Carrabelle Storm Swept Destruction Hits Florida Gulf Town
A Gulf coast storm nearly destroyed Carrabelle Florida with wind and rain. Wrecked boats and a missing wharf plus flooded tracks and damaged turpentine mills are reported. Fifteen drowned at St Mark and trains blown off tracks as relief parties rush to the stricken area.
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Carrabelle
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Tallahassee
Lanark
St. Marke
St. Teresa
McIntyre
Ashmore
Curtin
Carrabelle, Tallahassee
Gailf
Carabello
Mclnty
Present City
Caraballo
Appalachicola
Gulf Ports
Florida
Gulf
Mormon Leader Seeks Georgia Protection for Elders
President Ban EB Rich of the southern states missions of the Church of Christ Latter Day Saints plans to visit Atlanta to urge Governor Candler to shield Mormon elders preaching in Georgia. He offers 500 dollars for the arrest of any Georgia mob members who assaulted them and cites constitutional religious liberty guarantees.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ban EB. Rich
Southern States
Church of Christ, Latter Day Saints
Atlanta
Allen D. Candler
Rich
Georgia
Candler
Idaho
Utah
United States
Tobacco Trust Purchases Chicago Plant From Beck & Co
Representatives of the American Tobacco company have bought the plant and business of August Beck & Co. in Chicago for 300000 dollars. The company recently acquired the Gradle Sirota plant as well.
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American Tobacco Company
August Beck & Co
Chicago
Gradle Sirota
Maryland Democrats Nominate Smith for Governor at Baltimore Convention
The Maryland Democratic state convention at Ford's Opera House in Baltimore nominated Governor John Walter Smith of Worcester county Attorney General Isadore Raynor of Baltimore Comptroller Joshua W. Hering of Carroll county. The nominations were by acclamation with Edwin Warfield withdrawing.
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John Walter Smith
Maryland
Ford
Opera House
Baltimore
Worcester County
Isadore Raynor
Joshua W. Hering
Carroll County
Edwin Warfield
Gardes Denied Pardon for New Orleans Bank Embezzler
Washington dispatch reports President Denios refused the pardon for Henry Gardes former president of the American National Bank of New Orleans now serving an eight year Ohio penitentiary term for misapplying bank funds.
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Washington
Henry Gardes
American National Bank of
New Orleans
Ohio Penitentiary
Assault Arrest Brings Mob Pursuit Near Senoia
John Mullina a thirty year old Black man allegedly assaulted Mrs. Cook at her home two miles south of Senoia Gaduesday afternoon. Mrs. Cook screamed for help and alarm led to Mullina’s capture and confinement in Senoia. Officers moved him toward Newnan for safety as a mob of forty armed men pursued, only to be outpaced by the sheriff and the prisoner reaching Newnan safely.
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John Mullina
James Cook
Senoia
Cook
Paraners
Mallina
Newnou
Newnanail
Albany gunsmith Te charged in wife murder case
W. J. Glazier a German native who has lived in Albany Georgia eight years is jailed in Dougherty County on a wife murder charge. Neighbors say he beat his wife severely and she died Wednesday morning. Glazier professes innocence.
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Albany
W. J. Glazier
Germany
Dougherty ‘County
Glazier
Four Suspected Fever Cases Reported in Hampton
Advices to Surgeon General Wyman from Hampton show four additional suspected yellow fever cases. He urges close observation for ten days for all exposed persons who left Hampton and Phoebus, especially those who stayed over one night.
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Hampton
Wyman
Washington
Phoebus
Alabama Quarantine Expands to Virginia Towns
Governor Johnston imposes state quarantine affecting travelers from Virginia towns including Butchers Home Pheobus Hampton Old Point Comfort Newport News. Applies to anyone who has visited those areas within ten days prior to entering Alabama.
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Virginia
Johnston
Alabama
Home
Pheobus
Hampton
Old Point Comfort
Newport News
Remora Fish and Ancient Fishing Tale Revisited
The piece discusses remoras in Caribbean waters and their noted suction apparatus. It recounts Columbus era observations and describes remora biology, distribution, and behavior, including their habit of attaching to larger prey and ships.
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Cuba
Porto Rico
Antilles
Columbus
Ogilby
America
New York Civil War Memorial Planned on Riverside Drive
New York City plans a temple of fame monument eighty feet tall in pure white marble at Mount Tom on Riverside Drive to honor soldiers and sailors of the Civil War. The project will cost $250,000 and sits on the elevated site at the foot of West Eighty-third Street. The Grand Army of the Republic lobbied for a memorial, and the Legislature authorized bonds to fund the project.
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Riverside Drive
New York City
Mount Tom
West Eighty-third Street
New York
Hudson
Grand Army of the Republic
Americans Lose at Queen's Club Track Meet in London
The great international athletic tourney at the Queen's Club saw the Americans, led by Harvard and Yale, put up a strong fight but defeated as English crowds packed the stands. Nearby reports note high prices for seats, celebrations, and praise for athletes like Vox and Davidson.
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Over
England
Queen's Club
Harvard
Yale
Uncle Sam
Notable Exchange Ends With Diplomatic Courtesy
The participants, including Captain Vassal, delivered modest speeches thanking the English for their cordial reception and treatment and requesting another opportunity to meet soon.
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Vassal
Sketch of the Career of Robert G. Ingersoll obituary
The death of Robert G. Ingersoll at his Dobbs Ferry New York summer home ends a notable life. Colonel Ingersoll, son of a minister, rose from Wisconsin and Illinois schooling to law and politics. He led the Eleventh Missouri Cavalry in the Civil War and served as Illinois Attorney General in 1866. Known as a gifted orator, he gained fame with a Blaine nomination speech at the 1876 National Republican Convention and was famed for his anti Christian religious attacks and numerous works and lectures.
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Gladstone
Colonel Ingersoll
Germany
Ingersoll
New York City
Shakespear
Shakespeare
Wagner
Robert G. Ingersoll
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Wisconsin
Thinois
Shawneetown
Eben
Peoria
Eleventh Minors Cavalry
Ilinois
Eeiiey
America
James G. Blaine
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Jasper County
Gardes
Denios
Falcon OF the Sea
Cuban
Nemora
American
Atlantic
Tarleton H. Bean
United States Fish Commission
Mediterranean
New York’s
Vox
London
Lox
Rice
Palmer
Davidson
Vassar
Roche
London Victoria Military Band
Fisher
Thomas M. Burke
Robert Green Ingersoll
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