Proxy Vote Sparks Family Election Mystery
Leslie Harlan faces a moral clash over a stock proxy that would let her vote The Confederated Machine Companies share holder meeting. Her father, Mr. Harlan, urges blind trust while she seeks clarity about Kennard and the company’s aims. After a tense row, she signs to avoid scandal and learns Milling Companies faces trouble.
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Leslie Harlan
Orsi
Leslie
Mrs. Parsons
Mr. Harlan
Leslie Mr. Harlan
Harlan
Kennard
Chance
John Kennard
Feats of People Who Have Gone Without Food for Months
Historical survey chronicles long fasting cases from the 18th century to Victorian times. It cites Christina Michelot who reportedly survived nearly four years on water, and broader notes on various individuals including Ann Walsh, Monica Mutcheteria, Mary Wasuighton, John Adams, a Stamford man, and John Scott, detailing extreme abstinence and legendary wagers, with limited verified outcomes.
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Vienna
Aquarium
Signor Succi
M. Alexandre Jacques
England
Merlatti
Christina Michelot
Katherine McLeod
Harrogate
Ann Walsh
Chateauroux
Plot
Staffordshire
Mary Wasuighton
Wigginton
Mary
John Adams
John
Stamford
John Scott
Teviontdale
Edinburgh Castle
Scott
Europe
Henry VIII
The Edgefield liquor meeting and Tillman clash
A lengthy Edgefield gathering focused on the liquor question with Senator Tillman defending the dispensary plan. Col. Talbert disputed a Tillman remark, but the event ended without formal fights or speeches from other invited speakers. Tillman reaffirmed run for re election while tying the issue to policy not candidacy.
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Rday
House
Senate
Col
W. Jasper Talbert
Sheppard
Thurmond
Simkins
Gee
Evans
Tillman
Col. Talbert
South Carolina
Towill
Boykin
Columbia
Richland Distillery Company
Talbert
Padgett
Whisky seizures spark court cases in Rock Hill
In June, Rock Hill authorities seized whisky in the suburbs, triggering multiple trials and mistrials. Constable Jenkins faced delays over a name on a warrant, leading to searches that uncovered 33 pints. Notable figures include S Miles Cash, Henry E McGraw, P A Workman, and Jack Knox with ongoing legal drama and a sensational loafing tale.
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Rock Hill
News and Courier
J. H. B. Jenkins
S. “Miles
Cash
Highland Park Mill
Jenkins
Wingate
Henry E. McGraw
McGraw
Woman in the case reveals Burch role in cotton scandal
Washington dispatch reports Mrs Bertha Burch, once a close Hyde ally and a rising Department of Agriculture clerk, resigned with her $1800 salary amid leaks tied to Holmes and Hyde. Details recount Burch’s rapid promotions since 1897, suspicions of manipulated examinations, and Hyde’s influence as the inquiry widens to her testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Dispatch
Holmes
Hyde
United States District Attorney
Bertha Burch
Burch
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Washington
Southern's Giant Freighters Engine Hauls Forty-Five Cars
Greenville News reports Southern's No. 774, a massive freight locomotive, pulling forty five loaded cars with ease from Greenville to Atlanta. Engineer F W Wolfe praises its steadiness and power, noting the engine is the largest yet on the division and highly admired by yard crews and engineers.
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Southern
Greenville
Atlanta
F. W. Wolfe
Wolfe
Gate City
Round House
Walden
First Man Killed in Civil War Battle at Big Bethel
Richmond Dispatch recounts Henry Lawson Wyatt of the First North Carolina Regiment as the first Confederate casualty in the Battle of Big Bethel near Yorktown on June 10, 1861. It notes his birth in Richmond February 12, 1842, early enlistment, and gallant death at age 20, with later North Carolina efforts to honor him through a life-size painting in the state library.
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Henry L. Wyatt
North Carolina
Fort Sumter
Henry Lawson Wyatt
Big Bethel
Yorktown
John B. Magruder
D. H. Hill
Cral
C. C. Lee
James H. Lane
Confederacy
Bethel
B. F. Butler
Virginia
Richmond
Isham
Henry
Tarboro
N. C
Pitt County
Young Wyatt
Bedgecombe Guards
John L. Bridgers
Henry Wyatt
Cornwallis Monument
Winthrop
Connecticut
Wyatt
J. C. Birdsong
Iman
North Carolina State Library
Richmond Dispatch
American Cotton Industry Leads World Development
The United States produced a record 12,162,000 bales of cotton in 1904, underscoring cotton as a major social and economic factor. Since 1793 duties aided growth, with cotton rising from 155,000 bales in 1800 to national dominance. by 1903–04 farm value neared $700 million, three-fourths of world production occurred in the U.S., and U.S. mills manufactured about 37 percent of cotton by 1901 as southern and northern regions each produced near two million bales in 1903–04.
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United States
Congress
John Jay
England
Hammond
South Carolina
South
Chicago Chronicle
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By Frederick Trevor Hill
Frederick A. Stokes & Co
Lass
Perkins
Dad
Crotation Company
Milline Companies
Partition Railroad
Newspaper Row
Tillman and Talbert
Edgefield
August Kohn
Lawrence
Mass
Rock Hill Tigers
Yorkville
Court of General Sessions
Glenn
P. A. Workman
York Court
Workman
Superior Court
Jack Knox
Jack
Gawd
Harper’s Weekly
Southern’s
Greenville News
American Cotton Industry
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