Hot Stove Incident and Burglar Repairs Highlight Darting News
In a Suffolk report Linn Dennis, son of Mr. R. G. Dennis, suffered severe burns from a hot stove while reaching near an edge of the tub during a bath. Repairs proceed on county jail holes after burglar damage, with brick and cement work planned. Monday notes include sports and local happenings as Newport News ships plant plans a holiday shutdown.
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Linn Dennis
R. G. Dennis
Je. Culley
Barehall
James Witt
Suffolk
Ocean “View
Canali Frhak
Fundy
Maes Bresver
Higeins
Virginia
Ailver
W. OC
WM. Meavenin
Ayuatt Wah
Watsson
Troberts
AllChurch
Dorothiay
Noe McCarmick
Newport News
Hyrare
Cheatham
Carter Convicted in Rape Case in Hastings Court
Newport News dispatch reports S B Carter, a Black man, convicted of attempted rape of his 14 year old stepdaughter Lucy Tucker. Defense motions to set aside verdict and for new trial were overruled as Commonwealth accusations proceed to bill of exceptions and possible writ of error. The verdict follows an attack six months earlier in the Hastings area.
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Potin
Newport News
S. B. Carter
Lucy Tucker
Hastings
Messrs
Nelms and Wise
Antj
Ione Newton
Commonwealth
Jfkés
Carer
Carter
Digestive distress and stomach complaints described
Fragmentary notes describe indigestion and bilious conditions with coated tongue headache and bad taste. Mentions appetite loss, nausea, heat feeling, and cramps tied to meals or acidity. Includes stray pricing 50c to 1 and references to elixir or compound preparations.
Berkeley News and Visitations Reported in Local Item
Local notes detail visits by John Floyd of the Eastern Shore to his cousin Dr J B Floyd on Chestnut Street. Residents include W A Slaymaker and family, Master Jamies Davis heading to confront Mr Casteen’s family at South Mills, and several townsfolk traveling or returning home. Maritime updates mention the schooner Wm W. Ruten undergoing repairs and the Sarah launched at Thomas’ railway. Preaching and church notices follow with services at Malin Street Church and a Gospel service by the YOR.S.CL. district.
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John QR. Floyd
Eastern Shore
J. B. Floyd
Fimily
Chestnut Street
Hoode Titman
Washington, N Wis
Lowh
Dora Anse
Berth
George Williams
Mon- Wilank
Jamies Davis
Mr. Casteen
South Mills
Noc
Ruten
Thomas’ Railway
Sarah
Thonas
RL Walston
Berkley
Inge
Baltimore
Charles Hoge
Newport Newr
Montlant
Manile Whitley
Whitney
Henry Vile
Dramning
Samel Cross
WU. S.N
M. W. Butler
Bureaubhurch
Great Bridge
Propagating Roses by Sand Box Cuttings and Layering
A gardener describes two rose propagation methods from Fireside. For sand box cuttings she uses short three to four bud branches, partial breakage, a moist sand bed, and weekly checks to root indoors with glass cover for moisture. She notes layering as simpler and sure, bending a branch to touch soil and securing it, then covering the tip.
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Surmomer
Lightning Tales of Death and Revenge From river storms to feuds
A long, vivid retelling of deadly lightning encounters and gunfights, tracing legends from the Dickerson Burnham feud to Lucky Lawson killed by lightning. The narrative threads include storms that strike churches and ships, with dramatic scenes of men firing into the storm, riders at Big Bushy, and a mother and child spared by a lucky stroke of fate.
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Dickerson Duraham Fenti
Nther
Baby Escapes Mexican Lion Attack During Thunderstorm
In a tense incident near a thicket a baby slept as a Mexican lion crouched nearby. The animal leaped, landing inches from the sleeping infant, but fell dead just as thunder clapped. Mrs Pennington sought safety for her child as the baby awoke and smiled.
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Pennington
Doom of the Locomotive and the Electric Era
In a Leslie's Weekly inspired meditation the article recalls Oliver Evans and the race for speed on rails. It notes trains moved from breakfast in Washington to supper in New York, with limits of five hours and calls the locomotive the plowshare of civilization as electricity edges in and predictably reshapes travel.
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Leslie's Weekly
Oliver Evans
Washington
New York
Old Dominion and Carolina Railroad elects leaders in Petersburg
Stockholders in Petersburg elect Dr P Arland of Copenhagen Denmark as president and Charles Hall Davis as secretary treasurer. A board includes Henry Boydt Warren County N G John B Davis Warren Plains N C D H H Jackson and R B Davis Petersburg. They plan immediate track work from Warren Plains and La Cross. Observance of July 4 to include parades and a gold medal drill with local militia and volunteers.
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Petersburg
Old Dominion and Carolina Railroad Company
P. Arland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Charles Hall Davis
Henry Boydt
Warrenton
N. G
John B. Davis
Warren Plains
N. C
D. HH
Jackson
R. B. Davis
Ely
la Cross
Brunswick County
Old Dominion and Carolina
Richmond, Blackstone and Southern Railway
de Witt Smith
New York
Virginia and Carolina Railroad
J. C. Lifsey
W. H. Briggs
C. F. Lifsey
Ellyson
Scott
Lasaiter
United American Mechanics
Collier
J. W. Rosebro
D. D
Table Street Fresbyterian Church
Virginia Volunteers
Body found in Mount Penn camp identified as Josiah Schwenk
The decomposed body of Josiah Schwenk was found in the Hea sinn camp at Mount Penn. He had been missing since last Monday and is believed to have died by his own hand after a dispute with his wife. Schwenk was connected with a local brewery and was well to do.
