The Lindstrom Armageddon and Aurelie's Return
In a Iowa county standoff, Curran confronts Lindstrom amid a mob guarding a suspect. Wiley Curran pleads for law and family, Harlan asserts the community’s will, and Aurelie Lindstrom arrives to witness the climactic siege as gunfire erupts around Lindstrom’s house.
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Chicago
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Janet
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Charleston Mayor Files Charges Against Congressman From the First
Mayor John P. Grace of Charleston files a petition with Speaker Clark accusing Congressman R. S. Whaley of corruption and requesting his expulsion. Whaley calls the claims a tissue of lies and cites Grace as a personal and political adversary. The document details primary spending, sworn statements, and alleged perjury to obtain the seat in Congress, with Grace seeking inquiry and removal if true.
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R.S. Whaley
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Grace
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Legare
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Berkeley County
Dorchester County
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Political revolutions and South Carolina leadership
The piece traces South Carolina political upheavals since 1817 from Calhoun to Tillman and Blease, arguing revolutions recur about every sixteen years. It urges ambitious young men to prepare to lead future waves constructively, hoping for progress rather than harm under capable, broad-minded leaders. It then presents Senator J A Banks’s views on gubernatorial leadership, calling for a strong, progressive administration, renewed public confidence, tax equity, rural credit, agricultural advancement, a warehouse system, and closer ties to the Panama Canal, urging a leader with brain heart and soul to elevate the state.
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South Carolina
William Smith
Yorkville
United States
Charleston
Episcopal Church
John Q. Calhoun
Anderson Daily Mail
Columbia Record
J. A. Banks
Calhoun County
State Fair Association
Record
Columbia Today
Jefferson
Germany
France
Panama Canal
California
Texas
Louisiana
Hart Panteth For the Water Brooks
Tissue of lies says Whaley at Grace petition
Mr. Whaley denounces Mayor Grace petition as a tissue of lies from start to finish. He asserts South Carolina and Charleston residents see the accusations as rooted in Grace, whom he characterizes as a character thief and opposed to the city’s interests.
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Whaley
J. P. Grace
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South Carolina
Charleston
Grace
Cotton crop value may top one billion dollars in 1913
Tentative estimates indicate the cotton crop of 1913 at current lint and seed prices will be worth over 1 billion dollars, surpassing prior records though production may not fully translate to higher value due to price movements. Seed value adds about 132 million, with lint totals projected near 894.66 million at farm origins.
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Wall Street Journal
Southern
Autumn Bird Migrations and Tales of Gordon's Field
A naturalist describes September bird migration and nocturnal flight paths across woodlands and meadows. The piece notes jays, crows, warblers, chickadees, and nuthatches forming winter bands, with vivid seasonal imagery of foliage, dews, and twilight skies. It also retells the Monte Gabble tale and the Adam Meek ghost episode in Gordon's Old Field, detailing Meek's eerie interview and its unexplained outcome.
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Monte Gabble
Witch
Adam Meek
Gordon
Old Field
Maurice Moore
York
Bullock Creek
Mar- John’ S. Moore
Baldwin Byers
Moore
Meek
Sten
James Meek
Mr. Meek
Gordon’s Old Field
Specter
Seasonal Spruce Shrugs Off Yesterday in New England
A Boston Transcript note observes that Spruce sprays change daily as birds depart for winter. The author reflects on shifting woods and utter silence as geese migrate, leaving only those birds hardy enough for a New England winter.
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New England
Boston ‘Transcript
Man Refuses Visitor Citing Illness in Town Tale
A Newark Star item reports a man named Jim catching a heavy cold in changeable weather and deciding to stay in bed. His wife announces a visitor, the pastor, prompting Jim to insist he is too ill to see anyone.
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Newark Star
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