Tragic Warren County Murders Shocking Details Emerge
William Akers, barefoot and in night clothes, tried to lure his daughter Hattie from her aunt's home then killed his entire family before dying by self inflicted gunshot. Inquiries reveal mud tracked from the home to Mrs Swoap's residence as noises warned of the attempt. The family lies buried. wife and elder daughter fatally injured. younger daughter critically ill.
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M'Minnville
Tenn
Warren County
William Akers
Akers
Hattie
Leff
Bryan and Carmack for 1908 Ticket Proposed
The McMinnville New Era urges recognition for West and South Democrats William Jennings Bryan for President and E W Carmack for Vice President. It argues for national participation beyond nominating the East and claims stronger regional Democrats exist in the South and West.
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William Jennings Bryan
E.W. Carmack
Feetlon
East
McMinnville
New Era
Arkansas Democratic State Convention Opens Amid Turmoil
Hot Springs Arkansas June 5 The Democratic State Convention began at 10 00 o clock with Judge J W Evans of Boonville as chairman and Hugh Corry of Texarkana as secretary After four stormy sessions the temporary organization was formed amid pandemonium Speakers were shouted down by delegates and spectators until Congressman McRea finally regained order in the hall.
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Hot Springs
Ark
J. W. Evans
Boonville
Hugh Corry
Texarkana
Jerry Smith
Pulaski County
Mr. Smith
Cockrell
Hicks
Williams
Little Rock
Congressman McRea
The Old Town Awakens as Sunday Baseball Debates Roar
The New York World frames Sunday baseball as the day’s central issue and predicts its expansion until universally permitted. The piece frames baseball as a social and civic matter of growing prominence across communities.
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New York World
Democratic State Convention Seating Contests Debated
The Democratic State Convention committee plans to seat the Patterson delegation from Shelby County by a 7 to 3 vote and split the Davidson County votes 41 to 36 between Patterson and Cox. A minority report urges seating the entire Patterson delegation while contests in several counties promise a volatile, high tension session.
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Saya
Credentists Committee
Collock
Comilites
Inrgo
John M. Tarlic
Tulane Hotel
Patterson
Shelby County
David County
Cox
Patterson Ito
Davidson
St. Giles County
Grapevine Telegraph
Newt
H. White
Wales
Giles County
Lawrence
Smith
Willon
Weal Ley
Weakley
Patterson-Bond
Washington County
Maury County
Fhat
Wen
Guv. Cox
Thin
Gov
Frazier to Seek U S Authority on Secret Service Role
Senator James B. Frazier of Tennessee plans a Senate resolution next week requesting the President’s authority for Secret Service agents sent to Chattanooga to investigate the Ed Johnson lynching. He has also asked Judge McReynolds for detailed case records including Johnson’s arrest trial appeal habeas corpus and post trial events.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
James B. Frazier
Tennessee
Senate
Secret Service
United States
Ed Johnson
Frazier
McReynolds
Johnson
Supreme Court
Sizing Up the Reformer
Uncle Eben likens a reformer to a talker who spends hours to press a single commandment. The Washington Star quotation notes there was no dispute about that in the Ars place.
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Eben
Washington Star
Indorsement of Bryan for President at Missouri Demo Convent
Jefferson City June 5 a Missouri Democratic convention endorsed William J Bryan for President in 1908. David BR Francis lauded Bryan while Rube Oglesby and H A Gass were named for state offices. Bribery charges surfaced as four delegates were allegedly offered 250 each to switch votes. Governor Folk predicted Bryan's 1908 victory and praised Bryan's 1896 platform as patriotic.
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Jefferson City
William J. Bryan
David BR. Francis
St. Louis
Cleveland
Rube Oglesby
Warrensburg
H. A. Gass
Rubbie
Bryan
Francis
United States
Capitol
Gov. Folk
Folk
Sims Named Democratic Nominee for Eighth District Congress
The Democratic Congressional Committee of the Eighth District declared Hon. T. W. Sims the party nominee for the Sixtieth Congress after a Friday meeting. An executive session in Lexington on December 26 adopted primary rules demanding declarations of candidacy and deposits to cover election expenses.
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Congress
Democratic Congvasional Committee
T. W Sims
Nommes
Lexington
Line
Divorce by a preacher shocks Camden case details
The Philadelphia Record notes a bigamy charge against Weasley N Monroe for a marriage to Jeanette B Miller when she was 16. Justice Barr set bail at 800 dollars after her father Rev Miller objected, and a forged divorce decree attributed to Rev Gresson was cited.
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Guyele Emine
Camden
Weiler N
Toade Chareen
Joanette B. Miller
Justice of Peace Barr
Ueht
Paul H. Grescon
Weasley N
Monroe
Jeanette B. Aifller
Lloyd
Barr
Gresson
Philadelphia Record
Greeneville Democracy Questions Evans Victory Guard
Local Democrats ask why federal officers appear on Greeneville streets warning that Hon. H. Clay Evans cannot be elected. The piece questions federal interference in the race and challenges the security of Evans’s campaign.