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St. Louia
Lawson
Lawasin
Pever Leteur
Elm Grove
Wis Rt
Nechez City
Hin Wile
Neading
Mount Penn
Josiah Schwenk
Arts Green
Schwenk
Joe Jefferson to Retire After Fifth Avenue Farewell
New York on July 3 reports Joseph Jefferson will retire from the stage after his engagement at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in October 1898. During the farewell stint he will revive all the successes in which he has appeared.
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Joe Jefferson
Ayal
New York
Joseph Jefferson
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Mr. Jefferson
Mills Shut Down in Everett and Pemberton July 3
Notices posted in the Everett and Pemberton cotton mills inform the employer that operations would be suspended until Monday July 2th. No reason given for the shutdown. About 2,000 operatives affected across the two mills.
Death of John Evans Ex Governor of Colorado
Denver July 3 Ex Governor John Evans a leading Colorado figure since 1882 when named Governor of the Territory by President Lincoln died at 4 30 this afternoon He was 83 years old in Denver aged statesman and pioneer in territorial administration remembered for long service to the state and city
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Denver
Col
John Evans
Overado
Preallert Lincoln
Fragmentary OCR Summary Card
The readable bits describe a sparse, broken OCR fragment with unclear content and stray punctuation. No identifiable person, organization, place, date, or event is clearly readable for a factual headline or summary.
In the Land of the Sky a Beautiful Country Noted for Air
The Atlanta Journal describes Asheville as a bracing, dry climate resort with grand mountain vistas. It extols Piltmore House, Battery Park hotel views, and the Blue Ridge playground, noting rail routes from Salisbury to Old Fort, and a new Spartanburg schedule enabling weekend trips between Atlanta and Asheville.
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McKinsey
Ashevillé
Asheville
Major McKinley
Mr. McKissick
George W. Vendernilt
Battery Park
Salisbury
Southern Railroad
Governor Holt
Old Fort
Knob
Royal Gorge
Blue Ridge
Swannanoa
Battery Park Hotel
Rocky Mountains
Hominy Creek Gap
Piltmore House
French Broad
Pisgah
Sinal
Byron
Alps
Atlanta
Holston
Holsto River
Upper
Tennessee
Switzerland
Spartanburg
Macon
Midde Georgia
Land of the Sky
Holston River
Atlanta Journal
Remarkable shad migration behavior by fishery study
The United States Fishery Department notes young shad always return to their release place next year. Shad released near Cincinnati on the Ohio River return to that locale and not other tributaries, apparently guiding themselves once reaching Cairo by choosing the right-hand branch.
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United States Fishery Department
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cairo
Manufacturing Capital Invested in 26 Million Dollars
An English capital invested twenty six million dollars in the manufacturing sector as reported in the year. The article notes significant investment in automata and related industrial ventures, highlighting growth in automated production and capital deployment in 19th century industry.
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Automatia
Gayrla Geal
Baltimore merchants push for through stopovers on Southern routes
Baltimore merchants and manufacturers, aided by the Merchants Association, seek stopover privileges on tickets used by Southern traders. A New York conference with Joint Traffic Association renewers and the Trunk Line, Seaboard, and Atlantic Coast lines was held. Secretary Forrest will mail details to Mr Marmer and urge Southern railways to cooperate, with a committee likely to meet early this week to decide next steps.
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Baltimore Merccira
Southern Railway
Seaboard Adds Line
Allantic Coast Line
Heo
Southern Passenger Association
Baltimore
Forrest
Marmer
Trunk Line Association
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Man Divorced Finds Wife Still Managing Household Dinner
A San Diego man just granted a divorce returns home to a wife who keeps house as if still wed. The dining room is set for two and the wife sings, dinner is ready, just as in their early days. After meals she asks to keep her as housekeeper for twenty dollars a month and board.
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San Diego
Bargain Seals Quiet Union After Thirty-Two Years
After a tense history the couple cemented a favorable settlement on the spot. They have avoided major trouble since, living under a marital burden that kept both wary. They endure strict limits on freedom and dietary needs while staying together, content with an arrangement they believe will endure.
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Othey
Woman Farmer Buzzell Attracts Suitors By The Dozen
Mrs Addie Buzzell of Clinton Maine, aged thirty four, has been married and divorced five times. She now owns a large farm and keeps a guard dog and shotgun ready as dozens of suitors, including a wealthy divorced man, arrive from up to fifty miles away seeking marriage or property, while she vows to eject any persistent visitor.
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Addie WY
Wuzzell
Clinton
Mugzell
Famkly
Ashe
Iso
Buzzell
Buz
Young Woman Receives Freedom of No Don Don Public
A daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney receives the freedom of a local guild after writing a history of gardening. The event occurred in Chicago at the Od home while President McKinney attended a related gathering last week. The Worshipful Company of Gardeners granted the honor, highlighting notable literary contribution to horticulture.
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Seony Delk
Harry Newman
Wm. St. John
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Reformatory
Laurel
W. Turner
R. G. Bickford
Roanoke
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry-dock Company
Suh
W.A. Post
S. Jordan
Newport News Shipbuilding Andry-Dock Company
East
Jordan
Portland
W.ieee
Rae Teethi
Colle
Cha
Eres
Eumphray St Jseanes Mull
Mines
Baton
Seb
Jumber Verulina
Lucky Lawson
Notorius Dickson Burnham
Bie Busky
Dicksons
Burnham
Young Burnham
Dicksonl
Winchester
Dick&onz
Dirkson
Dickson
Youns Burnham
Louisiana
Mexico
Texas
Mra
Plum Creek
Doom OF the Locomotive
Rail Ramp Company
Carolina
Noeihoo
Colorio
Ain Etree
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Biltmore House
Mer
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Oxford
Hofheimer
Main Street
Norfolk
High Street
Portsmouth
Norfolk Virginian
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