Spanish War Claims and Curious Global Notes 1906
The Spanish War Claims Commission may review over 30 million dollars in claims by American citizens now in Cuba and in relation to Spanish and Cuban interests. Names cited include Horris Azer Orazy and Cornelia de Otaza among others seeking compensation for arrests, losses, and damages. Also noted are dress fashions in Lunatri, Hawkeye State history, and fruit waste in apple production leading to jelly factories.
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State Department
Spanish War Claims Commission
Cuba
Horris Azer
Senora
Cornelia de Otaza
Victor Hohenstein
Sam
Francesco J. Lavrien
Samuel T. Tolon
California
Lunatri
Portage
Wis
Reduce Cotton Acreage and Diversify Crops Advised
The Atlanta Journal urges Georgia farmers to attend county meetings next Saturday in April to advocate reducing cotton acreage and diversifying crops. It warns low fall cotton prices may return, urges shifting to grain vegetables and other staples, and notes 11 to 10 million bale scenarios with various price outcomes. It cites cotton’s impact on prices and advises prudent farming changes.
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Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Big Dry Goods Combine Rumors Stir Markets
Announcement from J Pierpont Morgan & Co New York seeks subs for a 20 million dollar Associated Merchants Company merger. Packages include half interests in I B Clark and Adams Dry Goods New York and acquisition of James McCreery store. Robbery hits Darlington Dispensary with $20 stolen after intruders gained access via skylight and back door. Potential Chinese minister address eyed for Columbia with Senator McLaurin planned to speak in Charlotte and invited to Columbia.
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J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
New York
Associated Merchants Company
I. B. Clarl Company
Adams Dry Goods Company
New York City
Darlington
Ile
Manufacturers Club
Columbia
Charlotte
Columb
McLaurin
Columbion
Alleged Moore Estate Heirs and Paris Night Lights
The article notes Mrs. McSweeney as a potential heir to a vast English estate valued at 149 million dollars from Colonial Governor Moore. It mentions Mr. Southwood Smith as another heir in the state and hints at others pursuing the estate. Paris requires lamps on all night vehicles, a safety rule cited with glittering avenues.
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McSweeney
England
Moore
Southwood Smith
Garnett
Paris
Rice irrigation growth across South Atlantic states
Rico irrigation in the South shows rice cultivation expanding from South Carolina and Georgia two centuries ago to Louisiana Texas and beyond. A census schedule seeks data on irrigation methods costs and input for a comprehensive bulletin on the industry while Booker T. Washington reflects on labor history and the shift toward industry over politics in the Negro community.
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Washington, D.C
Rico
South Atlantic
Gulf States
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
South Carolind
Mississippi
Booker ‘II
Washington
New York
South
Notable figures and events in brief regional notes
Gen G N Anderson died in Anniston Alabama. Recruits for the navy arrived in Norfolk. Riverside cotton workers in Danville Va have struck. Treasury Secretary buys bonds to reduce surplus. Atlanta reports 60,000 mules sold in past year. Harrison re elected Chicago mayor by large margin. Third National Bank Boston cuts capital by 1 million. McLaurin’s political maneuvering may aid Charleston Exposition. Ben Tillman touts self made status. A Conn company forms with 20000 capital for fur skin business. Black cat skin worth 50 cents. South Carolina fruit regions fear crop loss but crop deemed safe. Census agriculture plans urge prompt replies from plantation owners. Mish Commission to harvest more shad eyes. Bamberg farmers oppose cotton acreage rise and push diversification. Fashionable winter scene at Aiken suggests women on horses, playing baseball. Polo and cross country fields show Joan of Arc style riding. Pain relief ad notes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
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G. N. Anderson
Tige
Anniston
Ala
Navy
Ohio
Norfolk
Riverside
Umnius
Danville
Secretary of the Treasury
Atlanta Daily News
Atlanta
Ter Harrison
Chicago
Third National Banke of
Boston
Post
Charleston
McLaurin
Charleston Post
Tillman
Senator McLaurin
Evening Post
Ben Tillman
Ben
Louisville Courier Journal
Winstead
Conn
Ing. Diack
Southarolina
Lkely
L. G. Powers
Census Ofice
Washington
D.C
Bamberg
Aiken
Joan of Arc
Bright Boys Started In Business
Advert reads Grit Publishing Co seeking agents in Oconee County towns Clem son College Newry Oakway Salem Jonesea West Union and more. Work is profitable and pleasant with free supplies and no upfront cost. Papers shipped with end of month payment. those not sold are not charged. Respond to Keowoo Journal.
