Memorial Day Observances Honor Confederate Heroes in SC
South Carolina marked Memorial Day with tributes across towns to Confederate soldiers. Charleston led ceremonies in the capitol square and cemeteries with wreaths, flowers, and prayers. Columbia opened the Confederate Home for aged veterans, while cities from Aiken to Sumter held addresses and decorations. Noted sculptor F Wellington Ruckstuhl visited Columbia for monument planning. Peggy Clark, aged 107, was identified as the state’s oldest living woman.
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Washington Square
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Columbia
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Confederacy
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York County
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Aiken
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Sumter
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Newberry
Marion
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New York
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Clurze
Ruckstull
Ruckstuhl
Hampton Monument
John C. Calhoun
Washington
Sailsbury
North Carolina
Injured Youth Doing Well After Engine Incident
Special from Gaffney reports George Stephenson badly hurt Friday night when dragged under a locomotive on the dummy line. Doctors say continued improvement may prevent foot amputation. Eyewitnesses were surprised the injuries were not more serious.
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Gaffney
George Stephenson
Demorest Comic Actor Shot Before Performance
Laurens district reports Ross Wilson of the Demorest Comedy Company accidentally shot Thursday night by Dick Lewis just before the Opera House show. The bullet struck the lower abdomen and physicians fear he will die before morning. Dr. B. Earle of Greenville was summoned. Wilson was married and a native of Sullivan.
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T. Ross Wilson
Demorest Comedy Company
Dick Lewis
Opera House
B. Earle
Greenville
Wilson
Sullivan
Aiken to Welcome Soldiers for 3rd Regiment Camp
Aiken welcomes the 3rd regiment for its annual summer encampment. The city plans to ensure soldiers enjoy their stay and may prepare a camping ground at Eustis Park, a large one hundred acre site on the city edge.
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Aiken
Eustis Park
The Rural Editor at a Sixth Ohio Editorial Meeting
An article recounts Me d Dumars reading at the Ohio Editorial Association meeting in June 1959. It reflects on a printer journalist’s rise and fall, his influence on a town, and the moral urging national presses toward independence and integrity.
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Ohio Editorial Association
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Aston On
Dami
Springfield
Sue
Gil
Fragmented Text on Governance and Power
A garbled passage discusses relations between rulers and a people, noting limits on guiding destinies and caution against extending political power. It reflects concern that the governed should not overreach or claim immediate autonomy, suggesting a restrained approach to political influence.
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Philippines
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Porto Rico
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House of Delegates To Refuse To Pass the Necessary Appropriation Bills. Mr. Taft
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Delegatia
Saya
Te Island
Guilty of Manslaughter in Haines Case Ruling
Verdict of manslaughter returned in the trial of Pete Co Hite over the killing of William E. Annis in Flushing New York. Jury deliberated after a lengthy session and found the defendant guilty of a lesser charge than murder. defense witnesses and affidavits referenced. The judge warned of potential retrial as a possible remedy.
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Haines
Wm. E. Annis
Flushing
N.Y
Agnis
Stlieghiee
Pinssini
Jeno
Night Riders Convicted in Tenn. Waverly case peers
In Waverly Tennessee ten men linked to the night riders organization were convicted after a whipping incident on October 15. Each received 10 days in jail and a $500 fine. They were remanded to jail with a guard and face a new trial motion next Wednesday. Defendants include Wyatt Cowart Charles Diten Warren Walter Warton Divine ly Charles Topper Walter Gordon George Hodge Harry Marshall Jim Muro John Moran Wylie Sanders Sam Dickerson and Frank Estes. The indictment alleged masked assaults with intent to harm and unlawful paragon in disguise on premises with a broken weapon during an assault and battery attempt.
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Waverly
Tenn
Lowcile
Might Riders
Esquire
J. Meee
Thyere
Wyatt Cowart
Charlee Diten
Warren
Walter Warton
Dim Divinely
Charles Topper
Walter Gordon
George Hodge
Harry Marshall
Jim Muro
John Moran
Wylie Sanders
Sam Dickerson
Frank Estes
New Orleans Celebrates Mississippi Waterway Progress
New Orleans marked a milestone in the Mississippi River navigation program with a formal reception for river improvements and the transit of a ceremonial mail ship. Officials highlighted deep waterways development and public interest in river commerce as a week of events unfolded with local leaders and dignitaries in attendance.
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Las
Ervat
Mississippi
Paulo
St Charles
Postal Strike and Police Ambush Reported in Untold Turmoil
A postal employees strike disrupts service with widespread protests and a tense scene at the Hippodrome. Meanwhile an ambush near Zumgera results in the deaths of the lieutenant and twelve policemen as British forces move to suppress the uprising.
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Paria
Gwistal
Tnd
Teilike
GUO
British West Africa
Nyaldo Liew
A. Vanrenen
Cmnis Fleet
Niverki
Supreme Court likely to hear naval stores case from Savannah
Savannah Ga. case against the American Naval Stores Co. previously ruled against five defendants. The Sherman antitrust provisions are challenged as to their penal provisions, with the question expected to rise to the U.S. Supreme Court for decision.
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Supreme Court
Savannah
Speen
Tay Pwittine
Rust
American Naval Stores Company
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Naval Stores
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