Tragic shooting and near train wreck report from state
June 12 Happenings In the State reports Jon Williams Butler a young boy accidentally shot himself with an unloaded pistol during a prank. an inquest is set for tomorrow. Bennettsville recounts a Coast Line train escape after a washout east of Tatum left rails and ties damaged but no injuries. Valhalla notes frost in low areas with mornings cool. townspeople describe overworn coats and chilly start.
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Bamberg
Jon Williams Butler
Bennettsville
Coast Line
Fayetteville
Tatum
Costly Jim Gilmore Escapes From Chester Jail
The Columbia Record reports that Jim Gilmore, a Negro man, and ally Will Talbert broke jail in Chester after the local military company had protected Gilmore from Lowryville. They returned to Lowryville and robbed the post office. The state has already paid about 175 for two days of military service and a special train. A reward request has been sent to the executive department. Descriptions list Gilmore as about 30, 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, light ginger cake complexion, thin mustache, and erect in bearing.
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Chester
Lowryville
Jim Gilmore
Gilmore
Talbert
Executive Department
Chester County
Death by Own Action In Charleston
In Charleston June 11 I Sorentrue a 45 year old retired Orangeburg merchant committed death by own action at the Argyle hotel by drinking carbolic acid mixed with soda. Sorentrue a man of prominence in Orangeburg and Barnwell counties married a daughter of Simon Brown of Barnwell and is survived by his wife and three children.
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Charleston
Saluda Mountain disaster followed by arson reports
News from Asheville North Carolina details a massive landslide on Saluda Mountain near Tryon closing the railroad between Asheville and Spartanburg. Rail traffic is halted for weeks, with passengers rerouted and freight traffic annihilated as crews work to clear the tracks amid ongoing safety fears.
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Saluda Mountain
Asheville
North Carolina
Tryon
N.C
Link Mountain
Nocl
Spartanburs
Cavers
Kansas City flood relief appeal seeks urgent aid
A Kansas City Kansas relief committee declares local charity insufficient for flood victims in Kansas City Kansas and surrounding wards. About 23 000 people in the city are homeless or dependent on aid with thousands more needing food clothing and household goods for weeks. Donations should go to Thomas B Gilbert mayor Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kun
Hood
Kans
Thomas B. Gilbert
Kan
Obstinacy Versus Firmness in Self and Others
A Chicago Post quote contrasts obstinacy and firmness, noting that stubbornness in oneself equals firmness, while firmness in others becomes obstinacy. The remark explores perception and characterization of resolve across self and others.
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Chicago Post
Two Lads Die in Peculiar Wheat Bin Accident
In Ishville Tennessee two boys Henry Smith and Mush Lanier aged between six and eight were smothered to death while playing in a wheat bin at Gallatin mills. They vanished at supper time yesterday prompting a search. Their naked bodies were recovered at the bin bottom this morning, drawn by the suction of an exhausted train through an elevator chute.
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Ishville, Tenn
Dane Lo
Gallatin
Henry Smith
Mush Lanier
In the Stilly Night. Abe the druggist sleepily wakes
A garbled Philadelphia Ledger snippet shows a man ringing the night bell and asking to look into a directory to see where he lives, with Abe the druggist responding in a sleepy, puzzled manner.
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Abe
Philadelphia Ledger
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