McMahon admits killing his sisters in Kane County
James McMahon confesses to shooting Roxé McMahon and Mrs. Alonzo Van Royen on a Kanais City farm last Tuesday. He describes planning the murders, fleeing to avoid a mob, and implicating brother Pat McMahon and Pateler Lam in witness protection actions. He details breaking into the Van Royen home, killing Roxé and Mrs. Van Royen, taking valuables, and planning his escape while expressing hatred and remorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansay City
Nis Slaters
Roxé McMahon
Alonzo van Royen
Kanais City
Kane
James McMahon
McMahon
van Zeyen
Vani Koyen
Tehnd
Pat McMahon
Patelek Lam
Nell
Jfffee McMahion
Big Brother
Uie
McMaton
Hoe
van Royen
Becker
Jaimey McMahon
She
Hecker
Patrick McMahon
Lamb
Taggart
Jane McMahon
Kungry City
Kim
Roxo
Lon
Tim
Tito Fie Bael
Seapa
Mra
Ai Royen
Rose
Balloon voyage ends with shipwreck and Noah parody
A London to Suffolk balloon voyage ends in disaster as the craft drifts over the North Sea. Crew member Garnier survives. another, Mane, is lost. The report blends sensational details with a long, faulty Noah’s Ark analogy, referencing the biblical flood and Noah’s voyage.
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London
Dorn
Nancy
M. Garnier
Mane
Mari
Genoa
North Sea
Suffolk County
Esterday
Lee
Gavater
Witet
Che Cary
M. Garner
Hh. Jenn
Old Stone Church and Cemetery Assoc Resolution
The Old Stone Church and Cemetery Association adopted resolutions to remove the buried remains of Col Robert Anderson and Ann Thompson Anderson to the church cemetery near Gen. Pickens, and to seek pecuniary aid for the move. It also authorized soliciting funds to erect monuments for noted figures such as Washington Greene Pickens and Marion, and to request Wyatt Aiken to seek federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Washinton
Wiley Forge
Old Stone Churchy and Cemetery Association
Robert Anderson
Ma Wiie
Ann Thompson Anderson
Old Stone Church
Gen. Pickens
Memorial and Cemetery Association
George Wishington
Nathaniel Greene
Washington
Francis Marion
Andrew Pickens
Thos. Sumter
Tobt
Anderson Wn Otiers
Proparly
Ingerlbed
John Miller
Bia Ife
Old England
United Colonies
Tiv
Thin Old Cemetery
Wyatt Aiken
Congress of the United States
Dr Frazeil Elected President of Columbia Seminary
In Charleston on October 2 a seminary meeting heard progress on church matters. Dr A M Frazer was elected president of the Columbia Seminary, viewed as an excellent choice. Discussion covered forming a new Presbytery for Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties, with plans to arrange the ecclesiastical union and assembly in forthcoming meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Charleston Navy Yard
Ealy
Texas
South Carolina
Thy Presbyterian Church
Ceoni
A. M. Frazer
Columbia
Anderson
Oconee
Piekoms
G. G. Mityescie
Ay Perhitondean
Geo F Robertaon
Newherry
Meetin
Fragmented OCR Note About Colly Case and Jails
Readable bits describe a plan involving a hogshead like note to a judge in Syartanburg making a defendant’s execution unlikely. A letter to LA Jantion mentions a back wired ape and a note about making the casket cheaply at risk of legal penalties. The text implies secrecy about bringing coin to the jail at night.
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Bales
Syartanburg
Colin
Bates
Vines Destroy Great Saw Mill at School and Cowana
An early morning blast at 11 o'clock on October 27 damaged the plant of the Salkelatehin Taanber Company in Bariwell county near Phos. The plant and looms were set ablaze with losses estimated at $200,000. The company’s manager, Mr. Kin Che, was not present at the time. Mr. Pipher was absent.
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Salkelatehin Taanber Company
School
Cowana Bared
Atte
Phos
Bariwell County
Lunder
la Hewarth
Comgney
Pipher
Wax
Intruder on Porch Sparks Fatal Shooting Exonerated
Coroner’s jury verdict exonerates Gly Russell in the killing of a man identified as Thompson near Fort Mill. The incident occurred as Russell, in night clothes, confronted a shooter on a porch after Thompson rang a bell to wake the family. The shooting left the victim dead and caused injuries to a child.
