Southern progress grows with mills plants and coal projects
Summary of weekly industrial growth lists new and enlarging enterprises across cities: Batesville Ark Charleston W Va Louisville Ky Corsicana Tex Meridian Miss Parkersburg W Va Welch W Va and more. New factories include Batesville Compress Company Novelty Mill Company and Williamson Oil. Expansions include Gordon Chemical Works Augusta Street Railway Macon Gas Light and Water Alabama Foundry and Machine Works and Marietta Paper Manufacturing.
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Batesville Compress Company
Capital
Batesville
Ark
Corbin
Camden
5. C
Brownsville
Dallas
Terrell
Tex
Wilmington
N. C
Novelty Mill Company
Parkersburg
W. Va
Gaither
Cherryville
Consumers Petroleum Oil Company
Corsicana
Williamson Oil Company
Welch
Scooba
Miss
Campbellsville
Dickson, Tenn
Gilmerton
Gordon Chemical Works
Round Mountain
Ala
Augusta
Indian Spirite Carried Him Home
Granville Sproat of Mount Lebanon New York died at 1 20 PM at the Canaan home after a life as a Shaker member schoolteacher magistrate and preacher He taught Chicago first public school and spent years as a missionary among West wild Indians who escorted him in spirit to the Happy Hunting Grounds His Indian friends joined him in death and in spiritual communion leaving a legacy of teaching and leadership
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Mount Lebanon
N. Y
Hartford Times
Granville Sproat
Shaker Sociery
Chicago
West
Jesus
Moses
Elias
Granville
Valuable Franchises and Health Remedies Touted in Ads
An amalgam of medical ads promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestion and general health, notes on fortunes in Wheat and Corn, Henr Mugridge Co offering market advice from Chicago, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a $3 trial, and Piso's Cure for Consumption praised by E D Town END of Ft Howard Wisconsin dated May 4.
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Henr Mugridge & Co
Commerce Building
Chicago
Board of Trade
Dr. Kline
E. D. Town
End
Ft. Howard, Wis
New York Hotels Perfect Their Unique Coffee Craft
A New York Times report details hotel coffee methods, naming the “coffee man” and a variety of blends and pots. Waldorf uses two thirds Mocha, one third Java with repeated filtering. Arena brews via Viennese pots with steam. Imperial and Fifth Avenue favor Mocha Java with French presses and flannel filtration.
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New York
Waldorf
Imperial
Fifth Avenue
Java
New York Times
Berlin Men Groom in Public Places Before Curtain
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes men in Berlin publicly brushing hair and whiskers in restaurants cafes and foyers of theatres. Mirrors in foyers are heavily used by men five minutes before the curtain, then stowed away just before seating as they display a self satisfied polished look.
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Berlin
New York Commercial Advertiser
Three Indians Lynched After Spicer Family Murder Case
A mob abducted Alexander Coudot Paul Holytrack and Philip Ireland from Emmons county jail in Williamsport North Dakota and hanged them near a beef windlass. The men faced murder charges in the Spicer family killings and were guarded by deputy sheriff Tom Kelly. About forty men took part. The sheriff was away in Bismarck when the lynching occurred.
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Spicer
Bismarck
N. D
Alexander Coudot
Paul Holytrack
Philip Ireland
Emmons
Williamsport
Peter Shier
Tom Kelly
Williamport
Receiver not needed in Southern Home case ruling
Judge Pardee in the court of appeals denied the receiver application by Alabama stockholders of the Southern Home Building and Loan Association of Atlanta. The restraining order from November 10 was dissolved as the court found no insolvency or grounds for receivership and noted no judgments were involved.
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Alabama
Southern Home Building and Loan Association of Atlanta
Pardee
Court of Appeals
Southern Home Building and Loan Association
Important Decision Forces Rail Haul of Atlanta Liquor
Judges Pardee and Newman of the U S court in Atlanta ruled that Southern Railway must haul Bluthenal & Bickart liquor goods into South Carolina. The ruling upholds the original package law and declares bottles packed in boxes for carload shipment clearly admissible for transportation. The decision impacts Atlanta whiskey sales in South Carolina and sets a notable precedent.