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Pennsylvania
Grit
South Carolina
Jonpablo
Oconoo County
Clemson College
Newry
Oakway
Salem
3Oneea
West Union
Grit Publishing Co
Willamaport
Y's
Keowoo Journal
Confederate veteran pension debate stirs race tensions
Local papers question John Mitchell the free negro cook who received a pension for service in the Confederate era. Greenwood protest claims no enlistment or combat duty, arguing funds should stay with white veterans and that Mitchell never fired a gun. The debate highlights shifting memories and racial attitudes as reunions fade.
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C. M. Calhoun
Greenwood
John Mitchell
Abraham Lincoln
Fio
Petersburg
Abbeville
Tutt's Liver Pills Endorsed By Satisfied User From Virginia
Twenty years of liver trouble relieved by Tutt's Liver Pills lauded as an absolute cure for sick headache dyspepsia sour stomach constipation and related disorders. A Virginia writer from Chilesburg reports personal cure and urges others to use the remedy.
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Tutt
R. P. Smith
Chilesburg
Talkin Love at Due West College Card History
Abbeville Medium recalls the Due West Female College since 1861, noting 629 graduates with 800 marriages, 31 partial graduates with 17 marriages, and many graduates becoming preachers, doctors, or missionaries while reflecting on past sweethearts and courtship in a nostalgic, humorous tone.
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Due West Female College
Dootora
Rot
Chure
Abbeville
Memphis Pots for Confederate Veterans Fest Weathers Rates
Memphis has raised funds for Confederate veterans entertainment with $60,000 already and $16,000 more in sight, aiming to exceed Louisville’s reunion. The Southern Railway offers reduced rates from North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia for veterans, with specific travel windows and group discounts for uniforms. Local chatter hints at political tension involving Senator McLaurin and Latimer's expo exhibit push.
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Memphia
United Confederate Veterans
Theo
Sidiera
Tennessee City
River Soong
News and Courier
Memphis
Louisville
Grand Army of the Republic
Tennessee
Southern Railway
Asheville
Charlotte
North Carolina
Tennillo
Savannah
Georgia
South Carolina
Augusta
W. H.tayloe
Atlanta
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests What You Eat
Treasury Department estimates wasteful year production of currency and stamps in 1901. It projects 76 million people each receiving about ten dollars in new bills and 107.5 million new bills of various denominations. Postal use surges with 4 billion stamps and 1 billion cent stamps expected. Special delivery letters rise with one in ten people sending one this year.
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Treasury Department
Lureau
Huring
United States
DeWitt & Co
Phrpnet
J. W. BE
Bishop Keener Claims Eden Site in Charleston
The Macon News notes Bishop Keener publishes a book arguing the Garden of Eden lay where Charleston, S.C., now stands and asserts Charlestonians broadly support the view.
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Bishop Keener
Charleston
Fertilizer Ad Promotes Potash Content and Free Pamphlets
A brief advertisement from German Kali Works at 93 Nassau Street New York urges farmers to use fertilizer with enough Potash. It mentions pamphlets with details available free upon request.
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Nassau St
New York
Morgan eyes private Panama Canal plan backed by syndicate
The New York World reports J Pierpont Morgan may back completing the canal by buying French rights for about ten million dollars and funding American capital to finish the work. He would push to drop the Nicaragua project and gain a U S controlled route, with an estimated twenty million dollars needed.
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New York World
J. Pierpont Morgan
Panama Canal
Morgan
United States
Nicaragua
Atlantic
Pacific
Aneb
Fast Line Schedule P R R Co Charleston to Columbia
Pickens R R Co and Atlantic Coast Line publish a condensed passenger schedule effective February 24 linking Charleston and Columbia with upper South and North Carolina towns including Hendersonville Greenville Clinton Newberry Prosperity and Columbia along the Asheville route via Saint Lianop. Emerson and Kenly sign with notes on trains and general passenger operations.
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Charleston
Columbia
Upper South Carolina
North Carolina
Asheville
Hendersonville Spartanking
Greenville
Lawrons
Clinton
Newberry
Prosperityscee
Saint Lianop
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