Global political and religious notes mix with early railroad merger plans
A mixed, error-filled London and Philadelphia era bulletin catalogues Britain funding a South African war cost, papal moves in the Philippines, a note on persecution appeals to Germany, a Hawaiian crown land claim, Martinique bloom reports, Sabbath baseball opposition in Kentucky, Haitian frontline actions, Colombian troop shifts with U S guard, and George Gould with Rockefeller plans to fuse rail networks into a Transcontinental Counties Company opposing Northern Securities.
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George Gould
Rockefellers
Trans- Continental Counties Company
Gould- Rockefeller
Northern Securities Company
Peruna praised by lawmakers and Augusta agent
A Serious Case features endorsements from Leonard F. Verdery of Augusta Ga and West Virginia lawmakers praising Peruna as a remedy for catarrh and related ailments. The letters claim Peruna cures catarrh, improves digestion, and prompt free medical advice from Dr Hartman at the Martian Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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Ee Ednard F. Verdery
Augusta
Poruna
Perdue
Manalin
Leonard F. Verdery
Deviner
West Virginia
B. B. Doymer
Wheeling
Washington, D. C
Sayet
Ory
House of Representatives
Hartman
Martian Sanitarium
Columbus
Stampede at Birmingham church kills many in riot of fear
A crowd at a Negro Baptist church on Avenue and Eighteenth Street in Birmingham on September 10 triggered by an offhand cry is believed to have caused a deadly stampede. Authorities report sixty to seventy dead and many more injured as worshippers crowded for exits, with women among the fatalities. Fire and police units, plus ambulances, battled the scene as ministers urged order. Booker T. Washington was present but unharmed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Avenue
Eighteenth Street
National Convention of Baptists
House of Worship
Booker T. Washington
Judge Billou
Baltimore
Seaten
Washington
Beach 8
Sufloh Obvirch
Bouth Highlands
Booker Washington
Booker T
Howenwald Convention Narrows Maury Split to Erwin Victory
Delegates from Perry Lewis and Manry met at Hohenwald to nominate a Senator. After tense bargaining and a peace move led by D. B. Landor, E. B. Erwin won the Maury vote, with Cheairs guiding a compromise that ended factional strife. The convention endorsed a rotating plan and adjourned amid lingering tensions.
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Hohenwald
Nashville
KE. Erwin
John Brown
Spring Hil
Maury
Perry County
Carter
Linden
Lewis
Stockard
Brown
Erwin
Cheairs
Cheatre
Lee
Dicker
Cheaira
Maury County
State Executive Committee
Mr. Cheairs
Judge Erwin
Erwie
Perry
Siury
Manry
E. EB. Erwin
Jas A. Smiser
Key
Jesse Tomlinson
Peesler
Tomlinson
Lewis Co
Lander
Birmingham Disaster Toll Grows With 115 Dead
Special to the Herald Birmingham Ala Sept 20 total list of victims now 115 87 identified all in city so far. Thousands of negroes view the dead and search for kin as undertakers fill with casualties. White churchgoers nearby escaped unhurt and relief funds flow in. Funeral day follows at Shiloh Church for 38 victims as count rises to 110 with five bodies at private homes. Kassongo African boy saved Rev Verner life and era of stillman training prepared him for return to Africa.
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Herald
Birmingham
Als
Booker T. Washington
Maha J. BrockaRn
Ala
Shiloh
George Wright
Savannah
Africa
Kassongo
Congo Free State
S. Phillips Verner
Tuscaloosa
Verner
Congo
Kasgouge
Horrible scene at Birmingham church rush described
An eyewitness recounts a violent stampede of Black congregants as a church crowd surged toward exits. Sam J. Stockard, once associate editor of the Mr. Peasant Chronicle and later on Birmingham News staff, recalls the mass movement and the danger on the church steps.
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Sam J. Stockard
Mr. Peasant Chronicle
Fabograph
Birmingham News
Birmingham
Nowa
Booker Washington
Debated Tariff and Trade Polities in Press Echoes
Readable excerpts from early 1900s editorials debate tariff policy and export versus home market pricing. It cites Washington Star and Washington Post quotes on protection, revenue, and manufacturers acting to balance surplus goods with domestic demand. The texts critique tariff continuation and reference steel schedules and international orders.
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Washington
Btar
Congress
Washington Post
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