Roosevelt and the Negro Soldiers in Wartime Debate
The article discusses Roosevelt's Scribner's piece on Rough Riders and black soldiers, highlighting remarks by John P. Green and responses by Pinchback White Cheatham and others. It critiques interracial command and argues soldiers perform best under officers of their own race.
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Gov. Roosevelt
Scribner's Magazine
John P. Green
Ohio
Lyceum
The
Second Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
North
South Carolina
Green
P. B. S. Pinchback
Louisiana
George H. White
North Carolina
Recorder of Deeds
H. P. Cheatham
Pinchback
Cheatham
White
Jeems Young
N. C. Negro Volunteers
Jeems
Russell
Joserh J. Best
Su. Court
Wilson County
Court House
Wison
Joseph J. Best
Green Street
Wilson
San A. Wells
W. P. Anders
H. L. Best
J. H. L. Best
Barnes and
Tarboro Street
Sal
Joseph Best
Jane C. Barnes
Public Road Law Proposed for Wilson County Use
The article outlines a 1899 public road law allowing a county tax levy to fund road work, appoint road supervisors, require labor or payments, employ prisoners for road duties, and secure materials from nearby lands. It details tax rates, labor steps, funding, administration, and applicability to Wilson and neighboring counties.
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Wilson County
Wilson Coun
Board of Commissioners
Wilson
Edgecombe
Green
Nash
Progress in the State Brightens NC Elections
North Carolina towns held Monday and Tuesday elections with bonds and taxes approved for waterworks and electric lights. Education saw momentum as graded school acts were enacted, extra school taxes voted, and bonds authorized for school improvements, signaling statewide progress and civic pride.
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North Carolina
Nebraska's Fighting Colonel Funston Passes Away
The Washington Post notes Col. Funston, long associated with Nebraska, is dead and ponders how contemporary writers miscast him as a Nebraskan. The article hints at editorial angst and press mischaracterization.
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Washington Post
Col. Funston
Nebraska
Bryan Shee Vege
Raleigh Sailors Await Visitors From Wilmington
Free advice to the Raleigh committee to greet the cruiser Raleigh in Wilmington. The account notes Captain Coghlan attended a private dinner and spoke little. A sarcastic remark predicts lunacy if the Filipinos persist fighting.
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Raleigh Committee
Wilmington
Raleigh
Breakfast Breaks Manila Battle Pause Revealed
Harper's Weekly asserts Dewey paused at Manila to breakfast after Olympia ran low on big guns. The fleet drew off for a resupply, then resumed fighting once new ammunition arrived, with only thirty heavy shells left at war’s end.
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Manila
Pewey
Harper's Weekly
Olympia
Dewey
Man
Baltimore
The Professor's Plight
A quip from Fliegende Blätter about a professor who taught memory and now forgets a pupil who owes payment. The line notes the speaker has forgotten the pupil's name and laments the missing debt.
Beware of Oointments Containing Mercury
Warning against mercury based remedies and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as safe and effective. Internal use claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials available. Priced at 75 cents per bottle.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Ohio
J. Cheney & Co
Journalistic Guns and San Juan Echoes of Duty
A fragmentary report discusses American soldiers at San Juan and a correspondent observation on youth, work ethic, and orderly service across occupations. The text notes bees producing fifty pounds of honey annually from a hive of five thousand and projects growth over five years.
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Ene
San Juan
American Monthly
Joe Wheeler Ready for Battle in Childs Play
Joe Wheeler shows leadership potential and boldness as he prepares for a pretend battle and climbs a tree, while displaying high spirits in a Childs play activity.
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Joe Wheeler
Law proposal sparks county and Wilson deliberation
Citizens and County Commissioners are urged to consider a new law and assess its potential benefits for Wilson. The prompt calls for thoughtful discussion on costs, impacts, and possible adoption.
Silence of Ginger advertised remedy for various stomach pains
An early advertisement credits T. D. Farrior and 5B. W. Hargrave for a ginger based remedy promising quick relief for colic cramps nausea diarrhea and all internal pains in a single dose.
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W. Hargrave
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Stonewall Jackson
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Willie Strutt
Timbs
Willie
Don
Hood
ATLAS
A. F P. Branch
N. C
H. G. Connor
N.C
Henry Ward Beecher
Ayer
Il Sing
Cooper Marble Works
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Norfolk
Deans & Cantwell
Wilson, Nash and
Green Counties
Criminal Court
GEO. DD. Gree
County Commers
T. D. Farrior
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