Parker Telegram Sparks Democratic Debate Across Nominating Convention
The piece reports on Judge Parker's bold telegram to the convention declaring support for the gold standard and urging action if the platform remains silent. It notes praise from Senator Daniel and Col. Guffey, as well as positive editorials from the Washington Post and Philadelphia Record, framing Parker as courageous and loyal to his principles. It also mentions cotton price woes and Elkins voters’ warm reception for Henry G. Davis in St Louis.
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Parker
Daniel
Virginia
Col
Guffey
Pensylvania
Washington Post
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Charlotte Observer
Port Arthur and surrounding actions July battles reported
A European observer from Port Arthur reports a Japanese torpedo attack Sunday morning that was repulsed with no losses. He notes heavy fighting around Port Arthur on July 7 with Russian losses exceeding a thousand killed and hundreds wounded arriving on July 8. Reports from Yin Kow and Kar Chou say Japanese ships patrolled offshore as land forces advance toward Leche Kian with possible simultaneous landings. Kai Chou saw a sequence of skirmishes on July 7 and 8 ending in Gen Sokoku’s troops occupying the town.
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Chee Mun
Nee
Port Arthur
Lafelock
Jabanese
Ins
Yin Kow
Kar Chou
Gen 1Oku
Jury Mistrial In Acquittal Case Sparks Tempest
Special to The State Manning July 10. A morning crowd gathered for a verdict of acquittal but one juror remained unconvinced forcing a mistrial. Judge Aldrich urged reconsideration, the foreman and jurors said no. Magistrate You mans was released on bail. Editor T J Drew Dead Hartsville July 10. T J Drew died at 6 pm at his home age 30. He was editor and proprietor of the Darlington County Messenger. A new manufacturing enterprise to start at Whitmire to make handkerchiefs. Parker attended Episcopal church Sunday morning and helped with the collection. A Erie Railroad passenger train collided with an excursion train Sunday killing seventeen and injuring fifty. A negro was lynched in Houston Miss for attempted assault on a white woman Sunday. The czar issued a ukase calling 447000 recruits. With Japan’s fight, more than enough recruits needed. Five good second hand sewing machines at a bargain.
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Manning
Aldrich
Youmans
Erie Railroad
Houston
Miss
Special Notice on Lancaster Cotton Mills Stock Sale
Subject to prior sale and withdrawal, fifty shares or any part thereof of the Lancaster Cotton Mills 7 percent Preferred stock at ninety dollars per share net. Henry W. Thomson, 5S Morgan Square, Spartanburg. July 4, 1904. Im.
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Lancaster Cotton Mills
Henry W. Thomson
Morgan Square
Spartanburg
Fiddler Byrum Caught After Louisiana Killing Revealed
Texas Sheriff Lawler pursued Jack Byrum alias LaFayette Jackson alias John Wyatt, a Chester man famed as a fiddler. Byrum, wanted for murder in two states, confessed to killing a man in Louisiana after 16 years on the run, leading to his capture in Chester. The case ties a famed fiddler to a long pursuit and inter-state warrant.
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Jack Byram
Chester
Lawler
Texas
Byrom
Norment
Sheri
Byrum
LaFayette Jackson
John Wyatt
Joseph Watson
Manyrum
Ice factory ships forty tons daily to state demand
The Progress notes the Union ice factory produces about forty tons per day for local use, with four hundred tons shipped to various parts of the state. The Valdosta Times calls Grover Cleveland the great fixed star of the Democratic party and says Bryan was a meteor that soon burned out, as per the Savannah Press.
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Union
Valdosta
Grover Cleveland
Bryan
Savannah Press
Shoes and Prices Claim Honest Value Offer
A local ad promotes the Godman and Drew-Selby line of shoes claiming the store will beat all competitors on price with honesty and integrity. It emphasizes no quoted prices, pledges profit to live on, and asserts prices will be higher than any rival and that their claims are undeniable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville Enquirer
Godman
Drew-Selby
The Best Lines on Earth Shoes Guarantee Quality
An advertisement touts shoes with solid leather sole and counter and double toe tip. It promises a free replacement if any pair fails. It mocks rivals and claims Douglas line is renowned, asserting their cow leather shoes do not use pasteboard like others.
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Douglas
SPECIL DRIVE ON WINTER WEAR AT COST AT STROUSE BROS
Overstocked clothing sale at Strouse & Bros offering suits at cost with a written guarantee that fabrics will not fade or shrink. The store promotes a wide stock of clothing and a full Nation department, plus groceries at low prices.
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Strouse & Bros Clothing
Nation Department
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Thurlow S. Carter
Ee Veve
Elkins
W. Va
Henry G. Davis
St. Louis
Stroman Bis
Neil de List
T. J. Drew
Hartsville
T. J Drow
Drew
Mart
Lucas
Darlington County Messenger
Whitmire
Episcopal
Atlanta Journal
J. Byram
Chester Man
Louisiana
Byram
Sherif Lawler
Montgomery County
Jelic
Specil
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