Augusta Vets May Boycott Confederate Reunion
Augusta Georgia veterans plan to boycott the United Confederate Veterans reunion set for April 25 to 27 in New Orleans. Local camps may urge statewide cooperation and Georgia Memorial Day observances could be sacrificed to protest the timing. A Camp 435 leader warned attendance would be individual, not organized, if Augusta participates.
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Orleans
Augusta
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans
Georgia
House Falls Killing One In Asheville
In Asheville North Carolina on February 19 T J Revell aged 40 a merchant was instantly killed and three others were severely injured when a house being raised 14 feet to level with the street collapsed after a lifting jack was removed. Revell left a wife and two sons. The injured are T J Wilson with a skull injury Fr J Prescott with a broken rib and hip injury and Gus Williams with head and shoulder injuries.
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Asheville
N.C
T. J. Revell
Revell
Mr. Revell
T. J. Wilson
Fr. J. Prescott
Gus Williams
Uniform Divorce Law push spans Georgia delegation
Columbus Georgia reports Hon Henry R tietehius will attend a Washington congress of lawyers forming a uniform divorce law. Georgia delegates include Governor Terrell Peter W Meldrim Denny and Goetehius. South Carolina has no divorce laws to reform. Congress opens Monday at the Willard hotel.
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Columbus
Henry R. Tietehius
Washington
Georgia
Congress of Lawyers
South Carolina
Terrell
Peter W. Meldrim
Savannah
Denny
Rome
Goetehius
Congress
New Willard Hotel
Leonard Building Fire Wrecks Augusta Office Block
A Friday afternoon blaze in Augusta Georgia severely wrecked the Leonard building the citys largest office structure. Most offices were ruined by fire and water with a jewelry store on the ground floor badly damaged. Loss placed around 50000 with 75 percent insured. The building had been erected after a prior 1 million fire.
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Augusta
Leonard
Negroes Resist Taxes Fight in Pleasant Hill Annex
In Macon Georgia on February 19 nearly two hundred Black property owners in Pleasant Hill part of the city’s recently annexed area resist city marshal Chapman’s efforts to collect taxes. A resident says residents plan to hire counsel and contest the levy claiming no authority over the annexed lands.
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Macon
Pleasant Hill
Chapman
Patricide in Alabama as son kills father in Ozark
Feb 19 report says Will King fatally cut Wiley King Hawridge and fled, with officers unsure of his whereabouts. Search ongoing and expected to arrest him soon. Authorities indicate motive remains unclear.
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Ozark
Ala
Will King
Wiley King
Hawridge
Kauor
Trial Delay Sought By Father in Jersey City Killing Case
Baxniey California February 19. Alex Legler father of a boy in prison in Jersey City requests postponement of the trial. He says he wants more time to prepare and to secure witnesses. Carl Legler was slain by his brother in a case that drew local attention.
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Baxniey
Alex Legler
Jersey City
Carl
China Readies Arms for Supposed War Threat
Berkeley reports a Chinese newspaper claims the government ordered a million small arms and 100 cannon from German makers to prepare for war with foreign powers. In Washington the Chinese minister denies any danger of an uprising and warns the emperor’s soldiers would lay waste communities harming foreigners.
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China
Berkeley
Calif
John Mreyer
Department ” Oriental Language
The
State University
Germany
Washington
the Post
Chentung Liang Chang
Minteer Bill Passed To Improve Railroad Employee Safety
Columbus Ohio February 19 The House of Representatives passed the Minteer bill without a dissenting vote. It requires that 75 percent of cars in use have power brakes under the control of the train engineer. Presently about 25 percent meet the standard.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Fire destroys cotton bales at Lafayette warehouse
Fire in Lafayette Alabama at the Merchants warehouse scorched forty bales and damaged seventy more on the cotton platform. Authorities say the blaze started from a spark from a passing locomotive. the cotton was partly insured.
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Layfayette
Ala
Lafayette
Woman shoots husband in Pomona hotel dispute
H Stantz proprietor of the Pacific hotel in Pomona is shot in the neck and mortally wounded by his young wife after a theater outing and a quarrel at home. He accused her of robbing him of $40.
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Pomona
Cal
H. Stantz
Pacific Hotel
Stantz
Portwood Dies in City Hospital from Cigarette Smoking
Clarence B. Portwood aged 28 from a wealthy Lawrenceburg Kentucky family died at City hospital in St. Louis from a cerebral hemorrhage attributed to excessive cigarette smoking.
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St. Louis, Mo
Clarence B. Portwood
Lawrenceburg, Ky
Betting Bill Declared Unconstitutional by Court
Nashville February 1 The Supreme Court has struck down the Riee Ligon anti racing betting bill as unconstitutional.
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Nashville
Venn
Supreme Court
US transport Kilpatrick arrives at Gibraltar bound for Manila
The United States transport Kilpatrick with the First Infantry on board has reached Gibraltar after a rough voyage from New York. The ship now sails on toward Manila.
