Lynching Reward Calls Grow in Atlanta Riot Fallout
A wartime era Atlanta dispatch reports a million-dollar lynching reward offer and calls for swift punishment of attackers on white women. Gov Heyward orders prosecution, while Greenwood County Negroes pledge cooperation yet urge restraint as tensions flare amid sensational editorials praising mob violence.
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Columb
Gov Hesward
Bob Tanis
Greenwood
Cooper
Theeannonderrenit
Davis
Greenwood County
Bob
Ulla Conty
Fragmented birth and death notices mixed in OCR text
The readable fragments announce a birth on August 17 4998 and a daughter named Jaren, with references to Mrs Theane and a home in Wan, plus a death of KSSOP On Ture Aurnat 18 2906 and various obituaries for Roy Men John Knapn and Latra, with details of services and interments at multiple locations, including Florida and Washington, plus names like James Flatt and Charles Scl. The text is garbled but preserves several names, dates, and burial plans.
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Kssop
John Knapt
St Lots
Noorsther Ora Rerlee
Knapn
St Lowa
Friar
Tinst
Caplol
James Flatt
Thanaar
Seatzie
Smalt
Cdi
Rand
Heekman Tects
Lia
Alesandriy Va
Notice of insertion options across major papers
Notice requests insertion across several newspapers including New York and Philadelphia titles. It lists outlets such as The Washington Post style and others, offering insertion without extra charge and telegraph services.
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Amd
Tre
Washington Post
York Tives
Fostos
Wefalo Courier
Sipcago Rfcord-Herald
Philadelphia
Lerger
Wtpsburg
Poumest'r Herald
Louis Republic
Winnerlolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati Exqlirer
Respect Ourselves and Demand Respect from Others
The speaker urges self respect among the race and cautions against expecting white men to protect if self respect is lacking. He argues the country is rid of a disreputable figure and emphasizes that leadership must teach and set the example. The ultimate duty is to follow the right man and be satisfied with progress.
Miners win in Alaska Nome slate carries second district
Seattle reports results from the Alaska miners ticket in Nome county and Tanana region. Long term seat goes to Thomas Cate with 464 percent. Waskey and Murane lead other races with substantial margins. Judge Metlen and Swineford also show vote tallies with Juneau favoring Cale and Swineford.
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Seattle
Wash
Cale
Waskey
Alaska
Nome
Second Judicial Alstrict
Tanana Country
Seward Peninsula
Valdez
Slika
Juneau
Skagway
Thomas Cate
D Murane
Swineford
Judge Metlen
Call for 1611 Delegates At New York State Convention
New York Aug 17 The State convention of the Independence Teague to be held at Carnegie Hall on September 11 and 12 will be one of the largest delegate gatherings in New York State history. The call nominates 1611 delegates, apportioned at one delegate for every 1000 votes or major fraction, based on the gubernatorial general election of 194A.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
State Committee
New York Life Seeks to Sway Election
International policyholders protest New York Life campaigns to sway trustees election. Indorsement blanks circulated to 12 000 to 15 000 agents urge vote for administration ticket. Mutual Life's legal dept cites Yellow Dog Fund misuse. complaints accuse officials of improper expenditure.
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NEW York Life
Mutual’s Legal Department
Washington Post
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Home Office
Indorse
Palley Holders
Mutual Life
The
Mutual Lita
Robert Olyphant
James C. Holden
Charles B Miller
Jacob Hy Herre
Yellow Dog Fund
Grand Army Encampment Debates Canteen and Statue Plan
Minneapolis reports the Grand Army of the Republic completing its fortieth encampment in Saratoga N Y with debate over a statue to Henry Wirz and the canteen abolition, adjournment without discussion, and resolutions urging War Department to acquire Bull Run battlefield ground. Roosevelt sends hearty greetings to the group.
