Nashville Telegraph Operators Strike Over Western Union
In Nashville on Aug 10, over 60 Western Union telegraph operators walked out in solidarity with a larger strike. The Telegrapher Union reported many abstained, but the mood favored joining. Postal workers in Nashville waited on Birmingham to decide. Associated Press and brokers' offices remained staffed while Western Union offices lacked operators.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Western Union
Telegraphers’ Union
Chicago
Runaway Accidents Involving Carriage Mishaps
Two runaway incidents occurred Friday night though no horse ran away. Emerett Caldwell and Ed Caldwell overturned on West Seventh Street when a shaft dropped. Emerett sustained facial and arm scrapes and a sprained neck as the buggy was dragged before the horse was stopped by Louis Pillow. Mrs Ed New’s horse began kicking near the Columbia Military Academy grounds. she freed the vehicle by throwing the lines and escaped with minor vehicle damage while passengers watched, as one foot slipped over the shaft.
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Emerett
Ed Caldwell
West Seventh Street
Corporation Line
Louis Pillow
Emerett Caldwell
Mra
Ed New
Mra. New
Columbia Military Academy
Map of Government Building Site Survey Map
Postmaster Jackson reports the supervising architect of the Treasury Department requires a complete survey and plate of the government building site on West Seventh Street. A local engineer will receive the contract for the survey and map, with bids to be seen by Mr. Jackson.
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Jackson
Treasury Department
West Seventh Street
Roosevelt objects to champagne at Jamestown exposition
President Roosevelt, fearing press criticism over his champagne consumption at the Jamestown exposition, wrote to Georgia Governor Hoke Smith objecting to publicity. Georgia paid for ten cases of champagne stored in the Georgia building, with another supply used by the president and his party funded by women on the reception committee.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Georgia State Commission
W. M. Mitchell
Georgia Commission
Sheep and the Bank Account Profit Rolls In Lincoln
This year has been unusually good for local shepherds as favorable lambing weather boosted wool and lamb prices. Hague & Farrar of Mulberry report 121 ewes and sales totaling $1,000, yielding about eight dollars fifty cents per sheep, per the Fayetteville Observer.
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Lincoln
Hague & Farrar
Mulberry
Fayetteville Observer
Esther Davis 112 Celebrates Birthday in New York Home
Mrs. Esther Davis turned 112 on Sunday at the Home of the Daughters of Jacob in East Broadway New York. Supt Albert Kruger noted the milestone as about seventy residents gathered. Born in Russia she moved to the U.S. twenty years ago and still speaks only Yiddish.
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New York
Esther Davis
Albert Kruger
Daughters of Jacob
East Broadway
Grand Street
Hannah Morphnick
Davis
Negro Girl Fatally Injured Near Depot Wheel
In Mt Pleasant Tennessee a 16 year old Black girl, Mattie Goodioe, was playing near a switch engine by the depot when she fell under the wheels. The incident tore flesh from her right arm and she suffered severe injuries.
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MT. Pleasant
Tenn
Mattie Goodioe
Tyler declares charges against Lathams threaten UDC expulsion
Memphis August meeting may hear Gen H A Tyler press claims Col T J Latham and his wife attacked UDC president G A Brevard. Tyler demands explanation of a circular and a January 14 letter misquoted, threatening to file further charges if Sarah Law Chapter is not expelled at next state convention. Feud among ex Confederates deepens as Tyler rallies allies.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ange
T. J. Latham
Sarah Law Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Sarah Law
Confederacy
H. A. Tyler
Natham B. Forrest
Tyler
M. B. Pilcher
Tennessee
Lizzie George Henderson
U. D
Latham
G. A. Brevard
Gen. Tyler
Pilcher
Col. Latham
Lathams
Taken to Mt. Pleasant in fugitive from justice case
Irwin a colored man was arrested Tuesday by Detectives Woosley and Varley on charges of fleeing justice. Sheriff Webb, who later arrived in Nashville with a warrant, sought Irwin over a $48 board bill while working for J. H. Rhea near Mt. Pleasant.
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Irwin
Woosley and Varley
Webb
Nashville
Mt. Pleasant
J. H. Rhea
Rhea
Pastor Paints Church in Malden Aid by Congregation
The Rev. John Newberry, pastor of a Pentecostal church in Malden Massachusetts, began painting the exterior of the church with help from congregants after the paint was provided. He held a sidewalk service before starting, his wife served lemonade, and women sang inside as workers pressed on with the task.
