City Life Overwhelms Faithful See Quiet Country
The Rev Dr Charles F Aked preached at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church urging members to flee crowded cities for rest in the countryside. He warned urban life wastes time and drains nerves, urging contemplation of God, relief from debts and reports, and a return to simpler living, while highlighting social inequality and the need for Christian action. The piece notes the French schooner Voilette with nine hands sinking near Iceland.
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New York City
Charles F. Aked
England
John D. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Aked
Marconi
Parton Hood
Yorkshire
Paxton Hood
Great Hurricane Kills 200 in Caroline Islands
A hurricane with enormous waves sweeps the Caroline group, causing at least 200 deaths. Mexican Republic marks centennial with a proclamation by President Diaz proposing a grand celebration in 1910 to honor 100 years since independence.
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Caroline
Diaz
White man lynched at Dalton rail viaduct
A middle aged white man named Dock Posey confessed to abducting his nine year old stepson and was lynched at a railroad viaduct in the center of Dalton Georgia. Police and local authorities reported the act as mob justice following the confession.
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Dock Posey
Isaa UD
Whitfield County
Dalton
Statue for Bayard Unveiled in Wilmington Delaware
Tributes to the memory of Thomas F. Bayard were paid by Grover Cleveland Judge George Gray and others at the unveiling of the Bayard statue in Wilmington Delaware.
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Bayard
Thomas F. Bayard
Grover Cleveland
George Gray
Wilmington
Dell
Snapshot Seeks Life Honor for Seymour Spalding
In Brookfield Missouri twenty year old Seymour Spalding rich and famed, gave his life while swimming in a dangerous spot to allow a young woman to take a snapshot. The tragedy underscores his brave self sacrifice.
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Seymour Spalding
Brookfield
Brea
Pardoned by Governor Vardaman in Mississippi case
Jackson Miss a Mississippi governor grants unconditional pardon to Je iardson of Monticello for manslaughter in the Butler tragedy. The case hinged on claims of unwritten law and intimate relations with Dr Butler amid bitter protests by prosecutors and Lawrence county citizens. Butler’s boasts and the alleged provocation were argued, trial records partly ruled out, and Birdsong released on bond pending appeal before pardon.
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A. C. McNair
Joseph Dale
Monticello
Lawrence County
Dr. Butler
Birdsong
Seeking a Gulf Outlet for Finkbine Lumber Road
The Finkbine Lumber Company of Wiggins has let contracts for a twenty mile extension of their log hauling road to Daisy post office in Jackson County. The route would connect with a tram road from Ocean Springs, across the bay from Biloxi, forming a potential Gulf coast rail outlet though joint operation is not known to be planned.
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Gulf
Finkbino Lumber Company
Wiggins
Gulf and Ship Island
Gulf Coast
Finkbine
Jackson County
Ocean Springs
Bay
Biloxi
Final Elk convention session in Philadelphia reported
The article notes the Elk convention final session in Philadelphia and outlines ongoing railroad work on the Brookhiveh Natchez extension of the Mississippi Central line. It mentions steel being laid from both ends, partial bridge completion, and trestles finished with steel placement advancing. It also states Bealey case arguments at New Iberia would begin today and references a scout’s month’s grading perk at a portion of the mission.
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New Iberia
Brookhiveh-Natchez
Mississippi Central Railroad
Pitiful Condition And Fire Raze Carrollton Plant
A barefoot girl from Jones county aged about 13 or 14 reached the Hattiesburg Courthouse claiming a troubled home life. Pink Patton, her father, faced a prior charge of unnatural relations but was not prosecuted. the girl is now under Salvation Army care while officers seek Patton. Separately, Carrollton’s electric plant and building were destroyed by a fire, erasing power and water with an estimated loss of $10,000. The facility was insured for $6,000 and the cause remains unknown.
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Hattiesburg
Estabutchie
Jones County
Pink Patton
Ellisville
Salvation Army
Patton
Carrollton Electric Light and Power Company
Willitt
Liverpool
London
Globe
Corner Stone Laid for Moss School Building
Grand Master Henry C. Yawn of A F and AM led the corner stone ceremony for Mosss new 20000 dollar school under Pascagoula Lodge No 202. Months earlier Mr L N Dantzler donated 10000 dollars for a modern facility. City bonds added another 10000, totaling 20000 for the project. The finished building is expected to be among the finest in South Mississippi.
