A Waist PerR In The Crowd And Election Night Fire
In Piedmont during the first Reconstruction election, white and Black tensions erupt. A mare and rider Marion rescue in a barn fire, while violent acts and rat labels stain the vote as Jim Crow power rises in the South. Ben Cameron confronts military authority and warns of looming mob violence amid a pro Black turnout.
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Freedman’s Bureau
Dr. Cameron
Jake
Marion
Hugh
Ben
Becky Sharp
Becky
Phil
Negro Leagues
League
Freedman's Bureau
Aleck
House
George
Cameron
Alek
Martinet
Piedmont
Margaret
Ben Cameron
Elsie
Eisle
Poltroon
United States
Grant
Appomatox
Silas Lynch
Supreme Court
Bizzel
Court House
Alexander Lenoir
Ulster
Queen's Stall
Mrs. Cameron
Siamese Beliefs and Government Rail Regulation Discussion
An article contrasts Siamese superstition with a detailed President's call for strong federal rail regulation. It outlines a plan to empower an administrative body to set maximum railroad rates, end rebates, and enforce fair treatment of interstate transportation.
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Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
American
Seaboard
Tillman Denies Larner Statement On Railroads
The senator from South Carolina defends his stance on the president's railroad policy. He asserts no personal grievance with railroads, notes illness of Mr. Larner, and urges the News and Courier to publish this response with the same prominence as the dispatch. He cites his ten-year record on the Interstate Commerce Committee and emphasizes independence from railroad influence.
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Aleck
Columbia
Freedman’s Bureau
Piedmont
League
Phil
Inter-State Commerce Committee
Senate
Forts
Larner
Rallro
South
Congress
Dispensary Law Backlash Sparks Prohibition Debate
Senator Finley recalls opposing the dispensary as corruption allegations and county votes push many regions toward abolition. He notes possible shift to state prohibition amid heated future politics. Eyewitness Solomon Brodsky describes massacres of Jews in Odessa with mobs, police brutality, and chaotic, deadly scenes lasting days.
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State Senate
Finley
South Carolina
Riggs House
Neu
Washington Post
Solomon Brodsky
Odessa
London
London Telegraph
Brodsky
Revolutionary Party
Mr. Brodsky
M. Brodsky
Social Democratic League
Moldavanka
Preobrazhenskaya
Overman proposes commission to boost American exports
Senator Overman of North Carolina introduces in the senate a bill to create a five member commission plus export experts to study world market conditions for three years at a cost not exceeding 600000 dollars. The non partisan panel would seek ways to enlarge exports of cotton and other US manufactures and fund foreign markets, notably shifting cotton goods from England to South America.
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Senator Overman
North Carolina
Senate
United States
Overman
South
England
South America
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