Five Items of Interest From Politics to Tragedy and Accidents
A scattered dispatch lists varied items including a political letter urging a national administration to unify the South, a hotel crowd in South Chicago eating crow to settle an election wager, a Kentucky tragedy of Henry Rowe and Sallie Logsden, and a report that Governor Guy was assassinated in Texas. Also noted is a dam failure near Va and a Halifax fire killing Gavin L. Hyman.
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Presa Es
Bam
Ala
Nnde
South
Chicago
Tom Rowlteville
Kentucky
Hensry Rowe
Sallie Logsden
Rowe
Gainesville
Texas
Tishmonigo
Guy
Byrd
Clergyman Missing Mercy Ends Sunday Sermon Heartfelt Daughter Reply
A clergyman preparing a Sunday discourse is suddenly called away. His daughter, travelling in Italy, reads the unfinished sermon and pens a playful note: Them's my sentiments, papa, exactly.
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Italy
Alligator Lake Phenomena in Tyrrell County North Carolina
Washington Gasette reports on Alligator Lake in Tyrrell County with a population of 105, 33 dogs and 27 sheep. The land is fertile and healthy, families raise honey, and no man can marry if he cuts 1000 feet of ditch daily through a beech swamp. A humorous exchange follows about bees and a punning misunderstanding.
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N. C
Washington Gasette
Tyrrell County
Baptist State Convention Opens in Greensboro Today
The Baptist State Convention convenes in Greensboro for its annual session. A Raleigh Visitor item notes B H Woodell of Raleigh, a shoe dealer, has made an assignment with M Busbee as trustee. A Mecklenburg land claim involving 1650 acres faces trial next term. A Lenoir report covers Andy Sudderth’s attempted killings after release from jail.
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Baptist State Convention
Greensboro
Raleigh
B. H. Woodell
M. Busbee
Lenoir
Charlotte Chronicle
Andy Sudderth
Grayson County
Tenn
Rural wages in the South and Mississippi fire disaster
The report lists Southern wage levels from Georgia cotton pickers at 40 cents a day to Mississippi field hands at 10 dollars per month with board. It also covers a Florida Gulf coast logging rate of two dollars a day and tobacco mill earnings in Macon Georgia. In Tennessee, Bryant's European Hotel burns, killing three people including a guest from Atlanta.
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Georgia
Jacksonville
Florida Gulf Coasts
Mississippi
Luisiana
North Carolina
Macon
South Carolina
Cuarraxoooa
Tenn
Bryant
E. Jones
Jack White
Atlanta
Thomas Moore
Bloomington
White
Supreme Court Rules Life Policy Proceeds Go to Beneficiaries
The Supreme Court in an opinion by Chief Justice Fuller holds that life insurance policies payable to the widow or children are not part of the insolvent estate and should not be diverted to pay creditors. The decision states premiums payment fraud claims do not reduce policy proceeds.
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Philadelphia Times
Chicago Tribune
Oon Alger
Washington
Harrison
Congress
Washington, D.C
Supreme Court of the
Hume
Supreme Court
The Real Worker Praised By Democratic Press
The Real Worker lauds the Democratic press of the State for admirable work. It commends its vigor, intelligence, and self-respect in presenting Democratic truths and honoring the craft of journalism.
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News-Observer
Ju 89
General Harrison names Tibbotts as official stenographer
In Indianapolis on November 13 General Harrison made his first appointment by choosing E F Tibbotts as the official stenographer. Tibbotts had assisted Mr Hedgesine the AP agent here during the campaign.
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Inpranapolis
Gen. Harrison
E. F. Tibbotts
Tidbotte
Hedgesine
Associated Press
Richmond Exposition extended and city developments surface
Notices report the Richmond Exposition may run until Saturday the 24th and that Richmond plans a $200000 hotel owned by a joint stock company. Other items note a drowning at Portsmouth, postal card updates, and political forecasting amid national concerns.
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Gilead
Richmond
Lula Jackson
Portsmouth
United States
Chattanooga
Charles Johnson
Holmes
John Cunningham
Whitechapel
London
A Goo Detective Yarn on the English Rail
A San Francisco Wasp tale where two strangers travel on an English railway. A man and woman swap disguises during seat changes. She unveils him as a bank robber. he cuffs him and reveals she is Detective J of Scotland Yard in disguise. The pair confront a daring robbery and pursuit.
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San Francisco
Scotland Yard
Baptist State Convention Opens Seventieth Session in Greensborne
The fiftieth eighth seasion of the vist State convention met at 11 o'clock with 127 delegates in Greensnone North Carolina. Officers included HL Pace as President N B Broughton as Secretary G W Green as Assistant Secretary and W S Grandy as Treasurer. The session opened with routine business and an introductory sermon by Rev B Cade of Lou sburg noting Mat 11 25 to be cited at 7 30 p.m.
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Greensnone
N.C
HL Pace
N. B. Broughton
G. W. Green
Grandy
B. Cade
Lousburg
Bet Won by Benjamin Harrison Wager in Portsmouth
A World special from Portsmouth Ohio reports a money order for two dollars signed by Benjamin Harrison the president elect was received by Mrs C Green in payment of a bet on Cleveland winning the city. The note reflects a betting incident tied to Harrison’s political rise.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Benjamin Harrison
5. C. Green
Ft. Harrison
Cleveland
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