Georgia Convict Lease Abolition Urged Amid Inhumanity
A Georgia report details prison commission testimony alleging extensive cruelty under the convict lease system, with dangerous work, scant clothing, and little shelter. Two bills seek to end the lease system, one by year end 1911 and another immediate termination, reflecting rising public anger and calls to restore state civility.
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Exalt Square
House
Senate
Sess ‘Sion
Georgia
Pointed Paragraphs From The Chicasa News
A curio of sardonic local writing with wry aphorisms on work, disposition, truth, and gender. The piece reflects sharp, clipped observations about human nature and social dynamics in a vintage newspaper voice.
Lord Wolseley’s Sussex estate sale and family plans
Lord Wolseley sells treasures from Glynde in Sussex to cover liabilities, including rare engravings, paintings, fine furniture, and Sevres and Derby china. He still draws a marshal’s pay, but his only child faces an uncertain future. the heiress pursues a garden college for ladies and Hampton Court is linked to royal spooks. Count Kuefstein’s career is recalled amid Vienna’s illness reports and the tragic fate of the Austrian aristocracy. the piece traces his diplomatic rise from Berlin to Paris and Berne, and the fate of his wife.
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Lord Wolseley
Glynde
Sussex
Egypt
Lfe
Lord Woleeley
England
Edward
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Hampton Court Palice
Cardinal Wolseley
Frederica
Hanover
Baron von Pawet Rammingen
Hae V
Hampton Court
Jane
Charles Kuefstein
Vienna
Switzerland
Hilzabeth
Geneva
Germany
Austria
Europe
Magda Kruger
Berlin
Austran
Chia
Markart
Francia Joseph
Francis Joseph
Gret
Paris
Berne
Sast Con
Kuefstein
Arief
Tyra
Grielenstim
Lower Austria
Francis
House of Lords
Maria
Terms of Subscription for The Washington Post in 1908
Subscription details list delivery by Cartier in Washington and Alexandria with daily and Sunday options, including one month and one week rates. Various typos obscure some items but indicate prepaid postage and accepted payment methods. Administrative notes list offices and management, dated Saturday August 23, 1908.
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Cartier
Washington
Alexandria
Sencey
Suntay
Gevernees Aol
Raally
Sunda
Desly
Wally
Washington Post Co
Washington, D. C
post-oMice
New York
Mletiron
Paul Block
Asttford Bulling
Let The Post Follow You Washingtonians Abroad
A historical notice invites readers to keep The Post by mail during relocation from Washington with flexible address updates. It promises monthly delivery to any U S location and provides a contact telephone number for orders.
Bryan on Banks Denounces Urged Government Bank Plan
A Topeka speech by Mr Bryan critiques the Denver platform advocating bank deposits guarantees. He argues such guarantees threaten private banking and push toward government control, urging voters to distrust the plan and favor private sector banks. He questions how a guarantee would be funded and warns it could lead to broader government ownership of banks.
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Bryan
Topeka
Denver
Demag Ae
Mds
Ted Wand Curets
Avernmient
Strictly
TUNA
Oenes
Hay
Ito
Paneisiap
Campain
Ataserms
Saul
A Grim Protest Against Silence From St Louis Hudson Aide
A fragmentary account describes a hollermaker from St Louis driven by noise sensitivity to seek relief from the city’s clamor. The piece contrasts two sides to the question of sound, noting the man’s hospital stay and return to work, and hints at broader reactions to silencing and isolation.
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St. Louis
Police Hero Killed in Duel Dark Room
In Philadelphia a policeman, Dennis Harrington, sits in the station house after shooting and killing his friend Edward Mooney during a confrontation at 4% South Front Street. Mooney, once praised for heroism saving lives on a burning ship Arcadia, faced death amid rumors of a troubled personal life. Harrington awaits inquest while mourners recall Mooney’s past rescues and the tragedy shades the neighborhood.
