Noted tobacco suit and public events in North Carolina
August 4 report covers removal petition in the case Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co versus Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co of New Jersey and American Tobacco Co, plus a Durham concert by Third Regiment band, sentencing of Susie Hannon, and NC Jamestown Exposition planning with Governor Glenn calling a commission meeting for September 4. Sheriff Harris arrives with the murder case suspect. Insurance Commissioner Young tours state facilities and inspects fire damage at the State Hospital laundry.
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Mammoth
Durham
New ‘Blackwells Co
New Jersey Company
North Carolina
New ‘Company
Third Regiment
Caproot Square
W. F. Moody
Harris
Cabarrus County
Susie Hannon
H.¥. Stack
Concord
Glenn
Commission
E. L.daughtridge
Rocky Mount
J.B. Pohue
Raleigh
G. W. Hinshaw
Winston-Salem
D.C. Barnes
Marfreesboro
Col.j. W. Atkinson
Wilmington
H. C. Dockery
Rockingham
I NB
Blalock
Norwood
D. J. Carpenter
Newton
Geo
Powell
Ashevie
John Faison
Faisons
Insurance
James R
Young
Morehead
State Hospital For the
Tr. Young
Primary Law Test Begins As Voters Turnout Favored
Chicago August fourth opens with favorable weather for a fair test of the new primary law. Uncertainty prevails among party leaders about the outcome as Republican strength in Cook County is seen to possibly surpass Democratic turnout due to factional fights. Voters across Republican Democratic and Socialist ranks will cast ballots for 15 party nominees including U S Senator state and county officials and delegates to six conventions.
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Chicago
Cook County
United States
A Northern Lady Fires Coachman Then Funeral Quip
A North of Scotland mistress dismisses her crusty longtime coachman for bad service. He replies with grim humor that he drove her to baptism and burial, vowing to guide her to her funeral as well. The exchange ends with his stubborn loyalty and ominous quip reflecting on service and fate.
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Weekly Telegraph
Scotland
Sittle
Three Trainmen Die In Buffalo Pittsburg Wreck
In Pittsburg on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg line near Harmony three trainmen were killed when a freight train ran into an open switch causing the accident. The open switch was cited as the cause of the wreck and fatalities.
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Ite
Pittsburg
Aug
Buffalo, Rochester and
Harmony
Union Cemetery fund eyed for caretaker salary
The Union News describes a plan to endow a caretaker for the Old Presbyterian Cemetery with a $1,000 gift from Mrs Ann H Jeter of Columbia. The project seeks to raise at least $3,000 among lot owners to produce income at 7 percent for ongoing maintenance and salary needs.
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Old Presbyterian Cemetery
Belt
Old Presbyterian
Ann. H. Jeter
Union
Columbia
Pjeter
Herndon Moore
W.J. E. Thomson
Navy reserves growth shown in city notice
An item notes Wilmington rising in size and significance as naval reserves expand. Mr Joe H Hinton is mentioned in relation to local developments at the Orton Hotel and a public sense of growth is described, indicating broader city growth trends.
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Rice
Crete
Orton Hotel
Joe H. Hinton
Wilmington
National Guards Leave Chickamauga Encampment
Chattanooga August 4 Rough notes say the first arrivals of the National Guards at Chickamauga National Park have served their terms and departed. The Seventy first Virginia Third South Carolina and Second Alabama were paid off and replaced by the First Georgia First South Carolina a North Carolina regiment and a battalion from Mississippi.
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Chattanooga
National Guards
Chickamauga National Park
Virginia
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Saved His Comrade Life With Remedy During Plague
A fragment from a Civil War era notice recalls a comrade ill with cholera morbus near Washington City. Mr Noughland of Eldon Iowa praises Chamberlains Coca Cola and other remedies for saving the man's life during ten years in migration and work. ShaORE Drug Coe sells.
