Memoirs of Prison Life on Ship Island incident story
A Mobile family sends a sweet potato to a prisoner on Ship Island. A guard shoots the young man at the stove, deemed the most brutal murder in the camp. The author recalls abuses, escapes attempted with boats, and the hunger driving many to risk freedom as guards tighten control near Biloxi. Several relatives and local names appear in the recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Sherman
Biloxi
J. B. Lingo
Gillette
Gla
J. H. Walker
Bar
Wood
TATUM RIDGE CAMPAIGN NOTES AND LOCAL LIFE
A local column laments irregular weather while noting a community campout by Fruitville and Tatum Ridgettes with Miss Sallie Harrison. It praises the school as up to date, criticizes party politics and slave law, and urges votes on November third for workers' rights, hinting at the author’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitville
Tatum Ridgettes
Prices Too High In Manatee Real Estate
Portsmouth, Va on Oct 6 08 a letter from J W Warre warns that unreasonably high prices in the Manatee district hinder development. He urges cooperation of landowners and real estate men to attract prospectors and investors for October 27 and November 24 with a reduced rate offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Manarre Record
Manatee
Fla
Ohio
Manitee County
J. W. Warre
General Industrial
J. W. White
Barnesville
Sarasota
Bradentown
Electric Bitters Endorsement and Manatee AvenueWork
A Silver City North Carolina resident hails Electric Bitters as the best medicine for stomach liver and kidney troubles and general weakness. The notice also urges Manatee Avenue to complete overdue emergency street work before the orange season and urges councilmen to act now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Bete
Silver City
North
Manatee Avenue
Sunny Jim Robinson Leads Tampa Bay Fishing Expedition
Sunny Jim Robinson visits Manaatee with King Wiggins crew aboard the Limit. They fish near Carmel and Tampa Bay, catching about 800 pounds of large fish. Robinson's strength was taxed by the haul requiring a physician and strengthening plaster before resuming road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunny Jim
Robinson
Manatee
K. W. Wiggins
King
Tampa Bay
Commodore
Frank Pettigrew
John Robert
Curry
Frank Perkins
Carmel
Commodore Wiggins
Mullet
Egmont Keys
Death of Jim Mann Tied to Rare Larvel Tapeworm Case
Jim Mann died in Cortez after a long illness described as the first known American case of a larvel tapeworm disease. Dr. H Gates treated him for years without success, and after examinations at a state medical meeting he was sent to Tampa for hospital care. An autopsy by Drs H Gates and T M McDuffee was performed in The Record store room before burial. A fuller report on the disease and autopsy results is promised next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Jim
Biloxi
J. P. Walker
Joe
J. A. Walker
America
Japan
United States
H. Gates
Medical Association of
Mr. Mann
Tampa
Cortez
Glazier's Millinery Offers Stylish Hats Friday and Saturday
Miss Pearre arrives in Baltimore to assist with hat display and serve the ladies of the county during the October 28 and 24 event at Glazier's Millinery featuring a fine line of hats for display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearre
Baltimore
County
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed by Local Resident
J W Jenkins of Ceaper Hill Nebraska praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best in the world. He says it cured a felon on his thumb and heals all sores burns and wounds. Available 25 cents at Manatee Drug store and all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Ceaper Hill
Manatee
Roberts Family Returns to Make Manatee Home
W. P. Roberts and sons Walter R. and L. D. arrive from Elkwood Virginia where they had been living. They plan to reside in Manatee and have rented the Perkins residence on Main Street. Mrs Roberts is traveling to Ohio and will join them later. Tur Recorp welcomes them back to Manatee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Roberts
Walter R
L. D
Elkwood
Mr. Roberts
Manatee
Perkins
Main Street
Ohio
Tur Recorp
Plank's Chill Tonic Offered at Manatee Drug Store
Plank's Chill Tonic guaranteed to cure chills fevers and colds or la grippe. For sale at Manatee Drug store Texas ranger plows at Adams' (readable fragment).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plank
Manatee Drug Store
Texas Ranger
Adams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ship Island
Tatum Ridge
Sunny Jim” Robinson
King Wiggins
O. H. Davis
Manitee
Alabama
Missouri
H. W. Lind
Excelsior Ice Company
Lake County
Eustice
Venice
Manatee County
W. H. Patterson
Drs. Gates and
McDuffee
Jim Mann
Cortez Mon
Glazier’s Millinery
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