When Democracy Will Die Verses From The Congressional Steward
John Mosley Gaines of Tennessee reads satire titled When Democracy Will Die. The verse mocks politics with fanciful lines about animals, gadgets, and national woes, followed by regional notices and local anecdotes. The item includes advertisements for Dyspepsin tablets and reflects newspaper humor and reader engagement of the era.
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Gaines
Tennessee
Speaker
Thomas Eata
Tina
J. W. Bell
Valhalla
W. J. Linney
Seneca
A Woman's Back Aches and Pelvic Weakness Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a proven cure for female weakness and pelvic organ displacement. It promises rapid, permanent relief without alcohol or habit forming ingredients, claims universal endorsement by medical writers, and promotes Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills from over forty years ago.
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Hoath
Ais
Plarce
Dr. Plores
Mayfield lynching ends in legal execution at jail yard
In Mayfield Kentucky Allen Mathis, accused of assaulting Miss Ethel McClain, was executed at 8 pm in the county jail yard after mob pressure and attempts to seize him. About ten thousand gathered as troops protected the scene, and the crowd dispersed once the law carried out the sentence. There are unconfirmed rumors of another man jailed for the same offense in Hickman County being taken away.
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Mayfield
Allen Mathis
Ethel McClain
Mathis
Louisville
Oscar Elmore
John Galloway
Hopkinsville
Court House
Hickman County
Head Caught in Carding Machine at Jonesville Mill
William Briggs a 15 year old worker at Jonesville Manufacturing Co in Jonesville Ohio suffered a severe head injury when his head became caught in a carding machine on August 2. He has a fractured skull and extensive bruising. doctors Hames and Southard operated but prognosis is grim. A previous family death from a shafting accident is noted.
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William Briggs
Jonesville Mfg. Co
Jonesville
Pullege
Dra
Hames
Southard
Briggs
Pacolet Mills
Williamson corn method gains traction in Darlington County
The Hartaville Messenger reports Lydia section farmers in Darlington county adopting the Williamson method of corn planting. Yields range from 60 to 125 bushels per acre, with fifty bushels cited as beating cotton. The Cherokee News invites more farmer responses from the county.
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Hartaville Messenger
Lydia
Darlington County
Wcre
Cherokee News
Leper Rossett Smuggled From Parkersburg to Elking
In Parkersburg West Virginia George Rossett the Syrian leper was smuggled away on a Baltimore and Ohio social train with two constables to Elking his former refuge. Officials say Rossett ate heartily despite neglect and hopes to reach New York to join a Syrian colony. The trial of the officials and the Maryland physician charged with bringing him here has not yet been held and is set for the night with bonds posted.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
George Rosset
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Elking
Rossett
Maryland
Rowsett
New York
Sage heir claims part of Russell Sage estate
Dispatch from Troy New York reports James H Sage a nephew of the late Russell Sage declares that the will of the millionaire should be satisfied with his share as a blood relative of Russell Sage and asserts his entitlement to what he believes is his due.
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Troy
James H. Sage
Russell Sage
Iate
Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief From Brights Disease
A Morgantown resident reports severe nighttime urination backache and kidney pain eased by Foley's Kidney Cure. The ad claims delays threaten health, urging swift use to strengthen kidneys and restore health. Separately, a Central of Georgia strike on August 2s cited wage disparities between white and Black workers for railway car and related trades.
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Central of Georgia
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