Improvement in cotton mill labor at Pelzer plant
A Century of payroll data from Pelzer Manufacturing Company in Pelzer shows shifts in mill employment from 1885 to 1908. Spindle counts rose from 20,000 to 180,000 while total workers grew from 484 to 1,466. Women remained a steady portion of the operatives in the spirit room, but declines in other departments reflect wage pressures and families relying on male earnings. The article notes wages around $1.20 per day in the later period, with adult workers increasingly male-led due to economic constraints.
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Cot. News
IL Ie Alwaye
Mets
Pelzer Manufacturing Company
Pelzer, Cap
E. A. Smyth
Pelzer Company
Spiritus
Phil
Augusta Cashier Shot by Man at Bank in Broad Daylight
In Augusta on October 7 at 2:80 p m Phystelin T W Shaw city physician and local politician shot Thos B Gray cashier of Union Savings Bank Four shots fired two struck Gray in left hand and leg Henry Cohen attorney seized Shaw and ended the attack Gray hospitalized tonight and said to be doing well Gray is a prominent young Augusta figure and brother of State Railroad Commissioner Gray Shaw learned of a bank credit and used it to garnishee the account leading to the confrontation on the sidewalk
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Augusta
T. W. Shaw
Gray
Union Savings Bank
Henry Cohen
Wlty
Shaw
State Railroad
Cray
Bond
Poisoner Holman Plans Mass Prairie Dog Slaughter
A United States official poisoner named Holman announces a plan to kill 1.5 million prairie dogs in the Southwest within eight months. He says the pests threaten pasture land and horse riders, and outlines a wheat-based strychnine mix to bait at prairie dog holes. The operation would cost the government a head price for slain animals.
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Kansia City
Tauman Patria
Do WV
Holman
United States
Will Phirian
Wilhin
Tholman
Texas
Porhalt
Governors of the Carolinas meet in Franklin reunion
Governor Ansel of South Carolina and Governor Kitchin of North Carolina met in Franklin to discuss water from the Appalachian rocks and attended a ceremony for a Confederate monument. Ansel recalled his ascent from Franklin lawyer to state governor, noting the long journey from those mountain days to Columbia.
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Colimbia
Framin
North Carolina
South Clint
South Carolina
North Carta
Angel
Ansel
Franklin
Kitchin
Pranklin
Tye
South Carelina
Greenville
Columbia
Ange
Aunt and Nephew Arrested in Kansas City Incident
Aunt and nephew Edward Simpson were arrested on a state warrant for stealing his uncle's wife Mrs Hine Simpson. Edward married and jailed four months for a statutory charge after pleading guilty. Mrs Simpson, the aunt, and Edward were linked to an 8-year-old boy found with the couple. Cleveland real estate ties mentioned but details unclear.
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Kansas City
Edward Simpson
Hine Simpson
Cleveland
Simpson
Leveland
Edward
Pic
National Health Oversight Urged by President
The President advocates creating a centralized national health bureau under federal supervision to consolidate sanitation, food inspection, quarantine, and health services. He cites wartime needs and calls for coordination across agencies including the War Department and Treasury. Reeve Whitel is mentioned in context of Treasury oversight.
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War Department
Department of Agricultures
Jnje Heathy and Marine Hospital
Urie Welton
Treasey Department
Campaign Against Party and Exploration Figures Clash in Copenhagen
A tangled dispute pits Campaign Against Party and explorer Borderevinis against the proposed withisaiai of De Caole's recoria at the university and the Geographical Society. It cites Dr Cook supporters, Peary, and Cape York figures while accusing rivals of hindering progress and desertion amid a heated debate on routes and ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Oet
Geographtien) Society of Geneva
Cape
Spactinuia Wenn Draws Sele Spartans and More?
A garbled wartime report fragment mentions a valise found near Layeon's Bork by White's Mut e Hh, with builders and a white woman seen near a creek. Investigators pursued leads around the scene as a crime probe unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layeon
White
Charleston Man Ends Life With Shotgun Cord
Oct 7 report from Charleston details I P O Sulu wedr of No 38 Carolina Street using a cord to trigger a shotgun while seated on a buggy near a plantation nine miles from Charleston. The blast pierced his heart, killing him instantly, with suspected motives of crop failure and financial loss. Foreman Jenkins found the body as he approached a barn, shooting noted as self-inflicted. Coroner Behrens from Enville oversaw the inquest and notified Mrs. Suhrstedt and their six children.
