Wreck Kills Thirty on Southern Railway Excursion
A Southern railway excursion train near Berry Alabama derailed while rounding a curve on a sixty foot embankment. Thirty people died and eighty one were injured most of them African American. Doctors fear at least twenty nine of the injured will die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Berry
Southern Railway
H. M. Dudley
Roscoe Shelby
Columbus
Miss
Mississippi
Appeal for Funds to Build Confederate Home
General El Torrence, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued an appeal to G A R veterans urging contributions to a home for ex Confederate veterans at Mission Creek Alabama. He praises Confederate soldiers and notes Congress has not aided the project, arguing northern and southern veterans and patriotic citizens must fund it to show sectional tensions have faded.
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Minneapolis
el Torrence
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Mission Creek
Alabama
National Congress
North
Republic
Preston guild merchant revival and Derby collection
A London Tribune report notes Preston Lancashire hosts a guild merchant festival, revived medieval style with Earl Derby collecting pictures for the event. Lord Derby, mayor, has guild burgess ties since 1542 and the town ceremony dates to 1382. Cape Town reports a gale at Port Elizabeth sinks eighteen vessels with fifty bodies recovered and many missing.
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New York
Preston
Lancashire
Tribune
London
Earl Derby
Lord Derby
Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
Bargain Four Room House With 26 Acres For Sale
A parcel offering a four room house a dug well a good barn and 26 acres described as suitable for a truck farm. Valued at 1260 dollars the property will sell on easy terms for 700 dollars. Seller Cliff A Adams located at 24 Is it not time for you to trade with the Bryan Grocery Co Try them for 8September 236.
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Newtowns
Bryan Brass Band
G. N
D. J. Price
Ticket Agt
D. C. Deemaret
Bryan
Cliff A. Adams
Bryan Grocery Co
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Crand Excursion and Basket
Stoncham
Welton and Huismith
Smith Land & Improvement Company
New Fort Worth
International & Great Northern Railroad
Navasota
Houston
Stoneham
Missouri
Pittijohn
Malta Vita
Prunes
Bremner Buter
Howell Brothers
Ryan Gocery Co
Prrega
H. B. Dorsey
Smc
Ham
Arican Court
Grand Opera House
Barcelona
Spain
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
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