Turpentine Drops and Grains Reported Statewide
Statewide items note turpentine and grain product drops from the east and north while southern staples include peanuts and cotton seed. Wilmington strawberries sell 1 8 to 10 cents per quart as burglary worries grow in Charlotte and crops face hurricane-like insect and frost challenges across Bladen, Davie, and surrounding counties.
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Wilmington
Charlotte
Wilmington Star
Wilmington Review
Bladen County
Pat Williams
Davidson College
Chicago
A M. Waddell
Teachers’ Assembly
Morehead City
Grand Central Hotel
Asheville
N. P. Chedester
Mitchell & Son
Hillsboro Observer
Joseph H. Latta
Sanford Express
Sanford
Winston
Uncle Sam
Hickory Press
D. I. Abernathy
S.J. Austin
Bostian Bridge
Postal Telegraph Company
Darban
Releigh
Cu Ee
Ranson
Swepsonville
Airy Advertiser
Olvernymore
Airy News
Ity
Whiteville
Columbus
Lexington
Vom
Robesonian
The
Fair Association
Graham Gleaner
East Carolina
New Berne Journal
Wesles Brown
Draco
Leroy Roberts
Lenoir
Elizabeth City
J. H. Myrover
Central
Payetteville
Lexington Dispatch
Roxboro Courier
Winston Sentinel
John Hairston
Stokes Court
Charles Bowman
Henderson
H. A. Foote
Warrenton Gazette
Multiple Disparate 1900 Era Incidents From May News
Nineteen thousand jute mill workers strike in Dundé Virginia council allocates 4160 for Jefferson Davis reinterment in RicumMont. May reports include murder near Austell Georgia, bank reconstruction in Melbourne Australia, a fatal self inflicted wound in McDonovan Georgia, railroad sale in Atlanta, and various rail accidents and crimes across states. Execution set for July 12 in Fort Smith Pecoral Court cases involving Tucker Hicks Gourke Allen.
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Dunde
RicumMont
Jefferson Davis
Austell
William Glover
Lithia Springs
Melbourne
Comptroller General
H. B. Tompkins
Central Trust Company
Galveston
Texas
Havana
Ricum
Ark
Fort Smith
Parker
Marshall Tucker
John Hicks
John Gourke
Alexander Allen
Tucker
United States
Allen
Strike at Carnegie Steel Works Draws Wide Attention
Homestead Pa May 2 There is great excitement here and in surrounding towns caused this morning by thirty three skilled workers at the Carnegie steel works going on strike over wage reductions. It is reported that others will follow.
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Homestead
Carnegie Steel Works
Big Floods Hit Several States With Rising River Levels
The Cincinnati river is rising four inches per hour as the northwest part of Ohio floods. Widespread high water ruins crops and damage mounts. Arkansas farmers flee lowlands while Illinois and Indiana suffer wheat inundation on thousands of acres.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Vandal Foiled in Theft of Columbus Ashes
The Herald reports an unsuccessful attempt to steal Christopher Columbus ashes from Convent la Robida in Jackson Park. The thief broke the glass, removed the priceless remains, and inspected them by a window but delays thwarted the plan, preserving the explorer's mortal remains for history.
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CuicaGo
Herald
Christopher Columbus
la Robida
Jackson Park
Question of life or death in Ravenswood
Miss Ida Marien eighteen daughter of feather manufacturer Peter Marien of 829 Vernon Avenue Ravenswood Long Island City fell ill Monday afternoon. After expressing hope the physician Dr J D Weak would come she grew worse and died within minutes. Parents grief remains.
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Long Island City
Ida Marien
Peter Marien
Vernon Avenue
Ravenswood
J. D. Weak
Woman Refuses to Believe Daughter Is Dead
Dr Meiners arrived and deemed the girl dead but parents of the Marien family insist she is in a trance. Five to ten hours after death the body remained warm and flushed cheeks. the mother Mrs Marien is hysterical and refuses to remove the child’s body while seeking other physicians.
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Wrack
W.W. Meiners
Marien
Drownings Reported After Lewiston Reservoir Break
Lima Ohio May 3 floods after the Lewiston reservoir broke sending seventeen thousand acres of water into the Miami valley. Fifteen to twenty persons are reported drowned and more lives feared downstream. Cincinnati and Circleville reports note widespread flood damage, submerged tracks, rising rivers, and a washedaway bridge at Miami town.
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Lima
Ohio
Lewiston
Miame
Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Circleville
Scioto
Miame Town
Passenger Train Robbed at Briar Creek Territory
Parsons Kansas May 3 The Missouri Arkansas and Texas passenger train was held up at Briar Creek Territory last night by armed men believed to be the Starr gang They threatened the express messenger with death but he refused to disclose the safe details They halted but finally abandoned the safe and rescued valuables from the train passengers in one of the boldest robberies since the Jesse James era.
