Warned by Hawkins Tobacco Planting Threats in 1908 Ultimatum
In Lexington Kentucky Maren Hawkins, longtime leader of tobacco growers, issues a signed warning to planters threatening consequences if they defy the Equity society’s 1908 crop ban. The missive warns of government aid for protectors and curses those who plant tobacco, predicting a year of trouble and sleepless nights amid growing opposition.
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Lexington
Maren
Wook Hawkins
Mina
Tobaces
Te Burley Tobacco Association
Ina Card
Equity Society
Wilson
Threatening letters target tobacco growers in Montgomery County
Sensation in Mount Sterling Kentucky as members of the Society of Equity receive threatening mail regarding tobacco raising. Letters, signed by Petmuts and written on a typewriter in white envelopes, warn of harm to property if beds of tobacco are destroyed. Recipients include Harve Prowitt, Lucien Bridgeworth, and other tobacco and cattle raisers. Authorities are notified and a large reward is expected for the arrest of the author or authors.
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Mount Sterling
Society of Equity
Montgomery
Amnalis
Focal Office
Associated Press
J. M. Bigstaff
Traders’ Bank
Montionery
Bath
Petmuts
Harve Prowitt
Lucien Bridgeworth
Society of Equiety
Policemen Guard Priests in Chicago Churches
Police in Chicago on March 2 patrolled Catholic churches to deter threats after the Denver tragedy. Plainclothes officers checked every person entering the churches as a safety measure for clergy and worshippers.
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Chicago
Denver
Four Boys Drowned While Fishing
Four boys aged nine to twelve drowned when a boat capsized during a fishing trip near Mitt during a six day period. Names given include Bailey Yaney Thorvey Vinson Willie Riley and Rupert Crisset.
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Mitt, Pex
Bailey Yaney
Thorvey Vinson
Willie Riley
Rupert Crssett
Dead Man's Wife Arrested in Canton Murder
In Canton, 26 year old Pred Dolph was murdered at Mieht as he slept. His wife, Elis head, is under arrest for the killing after his shotgun blast ended his life.
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Canton
Maereh
Pred Dolph
Mieht
Elis
Stuyvesant Fish Attends Directors Meeting in Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish arrives in Chicago on March 26 to attend the annual meeting of the directors of the ELE Moss Central Railroad. Officials from the railroad group will convene to discuss governance and strategic plans for the line.
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Stuyvesant Fish
Chicago
ELE Moss Central Railroad
Misplaced Stellar Gifts Spur Household Exchange
Mr Brown confronts wife over astronomy books on the library table claiming they are not theirs. She reveals she bought them after he urged studying astronomy earlier that day, revealing a conflict between his wish to study astronomy and her earlier remark that they should study economy. The moment ends with him softly admitting the exchange of plans.
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Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Anenough
Remarkable Tennessee Supreme Court Opinion From Trance State
A Tennessee Supreme Court opinion author then written in a trance by Chief Justice Peter Turney affirmed the death sentence of Andrew Smith, colored, 187. Justice Nicholson drafted the document and later claimed no recollection of the event the next day. Peter Turney, later governor, reportedly arose from bed to draft the lengthy ruling and then retired, leaving no memory of it.
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Peter Turney
Andrew Smith
Supreme Court
Justice Nicholson
Tennessee
Taft and Bryan Talk at Banquet and Legislature
Secretary Taft spoke at the Brooklyn Bar Association banquet on The Constitution of the United States and urged laws authorized by the constitution including treaty rights protection. He then went to Springfield to address the YMCA. William J. Bryan addressed the Mississippi legislature and citizens at Century theater, reiterating prior points and accusing predatory interests of trying to control the Denver convention.
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New York
Taft
Brooklyn Bar Association
United States
Ife
Springfield
Mass
Jackson
Miss
William J. Bryan
Century
North
Denver
Evidence of Lone Ago Murder Found in Old Cesspool
Workmen digging for a new building on Oak street near the waterfront uncovered three human skeletons at the bottom of a long disused cesspool. Police believe the bones are of sailors from a former boardinghouse and saloon on the site and that robbery and murder occurred years ago.
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New York
Qak Street
Monument to RB P L Stephenson
Washington March 2 The commission appointed to select a statue to commemorate Benjamin Stephenson founder of the Grand Army of the Republic has accepted a design of a triangular share thirty feet in height with symbolic figures on each side.
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Stephenson
Washington
Conmmia Sion
Penjamini
Grand Amony of the Republic
Woman of Eighty Murdered in Salisbury Mo
In Salisbury Missouri on March 2 an eighty year old woman, Mrs Daniel Grisham, was found slain in her home. Police say robbers committed the brutal murder in what is described as one of the city's most atrocious crimes.
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Salisbury
Daniel Grisham
Chicago Americans Start Spring Training in Los Angeles
About twenty players from the Chicago American Lens baseball club led by O. A. Comiskey depart to Los Angeles where the team will inaugurate its spring training season.
