely from a community column or church note. The piece preserves the phrasing and names the speaker in a compact historical record.
Scarcity of Labor Reducing Cotton Crop
Special to The Georgian from Charlotte North Carolina reports that labor shortages are lowering cotton yields this season. A prominent county farmer notes labor and certiticer problems force farmers to perform much field work themselves, with many areas compelled to carry out tasks manually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N.C
Reynolds Hogs Not Cleaned Then And There
Washington June 1 The Neill Reynolds inquiry into Chicago packing houses featured witness James Bronson Reynolds defending facts of filth observations while addressing criticisms of the investigation. He described a carcass not cleaned in the presence of investigators and disputed statements by Thomas H B Wilson about hog cleaning lapses and related tuberculosis concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Agricultural Department
Neill-Réynolde
Ee Ee
Neil
Rayne
Wadsworth
James Bronson Reynolds
Neill-Reynolds
House Committee of Agriculture
Thomas HB. Wilson
Nolil
Ita
Mr. Reynolds
Mr. Nelli
FIGHT LIVES LOST IN BURNING MINE IN MONTANA
Eight men die and many are missing after a mine fire at Rocky Fork Coal in Hed Lodge Montana. Chief of Police Kuhl led a rescue party through flames and smoke as miners worked on the af level. The dead include Joseph Bracey James Fleming Atherton Thomas Kelley Bailey and Al McPal e Terry. Fire broke out anew but was contained with water and ventilation efforts as workers returned to the af level.
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Hed Lodge
Mont
Rocky Fork
Joseph Bracey
James Fleming
Atherton
Thomas
Kelley
Bailey
Finn
AL M'Pale
Terry
Kuhl
Megan
London yacht plan shocks Chicago stock yards tale
A chaotic report from June 8 claims Sir Lipton plans a rival steel city near Gary Indiana with a canal project to siphon land. Wharton and Crumpacker clash over Beveridge bill as discussions break for lunch. Several Chicago firms named as land buyers amid crowded, disputed rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Trust
Sir Lipton
Purl
Gary
Ind
Smal] Steel Corporation
Two Nights More at the Theaters Delights South Audiences
Theaters show two nights more of a premier bill featuring Vander with acts from Europe and the Hammerstein tours. Mary Marble and Chip headline with Gloriana style English musical comedy in Castine next week. The show runs through Saturday with matinees and regular performances, drawing strong local interest and rapid ticket sales.
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South
Hammerstein's
New
Agra
Europe
Firs Music Halle
Mary Marble
Chip
Litte Chip
Mery Marble
Castine
Welle-Donne-Ha
Gloriana” Company
Gloriana
Mary Mi
Atlanta
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King
DR. Naussau
Julius Brown
Joseph C. Greenfield
J. G. Oglesby
Julius Fiecher
Benjamin M. Blackburn
Reuben K. Arnold
Governor Terrell
E. G. Watson
State of South Carolina
Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Immigration
Columbia
Wason
Sioner General of
Georgia
Missouri
Siam Bas
Renee Ee
Julius L. ‘Brown
Reuben R. Arnold Jr
Julius Lo Brown
Julian Ay
Fischer
Dr Amos
Joseph
Greenfield
Dr. J. d Knott
Joseph M. ‘Terrell
la Bagatelle
Lgeree
Rae Ee
PSG
Rosie Es
tierRicp
Tate Nucla
Etna
Guiana
Eli
Chateau Yquem
al- Xaul
Joe Greenom
Eh Port
Will
John Wilkinson
Rother Joe's Farm
Burgundy
Corton
John Smith
Hue ‘T
Pire
Abijah Curtis
Reynolds
Packers
Montana
Atand
Wharton
Chris
Nell
Reynal
Crumpacker
Ofdiana
Beveridge
Georgia News
Columbus
Chaps Pell Hes
Settla
Moultrie
J. A. Collier
Superior Court
Jt. G. Clark
J. A. Campbell
Ville
Springhela
Dickerson
Tie Ga
Oeilla
Ud Creek
I. O
Covington
Lodge of
Hell Here
N. Z. Ander N. G
Bam Flowers
W. G
Therton
Cartersville
S. Tilley
First Methodist Church
R. J. Bb
Savanah, Ga
Jane &—Physical
J. M. Graham
Ravan
Tampa
Fila
Associattion
Perry
Savannah
Savanah
Wade Hf. Wood
Hrunewick
Mark’n Thareh
Bede
Hopkins
Lassettes
Soa Biberton
Jane
John Len Gait Whee
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