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Greeneville
H. Clay Evans
Indiana Legislators Buy Votes Allegations Surface
A Wabash lawyer in Indiana claims to have a list naming several legislators with the price of each vote, with figures cited from $1000 down to $250 per vote, as reported by the New York Herald.
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Indiana
New York Herald
High Priced Angel Cakes from Treasury Gold and Silver
Treasury experts describe gold and silver cakes produced in mints and assay offices. Each cake worth about 25 000 dollars for gold and 600 dollars for silver, twelve inches by three, refined to near purity, baked hours to remove water, and melted down from old metals gathered nationwide.
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Treasury
Sam
Tennessee Bankers Meet in Chattanooga
Tennessee Panters Association will hold meetings at the Inn on Wednesday and Thursday. Feetus J. Wade of St Louis will deliver an address. Wade is a leading bank executive and head of a trust company group. The First National Bank offers a complimentary trip to its staff to hear him.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Panters' Association
Inn
Feetus J. Wade
St. Louis
Wade
Plenty of Politics in Kentucky Senate Contest
Washington Post notes a heated Democratic primary contest in Kentucky to fill the U S Senate seat held by James B McCreary. Gov Beckham and Senator McCreary face off amid machine politics, factional divides, and historical loyalties shaping the race.
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Washington Post
Old Kentucky
United States Senate
James B. McCreary
Beckham
Benator McCreary
Mississippi
Priests Nominate Cox for State Senator in Second District
In Knoxville this morning Cox traveled to Bristol to accept the nomination by priests of Gov John J Cox for State Senator from the Second District consisting of Sullivan and Hawkins counties It is believed he will run and seek public support The note adds he had no payment for publication and did not authorize the statement issued after Patterson's nomination of his opponent
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Beckham
Blackburn
Helfer
Kentucky
Nnli
McCreary
Kentuck
Mark Hanna
Goebel
anti-Goebel
Old Commonwealth
Knoxville
Tenn
Jane i
John J. Cox
Bristol
Sullivan
Hawkins
NastyiWe
Patterson
An Alphabet of Children
An 1883 St Nicholas excerpt “An Alphabet of Children” lists T as Turbulent Teddy who cannot stay steady He skips hops and spins at a top and has broken his word twice already cited from the Norfolk Landmark.
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Ienbel Francia Beliowd
Ollewine
Teddy
Ile
Norfolk
Republicans Call Maury County to Delegates Convention
The Republican State Executive Committee met in Nashville on June 2, 1906 and set a gubernatorial convention for July 12 in Nashville. Maury County Republicans are ordered to assemble in Columbia at the courthouse on June 2 at 1 PM to elect delegates and handle other business. John W. Jackson serves as chairman.
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Republican State Executive Committee
Nashville
Maury County
Columbia
Court House
John W. Jackson
Theatre star Bernhardt narrowly escapes bath danger
The Boston Herald quotes Mme Bernhardt saying she hardly escaped while bathing. The Rochester Post Express notes the hazard is hard to imagine unless the bathtub club was accidentally removed.
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Mme. Bernhardt
The
Boston Herald
Rochester Post Express
Patterson Seen as Racing Friend in Democratic Gubernatorial Race
Nashville Banner notes General Malcolm B Patterson is viewed by horsemen as a potential ally for racing and breeding interests in Tennessee. The Enquirer adds Memphis breeders hope Patterson will influence legislation favorable to racing if elected, despite his public stance on other gambling issues.
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M.i Paternon
Nashville Banner
Sisione Court
Paskage
High Tribunal
Patterson
Memphis Herseymen
Folk Lowing
Enquirer
Malcolm B. Patterson
Vox
Nashville
Cox
Gen. Patterson
Weing
Aport
Oldest Living Human Being Claimed in Cape Colony
The Cape Colony stalks a claim of extreme age for a man named stuntman, said to live in Prieska district South Africa. Observers recall he was already very old more than 70 years ago and his son is over 90. The man asserts an age near 140 with a second wife long gone past the century mark.
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Kansas City Journal
Stuntman
Bunhman
Prieska
Cape Colony
South Africa
Serenilys
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Advertised by Local Notary
Fragmented local ad lists Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy sold by a notary in December. The notice mentions a patent or product line and directs readers to purchase or inquire at a Macon address in Kentucky for this remedy.
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Erat Notary Poult Hall
Tyken Tae
Hee Thud
Jp Macon
Khusyetem
Peli
Faye Fy Cwenky
Hes
Raledad
Ileus
Hall's Peak
Wanted men and teams for lumber haulage near Napier Tenn
A Napier Tennessee job ad seeks twenty two horse teams and forty men to haul cross ties and lumber for a saw mill. It offers weekly cash settlements, free housing and stables, and steady work six miles southeast of Hohenwald on the C and St I Railroad.
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Hohenwald
Tenn
Napier
F. W. Snead & CO
Lewis County
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