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Washington City
Rigin
Noughland
Eldon
Iowa
Chamberlain
Shaore
General Strike Expands Across Nation With Muted Support
Aug 4 dispatches report about 20 000 workers striking at noon and up to 30 000 overall, amid a broad European unrest. Cronstadt mutineers brutalities spark fear of mob rule, while rail and streetcar actions, police casualties, and Jewish and Socialist proclamations escalate tension as authorities move to curb violence.
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Warsaw
Libgu
Libau
Hatfpot
Red Guard
Helsingfors
Socialist Red Guard
Harriets Cure and a North Carolina Lynching
An item recalls Harriet Howard's skin remedy via Bucklen's Arnica Salve and reports a mob lynching in Salisbury North Carolina. It describes the hangings, the mob's actions, and the presence of thousands who witnessed the event. Names of officials and locations are included, with details of the crowd and aftermath.
Gathering of Mob Surrounds Jail in Salisbury Riot
In Salisbury on August 1 a massive mob crowded the courthouse area and surrounded the jail. Guards and militia repelled attackers as they battered the rear doors and fought to control the prison, with chaos and loud clamor throughout the night and the jail in danger of collapse.
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Salisbury
Waa
Apa
Jane Few
Exty
Maz. le Barker
County Asylum
Tallitia
Zola’s youth and later fame temper accounts of the rich
The piece contrasts Zola’s early skeptical depictions of the rich with his later access to aristocratic circles, noting how his views shifted as he gained influence. It also mentions Chamberlain's Salve as a medical remedy and advertises Shuford Drug Co. sales.
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New York
Zola
Ierote Nome
Zeerane
State Board appoints county boards of elections
Raleigh Aug. The state board of elections at noon today appointed the county boards of elections for this fall elections. Members include Wilson G Lamb chair J R Liewllyn RT Claywell A B Freeman and Clarence Call all present. The Democratic Executive Committee meets tonight. Governor Glenn responds to Wilmington Messenger charges about encampment length due to rifle range funds.
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Mate Board of Elections
Raleigh
State Board of Elections
County Boards of Elections
State Board
Dobson
Claywell
Morganton
A. B.freeman
Hendersonville
Clarence Call
Wilkesboro
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Glenn
Wilmington Messenger
Fire in Salisbury Gutts House and Meat Market
Fire at 4 am gutted a wooden building on East Taniss Street housing J F Harkey’s meat market and Kesler boarding house. Adjacent structures narrowly escaped. firemen saved other properties. Cause believed lamp explosion. Harkey’s losses insured.
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Salisbury
East Taniss Street
J. F. Harkey
Hart Key
ad‘Joning
Kesler
Two Men Die In Missouri Street Gunfight
Springfield Aug 6 In Chadwick Missouri Charles Freeman a merchant and 18 year old Robert Keene were shot to death on the street after a suit Freeman filed claiming Keene assaulted Freeman's daughter. They met and both fired. Freeman died of wounds to the forehead and left breast while Keene was shot three times in the heart. Spectators found both men dead.
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Missouri
Springfield
Chadwick
Charles
Freeman
Robert Keene
Keene
Reflections of a Bachel You Could Not Be Bad
A fragmentary reflection discusses defining behavior and morality with unclear phrasing. It hints at social expectations and personal restraint, describing how easy it would be to align with goodness but noting occasional deviations. The text reads as a candid, terse musing on self-control.
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Teo Meeker
RTS
France
Electric Light Notice and Lamp Care Ad
The office of the company is wnd.¢ Martin's Drug Store. Please keep your lamps clean and rub them with sof iary paper. When lamps are needed in place of old ones, the latter must be returned to the office. For any trouble notify the office so repairs may be made in due time. New setting of stores and residences will be done at cost of material and lade. Sick headache is caused by a disordered condition of the stomach and is quickly cured by Cheverlain Stomach and Liver Tables, For sale by Shuford Drug Co.
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Wnd
Martin's Drug Store
Shuford Drug Co
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