Floods, politics, and crime echo in early 1900s notes
The report covers a mob hanging a Black teacher over alleged education certificate issues, flood impacts from St Louis to Kansas City with towns underwater and relief efforts, new Tennessee industries, a Texas judge robbed of horses with threats, and post office corruption indictments involving McGregor Upton and Machen.
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St. Louis
West Granite
Madison
St. Louie
Kansas City
Georges Iyuld
Post-office Department
Thomas W. McGregor
Eleworth Upton
Charles J. Smith
Baltimore
McGregor
Upton
Washington
Agai August Y. Machen
Hsron Delivery Service
The New Woman and Peruna Cure Hopeful Testimony
A reader from Indianapolis reports relief after using Peruna for five years of pain including headaches and backaches. The letter praises Dr. Hartman’s home treatment and invites others to send symptoms and duration to Columbus Ohio for personalized guidance and potential results. The piece frames a “new woman” helped by the remedy and hints at continued testimonials.
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Timms Mitchell
Louisiane
Indianapolis
Ind
Mia Mitchell
Hartman
Peas
Suultarioo
Columbus
The Lesson of 1894 and Cleveland's Record in Politics
Analyzed review of Grover Cleveland's 1894 presidential term and the Democratic Party's losses. Details electoral totals, party shifts, and questions whether Cleveland's policies harmed or helped the Democrats and the broader reform movement.
Missionaries to the North in the South’s Negro Question
Robert M. Giates argues in this North South dialogue that northern missionaries must learn about the negro in the South from actual experience. He supports reducing Southern representation in Congress and the electoral college to ease sectional tensions and allow the South to lead the negro question to its own solutions.
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Robert M. Giates
Mab
Taylor
Nashville American
Sayin
Pilgrim Fathers
Marins
North
East
South
Maine
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Ohie River
Dixie
Raven Bola
Utia
Congress
Electoral College
Nort
Typhoid Fever Strikes Martin Family in Nashville
In Nashville on June 6 typhoid fever devastated the family of Henry A. Martin of 113 North Summer Street formerly of Cullookn Maury County. Grace Martin 10 died. Louis 14, a drug store clerk, died last Wednesday. Remaining children are ill or recovering as doctors work to save them. The remains were to be sent to Cullooka with the others. Funeral services were held in Cullooka and the Ballaroat burying ground.
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Nashville
Henry A. Martin
North Summer Stroot
Cullookn
Maury County
Grace Martin
Louis Martin
Cullooka
Culloka
Daisy Martin
Alice
Mattie Martin
Susie Martin
Aulewn Martin
Martin
Dry Gooda
Louis
A. P. Walker
Ballaoreat Burying Ground
Soren
Martie
John Ballantant
Postmasters in Several Cities Awarded Salary Increase
Special to the Herald reports that on June 5 Washington approved a $200 raise for postmasters at Columbia Fayetteville Franklin Lawrenceburg Mount Pleasant and other towns. The decision expands pay as part of a broad adjustment.
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Herald
Washington
Columbia
Fayetteville
Franklin
Lawrenceburg
Mt, Pleasant
Inter Urban Electric Road Promoters Visit Nashville Area
Four prominent Pittsburg capitalists have traveled through Gallatin Nashville and Columbia with plans for an inter urban railway. Joined by ex governor Beaton McMillin and George Coopers they toured May Head and the Chamber of Commerce before detailing the route. The group inspected ground past Franklin and indicated strong prospects for the suburban line, though a prior dispute with Connors halted earlier progress.
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Pittsburg
Gallatin
Nashville
Columbia
Mesara
Gross
Davies
Wardlow
Shevington
Mayor Head
Chamber of Commerce
Beaton McMillin
George Cooners
Strip
Franklin
Supreme Court Declares Jim Crow Street Car Law Unconstitutional
Special to the Herald from Jackson Tennessee June 1 says the Supreme Court sitting in Jackson declared the Jim Crow street car law in Memphis unconstitutional. The opinion was delivered by Judge Wilkes.
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Herald
Jackson
Tenn
Supreme Court
Memphis
Wilkes
Illness Grips Mrs Benton McMillin in Kentucky
The Courier Journal notes Mrs. Benton McMillin is critically ill at Franklin Kentucky and not expected to recover. The article discusses potential Pittsburg capital involvement to build an electric railroad in the South, with Nashville as a power plant site and vast future investment and work anticipated to benefit the region.
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Courier-Journal of Sunday
Benton McMillin
Franklin, Ky
Connors
Pittsburg Capital
Messrs
Ruth
McKinley
Haskell
Nashville
Thie Linn
Columbia Ganaore
Presen Bias Propeee Assennors
Ro Electric Railroad
Rainey Seeks Injunction Over Toll Gates on Pike
Garnett Rainey filed a Chancery Court bill asking for an injunction against residents on his pike to stop tearing down toll gates. Defendants include Joan H. Thomas John W. Mayberry Sidney Estes W J McDonald W Napier BE 4 Grant and Thomas McDonald. The petition cites plans to destroy or damage gates and intimidate keepers. Judge Holding granted the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett Rainey
Mesers
J. A . Smiser
W. 8
Pleming
Chancery Court
Messrs
Joan H. Thomas
John W. Mayberry
Sidney Estes
W. J. McDonald
W. Napier
Grant
Thomas McDonald
John H. Thomas
Mr. Rainey
Collision Between Steamships Drowns Dozens Near Marseilles
More than 100 persons aboard two steamers, the Insulairs and the Liban monger, bound for Marseilles, perished after a collision. The Liban sunk. seventeen crew members were saved, while the rest were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Marseilles
Insulairs
Liban
Imeenet Steamahip Company
Tennessee towns cited in post office pay dispute
Postmaster Hughes says the dispatch contains a slight error. He notes only an 8100 raise for him and a 100 raise for Assistant Postmaster Jackson, arguing postal laws tie salaries to post office receipts for the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Jackson
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promote Skin Cure Claims
Advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment along with Culeura and Catleurs Ointment for dry rough red chapped hands and various skin eruptions. It touts complete skin scalp and blood treatment, promising relief from eczema, fissures, itching, and other humours from infancy to old age.
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Honda
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