Bill Passes Congress to Fund World’s Fair
The St Louis World's Fair bill with a 5000000 appropriation passed Congress and was signed by the President. In Tennessee, Chattanooga Hills area figures faced a legal dispute after Rev. J Davis, pastor of Hill City Baptist Church, was linked in a libel case. Deacon W T Ingle and Mack Turner were bound over to criminal court as horsewhipping scenes at a Hill City butcher shop sparked local uproar.
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Wasnixetos
Marsh
Congress
Cuarraxooga
Tenn
J. Davis
Baptist Church
Hill City
Chattanooga
W. T. Ingle
Mack Turner
Meyer Frank
Hillity
Frank
Ingle
Parson Davis
Car Inspector Killed in Nashville Yard Tragedy
Nashville Tennessee March 1 A car inspector Fred Hamberger was crushed to death between two cars in the East Nashville yards of the L and N line He left a wife and one child surviving him.
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Nashvile
Teou
Mare
Fred Hamberger
Nashville
Physical Freak Seananess Dies at Oden Today
Aged twenty one, Seananess Cappl erton died today of pneumonia at Oden. He had been an invalid for eleven years and had a heart on the right side with only one lung. Published with unsafe tonics claim by Grove's Tasteless Chill.
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Seananess
Cappl Erton
Oden
Lang
The Penalty In The Ram's Horn Poem Excerpt
A dramatic poem condemns greed and tyranny referencing Babylon and divine justice. It denounces masters plundering liberty, warns of tyranny, and calls out those blinded by wealth whose hands are stained with others’ blood. The piece argues that eternal laws of right govern rulers and ends with a warning to stop exploiting others.
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Edgerton
Ald
Babylon
Tryanny
Rice Pierce For Governor Debate In Tennessee Race
In Washington a Special to the American from Washington notes Representative Rice Pietes is repeatedly named in connection with Tennessee's next gubernatorial race. Friends urge him to run, arguing it has been twenty years since West Tennesseans held the office and Pierce's public career suits him for governing duties.
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Washington
Rice Pietes
Tennessee
West Tennersae
Pierce
Shape of the Earth Pear Theory Rocks Bennaylvania
A scientist asserts the earth is pear shaped challenging Bennaylvania belief that the planet is a flat plain. The remark highlights a clash between scientific claim and local common sense in a witty regional note.
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Bennaylvania
Courier-Journal
Last November's Tornado Ravaged Coahoma County Mississippi
A tornado near Moon Lake in Coahoma County on November 20, 1900, caused widespread destruction. It stripped unpicked cotton across fields, scattered debris, toppled structures including a Metho dist church at Lagrange, and lifted a tin sign from Lula Miss. Eight tornadoes that day ruined property over 500000 dollars, killed 88 people and injured many more.
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Moon Lake
Coahoma County
Miss
Foresta
Johnson Bros
Lula Miss
Lagrange
Chief Campbell Deposed as St Louis Chief of Police
John Campbell, deposed this week as St Louis police chief, formerly lived in Columbia. He had risen twice to head of the department and twice been deposed amid a political struggle. The St Louis Republic notes he asked for a captaincy before the action. the Nashville American reports he will return to life and district.
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John Campbell
St. Louis
Columbia
Campbell
Wood
Nashville
King Edward VII to confer Lady of the Garter title
The Philadelphia Record reports that a special statute under the seal of the Order of the Garter will confer upon Queen Alexandra the title Lady of the Garter. The move would create a unique dignity for the queen.
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Edward VII
Order of the ‘Iarter
Alexendra
The Moral Song on Imperial Cruelty in Chicago Record
A protest poem criticizes Western denigration and plunder of Asia and Africa. It ridicules “Christian” motives behind looting sacred objects, calls out colonial violence, and condemns exploitation of indigenous peoples in Kiao-Chou Manchuria South Africa and the Philippines with biting satire and moral urging.
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Peu
Chicago
Mother's Love Tempered by a Boy's Struggle and Death
A poor mother raise three children after a father deserts. Her son Charles grows wayward and drinks occasionally. He joins the Spanish War, falls ill with typhoid, and dies in hospital after telling his mother she loved him into being good.
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Charles Daggart
Charles
Chicks Mauga
Doe
Leutenant
Carnegie Will Give Jackson 25000 For Free Library
Jackson area report states Andrew Carnegie has agreed to provide twenty five thousand dollars for the free public library, contingent on sufficient appropriation to maintain the library. Local officials indicate this gift would support continued operation and services for the community.
Rosslyn Ferrell Executed in Electric Chair for Murder
Rosslyn Ferrell was executed at the State prison at 12:07 am after convicting him of killing Express Messenger Charles Lane on the night of August 10. Ferrell stole $2,400 in valuables from the express car and fled at Plain City. The motive was alleged romance with Miss Lillian Costellon, whom he planned to marry.
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Mareb L.rosslyn Ferrell
Express Messenger Lane
State Prison
Drath
Ferrell
Rosslyn Ferrell
Charles Lane
Adams Express Company
Lillian Costellon
Pennsylvania
Lane
Plain City
Columbus
Madison County
Tia
Plat City
Rere Ferrell
Mike Castallon
Store THE J COTTON AND WORKS OFF THE COLD
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming to cure a cold in one day with a no cure no pay offer. The copy mentions price and bold guarantees amid a generic sales pitch.
Sunday Sessions In Congress Endure Late Hours
Both the Senate and the House met on Sunday to dispatch business under their respective recent days. A House resolution to form a committee to visit Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines was defeated. Conferees could not agree on provisions for the 1881 expositions and a river and harbor bill remained unsettled.
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Wasshington
Senate
House
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Renate Conferess
Anarieston Expositions
Theagreed River
Tarbor Bill
Carmack Defends River Projects in Last House Speech
Senator elect E W Carmack, to be sworn in tomorrow as U S Senator from Tennessee, spoke in the House defending river improvements as economical while criticizing large overseas expenditures. He challenged the idea that Northern spending buys loyalty and said he was tired of such remarks. He also countered a claim that Charleston Fair funds could foster North South harmony.
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Washineton
E. W. Carmack
United States
Tennessee
Hepburn
Carmack
Charleston
Anti Whisky Legislation Rumors Persist in Nassurreu
March 4 Nassurreu reports the Purver bill is dead yet temperance forces say other drinks curtailment measures may reach the neutral assembly. The fate of further liquor laws remains undecided as advocates push for tighter intoxicant sales controls within the state.
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Nassurreu
Atte
Two Old Nashvillians Die in Nashville
NASHVILLE TENN March 3 Judge J M Quarles died in this city aged seventy eight. He served as a member of Congress in 1850 and as Attorney General of this district in 1862. He was long a judge of the Davidson county Criminal Court after the war. Jerry Buckley the oldest and most popular mail carrier in Nashville also died today aged seventy eight.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. M. Quarles
Tadee Quarles
Congress
Davidson County Criminal Court
Tennessee
Jerry Buckley
Fire Sweeps Pulaski Church and Stores Overnight
Fire in Pulaski Tennessee destroyed the Missionary Baptist church Ingram and Connollys store and the M Thomas dwelling house in North Pulaski. Insurance on the church was 1100 and the cost of the church project neared completion prior to the blaze. The Baptist congregation had recently finished interior furnishings after a hard struggle and a small size.
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Pulaski, Tenn
Missionary Baptist Church
Ingram & Connolly
M. Thomas
North Pulaski
diMeaily
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