Travellers' Protective Association Smoker Featured in Albany
The Elks Home hosted a Travellers' Protective Association smoker with Albany business leaders. Judge D F Crosland spoke on Albany as a wholesale point, praising its advantages and future as a distributing hub. Georgia TPA President H D Calhoun offered remarks blending business topics with humor.
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Elks
Travelers’ Protective Association
Albany
Post K, T. P.A
Albany Business League
Knights of the Grip
D. F. Crosland
Roosevelt cites rate discrimination by Standard Oil in 1904 report
President transmits Garfield commission findings to Congress on oil industry transport and freight rates. He cites lawful and secret rates that greatly favored Standard Oil, with an estimated $750,000 benefit in 1904, and notes similar discrimination by other firms and the sugar trust.
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Washington
Congress
Jas. R. Garfield
Standard Oil Company
Enor
Sugar Trust
Garfield
Worthy Talks and Busy Business at Georgia TPA Convention
Rev. Belk spoke for twenty minutes sharing tales of TPA members and their work with touches of James Whitcomb Riley. Delegates from Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta and Macon heard reports showing every post in Georgia flourishing. Election of officers looms at 4 p.m with Hugo Frank of Savannah and Gilbert Carmichael of Macon among likely presidents.
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R. Belk
Chaplai
James Whitcomb Riley
Savannah
Hugo Frank
Macon
Gilbert Carmichael
Georgia
Atlanta to get new office building at Walton and Fairlie
The Herald reports Atlanta will see a new $100000 office building at Walton and Fairlie streets. The structure, costing $100000 with the site at $43000, will house officers and department employees of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company led by president H M Atkinson.
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Herald
Atlanta
Walton and Fairlie Streets
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad Co
H. M. Atkinson
Deaths fall as Dr King’s New Life Pills rise
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for constipation and related ailments. It claims quicker relief and improved vigor, noting guaranteed sale by Albany Drug Co. agents for 25 cents.
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Dr.King
Albany Drug Co
Santa Rosa Earthquake Loss Estimated at Three Million
Oakland, May 4. Gov Hardee reports property loss from the Santa Rosa quake at about 3 million dollars. Cleanup costs are projected at 150 thousand dollars to clear wreckage.
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Oakland
Cal
Hardee
Santa Rosa
Wil
Savannahs Candidate For President Of The Shop
Hugo Frank of Savannah is slated to lead the Georgia Division of Up P A as president. He is a partner at Frank & Co. wholesale dry goods merchants, working with his father Isaac M. Frank and brother Hiwin M. Frank. A Knights of Pythias and Mason, he is active in fraternal and business circles and strong for the drummers’ organization.
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Savannah
Hugo
P. A
Georgia
Frank & Co
Isaac M. Frank
Hiwin M. Frank
Drummers
Frank
Knights of Pythias
The
Masons
Fairbanks to Visit Atlanta During May Visit
Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks will tour Atlanta May 12 during an eight hour stay. He will inspect Fort McPherson, receive a public welcome at Wesley Memorial Church, and be hosted by Major Halford of the Department of the Gulf during the visit to the Methodist conference in Birmingham.
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Herald
Atlanta
Charles W. Fairbanks
Birmingham
Fort McPherson
Wesley Memorial, Church
Halford
Department of the Gulf
Fire in Lieberman trunk factory engulfs $16000 in property
A fire at the Lieberman trunk factory at 92 Whitehall Street in Atlanta destroyed nearly 16000 dollars in goods. Two men leaped from second story windows to escape. The origin of the blaze remains a mystery as fire apparatus from the city responded.
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The
Herald
Atlanta
Lieberman Trunk
Whitehall Street
Relief for San Francisco from outside sources
San Francisco reports 1 056 carloads of supplies delivered from across the country for relief. An estimated 800 more cars expected from the east in days. Water supply appears safe, health is mostly good with one typhoid case and six suspected cases in two weeks, considered a remarkable record by doctors.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Phenomenal Target Work by Battleships Arrives
New York May 4 The battleships Kearsarge Kentucky Missouri and Maine arrived from Guantanamo under Rear Admiral Evans. Funnels soot burned by race. wagers placed on results. Missouri likely to win in speed and target practice with 37 straight hits from 12 inch guns and 12 straight hits with torpedoes.
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New York
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Missouri
Maine
Guantanamo
Evans
Central Railroad of Georgia Tax Returns Under Scrutiny
The Central Railroad of Georgia filed its 1904 tax returns with Comptroller-General Wright, but the official expressed dissatisfaction and will conduct targeted inquiries into certain reductions in the road’s figures. Total reported returns amount to 16,261,219 dollars.
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The
Herald
Atlanta
Central Railroad of Georgia
Wright
Public ceremony eyed for Albany high school cornerstone
Alderman Ehrlich proposes a public ceremony for laying the cornerstone of the new Albany high school. If the council agrees at Monday’s session, organizers expect Max Meyerhardt of Rome and the Masons to participate in the event. Citizens are urged to contact Ehrlich or other council members with support.
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Albany
Joseph Ehrrich
Max Meyerhardt
Rome
Meyerhardt
Masons of
Georgia
Anglo-Peruvian Collision With Iceberg Reported
London May 4 The British steamship Anglo-Peruvian sailing from Shields to Philadelphia April 11 was in collision with an iceberg and sank. The crew were rescued by the steamer Mohawk as dangerous icebergs filled the Atlantic route.
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London
Shields
Philadelphia
Father Sherman Ends Historic Trip With Escort Return
Father Thomas Sherman abandons his touring of the historic fields once walked by Gen. W. T. Sherman. A special message from Gen. Duval orders the immediate return to Fort Oglethorpe after misapprehension by Southern people. Sherman laments criticism while accepting the escorted departure.
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Atlanta
Thomas Sherman
W. T
Duvall
Fort Oglethorpe
Sherman
Shonts to Deliver Agnes Scott Commencement Address
Atlanta May 4. At Agnes Scott Institute Decatur the May 26 commencement address will be given by Hon. T. P. Shonts chairman of the Panama Canal Commission. Shonts has two daughters enrolled as students at the institute.
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Atlanta
Agnes Scott Institute
Decatur
T. P. Shontz
Panama Canal Commission
Shonts
Seven O Clock Closing Stir Causes Clerk Grief
The piece notes how closing at 7 PM burdens dry goods clerks, especially in summer. Some customers rush last minute and demand entry after hours, with one man recalling a woman begging to be let in for a final purchase. Clerks concede reluctantly when courtesy requires.
Complete line of Burial Goods Offered By Local Firm
Notice announces a full line of burial cases robes gloves and all related items. The business invites public patronage with 24 hour service and provides contact numbers for office and residences in Albany.
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Albany
Anthracite Coal Row Looms as Strike Likely
Scranton, Pa May 4 The anthracite coal controversy showed little chance of a settlement this morning with miners likely to strike and a decision expected this afternoon or tomorrow President Mitchell seeks a way to avoid extreme measures while hoping to bolster John Mitchell as a labor leader The convention adjourned without decisive action.
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Scranton
Mitchell
Thhe United Mine Workers
John “Mitchell
Big Conference at Birmingham Opens with Strong Attendance
Birmingham May 4 The second day of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened with a large attendance. Reports from standing committees were read and memorials received from many conferences as the gathering continued.
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Birmingham
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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