Bryan Lectureship Riches Attract Wide Audience
The report by Curtis in the Chicago Record-Herald quotes agents stating William Jennings Bryan earned about 50 000 yen from lectures in 1907, with 176 dates and season receipts averaging over 400 dollars per appearance. His terms include 250 dollars at gate, half of receipts over 500, and a 200 dollar nightly guarantee. Bryan rarely spoke for money on Sundays, touring widely with political speeches and charity events.
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Curtis
Chiego Record-Herald
William Jennngs Bryan
Charles Lagner
Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Bryan Atanda
Bryan
Chautauquay
Wagner
Wall
Y. M.C
Chauhauquas
Penue
Jesus Christ
Carthive
Chicago
Ind
London
Poe
Magia
Hin Nual
Pny
Nolle Fech
Mrr
Gigan
Teneland
Mr. Bryan
Pranklin
Ohio
Ana
Beyan
Bowdon
Mie Wagner
American Society
Bryn
Winniper
Tweniy
Lvetiire
Ife
United States
Nebraska
Cormitteer
Ady Loote
Thaye
Tia Diapute
South Carolina to gain cheaper rail fares under new Southern policy
A Columbia dispatch reports President Finley of the Southern Railway announcing South Carolina will adopt lower intercity rates on April 1 1908. Straight tickets drop to 21 2 cents per mile family mileage books to 21 4 cents per mile and 1000 to 2000 mile mercantile books to 2 cents per mile. Governor Ansel Attorney General Lyon and railroad officials attended. The plan mirrors reductions in North Carolina Georgia and Alabama and aims to extend similar terms to Tennessee and perhaps Virginia.
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South Carolina
Southern Railway
South
Columbin
News and Courier
W. W. Finley
South Carelina
Ansel
Lyon
Caughman
Railroad Commmission
Sullivan and Harte
Finley
Culp
Thom
Abney
Southern
Nffive
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Virginia
Tennessee
Joseph W Kater and Confederate Telegraph Service
Richmond dispatch recalls Joseph W. Kater a longtime telegraph operator at Vincinia and perhaps the South He led the Western Union company Richmond office and later supervised the Manuesia line He transmitted messages during Beauregard and Manassas battles and served in Richmond before the fall of 1860 His career included work at offices across the region and connections to notable figures of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Joseph W. Kates
Maehhester
Western Waton Company
Layton
Ie Postal ‘Teleseraph Cable Company
Arters
Etty
Manavans
Uae
Galanin
Cons
Polk
Local unrest and strikes disrupt city industry and road chaos
On Lye streets of Mitel a clash erupted as workers at Tidinnn Union faced strikebreakers. Nine injured with quotes of violence as a guard labeled Wwoond di Che veal and Livery Caveller suffered serious harm. Cars collided amid the turmoil and authorities halted city operations during the confrontation.
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Mitel
Hid
Welween
Cuikinyg
Tidinnn Union
Tyaedion
Craw
Morris Faley
Anel Livery Caveller
Unieven
Iloppton
Iran
Acai
LEGA
Letter from Bristol man on Orangeburg county mortgage abuse
Mr Beers of Bristol, Conn writes to the Soncetiel Valley Advertizer detailing widespread, abusive crop lien practices in Orangeburg County. The letter describes how lenders seize cotton and crops via liens, with black and white farmers alike facing foreclosures and fraudulent schemes to hide dispossessed property. The writer notes collectors roaming Rowesville area, seizing livestock, horses, and oxen, often using deception and community complicity to recoup debts.
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Beers
Bristol
Rawville
Han
Rowesville
Bamber
Nore
Lown
Bowesville
J.boone
Bregent
Venon
Ion
Naise Ta
Heanelville
Calamity Prophet Forecasts 1908 World End In December
A self-styled prophet issues a 1908 bulletin predicting the end of the world in December with nations, famines, earthquakes, and plagues. He says Boston will sink and New York will burn, markets fail, and labor unions rule the land. The faithful will be gathered to meet Jesus.
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York
Pax
Boston
New York
Roosevelt
Ares
Jesus
Major Phillips shoots at wife in Crookham murder scare
In Crookham England Major Phillips shot at his wife and two visitors after a twelve month pledge not to molest her. His wife fainted, saving her life. her mother Meg Lucena and a solicitor were wounded. The case links to a 1905 divorce for misconduct and a 1907 attempted gas suicide by Phillips. Two men killed and thirteen injured in a steel plant explosion at North Braddock Pennsylvania. The converter failure hurled molten metal, blew walls, and scattered workers. A Bronx Zoo report notes Pythagoras the toad feeding after a thousand years buried in Hinestone rock. The creature regaining sight and limb use, gradually croaking again.
