Ruth Dies After Long Ordeal In Prison Trust
Ruth lies on her deathbed after a brutal life marked by a coerced secret marriage to Henry Hendrickson and a prison birth of her child. Naomi cares for her sister as a medical helper and a compassionate nurse, while a charitable daughter of a hospital worker provides comfort and music. Ruth recalls the cathedral days as she nears death, speaking of her baby and longing for rest.
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Hushe
Naomi
Harry
Bac
Ruth
Middlemist
Henry Hendrickson
Lfe
Disgrace and Forgiveness Reflected In a Convict’s Tale
A speaker contends with a child’s disgrace and a convict label. The librarian questions the mother about the husband and court, revealing inner turmoil. The speaker recalls obedience to rules yet bears a harsher burden the sorrow of a child’s sentence and its effect on loved ones. A prison doctor is described as kind.
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Teven
Tempting Riches Mask Dark Family Scandal
An aristocratic City magnate, Honorable Henry Stoke, hides a ruinous secret from a life of wealth and privilege. A librarian exposes that Henry’s wife Ruth Heron died and his past marriage to her was real, triggering a cascade of shame for Lady Beatrice, Lord Perivale, and the Stoke lineage. The revelation poisons reputations and destinies.
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Harry Stoke
Beatrice
Thordisa
Harry
Perivale
John Stoke
Threadneedle Street
Henry Stoke
Libra Iy
Hendricksen
Ruth Heron
Middlemist
Or Ce
Ruth
Mr. Stoke
Lord Perivale
St. James
Pal Mall
Observer
Henry Hendrickson Stoke
Chester Square
Nathaniel Heron
J. P
Barchester
Henry Hendricksen
Georgia Governor Offers Rewards Over Griffin Lynching
Governor Atkinson and Attorney General Terrell announce twelve hundred dollar rewards for the arrest and conviction of the mob members who lynched Oscar Williams of Clayton county in Griffin on July 22. The plan also targets conspirators who aided in the crime or in concealing evidence and directs rewards to the Spalding county sheriff or any state jailer. Williams had fled after an attempted assault on J. C. Campbell’s six year old daughter and was captured in Barnesville, then moved to Macon before a mob seized him and killed him en route to Atlanta.
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Atkinson
Georgia
Oscar Williams
Clayton County
Griffin
Ryder
Spalding County Grand Jury
Secretary of State
Spalding County
Williams
J. C. Campbell
Lovejoy
Barnesville
Macon
Bibb County
Atlanta
New Model Farm Lands Sought To Grow All Vegetation
The prudential committee of Georgia State University at Athens plans to sell the Rock College farm after purchasing land for a new model farm to be used by the department of agriculture. Trustees cite desire for fertile land and comprehensive vegetation production. The old Rock college property is deemed valueless as a model farm.
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Georgia
Prudential Committee
Georgia State University
Athens
Department of Agriculture
Rock College
Georgia Railway Officers Indicted for Sunday Freight
DeKalb county grand jury returns six true bills against the Georgia railroad for running freight trains on Sunday after the legal hours. Witnesses testified the through freights operated after 8 am on February 7, 14, and 21.
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Georgia Railway
Grand
DeKalb County
Georgia Railroad
No Bids At Foreclosure Sale Of Selma Cotton Mill
The Mathews cotton mill property at Selma Alabama was again offered at foreclosure with upset price 85000 but drew no bidders. It had earlier been listed at 150000 and 100000. The plant, valued for years at profits on 300000 in capital, employs about 300 workers. sale may be reset lower after forced foreclosure by Commercial bank failure.
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Toronto
New York
Waring
Jones
Mathews
Selma
Ala
Commercial Bank
Brown Alumni Urge Action on President Andrews
A circulated petition among Brown alumni asks the Brown corporation to act at its September 1 meeting in Providence to endorse President Andrews’s freedom of thought and speech. It urges resignation if needed to refute charges of intolerance and wealth over truth and asks for a vote affirming enlightened toleration as the university's guide.
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Brown Corporation
Providence
R. I
Brown University
Andrews
Faure Departs for Russia Amid Turbulent Welcome
Advices from Paris describe President Faure's departure for St. Petersburg with intense excitement and wild rumors. Crowds cheered as he left the Elysee. ten minutes later a bomb exploded near Boulevard Magenta and Rue Lafayette in front of Restaurant Duval, causing no injuries but triggering nationwide alarm.
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Paris
Faure
St. Petersburg
Russia
Elysee Palace
la Republique
Vive Faure
M. Faure
Boulevard Magenta
Rue Lafayette
Duval
Judge Field Breaks Record on Supreme Court Bench
Associate Justice Stephen Field surpassed all justices in continuous service on the Supreme Court with 34 years five months and six days. The record exceeds John Marshall by one day and signals a pending vacancy, with Attorney General McKenna expected to succeed upon retirement.
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Han
Supreme Court
Stephen Field
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Bench
John Marshall
McKenna
Dynamite accident kills Georgia farmer near Rockmart
W B L Davis a wealthy farmer living three miles west of Rockmart Ga was killed at 5 oclock Wednesday morning by the accidental explosion of seventeen dynamite cartridges He had placed the box of dynamite under the kitchen stove for drying The kitchen and dining room were badly wrecked and the body horribly mutilated Davis was 60 years old.
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Georgia
W. B. L. Davis
Rockmart
Davis
Dust Explosions Kill Four At Davenport Gasoil Elevator
In Davenport Indiana two fierce dust explosions rocked the glove works elevator Thursday morning. Four men died including John Raap who fell from the top of the building sixty feet and John Haam who also fell from the top of the elevator. William Wolffe and Paul Wolffe were killed by falling walls. The blasts toppled the south wall and part of the side wall, followed by the collapse of the fire escape. Two others were seriously injured.
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Davenport Glucose Works
Davenport
John Raap
John Haam
William Wolffe
Paul Wolffe
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