Roosevelt Bags Bull Rhinoceros in Kenya Camp
From Colonel Roosevelts camp near Machakos word arrives that the Roosevelt party has bagged fifteen varieties of game including a bull rhinoceros. The rhino charged Roosevelt at fourteen paces before the hunter fired and killed it. Roosevelt and his son Kermit bring in trophies daily as forty five skins are prepared for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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Nairobi
British Africa
Roosevelt
Machakos
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Storms Leave A Stormy Toll Across Missouri And Oklahoma
A May weekend storm battered southern and eastern Missouri with wind hail and snow causing major property loss. The Frisco line wrecked north of Springfield killing engineer Charles Hains and injuring five others. A livestock train wreck occurred at Wishart injuring Fireman W S Childers. Tulsa and nearby towns suffer cloudbursts and floods.
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St. Louis
Memphis
Kansas City
Springfield
Charles Hains
Wishart
W.S. Childers
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Lynching After Assault Near Jacksonville
In Jacksonville vicinity on May 9 a mob captured an unknown black man after he assaulted Mrs. Jim Deas, wife of a local farmer. The sheriff found the victim’s throat cut and bullets in the body. the mob’s identity remains unknown as the man’s body was brought to Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
Tla
Jim Deas
Canmaden
Forty Years Halts Sebe Tiller Trial In Illinois Case
In Thursday's Daily the Sebe Tiller murder trial halted due to the absence of an important witness from the Sanders neighborhood. The Holland case was carried to the Fall term. Lilla Martin and Will Hughes murder trial proceeds with jury likely this afternoon. Cleve Roberson was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to forty years. Ward died after a confrontation at a St Andrews shop.
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Sebe Tiller
Sanders
Bartow Holland
Lilla Martin
Will Hughes
Eenure
Cleve Roberson
Leve
St. Andrews Street
Ward
Cleve
Origins of the letter closing Yours sincerely explained
A column describes why people end letters with Yours sincerely and compares etiquette across cultures. It traces the wax signing tradition from Roman jurors using wax tablets, notes varied closings like Yours faithfully and Yours truly, and cites a cabinet minister and a French sender to illustrate different styles.
Short, sharp editorials run risk of killing the art
Henry Allen argues for three inch editorials and twelve inch columns sparking a debate on style. He warns compact pieces could erase the tradition of literate, letterlike journalism while longtime readers value leisurely, epistolary prose that reveals history and diplomacy.
Sam Jones Faces Life Term After First Degree Verdict
The jury found Sam Jones, colored, guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced him to life in the penitentiary. Co-defendants Sebe Tiller and Andy Banks pending trial. The case involved the murder of Voss during a gambling dispute near Beaver Creek. details shown conflicting confessions and shoe and coat possession. Trial of Tiller began. Banks and Holland matters scheduled for later hearings in this term.
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Sam Jones
Jones
Seth Piller
Andy Banks
Voss
Marianna Fla
Dothan
Marianna
Beaver Creek
I Voss
Sheriff Butler
Sebe Tiller
Durne
Verdict Guilty for Fourteen Night Riders in Reese Case
In Waverly Tennessee on May 11 a jury returned a guilty verdict against fourteen men charged with joining the night riders and whipping Squire J. M. Reese on October 15. Each defendant faces ten days in jail and a $500 fine and will be remanded under guard while a motion for a new trial is prepared. Subsequent to the verdict the men greeted each other and music and dancing were heard nearby. The indicted list includes Wart Cowart Charles Ite Lee Warren Walter Warren Jim Devinney Charles Hopi Walter Gordon George Lodge Harry Marshall Jim Marshall John Moran Wylie Sanders Sam Dickerson and Frank Estes. The case covered masking and unlawful intent with Ku Klux law implications including possible capital punishment or life imprisonment at the jury’s discretion.
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Waverly
Tenn
Night Riders’ Organization
Squire J. M. Reese
Wart Cowart
Charles Ite
Lee Warren
Walter Warrn
Jim Devinney
Charles Hop i
Walter Gordon
George Lodge
Harry Marshall
Jim Marsall
John Moran
Wylie Sanders
Sam Dickerson
Frankestes
Thorugh
Anthor
Cook
Pudge
Cleve Roberson Murder Trial Underway In Morning Hearings
Cleve Roberson faces first degree murder charges as a trial opens this morning. Evidence is present and arguments have begun with the case expected to reach the jury this afternoon and a verdict likely by press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleve Roberson
Case of Sam Jones To Be Taken Up This Afternoon
The case of Sam Jones charged with murder will be taken up this afternoon. The proceedings focus on the murder charge and upcoming court action in the local court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Edison Flickerless Theater Promise and Local Ads
A notice to Electric Theatre patrons thanks them for support and announces an Edison Flickerless Motion Picture machine arriving next week for brighter steadier pictures. Also promoting local shave services and a sheriff in town with brief town notices and ads.
Commercial Club to discuss cotton mill and Chautauqua
The regular monthly Commercial Club meeting will be held tonight at eight in the Council Chamber. Key items include a proposed cotton mill of 20 000 spindles organized by a noted firm and the possibility of hosting a Chautauqua next year. Citizens are urged to attend and participate in the discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Dothan
Non-Residence Garnishment Notice in Alabama Case
John Williams files garnishment against Shep Jones, a non resident defendant, in a 1904 attachment levied on twelve dollars wages at Atlantic Coast Line. The AC L BR Co. acts as garnishee. Notice dated May 7 1909.
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John Williams
Shep Jones
A.C. L. BR
John Wilams
Atlantic Coast Line
KR. E
AC. L. BR. Co
Alabama
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Jules le Mouton
Chinaman
Henry Allen
Wichita Deacon
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UP For Life
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Stella Loften
Tom Battle
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Mrs. Morris
ACME
Pike Stewart
Coffee County
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Webb
Chau
Tauqua
Main Street
First National Bank
United Mates Depository
Southeas
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G. BH. Malone
FE. R. Malone
Robt. Boyd
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