Bloody shirt in campaign stirs sectional blame
The article argues Republicans revive the bloody shirt to attack the South, detailing how northern and southern factions used it to push regional loyalties. It cites Congressman Fess of Ohio praising southern-leaning leadership and lists committees seen as shaping policy, noting militia figures and rural credit criticisms tied to southern gains.
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Virginia
Georgia
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Mixed Smiths fill Anson County court docket
Judge Cline presides in Wadesboro as a busy term presents eight murder charges with four defendants named Smith and eight witnesses all Smiths. The docket includes embezzlement burglary bigamy seduction and ten capital offenses plus eighty three lesser felonies over the week.
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Cline
Superior Court
Wadesboro
Red Cheeked Beauties of Western North Carolina Apples
The West and North Carolina apple crop is packed and shipped from Haywood county to northern markets. Despite a good yield after flood damage, producers lack organization and would gain much from a trade name like Western North Carolina Apples. Barrels are filled in the open with onlookers watching good sound apples from top to bottom.
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Haywood County
North Carolina
Monument Investment Brings No Worth in Men's View
A man feels he wastes his money when funding a monument, thinking the vesting of funds offers little value. The remark reflects a sentiment on public monuments and personal spending priorities.
Environment Shapes Character and Growth in All People
The piece argues that environment governs personal development, comparing humans to a grape that cannot be grown identically elsewhere. It claims individuals are formed by soil climate and surroundings, absorbing from books, people, and home culture. It asserts manners, associations, and occupations leave lasting traces on character and life outcomes.
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Owen Smail Marden
France
Wan
Bule
Land Monopoly and Poverty Tied to Progress
Correspondence from The Journal reports President Wilson speaking in New York City on January 3, 1913. He condemns land and mineral hoarding by corporations, linking idle holdings to higher rents, elevated freight rates, and rising living costs. He argues taxation and dividends on idle land distort public wealth for private gain. The piece notes railroads as large landholders and critiques the system that makes poverty follow progress.
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New York City
Wilson
New Jersey
Railroad
United States
Peoples
How to Give Good Advice Expands through Example
A short moral urges setting a good example to influence others. It notes how quickly you recover from a cold by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and suggests imitators will follow your lead. The remedy is described as time tested and widely available.
Maine and Maine Maine Maine
Captain S A Ashe returning from Washington says he regrets Senator Johnson's defeat in Maine but believes it does not reflect national political trends. He notes Maine stands apart on railroad strikes and the shipping law, while Western states push to prevent the strike and protect their products and vessels.
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Maine
Ashe
News and Observer
S.A. Ashe
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Johnson
Hughes
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An advertising notice claims Sloan's Liniment relieves rheumatism and neuralgia after rain, quickly penetrates without rubbing, soothes sore joints and exhausted muscles, and aids minor injuries in children. bottle sold by druggists for 25 cents.
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Sloan
Chief Barrett and the Monroe Pool Hall Arrest
A historical Marshville Journal recounts Chief Ernest Barrett and Officer Croft Griffin detaining a drunk man at a negro pool room near the passenger station. After failure to obey, Barrett struck the man with a black jack, knocking him down as a crowd jeered. The incident ends with the man ordered to snap to and his hat knocked off.
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Monroe
Croft Griffin
Dru Herren
Negro Pool Room
Griffin
Mr. Barrett
Murderer with scar caught for New York murder
Arthur Walton alias John Lind, a barber, was arrested in Ironwood Michigan for the 1915 strangling of New York widow Mrs Elizabeth Nichols and theft of 28000 in jewels and cash. The killer, identified by a scar on a barber shop employee, confessed and will be taken to New York for trial.
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New York
Michigan
Ironwood
Mich
Arthur Walton
John Lind
Elizabeth Nicholas
Waltonen
Nicholas
East 791 Street
Bin
Taluy
Waukegan, AL
Walter Point
Nichols
Weston
A Farwell Lazy Day Poem Fragment
A fragmentary verse recalls a fading lazy day with katydids, birds quiet, and frost near. The speaker laments waning leisure, noting roses withered and time for play ending as folks must get up and push forward.
Dr King's New Life Pills Ad Promo
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a gentle laxative to clear the system and remove impurities. It claims accumulated waste poisons the blood and causes dizziness biliousness and pimply skin, promising a free full bowel movement by morning at your druggist.
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Dr. King
Dr King
Fayetteville Chamber Seeks Federal Plant for City
Fayetteville chambers press to secure a government armor plate plant for the city. Officials say Congress authorized the project and the chamber of commerce will advance Fayetteville’s claims in hearings and lobbying efforts.
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Fayetteville
Congress
Lanes
Chamber of Commerce
Well enough when he sees it says Miss Cayenne
A sharp exchange ends with Miss Cayenne noting that a man must recognize when something is well enough. She quips that a truly wise man can see when to stop, while the bluffing man tends to stumble through life.
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Miss Cayenne
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