Lynching of a Negro in Brookhaven Missouri spark mob violence
El Pigot, accused of assaulting a young white woman near Brookhaven, was captured from custody and hanged from a telegraph pole as a mob of over 2000 took control. A battle with soldiers left two wounded, and Judge Wilkinson witnessed the lynching but could not prevent it. The episode follows a months‑long tension and a prior transfer from Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Miss
el Pigot
Miss Williams
Jackson Military Company
Court House
Pigot
Jackson
Frank Greer
Capital
Gev. Noel
Nexro
Lincoln County
Ruth
Wilkinson
Joseph Cole
Birmingham
Ala
Henry Thaxton
W. E. Hunstucker
Taft Keeps Busy With Meetings In Kansas City
Secretary of War Taft arrives from Washington and, flanked by Missouri Republican leaders, spends the day in conferences with state committeemen from Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. A banquet at the Missouri Republican club hall features E E McJimsey Herbert Hadley John McNeeley Selden Spencer and J M Grimes among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Taft
Washington
Grand Rapids
Mich
Tift
St. Louis
Walter 8. Dickey
Missouri Republican Central Committee
Missouri
Midland
Victor Rosewater
William Haywood
Nebraska State Central Committee
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri Republican Club
Association of Young Republicans of
Convention Hall
Nebraska
Mr. Taft
E. E. E. McJimsey
Springfield
Republican
Herbert S. Hadley
John D McNeeley
Limited train derailment near Delhi Ontario
The Continental Limited derailed westbound on the Wabash due to a broken rail at Delhi Ontario, 150 miles east of Detroit. No passengers or crew were seriously hurt. only bruises reported. Separate incidents: guard shoots prisoner at Cincinnati workhouse, killing George Benscusch after a confrontation. In Marion Illinois, city marshal William Abney fatally shoots Ambrose Grogan and Frank Blake during a street confrontation. coroner’s jury supports the act and Abney is later held on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Continental Limited
West Bound
Delhi
Ont
Division Super Intendent
Sims
Cincinnati
George Benscusch
John Devens
Benscusch
Devens
Marion
Ill
William Abney
Ambrose Grogan
Frank Blake
Abney
Field Estate to Pay One Million in Back-Tax Settlement
Chicago February 11 executors of the Marshall Field estate agreed to pay 1,000,000 to settle back tax claims pending for two years. The full claim stood at 1,730,000.
Night riders terrorize Adama Tenn farms
On February 8 night riders armed and mounted attacked Hugh C. Lawrence and Wash T. Vicker near Plane. They burned barns, destroyed about 20 000 pounds of tobacco, shot Lawrence and his son Bradley, beat a local man Motlow, and wounded the household during exchanges of fire. Both Lawrence and Vicker were described as Hill Billy members not unionists.
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Lawrence
Lawrences
Motlow
Vicker
Union
Fire sweeps New York apartment blaze. one woman dies
A basement origin five story building at West Seventieth Street and Columbus Avenue caught fire Friday, rising to the roof and endangering residents. Margaret Landon, 21, suffocated after being brought to the street. Four of eight families accounted for. several Scwartz family members on the fourth floor missing. Nearby, Cleveland Bakers and Confectioners Supply plant and J. M. Bour Company stock burned in a separate five story blaze on Huron Road with an estimated loss of 100000.
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New York
West Seventieth Street
Columbus Avenue
Margaret Landon
Fremen
Adolph Scwartz
Cleveland
Chandler
Huron Road
Cleveland Bakers’ and Confectioners’ Supply Company
J. M. Bour Company
Bloody work by robbers in Woburn raid
In Woburn Massachusetts on February 8 three armed highwaymen robbed two men in Burlington before moving to Woburn where they fired on officers Timothy Welsh and Edward ONeil. Welsh was wounded in the stomach and side while ONeil suffered a calf wound. They also shot the driver of a police wagon and injured a boy. A barber who tried to capture one robber was fired upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Mass
Burlington
William P. Adams
William Easex
Timothy E. Welsh
Edward T. O'Neil
Welsh
O'Neil
Dr Carl Hullhorst Dies in Asylum
Lincoln Nebraska February 8 Dr Carl Hullhorst former Presbyterian minister expelled for preaching heresies died Thursday evening at the state hospital for the insane from exposure and injuries after attempting to drown himself in a creek near the asylum He entered the asylum voluntarily ten days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hullhorst
Lincoln
Neb
State Hospital For
Game of Loggats Revived in Western Canada
A club in western Canada revives the old English game of loggats. Players throw a loggat or heavy disk toward a stake or use a horseshoe, the nearest to the mark wins. Shakespeare references and Stevens the commentator are cited, noting sheep shearing feasts and playful rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
America
Loggats
Stevens
Springfield Republican
Loves of a violinist and his Guadagnini passion
The violinist Ysaye compares love to a sultan's harem of fiddles and recounts an early infatuation with a Guadagnini. He once urged pawnbroker patience, then promised diamonds as security to secure the instrument, effectively marrying his first love among fiddles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ysaye
Hamburg
Diplomats and Doctors in Washington Exchange Jokes
Two diplomats in the house gallery in Washington leave with a quip about Voltaire and doctors who overstep their knowledge. A companion recalls a famed physician’s words to a patient panicking over indigestion, warning not to fear heart disease. Harper's Weekly notes the currency reform discussion.
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House
Washington
Voltaire
Where the Shoe Pinched
A husband recalls his wife’s mixed character, noting how she alternates between firm judgment and sudden obstinacy. He admits ongoing surprises in daily life from kitchen to church, as he struggles to understand her unwavering resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Randall
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Effective in Bottineau Testimony
A Bottineau resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved years of kidney pain and hip soreness after a local purchase at Bottineau Drug Co. The ad from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY promotes Doan's for sale at 60 cents. Also notices a public restaurant auction in Willow City ND set for February 1, 1908 at 2 PM by Rose & Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Murdock
M. E. Church
Bottineau
N. D
Doan
Bottineau Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Willow City
Rose & Rose
Pianoforte Tuition Offered at Bottineau Store
A late professor of the London College of Music will visit Johnsgaard's Piano Store in Bottineau on Mondays from 2 to 4 pm to receive pupils in pianoforte playing violin technique theory and related subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
College of Music
Johnsgaard
Bottineau
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MR. Morgan
McCutcheon
Chicago Daily Tribune
Leon
Cleveland, O
Lorain
National Tube Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Emery Cassell
Thomas Mills
Quincy
Ander
SEC
Wabash
Tennessee
Gotham
Dren
Woburn, Mass
Bristol
Roy Hi
Irby Davis
Lilly Davis
Ack Hale
Johnson City
Tenn
Frankfort
Beckham
Bradley
Watterson
McCreary
Allen
Wakefield
Greengard
G. K. Vikan
Greengard’s Clothing and Shoe Store
Bottineau, N. D
the People's Drug Store
Livingstone & Stewart
M. W. Mathews
F.N. C.M
the Star Bakery and Candy Kitchen
J. D. Kerns
North Dakota
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