The Silver Question a Quiet Johnson Johnson Campaign
John Jonneon travels small gatherings in Laurens South Carolina as he campaigns for Congress. The piece presents his free coinage sermon arguing the currency must reflect labor sacrifice, discussing money value, silver coinage, and Democratic support for restoring silver to the mints, with references to Tillman and broader fiscal theory.
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Greenville
5. C
Joon Jonneon
Jaurens
Congress
Hle
Tilman
Millman
Johnson
Tillman
John Stuart Mill
South Carolina
New York
Bicycle tire explosion blinds Lyman Parks in Indiana
Jeffersonville Aug 23 A pneumatic bicycle tire explosion blinded Lyman Parks twenty and son of Dr Floyd Thomas director of Indiana prison South. He was en route to Corydon when the air tube burst. after fitting a new tube the second tire also exploded.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Lyman Parks
Floyd Thomas
Indiana Prison South
Parka
Corydon
Parks
Appeal to Charity for Pullman Strikers Destitute
Governor Allgeld urges Illinois citizens to aid ex Pullman Company workers facing hunger after a three month relief effort. About 1,000 families or 6,000 people are destitute with 1,600 old employees still at work and the rest unable to leave to seek food.
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Cricado
Pullman Company
Allgeld
State of
Illinois
Chicago
Pullman
Sullman
Itslef
Cook County
Pullman Itelief Committee
Kensington
Altveld
George M. Pullman
Cgrovernor
Pullmaa Teem Spritsfield
Vollman
Ilinois
Javielature
Three lynched Negroes in Ila after rape case
News from Mayo Ila reports that three unidentified black men, said to be from Georgia, were hanged for the rape of Miss Pert last Tuesday. Confessions by two led to a third suspect being executed as vigilante anger runs high. Miss Pert remains severely injured and hopes of recovery fade.
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Jacksonville
Ila
Mayo
Miss Port
Georgia
Miss Pert
Sno O'Y
Death of Col J M Winstead in Richmond balcony plunge
Col J M Winstead president of Piedmont and Peoples banks Greensboro NC committed suicide by leaping 95 feet from a City Hall balcony near the clock tower in Richmond. He appeared calm before the act and his death was sudden with no stated motive. His nephew said there was no reason for the suicide.
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Richmond
J. M. Winstead
Piedmont
Greensboro
N.C
Ile
Colonel Winstead
Danville
South Carolina Press Association Adopts Resolutions At Pawleys Island
The South Carolina State Press Association meets at Pawleys Island for its second and final day. Officers are elected for the year and multiple resolutions praise railroad and steamboat officials, hospitality in Georgetown, and invitations to hold future meetings in Columbia and Sumter.
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Pawley's Island
South Carolina State Press Association
N.G. Gonzales
Association
Gonzales
Colombia
Osteen
Sumter
Columbia
Osteven
IT. Aull
I. M. Ayer
IT. G. Osteen
C. C. Langston
F. Melchers
Sidi I. Brown
Messrs. Gonzales
Clarke
Browne
N. M. Ayer
A. L. Andrews
Southern Railway Company
M. Emerson
Atlantic Coast Mine
W. J. Craig
Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
E.P
Josiah Dear
Georgetown
Capt
Springs
Congdon
Manivault Light Dragoons
Winthrop Williams
Pawley’s Island
Ghreeb
C, IL
Prince
Marriages Linked in Unconventional Shuffle of Wives
Judge William Price presided at two weddings as Edward Monday married Mrs. Miste Harrison and Thomas Illison wed Lizzie McDermott. Each bride had been previously married to the other's former spouse, with recent divorces tying the new pairs. The couples remain on cordial terms and shared wedding wardrobes.
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William Price
Miste Harrison
Edward Monday
Lizzie McDermott
Thomas Illison
Monday
Killgon
Jelson
Munday
L.lilson
Lilson
Millson
Ice plant accident ends in fatal blast on Craca Street
Joseph Issinger, driving a truck of ammonia for an ice maker, was killed instantly when a tank exploded on Craca Street. He was hurled twenty feet and torn by the blast through a tree. Cause of the explosion was not determined.
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Burrano
Joseph Issinger
Craca Street
Bissinger
Ile
Three Drowned Near Baton Rouge In Amite River
News from Baton Rouge reports a drowning incident on the Amite River where three young women, Miss Mary Lee Read, Miss Belle Chambers, and Miss Elenore Garland, lost their lives while helping a swimmer in distress. The tragedy cast gloom over the capital city.
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Baton Rouge
Mary Lee Read
Belle Chambers
Elenore Garland
A Serious Charge About a Personal Letter in Columbia
An unsigned card to the editor of the Register in Columbia South Carolina August 24 1804 accuses the paper of publishing a private letter from June 27 regarding Butler’s State Senate bid. The writer alleges Dr Byrd Florence County discussed a letter found in Bass’s pocket and hints at political manipulation and possible theft of papers.
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CoLumbia
S. C
Register
5. C
The
Bass
Butler
State Senate
Mass
Ditor
Byrd
Florence County
Florence
Sam
Timmonsville
Dr. Byrd
McCall
Lass
Tillman Attacks Cleveland at Columbia Address
Gov. Tillman spoke on Main Street to about three hundred people in Columbia, half reformers, receiving jeers at times. He ridiculed city management as controlled by antagonists to the state and vowed to critique President Cleveland for breaking the Democratic platform. He said Cleveland allied with eastern powers to keep currency tight and predicted his own replacement would keep the people down.
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United States
Rocky Mountains
Australia
Germany
Congress
Gladstone
House of Commons
Ile
Ingland
England
Taurens
London
Liverpool
Milwaukee
Janivens
New York
Pacific
Atlantic
Tillman
Columbia
S.C
Main Street
Ila
Cleveland
Cotton Exchange Allows Sugar Bag Cloth Delivery
New York August 21 The New York Cotton Exchange board resolves that cotton covered by sugar bag cloth is a valid delivery under the exchange rules and instructs the secretary to inform Southern exchanges and others interested of the ruling after extensive discussion and input.
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New York
Board of Managers
New York Cotton Exchange
Woman Thought Dead Revived After Interment Near Madisonville
In Madisonville Texas on August 19 Mrs Succinda Allen suffered colic at Midway. After six hours of care she was pronounced dead and prepared for burial. As the funeral procession started a neighbor begged for a final view and found signs of animation. The coffin was opened and she was placed in a tub of water where she revived and escaped burial alive.
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Madisonville
Tex
Midway
This County
Succinda Allen
Whyslering
Aiken case to decide 1893 dispensary law in extra session
The Aiken case is chosen as test for the 1893 dispensary act and its constitutionality. Governor Tillman requests an extra session of the South Carolina Supreme Court to hear exceptions from Judge Aldrich’s decision, with Chief Justice McIver to preside and Justices Pope and Gary joining. The agreement outlines the relators and respondents objections and supports a rapid hearing in an upcoming session.
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Columnbtia
Aiken
United States Supreme Court
Alkenhaya
State Supreme Court
Larber
Tillman
Buchanan
McIver
Pope
Eugene Gary
Aldrich
Supreme Court of
South Carolina
Llonor
James Aldrich
State of
United States
Osmund W. Bugitanan
General Assembly
Congress of the
City of Aiken
G. W. Croft
Woopwarp
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