Glenn Held Despite Pidcock Plea In Elopement Case
Houston report details J I Glenn charged with white slavery after elopement with Mrs C W Pidcock of Moultrie Georgia. Mrs Pidcock waives alimony to aid his release, then police indicate Atlanta charge and warrant for Glenn. The case ties to Glenn, Pidcock, and Mrs Glenn with multiple jurisdictions and a pending divorce action.
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LJ. Glenn
Pidcock
Houston
Texas
Specia
C. W. Pidcock
The
Georgia and Northern Railroad
Moultrie
Justice of Peace Creeker
I. J. Glenn
Atlanta
Heed
Glenn
Pidcocks
Dallas
New Orleans
Panama
W. M. Mayo
Irs
Flagler's Condition Remains Unchanged
West Palm Beach reports Henry M. Flagler's condition unchanged. Friends express continued hope for his early recovery as of April 4.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Henry M. Flagler
Advertising’s Force on Honest Business Push
A reader explains that advertising draws customers by offering newer goods, courteous clerks, fair prices, and attractive stores. He argues ads raise a store’s integrity and performance, motivating everyone from owner to errand boy to meet customer expectations and push the business forward.
Ghouls Open Grave Of Fever Victims In Griffin Ga
In Griffin Georgia on April 4 authorities fear an epidemic after ghouls opened the graves of two white children who died of scarlet fever in the 1850s. Police seek arrests, a suspect is named, and a $100 reward is offered for the conviction of the culprits as the city moves to reseal and rebury the coffins.
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Griffin
Phelps
Wildwood Cemetery
Eewin Averette Anderson
Sara Ann Minerva Anderson
Thomas Anderson
Council
Cupid Outwits Police to Marry Nellie Thurman and McDowell
Atlanta police traced a elopement to Birmingham and Birmingham police unknowingly aided the couple by locating them next to their headquarters. They hid six days then married in a justice court. Deputy Chief Jett of Atlanta received word that McDowell and Nellie Thurman are now married.
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Cupid
South
Birmingham
Atlanta
Nellie Thurman
W. O McDowell
Miss Thurman
Federal Prison
McDowell
Jett
Nellie Taurman
Gaynor's War On Trot Taken To Legislature
New York April 8 Mayor Gaynor pushes two bills in Albany. One bans turkey trotting in Broadway restaurants and calls for a license requirement for all public dance halls. A second bill seeks 1 am closing hours for licensed dance venues. The move targets afternoon turkey trotting and expands licensing rules beyond hotels with fifty rooms.
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New York
Gaynor
Albany
Blount Urged for Job in the Insular Bureau
Senator Bacon and Representative Hardwick urged Judge James H. Blount of Macon Georgia for an appointment in the insular bureau of the War Department. The Georgia lawmakers met Secretary of War Garrison on the suggestion of Mr. Bryan who seeks Blounts knowledge of Far Eastern affairs for Philippine policy.
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Washington
James H. Blount
Macon
Bacon
Hardwick
Insular
War Department
Georgia
Garrison
Bryan
Blount
Philippines
Pardon Sought for Julian Hawthorne
Mother Mary Alphonsa Lathrop a Dominican superior went to the White House to ask President Wilson to pardon her brother Julian Hawthorne and grant clemency for a one year sentence in Atlanta penitentiary for frauds tied to mining stock sales. She did not meet the president but Secretary Tumulty promised to present the case. Hawthorne already in his bid for pardon.
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Washington
Mary Alphonsa Lathrop
White House
Wilson
Julian Hawthorne
Atlanta
Tumulty
Hawthorne
Illlicit Love Ties Bring Olson Trial Frontline Testimony
Mrs Lillian Olson wife of Professor Olson testified she had illicit relations with Clyde N Darling and begged him to stop visiting their home. She said Darling hypnotized her with love and overpowering influence as Olson faced cross examination and reenacted the shooting with an empty revolver.
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St. Paul
Minn
Lillian Olsen
Professor Olson
Clyde N. Darling
Olson
Darling
Gison
Olsen
Darlng
Wealthy Mrs Carefoot Turns Sleuth in Jewel Heist Hunt
Mrs Catherine Carefoot wife of Dr Edison Carefoot and member of a wealthy Illinois family visited pawnshops along Decatur and Peach tree streets in search of $3000 jewels stolen from her Majestic hotel apartments. She toured shops for hours, spoke to a reporter, and insisted she felt no fear walking busy Mr Peachtree streets.
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Peachtree
Upper
Decatur Street
Peachtree Street
Catherine Carefoot
Edison Carefoot
Illinois
Majestic Hotel
the Constitution
Eplan
Pecatur
Ivy Street
Suffrage Conference Opened to Negroes Amid Hotel Protests
In St Louis on April 4 the Mississippi valley suffrage conference opened its closing session with doors open to Negro women despite hotel rules against black patrons. At yesterday's close Victoria Haley, a Black woman, caused a commotion with her presence and was urged by suffrage leaders to attend today with more witnesses.
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St. Louis
Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference
Negsro
Victoria Haley
Suffragettes Rampage with Fire At Buckinghamshire House
London reports that suffragettes again torched a large country house in Cherleywood Buckinghamshire unoccupied but prepped for tenancy. Contractors value the loss at 12500 dollars and a “votes for women” card was found. No arrests.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Scott-Troy
California
Bryan
Washington
Zelieé Emerson
Mansell Moullin
Emerson
Woman avoids alimony in separation decree
New York April 4 Mrs Mary H Thorpe buys time by winning a decree of separation from her husband. Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum grants the petition and notes she need not pay alimony after she asserts she has supported him for years and wants to end the arrangement.
