Lynching of Davis after attack on Miss Brooks near Columbia
In Columbia on August 17, a mob lynched Bob Davis, the Black assailant of Miss Jennie Brooks who also attacked a 14 year old girl after attempting rape. Governor Heyward tried to pacify the crowd, but he was ignored as volleys of bullets killed Davis near the victim’s home. Militia stood ready in Chekanhinga while crowds from multiple counties gathered. Davis was captured alive, identified by the victim, then held outside the Brooks home before the mob executed him.
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S&s. C
Jennie Brooks
D. C. Heyward
Bob” Davis
Heyward
Lonely Davis
Chekanhinga
Cunard
Richland Volunteers
Plea by South Carolina Governor Appeals for Law and Calm
The governor appeals in clear earnest to uphold the law over passions and prejudice. He urges residents to let the legal process proceed without mob action, stressing that calm reasoning must prevail to protect the state and its people.
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South Carolina
Ming
Wabash to Exhibit New Locomotives and Cars
J B Barnes Wabash superintendent of motive power sails to Philadelphia to inspect sixty freight and switch locomotives and sample cars. He will visit Detroit and Cleavland to review freight cars being built for the Wabash and to observe related orders in progress.
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Springfield
J. B. Barnes
Wabash Railroad
Philadelphia
Detroit
Clifence
Cleo
DeWitts Little Early Risers Ad Promotion
An old advert promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a safe effective pill, claiming quick relief without sickness or griping and noting availability from all druggists. The tone echoes early 20th century medicine marketing.
Very Low Rates to Roanoke for Firemen's Convention
Travel to Roanoke Virginia on the Northwestern line with excursion tickets sold August 11 to 18. Return limits are favorable due to the annual national convention of the Firemen's association. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Roanoke
Northwestern
Habit-forming Medicines and Dr Pierce Discovery
A discussion of patent medicines and their ingredients notes public scrutiny improves safety. Dr Pierce of Buffalo lists non alcoholic vegetable components used in Golden Medical Discovery and defends its combination with glycerine and plant roots for bronchial throat and lung ailments citing authorities in medicine.
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Socall
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Grover Coe
New York
Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Phila
Scudder
Cincinnati
Ellingwood
Chicago
Hale
Origins of the Cannon and Early Explosives
The article traces the term cannon from Greek and Sanskrit roots, describing bamboo cane rockets evolving into metal tubes. It notes early propulsion via gunpowder and explains ancient uses of naphtha and wildfire, with associations to Indian and Chinese experimentation and Halhed’s introduction.
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India
China
Halhed
Asia
Babylon
Parthia
Indus
Kabul
Suspicicus Prophecy Stirring Local Office
A clerk in Chicago Daily News reports the boss’s prophecy of a great shaking up at the office. The exchange hints at anxiety over impending changes, with the tall bookkeeper noting the forewarned upheaval and the boss seen as a prophet.
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Sahilothe
Jim
Chisoge Daily News
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 Ad
Nervous debility and general weakness from overwork. No 28 remedy with four decades of use claims to be the sole successful treatment. Priced at 1 dollar per vial or 3 dollars for serious cases. Sold by druggists or prepaid by mail. Humphreys Medicine Company New York address.
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Rabfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Humphreys
William & John Sts. N.Y
Oil Pool in Vincennes Triggers Joy and Leases Soar
A Vincennes Indiana dispatch reports a big oil pool ten miles from the city causing wild excitement. Drillers arrive from Beaumont Texas West Virginia northern Indiana California and Ohio as leases fetch up to one thousand dollars per acre. Standard Oil and independents clash over control while excitement spreads to nearby towns and officials parade through streets.
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Chicago
Vincennes
Ind
Svidgeport
Taurrenceville
United States
Beaumont
Tex
West Virginia
Indiana
California
Ohio
Bridgeport
Casey
Robinson
Standard Oil
Standard Oi
Standard
Bachelors Hold A Picnic In Nokomis Illinois
The fifth annual reunion and picnic of the Central Illinois Bachelors Association was held in Nokomis Aug 17 drawing about 20 000 attendees. A grand parade contrasted bachelorhood with married life as members wore yellow badges bearing the motto None that I love more than myself. The reunion set new records for the organization.
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Nokomis
Central Tlinois
Bachelors’ Association
Uhlingis
Congressional Nominations in Illinois Contested Parties
Chicago Aug 17 Following are nominations for congress made in Illinois yesterday Republican tickets list Sterling Puller Snapp Graf Prince McNinney Smith Pope Rodenberg and Dixon Graf Pope and others Democrats list MeEliny Meek Williams Wilson Wheeler Foster Yants with a mix of districts and candidates across the state.
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Chicago
Congress
Timois
Republicanus
John A. Sterling
Charles EF. Puller
Howard M. Snapp
Joseph V. Graf
George W. Prince
Frank Dixon
Janes McNinney
Cgeorge W. Smith
Jacob «. Pope
William A. Rodenberg
Epwenty
Jas
J. MeIinery
Prank Meek
James R. Willams
James P. Wilson
Tenry Wheeler
Dr. I. M. Foster
John W. Yants
Baxter Sues Over Missed Speech Worth $1000
W Baxter a Republican of East St Louis sues Truman Car Co for $1000 claiming his speech delayed by a Pullman sleep incident. He alleges he would have delivered the speech in Okanville on July 8 but was awakened late after missing the stop, missing the event.
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East St. Louis
Trecause
Okanville
W. Baxter
Supreme
A. I. Vickers
Truman Car Company
Ochanville
Baxter
Pullman
Obstruction on Newnan Track Causes Freight Train Wreck
A derailment occurred on the Cinelamiuti Blanken and Gayton railway in Newnan Georgia due to an obstruction left on the track. Freight trains collided with a box car and caboose damaged. engine stripped and derailed, caboose driven through a box car. Wreck cleared after the incident.
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Newnan
Ave
Cinelamiuti, Blanken and
Gayton
Peoria Socialists Jailed After Attack Inquiry
Prominent Peoria socialist leaders Koophnagel and P-Rudoulph Kreg were jailed at Brumfield for hours without formal charges after attempting to force a response to an attack on Woseciisti daule by Senator We AE Baris. Waite led the Olt Settlers' premie. Rudolph Puet ter, an ex-Ganker, is noted as a secret rem. A tape caselist was dismissed and all were released.
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Peovit
Aue
Digestive Health Promoted By Kodol For Dyspepsia
Professor Tyler of Amherst College remarks that a tun can live without brains but requires a digestive system. The piece stresses daily care for digestion after overeating and promotes Kodol For Dyspepsia as a corrective that digests what you eat, sold by all druggists.
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Tyler
Amherst College
Umbrellas Repaired and Recovered at Galena Street
T. S. Ryan reports umbrellas repaired and recovered at 87 Galena Street. Details indicate routine service and customer pickup.
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T. S. Ryan
Galena Street
Sargent portraits fetch modest auction figures
Three Sargent pictures have appeared at auction in recent years. A head of a girl in a red shawl sold for 4 pounds, Ellen Terry fetched 6,000 pounds and later 15,000 pounds, and a half length portrait of a lady sold for 685 dollars in 1908. Ine Winnipes Commercial notes a Canadian wheat crop around 97 million bushels this year at about 60 cents a bushel, with a population near 800,000 and wheat receipts totaling 63 million dollars.
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Sargent
Ellen Terry
Ine Winnipes Commercial
Canadian Northwest
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