Greenville Man Shot by Sweetheart's Father in Georgia
W F Roddy of Greenville, paralyzed from a back wound, lies in a Columbus hospital after being shot by Ole Osborne’s father as the couple walked home near Christmas. The father fired twice, missing first, then wounding Roddy. the young woman is reported to be in a precarious condition at her family home in Gear. Roddy’s brother A A Roddy nurses him at his Greenville residence, while three other siblings stand by.
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Greenville News
W. F. Roddy
Greenville
A. A. Roddy
No. & Galltiveet
Carolina Mill
Columbus
Olle Osborne
Gil Soln
Win
Vic
Tarius
Mes Oborne
Tits City
Roddy
A.A
South Carolina to Reach Charleston April Ahead of Silver View View
The battleship South Carolina is expected to arrive in Charleston on April 1. Governor Aneel has received a letter from AVF Mletcher about the dreadnaught. The silver view commission will meet soon to decide the presentation day.
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South Carolina
Charleston
Aneel
Avf. Mletcher
Silver View Commission
Spitzer Sentenced to Two Years in Atlanta Prison
Oliver C. G. Spitzer former Willamsport dock superintendent for the sugar trust receives a two year federal prison term in Atlanta Ga after being convicted last December of conspiracy to defraud the government by weighing importations of SURAM Spitzer laments the trust abandoned him and protests innocence while claiming to seek reversal on appeal He recounts a 20 year service to the sugar firm and a meager $5 weekly salary as defense for his plight accompanying ad copy for a kidney remedy by J W Belk
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New York
Oliver CG. Spitzer
Willams’ ‘Rg
American Sugar Defining Company
Wilo Day
Atlana
Martin
United States Court
Spitzer
SURAM
Oliver Spitzer
The
Sugar Trust
Atlanta
Wail
Williamshore
Sumer
Anana
Priwe
Morse
Prough Tay
Pane Helpate
Irmingham
Ala
Wille l A. Dial
Birmingham
Winedow
Dial
Hicene
Robbers Halt Ransacking To Tend Suffering Man
Two thieves paused a Chicago flat raid to aid a sick man alone in the rooms. They offered medicine and water, then warned they would kill if he screamed. The burglars looted a bureau and, while one searched for valuables, the other stayed with the patient before leaving.
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Chicago
McCullough
Indiana
Wi “Pal
Roosevelt engagement announced in New York society
Mrs Henry Addison Alexander announces the engagement of her daughter Eleanor Hurley Alexander to Theodore Roosevelt eldest son of Colonel Theodor Roosevelt of New York society circles. The pairing links two prominent families in the era’s social roster.
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Henry Addison Alexander
York
Tuis
Eleanor Hurley Alexander
Pheodore Roevelt
Eldeston
Col. Theodor Roosevelt
My step mother urged murder in Oklahoma trial
Bartlesville report of Peter Brown admitting in court that he killed his father at his step mother’s urging. He described dragging the body, burning it with wood, and the mother aiding the crime while burning the remains. The defense claims Brown acted alone. Floating details include a court reaction from spectators and the alleged repeated actions during the night.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Peter Brown
Ile
TH Brown
Ten Million Cotton Company Plans Large Holding Firm
John H Hammond and Daniel J Sully with other Southern cotton figures plan a 10 million dollar cotton securities corporation. It will be a holding and operating company introducing improved gins and machinery to boost production. Existing cotton firms likely to relate but not be harmed.
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Beck
Washington
John 11
Hammond
Daniel J. Sully
South
Cotton Securites Corporation
Tanmond
Friend by Mistake Ends in Death in Groveton Kitchen
In Groveton Texas S T Lockard awakened by his wife screams believed an intruder was in the home. In a struggle in the dark kitchen Lockard stabbed Carlton Swinney with a butcher knife, killing a man he later learned was his friend and a prominent local citizen, after mistaking him for a burglar.
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Groveton
Texas
S.T. Lockard
Carlton Swinney
Loeckard
Swinney
Lockard
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Quick Lung Relief
An old market note touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for sore throat cough and lung soreness claiming rapid recovery. It mentions health concerns and lists six hundred bales of Egyptian cotton landed in Charleston for up-country mills.
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Foley
Ben
Charleston
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