Dublin to bestow freedom on Richard Croker debated
London and New York dispatches note Dublin City Council likely to grant honorary freeman status to Richard Croker for his Irish ties and future plans in Ireland. Only prior recipients include Gen. Grant and Patrick A. Collins among Americans. In New York, a grand jury dismissed a forgery complaint against George W. Perkins in the International Mercantile case, with indictments still pending.
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London
Dublin
Richard Croker
Creer
America
City of
Gen. Grant
Potter
Constellation
Patrick A. Collins
Boston
New York
George W. Perkins
International Mercantile Company
Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Armstrong
Grand Jury
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Perkins
The
New York Life
Seven Bishops Kick Off Wesley Memorial in Atlanta
Seven Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South preached in Atlanta to launch a Wesley Memorial project to be built in Georgia. Subscriptions at morning services reached 200000 with Asa G. Candler giving 74000 the largest single gift. The plan includes an auditorium church hospital nurse home boarding houses reading rooms offices and gymnasium.
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Atlanta
Episcopal College
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Georgia
Asa G. Candler
Wesleyan Memorial
Wesley Advocate
Populating Hickman Centerville Immigrant Plan to Attract
Centreville Tenn June W Nunnelly a leading planter writes to 2000 prospective immigrants in the North and East. He aims to bring hundreds to this county this summer and fall to show what incentives the area offers progressive farmers. Nunnelly believes the region will attract desirable citizens as other parts of the state have. An influx of hardy settlers would aid territorial development.
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Centreville
Tenn
Walter
Nunnelly
Vanderbilt trustees named to new board in Nashville
Special to the Herald reports the Vanderbilt University Board of Trustees elected today includes KK Vanderbilt of New York Chas N Burd of Memphis James C McReynolda of New York F Buffington of Chicago Dr W Byrd of Nashville and John B Ransom of Nashville with details incomplete due to clipping.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
W. KK Vanderbilt
New York
Chas. N. Burd
Memphis
James C. McReynolda
F. Buffington
Chicago
W. Byrd
John B. Ransom
Hotel Clerk Held Up in Memphis Peabody
William H. Crump, a Peabody Hotel clerk, was robbed by two men before dawn in Memphis Tennessee about $160 taken. A masked assailant ordered Hands Up while another opened the desk and safe, locking drawers and lockers. Crump recently moved from Collierville and is well connected.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jne
Willam H. Crump
Peabody Hotel
Crump
Colliersville
Lawrenceburg Plans Magnificent Fourth of July Celebration
Lawrenceburg Tenn June 14 Arrangements are under way for one of the greatest Fourth of July celebrations in Lawrence County Merchants have contributed several hundred dollars and many events will be arranged The plan anticipates handling five thousand people and room for many more attendees if they come to the town for the holiday festivities.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Lawrence County
Man Saved From Pier Fire in Ithaca Vaudeville Scene
Morris Northway, a shoe clerk, avoided death by leaping into Cayuga Lake from Renwick Park pier after a slap with a shingle sparked a fire. Northway and friends were at an opening vaudeville show when a prank led to flames, and he plunged into the lake to escape.
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Ithaca
Morris Northway
Cayuga Lake
Renwick Park
Northway
Woman Uses Buggy Whip in Bedford Assault Case
In Bedford Tennessee on June 14 Carrie Jamison a schoolteacher whipped Thomas Erwin with a buggy whip in front of H Powell storehouse. Powell a justice threatened arrest and she rode away. Reports allege she whipped Erwin’s child previously and warrants have been sworn. Schools remain open as the matter concerns nearby residents and families.
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Bedford
Tenn
Thomas Erwin
H. Powell
Carrie Jamison
Shelbyville
Teachers’ Institute
Erwin
Lee
Powell
Jamison
Hot Bread Of The South In St Louis Faces Change
An essay in St Louis Globe-Democrat notes the rise of small bakeries and a shift away from hot bread at breakfast. It contrasts northern and southern views on hot biscuits and corn bread and butts heads over digestion and health. The piece argues urban modern life reduces home baking, eroding southern culinary habits in St Louis.
