Fire destroys Kellogg Sanitarium on hill in Battle Creek
Fire rips through the Seventh Day Adventist Kellogg Sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan destroying the building and hospital, with property losses estimated around 318000 to 400000. Four hundred inmates escaped as staff guided them through corridors amid smoke. one serious injury reported to Mrs. H Daniels of Eldorado Arkansas who fell or jumped from a fire escape on the third floor. The building will be rebuilt. repercussions include broader church matters under Westminster Confession review and Presbyterian debates reflected in this era’s religious discourse.
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Dispensary election in Floyd County ends with 187 vote lead
Rome Georgia February 20 The dispensary wins Floyd County by 187 votes amid calm streets and no major disorder. Lawyers Denny Harris vow to fight the measure on constitutional grounds as they press continued opposition to the liquor policy. Nearby Spartanburg reports a fatal power plant accident injuring three workers and causing city blackouts.
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Spartanburg
Gastad Electric Company
J. L. Wile von, Pike
Spartanburg Herald
Elvetsie Company
Wah
Cannibals Kill French Scientific Mission in New Guinea
A Paris La Patrie letter from survivor M Rouyer describes the cannibal massacre of a French scientific mission aboard the Salvatti off Silveraka New Guinea on January 1. Natives attacked after a seemingly friendly reception, killing 32 or more and leaving bodies, including Baron Villars Count de Saint Remy and M Hagenbeck, missing M Vries. rescue by Dr Forster and others ended in a violent clash.
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Cannibala
Silveraka
New Guinea
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New Gainea
Baron Villars
Count de Stromy
M. Haagenbock
M. Vries
Hamed Remier
Baron Villara
Count de Saint Remy
M. Hagenbeck
Corpaex
Dr. Forster
Talbert's Dinner Tale Sparks Racial Mockery
A Washington Post recounts Representative Talbert of South Capos Hina using a racist dinner anecdote about a negro preacher to illustrate his campaign prose. The spoof ends with Talbert quipping that “nothing but a insect will save me,” while an ad promotes Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin wounds, a common 19th century patent remedy.
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South Capos Hina
Washington Post
South Carolina
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Conte
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St Paul
Avli
Aayas Krom
W. Holl
Outbreak at Sheriff’s House as Black Outlaws Battle Town
A riot erupts when two Black outlaws assault Deputy Sheriff Charles yearwoay in the afternoon. They flee from the jailer’s residence after clashing with Mrs Lane, who loses a public safety item amid screams drawing a crowd. White men George Stafford and Willa Porter are badly hurt, Lee Graham is killed, and the fugitives escape after a volley of shots. Meanwhile a legal dispute over dispensary law surfaces as Chief Justice Molvor hears arguments on constitutional exemptions for certain counties.
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Jallwe
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Ellie
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No Grace
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Scrab
Willa Porter
Sherif
Lee Graham
Molvor
Choraw
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Lake City
W. G.thipp
Eng
Supreme Court
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Marion
Seneca
Oconee
Lnw
Thippeus
Flovence
Mims
Sandy Cathartic Drone and a Hardworking Abbeville Farmer
Mr Joseph N Nance of Abbeville county runs a two horse farm with prime cotton yields and fine corn ears. His crop produced thirty nine thousand pounds of weed cotton and twenty nine bales, with one hundred fifty bushels of sweet potatoes and twenty five bushels per acre of corn. His pen vine hay stock fills his barn as he builds a thriving farm praised by a Due West correspondent.
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Abbeville County
Nance
Abbeville
Baniwor
Republicans Claim to Spend on Navy to Guard Merchant Fleet
The Republicans argue that we ought to spend 6100,000,000 on our navy to fit it to guard our merchant marine and spend millions more in bounties for the merchant marine. They say how to get rid of a surplus never worries the Republicans as quoted by the Savannah News.
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Texas letter touts state as land of plenty and reform
A Texas reader praises Texas as a resource rich state with diverse soils crops like cotton wheat and oats, strong wages, good laws and education. He recalls old editors, notes emigration prospects, and laments changes since 1882 while highlighting churches and land availability. A mixture of local items follows including a collision in Marshalltown and an earthquake toll in Tilly Russia with casualty figures and ongoing recovery.
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Texas
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Oconee
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Joncxes
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Phillips
Negro settlement notes provoke fear in Vincennes county
In Wheatland county the black community is described as quiet but facing prejudice. A flyer signed Wirebuge warned that any man employing or housing a negro laborer after March first would have their houses burned after April’s end. Reportedly twenty one of one hundred tested were unfit, most suffering heart trouble.
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Indiana
Wheatland
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