Rainey Sworn In as Seventh District Representative
Capt L B Rainey Democrat from Alabama sworn in as a House member today with credentials presented by Rep Dent. He is the second ex soldier to join the body following Capt King Swope of Kentucky. An estimated four to five million dollars was earned by late singer Adelina Patti.
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Washington
L. B. Rainey
Alabaa
House
Representative Dent
Alabama
Captain Rainey
King Swope
Republican
Kentucky
Adelina Patti
Surprises and Self Realization After House Fire
Sandra reflects on jealousy and self improvement after a near fatal attic blaze. She resolves to imitate Leola’s hostessing while grappling with reading Everett’s letters and the roses from Walter Kemp, amid his patient, gentle care and mysterious knowledge of her thoughts. The chapter ends with anticipation of a forthcoming surprise.
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Walter Kemp
Hetty
Everett
Notable town chatter from Dog Hill paragraphs
Miss Frizzie Dillard visits town after purchasing yeast and is hailed as a rising young lady. Bounding Billows store keeper joins the church and reports his scales balance. Atlas Peck recalls the old moving picture operator whose machine was slow and kept the characters and fire department horses stiff and bouncy.
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Frizzie Dillard
Bounding Billows
Fire Department
Cincinnati Reds award pennant bonus to Moran and players
The Cincinnati baseball club presented Manager Pat Moran with a $5,000 bonus for winning the National League pennant. Infielder Hank Schrieber and outfielder Charlie Lee also received bonuses along with other Reds players from the World Series receipts distribution.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Baseball Club Today
Pat Moran
Hank
Schrieber
Charlie Lee
Reds
Detective George Jarrell Shot in Richmond Home
In Richmond on October 14 detective George T. Jarrell was found wounded in his room with a bullet in his chest. He told police a negro forced a window screen and fired the shot before escaping.
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Richmond
George T. Jarrell
Jarrell
Rail schedules show passenger arrivals at High Point depot
The United States Railroad Administration lists Southern Rexmoad Lines times for arrivals and departures at High Point with notes that figures are for information and not guaranteed. Several trains to Washington Birmingham New York Washington Charlotte Richmond Danville and Asheboro appear with various daily times and conditional stops.
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Senger
High Point
MADE NEW NOSES LIPS AND CHINS FOR WOUNDED
Major W. F. von Zelinski of Chicago attached to the medical corps arrives at Boston headquarters seeking discharge after months in France building new faces for wounded soldiers. He notes the horrors of war and praises French surgeons for their simple, self reliant approach.
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Boston
France
W. F. von Zelinski
Chicago
Field Artillery
Seventh Division
Army Headquarters
von Zelinski
Port Chalmers Safe After Sea Fire Alert
Boston October 14 Anxiety over the British steamer Port Chalmers eased when a coast guard radio said she was not in trouble and was aiding the wooden steamer Ammonoosie which leaked fore and aft and faced possible sinking if pumps failed while sailing with two autres vessels.
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Boston
Port Chalmers
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Tragedy at Farm Ends in Shooting Death
The shooting over a hog killed on the Dead Man’s farm occurred at John Bourn’s home. Hollis Bourn fired from an automobile as he stood near the doorway with his children, while his father and a beaten Negro were in the car, the slain hog’s assailants linked to Bennett Bourn’s farm.
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John Bourn
Hollis Bourn
Bennett Bourn
One Dead and Two Wounded in Marion County Duel
A shooting in the Goss neighborhood of Marion County Mississippi leaves Bennett Bourn dead and his son Hollis critically wounded. James and John Bourn, Bennett’s brothers, opened fire in a double duel with the victim’s family. John was slightly wounded.
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Columbia
Miss
Bourn
Goss
Marion County
Bennett Bourn
Hollis
James
John Bourn
Omaha Departs Vagrants Under Union Pacific Move
In Omaha on October 14 an initial deportation of alleged vagrants occurred. Twenty-five Black individuals and fifteen white men unable to explain their means of support were shipped west aboard a Union Pacific passenger coach.
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Omaha
Nerb
Union Pacific
Wheat Found Growing In Andes At Elevation Above Sea
A report notes wheat thriving at 11 000 feet elevation in the Andes. The finding highlights crop resilience in high altitude conditions and potential implications for Andean agriculture.
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Andes
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