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Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Saratoga
Henry Wirz
R. B Brown
Joseph W O'Neill
Onio
Charles Burrows
New Jersey
J Ho Holcomb
Philadelphia
J. Winanes
Ohio
Wisconsin
Willam Abetcham
Indianapolis
Committee On Resolutions
Wirt
8. D. Tee
United Confederate Veterans
Ketcham
EB. Torrance
Grand Army
Tanner
Roor
Stetcham
Secretary of War
Battlefeld
Bull Run
Tarrer
Geagion
Granda Army of the Republic
Theodore Roosevelt
joMicers
Louis Wagner
Ladies of the Grand Army
McLean House
Appomattox
Grant
Chinese Attack Raises Harbin Tensions in Manchuria
August 17 dispatches report Chinese bandits attacking a Russian government junk from Hodun near Harbin, killing two soldiers and wounding many after the crew fled. A separate raid by pirates in disguise on the British steamer Rwaiping near Ewathulu on August 15 left passengers wounded and pirates with about 6,000 taels seized. authorities pursue the attackers.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Hodun
Aieutenant
Kus
Canton
Ewatthulu
Keating Locates Stepsisters. Irish Inheritance Linked
Charles Keating of Washington DC, after thirteen years, finds his stepsisters Catharine and Mary Clancy in Denver. He learns he is one of four heirs to a $100,000 estate in Ireland left by Loftus Keating. Other heirs include William Keatts of Kentucky and Frank Keating of Ohio. The group pursued the sisters to secure the fortune and the estate distribution is to be arranged shortly.
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Wistington
Springfield
Ohto
Charles Keating
Washington, D. C
Catharine
Mary Clancy
Nineteenth Street
Denver
Ireland
William Keatts
Bellevue
Frank Keating
Arcade Hotel
Loftus Keating
District of Columbia
United States Realty Company
Ita
Washington Hvery
Washington
St. la
Pa. Ave
Wi. W
United States Realty
Aes
James S Neville Dead Bloomington Mayor and Illinois politics figure
James S Neville, Bloomington mayor and banker, died suddenly in West Baden while visiting for health. He led the German American Bank of Bloomington and had long been active in Illinois state politics.
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Bloomington
Illinois
West Baden
Ind
James 8. Neville
Neville
Bank of
New York
Gustav H. Mosler
Margaretville
Catskills
Mosler
Henry Mosler
Get Rich Quick Scheme Exposed in Washington Fraud Sweep
Investigators reveal a bond investment scam led by Mason and Taylor targeting women and other easy victims through a Washington office. Police seized books and documents, pending hearings. Mason denies large collections though several investors report losses.
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Allin
Taylor
Washington
Maso
Benjamin F. Pope
Ridge Street
Mason
Pope
Sears
Pepé
George Murray
Addison Turner
Joseph Newman
George Dorsey
Boardman
Philadelphia
J. Arnold
Cogwood
L Street
2Iason
Potter
Clinedinst
Post
Addison Burner
Fire After Earthquake Rips Through Santiago and Valparaiso
Reports describe a severe earthquake impacting Valparaiso and Santiago with widespread disruption. Officials note overloaded wires and limited details while telegraph lines struggle to relay information to Buenos Aires and beyond. Local managers compare it to the San Francisco quake and warn of delayed communications.
Baltimore Seismograph Records Chile Quake as Strong as San Francisco
Baltimore observers report violent Chilean earthquake vibrations on the Johns Hopkins seismograph with needles jumping off the cylinder. Over fifty shocks were logged as the event registered during last night and today, with several disturbances moving the instrument and filling the film. Albany and Washington notes confirm distant, strong seismic activity, marking the quake as among the most severe since the San Francisco disaster.
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Baltimore
San Francisco
Chile
Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins
Albany
NW Y
State Museum
John M. Clarke
Clarke
Weather Surean
Bureau
Washington
Weather Bureau
Valparaiso A Seaport City Struck by Earthquakes
Valparaiso a Chilean seaport with about 150000 inhabitants faces earthquakes that shape its architecture and skyline. The city rises on steep cliffs with a harbor front on made land and a separate wealthier Vina del Mar suburb to the north.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Pacific
Aconcague
Cragey
Harbo
Henghta
Vino del Mar
Quake Reports Tremors in Washington and Chile
A late August earthquake near Washington D C lasted hours with the strongest shock at 7 42 p m local time. Officials say it is the heaviest Washington has seen since the San Francisco quake. Reports note damage along the west coast of South America and consular posts in Iquique Valparaiso Antofagasta and Chile. In Kentucky a feud trial jury in Breathitt County has failed to reach a verdict in the case of French Smith and Abner for the murder of James B Marcum at Jackson.
