Influenza in South Carolina in the early republic
Ramsay recounts 1789 and 1807 outbreaks in Charleston and surrounding areas, noting high mortality among negroes and the elderly, widespread illness in Charleston and Georgetown Beaufort, and medical practices of the era. It describes symptoms including nasal discharge hoarseness dull pain eyes and chest tightness, with varied outcomes from mild to fatal pneumonia or pleurisy.
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South
Somoe
Ramsay
South Carolina
United States
Carolina
Rais
William Alston
Chaleston
Charleston
Georgetown
Beaufort
Charles Town
Colored People in Oklahoma Plan to colonize Cherokee Strip
A Topeka report says four thousand colored residents exist in Oklahoma and push for colonization in the West. Prominent Black leaders seek a commission to negotiate with the Cherokee Nation to buy land on the strip for exclusive settlement, arguing federal funds could buy lands at home rather than Africa.
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Oklahoma
St. Louis Republic
Topeka
Kan
Garrett
Arived
Hosaya
Mason
Mississippi
Cherokee Strip
Harrison
United States Senate
Africa
Powe
Itacolumite Elastic Sandstone Found Across States
The Asheville Citizen notes elastic sandstone known as itacolumite occurs in South ern Nevada, Georgia, and California, with claims of North Carolina presence in Linville mountains Burke and McDowell counties. The stone bends like rubber, can be drawn and compressed in any direction, and acts as a universal joint.
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Charleston Sun
Nevada
Georgia
California
North Carolina
Linville
Burke
McDowell
North Carolina Line
Asheville
A Gift of Negroes to New England
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt argues moving surplus southern Black labor to the North could ease household and farm labor shortages. It envisions schools to train cooks maids and nurses, followed by male relatives seeking North farm work, a gradual, natural shift rather than abrupt. The passage notes a sworn-in member of Congress, Sams J Randall, at his Washington residence.
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Middle
New England
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sams
J. Randall
Louse
The Butlers and Camberons in Spite of Politics
Portrait of Wellington Lotter and Senator M. O. Butler tracing a lifelong bond with the Cameron Butler friendship. A tale of reconciliation after political rifts, sparked by Pierce Butler aiding General Cameron against bribery charges and sealing kinship across generations.
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Wellington Lotter
M. O. Butler
South Carolina
Palmetto
Pierce Butler
Congress
Senate
Senator Butler
Stoffman
Simon Cameron
United States
Bigler
Cameron
United States Senate
Pennsylvania
Butler
General Cameron
Simon
Don
M.C. Butler
Moonshiners' Prank on Atlanta Deputy Collector
A deputy collector from Atlanta faced an encounter on a moonlit Rockdale bridge on December 28 where five to six armed men blocked his path, forced him to drink, swore him to never return to Stockdale County, and returned him to town in a drunken state after a rough ordeal. Officials near the case withheld names, urging discretion.
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Atlanta
Rockdale County
Rockdale
Ile
Stockdale County
Disastrous Brooklyn church collapse scar the town
An appalling disaster in Brooklyn followed a night of high winds. The new Presbyterian church at 296 Throop avenue lost a wall at 4 80 am, crashing onto a three story frame building next door. The Hott and Purdy families occupied the ruined building, nine people in all. Five dead, two rescued severely injured, others seriously hurt as fatalities loom.
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New York
Brooklyn
New Presbyterian
Throop Avenue
Hott
Farmer Barber Claims High Crop and Big Profits
Mr. F. H. Barber, a prominent York County farmer from Richburg, discusses his yield of 260 bales from 26 mules and his earnings from wages and the Fishing Creek factory. He advocates shared farming, high fertilizer use, and long hours, asserting farming offers greater returns than stores or factories. He notes ownership roles with Fishing Creek Manufacturing and recent private telephone links among his sites.
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Yorkville
8. C
Enquirer
F. H. Barber
York County
Ric
Fou Thousan
York
Uirer
Fishing Creek
Barber
Fishing Creek Manufacturing Company
Lesslie’s
Richburg
Grady monument fund nears fifteen thousand dollars
Atlanta leads as subscriptions accumulate for the Henry W. Grady monument fund. Early donors are mostly from Atlanta with hopeful signs that other Georgia towns will increase total contributions. The largest contribution came from the Fourth National Bank of New York, sending five hundred dollars in a telegram from J. Edward Simmons.
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Grady
Atlanta
Georgia
Fourth National Bank of New York
Fourth National Bank of
City of
New York
Ienry W. Grady
J. Epward Simmons
Street Car Collision Kills Two On Fourth Street
A Tuesday morning street car on Fourth Street in St Louis jumped a broken electric line and derailed. The crash killed two men instantly and stunned bystanders.
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Fourth 5. Louis
Plucky Arkansas Family Struggles After Train Misadventure
Patsy Cook fifteen and Faunie Cook eleven, with six siblings, traveled from Arkansas to Birmingham to North Carolina after parents died of pneumonia. Birmingham police arranged a pass to Charlotte for the two girls, with uncles and aunts awaiting in North Carolina. The other children walked toward home as officers and the city warden coordinate support.