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Chicaewo
Marrely
Chicago American Lense Baseball Club
O. A. Comiskey
Lave Forr
Pather and Children Cremated After House Fire
A fire in Depew last night burned to death Pather and three children Nelie, Joseph, and May. The tragedy occurred in their home, with nearby residents reporting smoke and flames spreading quickly before responders arrived. Further details on the cause and fate of remaining family members were not available at press time.
Death of FLOV Muna Belott Wisconsin Mareh
Fifty six year old resident of Belott Wisconsin dies of paralysis. He served as treasurer of a local association and held a public office in the Northwest. The readable text records his death and mentions his public service roles and locale.
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Flov
Muna
Belott
Wis
Mareh
Ro Vo Moutin
Tas Verdes Seecveriey
Tipe
Assecuilliong
Tle
Meking Church Pleasant and the Beupewick Pastoral Crisis
In Beupewick a new church rises after Puritan clashes as reeveer duavadine and arrest figures emerge. The town endured over six months without a competent pastor while twenty one Maineites were jailed for failing to pay church taxes, per the New York World account.
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Beupewick
Reeveer Duavadine
Isiu
Fire Sweeps Tampa Cost of It All Is $600000
Fire destroys fifty five acres in Tampa's northern district, leaving 808 buildings burned and an estimated loss of 600,000. One death from shock reported. hundreds homeless as tobacco factories and eateries burn amid strong winds and weak water pressure. A Cuban woman dies in distress. St Joseph's convent hosts displaced residents. Insurance put at about half the loss.
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Tampa
Fla
M. Stachelberg & Co
Peres & Co
Gonzales, Kisher & Co
Eshberg, Durst & Co
Stachelberg, Smog, Ferrendez & Bro
Ftire
Twelfth
Michigan Avenues
Sixteenth
Twentieth Streets
Liiter
Perez & Castro
Maximo Carts
Pully
St. Joseph’s
Death by a Bomb in Crimean War Scene
A desperate scene describes a soldier named Ele facing a bomb blast. He lies prone as the fuse glows, fears death, recalls debts and loves, then a red flame pierces his lids and a crash severs him. He dies from a bomb splinter in the chest amid marching soldiers.
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St. Petersburg
Tle
Ile
Tie
Ele
Fierce Fire Destroys New York Car Barns and Paint Factory
A major blaze in Harlem consumed the New York City Railway car barns on Second Avenue and the George W. Grote & Co paint factory within blocks. About 410 streetcars burned, with losses estimated at 2.5 million to the railway company and 125 thousand at the factory. Fire alarms drew men, women, and families from nearby tenements as two concurrent blazes raged from midnight to dawn, destroying a four story factory and triggering widespread evacuations.
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New York
New York City Railway Company
Second Avenue
Harlem
George W. Grote & Co
Railway People
Madison Avenue
First
Second Avenues
Fie
Thandred
Second Street
Seven Terrorists Hanged in St Petersburg
Report from St Petersburg states seven terrorists condemned by court martial for plotting against state powers were executed at daybreak. Details on identities and the fate of implicated accomplices and three women remain unclear due to garbled text.
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St. Petersburg
Ion
Creat
Niehaus Niccoladeviteln
MM Cutcheelovitoff
Yvesterchrs
Arneuy
Boilian
Cabviti
Scout Cruiser and Porthind Flight Narrated
A fragmented report describes a Scout Cruiser and related entities. It mentions a fast movement, a Webasto component, and references to a person named Die with unclear context and possible associations with Girb ties at a Bastish type. The garbled text limits clarity.
Heloise and Alehards Tale Through Time
A flawed OCR sketch names Heloise and Alehaurd with references to learning and literature. It notes Heloise’s reputation for her filled heat and Patty’s persona, mentions Greek and bee lore, and records Alehaurd dying in 1142. It describes burial shifts at St Afarcel and Pere-la-t huise and notes the resting place of Leluise.
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Heloise
Patty
Beugui
Dartitg
Ier
Dwight
Alelard
Alehaurd
Tieloise
St Afarcel
Alwhood
Lucsyn Teub
Pere-la-t Huise
Leluise
Pointed Paragraphs From The Atchison Globe
A collection of aphoristic lines on death, worry, apologies, and sharp social observations. It contrasts a sick man’s focus, swift action in cruelty, and reflections on youth and maturity. The piece ends noting a humorous comparison about a girl’s petticoats and even cooking timing.
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Atchison Globe
Half a Million Pampas Hats From Mexico Dominate Stores
Half a million straw hats from Mexico flood hat shops. The pampas grass plant grows only here and is cultivated for hat production. Skilled workers make ten to twelve hats daily, exported worldwide. Cost about fourpence to craft, sold at 1s 6d to 4s. Hats are durable. some last ten years, notes London Oneen.
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Mexico
London
Chesapeake Bay Described As Vast Atlantic Indentation
A Baltimore American piece extols the Chesapeake Bay as the Atlantic coast’s largest indentation, likening it to a Mediterranean and noting its vast size with coasts wide in places and an area over two thousand square miles, feeding major rivers and stretching thousands of miles.