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New York
Mary H. Thorpe
Supreme Court
Greenbaum
Justice Greenbaum
Mrs Irene Brown Marries Ned McIntosh
A surprise wedding occurred last night at 9:30 at 183 Ivy Street when Mrs Irene Brown wed Ned McIntosh a reporter for The Constitution. The ceremony joined two friends in a quiet nuptial among their circle.
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Irene Brown
Ned McIntosh
The
Constitution
Ivy Street
Crisis in Switze Berne: Swiss political crisis deepens
A brief note reports a growing political crisis in Berne Switzerland as divisions widen among the people of Switzerland amid rising tensions. No further details provided.
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Berne
Switzerland
Poltical Crisia
Renfroe Jackson Dies of Pneumonia in Denver
News from Atlanta reports the death of Renfree Jackson in Denver Colorado from pneumonia. His body will be brought to Atlanta for burial. Sidney Cooper of Henderson North Carolina will arrive to arrange funeral plans. He was son of the late Howell Cobb Jackson of Savannah and Atlanta, with many friends in Atlanta. Relatives include Mrs Wilmer L Moore Mrs Shepard Bryan and Marlon Jackson.
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Atlanta
Jackson
Wilmer L. Moore
Shepard Bryan
Marlon Jackson
Railroad Gift Offer to Rhode Island by Grand Trunk
Providence April 4 President Chamberlin of the Grand Trunk Railway offers to turn over the Southern New England railroad to Rhode Island as an inalienable gift. The state must complete and operate the line under two options: operate with running rights and through-rate traffic division, or lease the road for a rental equal to six percent interest on actual costs. Chamberlin notes nearly 2,500,000 has already been spent on the line.
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Providence
R. L
Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Railway
Pothier
Rhode Island
Southern New England Railroad
White Woman's Estate Goes to Negro Husband
St. Louis date April 4 William Kellogg the negro who Mrs Julia McFarlane then married after her divorce from Charles Gerhart was granted the refusal of letters on the estate of his wife by the probate court. Kellogg becomes heir to all the personal property, valued under $502, including jewelry and clothing, after relatives asked the public administrator to intervene.
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St. Louis
William Kellogg
Julia McFarlane Thart
Charles 2
Military honors for financier J Piemont Morgan body
Havre France April 4 the body of J Piemont Morgan arrived from home and was taken to the liner France for New York transport. Infantry escorted the body with the regimental band playing Chopin funeral march. Mourning emblems draped the casket and a mortuary chapel hung with black velvet fringed with gold on board.
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Pdf
Peachtree repaving to cost $20000 proposed to street committee
The Peachtree Street repaving from Sixth to Fifteenth will cost about 20000. Commissioner Shelby Smith told the street committee yesterday that a subcommittee will study the proposal and a start could come by mid May with convict labor. The work will be shared by the city, railway and citizens, with the county covering part of the cost and the Warren Brothers providing bitumen binder. The decision on accepting Southern Bitulithic’s bid will be made Saturday morning in Piedmont Park plant discussions.
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Council
Shelby Smith
Orville H. Hall
Cantsin R. M. Clagi
Larente Haverty
W. D. White
Smith
Martletta Street
Peachtree
Warren Brothers Patent Company
Southern Bitulithic Company
W- 5
Ingram
Peachtree Street
Piedmont Park
Peachtres
W. T. Winn
Curtains Not Sermons Cause of Drowsiness
Chicago report says decorations at Evanston's First Congregational Church, pink curtains red cushions and yellow blue decor, induce drowsiness. Rev W T McElwen blamed the church decor after months of nodding off, aided by art instructor Miss Stella Skinner who urged harmonious colors to avoid depressive effects.
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Chicago
W. T. McElwen
First Congregational Church
Evanston
Stella Skinner
Northwestern University
Land slide overturns Texas Pacific train at Marshal
A railroad disaster near Marshal Texas on April 4 buried and trapped several workers. The Texas and Pacific line suffered a deadly landslide near Provencal Louisiana as railway crews worked to clear the wreckage and assess casualties.
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Texas Pacific
Marshal
Texas
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Provencal
Compromise on Free Sugar Ultimatum From President Wilson
Washington April 4 The tariff revision bill nears completion with only a decision on sugar pending. The plan mirrors Wilson ideas offering free list items and low duties on food and agricultural goods while slashing duties on chemicals steel and other products. Senate leaders seek time to study the bill then confer with Underwood and later with the president as debates on free sugar and wool continue.
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Washington
St Fa
Wilson
Senate
Underwoo
House Committee On
Ware and Means
Brousserd
Louisiana
House
Underwood
Finance Committee
Simmons
James
Hughes
Sena
Ther
Heers
Weather Prophecy Bair and Cooler Readings Reported
Georgia notes show Petr and cogier Saturday with a Saturday fair forecast. Local Hi Heport records lowest and highest temperatures and mean temperature. Rainfall in past 24 hours shows 0.62 inches. Delicate any ierne af mio appears in garbled text.
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C. W. Fidcock
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C. N. Darling
Farmers’ Union
Francis K. Price
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Georgia Farmers’ Union
J.T. M'Daniel
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Switze
Renfroe Jackson
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