Confederate Colonel Coxe and the Civil War substitutes
A long, vivid reminiscence centers on Colonel Coxe a Confederate veteran born in Rutherford North Carolina who hired substitutes to serve in both Confederate and Union armies and later fled to Paris. The piece links his self-blame over his substitutes deaths to a broader war memory and notes an 18th century ancestral reach across several southern states.
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Asbuville
Roth
Coxe
Démbhynd
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Texan
Arkansas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Col. Coxe
Rutherford
Sampson
Yanke
Prograss
Pennsylvania
Ie Troublen
Jufternon Davin
United States
Paris
Tax Return Office Opens for 1904 in Joone County SC
The Auditor’s Office will operate from January through February 1904 to receive personal and real estate tax returns in Joone County South Carolina. Taxpayer convenience provided with deputized staff and listed local agent stops at Woolbright’s Oakway and Adama’s Crossing with specified hours.
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C. W. Iighford
Ofc
Joonne County
South Carolina
Hia
W. N. Woolbright
Jauney
Hendship
Ip My Oakway
Tod P
Adama
Siemaon College
Newry
Bulow
Jooassco
Tueaday
Brown's
Little River
Cherry Hill
Tamasnoo
Kelley's
Conley's
Caonon'a
Sinn
D. P. Carter's
Tugaloo
Fort Madison
J.P. Rees
Oconey County
C. Noomber
Nue
Latimer backs general road cooperation bill in United States
Washington reports Senator Latimer strong for a general commission plan to foster interstate road cooperation. Latimer will push a three member commission appointed by the President, signaling nonpartisan US efforts in road building with Arkansas and other states hosting major industrial talks next month.
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Successe
United States
Latimer
Office of
Publicanda Inquirica
Congress
Little Rock
Ark
Aldreve
Tragic Troquois Theatre Fire Leaves Hundreds Dead
A devastating blaze at the Troquois Theatre in Chicago killed hundreds and injured many more as panic and crush of spectators halted escape. The fire began in the stage wings during Mr Bluebeard, with bodies piled in aisles and a theatre capacity of 1700. Firemen counted 200 to 800 dead initially, later reports varied, as makeshift hospitals formed in nearby stores and restaurants. The catastrophe overwhelmed law enforcement and the public, with identification efforts ongoing and the theatre’s ownership and designers noted.
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L. W. Hankell
Haskell
General Assembly
Texas
Columbia
Mont Awful
Troquois
Iso
Mr. Bluebeard
Screame
Orion
Campion
Lunetifty
Qpcond
Gatheanid
Chicago
Eddie Foy
Harry Gillai
Herbert Cawthorne
Bonnie Maginn
Frank Young
Bessie DeVoio
Rouse of Amusement
Randolph Street
Deaborn Street
George A. Fuller
Will J. Davis
Harry J. Powers
Nixon and Zimmerman
Philadelphia
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Uncommon Colds and a Patent Remedy Claim
An excerpt discusses distinguishing common colds from uncommon ones, noting dangers to lungs and mentioning Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy. It critiques unverified cures and highlights confusion between common and serious respiratory illnesses with references to a patent remedy.
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Pierce
Bern
Law and budget talk in state assembly’s health and finance issues
The piece surveys the upcoming legislature tackling finances and state spending, with Governor Hayward prioritizing revenue measures, a tax commission report, and potential extra circuit courts. It notes the Law and Order League aiming to curb the dispensary and outlines plans for an immigration bureau and state commissions on Hampton monument and state house work. It also includes an ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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Hayward
Tax Commission
Theron
Law and Order League
League
Ita
Hampton Monument
State House
State House Commission
Irrigated Comparison at Congress Sparks Rancher’s Take
An Southwest rancher joined Delegate Rodey in a Washington gallery and commented on the session. Rodey called the assembly “a fair, average lot of legislature” despite limited clarity among members. The exchange captures a wary, humorous view of the congressional mood.
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Congress
Rodey
New Mexico
Rodby
Timimadora
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