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Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
Anderton
Baltimore American
The Latest Mint Material Demonstrated By Window Display
A London shop encounter shows a customer asking about a new mint material while the shopman asserts its durability, claiming it has endured two years in bright window light without fading.
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Shopman
Sid
London Mail
Militant Lecturer’s Fight With Drunken Interrupter
A well known lecturer in a austere town recounts eloquence on athletic feats of Britons. After each assertion a drunken auditor shouts a “his a diet.” The lecturer demands five minutes, removes his coat, and throws out the interrupter after grappling him. The manager proposes doubling prices.
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Hinselt
Gime
Dow
Dan
Imanager
Derbys Glittering Parade Through London To Epsom
Leslie's Weekly notes Derby Day in Britain, describing the London to Epsom procession as a festive spectacle. It portrays Derby as a rare social equalizer where British society appears unified, with foreigners as only observers. The piece likens the day to a living variety show featuring both nobles and commoners amid festivity.
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London
Epson
Epsom
Brotherhood of Man
Coster
Missus
Leslie
Mohammeds Bloody Hand in the Siege of Constantinople
An excerpt describes Mohammed I conquering Constantinople, crossing the Bosporus, and breaching St Sophia after Christians fled to the church, with a legendary tale of a bloody handprint on a pillar as a sign of victory amid Muslim assaults and the fall of Christian sanctuary in southeastern Europe.
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Constantinople
Stamboul
St. Sophia
Mohammed
Mohammed I
Bosporus
Asia
Europe
Poet and editor clash over altered verse
The poet laments a line in a recent composition being distorted by a compositor. The editor defends the work, saying the compositor has handled many poems and that altering a piece is part of his experience, arguing the poet should not criticize.
The Art of Glove Cutting in Brussels and Paris
The cutters of glove hatties in Brussels and Paris earn higher wages than London and New York tailors. The art of cutting gloves is so difficult that principal cutters are widely known in the trade, and the skilled workers are revered within the industry for their precise craftsmanship.
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Brussels
Prance
London
New York
Poultry Business Growth Reported By Local Firm
A local firm shows strong gains in the poultry industry with profits rising. The report highlights producer strategies, market demand, and potential expansion challenges for chicken rearing and related feed costs.
Fragmentary cryptic note on bot Hearst and Nero rio fede
A jumbled OCR style fragment mentions Hearst of bots Po deaetht Eble and references predictions about poses and players. The readable content is limited and does not form a clear event or report.
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Hearst
bots _ Po
Healing muds of Europe and Sweden described
A garbled medical note details healing muds from Sweden and Baltic shores and other European sites. It claims the mud contains stimulating chemicals and, after preparation, is mixed with local mineral waters for baths. The treatment is non adhesive and washes away under a warm douche, with a typical immersion lasting three to five hours.
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Sweden
Europe
Shaving on Trains Sparks Debates and Dangers
A Washington Post piece recounts travelers praising barber shops on fast trains for convenience while critics warn of razor hazards during jolts and sudden movements. A traveling man asserts self-shaving on trains is safe, noting safety razors aid practice, yet opponents cite injuries and court costs from patronized barber services aboard rolling coaches.
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Saidn
Pulican
Sone
Washington Post
Food of the gods and ancient perfumes cited in myth and society
The piece discusses ambrosia as sweeter than honey and restorative in myth with Apollo, Venus, Psyche, and scenes from the epic history. It notes perfumes and scented wines among Epicureans and Baecentmates, and mentions women like Ber Nice and Minerva. London Society.
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Olympus
Apollo
sEeneid
Bernice
Ptolemy Soter
Imo
Jupiter
Venus
Maews
Psyche
Cupid
London Society
Checking a Cough and Breathing Remedies
A fragmentary note describes simple methods to curb coughing by pressing near the nose or in front of the ear, and pressing the roof of the mouth. It mentions breath related affections and a folk remedy of applying warm water to the feet to ease spasms in children.
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Stree
Silys
Preservation of Dieture Form through Handicraft Methods
The text argues for a delicate approach to Dieture form relying on themes of beauty, proportion, and observable aesthetics. It emphasizes strict adherence to handicraft methods to ensure the frame remains true to its artistic nature and intrinsic elegance.
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Mithonih
Lipa Everit
Ugsbjee
Children’s Shoes Closeout Sale at Schmidt Wachlin Co
Girls’ shoes offered at 1.83 and 1.50 regular prices, now closing out for SY cents. Schmidt Wachlin and Preelpfer, 2-317t.
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Schmidt, Wachlin & Preelpfer
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Kens Juckians
Blue Grass
H—I
Besa
Dale Pra Maisie
Chattanooga
Tenn
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Bryan
Mississippi
East
Pather
Florida
Bes ‘Tolatoi
Burzes
Inta
Chresapennise Bay
Teader
Gare
Church of St. Sophia
Davis
Ayer
Vpieture
Mrame
The
Journal
Schlott
S. Galena Avenue
Jssate
Ridgways
van Buren St
Globe Incubator
Globe
Hermsmeier
Galena St
California
Northwest
Hackley
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