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Gibraltar
United States
Kilpatrick and McClellan
Manila
New York
Japanese Express Gratitude To Roosevelt Aid Call
In this Feb 14 note from fokio the Japanese press thanks President Roosevelt for his famine relief appeal to the American nation and expresses sincere gratitude from all sides for the aid directed to Japan.
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Fokio
Roosevelt
Japan
Montague to oppose Balfour for London seat
London reports T S Montague son of Sir Samuel Montague banker will run as Liberal candidate for the city of London in opposition to former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour.
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Balfour
London
T. S. Montague
Samuel Montague
Brother’s fight ends in stabbing in Rhodes yard
George Clark of Gwinnett county stabbed his brother John Clark after a dispute over going to bed. John Clark was rushed to Grady hospital for treatment.
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Atlanta
George Clark
Gwinnett County
John Clark
Rhodes
Grady Hospital
Fire destroys Courtland livery stable in Virginia
Fire in Courtland Virginia's new livery stable of T Gizzard caused extensive damage totaling about 13000 with only 1400 insured. Courtland hotel also burned but guests escaped with belongings. M Gavey, linked to Memphis and Troy NY, assisted at the blaze and was arrested as Leo Thurman, linked to a separate murder case.
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Norfolk
T. Gizzard
Courtland
Courtland Hotel
M. Gavey
Memphis
Tenn
Troy
N. Y
Boston to Host Next Meeting of House Painters Union
Birmingham reports the International House Painters and Decorators convention selected Boston as the next meeting place. Officers were elected and a paper by Charles M. Coons discussed apprenticeship. The committee on joining the Citizens Industrial Union offered no recommendation. The convention favored organizing trade schools.
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Boston
Birmingham
International House Painters and Decorators
Charles M. Coons
East Orange
N. J
Citizens Industrial Union
Organization of Trade Schools
Plans for Louisiana Sanitary War on Mosquitoes
Alexandria La February 19 The state health conference adjourned after one day and proposed a statewide sanitary education campaign. An association to be called Louisiana Sanitary Association will organize in every area with a supreme aim to wage war on the mosquito. A resolution requesting the legislature to appropriate 40000 dollars for maintaining quarantine stations was adopted. The convention considered the campaign against disease invasion a success.
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Alexandria
State Health Conference
Louisiana Sanitary Association
Guilty on One Charge in Greensboro Trial
George W. Samuel, on trial in federal court in Greensboro North Carolina for false reports and conspiracies, found guilty of making false reports as a government agent and of fake returns as deputy collector. Jury could not agree on the conspiracy charge, voting seven to five for acquittal.
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Greensboro
N.C
George W. Samuel
Ae Auittal
Negroes Pack Public Schools in Georgia County
In Fatonton Georgia on February 19 teachers report to School Commissioner Dennis an unprecedented enrollment of negro children in rural schools. Attendance for the season surpasses all prior years and demand for assistant teachers is extraordinary as nearly every negro school is packed to overflowing.
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Fatonton
Dennis
Accidental Shooting Reported in Katenton Case
Alien De Lowen was shot by his roommate Garland Wynn in Katenton Georgia on February 19. De Lowen and Wynn gave matching statements and a voluntary confession claiming the shooting was accidental. De Lowen is partially paralyzed but improving. Wynn is about 18 years old.
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Katenton
Alien de Lowen
Garland Wynn
de Lowen
Wyonn
Wyn
McCall’s Condition Worsens as Illness Advances
Physicians announced John A. McCall’s condition has grown weaker with recovery deemed unlikely. He has been unable to take sufficient liquids for several days, intensifying concerns about his health in Lakewood New York on February 9.
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McCall
Lakewood
John A. McCall
Mr. McCall
Johnson Hanged for Murder in Dawson Jail
Essie Johnson was privately executed on the gallows in the Dawson jail corridor Friday for killing Eliza Banks last October. Sheriff Oxford sprung the trap shortly after 1 PM, Johnson’s body dropping seven and a half feet as he admitted guilt before his exit.
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Johnson
Dawson
Essie Johnson
Eliza Banks
Oxford
Work Is Resumed in Fieme Hungary Strikes End
In Fieme Hungary on February 19 workers’ protests ended as the chipping committees report that all trades have resumed work and the strikes are over.
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Fieme
Hungary
Revolutionists Placed Under Arrest in St. Petersburg
Six social revolutionists were arrested with explosives and bombs in St. Petersburg, believed to target the Moscow justice chief. A seventh member escaped. Police also seized eight terrorists from another group, with cyanide and deadly chemicals found at their residence. Authorities fear a poison plot may follow failed violent attempts.
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St. Petersburg
Jo Cror
Moscow
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Caribbean Islands
Earth tremors struck Dominica and nearby islands on February 16 causing slight wall damage to several houses in Roseau and Castries. Reports from Pointe-à-Pitre and St Thomas note light shocks and delayed cable messages to St Vincent and Barbados.
