Marine Strike in New York Hits $600000 Losses
Longshoremen strike in New York escalates congestion and losses to about $600,000 with 12,000 workers vowing not to yield. Violence flared as strikers attacked strike-breakers in Williamsburg while police mobilized to 8,000 officers. Managers insist on no concessions and plan to ship vessels on schedule, risking partial cargoes.
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New York
Williamsburg
Nei
Grouveu
Bingham
J. Hi. Theams
International Mercantile Marine Company
Trans Atlantic
Tom Welsch Fishing Club Plans Two-Week Satilla River Trip
The Tom Welsch Fishing Club, a popular southern group largely comprised of Coast Line railroad men, will journey to the Satilla River near Atkinson for a two week annual fishing trip starting May 20. Members with cots boats and bedding should have items ready by May 16 for a pickup on May 17. The outing, lasting two weeks, is expected to be highly enjoyable with guests invited.
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Tom Welsch Club
Tom Welsch Fishing Club
South
Satilla
Atkinson
Tom Welsh Fishing Club
Tom Welsch
Two Boat Trips to Island on Sunday
The steamer Hessie will make two trips to St. Simon Sunday leaving the city at 9 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. The surf is suitable for bathing both morning and afternoon and recent warm weather is expected to draw large crowds to the popular resort.
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Island
Hessie
St. Simon
Pilots organize after Athletics quit in Brunswick
The Brunswick amateur baseball club the Athletics has quit after losing to rivals. The Pilots reorganize and will start play, with Hopkins Walker Cravatt Mallard among returning players. The first game is set for Monday against Black Shear, and local fans are urged to attend.
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Brunswick
Jesup
Pilots
Blackshear
Hopkins
Walker
Cravatt
Mallard
Baptists to Attend Richmond Convention
Brunswick will be represented at the great Baptist gathering in Richmond next week. The number of delegates is not known, but several active church members are expected to attend the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Brunswick
Richmond
Delayed Telegram Case Upheld by Court of Appeals
The court affirmed the Sandersville city court ruling in Izzie Bashinsk v Western Union Telegraph Co awarding $1,999.99 for a two and a half hour delay in delivering a Bremen Germany telegram ordering 200 bales of cotton. The appellate court held the demurrer proper as the complaint failed to show contract nature, commission amount, or the cipher telegram meaning. The case was remanded with directions.
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Court of Appeals
City Court
Sandersville
Izzie Bashinsk
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bremen
Germany
Railroads End Block Ticket Rates After June First
Railroads announce block tickets will rise to 7.2 cents per mile starting June 1, reducing party discounts and removing one free passenger per party. The change, approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission, hits baseball clubs and touring theaters hardest, increasing costs and forcing fewer chorus members on southern tours.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
South
Will of Mrs Emma Richardson Leaves $6 Million to Charleston Niece
New York reports the will of Emma J Richardson widow of Spite House Richard son values the estate at 6 million dollars and mostly goes to Charleston niece Mrs William Tucker Washburn. After $500000 to churches and charities, the rest to Washburn with her daughter Emma Lucy as future heir. Dellaripha Richardson is cut off entirely.
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New York
Emma J. Richardson
Richardson
William Tucker Washburn
Charleston
Washburn
Mrs. Richardson
Dellaripha Richardson
Reed Opens Brunswick Piano Sales Driven by Ludden & Bates Rep
R L Reed of Ludden and Bates Southern Music House Savannah has relocated to Brunswick with his family. He will market pianos at 212 Union Street and via Morgan's drug store, showcasing Mathushek and other brands and offering terms or cash. Reed plans door calls on Brunswick and St Simons Island customers and urges orders.
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R. L. Reed
Ludden and Bates
Ludden and Bates Southern Music House
Savannah
Brunswick
Mr. Reed
Union Street
Morgan’s
St Judes P E C Church Service Schedule
Holy communion at St Judes P E C church at 9 30 a m with evening prayer and sermon at 8 p m Cypress mills holds holy communion at 11 a m Rev D Watson in charge
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Cypress Mills
Rev
D. Watson
Wealth of Joseph Richardson Reassessed in Court Battle
The aged spinster daughter of Joseph Richardson contested an 1894 will claiming undue influence. A second will dated April 24, 1897 split the estate with Richardson’s widow. After litigation, the 1899 probate favored the widow who received about 4 million dollars, with fortunes later said to have grown to 6 million under her management.
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East
Houston Street
Manhattan Island
Joseph Richardson
George
Richardson
Strange End to Life Voted Lord Baresford
A brief notice reports an unusual end to life surrounding a figure titled Lord Baresford. Details are sparse in the fragmentary text but imply a dramatic or unexpected conclusion with local interest.
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Lord Baresford
Lord Beresford impostor tale grips Asheville crowds
A tangled hoax unfolds as a man calling himself Lord Beresford tours Asheville claiming wealth and lineage from Rome and England. He evades payment with forged checks, posing as a syndicate member and undertaker in a scheme tied to the Hamilton firm and Etna Iron Works. Authorities say the ruse ended with a forgery sentence for one participant and a manhunt for another.
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Rome
New York
Europe
Asheville
Hegla
Beresford
Ford
Accocian
England
Department of H
Berville
Afteen
Etna
Hamilton & Drawn
Mexico City
Old Beresford
Herd
Rome Gap
Supreme Court
Eresford
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Nate Legatee
St. Judes
P. E. C Church
Lavaer
Lord Embalgl
Convy
Wells
Asheville, N. C
Bares
Mestal
Lord Beresford
Beres- Asheville
Groun School
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