Committee Plans Probe of Primary Fraud Hearings
Columbia Aug 30 The State Democratic Executive Committee adopted a resolution ordering county chairmen in counties with alleged fraud to compare poll lists with club rolls, gather evidence, and report irregularities to the State Committee. It allows governor candidates a representative at hearings and urges warrants for violators while pledging to keep the primary fair and punish fraud. The panel recessed to Wednesday with many spectators watching.
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Columbia
State Democratic Executive Committee
State House Library
Eugene S Bica
Blease
Newberry Weader
South Carolina
Benet
Guy
Pikens
Lee
The Trials Of A Traveler T: Dr King’s New Life Pills Promising Remedy
A Vermont reader E B Youngs writes of constant stomach, liver and kidney troubles until using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The testimonial claims the pills are an excellent remedy for digestive issues and are available for 25 cents at druggists.
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E. B. Youngs
E. Berkshire
Dr. King
In Hands of Committee Judge Jones Withholds Comment on Fraud
In Columbia on August 30 Ex Chief Justice Ira B Jones declined to express an opinion on unofficial gubernatorial election returns. He said the matter rests with the State executive committee and that the committee will investigate alleged irregularities to protect the rights of all involved.
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Columbia
ExChief
Ira B. Jones
Election Echoes and a Mysterious Pleaseman
The Daily Item notes in a Columbia report that Prof M O Mitchell heard a pleaseman claim this election in Georgetown County was the fairest ever. The writer demands the pleasan man’s name amid mentions of seven names added to the club at Spring Branch and Hemingway’s defeat by Choppee box after a ticket count.
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News and Courier
M. O. Mitchell
Columbia
Georgetown
Spring Branch
Hemingway
Disorderly Conduct Fines in Recorder's Court
Laura White fined 5 dollars for disorderly conduct. Henrietta Jones fined 5 dollars for disorderly conduct. Sarah Tucker fined for disorderly conduct. Fisby Wilds fined 10 dollars for disorderly conduct and use of obscene language.
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Laura White
Henrietta Jones
Sarah Tucker
Fisby Wilds
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be healed by local application, caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube, and promises a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness case cured. It claims nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Fever Tonic Promises Fever Relief at 25 Cents
An old advertisement offers a tonic claimed to break chills and fever and prevent recurrence when taken as a remedy. The product is priced at 25 cents.
Boner that tied the game and cost the Reds a loss
Larry McLean recalls a legendary 1909 misplay against the Pirates when the catcher’s errant throw failed to retire Wagner at first. The miscue altered the inning, sparked crowd fury, and helped Pittsburgh win as Cincinnati rallied but fell short. McLean notes the error and vows never to tease a teammate for a boner again.
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Cincinnati
John Anderson
Pittsburg Pirates
Pirates
Leach
Corte
Kills Snake in Pulpit in New Mexico Church
Rev. John Bentley, a traveling preacher, faced a rattlesnake that joined services in a small adobe schoolhouse ten miles from town. He seized the snake by the neck and killed it, then resumed his sermon while noting the snake as a symbol of sin. The following week the congregation grew too large for the building. Also reported Chicago: Mrs. Starr bound and gagged on a flaming bed but rescued by her husband after robbers failed to kill her.
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Greeley
Cole
John Bentley
Tenderfoot
Eastern Theological College
Chicago
W. H. Starr
Milwaukee seeks nursing dog for orphaned tiger cubs
Two baby tigers delivered in Washington Park need a mammal capable of nursing them. Keep er Bean appeals for a mother dog to provide milk as the mother tiger refuses to nurse the cubs.
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Dog
Milwaukee
Wis
Keeper Bean
Washington Park
Mamma
Bushmen Secret Society Marks of Honor Through Self Inflicted Wounds
Among Australian Bushmen a secret society imposes severe membership tests. Initiation scars are cut across the chest and kept open to heal with lasting ridges. The breast bears marks of wounds, and honor hinges on their number and severity as recorded by these scars.
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Australia
Land of Many Inventors Wing Proposed for Patent Building
The patent office stores vast printed patents that would circle the globe thrice if laid end to end and tower as high as the Washington Monument if piled ten feet square. The Interior Department reports stock grows at 100 feet of shelving weekly and requests Congress to appropriate 220000 dollars for an additional wing in the Patent Building to ease congestion and improve storage.
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Patent Office
Washington Monument
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Court of the Patent
Duilding
London Museum Adds Hansom Cab as Cars Overtake Horses
London museum introduces a hansom cab to its collection while streets still host about 400 of the horse drawn vehicles. Taxicabs rose from 19 in 1906 to roughly 6,897 in 1910, with today’s numbers uncertain but far higher than hansoms. The change marks a new era in city transport and decor. Buckinghamshire plans a Hampden memorial in the Vale of Aylesbury on June 27 honoring John Hampden.
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London
London Museum
Paris
Buckinghamshire
Vale of Aylesbury
John Hampden
Macaulay
George Washington
Prince Rupert
Chalgrove
Hampden
Charles I
James I
Lord Rochester
St. James Parke
Earl of Salisbury
Rayne Bestes
Fell Into Prehistoric Hut Near Magdalena New Mexico
Shepherd Ursula Borrego sank knee deep into soft earth atop a hill near Magdalena, dropped twenty feet through a crust and landed on a stone floor. He found a prehistoric apartment with skeletons, charred corn, and pottery pieces later taken to Magdalena. Pottery from such sites has sold for about $500 per piece.
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Banta Fe
N. M
Magdalena
Socorro
Ursula Borrego
Borrego
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Quick Piles Relief
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for piles and a range of skin ailments. It claims rapid relief from itching, inflammation, and swelling, and extols its comforting effects for burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises, eczema, and scalds, priced at 25 cents at druggists.
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Bucklen
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Harry Steinfeldt
Jon
Steinfeldt
Tarry McLean
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