Chinese Torture Traditions and a Railroad Trial Tale
A grotesque account details Chinese discipline and torture methods used on rebellious troops with vivid descriptions of paddling, mutilation, beheadings, and executions. The text also recounts a trial scene where a lawyer humorously argues about relative speeds of a mule and buggy versus a steam train, punctuated by Dennis the boy and a shark encounter ending in a dramatic, humorous capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pee Dee
Spears
Townsend and
Rogers
Col Livingston
Col. Livingston
Hugey
Col. Idvingston
Pig Wights Shark on Ship Deck in Odd Sea Tale
Providence dispatch reports aboard the Marguerite a pig named Dennis from Norfolk aided a seven foot shark encounter on deck during a voyage off Fire Island. Captain Fred Babbitt notes the shark attacked, the crew fought it off, and meat was thrown overboard to lure the shark away, preserving the pet pig's gentle nature.
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Sea Monster
Parker
Fred &. Babbitt
Marguerite
Norfolk
Providence Dispatch
Borth Dennis
Vemanl
Bayted
Vriday
Isnland
Babbitt
Berpoon
Farmers' Union organizes South Carolina warehouse company
Following the July 26 27 1911 South Carolina State Farmers Union meeting in Columbia a committee led by H H Morrison McClellanville B F Keller Cameron BL Harris Pendleton and Alred Aldrich Barnwell formed the Farmers Union Warehouse Company of South Carolina They applied to the Secretary of State for corporate commission The capital stock will be 200000 with potential rise to 500000 shares at 10 each The company aims to run a general warehouse business storing and trading cotton and farm products with an active county by county capital-raising drive.
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South Carolina State Farmers’ Union
Columbia
Farmers’ Union Warehouse Company of
South Carolina
T. Morrison
McClellanville
B. F. Keller
Cameron
S. c
State Farmers’ Union
Secretary of State For Commission
Be Independent How to Get a Fair Price for Cotton Year
An editorial urges farmers to act now to protect cotton prices amid a likely big crop. It recommends individual steps like building feed stocks, killing hogs, growing vegetables, managing poultry and cattle, and forming co operative marketing plans with bankers. It also urges keeping tenants from flooding the market and stresses collective action to stabilize prices.
New Hospital Aims to Treat Spiritual Ailments in Chicago
Bishop W. A. Vie of the Methodist Episcopal Church announces a plan to establish a hospital in Chicago to care for spiritual ailments. The facility would offer scientifically guided, sound gospel care to help patients live a Christian life and resist daily temptations, addressing perceived spiritual wickedness in the city.
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Chicago
W. A. Vie
Methodist Biscopal
O Broktris
Lee
Ian Tr
Gattining Ain Plana
Pamire
Wickedussa
Wicked campaign plans by ressive Ingeaisoum
A dubious plan described as wicked, with satanic framing, promises to minister in hospitals by prayer and kindness. It asserts the cure will be more lively than mending physical illness, suggesting a controversial approach to medical care and spiritual intervention.
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Ingeaisoum
Planth of Potatoes Produces Pickled Peppers Yams
The State reports P. J Buckner showed a basket of strange home grown yams created from potato slips. Five years in cultivation yielded bizarre forms resembling ants and vegetables, with some yams producing cotton balls or pickled peppers, while others tasted fine with flowers in a curious agricultural oddity. Mr. Rucker notes one yam even resembled a cotton bale, and warns many varieties are not fit for publication.
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P. J Buckner
Tenderloin Swindlers Use Old Trick On Glass Diamonds
William Snyder, owner of a North Ninth Street resort, was cheated by two women posing as thieves in a Market Street jewelry scheme. He loaned $3500 to buy six glass stones he mistook for diamonds, then the swindlers vanished with the stones after snatching two from his hand. Police seek their arrest.
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Market Street
William Snyder
North Ninth Street
Snyder
Philadelphia
Southern view from Dr Mitchell on western travels
Dr Mitchell of the University of South Carolina sums up his West tour noting how the South enjoys climate soil and resources superior to other regions. He cites heat and drought contrast, temperate climate, and a rich heritage to argue the South should leverage natural advantages with humility.
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Mitchell
University
University of South Carolina
West
South
Dolnta
India
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Gerce
L. Shelton
Anthony
Kan
Pla
Kanias Jo
Dennis
Denis
Pig Wights
Sousthan Swift
T. W. Bethea
Dillon
Dr. Miles
Mrs. Ferrier
Lynn St
Lincoln
Neb
B. Miles Medical Co
Elwharts Ina
New
Rock Hill
Aes
Rock Mill Buggy Company
Rock Mill, Seath Carving
Emlaott
Dillon Wiwlesale Grocary
A. D. Brown
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co
St. Louis
Hostom
Enrie
North Carolina
Luprent Scales Co
Winston-Salem
11.C
Vo Moody
Santen
Marton
Dillon Cometia
Belek
P. D. Real Estate
Ageeny Mallins
Schofield Engines
Hest
Ls, Schofule's Sons CO
Fiead
Macon
West Trade Street
Charlotte
N.C
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