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Coates Phillips
Spion Kop
Crookham
England
Suan
Mrs. Phillips
Meg. Lucena
Andon
Major Philips
Exar-Thompson
United States Steal Corporation
North Braddock
New York
Pythagoras
Bronx Zoo
Hinestone Rock
Silver Ming Ab Mutte
Mont
South Carolina textile of law and race in upheaval
A fragment from a Southern paper describes a white man driving away a mule and a cow as a Black family watches on a cabin porch. It discusses liens, mortgage laws, the dispensary, and tensions over slavery era dynamics with references to merchants, labor, and a looming shift to cash transactions.
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Oms
Littl
J. O. Blake Lurker Company
Lash Winker
South Carolina
Stavehants
Rowesville
Many Mad Wolves Threaten Ranch Stock and People
Baye 4 stark correspondent of the St Louis Globe-Democrat reports ranchers in southwest Texas fight wolves that raid pastures. Coyotes spread hydrophobia, killing livestock and causing many to seek treatment at Austin. Wild wolves enter camps at night, attack cattle, calves, and sheep, prompting corrals and costly control methods.
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Baye 4 Stark
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Stdney
Austin
Othertockman
Guv
Campbell
Clement Bonterant
Here
Bonterant
Thas
Oxcami
Texas
Nueces River
Tom Hubbard
Burglar Fatally Fires at Newark Tenement Inspector
A burglar shot and killed George H. Fisher Newark's tenement house inspector as he leaned from a Congress Street window calling police. Mrs Fisher and children witnessed the shooting. Nearby bird dealer David Jaffe killed a burglar at his Masserole Street home after a break in. Police held a suspect in the attempted burglary.
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George Hi
Fisher
Newark
Congress Street
Mewark
N.J
Williamsburg
David Jaffe
Sikebhild
Jefferson
Morris
Menerola Street
Graham Avenue
Thomas Bayne
Leonard Street
Constantine
St. Catherine's Hospital
Jaffe
Jealous wife fires iron at boarder in Long Shin City
Mrs Josephine Cominaley 18 of No 1 Pearsall Street loses temper with boarder Gussie Canter. An iron blow explodes a cartridge Miss carries, bullet hits coin in pocket, hospital surgeons remove it and Gussie will recover. Witness Grass confirms assault fact amid confusion.
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Josephine Cominaley
Pearsall Street
Longshin City
Thora Ilny
Canter Gussie
Steele Hin
Hilton
I. Cominsky
St. Johns Hospital
Thali Mers
Cominsky
Guise
Mra
Swans Attack Japanese Plowman in Oregon Field
In Russellville Oregon a Japanese farmer leasing Baseline Road land was pursued by a flock of white swans after they swarmed him while he worked his field. He defended himself with a rail and hat though the birds persisted, leaving feathers scattered around the field as the swans finally withdrew.
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Russellville
Ore
Baseline Road
Ite
Eo BE
N. Emery
Meg
Abe
Winldings the
Walt
Knocked Off And Robbed in His St Nagro Thief
A report describes a theft in St Nagro where the victim was knocked down and robbed. Police are investigating the incident and seeking witnesses. No further details on suspects or exact location are provided.
Murder Enters Walho City Store Night Assault Robbery
Mrs Lawrence reports a fatal store robbery in Walho city on Monday night. The proprietor Mr Henderson lay dead after a back room struggle and hatchet wounds. A negro porter identified, but later released, with a bloodied scene leading to a hospital departure.
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Tovge
Pho
Conatton
Cori Lawrence
B.hendersony
Smhanil
Marmie
Lawrenen
Amar
Heniderson
Henderson
Lawrened
Tony
Heriderdon
Montmorenci Farmer Saniel Bonnett Dies After Self-Drugging
Saniel Bonnett a respected Montmorenci farmer died Thursday after taking Paris green in a suspected deliberate act. His mind was thought unsettled for some time. He woke, ingested a large quantity, a physician arrived too late to save him, antidotes given too late. Bonnett, a quiet church worker, left a widow and seven children.
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Saniel Bonnett
Montmorenci
Paris Green
Bennett
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Anil
State of
Hisorta
Rsgone
George H. Fisher
Hivele
Dede Attighs
Mteaataas
Lake Chettles
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William Shoounkeer
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Goleman
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Philadelphia
Montandon
Ill
Uym Hobbie
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Atcon
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Horfane
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Sywurry
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