Newsboy Sues for Slander in Atlanta
Frank B. Graham Jr. sues Oscar N. Due for 8000 dollars alleging slander and humiliation. The Atlanta Journal carrier, aged youth, seeks damages after Due accused him of stealing a pockethead containing 45 dollars. The suit, filed by his father as next friend, notes Due’s claim led to police involvement and a search.
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Frank B. Graham, Jr
Oscar N
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Oscar N. Due
Central Railroad Company
Due
Frank
F. B. Graham
Hightower Street
Fulton County
Journal
Tragic ending for Marshall Hudson after father's cremation
Eatonton Georgia January 2 Marshall R Hudson in a moment of grief shot himself following the cremation of his aged father Colonel John R Hudson who died in the same city weeks earlier. The community was stunned by the double tragedy. Marshall survived by a widow and two sons John and Scott Hudson.
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Eatonton
Marshall R. Hudson
Hudson
John R. Hudson
Marshall
Georgia Railroad
John
Scott Hudson
Salvation Oil Claims Pain Relief for Many Ailments
An old ad asserts Salvation Oil offers cure for rheumatism neuralgia sprains backache stiffness and other pains with claims of relieving wounds swellings and frost bites, promising the greatest care on earth.
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Salvation
Liniman
Tragedy at Rob bins C leaves three dead in dance hall fight
In Augusta Georgia on January 3 a watch party at Jesse Griffin's home near Robbins C ends in a fatal melee. George and Harry Dunbar and Fletcher Bennett die. Arthur Dunbar mortally wounded along with Mrs Dunbar. Cobb and Bennett clashed over a prior incident, weapons were drawn, shots fired, and bystander casualties include George Dunbar and Mrs Dunbar. George Kirkland is said to have killed Bennett as he lay. The Dunbars are cousins of former Augusta postmaster W M Dunbar.
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Augusta
Robbins
8. C
Jesse Grifin
George Dunbar
Harry Dunbar
Fletcher Bennett
Arthur Dunbar
Cobb
Dunbar
Bennett
Hiss
Pat
Ita
George Kirkland
Augusta Hospital
Dunbars
W. M. Dunbar
M Carter Case Again Bill Filed To Tie Up Funds
In Savannah a new bill was filed in the case of the government versus O M Carter to tie up more funds of the ex army captain. It aims to prevent Savannah Brewing Savannah Lughterage and Transfer and Propeller Towboat from paying interest to any receiver’s agents. Earlier notes mention gambling arrests in Nashville and bids invited by Britain for warships, plus a burglary in Desoto Iowa with $2000 in goods stolen from Brown dry goods store.
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Savannah
United States
Arwin
Attoney
O. M. Carter
Exarmy
Savannah Brewing Company
Savannah Lughterage and Transfer Company
Propeller Towboat Company
Carter
McKinney Tak es Windsor Hotel Manager in West Point
H N McKinney formerly of Langley hotel at West Point Ga took charge of the Windsor hotel in Windsor Ala yesterday. The hotel once served as headquarters for traveling men but has declined in recent years.
Explosion Kills Five at Macon Train Yard
A boiler explosion at the Central of Georgia roundhouse in Macon Georgia killed five and badly mutilated several others. Victims include white machinists and engineers and several Black workers. The blast shattered windows and wrecked engines as crews counted dead and wounded.
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Macon
Cotral
Georgia
Henry Fox
Derma R. L
Robert L. Willis
W. M. Witton
Peter Hammond
Daring Bendt Bravely Rescues Two Painters in Midair
In Charleston South Carolina Jan 2 a dramatic rescue at 170 feet saved painter Walker and delirious Peoples. Sergeant Bendit of the police leapt between scaffolds six feet apart risking collapse and lower a rope to haul the two men to safety as a crowd watched.
