Athens Prohibition Crackdown Highlights Law and Ingratitude
Editorial laments Christmas Eve raids on blind tiger bars in Athens and urges Mayor Brown to enforce prohibition. It curses ingratitude of politicians, cautions against dual roles for prohibition advocates, and urges unity for the next spring moral battle.
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Discrepancy Reconciled Over City Seizure Rights
City authorities and opponents settled a legal dispute over the right to seize suspected illicit liquor. The panel ruled authorities were empowered to act. the other side conceded. Authorities retain confiscated liquor pending trial, which they say will prove their case against the so called blind tiger brigade.
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Blind Tiger Brigade
Stabbing Affray After East Athens Dance
In East Athens a dispute after a dance led to Tate stabbing Joe Eads in the left side with a knife. Tate, a neighbor of Evils, is jailed awaiting mayoral action as the injured man bleeds but is not fatally wounded.
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Joe Eads
Athens
Durance Vile
Iverson Smith to Oppose Sheriff Wier in Athens Race
Rumor says Iverson Smith, backed by some locals, may challenge Sheriff Wier as the negro community debates race in offices held by whites. Officials report fines collected since Wednesday totaling 113 dollars with more to come Monday.
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Iverson Smith
Wier
Athens
Banquo
Christmas Song of Peace by John Ge Witt
A dated lyric urging weary souls in the city to hear the heavenly message of Christmas. It speaks of sorrow and sin, mercy and dawn, inviting all to find peace as Christmas morning breaks.
Snow Storms Sweep Across Regions With Blizzards
Reports from Diana Pouis and multiple towns on December 27 describe the heaviest snowstorms in years. Conditions include blizzards, sleet mixed with rain, drifting snow, and crippled rail and streetcar services across Minnesota Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Diana Pouis
MayYsville
Fracas Ends in Murder Near Atlanta
At East Point six miles from Atlanta a confrontation between a negro and a white man ended when Rufus Johnson shot John Coleman in a store near the depot. A crowd gathered as the shooting occurred, a posse pursued the killer, and rumors of a broader disturbance spread.
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John Colemat
Atlanta
East Point
John Coleman
Coleman
Socom
Doctors Puzzled by Rare Birth Timing Anomaly
In Orance New Jersey on November 19 a Parrow street resident gave birth to a healthy baby and a month later delivered another healthy infant. Local doctors say records show no comparable case and remain baffled by the timing and sequence of births.
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Orance
N. J
Jean Sullivan
Parrow Street
Sielle
Denen Ees
Meeting in Atlanta to protest Russian Jewish persecution
In mid January a large Atlanta gathering will protest the persecution of Jews in Russia. The event, expected to draw many citizens, aims to demonstrate solidarity and urge action.
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Russia
Daily Market Reports Naval Stores Gavawear
Turpentines firm at SIC 2oen frm at 1 B. Arrow ties 1.45. Bagging 1542 Tic. D Bde HEB.
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Turpentins
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Gade
Heb
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