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Roseau
Island of
Dominica
Castries
Island of St. Lucia
Castres
Point-a-Pitre
Guadaloupe
Pointesa-Pitre
Esseferre
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
St. Vincent and
Barbadoes
Family Quarrel Sparked Fatal Shooting Near Spartanburg
In Spartanburg South Carolina Jess Bush shot and killed James Israel on a public highway about a half mile from the city. Bush surrendered to the sheriff and the killing is said to stem from a family quarrel. Israel had been held on an improper proposals charge against Greenway’s wife, but the matter was settled. Both men are prominent planters.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Jess Bush
James Israel
Bush
Israel
Greenway
Fire Destroys Home. One Child Dead Near West City Kentucky
In Leitchfield Kentucky on February 19 a house near West Cifty burned with a child on a cot dying in the blaze. A passing train crew stopped to rescue two other children in the home. The victim, William Mobley, was a bridge painter for the Illinois Central Railroad.
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Leitchfield
William Mobley
West Cifty
Mobley
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Evansville reports bid for Alaska governorship
W. D. Hosgat, formerly of Boonville Indiana, seeks appointment as Alaska governor to replace Governor Brady who recently resigned. Governor Brady is described as a former Indiana man, with United States Senator Hemenway backing the Hogeart boom.
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Brady
Evansville
Ind
W. D. Hosgat
Boonville
Alaska
Indiana
United States
Hemenway
Counterfeiter in Clarksburg linked to gang leader John M. Hanger
John M. Hanger of Clarksburg West Virginia is jailed on charges as the gang leader in a counterfeit ring. Secret service agents report a counterfeiting outfit found at his Preston county home and allege George Minnear, jailed in Pittsburgh, is his partner.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
John M. Hanger
George Minnear
Pittsburg
Secret Service
Hanger
Preston County
Venezuelan government names new minister to United States
Caracas reports Guzman Gubrias has been appointed minister to the United States replacing N Veloz Coitiera. The change follows Veloz Coitiera's vote against Fidel Castro and the Pan American congress proceeding in Rio Janeiro.
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Caracas
Willemstad
Guzman Gubrias
United States
N. Veloz-Coitiera
Got What Was Coming.
Evansville Indiana February 19 For deserting his wife William Collins was wooed 810 and COFs 10.
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Evansville
Ind
William Collins
Desertion Leads to Severe County Jail Sentence
A man receives five months solitary in the county jail for wife desertion, described as the severest sentence yet imposed in the locality.
Richmond fire chief Ja sons retires after 25 years service
A Wondrous Record notes Richmond Indiana chief of the fire department for twenty five years retires due to ill health. He missed a fire deaths that long as a firefighter.
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Richmond
Ind
Jasons
Chinamen Start for Home
The imperial commission studying American institutions sails on the steamer Blucher bound for Haw toward home after their visit to New York on February 19.
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New York
Imperial Commission
Jumior and Philosophy By Duncan M Smite
A verse piece questions wealth's value and happiness, contrasting money with health contentment and simple living. The speaker notes burglars tax collectors beggars and social pressure as costs of riches while admitting personal attraction to wealth. The poem ends with doubt about the pursuit.
City Hall Window Reveals License Note
A well dressed man asks if city issues permits for printing fighting. Clerk denies it as illegal and corrects him that marriage licenses are issued at the hall window. The exchange ends with the man reconsidering.
Takes Their Eye on the Street
A fragmented note about attention on the street and how windy weather may affect gaze. It contrasts expectations with behavior and suggests people are not always drawn to idealized attention.
Legislation Debate Over Suppressing Disreputable Actions
A fragmentary note describes a legislative wrangle over a bill to suppress disreputable actions and mentions a joint debate with an implied two sided stance. The text is garbled and lacks clear outcomes or participants.
Man Jumps Into Lake After Losing Everything
An excerpt describes a man who, having pawned all possessions, contemplates desperation before taking a drastic step. He ends by jumping into a lake as a final act. The fragment hints at crisis and potential tragedy.
Autumn Colors Parade Across Dying Year
Autumn brings palois and bright colors as artists note red and yellow foliage in forests and meadows. Goldenrod shines in meadows while treetops and banners of color mark a festive mood through the fading year. Far below valleys glow with yellow and purple hues.
No Miracle Claim Sparks Family Feud
Fragment from a newspaper item notes a dispute over a man’s alleged powers and an accusation that he is simply an artist rather than a miracle worker. The text mentions a misinterpreted claim and a tense family scene involving sons-in-law.
Great Possibilities Reported by Local Reader
Fragmentary OCR reflects garbled phrases and unclear names. The jumble mentions possibilities and a priest, with stray words like gone and nee, lacking coherent facts or identifiable entities.
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