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Charleston
I. P.O. Suluwuedr
Carolina Street
Snracle
Manne Plintinntion
Nin
Suhrstedt
Jenkins
Mr. Suhrstedt
Wentworth Abeat
Mra. Bulstedt
Hite
My Subratedt
Eupper
Tunity
Uhyee
Viaduct Blown Up in Buffalo Near Elk and Michigan
A large section of the viaduct over the New York Central near Elk and Michigan streets was wrecked by dynamite at 1 o clock yesterday morning. An earlier attempt on September 14 had failed. Hundreds of windows within a block were shattered by the blast. The viaduct, nearing completion, is being built by J McCain Company of Mercer Pennsylvania, which uses an open shop. This marks the fifth such act in Buffalo and the fourth in the past year.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Qel
New York Central
Elk
Michigan Streets
8. J. McCain Company
Mercer
Bridegroom Halts Altar Ceremony in Sudden Disruption
Oct 8 report from Ohio details a wedding near Mint Ala May Chapman and Albert L Coppinger halted when a cry interrupted the ceremony. The bridal party and clergyman were escorted to neighbor M Lawn Lee’s home as a series of mishaps unfolded including Mrs. Lee’s fall and the jeweler’s concern over a valuable ring. Columbia dispatch notes a presidential successor search within the Triople institution and the heads of state bodies convened to vet candidates.
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Ohio
Dl. Hemdey
Mint
Ala May Chapman
Albert L Coppinger
M. Lawn Lee
Lee
Weldeevoani
Cook to Speak on Pole Discovery at St Louis Banquet
Dr Frederick A Cook, famed North Pole discoverer, will lecture tonight at a banquet of the Business Men's League of St Louis. He is understood to be paid $20,000 for the address. The event occurs at the College Hall, seating about 700, with an address by a stereoptical apparatus demonstration.
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St. Louis
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Busines Men's League
St. Loui
Collweuwn
Taiauis
Archbold farmer fatally shoots wife in tragic accident
A farmer near Archbold, Olto Geb, accidentally discharged a weapon while cleaning it, killing his wife, mother of seven children. Police investigated the incident as a fatal domestic accident.
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Wanepon
Olto
Plesses
Pleo
Archbold
Heresy
Sit
Church Services And Notices At WeLand Likely Incomplete
Church schedule snippet shows morning services at 11 o clock, Sunday School times, and various denominational mentions. Repeated garbled lines reference Sabbath observances, preaching, missionary meetings, and weekly activities with cordial invitations to join.
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Lutheran
Stev. T
Apting
Witd
Vad A
Sandys
Cabbage seed boom as Bruce & Doster sell to DuVernet
Greenville News reports Bruce and Doster Drug Company sold a record amount of cabbage seed to DuVernet of White Horse ranch near Greenville. He bought 82 pounds and expects rapid planting, with 1,082 seeds per ounce and 28,206,272 seeds per pound. DuVernet plans eight acres for large scale production to supply Piedmont markets.
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Greenville News
Bruce & Doster
DuVernet
White Horse Ranch
Greenville
Piedmont
Man Deliberately Kills Self on Coast Line Rails
Former Hearstfield resident Mare Pinel Sell on Ralteo id Way rerun to M Peachs in Yaville Ga Oct 8 dies after placing himself on tracks. Coroner’s inquest cites warrants in Colanitt county for two felonies and a prior attempted rape case with Miss Holland. Married Miss Anna Martin in Bath Bridge. left 16 year old before charity. Sparse details drew unusual city attention.
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Thor
Holland
Mat County
Wesday
Anna Martin
Bathbridge
Minister resigns pastorate to become street railway conductor
Lawrence Kansas October 2 Rev Dyff. Carrick resigns from North Lawrence Christian church saying a minister cannot lead an honest life today. He questions pastors public image and notes personal griefs borne by families. A jeweler in Indianapolis writes of Foley’s Kidney Remedy claims it cured his backache and complexion after doctors failed.
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Ringer
The
Jewaler
Venta Avenue
Mdianapolis
Ind
Poley
Foley
W. Bell
Orino Laxative Syrup Named for Mayoralty Contest
Fragmented OCR recounts Mayoralty naming in New York with mentions of T Wiliane Man doish Litavst and Clellin, plus references to Chas. Hutghess and a five member committee. The piece notes a political move to place a city county and borough name by petition.
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New York
Thikety
Googe Iy Mo
Clellin
Chas
I. Hutghess
Wis Hong
OH Hee
Wiha
Ademires
Lekel
Pettilan
Carnegie endowment offer ties to Greensboro Female College
Carnegie sends a conditional gift of 26000 to Greensboro Female College in Antler Carnegie cited as the amount offered two years ago to secure the endowment fund. The proposal, backed by Gay Weole and Ulet Ne werthly, aims to raise 100000 and honor institutions. The governor of the United States Agricultural and Fiberial Association hosts events at Hertford and Howl falrs.
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Greensboro
Qct
Carnegie
Riba Unik
Die Keen Nat
United States Agriculural and Fiberial Association
Bend Martens
Hertford
Conia
Winwal
Howl
Brown's wagon and buggy sale promises great value
In a bold advertisement Brown's store in Valhalla offers buggies wagons and harness at low prices with claims of superior wheels made from high quality Hickory. Customers are promised a free chance to win a $765 buggy with every $10 purchase and assurances of guaranteed wood quality and wide selections to fit all budgets.
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BROWN
Valhalla
W. M Brow
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Tutt
Livingston Ice Company
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Walhallal BO
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Walhalla, S. C
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T. M. Lowery
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