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Monnday
Moss
Henry C. Yawn
A. F
A. M
Pascagoula
L.N. Dantzler
Mississippi
Millsaps Rep Kirkland Wins In Gulf Coast Contest
Won medal in the Gulf Coast Chautauqua Assembly at Hattiesburg. C H Kirkland spoke on The Passing of the Middle Class in the South and earned the oratory medal for Millsaps under President W B Marrah.
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W. B.marrah
Millsaps
C. H. Kirkland
Gulf Coast
Chautauqua Assembly
Hattiesburg
Fire destroys Kiren Hall in Norfolk Va at High and Middle
A large blaze swept Kiren Hall at the corner of High and Middle streets in Norfolk Virginia. Fire officials estimate the loss at about 250 thousand dollars. The cause is under investigation and crews fought the flames for hours.
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Norfolk
Kiren
High and
Middle Streets
Portsmouth
Vice President Fairbanks's kin hurt in auto crash
The vice president's wife, two sons, and a daughter-in-law were shaken up in an auto accident while traveling from Indianapolis to Boston. Also reported, a French eastern frontier defense plan and a jury being seated for Judge Hargis in Kentucky. Henry Jordan of Perkinson was jailed for alleged murder and assault at Gulfport after a shooting. Heat and fatigue events left several people prostrated in New York.
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Nog
Bond
Steadman
Steadman & Wentworth
Mr. Steedman
Perry
McGilvray
Brooklyn
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Boston
Henry Jordan
Perkinston
Wes
Gulfport
Tein
Jordan
Tarweardas
New
W. T. Mobley
York
Tragic Perr Marquette Collision Kills Thirty One
A Pere Marquette passenger train bound for Detroit collided head on with a west bound freight near Salem Michigan. Thirty one people died and seventy were injured as eight cars of the passenger train were wrecked. Witnesses describe a terrifying scene as passengers and families gathered before wrecking crews could reach the site. The excursion train left Iona at 6 AM carrying workers and their families with packed lunch baskets.
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Salem
Mich
Pete Marquette
Detroit
Strem
Jere Marquette
Iowa
Michigan
James Boyle
Boyle
Pasengers
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Iona
Pere Marquette
Jas
Eddy
Ea Ae Ee
De Soto Oak Doomed by Reach of Moss Parasite in Florida
A Tampa Bay feature reports the De Soto oak, a 300 year old giant near the Tampa hotel, is dying from a parasitic moss that decays trees and sprinkles a water lily like bloom. The moss is harvested in Florida to produce upholstery stuffing sold to Northern factories.
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Beautiful See
Tampa Fla
de Soto
Florida
Jack the Butler and His Rice with Fish Dish
In Charleston’s old families a famed butler named Jack guarded table etiquette with rigid care. He refused rice with fish, warning a Senator of upcountry birth, and privately told him such a pairing was improper. The Senator credited Jack with saving his dignity and exposing his own ignorance.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Jack
Ramay’s Synthetic Copper Claim Reported by Remsen
Johns Hopkins President Dr Ira Remsen cites Sir William Ramsay as discovering a method to produce artificial copper by combining sodium lithium and potassium with radium vapor to yield copper sulphate that can be broken down into copper. Ramsay’s forthcoming paper before the Royal Chemical Society is awaited for verification.
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Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Sir William Ramsay
Sir William
Royal Chemical Society of Great Britain
Remsen
William Ramsay
Scientific American
Wealthy urge sanatoria for consumptives in New York
The White Plague author Dr C E B argues public funding and private wealth should back sanatoriums for consumptives. He criticizes existing New York hospitals as death houses and decries the craze for higher education among the wealthy, urging charitable investment.
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Andrew C
John D
New York
Victor Smith
The
New York Press
Canton Opens Foreign Language College For Emigrant Arts
A new college of foreign languages opens in Canton China to teach arts and language skills for emigrants. The institution aims to equip students with cultural and linguistic training to aid global relocation and trade.
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Canton
China
Globe
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Parasite
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