Roosevelts Dinner Stirs Southern Debate Says Booker T Washington
Washington says news sensationalizes the issue and does not reflect Southern opinion. He argues uplift of the colored race benefits whites and that two races must live together in the South. He cites Tuskegee and postwar shifts as key to black advancement.
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Long Teland
Gees
White House
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South
Roosevelt
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Sold by A. By Welsin
A dubious advertisement claims a "Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and bevrulgin works in one day by a single dose. The claim highlights immediate removal of the cause and disease, with price stated as cents and produced by a druggist in Coun.
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Welsin
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Yellow Journalism Debate Cites McKinley Assassination Link
In a Puidieford Record piece, yellow journalism is debated after McKinley’s assassination. It contrasts New York Journal and New York World, noting sensationalism versus reform aims and highlighting differing roles in public life and controversy.
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McKinley
Salvation Army
New York Journal
New York Law
Roosevelt Dinner With a Black Man Sparks Outrage Across South
The Memphis Scimitar denounces President Roosevelt for inviting Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House, calling the act a crime against civilization and a challenge to racial hierarchy. Nashville papers echo condemnation, warning it will alienate Southern whites and threaten Republican gains.
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United States
White House
Theodor Roosevelt
Pullman Palace
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Hayti
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Abraham Lincoln
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Republican Party
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Nashville
Injury to the Negro Prompts Washington Dinner Fallout
An editorial warns that the Washington dinner will harm African Americans by emboldening half educated individuals to seek integration with whites. It predicts violent backlash and growing racial tension nationwide, with potential bloodshed and accountability for those who advocate the act.
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Washington
Maury County announces candidates for August election
Lawrence County lawyer J. B. Kay is named for Attorney General of the Eleventh Judicial District in August, under Democratic party action. Maury County candidates include G. Newt Pickard for Sheriff, Willard P. Worley for Circuit Court Clerk, John G. Latta for County Register, Jamey H. Kanoon for Trustee, Jate Thomas for County Court Clerk, and others. Roosevelt questioned personally in final race query, Nashville News reports.
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Willard P. Worley
John G. Latta
Jamey H. Kanoon
Jate Thomas
Roosevelt
Nashville News
Col Hughes Denounces Brown and Aurora Borealis Tale
A Nashville News report quotes Col Hughes denying Gov Brown would invite a neft member to a toast at the Maxwell House and saying he would never have suggested such a thing to John Brown. The New Orleans States criticizes the President’s action as partisan and contemptuous to the South. Includes assorted clippings about etiquette and satirical exchanges from Chicago and Washington papers.
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Hughes
Jnc. C. Brown
Maxwell House
The
Nashville News
Colonel Hughes
Borwn
John ©. Brown
New Orleans
Ambiguous Exchange Between Widow and Colonel in Chicago Record Herald
A fragment from the Chicago Record Herald shows a widow addressing a colonel about his height. The colonel answers evasively and the widow teases him as a naughty boy. The text reflects a fragmentary, humorous exchange typical of old newspaper humor pages.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Forcing the Fight New York Weekly
A fragmentary exchange hints at a social proposal scene in which a suitor asks for a daughter's hand after supper. The text references a planned supper and an impending request, with dialogue indicating familial approval and a betrothal aim. The source presents a dated style and social plotting typical of early 20th century newspaper fiction.
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New York Weekly
Negro women attend Broadway Baptist service despite criticism
In Louisville on Sunday two Black women walked to a front pew at Broadway Baptist, sat through the service amid disapproving glances, then left after benediction. Observers tie the incident to Booker T. Washington’s reception by President Roosevelt, as Southern Congressmen debate the president’s actions and a possible second dinner. A Maury County Herald snapshot notes an accidental photo taken in the office.
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Broadway Baptist Church
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Maury County
Herald Office
Valuable Sale of Town Lots at Auction
A 15-lot land division from Jos H Fussell to be sold to the highest bidder on November 2 1901. Parcels include 60 by 100 and other sizes with a 20 foot street running through. Terms are one third cash with balance due in 6 and 12 months bearing interest. Rain or shine sale on grounds 11 am. if inclement weather sale at courthouse 12 pm. Plats available in the Clerk and Master’s office at Columbia after October 21. Wm J Webster.
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Jos. H. Fussell
Court House
Platt
Columbia
Wm. J. Webster
Castarets Candy Cathartic Becomes Popular Remedy
In 1895 the product was unseen, by 1900 six million boxes were sold. The ad proclaims Casearets Candy Cathartic the best medicine for bowels, a verdict of the people. Available at all druggists for 100.
Evansville shooting victim dies as accomplice freed
Henry, alleged to be safe blower, was shot at Evansville Indiana and died. His companion William Damm, wounded, was released from jail after proof showed both men innocent of the charge. The Giles County Livestock and Farm Products Association held its first meeting in Pulaski drawing a large crowd with cattle hogs sheep turkeys chickens and farm products on display in courthouse yard and public square.
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Henry Never Waseene
Evansville
Ind
Nashville
Wm. Damm
Giles County Lave Stock and Farm Products Association
Pulaski
Fragmentary tale of a boy and a horse exchange
A garbled dialogue fragment presents a youth and a horse manning a wager regarding a 0.2 old colt and time two minutes, with a speaker named Cas and a place named Jabor. The text is unclear but hints at a joke or challenge involving age and endurance.
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