Lynching of Dudley Morgan at Lansing Texas
Immense crowd gathers as Dudley Morgan, a Black man who assaulted Mrs. McKee, is captured and burned at the stake near Lansing. The mob, led by armed railroad workers, identifies him, tortures him with fire, and photographs two men who restrained him as the carriage carrying Mrs. McKee arrives. The incident ends after the fire consumes the body.
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Longview
Texas
Dudley Morgan
Franklin Heard
Morigan
McKee
Longview Junction
Lansing
Winchester
Peace With Boers Expected In South Africa
The Daily Chronicle claims authority to say that peace in South Africa is practically assured and that this general impression prevails among other newspapers and the public though major papers stop short of the Chronicle’s assertion. Late last night further details were awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Chronicle
London
Daily Chronicle This Morning
South Africa
The
Chronicle
Cabinet Meets as Pretoria Talks Begin in Britain
Government departments declined to reveal details as reports from Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener arrived. Quick cabinet summoning suggests early discussions in Pretoria began Monday, with ministers traveling to London for a late afternoon meeting. Telegraph dispatch notes Boers seek permission to retain their horses.
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Lord Milner
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
London
Daily Telegraph
Relief for St Vincent Sufferers Moves Forward
Washington reports Ambassador Choate informs the state department that Canada has sent substantial relief for St Vincent in money and material. Canada to supply most timber for rebuilding while the United States will facilitate timber purchases and expedite shipments, potentially easing tariff barriers.
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Washington
Choate
London
State Department
Windward Islands
Colonial Office
St. Vincent
Canada
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Reading firm faces coal shift as bituminous stream grows
Reading PennsylvaniaMay 22 The Reading company reports about 6000 coal cars in the bituminous trade with no anthracite passing through Reading. About 3000 cars are sidetracked at various points along with some stock at Port Richmond Landingville and coal chutes. The firm consumes roughly 3000 tons of fuel daily for locomotives, about 85 carloads, and most engines now burn soft coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Reading Company
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Port Richmond
Philadelphia
Landingville
Pottsville
Vanderbilt Wackerman Return Effort by U S Officials
London officials acting on Washington request seek arrangements to send Miss Vanderbilt Wackerman of New York back to the United States. She suffered nervous strain after statements by Prof Herkomer while posing for an academy painting and was later admitted to St Giles infirmary as a wandering lunatic. No mental improvement has been shown.
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London
United States
State Department
Washington
Vanderbilt Wackerman
New York
Herkomer
Academy
St. Giles Infirmary
Unknown man hanged himself near Little Compton
In Fall River on May 22, a 50 year old man was found dead by suicide from a tree by the roadside in Little Compton. A corset-string rope, a New York to Providence ticket, and a Paterson spectacle case were found on the body. Police await identification at the Little Compton station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Little Compton
New York
Providence
Paterson
N. J
Strike of Twisters Grows at Coates Thread Plant
In Pawtucket Rhode Island May 22 the twisters strike at J and P Coates Thread firm expands with 700 out and 300 to 400 idle more. Over 100 ring spinners joined today as production faces serious handicap or halt unless the dispute over the 58 hour law pay reduction is resolved quickly.
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Pawtucket
R. L
J. & P. Coates Thread Company
Best furnished rooms in the city near mills and street
Five rooms in thorough repair near the mills priced at $6.50 monthly. Seven rooms on Middlesex street at $8. Best furnished rooms in the city. Apply to T. H. ELLIOTT, 64 Central Street.
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Middlesex Street
The Great Trio of Hair Growers Sold In Drug Stores
A fragmented local notice describes The Great Trio of Hair Growers sold in drug stores, mentions Rhodes Hair Store at 73 Merrimack St, and lists several committees and officers with names connected to a church gathering. The piece notes an address by Rev W T McElveen on The Cumulative Life at Branch Street Tabernacle before the Christian Endeavor society.