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Southern Railway Company
Bluthenal & Bickart
Atlanta
South Carolina
Pardee and Newman
United States Court
Southern
South
Hayti borrows large sum to fund loan agreement
United States minister to Hayti reports from Port au Prince that Hayti has concluded a $4,000,000 loan through Lazard Brothers of New York at 9 percent. Funds to be delivered immediately, paper currency to be destroyed and fractional silver and copper coin to be recoined in US mints.
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United States
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Haytian
Lazard Brothers
New York
Millionaire Dentist Dr. Thomas W. Evans Dies in Paris
Dr. Thomas W. Evans, famed American dentist who aided Empress Eugenie’s escape from Paris in 1870, died suddenly in Paris. Born in Philadelphia in 1823, he built a career in the United States before settling in Paris in 1848. He owned the American Register and amassed a multimillion fortune, earning royal favor for his intellect and culture.
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Thomas W. Evans
Eugenie
Paris
J. Evans
Philadelphia
Louis Napoleon
Europe
Dr. Evans
American Register
Railroad Officials Doubt Bluff Over Augusta to Atlanta Line
Savannah railroad men dismiss Thomas and Ryan threat to build a rival line from Augusta to Atlanta as a bluff to pressure concessions from Louisville and Nashville in the Georgia railroad dispute. They say the plan would not pay and accuse the suitors of maneuvering for a half-interest deal.
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Savannah
Thomas
Ryan
Augusta
Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Thomas and
Thorn Denies Ex-Convict Claim in Guldensuppe Murder Case
New York dispatch reports Martin Thorn claims he was never imprisoned in Pennsylvania and denies the ex convict identification by a custodian. Thorn maintains the accusation of prior imprisonment is false regarding the William Guldensuppe murder case.
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Guldensuppe
New York
Martin Thorn
William Guldensuppe
Pennsylvania
New York Horse Show Opens With Parade of Stallions
A New York dispatch describes the thirteenth annual New York horse show opening with a stallion parade witnessed by few society folks. About 800 people filled the first tier boxes as saddle horses began their performances, with twenty six throughbreds in the class appearing very pretty.
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New York Dispatch
New York
Vast Minnesota Land Claim Involving Two Cities
Claimants C B Holloway of Holland Ohio and A A Gunn of Maumee Ohio seek government help after filing for seven million acres in the northwest including Minneapolis and St Paul. They urge access to general land office records to obtain certified papers to prove their title.
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Northwest
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Harmann
General Land Office
Washington
C. B. Holloway
Holland, O
A. A. Gunn
Maumee
Fire Devastates Kershaw Town Destroying Twenty-Eight Stores
Early Sunday a large blaze in Kershaw South Carolina destroyed twenty eight stores and the town dispensary. The bakery origin caused extensive damage with losses exceeding 100000 dollars and about one third covered by insurance.
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Kershaw
Montgomery Health Board Lifts Quarantine Rules
The Montgomery board of health declares all quarantine restrictions on infected places removed after November 18 except for household goods and baggage which must be fumigated and certificates provided. People are advised to stay away until a killing frost.
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Montgomery
Board of Health
Ghost on the Eastern Beach Test of a Boyhood Belief
A Brazil Indiana resident recalls a late November night experience with a twelve foot white ghost near a barn. He moved closer to test the apparition and threw a brick-bat which passed through the spectre, leaving him in awe and faith in the supernatural.
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Brazil
Ind
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Simple Fire Extinguisher From Home Materials
The text explains making a basic fire extinguisher using galt, ammonium nitrate, and water in glass bottles. It urges readiness for small fires and includes dated references to products and advertisements for health remedies and a Kipling story in The Youth's Companion.
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Metropolis
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Mass
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Irons Country
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Frank J CnEney
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Oxauaen
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Georgia
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Vo Mere Crocker
Pocahontas, Tenn
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