Landmark WV Case Refutes Corporation as Colored Person
In a West Virginia decision a plaintiff sued after a land sale to a corporation of negroes, arguing breach of a no colored buyers clause. The defendant claimed the sale was to a corporation not a person, while the plaintiff argued a corporation could be a colored person if its members were Black. The court rejected the argument, noting a hypothetical mixed race corporation would not be mulatto, and the plaintiff lost.
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West Virginia
Anderson
State Building and Loan Associations
Chester
Aux Stroud
Harris McConnell
Wellridge
Sam Crawford
Stroud
A. M. Wylie
Commerciial Club
W. F. Caldwell
J. T. Carter
Blackstock
Carter
Kennedy Mercantile Company
J. K. Henry
Congress
Prohibition
Agricultural Department
Gastonia
J. C. Galloway
E. W. Pressley
Grier Stevenson
Clover
Due West
George W. Abernathy
Lowell
Mr. Abernathy
Jonas J. C. Anders
Mec. G. Anders
Esquire
A. R. Anders
Damascus
Anders
Solitude
Ashe County
West Main Avenue
G. D. Herman
Main Street Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Gazette
Charlotte Papers
Queen City
Cnet
Wade Harris
The
Chronicle
Charlotte
Harris
Drunk William Johnson Sentenced for Furniture Mishap
A man led before a police magistrate after a morning drunken episode is named William Johnson. The justice, noting the mischief, sentences him to report back to his employer and deduct from the bill any items he damaged, offering a curt send off.
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William Johnson
Johnson
J. P
Lippincott's
For Her Father's Sake Voice Coach Faces Harsh Truth
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a candid confrontation between an elderly father and a voice expert. The father demands honesty about his daughter's singing ability, while the expert reveals she likely cannot sing and explains he avoided charging higher fees to spare the family.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Promotion Sparks Generals Gaffe in Philippine Garrison
A veteran colonel in the Philippines disapproves of young officers promoted over him. He encounters an officer with a remarkable monkey who can perform the manual of arms. The colonel warns to keep quiet, fearing the war department would promote the simian to brigadier general.
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Philippine Islands
Philippines
War Department
Where Was John and the Winnipeg Wooden Sidewalk Tale
A San Francisco widow consults a medium and speaks with her dead husband John who says he is happier away from earth. The piece includes a Winnipeg city memory about wooden sidewalks with water holes and a legless man hobbling to avoid waking a sleeping wife.
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John
San Francisco
Winnipeg
Canada
Cyway
Everybody's
Correcting a Wrong Impression
A Chicago Tribune quotation shows Mrs Winkler and Mr Spoonamore in a witty exchange about expectations and timing. The exchange turns on a calculated delay in declarations of love for Minerva, reflecting humorous social banter.
How's Your Pig Today Says Neighbor to Boy
A farmer who sold a pig to a neighbor happens by the neighbor’s place and sees the boy at the pig pen. He asks Johnny how the pig is and how the family is. The boy replies the pig is pretty well and the family is fine.
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Johnny
Fires and trials sweep Lancaster area farms and courts
Mose Blackmond loses barn, crib, corn and fodder to a midnight fire and suspects arson while a young man named Witherspoon is fined for stealing six dollars. A Reeves barn is struck by lightning killing a mule, and J W Knight has a narrow field accident. Community notes from Chester and Rock Hill report deaths, building plans, and local events including a United Daughters of the Confederacy convention and a kindergarten graduation.
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Lancaster
Mose Blackmond
Antioch
Blackmon
Witherspoon
Alec Boykin
Boykin
T. J. Reeves
Rich Hill
Reeves
Reaves
J. W. Knight
J. B. Sykes
Oakland Avenue
M. A. Kendrick
College Avenue
Flint Hill Church
Pineville
Old Family Burying Ground
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Commercial Club
Emily Graham
Chester
August Kohn
Columbia
U. D.C
R. T. Marsh
First Baptist Church
Amelia Beckham
Ann White
W. H. Willingham
John Bratton
Winnsboro
Graham
Winthrop Kindergarten
Motherbird
Reminiscences of Johnson Hagood's Brigade at Petersburg
A Confederate veteran recalls May 1864 moves from James Island to Petersburg and Drewry's Bluff, skirmishes, a notable surrender of 70 to 80 Union troops, trench work at Bermuda Hundred, and a night picket drill. He praises comrade Tom Price's sharp shooting and notes his own lack of recognition for a day of rest.
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Yorkville Enquirer
Johnson Hagood
James Island
Virginia
Nelson
Petersburg
Swift Creek
North Carolina
Drewry’s
Bermuda Hundreds
Tom Price
Tom
Personal Civil War reminiscence from Cornwell June 8
G W Quinnen recalls crossing the river to join Gen Grant at Cold Harbor and later Petersburg. He describes five days of battle, heavy losses, and a sharpshooter incident at Petersburg. He notes a rear-ward impact on Grant’s HQ, and a defense retreat to a railroad cut with Major Rion.
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Gen. Grant
Cold Harbor
Gen. Lee
Colquet
Grant
Petersburg
Tiller
Harvey
Rion
Fate of Alchemists and the Great Gold Dream
A New York World piece recalls alchemy legends from 1896 to 1637. It cites Charles Johnson and George Minear of Fairfield Iow a who died in a laboratory accident using X rays. It recounts Barnard and Paracelsus figures, Dubois the monk imposter, and the hanging of Dubois in 1637 for false gold claims.
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Charles Johnson
George Minear
Fairfield
Iowa
Johnson
Minear
Sacramento
Barnard
George III
Price
Paracelsus
Dubois
Louis XIII
France
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis
King
Cardinal
New York World
Soft-Boiled Shirts and the Negligee Debate
A humorous old tale describes a complacent widow in Hardscrabble asking about negligee shirts after reading city ads. Her husband, witty, explains negligee shirts are softer and less stiff than regular hard billed shirts, per a Woman's Home Companion quip.
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Times
Chance
Law Address Praises Integrity and Dignity of the Bar
Judge Memminger urges law graduates to honor the profession with integrity and diligence. He warns against improper questions and urges using all testimony while stressing the law schools’ training value and the courts as guardians of liberty and order.
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Law
Memminger
Wells in Westhampton Yield Warm Water at 82 Degrees
A well driven to fifty four feet near an Ice plant in Westhampton New York yields water at 82 degrees with continual pumping not lowering the temperature. The ice plant location is noted.
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Westhampton
N. Y
Bank Ad Promises Equal Attention to Small and Large Depositors
An advertisement asserts the bank treats small and large depositors with equal attentiveness. It claims funds are protected by manganese steel time locks fidelity bonds and burglary insurance.
Repair Work for Watches Clocks and Jewelry
If your watch or clock is out of repair bring it to me for necessary repairs to restore it. Overhauling and proper oiling help timepieces run better and last longer. See me for Waterman and Parker fountain pens.
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THE
Enquirer
Bannatyne
Bannatyne Watch Company
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Wm. Brock
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Rock Hill
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C. E. Hendrix
Missouri
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G. W. Quinnen
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Fate OF Alchemists
South Carolina
Standard Oil
B.G. Black
MecNee
J. C. Wilborn’s
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Hudson C. Miller
Finley & Miller
Attorneys AT Law
Yorkville
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Jos. E. Hart
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Yorkville, &. C
Brice
L. M. Grist’s Sons
the Bank of Clover
S.C
Rose
Walter Rose
T. W. Speck, the Jeweler
Waterman and Parker Fountain Pens
Geo. T. Schore
Lester
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L. C. Smith
Fox
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Yorkville, S. C
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