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Rhodes
Merrimack St
W.T McElvn
Shawmut Congregational Church
Boston
Branch Street Tabernacle
Christian Endeavor Society of the Church
McElveen
Christian Endeavor Society
Edith Fletcher
Addie E. Pike
Grace Collins
Herbert A. Butler
W. H. Hoole
Laura Secor
Blanche M. Hutchins
A. R. Dilts
A. Soule
Estelle Thompson
Mattie Lewis
Sadie M. Deane
Lillian Stephens
C. L. Stanley
J. H. Stewart
Mamie A. Deane
Margaret Crowe
G. C. Barnes
Ethel Fletcher
Grace McGregor
Brunswick Co Stock Sale Opens Tuesday at Low Prices
Tuesday the 27th instant begins the sale of Brunswick Co stock comprising remnants and regular goods. Domestics, notions, hosiery, underwear, crockery and kitchenware offered at deep discounts as stock was nearly half price. A. G. Pollard & Co. advertises details.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
Bride Sequel to the Tragedy in a Boston Honeymoon
Boston details reveal Nina Danforth believed herself legally married to Andrew Emery a week before the shooting. They stayed at the Appleton house for three days in October posing as husband and wife, with a secret ceremony elsewhere. Emery, a Boston & Albany fireman, returned to his wife and seven children in South Framingham.
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Boston
Andrew'j, Emery
Boston & Albany
Nina Danforth
Miss Danforth
Emery
West Newton
James F. Mullins
Division
Danforth
Appleton House
Tremont Street
O. F. Schuehle
Schuehle
Robert S. Place
South Framingham
Cas‘tle Square
South
Framingham
Foul Play Suspected In Body Found Near Saco River
The decomposed body of a man, possibly John Glenn missing since January, was found near the Saco river railroad bridge in Biddeford Maine. Police suspect foul play and intend autopsy and a possible inquest. Glenn, about 35, came from Nova Scotia to work in a local foundry and was known to have carried about $200 and a gold watch and chain for a planned marriage. The body yielded only a briar pipe and rosary beads. investigators seek the mysterious woman Glenn corresponded with via a matrimonial paper.
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Biddeford
Saco River
John Glenn
Glenn
Nova Scotia
Saco
Oldest Christ Child Madonna Painting Question
A query notes the oldest existing picture painted since the Christian era, identifying a Madonna and Child in a church. It asks for the year of its creation, highlighting early Christian art and surviving religious images.
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Rhode Island
Lowell’s
Shamrocks
Emmetts
Prescott Street
Washington Paris
Varnum Avenue
Boulevard
City Hall
Merrimack River
Washington Park
Boston Real Estate CO
Prescott ST
W. Robbins
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
Uncle Sam
U. S. Immigration Service
Arthur Rhodes
Lowell
Mass
H. H. Stearns
N.Y
Asst. Surg
M.D.S
Christian Endeavorers
R. Dilts
Gertrude A. Butler
Minnie Secord
Maude E. Hutchins
Nellie Smith
S. G. Stephens
Rhoda M. Deane
Eva Robinson
W. F. Hills
Mildred Perkins
Bertha Ober
Mattie Baron
Harry C. Bowen
Bertha Phinney
Mamie Deane
Mrs. Crosby
A. M. Lunt
Percy Crosby
Addie EF. Pike
William Chambers
Frank _ T. Fletcher
Lewis D.robinson
Temperance
F. T. Fletcher
Faith Daunt
A. R. Cummings
William F. Hills
W. T. McElveen
D. D
Branch Street
Brunswick Co
Courier
J Je. McOmanmon
Es-Kg
Eskemo Chemical Co
Seseseeser
Cook, Taylor & CO
Doctor
Tils Lean M
Brown
Lean
Stremont Theatre
Prince
Pilsen
Pixley
Luders
Dodo
New England
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Pullman
J. D. McBrain
N. E. Pass. Agt
Rk. H. Pannill
N. E. Tourist Agt
Washington St
H. B. McClennan
G. FE. Ag
Broadway
U. 8
Crann, G. P
St.Louis
Princess Powders Mfg. CO
Canal St
Parker
Sandrail
Lecod
Druretern
Biltmore
Caleb L. Smith
Middlesex St
Mre. T. G. Heart of
Portland
Maine
Respiro
Sherwick, Taylor
Roach
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance
J. C. Abbott
Jos, Peabody
Atteadance
Harvard
J. H Boyle
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