Washington Letter on McKinley Assassination and Politics
Washington letter discusses McKinley’s shooting as a national shock and calls for hard anti anarchism laws. It surveys 1902 congressional outlook, party dynamics in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania, and predicts Schley Board and Porto Rican court decisions. It notes Pattison’s potential rise and Quay machine opposition.
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Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
Massachusetts
House of Congress
Deporting Anarchists as Island Experiment
A reader proposes deporting all anarchists to a guarded island where they could implement non-government, arguing the plan would reveal the evils they seek to cause. The suggestion implies a testing ground for anarchist ideas away from society.
McKinley Dies After Assassination in Buffalo
Reports confirm President William McKinley died in Canton Ohio after being shot at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo New York. The assassin Czolgosz, 18, is held in Erie County jail as New York moves to electrocution for death.
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Canton
Temple of Music
McKinley
Buffalo
William McKinley
New York State
South Georgia Press Association Forms At McRae
On September 7 editors from South Georgia met in McRae to form the South Georgia Press Association with A L Ryals of McRae as president H M Stanley Dublin vice president John W Greer Waycross secretary and Alfred Herrington Swainsboro treasurer An executive committee was named and a constitution by laws committee appointed with Savannah to host a future meeting during the state fair The group aims to boost industry and development while staying out of politics and pleasure junkets and hopes to recruit all South Georgia papers into the association.
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South Georgia
McRae
South Georgia Press Association
A. L. Ryals
H. M. Stanley
Dublin
John W. Greer
Waycross
Alfred Herrington
Swinsboro
J. W. Bivins
Cordele
I. A. McGregor
Statesboro
G. B. Whatley
Savannah
Railroads
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Industrial Leagues
W. A. Allen
Sylvester
P. Wade
Quitman
O. M. Methvin
Moultrie Post
A. J. Tyson
Ben Millikin
Jesup Sentinel
Fta
South Georgi
Puss the 13 year old dog dies in 1901
A small obituary notes Puss beloved companion of Mrs Aggie Stansell dies Sept 5 1901 after faithful service to her and her pupils. The dog is buried near the old homestead grove as Mrs Stansell moves between Meigs and her family home.
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Puss
Aggie Stansell
Adams
Vernon
Thomas County
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Washington
Brent
National Capitol
United States
America
White House
House of Representatives
Col. Jayhawker Hoge
Hoge
Neitier
Cameron
Mahone
Gorman
United States Senate
Pennsylvania
Pattison
Quay
Philadelphia
Schley
United States Supreme Court
M’kinley
Lake Hrie
Ryals
Strozier
South Georgia College
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