Nomination fight looms over Hughes bid in New York
Saratoga N Y September 13 anti Hughes forces in the Republican State Convention seek to unite on a rival candidate to block Hughes nomination for governor. Secretaries Root and Woodruff discuss rumors while potential anti Hughes leaders fear rival gains including the U S Senate seat. Opposition outnumbers Hughes backers but unity on a single candidate remains elusive.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Hughes
Root
United States
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Mr. Root
Ant! Hughes
Oneida
Gov
Foley's Orino Laxative Offered As Pleasant Remedy
Foley's Orino Laxative is promoted as an improved laxative free from griping or nausea. The ad claims it is a pleasant to take guarantee and credits GEO. 8 AL CORN for the promotion.
German intrigue in South America exposed by papers
London dispatch says Germany seeks influence via financiers to tilt Brazil Argentina and Uruguay into a triangular struggle. British interests warn the scheme could bind all three nations to Berlin regardless of who wins. Reports from Buenos Ayres link German backing to Argentina congress approving 55 million dollars for fleet and army upgrades.
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London
South America
Germany
Brazil
Argentine
Uruguay
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
McAlister Considered for Re election to Supreme Court
WASHVILLE Sept 14 Judge W K McAlister plans to seek reelection to the Tennessee Supreme Court next August. Rumors say he may become chief justice if Beard declines reelection. Middle Tennessee figures like Bell, Lansden and Estill are also discussed as potential candidates in a lively race ahead of the September term in Knoxville.
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Washvilla
W. K. McAlister
Supreme Court
McAllister
High Court
Knoxville
Bell
Lansden
Floyd Estill
Winchester
Estill
Middle Tennessee
McAlister
Beard
McAllster
Quick Relief For Asthma Sufferers
Foley's Honey and Tar affords immediate relief to asthma sufferers in the worst stages and, if taken in time, will effect a cure. GEO ALCORN reports from the era noting the remedy claim and its perceived effectiveness.
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Foley
Alcorn
Pastor Refuses Salary Increase in Catskill Church
In Catskill New York Rev Irving H Berg head of the Catholic Reform Church declined a $500 yearly raise. During a month’s vacation church officers boosted his pay to 2500 from 2000 plus parsonage use. Berg asked to rescind. officers kept the raise until May when it would be reconsidered.
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Catskill
N. Y
Irving H. Berg
Cattekill Reform Church
Berg
Fortune in Rare Jewelry Found With Wife's Body
The body of Mrs Ashton Harvey, dressed in white and covered with jewels, was found by bloodhounds in the private lake of Stewart Harshhorn's Short Hills estate in New Jersey. Her husband, Ashton Harvey, a New York corporate lawyer, suspects suicide. she had suffered headaches and mourned her eldest son's death.
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Newark
N. J
Ashton Harvey
Stewart Harshhorn
Short Hilla
New York
Dorothy
Harold
Miss Dubarry
Madison
Water and Light Company to city Vim offer on sale
The Water and Light Company proposed selling its water, light and gas plants to the City of Columbia. The plan, never before offered for light and gas, was referred to a special committee for study with no discussion. The board considers whether the city should own and run its utilities and notes prior contracts and pending lawsuits influencing the decision.
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W. 8. Pleming
Thee Water & Light Company
Water and Light Co
Columbia Water Company
Nervals
Fleming
Dale, Hayes and Chaffin
Columbia Water & Light Co
J. 8. Robinson
The
Water & Light Company
Herald
Hbergy
Bigelow
Robinson
Mr. Bigelow
Columbia
Harri & Cole Bros
Water & Light Co
Chaffin
West Seventh Street
Wesr Seventh Street
Dedman
Recorder Erwin
Morgan
Legislative Committee
Alvides
Wegeregated
Second Day of Baptist Meeting in Ebenezer Association
YOUNG WOMAN SLAIN AT ORGAN. In Lynnville Tennessee on September 10 Miss Willie Bullinger, 19, was stabbed to death by Lon Rader, 21, as she played the organ at Sunday school. Rader, previously treated at a state asylum, claimed she was a witch before his arrest in Newton jail.
