Mockingbird Defense Sparks Southern Songbird Sentiment
An article defends the Southern mockingbird, decrying northern theft of birds for show and condemning shooting and nest destruction. It laments the bird’s decline, urges legal protection, and recalls Civil War band memories and Dixie symbolism. It ends with a stray ad for a constipation remedy.
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Southland
Society of Man
Machilly
Exsoon Diex
Roiman
Dixie
Chancellorsville
Kershiaw
Hooker
Trison
Russell Wright
Whistler's Mockery Sparks A SevenYear Age Dispute
In a fragmentary report a speaker taunts a boy about age, joking that he could be older than seven. Whistler responds with a curt, repeated 'Seven' as the exchange spirals into a tense moment amid unclear context and characters named Matteo Hanht and Whistler.
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Whistler
Whittier
Alleged Rapist Convicted in Pickens Court
In Pickens county a court found Hans Butler, a Black man, guilty of rape after a trial where the victim, a 21 year old daughter of a local citizen, identified him. The jurors deliberated about 45 minutes before delivering the verdict, and Judge Dantalor set the death sentence for Friday July 23.
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Pickens
Hans Butler
Kendley
Plekens
Butler
Dantalor
Destructive Hail Storm Ravages Virginia Countryside
A Roanoke special from Buchanan Virginia reports a devastating hailstorm near Collierstown in Rockbridge County ten miles west of Lexington. Ten miles long and over half a mile wide, the area lost all crops with wheat and corn flattened, rainwashed soil exposed and two feet deep hail drifts in ravines. Farmland ruined and losses run into thousands, described as the most destructive storm in memory by locals.
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Roanoke
Buchanan
Collierstown
Rock Bridge County
Lexington
Settlement Ends Sugar Refining Antitrust Suit
The American Sugar Refining Company agreed to pay 2 million dollars cash, 7.9 million in collateral value, and 1.26 million loan cancellation to settle a $10 million antitrust claim brought by Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company. The case, before Judge Holt in district court, concluded with surprise at the settlement.
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New York
American Suv Bar Refining Company
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Midge Holt
Coupany
Pomnaytvanty Company
Shermin Anti-Trust
County Court Audit List From June Fourth 1909
At the regular county board meeting held Friday June 4 1909 the claims were audited. The record notes the checkable items include Ronda and related county expenses. No further details provided in the readable fragment.
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Board of County Comufasions
Rally Day at South Union Baptist Church
A rally day at South Union Baptist Church in Cenfer township on Sunday June 27 invites the public to attend a full day of activities. U B C Jaws president Greenville Female College speaks in the morning, followed by a two hour dinner break on the grounds. An afternoon layman’s meeting features Layman's Movement speakers and a talk by Pastor James and the South Union pastor if a representative is absent. Sunday school exercises occur at 10 am. Bring baskets for lunch. LH McDavid, Pastor.
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Cenfer Township
U. B.C. Jaws
Greenville Female College
James
South Union Ehired
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Woman and son slain by Salem mother in family tragedy
Mrs Wan sharp a 38 year old Salem socialite and wife of GW Sharp shot and killed her two year old son Harold then herself with a revolver after an evening of piano and singing. Authorities believe sorrow over the son's incurable illness triggered the tragedy. the child was mentally deficient from birth.
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Salem
Ohio
Tne
Wandeth Sharp
GW. Sharn
Harold
Sharp
Davis sues surgeon Kerr for $30000 in Pittsburg suit
Mrs. John Davis of Connellsville files a $30000 suit in Pittsburg alleging negligence by Dr. A. P. Kerr after an operation in July 1908 at Mercy Hospital. She claims a piece of gauze was left in her abdomen, later causing pain and illness, and she seeks redress. References to local drug ads appear in the report.
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Pittsburg
John Davis
Connellsville
A. PL Kerr
J. W. Bell
Valhalla
Stonecypher Pharmacy
Westminster
Tense Constitutional Question Stuns Early House Session
The scene in the House recalls a clash over term end timing as T. HE. Benton disputes the March cutoff and refuses to vote. Speaker James L. Orr intervenes, insisting the sergeant at arms remove him while the Missouri member protests his status. A broad constitutional question simmers.
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South Carolina
Ore
Miles
Howe
Arma
Foley Kidney Remedy Promises Relief for Prostate
A reader from Dexter Kentucky reports that after doctors warned of prostate enlargement and possible surgery, Foley's Kidney and Kennedy provided relief. The letter notes improvement after the first bottle and ongoing benefits, reflecting a common elderly concern and a testimonial about a kidney product.
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Win
Walehalla
Stovecypher Phavuney
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