D'ri and I At Sea With Perry Battle Tale
In the incident filled narrative D'ri and I join a gunners crew bound for Two Mile Creek and join Commodore Perry at Put in Bay. The taking of the Niagara and the engagement near Gibraltar Island unfolds with heroic sacrifice, Perry’s leadership, and the improvised bravery of D'ri and the narrator as the Lawrence is battered and the British surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Perry
Putin Bay
Gen. Brown
Bell
Canada
D’rl and I
Ohio
Usher
The
Law
Gibraltar Island
Avengers
the Lawrence
David
D'ri
D’ri
Leeward
Windward
D'rn
Ariel
Derly
Lieut
Yarnell
D’r
Detroit
Niagara
Dri
Southern Interstate Cotton convention sets fertilizer and acreage cuts
The Southern Interstate Cotton convention with 1135 delegates from 13 states and territories met at Washington Artillery hall and voted to prioritize reducing acreage and fertilizer use. Harvie Jordan was named president after a unanimous decision, with a plan to store bonds, curtail production, and organize southern farmers in a businesslike system for relief and price stabilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Interstate Cotton Convention
South
Catching
Harvie Jordan
Washington Artillery Hall
Southern Cotton Growers’ Convention
Jordan
E. B. Perkins
Dallas
Gov
Jester
Texas
J. A. B. Lovett
Bluntsville
Ala
Richard Cheatman
Mississippi
J. H. Whyte
New Orleans
J. A. Brown
North Carolina
Behrman
Sanders
Progressive Union
Walter Clark
Clarkesdale
Miss
J. Pope Brown
Georgia Railroad Commission
Brown
W. D. Nesbitt
Alabama
Committee On Permanent Organization
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
South Carolina
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Missouri
Indian Territory
Dispensary Inquiry Farce and South Carolina Graft Fear
A South Carolina dispensary probe in the state senate advances to the house amid charges the inquiry will be a farce. The piece argues corruption exists quietly, aided by boards and patrons, and cannot be exposed without self-incrimination. The piece cites civic cynicism and Charleston notes the city’s climate and charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Senate
House
County Boards of Control
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Are Confederate bonds good in history and finance
A London Financial News correspondent notes that over 200 million Confederate bonds lie near the Mansion House in London and argues Congress blocks repayment. The piece says these bonds have little value beyond curiosity and warns against speculative purchase. It contrasts Confederate bonds born in honor with Reconstruction bonds born in dishonor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London Financial News
Mansion House
Congress
South
Dixie
London
The
Financial News
Hishonor
New York
Old Charleston Echoes of a Distant South
The piece portrays Charleston as the fading social center of the old south, noting depleted mansions from Revolutionary days and the city’s lingering allure for visitors despite economic decline. It contrasts memory and wealth, describing picturesque streets and the faded grandeur of once prosperous families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Defends Fathers Memory Letter from Jefferson Davis heir published
Margaret H. Jefferson Davis Hayes of Colorado Springs defends her father and denounces Roosevelt in a letter urging newspapers to print extracts from Theodore Roosevelt’s Life of Thomas Benton. She rebuts charges against Jefferson Davis and accuses Roosevelt of bias and falsehood.
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New York World
Jefferson Davis
Hayes
Enquirer
the World
President Roosevelt
Tho. H. Benton
Hey
Benedict A
Aaron Burr
Davis
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Freing
San Juan
van Buren
Pyler
Polk
Confederacy
Congress
Lre
Thomas Benton
Theodore
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Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden
Darrel of the
Blessed Isles
Eis
Lées
Lothrop Publishing Company
Asher
New Albany
Louisville Courier-Journal
Palms
New York Evening Post
Old Charleston
Jefferson
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