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Charleston
8. C
Bendit
Walker
Peoples
St. Mathews
Blood Flow At Watch Night Service In D C
Sensational entrance by Thomas Daughtery at Wishburne Street Church in Charleston D C during a Watch Night service ends with Babe Coakley killed. Daughtery is pursued by a posse and captured early next morning after fleeing with revolver raised. Nearby notes mention a new hotel project in Macon and property improvements estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Charleston
D. C
Wishburne Street
Thomas Daughery
Babe” Coakley
Daughtery
Coakley
Indiana
Tennessee River Higher Than In Years
River reached 41 feet at 6 PM and held until 8 AM, then dropped two inches by noon. Belt railroad and streetcar lines cut off from suburbs. 27 miles of Western and Atlantic road underwater. About 100 families camped on knolls. Orchard Knob flooded. two road fills keep some routes open. Notable incident involved Hunt club members returning from New Year meet, overturned in creek.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert Pritchard
Chattanooga Hunt Club
C. W. Henderson
H. H. Matlock
Athens
Tesin
Gordon Lee
Georgia
Hunt Club
East Lake
Henderson
McCullum
Orchard Knob
Chattanoogas
Montgomerys New Hospital to Be Built on Adams Street
Plans for a handsome new Charity hospital adjacent to the Governor Watts place on Adams street are nearing completion in Montgomery. If approved, construction may begin soon with costs exceeding 50 000 dollars and the entire property valued over 100 000 dollars, making Montgomery home to a modern, well equipped hospital.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charity Hospital
Bistern of Charity
United States
New Year Fortune for Poor Alabama Widow
A Birmingham state official secured a New Year fortune of 7000 for Mrs Ludlow of Montgomery after the former first husband, Han son, held German property. Federal consul papers were delivered by Governor Johnston and the documents turned over by the police. The family, poor and living in distress, received the property in due form once the papers were processed.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Lacule Ludlow
Hanson
Germany
Johnston
Hamburg
Birmingham
Expedition Against Castro Sets Sail From Fort de France
General Malos and 800 volunteers embark from Martinique aboard The Libertador renamed Ban Righ to head for Venezuela. The vessel carries 300 volunteers and several Venezuelan generals. Local press notes Malos enjoys broad public sympathy and issued a call to arms before departure. The Libertador strengthens its gun positions with light armor and foreign armament.
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Venezuela
General Malos
Fort de France
Malos
Libertador
Columbus Tax Rate Rise and Police Board Change
Columbus Ga is set to raise wages for all five city staff increasing yearly payroll by 1440 dollars. Tan 2 M L Woodruff was elected chairman of the Columbus police board replacing E S McEachern who retires. A new general tax ordinance for 190% was read for first time, raising the rate from 1.10 to Ende Life With Morphine. Greensboro Ga reports a ten year old killer, John Fryer alias Henry Ashley, arrested in Waynesboro Ga with a pistol, admitting guilt.
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Columbus
Tan
M. L. Woodruff
Columbus Police Runis
E.S. McEachern
Waynesboro
John Fryer
Coffee County
McMimurray
Reynolds
Marshal Grubbs
Henry Ashley
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Hodgson Cotton Company
McCregor
Grorala
Sampson
Washington
Admiral Sampson
Marshall Hudson
Robbins, & C
George
Henry Dunbar
M. Carter Case
Nashville
F. K. Odil
Guy Odil
England
Glasgow
British Admiralty
Clyde Shipyards
DeSoto
D. J. Forbes
Central Railroad
Moon
Jas
Tennessee
Western
Atlantic Road
Montgomery's New Hospital
Boottaboro
D. 1
O. Austin
Hollywood
Sterling McDaniel
Charley
Shug
Tallent
McMinn County
McDonald
Talbot
Tom Hamilton, Jr
Brown Printing Company
W. Murray Crane
Boston
Massachusetts
Statehouse
Castro
Tral Malos
Sail
Greensboro
W. S. Holman & CO
Thomas St
Athens, Ga
Broadway
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