News and Comment In Early 20th Century Snapshots
A collage of notes on distant ballooning ambitions, mountain ownership disputes, cattle markets, submarine telegraphs, and local crime. Reports cover a Winchester suit, Central Africa height norms, Chicago stockyards wage demands, a Kansas City monitoring stance, and global telegraph statistics. Also noted: a Flyora bank safe flush with cash, possible suicide of Pleasant Durham, Ohio Democratic nominating prospects, and state-level rail merger debates amid Georgia and North Carolina positions.
Nerves Gave Way Peru Na Cured in 1900s testimonial
Miss Aseneth Brady cor sec Hi nds Woman's Alliance from Chicago states nerves failed under strain with headaches backache and indigestion. She credits Perryas with restoring health after ten days and continued use when fatigued. Mrs Fanny Klavada of Mitavillo Ohio reports kidney and abdominal pain relieved after treatment.
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Aseneth Brady
Hinds Woman's Alliance
A. Brady
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Iinola Woman's Alliance
Fanny Klavadamitavillo
Fanny Sand
Man
Harman Sanitarium
Columbus
C. Brady
Techer
Sumaa
Peru
Bold Train Robbery Near Nashville Stuns Officials
A bold train robbery occurred Monday night between Nashville and Franklin Tennessee when two masked men boarded Louisville Nashville train No 2 after Franklin. They seized Express Messenger A N Battle at gunpoint and rifled a small safe, escaping before Nashville. No dynamite used, less than 500 dollars taken. Authorities including Louisville Nashville secret service and local officers pursue leads. one robber claimed to be Gus Hyatt as the crew reports indicate. The incident shocks passengers and highlights a nerve wracking escape eighteen miles toward Nashville.
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Nashville
Franklin
Tenn
Louisville
Mowenger
A. N. Battle
Massenger
Gun Hyatt
George
Fine Express
Pasenger
Vafe
Express Company
Louinville & Nashvile Secret Service Agency
Gus Ayatt
Gus Haytt
Gus Hyatt
Hyatt
Meader
Birmingham
Lucien Minor
Southern
Southern Express Company
Narvhille
Mr. Minor
Glimpses of Saratoga Race Day Gambling Scene
A New York Herald account details Saratoga's summer bustle with vast wagers at Canfield's club house. West and East camps clash in betting, with 2000 bettors averaging about 1000 dollars each. Rich spectators overlook the gaming rooms as ornate scenes unfold daily.
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Saratoga
John W. Gates
Saray Toga
Canfield's
Fenet
Piazza
Grand Dames
Famuna
Broadway
Congress Park
Canfield
Pertiamen
Canfield’s
Arc
Wealthiest Royal Family of Russia Worth Vast Estates
The Russian reigning house is described as wealthier than any royal family, with the czar drawing at least 7.5 million dollars annually from crown and state domains. Imperial appendages own 2 million acres, yielding about 10 million dollars. prior to serf emancipation 400,000 peasants worked these estates. The article notes immense jewel hoards and the abundance of gems among the imperial clan.
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Alia
Rev
H. N. Hutchinsons
Mankina
Paul
Scotland
Tennessee Central extension talks advance in Hopkinsville
At a Commercial Club meeting Hopkinsville Kentucky the committee drafting a contract for extending the Tennessee Central Railroad to connect with the Illinois Central submitted the paper which was adopted A committee will press President Baxter to secure the terms of the contract The committee travels from Nashville to meet Col Baxter tomorrow morning in Nashville American.
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Hopkinsville
Commercial Club
Tennessee Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Walt Pon
Baxter
Naavhille
Col. Baxter
Neashville American
Baxter buys Dudley and Gray stock in News Publishing
On Thursday Jere Baxter announced he had purchased the stock of R. M. Dudley and John M. Gray Jr. in the News Publishing Company and would take full charge of the paper with no immediate changes to its departmental operations.