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Arkanans
North Carolin
Atlanta Journal
Georgia Pacific
Birmingham
North Carolina
Fannie
Journal
Patsy Cook
Faunie Cook
Arkansas
Wayne County
Goldburg
Woodruff County
War
Eddie
Papa
Mamma
Agor
Charlotte
Mob lashes interracial couple in Spartanburg incident
A white woman and a black man living together near Cherokee were attacked by masked men in Spartanburg. The man escaped after a scuffle. the woman was beaten and forced to flee toward Howard Gap Road. Local whites aimed to press charges, but vigilante action triggered by cross race relations led the couple to depart the state.
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Spartanburg
William Davis
Davis
Columbia
Howard Gap
Atlanta Constitution
Spartanburg County
John Hall
Vast miscellany of world facts rattles newspapers
A wide range of tidbits: Jamaica railways bought by an American syndicate. rabbit-proof fencing across New South Wales and Queensland. Arizona cattle brands totaling twenty two volumes. Baldwin works target of 1000 locomotives this year. Ice on Mount Shasta and Panama Canal probe by French engineers. Railway license fees in Baltimore. Vanderbilts engagement. Mary Anderson in Nice denies engagement rumors. Multiple political and legal notes follow including church votes, executions, and notable deaths.
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Jamaica
New South Wales
Queensland
Fibre from okra eyed as jute substitute in the South
The Department of Agriculture reports a sample of okra fibre from Edgefield County has been received and its preparation process is requested. Southwide interest grows in using the fibre for bagging and rope, with a Richland County inventor pursuing machines and a stock company to scale production. Also notes Japan flood toll including thousands killed or displaced and vast agricultural damage.
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Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Rusk
Will
Edgefield County
Columbia Regists
Democratic caucus nominates Brice for U S Senator
In Coumnon O Jan 9 the caucus official vote shows Brice leading on the first ballot with 20 votes to 31 for Thomas and 23 for Neal. On the second ballot Brice gains 53 to 13 for McMahon and 8 for Thomas, with Brice declared unanimously nominated.
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Coumnon
Democratic Caucus Tonight
United States
Brice
McMahon
Thomas
Jeney
Baker
Hunt
McQueeney
Doddes
Neal
Outhwaite
Seney
Judge Kelly Dend Passes Away at 62 in Washington
Washington January 9 Congressmen William D. Kelly of Pennsylvania died at 6 20 this evening from intestinal catarrh in his 76th year. Judge Kelly was born in Philadelphia on April 12 1814.
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Washington
Wm. D. Kelly
Pennsylvania
Judge Kelly
Philadelphia
Contempt for Provincial Journalism Sparks Dress Ethics Debate
A Buffalo Commercial letter criticizes New York papers for personal attacks on private individuals in society reporting. It cites bouquets at dances and a Mrs dress description as examples of insensitivity and loss of privacy, arguing ladies deserve respect and decorum in journalism.
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New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Chicago
Builaio Commercial
Progress of the New South shows surge in southern industry
The Manufactur ers report that 5,135 new manufacturing and mining enterprises were organized in the South in 1889, up from 3,618 in 1888 and 3,430 in 1887. Capital stock reached 229 million dollars in 1889, with a four year total of 13,700 enterprises across iron, mills, cotton, lumber, canning, and other sectors.
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Baltimore
South
Louisiana official poses as mine magnate in Honduras
A Louisiana official, Maj. I. A. Burke, is reported in Honduras with support from an English syndicate. He has been received by President General Bogran, gained concessions, and controls mining in the Olancho province. Burke bonds American investors to his venture while machinery and gold from the mines signal early activity.
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New Orleans
Monduras
Maj. I. A. Burke
Louisiana
Republc
Honduras
Burke
Republic
Bogran
Borran
Olancho
Major Burke
Judicalpa
New York
San Francisco
United
Quinine Shortage and Rail Car Debate in Berlin
A reader notes widespread concerns that three-fourths of quinine pills in some cities are ineffective compounds. In Berlin a German railroad meeting featured Pref. Georing urging adoption of the American railcar system enabling reading and writing, criticizing the current German travel style as outmoded while urging progress in railway cars.
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German Railroad Society
Berlin
Peef
Germany
Rookes
Pianos and Organs Sold Direct From Factory at Columbia
Pianer and Ordanns advertises machines at 22 Main Street Columbia offering Chickering and Mathualyek Vinny pianos and Mason & Hamlin uprights plus Sterling organs. Prices start at $206 for pianos and $50 for organs with six months’ warranty and fifteen days trial, no agents’ commissions.
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N. W. Trump
Main Street
Columbia
Sella Pianos and Organs
Chickering
Mathualyek Vinny
Masory& Hamlin
Sterliag
Cae & Haulin Organs
Seery
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