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Rock Hill
Gly Russell
Hed ‘Shorpson
Fort Mill
Hock Hil
Thompson
Kirkpatric
Young Russell
Chompaon
Win
Earlir
Ruasetl
Iainlly
Fire Tuskegee Meeting Plans Exposition
A Tuskegee gathering outlined a 1912 semi centennial expo celebrating Black progress since slavery. Leaders listed include Hooker Washington and Ernest Lyon with a dramatic aim to show advancement in the South and Liberia. Separate note reports a Dallas motorcycle accident where EB Marsh died after a tire burst at a racecourse.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Tethiuce
Cory Wulated
United States
Hooker Washington
Minerpal
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
le Blackshear
Aavery
Daltna
Texas
EB. J. Marsh
Ameter
Dallas
Reunion of the Hill Family in Brevard North Carolina
The Hill family gathering at Lake Toxaway near Brevard NC brought together Walter Courter and relatives including Mrs J A McGuire, Mrs Florence Sheppard, Mrs Lentha Edwards, and others. Absent were G Hit, C D La of Oklahoma and Mrs Ita Robinson of Tennessee. The reunion featured travel by patrol boat, meals with family, and plans to meet again next year.
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Brevard
N.C
Walter Keowee Courter
Lake Toxaway
Hafsler
J. A. McGuire
Ry Whirton
Pellx
Sime
Frank M
Victoria
Nathin Mee Kinney
Sony Highlands
Florence Sheppard
Chilldren
Hendersonville
Lentha Edwards
Uigh
Suleday
Thir Lake
Nya Bawiifil
Armiggeliente
Nathan McKinney
le Norton
Foley Urine Laxative Ad Oversees Digestive Health
An old ad promotes Foley's Urine Laxative for stomach trouble sluggish liver and habitual constipation. Claims it gently stimulates the liver regulates the bowels and cures chronic constipation. Also touts benefits for women and children and mentions local pharmacies and a community notices section with assorted local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
A.w. Bell
Waltatioa
Stonecypher Pharmacy
Weatuinsier
Secret Societies Led Him to Gallows Confessed Murder
A man named Ryun, described as colored, was executed for the murder of John Turner of Fort Onives. He made a full confession on the gallows in a midnight assassination. The court's record noted no proof of involvement by any group and stated the true path was justice.
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Ryt Ryun
John Turner
Fort Onives
Waa Nangak
Ryn
Tn Niadvialabe
Mont Bynine
Atuy
Averot Godetian
Deen
Ruth
Misread Text From Columbia Monthly Journal
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Columbia link to a monthly school journal. Names appear garbled but indicate W. Ht Jones as editor and HT Kerhes as assistant editor with M.S. Josebiel Themaedeulsa involved. The item references education and periodical publication.
Discrimination Lawsuit Aims At Standard Oil in Several States
Attorney General Lyon gathers affidavits against Standard Oil Company II on behalf of the People's Om Company of North Avenue. The case cites price differentials across South Carolina towns and Georgia, alleging the Standard cut prices to drive out the People's Oil Company led by L. C. Bondman. Penalty sought up to one thousand dollars.
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Lyon
Standard Ol Company II
People's OW Company
North Ave
Eneta
8. O
Colimbie
Charleston
Green- Ville
Spartanburg
Anderson
Denmark
Edgefield
South
Caro- Tie
Atanty
Georgina
Ute
South Carolina
People's OM Company
LC. Bondman
Augusta
Immigration anxieties and racial purity in Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record lambasts immigration limits in September, alleging a quota of Africans and arguing white racial and cultural superiority justifies exclusion. The piece critiques policy as essential to preserve racist purity and warns of further recruitment affecting national identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coimbra
Philadelphia
Valle
Tenia
Bargain buggy wagon and harness sale at Brown
In Walhalla Brown advertises a large stock of buggies wagons and harness with value claims and low prices. Highlights include two horse wagons from 50 dollars and one horse wagons from 30 to 37 60, a free fifty six dollar buggy with ten dollar purchases, and guaranteed goods from a creekside brick building. The pitch stresses superior wheels and craftsmanship and invites readers to inspect before buying.
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Elson
Conscrete
Walhalla
M. Drown
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