Conspiracy Arrests Tied to New York Dynamite Plot
Frank Curran, arrested in New York, is linked to a conspirator band planning a wholesale explosion. Seventy five pounds of dynamite found at his home plus a stick on him and percussion caps suggest a trackside detonator. James Smith also detained as police warn danger not passed amid Cleveland dynamite car attack.
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New York
Frank Curran
Central Office
Curran
Bureau of Combustibles
Second Avenue Power
Second Avenue Railroad
James Smith
Mass Yellow Fever Flight From Hampton Stirs Quarantine
About 3000 people flee Hampton and Old Point Comfort amid yellow fever at the Soldiers Home. New cases and three deaths raise totals. fears of famine and halted mail plus rail lines edge the outbreak. Jersey City and Norfolk prepare quarantines and guard the infected area to keep the disease contained.
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Hampton
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Opening Jobags Sales The Wilson Market Begins the New Season
The Wilson Market launches its new season with a focus on fresh offerings and renewed sales activity. Fine Breaks All 89und indicates strong performance or a notable product line debut featured in the period.
Wilson Tobacco Market Opens with High Prices and Busy Sale
August 1 marked the opening of tobacco season at Wilson warehouses. Auctions at Centre Brick, Watson, Woodard, Banner, Anderson & Jones, and Planters warehouses drew crowds as firms like The American Tobacco Company and W. J. Boykin & Co. pressed prices upward. About 150000 pounds sold at an average above 7 cents per pound, with Morgan cartage and auctioneers from Danville to Asheville praising the lively activity.
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Messrs Cozart
Washington & Bobbitt
Tom Burton
American Tobacco Company
W. J. Boykin & Co
Briggs & Fleming
Richmond Maury & Co
W. T. Clark & Co
W.S Venable, Jr
Woodard
Woodard Brothers
W.N. Harrison
Greenville
Banner Warehouse
James J. Thomason
Wilson
Brutal Punishments Reported At Halifax Penitentiary Farm
The Raleigh Post reports abuses at the Halifax penitentiary farm where women convicts are said to be flogged and stripped to the waist under supervisor I C Sievron. The committee will examine this and related prison practices including births at the facility. A bricklayers strike in July also affects thousands as talks seek an amicable settlement.
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Halifax
I. C. Sievron
Raleigh Post
Trustworthy Persons Wanted for Local Work
Advertises demand for trustworthy individuals to manage business in nearby counties. Work mostly at home with a fixed salary of 2000 per year and definite expenses. Monthly allowance 75. Requires self addressed stamped envelope to Herbert E. Hess, President, Department M, Chicago.
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Trustworth
Herbert E. Hess
Prest
Dept. M. Chicago
Kentucky Regiment Ready for Manila Voyage
Col Pettitt reports 1150 enlistments for the Thirty first Regiment at Fort Thomas Kentucky. He will withdraw recruiting officers on Monday and organize the unit. The War Department says the Thirty first Twenty second and Thirty second will likely sail to Manila around September tenth.
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Washington
Secretary Long In Danger On East River Collision
Despatch boat Dolphin on route to the navy yard collided with the ferry New York in the East River this morning. The New York nearly sank but reached Williamsburg despite the incident.
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Dolphin
New York
Navy Yard
Long
East River
Williamsburg
Belgian Ministry Resigns Under I Vandenpeereboon
The Belgian ministry led by President I Vandenpeereboon resigned in Brussels. The move marks a major government turnover as officials step down from their posts.
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Brussels
I. Vandenpeereboon
New Great South American Kidney Cure Delivers Quick Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves bladder and back pain in men and women and even sudden water retention. A druggist in Wilson, North Carolina, sells the remedy.
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E. F. Nadal
Wilson, N.C
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