Mob Lynches Nine Prisoners at Watkinsville Jail
A masked mob in Watkinsville Georgia seized the jail at 2 a.m. and hanged nine prisoners after forcing the jailer to open cells. Among the victims were Lon J Aycock and seven Black inmates tied to fence posts and shot. One prisoner, Ed Thrasher, escaped notice. The mob left no arrests.
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Watkinsville
Lon J. Aycock
F. M. Holbrook
Oconee County
Rich Robinson
Lewis Robinson
Claud Elder
Holbrook
Sandy Price
Weldon Dooley
Rid Allen
Will Robertson
Gene Yerby
Mr. Marshall
Bob Harris
L. H. Aiken
Aiken
Crow
Aycock
Ashford
Ed Thrasher
Sidney Norris
Jim Taylor
Wiley Durham
Joe Patterson
Albert Ward
Patterson
Athens
Overby
Brown-Corliss workers strike over discharges and claims of bias
Fifty machinists at Brown-Corliss Engine Works in Corliss Wisconsin walked out alleging unlawful dismissals and union bias. They cite the firing of local lodge president Frank Mahnke over alleged low work, plus prior discharges for injury and glove wearing. They seek a conference with manager S. W. Whiting, who reportedly ignored contact.
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Corliss
Wis
Brown-Corliss
Lodge of
Machinists
Frank Mahnke
Mahnke
Ony
S. W. Whiting
Weds Doctor in Her Sick Room
Miss Elizabeth Morris of Sheboygan wed Dr. Otho Fiedler city chemist of Milwaukee in a private ceremony held in the bride’s sick room on North Sixth street. Rev. Stanley of Sheboygan Falls officiated as the couple, ill two weeks, received a rapid improvement and the original church ceremony was canceled.
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Heboygan
Wis
Elizabeth Morris
Otho Fiedler
Milwaukee
Stanley
Sheboygan Falls
North Sixth Street
Grace Episcopal Church
Fourth of July Excursion Rates on Northwestern Line
Excur sion tickets at low rates to all points on Northwestern Line including connections to C P M O Ry and Union Pacific east of Cheyenne and La Salle with Colorado Southern Orin Jct to Cheyenne Minireal Range R R and D S S A Dy valid July 1 2 3 4 return by July 5 apply to Chicago Northwestern Ry agents
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Northwestern
Northwestern Line
Union Pacific R. R
Cheyenne
Wyo
la Salle
Colo
Colorado Southern
Orin Jct
R. R
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Fourth of July Excursion Fare From Burlington
The Burlington will sell round trip tickets to all points at one and one third fare. Dates of sale are July 1 2 3 and 4 with a return limit to July 6.
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Burlington
Excursion Tickets On C M St P Lines At One Third Fare
The C M and St P Ry will offer excursion tickets to all points on its lines at one and one third the round trip price. Sales run July 1 to July 4, 1905 with return validity until July 6 1905.
Fourth of July Excursion Fares Announced by Green Bay & Western
Green Bay and Western offers round trip excursion tickets at one and one third fare for travel July 1 to July 4 1905. Returns valid through July 6 1905.
Death of Gen Hinton in Wisconsin Hotel Lobby
Belioit Wis June 30 General Charles C Hilton proprietor of the Hotel Hilton and lessee of the Terrace hotel in Waukesha collapsed dead in the hotel lobby. Heart disease listed as cause He served as adjutant general under Gen All ged and earlier as major of the Second regiment I N G A Civil War veteran of the Fifth Massachusetts Also a member of Ap polo commandery K T Chicago and Illinois Loyal legion Deaths in the State Genesee W W Jenkins 75 Brookfield C S Brown 40
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Beloit
Wis
Charles C. Hilton
Hilton
Terrace
Waukesha
Allged
Massachusetts
Hiton
Appolo Commandery
K. T
Chicago
Illinois Loyal Legion
Postal Card Revels Dual Life In U S Court
Testimony in the Rose Hofert case in Fond du Lac county court reveals Milton Smith of Menasha led a double life. He is alleged to have posed as husband to Mrs Linda Cross Smith of Campbellsport and Chicago and to the defendant's daughter at Menasha. Mrs Hofert denies writing the scurrilous postal card.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Rose Hofert
Menasha
United States
Newcastle
Fond du Lac
Milton Smith
Smith
Linda Cross Smith
Campbellsport
Chicago
City Bishop Elected to Northwestern Synod Board
Bishop A. K. Sagen of this city was elected a trustee on the board of trustees of the Northwestern Synod of Norwegian Lutheran Churches at the Minneapolis convention. Jens Lienlokken and Edward Sielstad were chosen as auditors of the committee on church extension. La Crosse delegates returned home pleased with the city’s apportioned places.
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A. K. Sagen
Northwestern Synod of Norwegian Lutheran Churches
Minneapolis
Jens Lienlokken
Edward Sielstad
la Crosse
Storm Toll in Kansas: Six Dead and Twenty Injured
A tornado and hail storm swept Phillipsburg Kansas and surrounding areas killing six people including Mrs. Robert Alexander and two young daughters and Mrs. Jane Alexander along with Elmer Lanman and Daniel Weaver. The tornado followed a fifteen mile path half a mile wide destroying all buildings. Hail stones as large as fifteen inches injured many and electrical discharges intensified the disaster.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
Robert Alexander
Jane Alexander
Elmer Lanman
Daniel Weaver
Attractive Low Fare Excursions from Chicago to Seashore
Attractive low fare excursions from Chicago to the seashore via New York and to Baltimore and back offered. Round trips to Asbury Park with stopovers and through coaches and sleeping cars, each ticket valid for return by August 31. Through trains to Baltimore and New York also available with extensions. Send for circulars to R C Haase or B N Austin and consult ticket agents for details.
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Chicago
New York
Balti
Asbury Park
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
R. C. Haase
St. Paul
Minn
B. N. Austin
New Train Service Between Salem and Sioux City Opens
A daily Northwestern Line train from Salem to Alton and Sioux City departs at 6:00 a.m. except Sundays, arriving Sioux City at 11:30 a.m. Return trips leave Sioux City at 4:00 p.m. except Sundays, with Alton 5:25 p.m. and Salem 9:20 p.m. The schedule runs through at Alton with no changes, enhancing service on the Salem to Sioux City corridor.
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Salem
S. D
Sioux City
Iowa
Alton
Green Bay & Western
la Crosse
Marshland
Winona
Merrillan
Omaha Road
Wisconsin Central
Amherst Junction
Green Bay
Smallest Horse in the World Show at Doom Grounds
A traveling troupe presents 100 acts with 300 performers including the Welsh giant and a troupe of midgets, plus Scandinavian vocalists and dancers. Two daily exhibitions at 2 and 8 PM with doors opening an hour earlier. Admission for the whole show is 50 cents with children under 10 half price. Reserved seats cost extra and are ticketed at Hebberd's drug store Fourth and Main.
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Hebberd’s Drug Store
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the Tribune
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Apply Salter Seed Co
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W. W. Jenkins
Brookfield
C. S. Brown
Bishop Sagen
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