Prison conditions spark calls for state inquiry
A former inmate Traywick testifies before the North Carolina legislature about alleged cruelty, crowding, and profit from penal farms at Caledonia. Lawmakers form a committee to investigate penal institutions amid disputed claims of abuse and neglect.
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Raleigh News and Observer
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Young Traywick
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Craig
Roland Beasley
Joint Committee On Penal Institutions
Traywick
North Carolina
Beasley
Monroe
Treywick
Brenner
Holderness
Grier
Renfrow
General Assembly
Wilfred D. Turner
Turner
Weaver to Fight for House Seat
Representative elect Weaver of Archeville arrives in Washington to hire counsel and contest charges by Britt challenging his congressional entitlement. He asserts he will prove a majority of votes were cast for him and expects the Supreme Court to affirm counting unmarked ballots. Weaver will answer Britt before February 16th.
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Archeville
Britt
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Attempt on King Alfonso’s Life Near Garanda
An abortive derailment attempt targeted the royal train carrying King Alfonso near Garanda and Aludia. A preceding freight train blocked the track. engineers cleared the obstacle and no damage occurred. Police detained two men, one found with code information.
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Madrid
Purin
Alfonso
Garanda
Aludia
Mississippi Third Dreadnaught Launched at Newport News
The battleship Mississippi, third of its name, was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding. Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Senator Vardaman attended. Miss Camille McBeath broke the champagne bottle. Daniels cited Dewey and Farragut as noted heroes connected to the ship’s historic lineage.
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Vardaman
House of Representatives
James River
Camille McBeath
Meridian
Mies
Old Point Comfort
Dam
Commodore Perry
Pacific
Japan
America
Geo. Dewey
Farragut
New Orleans
Manassas
Fort Hudson
Dewey
Migrating Instinct Drives Runaway Son Home From Chicago
A Peoria youth leaves for Chicago seeking fortune and returns after six months. A note to his father asks to meet under Slough Bridge with a blanket, illustrating the lure of leaving home. The tale underscores parental care and the value of home.
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The
Star Monthly
Peoria
Chicago
Dad
Slough Bridge
If joy and hope must die still can I upward fly
Quoted line attributed to Theodore Winthrop, expressing resilience and ascent beyond sorrow. The poem-like fragment reflects enduring hopeful spirit and uplift.
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Theodore Winthrop
Washington Prepares for the Reunion
The Confederate reunion in Washington is planned for June and likely to be the last big one. The Washington committee and veteran camps nationwide are coordinating events while railroads promote travel to the capital. One line, Greensboro to Danville, highlights a 48 mile stretch built by Confederate soldiers and later confiscated after the war, now maintained as a historic segment with few changes since.
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North Carolina
United States
Raider 18 carries three U boats in disguise
Buenos Aires reports pigmy submarines seventy eight feet long carried by the German raider that has damaged Allied shipping in Atlantic waters. The Netherby Hall captain said the raider holds three submarines with torpedoes and ammunition and can operate within a small radius.
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Buenos Aires
Atlantic
Netherby Hall
Pernambuco
Pernambuso
South American
Macedonia
Omrama
Pernambu
Radnorshire
Germany Will Follow The Emperor on War Birthday
German newspapers report loyalty to the emperor on his birthday with vows to stand by him through the war. Messages from across the empire express hope this will be the emperor’s last war birthday. The emperor pardoned many convicts and spent the day at German headquarters on the eastern front with the empress and high officials.
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Hague
Germany
Emperor Charles of
Austria-Hungary
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Zimmermann
von Hindenburg
End of Message But Notes Remain Ambiguous
The fragmentary text suggests a critique of medicine and mentions discomfort and constipation. It reads as a garbled admonition about trying something and notes about not reading something, with uncertain references to beverages and health.
American Troops Begin Return Toward U S Border
American forces under General Pershing retreat from Mexico line to the border. The advance guard moves toward Columbus New Mexico as the main body sets up temporary headquarters near Las Palomas Lakes. Refugees including Mormon families and Chinese residents follow, with a camp at Columbus to house about 1,000 people awaiting clearance to cross.
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Tex
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Colonia Dublan
Mexico
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Ojo de Federico
Las Palomas Lakes
Columbus
Dutch Governor Weds Pueblo Society Girl In Los Angeles
Capt Engelbert van Hoeversvoorde former Governor of Java marries Miss Alice Dugan a Pueblo Colorado socialite in Los Angeles after a short courtship. He was in the United States to purchase aeroplanes and they plan to settle in Batavia Java.
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Engelbert van Hoeversvoorde
Java
Alice Dugan
Pueblo
Col
Los Angeles
van Beversvoorde
Mins Dugan
Dugan
Leipzig
Switzerland
Jeanette Owen
France
Batavia
The Host Recommendation on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
A reader from Ohio recounts favorable use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in her home. The note highlights long term, casual endorsement and positive personal experience with the product.
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Thone
Kilgo Shapes Sunday Sermon Against Secular Gospel
Bishop John C Kilgo preached twice at Edenton Street Methodist Church urging the gospel over secular reforms He warned that faith must focus on eternal things not earthly relief He denounced reformers who would replace divine truth with secular programs and mocked quietist critics while delivering a powerful sermon with emphatic vivid imagery of Christ and Gethsemane.
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Raleigh
John C. Kilgo
Edenton Street
Jesus
Lazarus
Sis
Christ
Martha
Mary
Gethsemane
Kilgo
Goepel
Jesne James
Kilge
Canada will stay with Allies in war says White
New York January 27 Sir Thomas White Canada’s finance minister and Rudolph Lemieux MP reiterated Canada’s pledge to aid the British and continue the war to a triumphant end at a Canadian society dinner. They described the conflict as a battle of irreconcilable ideals and urged continued commitment until victory.
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