Courtesy's Reward Illustrates Kindness On Rail Line
In 1901 Niagara Falls a New York Central conductor named H. S. Brown lent 15 cents to a penniless woman and her two daughters to reach their hotel after their purse was lost at the Pan American Exposition. A Philadelphia postmark letter followed describing the act and gifting Brown a new $1,000 bill as thanks. The note claimed the giver felt the amount trivial and urged its use promptly. It also mentions Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy for headaches and related ailments.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
H. Brown
New York
Brown
Philadelphia
Exposition
Proverbial remedy praised for fragile children
An old dairy proverb about churning with a penny mirrors mothers seeking strength for weak children. The ad touts Scott's Emulsion as a soothing cod liver oil treatment with hypophosphites, designed for delicate stomachs and paler children, noting easy taste and natural appeal.
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Scott
Government Cotton Report and Carnegie Library Offer News
Government Cotton Report from Washington shows 9 811 885 bales ginned by December 13 about 90.2 percent of the 1902 crop with a final county distribution to follow in March. Andrew Carnegie offers Philadelphia 1.5 million dollars to build 30 library branches with sites provided and maintenance of at least 85 000 per building yearly. main library funds already allocated. Fort Mill has two citizens over 90, Matthew Merritt and Stephen Sutton, with Sutton in frail health but able to walk long distances. Spartanburg reports 600 pensioners, the largest county total in the state.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Fort Mill Township
Matthew Merritt
Stephen Sutton
Merritt
Sutton
Yorkville Enquirer
Spartanburg
U.S
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Car
Oklahoma
Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
George W Williams Dead One of Charleston's Leading Bankers
George W. Williams, 83, a prominent Charleston banker and former head of the Carolina Savings Bank, died today. He built a large grocery cotton and fertilizer business after the war, had 50 partners, and reportedly divided over 21 million dollars in profits. He was estimated worth about 1.5 million. The report notes a spate of deaths among Charleston's wealthy.
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George W. Williams
Charleston
Williams
Carolina Savings Bank
Cure 4ld in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Claim promises a same day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Advertising copy states druggists will refund money if it fails, with E W Grove signature on each box and the box number 7250.
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Algwrn
Rome
E.W. Grove
Post Office Closure in Indianola Angers Southern Democrats
Washington reports Southern Democrats condemn President Roosevelt for suspending the Indianola Mississippi post office. Representative Gaines of Tennessee denounces the move as lawless andUnauthorized punishing an entire community for the acts of a few. He argues the president must execute laws, not suspend them, to avoid undermining the postal system nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Indianola
Miss
Gaines
Tennessee
New York
Indipola
Post Office
Robbed a Merchant Tied Him to Bed and House Fire
Birmingham, Alabama, January 6. David Church, a grocery merchant, was held up at his shop by two white men and a Negro who forced him to open his safe and hand over 69 dollars. They bound him to his bed and set the house on fire, preventing escape until the cords burned away. He escaped through a window to alarm others as the store burned, causing about 85,000 dollars in losses.
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Birmingham
Ala
David Church
Church
Four Die In Chicago Hotel Fire Tragedy
Chicago January 6 a blaze at the Sothersett hotel killed four people who leaped from windows and left others injured. The report notes the tragedy as a stark reminder of fire danger in crowded lodging houses.
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Chicago
Ill
Sothersett Hotel
Discovery praised as life lengthening remedy by editor Downey
The notice proclaims Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption as infallible for coughs, colds and grip, promising instant relief and a cure for pneumonia or consumption. Read by readers via J. F. Mackay's Co. and Crawford Bros. in Churubusco Indiana.
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O. H. Downey
Churubusco
Ind
Dr. King
J. F. Mackay
Crawford Bro’s
Would Not Testify Plame Hall Case Seeks Pardon
The Columbia Record reports a white woman, Plame Hall, confined for seven years in a peniten tiary. Proponents claim her innocence based on religious scruples against taking an oath and a letter to Ferrell. Judge Ferrell’s murder conviction of her husband Watson Ball rests on his confession and alleged exoneration. Her attorney, Mr. Clayton, contends the correspondence proves innocence, but Hall refused to testify citing faith in Holiness and Sanctified believers. A pardon petition loops to the governor, who has not acted yet.
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Columbia _ Record
Plame Hall
Ferrell
Marlboro
Watson Ball
Clayton
Florence
The Secret of Long Life in Health Reform Ad
The advertisement proclaims longevity results from healthy organs and quick disease germ destruction. Electric Bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood and restore appetite. They claim to cure kidney troubles female complaints nervous diseases constipation dyspepsia malaria and boost vigor. Priced 50 cents and guaranteed by Crawford Bros and J F Mackey & Co Druggists.
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Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Punished by His Father Young Manning Kills Himself
In Waycross Georgia a 12 year old boy named Manning, son of Jonathan Manning, shot himself to death yesterday four miles from Patterson. He had been punished by his father and had threatened to kill him before. He placed the shotgun on the ground and pulled the trigger with a stick, the blast blowing off the top of his head.
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Young Manning
Waycross
Dan
Jonathan Manning
Patterson
Gold and Silver Production in United States Report
The United States produced 80,853,073 dollars worth of gold and 41,040,025 dollars of silver in the past year. South Carolina contributed 147,928 dollars in gold and 18,152 dollars in silver.
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United States
South
Alina
Burglars Light Haul In Greensboro Five Stores
Greensboro detectives report burglars entered five Greensboro businesses last night and escaped with about 38 dollars. A safe was battered, another damaged, a key taken, and the thieves found only limited cash at a wholesale grocery after a watchman fired several shots as they fled. No one was hurt.
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Greensboro
N. C
Best Possible Advice in a Chicago Horse Theft Case
A Chicago lawyer recounts defending a penniless horse thief after a judge appointed him. In court, the client mocked the idea of a lawyer and rode away on a horse from the rack in the building. Police pursued, catching him before leaving the city limits, while the lawyer claims his streetwise counsel was sound.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
You Know What You Are Taking When You Take Grove’s Chill Tonic
An old time drug advertisement promotes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. It claims the formula shows ample iron and quinine in a tasteless preparation. The pitch emphasizes no cure no pay and a price of 60 cents per bottle.
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Grove
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