Sam Davis Death Tribute and Confederate Heroic Farewell
The piece lauds S. Davis a Confederate scout executed as a spy by Union forces. It recounts his composed response to the sentence, his farewell letter to his mother, and praise for his courage. It highlights captors’ pity and compares his sacrifice to historic valor, urging Tennessee to honor his memory with a commemorative statue and lessons of duty.
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Sam Davis
Anessee
Tennessee
Union
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
A Chicago woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with preventing a third operation for severe pelvic disease. She describes two doctors warning of death without surgery, then recovery after using the remedy. The ad urges women to build up the feminine system and lists conditions it claims to help.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Comet E. Pinkham
Denesher
Alvena Eperling
Langdon Street
Lydia ER. Pinkham
Immigrants rising in Northern and Western states warned
The 1900 census shows foreign born percentages of 22.6 in the North Atlantic and 20.7 in the West, while the South regions remain largely native American. Northern migration to the South grows, with Louisiana cited for favorable climate and opportunities, and a call to consider Foley's Kidney Remedy for health.
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New Orleans
South
Louisiana
Blind preacher lynched after urging no work for whites
In Talbotton Georgia on June 24 a traveling blind preacher described as negro was found dead in a creek after being seized from his home by a posse the previous night. He had urged negroes not to work for whites and had visited William Carroker whose lynching occurred Tuesday night triggering further public indignation.
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Dodge
Davis
Pulaski
Giles County
Tenn
Samuel Davis
Shaw
Damon
Pythias
Dionysius
Devis
Earth
Missionary Ridge
Gen. Dodge
Talbotton
William Carroker
Untitled Civil War Tribute Text Card in Verse
A flowing elegy honors fallen soldiers and their mothers across generations. It recalls brave sons, enduring grief, and the sainted mothers who bore them, pairing reverent memory with images of eternal peace and divine reunion.
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Ife
Indy
Shumberland
Paradise
Bomb Devastates Chicago Saloon in Mysterious Series
A blast at Manning and Dowes saloon, 821 State Street, causes $2,090 in damage after a June 25 explosion. Debris injures and buries people nearby, including fruit vendor Michael Yargurbarkin who is rescued. Saloon keeper James West and others suffer minor or no injuries. Police weigh gamblers war or personal quarrel as motives.
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Chicago
Manning & Dowes
State Street
Anton
Michael Yargurbarkin
James West
Benjamin Bertwhistle
L. Martin
Win
Predericks
Henry Burrough
United States Army
Pardons Taft Freezes Book Theft Case Of Rhodes Boy
Abram Rhodes a fourteen year old from Blue Ridge Ga who was convicted in Federal Courts of stealing a textbook from a post office has been pardoned by President Taft. The boy, a student at Young Harris College, sought knowledge and remains in school while awaiting sentence adjustment. The unusual circumstances of a small theft influenced the pardon.
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Atlanta
Abram Rhodes
Blue Ridge
Taft
Young Rhodes
Young Harris College
Tillman’s 1890 South Carolina free list stance noted
Manning Times recalls Capt. Ben Tillman advocating delaying painting on the free list as a Bourbon plutocrat. The piece hints his edgefield barnyard past and move into civilization broadened his views, while accusing critics of narrowness.
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Manning Times
Ben Tillman
South Carolina
Edgefield
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York
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Lumbia
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West Union, SC
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W. Bell
Walwater
Tocypher Pharmacy
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