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Philadelphia Nethamsham
Dennis Harrington
Station House
Seventh and
Carpenter
Harrington
Mooney
Arcadia
Recret
Area Department
Georgia Convict Lease System Faces Abolition Drive
Georgia’s convict lease system, long a Southern scandal, sparks an extraordinary legislative session after a two week adjournment. The select committee’s probe since July 22 reveals abhorrent practices as wardens, convicts, lessees, physicians, and officials testify, with wardens admitting extra payments from lessees beyond state salaries, including rent accumulations by a chief warden.
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Georgia
South
Lessels
Poison Commission
Detroit buyer spends $100000 in six days in New York
Mrs H Stearns of Detroit, a buyer for two large Detroit houses, has spent more than $100,000 in six days in New York, stopping at the Astor. She praises New York as a business city for women and notes that department stores accommodate a broad range of purchases.
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Heldwich
Chisaga
Love
Liz
Xsi
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Mall
Bayeare Jt
Broadway
Detroit
Mich
Martin
Sherry
Ble
H. Stbarns
Astor
Millinery Inc
Pam
Woman Fends Off Crew in Dream Driven Ferry Plunge Try
New York Herald reports Maria Fenelli resisted boarding the Touraine at Pier Nine amid a fatal dream of sinking. She fought stewards to remain ashore while detectives halted her husband Guido’s plan to tranquilize her. The couple, en route to Alessandria, Italy, faced a troubled voyage as onlookers described the dramatic scene and her insistence on not sailing.
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Harlem Hospital
New York
Leon Garroden
Leon
Mary Garroden
Garri
Roden
Madison Ohio
Chelles Nelson
Eighth Avenue
Iti2
New York Herald
Maria Fenelli
Touraine
Hayre
Ooloeck
Guido
Charles Bacigalupo
Mulberry Street
Artificial Limbs Stolen From Berlin Girl
A 20 year old Berlin woman Frida Riemer had both artificial legs stolen while walking near Wachtheide after undressing for a drink. Two young men seized the limbs and she lay helpless for four days and nights before discovery by a Kopentek resident.
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Frida Riemer
Wiessenburgerstrasse
Berlin
Ko]penick
Ima Jonely
Kopentek
Doctors Without Degrees and Soldiers Will Bequeath Money
A New York Press column laments many self styled doctors in the country and contrasts with Germany. Seattle reports Miner H Whitney, a twenty year veteran, leaving his army pay to the Treasury under a new law. Whitney, with no living relatives, names the Treasury and his mother as the beneficiary in the signed will blanks.
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Yok
Germany
America
Seattle Post-Inteligences
Miner H. Whitney
Signal Corps
Treasury
United States
Paul W. Beck
Whitney
Sam
Wihlingy
The
Des LaK Me Hoppergrass Blues in Roamin' Desolation
Rural speaker from Chicago Port laments endless wandering and poverty as hoppergrass watcher confronts fading luck and shifting seasons. The voice questions fate, time, and shelter while coping with cold nights and uncertain travel. Descriptions of grass turning brown and weather foreshadow hardship and longing.
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Chicago
Shall the people rule in a nation of campaign heat
A fragmented dialogue from the Detroit Free Press columns shows household quarrels over politics as families debate Bryan Roosevelt policy questions amid a firestorm of public worry. The piece also cites the Atlanta Constitution’s portrayal of hookworm as a deadly plague in Georgia, described as a Southern vampire.
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Detroit Free Press
Uncle Jim
Reflections of a Bachelor excerpt from The New York Press
A short reflection notes self-control as essential and humorously contrasts women and men. It claims a model husband is dull, and observes that people give advice about things they misunderstand. It comments that a woman values her children to show she is fulfilling her duties.
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Minnespolis
Juvenal
Constantinopolitan
Mohammed
Miestly
Sears
New York Press
Visitors to the Capital Share Global Views on Life
A Raleigh crowd records visitors from Norway and Chile sharing thoughts on national character, happiness, and politics. Norwegian observer Nile Haagensen contrasts joy in May 17 celebrations with American festivity, while Chilean resident W Thorpe warns of current business malaise. Louisiana district contests and Washington sentiment also color the exchanges, with notes on a horse hoof diamond discovery in New York.
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Nile Haagensen
Bergen
Norway
Raleigh
Tam
Royalist
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