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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
2
Readable fragments from multiple 19th or early 20th century newspapers quote different voices on public service posterity and a proverbs laden tale about Maree George. The piece references political stances on Nicaragua Venezuela and baseball clubs, with a humorous dialect story about a hard winter and saving money.
While touring an artist’s salon, President Grevy reacted to a displeasing painting with a bold remark. The cicerone claimed the work was his, prompting the president to admit a strategic sales tactic used in France by starting by running down the item before buying it.
A Paris municipal report by M. Eimile Mansard notes 500000 vehicles in the city and 66000 accidents in 1909 from 1563 vehicles, with 69000 omnibus or tram travelers and 294,017,000 railway passengers. The piece also cites William James Kant’s strict morning routine and focus on mental work, keeping to two hours of early work daily until meals and social engagement in the afternoon.
A mangled OCR excerpt shows a noisy dialogue about writing order and spelling. The garbled lines exhibit attempts to discuss chapters, pages, and sequence, but readability is severely limited. No identifiable people, places, or events are clearly recoverable from the fragment.
The young balloonist Jenny Prinz perished in a fatal aviation accident at Ashary Park New Jersey after a double parachute failed to save her. Eyewitnesses reported multiple parachute deployments with one failing ropes snapping as Prinz fell hundreds of feet before crashing into a tree.
Idaho Senator W. Be Heyburn interrupted a Wallace Idaho gathering when the orchestra began a medley including Dixie. He denounced it as a Republican meeting saying no disturbances. The musicians stopped and the mayor then closed the meeting.
Louisianan officials schedule a public vote on August 15 to authorize a special revenue plan amid a broader debate over suffrage and trade. The report notes a New Orleans assembly pushing for changes, with references to Paname exports and local fiscal measures.
Dispatches report cotton at 93 a bale with big prices. Camilla paid 50000 for 800 bales from Bush plantation from the 1909 crop. In Leesburg a bale of newer cotton sold for high price. McMurray contract holder is accused after witness Hollman says he was paid to secure contracts and sign documents.
Creditors of the defunct Dedaraet City book fore await a first dividend after 50 years. Receiver John Griggs will distribute 3,705 among the creditors, following long legal battles over the estate dating back to 1872 and 1888, with the bank collapsing earlier.
A convoluted report alleges railroad officials conspired to defraud investors in a Memphis car venture, with hundreds of thousands of dollars misdirected and diverted via a complex decree. The tale ties to Illinois Central operations and a probe into fraudulent payments, while naming W. S. King and others in alleged schemes and settlements.
Catherine Roth, 13, allegedly avenged a wrong by striking Pasquale Relpe, 18, with an axe as he stood in his doorway, killing him instantly. Eyewitnesses heard her cry for vengeance. Postal Banks in Small Cities and a preliminary Taft report discuss plans for postal savings banks and pilot tests in smaller communities before broader adoption.
Special County Ordinary Judge Wingfield said he received a widow’s petition for two Confederate veteran pensions. The woman, widowed twice, had one husband killed in battle and remarried after the war. Widows under $1,500 earn a $60 annual pension.
In Staunton Virginia a limestone dissolution has caused widespread ground collapse. A two story house and a large tree have been swallowed into the earth as cracks widen. Many residences are sinking and abandoned. The town fears further caving near public buildings including the post office and school. Geological survey chief Van Horn travels to investigate with officials attributing ground instability to water percolating limestone.
Nashville report notes Governor Patterson proposes to waive Democratic nomination for a third term if Democrats oppose him. He suggests a new primary with the condition that only Democrats who joined the Republicans vote. Greensboro dispatch mentions North Carolina baring a historic gathering and party platform reforms, including self government and nominations for Supreme Court and the Corporation Commission.
Seaboard Air Line north bound train No B84 struck a standing excursion train returning from Durham under the Union depot shed in Raleigh at 1 10 Friday morning. One new man named William Jordan was killed and a colored man from Norfolk was fatally injured. Others sustained injuries, about a half dozen.
The Special The aver age American ate 82 pounds of sugar last year, the most in history. The total sugar used across the nation is estimated at seven and a half billion pounds, with only a few years nearing or exceeding the 7,000,000,000 mark.
Henry Jackson, son of Justice Hevweell EB. Jackson, appointed collector of internal revenue for this district of Georgia. He is brother-in-law of Mayor Robert F. Musdux and helped organize the State League in Georgia, taking part in Taft era activities.
Fragmented report details the death of Miss Wardlaw in jail and the suspected starvation tied to alleged relations with her niece. It notes other family indictments and possible trials, with mentions of Christiansburg Virginia and history of Ovey Snead. Cooper death in Atlanta is briefly referenced alongside local ties to New York and Paris connections.
Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York City was shot in the head while on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Promenade deck by James J. Gallagher, a discharged city employee, and was overpowered and arrested. Bulletins described his condition as unclear with septic risks. doctors warned recovery could take more than a week as he remained in the danger zone.
In Savannah Georgia a Confederate veteran named Bessinger was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for stabbing James Payne to death on May 30. He wore a Confederate cross of honor in court, which Judge Charlton condemned as improper and said could prejudice the jury. Bessinger and Payne had been partners in a grocery business and quarreled over money before the fatal incident.
A blaze in Boston's wholesale lumber district caused losses up to a million dollars. Originating from unknown causes in the lumber yards of Blacker & Shepard at Dover and Albany streets, the fire rapidly grew, triggering a general alarm—the first in ten minutes since 1872.
Special counsel Louis Flood says the deaths of Virginia Wardlaw and Ocey Snead will not interfere with proceedings against the third killer in the Ocean County Bath tub mystery case. Autops show Wardlaw died of strangulation. Wardlaw to be buried near Ocey Snead. Crippen references noted in unrelated jail and Antwerp theft detail.
A Bluefield special vote outcome in West Virginia shows 3 to 2 support for saloons by the state sub court of Charleston. An appeal from a county court had blocked permits despite authorities granting them, while another case criticizes Northern Negroes and reports on a Baptist College appeal in Washington.
Chicago railroads consider informing special passengers through onboard dissertations by contractors and train staff about new free rates and financial implications. A pamphlet among 40,000 Illinois Central workers aims to study the war question and unite employees to understand aerial conditions from a financial viewpoint, hoping to sway three or four opposed men within a year.
Rate advances in the freight rate of a stock of 214 cents per hundred pounds between Missouri river and Mississippi river points were suspended August 15 pending an Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the reasonableness of the increases. Immigrants Pouring Into America discusses alien admissions by country for the fiscal year ending June 30, with Italy leading among natives and additional counts for other nationalities.
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