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St Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis
United States
South
Lawrenceburg Plans Water and Electric Light Plant
Lawrenceburg Tennessee aims to install electric lights and waterworks. Civil engineer K O Kirkpatrick has been hired to conduct surveys and supervise the project setup and operation. Work will begin soon and proceed rapidly to completion.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
K.O. Kirkpatrick
Still A Number Of Aged Senators In Washington
Washington June 13 Senator Morgan's death removes from the Senate one of its oldest members There remain several Senators who have surpassed threescore and ten including Pettus Whyte Callop Five Proctor Teller Platt Depew and Hale aged eighty six to seventy one The piece recounts famed elders like Benton Cameron Clay Webster and others who stayed in public life well into advanced age.
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Washington
Morgan
Senate
Senator Pettus
Whyte
Callop
Proctor
Teller
Platt
Depew
Hale
United States Senate
Thomas H. Benton
House
Congress
Simon Cameron
Lewis Cuds
Buchanan
Henry Clay
Tom” Corwin
Ohio
Mexico
United States
Daniel Webster
la Fayette
Foster
Lincoln
Connectcut
Axe
Strawberries Origin in Hungarian Town of Eperies
In a midsummer tale King Bela II, lost while hunting near Eperies, found wild strawberries beneath shade trees. He ordered the area cleared and a town named for the berries arose, its arms bearing the strawberry as a lasting emblem.
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Eperies
Bela II
New York Herald
Eperles
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Constitutional Disease
A $100 reward offer accompanies claims that Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad asserts internal treatment builds constitution and urges readers to send for testimonials while promoting other products for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Chenry & GO
Toledo
Battlehips Proposed To Wipe Out Insults
Chicago reports a call for a Pacific squadron of 100 battleships to deter English and Japanese actions. Col John F Finerty and Irish societies denounce Birrell home rule and advocate independence for Ireland. Officers elected for the next year include Buckley as president Enright as vice president Hawkins as secretary McNamee as recording secretary and Buckley as treasurer. The next gathering is planned for August 20 at Brandt's Park.
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Chicago
John F. Pinerts
Japan
United States
Finerty
Pacific
United Irish Societies
Irish National Committee
Ireland
Greece
Belgium
Norway
Lawrence R. Buckley
Maj
Michael H. Enright
John Hawkins
Thomas McNamee
J. C. Buckley
Brandt's Park
Liquor License Test Case Shock in Clarksville
Clarksville Tenn June 15 A saloon keeper John Hanahan seeks a writ of mandamus to force the County Court Clerk to issue a state and county liquor license for the coming year. He pays 1000 dollars but is refused due to Pendleton act date. The case tests constitutional validity of the Pendleton act and may reach the Supreme Court, with no effect on July 1 saloon abolishment.
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Clarksville
Tenn
John Hanahan
Stout
Chancery Court
C.D. Halley
Hanahan
Tennessee
General Assembly of
Senate
House
Time
Pendleton
Supreme Court
Bony
High priced cigars overwhelm a city importer tale
A prominent tobacco importer says extravagant $4 cigars sold to a king and Wall Street figures draw curiosity rather than demand. He notes wholesale prices near 150 dollars, with 50 percent plus duties, and recalls a birthday gift and broker dinner where guests struggled to finish a single eight to nine inch, heavily wrapped cigar.
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New York Evening Post
Edward VII
Ruthelfuds
Havana
Wall Street
The Shirt Waist Suit in Vogue This Summer
Grace Margaret Gould notes a trend shift as the shirt waist suit regains popularity over jumper dresses. New designs stay original and attractive, with materials ranging from worsted, gingham, madras, pique, mercerized poplin, to cotton and pongee, reflecting varied fashion tastes.
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Grace Margaret Gould
Woman's Home Companion
Tts
Bankhead now U S Senator from Alabama
Birmingham June 17 Gov Comer in Birmingham appointed former Congressman John H Bankhead to the vacancy in the U S Senate from Alabama created by the death of Senator John T Morgan. The appointment holds until the Legislature meets July 19. Bankhead had run in the Democratic primary for the Senate last August and served six terms in the House from the first Alabama district before being defeated by Richmond P Hobson last year.
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Birmingham
Ala
Comer
John H. Bankhead
State Senate
Alabama
John T. Morgan
Col. Bankhead
Richmond P. Hobson
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M. E. Church
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Hickman
Vanderbilt Trustees
WM. H. Crump
Ledford County
Cameron
Stxty
Strawberry
Hungary
Birrell Bill
Dleton Law
Bankhead
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