Tammany forces claim near sweep in New York politics
In New York City Oct 13 Republicans ally with Randolph forces to split Assembly and Aldermen nominations. The Independents back Hughes while Hearst ties raise tensions. Murphy remains confident that Tammany will win with a party majority, amid questions over the Hearst echo and party alliances.
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New York
Republican Party
Wiliam Randolph Fiesrat
Assembly of Aldermen
Independence League
Charles EK
Hughes
Hearst
Charles F. Murphy
Journal
County Teket
Tammany
Odell
Parsons
Fedéral Administration
Judge Herrick
Murphy
Rock attack at Canning Factory leads to arrest
Will Dudley, a colored man, struck Will Wilson, a white man, with a rock at the Canning Factory on Friday injuring him. Wilson claims Dudley was not entirely at fault. Wilson had a poker ready to strike. Deputies Goad and Whitley arrested Dudley who appeared before Esq. Fariss. Wilson withdrew the warrant if Dudley paid the costs including the cane and doctor’s bill.
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Will Dudley
Will Wilson
Canning Factory
Dudley
Wilson
Goad
Whitley
Esq
Fariss
Old Robertson for Carmack in Robertson County
Springfield Herald notes a Springfield statement to the Nashville Ranger predicting Patterson will win Robertson County over Carmack for Governor. Gov Patterson’s close friends see the effort as hopeless and privately mock the Banner scribbler, suggesting he be rewarded or made coal inspector for hisothetical loyalty.
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Springfield
Nashville Ranger
Patterson
Robertson County
Carmack
Great crowd hears Bishop at Old Jerusalem Conference
Springfield Tenn Oct 20 A large Springfield Tabernacle crowd attends the Old Jerusalem Conference love feast with sermons by Bishop Hoss and others. Attendance at the 11 o'clock service reaches about 1500, and many remain past noon. Ordination, memorials, and a 9 o'clock love feast fill the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Tenn
Old Jerusalem
Tabernacle
Hoss
Presbyterian Church
Colored Methodist Church
Tillett
Floating aquarium aboard the Amerika hotel ship
The Hamburg American liner Amerika becomes a floating aquarium with over 600 trout and 150 carp in onboard tanks near the smokestacks. Manager Charlie Nagle of the Rite Carlton restaurant boasts about the live fish and its cooking for Commodore James Gordon Bennett.
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Ocean Hotel
Amerika
Charlie” Nagle
Rite Carlton
Hamburg
Southampton
Cherbourg
Cherite
Commodore James Gordon
Bennett
Charlie
New York World
State WCTU Program for Tennessee Convention in Columbia
A detailed program for the Tennessee Womans Christian Temperance Union convention in Columbia on Nov 2 outlines preliminary meetings on Nov 1 and full sessions through Nov 2 3. It lists official boards committees department reports evangelistic and educational activities and a long sequence of speakers from multiple unions. Local host seeks forty homes for delegates and anticipates strong attendance and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Tennessee
Columbia
Convention Church
Mionday
Pearl W. Morrin
Nashville
Tandy
Donn
Padgett
Flower Mission
Carter
Huntingdon
State Proftitiont Led by Mrs Haker Knoxville
Schedule lists 3:20 Free Parliament session in Knoxville with Mrs Haker leading. Includes 2:40 The Senitor L T L and State Organisation with Mrs Nipber Dunn. Reports, elections, committees, and evening program feature notices and guest addresses by Mrs Mary Farris Armor and Mrs Silena Holman in Nashville and Georgia area clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haker
Knoxville
Mra
Nipber
Dunn
O'Daniel
Nashville
Addreag
Mary Farris Armor
Pres
Ga. W. CT
Silena Holman
Will Howard
Bethell House
Forrest Veterans Reunite in Memphis Civil War Parade
Several hundred veterans of the Civil War and Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry gathered in Memphis for their fifteenth annual reunion. A large parade featured four divisions from Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Texas Missouri and Arkansas, ending at Forrest Park with a monument ceremony and a large barbecue at East End Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Nathan Bedford Morréat
Forrest
Southern Mothers’ Organization
Ladies’ Confederate Memorial Association
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Junior Confederate Memorial Association
Tennessee
Baxter Smith
Misassaippi
Alabama
President hunts bear near camp in Louisiana outing
Stamboul La October 18 The President killed a large bear late yesterday after a four hour chase with hunters following dogs through canebrakes near the camp. The bear weighed about 875 pounds and fell after the first shot struck behind the shoulder.
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Stambul
Southern Man for President Speech Sparks Democratic Meet
A Shelbyville mass meeting on October 17 gathered Democrats from across the county at the courthouse to back a Southern Democrat for president. Delegates adopted unanimous resolutions favoring constitutional limits on federal power and tariff reduction, urging unity with the solid South and planning further Democratic action in Nashville.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Court House
Democratic Party
Solid South
South
Becaune of Ta Tong
Itat
Exch
Capitol
Nadville
Howe Mn
Str
Nast
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Old Robertson
Terial
Lynnville, Tean
Lord
The
Herald
W.C.T.U
Silena M. Holman
Fayetteville
Ernestine Abbott
Jackson
Toca
Welch
Sparta
Shook
Winchester
Hirsh
Crafts
Schneider
Chatanooga
Metcalf
Ming Taylor
Anderson
Tullahoma
Union
Atkina
New Business
Collins
Wise
Woody
Union City
Evangelistic
Stratton
Lebanon
Maxwell
Chattanooga
Mayo
Nashvile
Lauritzen
Marshall
Hartford
Dechord
Jono
Maryville
McCalla
Chatt
Mercy
New Mexico
Baptist Church
Latin
M. B. Church
Alexander
Main
P. Church
Lillie O'Daniel
Firet C. P
Vera Smith
Harriman
State
Lrasa
Gaines Ransom
M. B
Mra. Armor
Pres. Ga. W. OT. U
Mra. E
McLemoresville
Christian Citisenship
Petecost
Ransom
Blix Abeth D. Collins
Baker
School Savings Bank
Joberhouser
National Supt
Philadelphia
Reed
Miss Ddaniel
Addrean
Atkins
Mise Smith
South Main Street
cerseSk
J. Wt. Cartner
BELL
Forrest Vets
Reunion
Bedford
Democrats
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