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Europe
Valparaiso
New York
Grace & Co
London
Grace
Valparalao
Charlesston
Fquique
Antofagasta
Fred A Winslow
Indiana
Tuumue
Charles S Winans
Michigan
Frank Daller
New Yersey
John Hicks
Callao
Peru
Chile
South America
Iquique
Charles 8. Winans
Valparersa
Alfredha ‘Winslow
Frank Dalter
New Jersey
John Heke
Wisconsin
Beattyville
B. F. French
John Smith
John Abner
James B Marcum
Jackson
Breathitt County
Cay
Wonderful Cure by Cuticura Remedies Reported in Iowa Letter
A letter from Wilson in Liscomb Iowa dated Oct 1 1905 recounts a severe eczema outbreak on chest neck face arms and legs that cleared after using Cuticura Remedies including Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The writer notes a recurrence five years later yet again cured after continuing treatment and praises Cuticura for various skin ailments observed in an infant and others. The account extols internal and external remedies as effective for diverse skin diseases.
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Wilson
Liscomb
Iowa
Gareiog
Religious services brief list at Presbyterian and other churches
In New York parish listings, sermons at Presbyterian churches by Dr Wallace Radeline and Rev Wiltant F Stuchell, with later services at Second Presbyterian led by Donald C. MacLeod. Additional notices include Open-Air Episcopal service at Cathedral Grounds with Rev Charles C Pierce, Baptist services at First Baptist, Methodist services at Foundry and Union churches, Evangelical Tent lectures on The French Revolution in the Bible and Christ’s Return, despite rain.
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Presbyterian
Sowyor Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Wallace Radeline
Lo Om
Rey Wiltant F. Stuchell
Second Presbyterian Shareh
Relwas
P.m
Christian Esseayer ‘Society
A Y Furst
John Marshall Place
the Pestor
Donald C. MacLeod
Prue Libert
Gundey-School
Ronth
BET Orit
Stain
Rex George P Wilson
Puntor
Albert Osborn
Christian Endeavor
Episcopal
Cathedral Grounds
Mount St. Alban
Atgos
Rovert M Moora
W. I. ScKenney
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Reese Murray
F Nestitt
Gamakichi Eweald
Japan
Weasleven University
Evangelical
Ste
Georgetown
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Col JN English, Jr
Serrell
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Bob Davis
Guv Heyward
al Dngre
Carol Mine
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Jarrelionn Weldus Auewst
At & Wan
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Theane
Jaren A Daughtar
Undertakers
W.R. Speare
F Street
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Jam Lee
Lemotmer
Pennsilpanianes
George P. Zurhorst
Capitol
Kant
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Treasury
Mia Herrick
Gen Lome
Tokalon Wine CO
14Th St
O. K. R. Veterans
Wirz
James S. Neville
Skowhegan
Rebecca 9
Clark
Sophia May
Norridgewock
Louisville
Spalding Coleman
Board of Public Works
Kentucky
Tennessee
Wequetonsing
Mich
Columbus
A. M. Wynn
Southern Methodist Episcopal Church
Moe
Sam
Santiago
Mr. Egan
Valparalso
Almirante Cochrane
Earl of
Caporta
NEW Publications
Russell
Australia
Marion Melius
Massachusetts
Teague
Catigura
Randle Highlands
U.S
Washington, D.C
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Greater Washington
the Post
Atlantic City
Rudolph
St. Charles
Raleign
Seaside
Strand
Haddon Hall
Win
Chalfonte
Traymore
Brighton
Marlboro
Dennis
Chelsea
Inor
Great Atlantic & Pacific Teco
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Home Savings Bank
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