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John Newberry
Pentecostal Church
Newberry
Lemenade
Williams I gives Negroes chased Vardaman a rap out of town
Yazoo City Mississippi August 13 1910 John Sharpe Williams claims Gov. Vardaman spurned democracy and cooperated with allies. He accuses Vardaman of endorsing a justice signature and a ballot box incident, criticizing actions by Vardaman’s friends during the campaign. In Hillsboro Mississippi an Aug 8 race riot led to Negroes fleeing town after white and Black clashes. E. D. Fry warns of further turmoil if Negro labor returns.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Gov. Vardaman
United States
John Sharpe Williams
Hess
Hillsboro
John T. Maddux
E. D. Fry
Fry
St. Loui
Home-Coming Invitations Highlight Columbia Fair Plans
Maury County Fair Association manager McGaw is preparing home-coming invitations. Herald insides and front page art by Marvin Bostick. Secretary Thomas reports a letter from Circuit Secretary Frank Fuller declaring the Columbia Fair half-mile track the best on the circuit with many horsemen preparing to start here and then proceed to Nashville.
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McGaw
Maury County Fair Association
Herald
Mar Yin Bostick
Thomas
Frank Fuller
Columbia Fair
Government issues 260000 more copies of the Horse Book
Washington reports the Agriculture Department has ordered another edition of 260,000 copies of Special Diseases of the Horse, known as the Horse Book. The edition will push total copies issued beyond a million, a publication costly to Congress as their quotas were exhausted and bought from the Superintendent of Documents. Several members have bought more than 500 copies for constituents.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Judge Moss orders grand jury probe into graft rumors
In Memphis on August 13 Judge Moss directed Criminal Court to convene the grand jury to investigate alleged graft in city affairs. The move has created a tremendous sensation as rumors prompted the inquiry and the court sought to uncover the facts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Criminal Court
Moss Today
Grand Jury
Return from Memphis Ex-Senator Carmack Address
Ex-Senator Carmack returns from Memphis where he spoke Sunday at an Organized Labor celebration marking Haywood's acquittal. A large crowd gathered in a city park to hear the speech despite the impromptu venue and heat.
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Carmack
Memphis
Organized Labor
Haywood
Is Frisco Now Safe Prophecy Reaches Australia
Kalgoorlie resident Alex Trouchet asks if San Francisco is safe after an earthquake season. Lee L Spangler replies that San Francisco is safe for a year or two but warns to avoid Los Angeles where a prophecy foretells police destruction.
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Lee L. Spangler
Kalgoorile
Western Australia
San Francisco
Spangler
The
Alex Trouchet
Los Angeles
Eczema Patient Seeks Relief From Quacks
A badly afflicted patient endured over two years with eczema and warded off ineffective cures. The note mentions using Cuticura ointment and Gatoure vent as attempted remedies despite confusing text.
Dandruff Kills Hair Ad From 1908 Colt Kansas
A 1908 testimonial from Mrs. Fe. W. Shigley of Colt Kansas describes dandruff troubled head and a remedy using Cuticura Soap. The writer claims significant hair growth and dandruff removal after using the product on a young child’s head. The claim is presented as a personal endorsement with no scientific evidence.
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Ted
Anid
Fe. W. Shigley
Colt . Kan
Municipal Campaign Opens With Candidate Ticket
The municipal campaign opened Friday with a Business Men's Ticket petition for Mayor led by J L Hutton. Aldermen from three wards named: C Harlan and Andrew Dale First Ward. R L McKinney and Moses McClellan Second Ward. W T Chatiffin and George W Hayes Third Ward. Mayor Guest seeks reelection though not all current aldermen have declared intentions.
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Herald
J, LL. Hutton
C. Harlan
Andrew Dale
Rl, McKinney
Mosses McClellan
Messrs
W. T. Chatifin
George W. Hayes
Guest
Towler
Swansburg
White
Collier
Cameron
Dugger
Lars
Mayor Guest
Adam's Eden Salary Surpasses Billionaire Benchmark
Chicago Aug 11 Governor Cummins of Iowa shared a wry calculation claiming Adam could have earned 450 a day for years and still never reach a billion. funds supposedly saved since the Garden of Eden would sweep away any modern expenses as Eve kept her leafing gown and Adam wore only the original fig leaf.
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Chicago
Ill
Adam
Earth
John D. Rockefeller
Cummins
Towa
Wil County Chautauquan Assembly
Plainfield
Rockefeller
Iowa
Cumilfins
Eve
Garden of Eden
Mother Hubbard
Stung by Yellow Jackets at Camp Springs
Mr J T Brown of Hick man and Brown was severely stung by yellow jackets near Camp Springs. He accidentally disturbed a nest Tuesday, was attacked by insects, and suffered over one hundred stings. He fainted several times and had to be attended by medicants and an ambulance.
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J.T. Brown
Hickman & Brown
Fictinn Camp Springs
Brown
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Dandruff
Business Men's Ticket
J. L. Hutton
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