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Rockingham
Tory Rodgers
Supreme Court
Jonesboro
Egypt
Shelby Review
H. T. Hudson
United States
Charlotte
Madison
Hill
Webster
Hickory Press
Carolinian
D. E Cisninger
Claramort
Totton
Grand Jury
Roper
N. S
Wm. Pearce
Roanoke Beacon
Asheboro
Courier
Troy
Salisbury
Richard Henderson
John Bradley
Smithfield Herald
Mersis H. Cohen & Co
Cohen
Charlotte News
Jeff Campbell
Mecklenburg County
Lee Allen
Crab Orchard
Campbell
John Campbell
King’s Mountain
New Berne
New Berne Journal
Caswell News
Louis Graves
J. M. Hargett
Concord
Mollie Kessiah
Blacksburg
S. C
Esq
Maxwell
Criminal Court
Lawson Pope
Lexington
Lexington Dispatch
Greensboro
Mount Airy
Mt. Airy
Wilkesboro
Wilkes
Elk Creek
Lewis’ Fork
North
Carolna
Uni
John Lambert
Perth
Fallstown Township
Nero
Rome
Statesville
High Point
Thomasville
Graham Gleaner
Chatham County
Orange
Caswell
Wilson
Warsaw
Express Co
Faison
Mt. Olive
Dudley
Goldsboro Argus
Joe
Thompson
Messrs. S. Cohn & Son
Goldsboro
Wee
Jonesboro Daily Journal
H. Buchannan
Wilmington Messenger
Oxford
Hattie Bogan
Charlotte Observer
J.T. Raymer
the Observer
Caldwell Station
Bakersville
William Blalock
Montezuma
Andy Greer
Blalock
Philo Pritchard
Prichard
Elk Park
Greer
J. P. Ritch
Derita
Ritchie
Bear Creek Township
Thomas Phillips
Laban Ellis
Ellis
Chatham Record
Swannanoa River
Asheville
Home Mission Board
The
Presbyterian Church In America
Sherrill and Davidson
Samuel Jeffrey
Cornell University
Parsons
Kansas
Arkansas and Texas
Briar Creek
Dian Territory
Harry Starr
Express
Jesse James
Labor Strike Shuts Dundee Mills As Wages Slashed
Foreign news reports a mass walkout of about ten thousand Dundee mill operatives after wage reductions were announced. Several mills closed due to the dispute, signaling a major labor struggle. In London on May 2, Gladstone said the Irish Home Rule bill committee meeting would be postponed until Monday, and Dilke failed to win support to end military intervention in Egypt after a lengthy debate.
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Hickory Press and Carolinian
North Carolina
Hickory
Leander Oats
Randall Oats
Thomas Parker
Harrelson
Shelby Aurora
Hawpond
Stokes County
Asheville
J. D. Cameron
Cowee Creek
Macon County
Rickman
Biss
Goldsboro
Raleigh
Wadesboro
Evkin
N. C
Charles I. Deews
R B. Cotton
Stamrs Neuse
Chicago
Rockinghim
D W Fox
Lexington Dispatch
W. E Holt
Tielt
Greensboro
Guilford County
F. M. Kilp
New Berne Journal
Winston Sentinel
W. J. Wagoner
Lewisville
A. W Long
W. W. Long
Harvard College
Mass
Bessemer City
Messenger
Moore County
Fayettville
Hot Spring
Ark
B Furton
Walnut Cove
N.C
Brown
Fulton
Durham Globe
H. A. Williams
Oxford
Captain Williams
Charlotte News
George Veno
L. J. Kirk
Caudle
Ada Mills
Guthrie
Durham
Charlotte
Erwin Cotton Mills
Hector McLean
McLean
Laurinburg Exchange
Clarke
Southern Pines
Rutherfordton
Carolina Central
Dundee
Gladstone
Loxpon
Lonpoy
House of Commons
Charles Dilke
Egypt
Dilke
Attendance at 1893 Chicago World’s Fair opens amid mud
Bright sun opens day at the World’s Fair in Chicago as gates admit visitors, with early crowd pushed by workers cleaning debris. Director Burnham promises asphalt roads within a week to drain mud. attendance estimate for yesterday remains unspecified.
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ChhicaGo
Burnham
Fire devastates timber yard and nearby homes in London
A large fire in May at Simpson timber yard Hull spread to eight houses and surrounding blocks. Police and military aided by gunboat marines and fire crews contained the blaze after three hours. Four houses burned to the ground, several more damaged. Incendiary suspicion ties to Simpsons’ strike fund refusal.
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