Notable Visitors Highlight Spartanburg Odd Fellows meet
Spartanburg hosts several high profile figures during the Odd Fellows Convention. Senator Benjamin Tillman, in transit from Clemson to Trenton, appears frail but improves, traveling with Mrs. Tillman. Also in town are Mark L. Potter and Cole L. Blease along with Merdel H. Smith, amid railroad and political activity.
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Spartanburg
Benjamin R. Tillman
Clemson
Trenton
Tillman
Mark L. Potter
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Potter
Cole L. Blease
Merdel H. Smith
House of Representatives
Senator Tillman
Halley’s Comet Observations Prompt Varied Theories
Paris observers report Halley’s tail lengthening from five to ten degrees in three days. Deslandres notes cyanogen reappearance in spectroscope, while Flammeron suggests optical effects. Marchand cites orbital variations. Best viewing between 3 and 3 30 AM with Venus visible to the east.
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Paris
Maurice Hamy
Paris Observatory
Halley
Deslandres
University of Dijon
Camille Flammerson
M. Marchand
Venus
Theorizon
Jeffries Shows Fine Form In California Training Camp
In Ben Lomond Jeffries trained vigorously with boxing partners ending with a dip in the Santa Cruz surf. He and Sam Berger discussed referees trimming the list to three Easterners Buck Cornelius Charlie White and Otto Floto with Mrs Jeffries recovering rapidly from illness.
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Ben Lomond
Cal
Jeffries
Santa Cruz
Armstrong
Choynski
Sam Berger
Berger
Fastern
California
Buck Cornelius
Pittsburg
Charlie White
New York
Otto Floto
Denver
Hyde murder trial nears verdict in Missouri case
In Kansas City on May 11 the Hyde murder trial moved to closing stages. The judge instructed the jury that the physician defendant must be guilty of first degree murder or acquitted, with all testimony admitted and collateral issues explained as to intent and motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Latzshaw
Col. Swope
Missouri
Limits to crop growth by soil moisture and humus
The article argues crop growth is limited by the least abundant plant food and especially by soil moisture. It stresses that humus and proper soil conditions enhance nutrient availability, aeration, and bacterial activity, making stable and green manures more effective than the same amount of commercial fertilizer.
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Raleigh
N. C
Soldiers near Beaufort shot by Negroes in road ambush
Six privates of the 127th company coast artillery at Fort Fremont St Helena Island were wounded near the reservation by two Potters. Privates Quigley and McNally seriously injured. McCarthy Callahan Stansberry Sleder lightly hurt. Potters fled. confrontation escalated with house shooting and threats. Sheriff McTeer forecasts more trouble.
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127Th Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Fremont
St. Helena Island
Quigley
McNally
McCarthy
Callahan
Stansberry
Sleder
Will
Isaac Potter
Casper City
Potter
Potter House
Quigley and McMcNally
Sheriff McTeer
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Cure for Cattarh Cases
From Toledo Ohio a sworn statement by Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co asserts the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each incurable catarrh case. The advertisement notes the remedy Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. It invites testimonials and lists Toledo as the address and says sell by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas County
Frank J. Chenny
F. J. Chenny & Co
Toledor
Take Care of the Trees By Mrs. F L Stevens
A Raleigh column urges careful maintenance of trees near churches and schools. Beautiful trees should not be used as hitching posts or damaged by bark gnawing or vehicle scars. Attendants can provide hitching posts to protect trees and preserve them as adornment of worship places.
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Cardus
F. L. Stevens
Raleigh
N.C
Progressive Farmer and Gazette
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Columbia
G. C. Binghan
W. B. Avant
Gomet
Spokane
Senate
Wash
Northwest
House
United States
A. W. Doland
Interstate Commerce Committee
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Percy P. Powell
Spokane Merchants’ Association
Reno
Salt Lake
Canada
Hyde Gase
Kansas City, Mo
Z. L. Adcock
Smithville
Tenn
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tena
Beaufort
Augusta
J. Schwartz
Front Street
S.C
State of
Ohio
Toledo
A. W Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
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