Costly Washington Station Opens for Southern Trains
Beginning Sunday November 17 Southern Railway trains entering and leaving Washington D C use the new 20 million dollar passenger station. Trains travel over a new double track steel bridge across the Potomac River and enter a twin tunnel under Capitol Hill then the terminal with diverging connections for all points east and west.
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Southern Railway
Washington, D. C
sPotomas River
Capitol Il
Panama Bonds Planned by Treasury to Aid Debt
Washington announces Secretary Vortolyou with presidential approval will issue Panama bonds totaling fifty million dollars and issue interest bearing certificates of indebtedness up to one hundred million dollars for one year if needed. The decision follows White House night conferences ending Saturday night.
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Washington
Vortolyou
Panama
Treasury
White House
Tragic Death Of Cheswell Mill Master Mechanic
The dead body of George W. Dean, master mechanic at Cheswell Cotton Mill, was found in his Westminster room Saturday morning. Death attributed to heart failure after days of illness, age 47, formerly of Greenville County. Body shipped to Shelby, N C, for interment. brother G C Dean in charge. Several local notices follow including burials, society meetings, and Thanksgiving plans.
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Westminster
George W. Dean
Cheswell
Mill Village
Dean
Greenville County
R. M. McDonald
Greenville
Oconee
Courtenay Manufacturing Company
Newry
Shelby
N. C
G. C. Dean
W. J. Stribling
Columbia
Woman’s Missionary Union of the Baptist Church
Harold Wilson
J. S. Beasley
G. T. Harmon, Jr
J. R. Moore
Westmister
Radcliffe Bureau
Buthher Manship
Manship
South
Rob Taylor
Luther Manship
Mississippi
W. N. Cox
J. J. Harrell
Seneca
Anna Parker
Albert Campbell
Shreveport
Andrew Gilreath
J. S. Carter
Gainerville
C. B. Vaughn
C. B. Miller
Lavonia
Mesdames
A. P. Marett
J. B. Vandiver
A. L. Gossett
Explosion Leaves Man Blown to Pieces in Pennsylvania
A blast at a Freedom, Pennsylvania site tore apart a man, with a tuft of red hair, skull fragment, two vertebrae and a foot recovered. Authorities believe the victim fell into a nitro glycerine magazine, causing a catastrophic explosion and death.
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Freedom
Lov
Seneca Local News Highlights and Community Notes
In Seneca on November 19, despite mud and slush, life continues with Rev. C B Blackburn resuming work after a minor operation in Anderson. Wm H Cary announces prize news from Paris Texas for their baby boy. Lester Dalton, PA state policeman, Visits Seneca and eyes a Panama Canal inspector post. Witzel Brothers open a new store. a post office robbery is described with no clues yet. Oysters, lodge plans, house moves, a new school building, and local social events fill the week with telegrams and visits from North Carolina.
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Seneca
Rev. C
Blackburn
Anderson
Anderson County
Seneca Journal
Opera House
House of God
Wm. H. Cary
Paris
Texas
Lou Cary
Lester Dalton
Oconea
Thos. Dalton
Greensboro
Penn
John Harper
Dalton
Pennsylvania
United States
Panama Canal
W. W. Hamilton
Witzel Brothers
Harper and
Clinkscales
Courier
Ball
Hal Poo
Greenville
B. F. Sloan
Society of the Presbyterian Church
Seneca Lodge
Knights of Pythias
F. . Dickson
P. H, Isbell
W. F. Strickland
Dickson
Weneca Ig
Water and Lights Commission
Commission
H. P. Boggs
William R. Boges
Mexico
Boggs
Winston
N. C
Borges
William
M. V
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds and Croup
A historical notice proclaims Chamberlain's cough remedy as a cure for colds croup and whooping cough. The ad-style item highlights claimed effectiveness and targets families seeking relief for respiratory illnesses with a domestic remedy.
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Chamberlain
Accidental Killing on Allen Martins Plan tation
A severe hunting accident on Allen Martins plantation near the city wounded Ernest Snipes and killed him. George E. Sampson of Hinton West Virginia discharged a gun injuring Snipes fatally as Sampson, on a hunting trip with his new bride, and Snipes’s son planned to hunt partridges. The coroner’s jury ruled death accidental. Sampson paid burial expenses and expressed deep remorse.
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Anderson Mall
Allen Martin
Hrnegt Stipes
Geo. E. Sampson
Hinton
West Virginia
Wm. Sheib
East Arr Street
Mr. Sampson
Mr. Martin
Snipes
Priest Snipes
Mr. Simpson
Ernest Snipes
Messrs. Sampson
Sheilo
Pruitt
Wieck
George J. Sampson
Sampson
Gettysburg veteran praises Electric Bitters for recovery
David Parker of Fayetteville New York who lost a foot at Gettysburg credits Electric Bitters with major health gains. He reports years of stomach trouble and costly medicines with little relief before using the tonic. The ad claims benefits for the aged for female weaknesses and kidney issues, backed by druggists.
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Gettysburg
David Parker
Fayetteville
N. Y
Death of F As bury Cox at Return church
Seneca November 19 Special F As bury Cox died November 14 1907 near Return in his 78th year He was a substantial citizen noted for integrity and charity A staunch Return church member he aided his church faithfully He served in the Confederate army born September 12 1829 married Mary D Brooks January 12 1860 six children two survivors Funeral services held at Return church Friday conducted by Rev 8 A McDaniel
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Seneca
F. Asbury Cox
Return
Cox
Return Church
Mr. Cox
Mary D. Brooks
Fort Sumter
Woman Dived to Her Death in Bowery Salvation Army Hotel
New York reports Mary Mitchell also known as Mary Lyons leaped from a second story fire escape into a crowd of men outside the Salvation Army Hotel for women. She had stayed there for about two months and little is known of her life or background.
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New York
Mary Mitchell
Mary Lyons
Bowery
Salvation Army
Ace
Caught Short of Cotton in New York Market
The piece describes a sharp pressure campaign by bears led by Theodore H. Price to break the Southern holding movement and push cotton into the market. It notes a massive short position in December options, a demand for actual cotton by spinners and exporters, and Price’s bid to offer currency for cotton to induce sales, risking large losses if growers withhold.
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New York
South
Big Bear
Theodore H. Price
Liverpool
Price
Mr. Price
Ow York
Samuel Brunson dies by own action in jail
Ja Life in Jail Nov 18. A phone message from Crawfordville, Fla., reports Samuel Brunson killed himself in jail at Crawfordville while on trial for a charge connected with a prominent young lady. Brunson was a leading planter in the region.
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Donalsonville
Crawfordville
Mla
Samuel Brunson
Mrunson
Tragic hunting accident claims Meadville youth Thomas Stat ford
Meadville Pa November 18. Thomas Stat ford an 18 year old son of Hiram Stat ford was accidentally shot and killed by his older brother as they prepared to hunt. The hammer of the brother s gun snagged the door causing the discharge.
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Meadville
Thomas
Hiram Statford
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