Carrie Bragg Graver Daughter of Braxton Bragg Dies in New York
Mrs Carrie Bragg Graver daughter of Confederate General Braxton Bragg died at her Thirteenth Street home and was buried in Westheater village. She was the wife of a locomotive engineer and had lived in a dilapidated street far from her Newbern NC roots. An item misidentified Bragg as her father. Bragg had no daughter and was not from North Carolina.
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W York
Carrie
Braxton
Thirteenth Street
West Heater Village
Grover
Bragg Plantation
Newbern
N.C
Arthur Sherman Graver
New Haven
Newhern
Mobile
Ala
New York
Carrie Bragg Graver
Braxton Bragg
Breage
Maps on His Back From Gas Tank Blast Victim
Doctors at St Agnes Hospital monitor a unique skin formation on Stephen Labentz after the Point Breeze gas tank explosion. He reports burns on his back that have formed maplike outlines of Asia Africa and the Malay peninsula as they heal. The physician notes the right shoulder to lower back pattern matches geographic shapes.
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Philadelphia
St. Agnes Hospital
Point Breeze
Stephen Labentz
Asia
Africa
Dorsett
Arcanum Council Delegates Oppose New Rates
In Brooklyn a meeting with 72 councils and 500 delegates denounced the supreme council’s new Arcanum rate table set to take effect October 1. A committee was created to draft a letter urging suspension until state supreme councils weigh in with their views.
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New York
The
Royal Arcanum
Brooklyn
Supreme Council
Athlntic City
Supreme Councils
Inquiry into 72 type setting machines contract irregularities
Washington on June 26 a special committee appointed by the president to reform government department business is probing the Public Printer Palmer contract for seventy two type setting machines for the government printing office. Officials say the contract was irregularly taken.
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Washington
Palmer
Bank cashier charged with forging notes in Missouri
Thomas M. Casey cashier of the Salmon and Salmon bank was arrested for forging two notes totaling 10 000 dollars. He hypothecated the original notes in Kansas City and copies were found there by Bank Examiner Cook. Casey was the son of the late George M. Casey known as The Cattle King of Missouri.
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Clinton
Thomas M. Casey
Salmon & Salmon Bank
Casey
Kansas City
Cook
George M. Casey
the Cattle King of
Missouri
Antigo Police Chief Shot Dead in Ambush
In Antigo Wisconsin on June 26 Chief of Police Jack McArthur was killed by Jim Witinger an escaped patient from Oshkosh Insane Hospital. The shooting occurred from ambush a posse is formed to capture Witinger dead or alive.
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Antigo
Wis
Jack McArthur
Jim Witinger
Oshkosh
Witinger
Robber Steals $2000 Mail Pouch at Belen
A robber cut the mail pouch secured to a crane at Belen Valencia county and took a package mailed to the First National Bank in Albuquerque from the Belen bank. The thief escaped.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Belen
Valencia County
First National Bank
Albuquerque
Strike Orders for 1000 Superior Coal Workers
About 1,000 employees of the Superior Coal Company were ordered to strike by state and local United Mine Workers officials. The walkout follows the discharge of a miner alleged to have refused extra time and Sunday work.
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Wellston
Superior Coal Company
United Mine Workers
DAR Chapters Urged to Observe Fourth of July
Washington June 26 Mrs Donald McLean president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution asks all chapters to formally observe the Fourth of July with ceremonies appropriate to the day.
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Washington
Donald McLean
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Secretary Hay Arrives at The Fells Summer Home
Secretary of State John Hay has arrived from Washington and gone to Phe Fells the Secretary s summer home at Newport New Hampshire for a stay beginning in late June 1900 era.
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Newport
N. H
John Hay
Washington
Phe Fells
New
Davenport Man Wins Patent For City Lighting Plant
Edward Walther of Walther Lighting and Heating Co has received Washington DC patent for a city lighting plant. The invention enlarges his gas machines for towns up to 2,000 inhabitants and operates automatically without a human attendant. The firm builds two machines, one water powered and one weight powered, to generate gas from gasoline via a cold air process.
