Tillman on the Run Aims to Save Dispensary Policy
An analysis from Columbia, South Carolina, outlines Senator Benjamin Tillman’s tough fight over the state liquor system established in 1892. It details dispensary governance, graft accusations against officials, and mounting prohibition victories in counties signaling the system’s possible collapse.
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Ira EB
Bennety
Washington Post
Columbia
S. C
Benjamin Ho ‘Fillman
Ufe
Ben Tillman
Tillman
Supreme Court of the United States
State Board of Control
County Boards of Control
United States Supreme Court
United States
State Board
Tirzah
Cincinnati
Batesburg
John Hell Towill
Board of Control
Gov. Heyward
Batesville
Towill
Charleston News and Courier
Mr. Towill
Uquor
Marion
Benjamin R. Tellman
LICENSED TO MARRY NAMES AND DATES IN 1906 NOTICE
Notices list marriages including Samuel Ho Bucen Mollie Hall and others with dates September 2 1906 and locations in Maryland and Washington. Several obituaries and funeral notices follow for Alonzo Buck Michael Gallagher Susannah Noyes Elizabeth Oppermann Eliza Shedd with service details and dates.
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St Stephen's Church
Gallagher
No. Bil
M Gallagher
J. Stephen's Church
J. Mrgiltoon
Noyes
Maryland
William M_ Galt
Eliza Shedd
Health Office Record Fragment Shows Patient Ages and Locations
Fragmentary health office entry lists multiple individuals with ages and addresses. Names include Harlot L Bowers and Arthur B Carroll, with ages ranging from 2 days to 83 years. Locations mention Freedmen's Hospital, Emergency Hospital, and several street addresses.
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Harlot L. Bowers
G St Nw
Arthur B Carroll
A. North Ct
Leonard Campher
Virgin
Notice of Marriage and Death Insertion Policy
The Washington Post announces that marriage and death notices inserted will appear simultaneously in multiple morning newspapers upon application. No extra charge for insertion or telegraphing. Newspapers listed include New York Times, Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Chicago Record Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St. Louis Republic, Syracuse Post Standard, St Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Poston
Glola Bliffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Fittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
ST Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Flain Dealer
Grand Army Chieftain Outlines Pension Plans
Corporal James A. Tanner returns home and sits at his desk to discuss G A R goals. He expects Congress to pass two new Civil War pension laws offering twelve dollars a month to surviving ninety day veterans and raising current pensions by the same amount. The G A R national headquarters will be in the Fendall Building near city hall with Col John Tweedale named adjutant general and Col A C Bakewell as national commander of schools. Tanker plans to confer with Tanner on a suitable reception date.
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Grand Army
Corp
James A. Tanner
Denver
Congress
Fendall Building
City Hall
John Tweedale
Col
A. C. Bakewell
New York
National Patriarch of Schools
Tanker
Department of the Potomac
Corp. Tanner
Punch Sdale M D Galveston News review notice
A Galveston News critique praises a novel as a true portrayal of Afro American life while noting occasional crude depictions. The reviewer asserts the author is likely Black or Southern and highlights dialect, etiquette, and depictions of Richmond slums and a grand ball. Neale Publishing offers the 434 page volume at $1.50.
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Galveston News
Richmond
Chandler Views Against Roosevelt Rail Plan From New Hampshire
Former Senator William E. Chandler of New Hampshire warns that no legislation backing the President’s railroad reform will pass in the coming Congress. He cites railroad opposition led by Samuel Spencer and J Pierpont Morgan, urging lawmakers to resist increases of federal power while preserving state rights.
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William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Chandler
Edward A. Moseley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Chandler
Concord
N. H
Senator Cockrell
Post
Washington Post
Jim Crowers
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
South
E. B. Pike
Spencer
Attedt
Severnad
Court of Review
House
Senate
Elkins
Esch-Townsend
Congress
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Garfield
McKinley
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ripley Explains Rates in Interstate Inquiry
Chicago hearing on railroad freight rates heard testimony from President BH B Lipley of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe against Missouri River to Chicago rates. Lipley argued dressed beef rates should be 360 percent higher than livestock due to cost differences, claiming his line loses money per car on such shipments.
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Chicago
Sept. By
Marlana Western Railroad
Mission Tesday
BH. B. Lipley
Atchiron
Topalen
Hante Fe
Missouri River
Kansan City
Ripley
Kansas City
Bank Plot Forged Check to Plunder Pearl & Co.
A detailed account of a sophisticated bank theft where forgers used a certified Hanover Bank check and forged the paying teller’s signature to imitate Pearl & Co. The plot involved counterfeit stamps and misdated check numbers, with the fraud nearly succeeding before detection.
Swindle scheme tied to bank checks and Pearl & Co
A bank fraud narrative details a prepared check scheme linked to Hanover Bank and Pearl & Co. An expert crew printed a firm name on a check to deflect suspicion while investigators note no transfers or dispositions of the securities. National City Bank offers to replace the securities. Marine movements list several ships arriving at and departing New York and European ports with crossings and sailings.
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Hanover Bank
Byrnes
New York
Pearl & Co
Dyer Pearl
Hanover Tank
Uncle Sam
Mr. Byrne
City Bank
Pinkertons
Vanderlip
Wall Street
Pickertons
National City Bank
Pearl É& Co
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Tilman
John Gary Evans
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United States Senate
Samuel Ho Bucen
Mollie Hall
Oxcar Tappan
Mary A. Hil
Aye B. Palagrove
Alma
Xoernarn
John G. Whiven
Anois I Prica
Baj- Amer
Frederis& Kloss
Celesce Murphy
Charles County
Dattare
Georgia Manocmi
Spader Guixilalms
Pugnese Nicolfia
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
Sureet
N. W. Trerythng
Phusnes
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Ave. Nw
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth Street
John R. Wright Co
George P. Zurhorst
East Capitol
hanHive
Corporal Tanner
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