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Ebenezer Association
Crazy Man
Clares
Lynnville
Tenn
Ebenezer Baptist Association
J. W. Patton
J. W. Mount
Pulaski
EB. Folk
Nashville
W. T. Ussery
Columbia
Missionary Baptist Church
Yarl
Howe Missions
J. W. Mount of
Charlotte
N. C
Newton
Willie Bullinger
Lon Rader
Rader
Ryder
Miss Bullinger
Radel
Best of all medicines Eletric Bitters praised by North Carolina man
IT CAN'T BE BEAT. C. M. Harden of Silver City NC says Electric Bitters does all that's claimed for it. For stomach, liver and kidney troubles it can't be beat. Also good for chills malaria and run down conditions. sold at Alcorn's drug store for 60 cents.
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C. M. Harden
Silver City
North Carolina
Aeat Geo
Alcorn’s Drug Store
Family Trouble Causes Killing in Washington Indiana
Washington Ind Sept 11 A prominent Eloora township trustee Gept Dillon was shot five times on Main street at noon by H L Hale a former Pulaski county Kentucky deputy sheriff and current government revenue agent from Nicholasville Ky Hale came from Kentucky to hear Thomas R Marshall and shot Dillon after a wordless exchange Dillon wife witnessed the shooting and Hale is in jail reporting he did not come to kill Dillon with the intention Hale and Dillon were related by marriage and both were wealthy and Dillon was not expected to survive the injuries
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Hamlet Dillon
Eloora Township
Cireles
H. L. Hale
Pulaski County
Kentucky
Nicholasville
Hale
Washington
Meredith Hotel
Thomas R. Marshall
Dillon
Arthur Thompson
Elnora
Ind
Halev
Flames threaten Norris and area as forest fires rage
Sept 13 reports say Norris village in eastern Burnett County Wisconsin faces danger from wildfires. Residents work to defend the village as a ditch is dug and smoky conditions disrupt rail Travel. Fires burn east of the city, with losses cited across county and Northern Wisconsin reaching up to five million dollars.
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Waubsatau
Wis
Norris
Bland
Wisconsin
Kelly Station
Schofield
Rib River
California fruit to be plentiful
Nashville reports cautious optimism for a forthcoming fruit season. Prospects point to a better peach crop in California with high quality canned fruit likely. prices are expected to rise for peaches and corn as wholesale grocers anticipate increases.
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California
Golden West
Nashville
Delaware
Maryland
Bryan Welcomes Thousands in Wheeling West Virginia
Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan drew a massive welcome in Wheeling as his private car arrived. He addressed a jubilant crowd, contrasting Democratic and Republican platforms and stressing labor and injunction issues while Ohio and West Virginia residents urged his message.
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Wheeling
W. Va
William Jennings Bryan
West Virgia
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
Bryan
Taft
Columbus
Virginia
Us 9
Hetle
When Trifles Become Troubles in Kidney Health
A brief notice urges readers to seek Foley's Kidney Remedy at once if kidneys seem deranged to avoid Bright's disease or diabetes. Delaying treatment allows the disease to gain ground, according to an Alcorn ad from the GEO. 8 edition.
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Alcorn
Foley
Bright
Democrats Will Control Congress Promised in 1890s
Olney Sept 10 That the next house of representatives will be Democratic was the promise made by W. J. Bryan upon arrival. Congressman Lloyd of Missouri, chair of the congressional campaign committee, sent word after his canvass that this conclusion holds. The note adds that whenever a political party captures the house it elects its president, a pattern seen in Hayes era. Bryan travels in the Olivette on the Passort trip amid early campaign chatter.
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Olney
House of Representatives
W. J. Bryan
Lloyd
Missouri
Congressional Campaign Committee
Hayes
House
Tilden
Bryan
Olivette
Presbytery meeting held at Culleoka
At Bethany church in Maury County the Presbytery of Columbia of the Presbyterian church decided to hold the next Session at Culleoka. The report notes the meeting and planning in a terse local parish context.
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Hytery of
Columbia
Bethany
Sure County
Culleoka
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