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Jere Baxter
R. M. Dudley
John M. Gray, Jr
News Publishing Company
Interet
Mr. Baxter
Mark Twain's Father Land Title Case In Fentress County
Attorney M. L. Fandire of Tenn. reports a Fentress County land title case involving the estate of Mark Twain's father. The dispute centers on a grant in 1881 from Jno. Clements to Gov. Jas. Jones covering extensive land now valued for coal, with confusion and garbled phrases in the OCR text.
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Tenn
Fandire
Fentress County
Mark Twain
Jno
Clements
Jas. Jones
Ess Sae
Sparta
Morrisville Lecture Ends Early as SAM SMALL Collapses
SAM SMALL failed to finish his Hyde Park lecture in Morrisville Vermont as his condition worsened during the talk. Doctors, including Dr Harkness, advised he was in a bad state though he had hoped to proceed. a crowd of local residents gathered to hear him despite the collapse.
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Philadelphia
Ang
Morrisville
Small
Steve
Hyde Park
Dr. Harkenews
Bert' Small
CO. Rablee
Mrs Bantman Falls From Window Near Franklin
Mrs Lewis K R Baxtman of Nashville and her daughter, guests of Col Randall Ewing south of Franklin, fell from a second story window about 8 am. She landed roughly twenty five feet, breaking her right leg and dislocating her hip. Discovered by Miss Foard, she received urgent care but worsened through the day. Dr Witt from Nashville attended her bedside this afternoon.
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Franklin
Tenn
Lewis KR. Baxtman
Nashville
Randall Ewing
Roosevelt to Stop in Knoxville on Sept Visit
President Roosevelt plans a two hour stop in Knoxville on the evening of September. His special train from Chattanooga will arrive at 5 o'clock and depart at 7. About twenty five in the party are expected. Cortelyou urges a program including points of interest in the city. Chamber of Commerce committees to meet to plan the visit. This marks the only Tennessee stop besides Chattanooga.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Henry R. Gibson
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Chattanooga
Cortelyon
Chamber of Commerce
Eettion
Tennessee
Venezuelan gunboats threaten Ciudad Bolivar bombardment
News from Carupano reports Gov General Velotini will sail from Campano with three gun boats and 400 men to strike Ciudad Bolivar again. The city, held by Venezuelan revolutionaries, endured last week’s bombardment by the Bolivar and Guerrero naval forces with hundreds of shells and casualties. A British subject asked Britain to send a protecting warship.
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Ies Trinidad
Carupano
Venezuela
Velotini
Campano
Ciudad Bolivar
Cindad Bolivar
Bolivar
Reataurador
Pisoy Cens
Great Britain
Convict at Large: Levi Terrell Escapes Amid Trusty Privileges
Levi Terrell, colored, escapes while on trusty leave from the State Ison prison after about a year of incarceration for attempted murder. Despite not completing his sentence, prison officials had granted him freedoms that allowed his departure.
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Levi Terrell
Ison
Streaaout
T Erroll
Mar County
Coker Creek Gold Fields sale to Ohio syndicate
Knoxville Tenn Aug 29 A big deal in cow on foot by which John Adams of New York and other owners of Coker Creek gold tids in McMinn County are to sell their Pakoud to an Ohio syndicate for
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Adams
New York
Coker Creek
McMinn County
Public School Enrollment At Columbia For A Prosperous Year
A report shows 836 pupils enrolled in Columbia public schools for the season, with 420 in the white school and 411 in the colored school. The total marks a solid showing for the town, though lower grades are crowded while higher grades see fewer students. Enrollment by grades is listed in the summary.
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Columbia
Xo Larne
Sultan of Binidayoon Shot After Escape Attempt
The Sultan of Binidayoo, held by American forces at Camp Viel ers Mindanao, attempted to escape last Thursday. He was shot and killed by a sentry while in custody after being arrested for recent murders of American soldiers in Mindanao and held awaiting the murderers' surrender.
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Manila
Binidayoo
Camp Vielers
Island
Mindanao
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