Storm Havoc Strikes Outer Banks Cripples Vessels
A severe storm lashes the North Carolina coast from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke. The schooner York is driven ashore and two other vessels suffer damage with masts toppled and rigging ruined. A four masted ship sighted distressed twelve miles off Diamond Shoals. The Seminole cutter assists as crews report extensive wreckage along the lower coast.
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Jral
Hatteras
York
St Veasel
Cape Watter
Diamond Shoals
Carolina
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Norfolk
Pinetown
N. C
Washington, N. C
Engagement Is Off Macon Society Leader and Felton Jr
Miss Johnston and William Felton Jr will not wed as announced earlier. The couple broke their engagement after Miss Johnston departed for Europe for a year and Felton allegedly pursued a wealthy New Yorker. The news unsettles Macon society as families confirm the split.
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Ewen Johnston
Macon
William Felton, Jr
Macon, Rai Way and Light Company
Superior Court
New York
Mr. Felton
Europe
Felton
Johnston
Attempt on Japanese official Moritaro Abe shocks Tokyo
Two young men in hiding reportedly stabbed Moritaro Abe, director of the political bureau of the Japanese foreign office, as he walked home in Tokyo. Abe sustained a severe abdominal wound and was attacked near the Seet area, with assailants closing in from the rear.
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Tokio
Moritaro Abe
Japanese Foreign Office
Mr. Abe
America
Jerome Arrested in Gambling Charge and Custody
A man described as a Negro, alleged assailant in a four week old stabbing near the depot, was taken into custody by Officer Goodbread and lodged in county jail. Further details from the incident remain unclear due to fragmented text.
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Jerome
Jai
McRary
Ipper
J. 5S
Jorged
Luther
Depot
South Carolina executes two Black men in first double electrocution
Governor Blease witnesses the first double electrocution in South Carolina as Jasper Green and Reynolds are put to death at the state penitentiary. Greens body is removed at 10 59, Reynolds at 11 03 after denials of guilt. The article also notes a separate Milan trial and other local violence and political chatter.
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Columbia
Blease
South Caratina
Jasper Green
Daviil
State Penitentiary
J. R. Cool
Beaufort
Atterwa
Green
Reynolds
Thaw Feud Sparks Local Arrest in Coaticook
Jerome Travers and Harry K Thaw figure in a tense Coaticook incident as Jerome is jailed for gambling on rail property and released on bail of 500 dollars ahead of a magistrate hearing. Police, counsel Hector Vorret, and Justice McKee clash over legal steps in the ongoing Thaw affair.
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Coaticook
Quebec
Liam Travers
Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
New York State
Jerome St
Jeromes
John Andrews
Hector Vorret
New York
Justice of the Peace
McKee
A. ©. Hanson
Crown
Verret
Thaw
Hanson
Vorret
Red Eagle takes maiden voyage on Ocmulgee River line
The Red Eagle, a 30 ton capacity gasoline boat, will begin regular service from Macon to Hawkinsville and Rankinsville, aided by Macon business leaders. Plans call for a full Macon to Brunswick line by October 1, with insurance for freight and rates at least 40 percent cheaper than rail.
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Macon
Red Eagle
Rankinsville
B. Gilham
Acon Chamber of Commerce Freight Bureau
Hawkinsville
Wil Maconursday
Ierests
Roberts
Ocmulgee
Trannager Gilham
Johnson
Governos
Ocmulgee River
Gilham
Brunswick
Oeemulgee River
Southern Classification Committee
Tranportation Company
Tidewater
Film play in Tenderloin staged by vice commission
A twenty actor company funded by John D Rockefeller Jr and the National Vice Commission arrived in New Orleans to stage a moving picture depicting a white slave’s life from high school to the department store and into the underworld with its first showing at Columbia University in New York.
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New Orleans
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
National Vice Commission
Hobson to Campaign Across Calhoun County
Captain R. P. Hobson, Senate candidate, will tour Calhoun county with stops in Anniston, Jacksonville, and Piedmont on Saturday and Sunday, after traveling from Talladega. Next week he and Federal Department of Agriculture staff plan a demonstration tour throughout the district.
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Anniston
Ala
R. P. Hobson
United States Senate
Calhoun County
Jacksonville
Piedmont
Talledega
Federal Department of Agriculture
Congress Actions Highlight Tariff Bill and Currency Debate
Senate Democrats caucused and resumed tariff bill consideration while West Virginia mine operators testified before the strike investigating committee. The Banking Committee continued hearings on the administration currency bill and favored reporting it. Mulhall continued testimony before the lobby committee.
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Senate
West Virginia
Banking Committee
banké@re
House
Bold Thieves Make a Big Haul at Cordele
In Cordele Georgia unknown intruders broke into L J Roobin mercantile last night before closing and stole millinery and headgear trimmings valued at about 400 dollars. Boxes from markets filled the goods. a wagon was used, suggesting a negro drayman may have been involved though no clues identify the thief.
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Cordele
L. J. Roobin
Sheppard Defends Underwood Tariff in Senate
Senator Sheppard defended the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill today in a lengthy Senate speech. He concluded with a tribute to Secretary Bryan and argued for protectionist measures amid tariff debate.
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Sen
Sheppard
Washington
Bryan
Board of Trade Maintains Library of Useful Data
The Board of Trade holds a library of about 150 volumes aiding transport policy and Brunswick port advocacy. Secretary Weatherly uses it to study freight-rate discrimination and water transportation benefits, supporting Kilman’s port recommendation with extensive reference works and reports.
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Board OF Trade
Weatherly
Brunswick
Sec
Col
Dan. C
Board of Engi
Royal Commission On Canal and Inland Navigation
United Kingdom
London
Panama
Emory R. Johnson
Britannica
Georgia Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Germany
Dresdner Bank of Berlin
Treasury Department
Georgia Geological Survey
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Miss Johnston
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Japan
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