Manifesto Grants Broad Pardon to Prisoners
Imperial decree grants free pardon to criminals of various kinds, extending to those not yet tried and to offenders from over ten years past. Sentences reduced for many, Siberian exile set at 15 years for life terms, and residence restrictions placed on some exiles. Also covers those released by administrative orders and amnesties for offenses through Oct 3. Monument project breaks ground for Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond with $30,000 budget and 1907 unveiling planned.
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Hypetersvarg
Fumperor Echolas
Panifes
Siberian
St. Petersburg
Wescow
al’ Ris
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Aniji
T. McCulloch
Staunton
South
Finland Wins Freedom With Finnish Constitution Manifesto
Dispatch from St Petersburg dated Nov 3 reports Finland gains autonomy with a manifesto to Peterhof. The constitution assigns responsibility to the secretary of state and the diet, signaling imperial control to prevent full secession while granting limited autonomy under the empire.
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London
Lemion Times
St. Petersburg
Finland
Helsingfore
Joan Obolensky
Luider
Peterhoff
Odessa Quiet After Troop Interven tion
Odessa reports reduced pillaging as troops intervene and a student militia patrols the streets. Military officers and Sisters of Charity occupy key areas, giving the city the look of a military camp with rioters using revolvers in self defense.
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Odessa
Sisters of Charity
Temsk y ideria reports a railway fire and casualties
Nov 6 dispatches describe chaos at Temsk y ideria with troops called in to restore order after a railway blaze. The theater was looted and violence marked the scene as several casualties were reported.
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Temsky
Ideria
Lye
Sume
Orcer
Student Adversity Ends Life at Georgia Campus
A University of Georgia senior in Aldens Hall died by a self inflicted gunshot in his room after being warned by a roommate to stop handling a loader pistol. A loud report ended the scene as he collapsed in his chair.
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Aldens
Candler
The
Univerity of Georgia
Univer
Morans
S. Loyd
Fata
Love Laughs at Joe Kemiths in Partnership Bid
A quirky note shows love jokes about Joe Kemiths as a financial partner. The text hints at a humorous or fictional partnership, with no formal agreement disclosed.
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Love
Joe Kemiths
Beth
Fire destroys Moore Handley five story building in Birmingham
Fire in Birmingham destroys the new five story Moore Handley Hardware building on Twentieth Street valued at 75,000 with stock at 175,000. The adjacent two story Avondale laundry building on Avenue A and the Phillip Carey Manufacturing plant on Avenue A are also burned, losses 10,000 and 12,000 respectively.
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Birmingham
Ala
Moore & Handley Hardware Company
Avenue A
Moore & Handley
Avondale
Phillip Carey Manufacturing Company
Tragic trestle accident claims two girls near Richmond
Mrs. Dolan walked with her 6-year-old on a trestle when a rear train struck her daughters Lizzie aged nine and Lillian Marriotti, killing them instantly. She leaped with the younger child into a canal beside the track and was saved unharmed.
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Richmond
John Dolan
Lizzie
Lillian Marriotti
Man Dies After Free-For-All Fight Near Stillmore
Washington dispatch reports a violent melee near Stillmore in which Andrew Bird was cut multiple times by George Holaway and his brother. Bird later died after treatment. Holaway, a Stillmore resident, has been arrested on murder charges with details of the conflict not disclosed.
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Washington
Stillmore
Andrew Bird
George Holaway
Bird
Holaway
Ex Postmistress Octs8 to Jail
Athens Ga Nov 9 A Mrs T J Harmon formerly Miss Dore Campbell postmistress at Mayesville Ga has pleaded guilty to being short in her government accounts by seven or eight hundred dollars and was sentenced to six months confinement in Hall county jail She was taken there Tuesday to serve out her sentence.
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Athens
T. J. Harmon
Dore Campbell
Mayesvile
Hall County
Florida Cotton Growers Organize for Sea Island Cotton
In Alachua Florida delegates from all Florida cotton counties formed the Florida Growers association modeled after the Southern Cotton Growers, aiming for strong cooperation. They call all sea island cotton interests to a Valdosta gathering on November 23 to set a minimum price and state they will not sell until then.
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Iachua
Fla
Sea Island
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Neew
Alachua
Florida
Florida Growers’ Association
Valdosta
Spanish Anarchists Arrested in Madgeburg Plot Probe
A cable dispatch reports three Spanish anarchists detained in Madgeburg on suspicion of plotting to kill King Alfonso during his visit. The suspects, traveling on passports issued by the Ecuadorian consul, arrived from Paris, with authorities examining their claim to revolutionary ties.
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New York
Fire destroys Nashville Egg and Produce plant and trunk factory
An early morning blaze on Third avenue south wiped out the Nashville Egg and Produce company facilities and the Gray Dudley Trunk and Sad diery factory. Both buildings and stock were consumed. Origin unknown. Loss about 30,000 dollars with insurance about two thirds.
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Nashville
Tenn
Third Avenue South
Nashville Egg and Produce Company
Gray Dudley Trunk and Saddiery
Taelors
Want A Hack Prompt Service Ad From Ghent
A compact advertise style note urges calling Ghent telephone line 207 for prompt hack services. It hints at urgency and availability without technical details. The fragment focuses on a sales pitch rather than outcome or verification.
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Ghent
Final Week of Fever Campaign Patterns at New Orleans
New Orleans reports one new yellow fever case by noon and no deaths as federal intervention winds down. Health officials forecast transfer of the campaign to local authorities, with Dr White staying to supervise the ending and delegates to the Chattanooga convention departing soon.
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Federal Service
White
Chattanooga
Betz claims release to register and vote from workhouse
In Columbus Ohio on November 7 Joan Bets Jr testifying in police court said he and fifteen other prisoners, whose sentences would not have expired until last Saturday, were released from the workhouse a week earlier to register and vote. He testified when asked if he had ever been imprisoned.
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Columbus, O
Joan Bets, Jr
Betz
Immigration Delegates Arrive for Southern Quarantine Meet
Delegates to the southern immigration quarantine convention begin arriving in Chattanooga Tennessee. Thirteen from New Orleans led by M J Banderas reach the city with Governor Blancoard delayed and expected later. Mississipp i delegates led by Governor Vardamang also arrive as North Carolina advance party lands and Kentucky officials report sightings.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
New Orleans
M. J. Banderas
Blancoard
Fia
Missizalpoi
Vardamang
Gienn
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