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Davenport
Edward Walther
Walther Lighting and Heating Company
Washington, D. C
Campbell Bros Shows Arrive Friday For Realistic Exhibition
A vivid city event features Campbell Bros shows on Friday July 7 presenting a dramatic, exotic tableau of cultures and battles. Spectators witness a striking performance likened to Arabian Nights.
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Campbell Bros
Dying of Consumption Told as Cure by King’s Discovery
A testimonial الدع describes consumption as tormented dying and praises King’s New Discovery for coughs and chest illnesses. William Myers of Cearfoss Maryland recalls curing consumption after trying medicines and a doctor. The ad claims relief and pneumonia prevention with bottles priced 50 cents to 1.00, with a free trial offered at J H Stewart’s drug store.
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Wm. Myers
Cearfoss
Sr. King
J. H. Stewart's
Iowa Orator Wins Central Prohibition Contest Title
Iowa competitors dominated the central interstate event in Lincoln Nebraska with W B Monbeck of Ottumwa University winning first prize for his speech American Altruism and the American Saloon. Frank Bean of Simpson College Iowa took second and Gerald J Jansen of Central Wesleyan Warrenton Missouri finished third.
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Lincoln
Nebr
W. B. Monbeck
Ottumwa University
Kansas
Frank Bean
Simpson College
Iowa
Gerald J. Jansen
Central Wesleyan
Warrenton
Grand Celebration at West Chester July 4
West Chester hosts a July 4 event with a Washington band parade at 10 30 AM and Uncle Sam figure. Two speakers, kids drills, pony and wheel events, races, greased pig, and amusements lead to an evening fireworks display. Brinton to appear with a new tent. provisions for crowds and teams. Rh Wells marshal. Rh F McFarlane and J H Grush managers.
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Washington Band
Uncle Sam
Brinton
Rh. Wells
Rh. F. McFarlane
J. H. Grush
Cuban Diarrhoea Remedy Cited By Army Vet
A Houston Texas resident testifies that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her husband of Cuban diarrhoea contracted in Cuba during the Spanish American War after several doctors failed. The ad claims the remedy is a dependable treatment and notes Stewartstown Pharmacy as the seller.
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Cuba
Stewart
stPharmacy
Cure by Electric Bitters for Cherokee Man's Kidney Disease
C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa endured a severe kidney ailment with backache headache and low spirit. He credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health and recommends the tonic to others with weak kidneys liver or stomach. Guaranteed by J H Stewart Druggist at 50 cents.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Iowa
Electric Bitters
J. H. Stewart
Shallenberger
Bright
Washington First Ball Team to Face Brighton on July Fourth
The Washington First ball team will play Brighton on the Brighton grounds the Fourth of July. The boys expect a good game and are getting ready for it.
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Washington
Brighton
Nickel Plate Road Independence Day Ticket Offer
Tickets sold at one fare for two round trips plus twenty five cents from Chicago on July 1, 2, 3, and 4 to any Nickel Plate Road point. Return limit July. Chicago Depot LaSalle and Van Buren streets. City Ticket Offices 111 Adams Street and Auditor ium Annex. ltw July 3.
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Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Depot
LaSalle and
van Buren Sts
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
Money to Loan on Farm Property
Private party places 4000 for loan on good farm property with easy terms and no commission.
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Carrie Bragg
Arcanum
New York Councile
Maniac
Secretary Hay
Fairy Tale
America
Orator
West Chester
Graham
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Journal
WM. Bokenkxamp
Iowa Land CO
McCartney & Son
Contractors
Golumbia Pharmagy
St Louis
Meselhinney Drug Co
Wilbert Shallenberger
Ible Chicago
Isl
Hotel Colenso
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Tit
Drexet State Bank
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