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Hitchcockism and the Post Office Probe Demands Congress Action
The Associated Press reports that a thorough congressional inquiry is essential, focusing first on the post office department. It argues mismanagement delays mail, curtails facilities, and harms business and citizens, urging witnesses from railway mail and postal ranks while safeguarding whistleblowers from dismissal.
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Democratic House
Post Office Department
America
Congress
Paul Prys
Washington
Georgia counties push road bonds in statewide drive
Georgia counties push road bonds amid a state wide drive after Troup county started with 200000 for roads Bibb county plans 525000 in bonds for roads and bridges Emanuel county calls for election after mass meeting urging bonds Edmonds of The Manufacturers Record calls roads an economic issue surpassing tax questions and notes value gains from improvements offset costs.
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Georgia
Troup
Bibb
Emanuel
Swainsboro
Richard H. Edmonds
Manufacturers’ Record
Savannah
Edmonds
South
Fulton County
Death of Colonel Benjamin F. Abbott Atlanta legal figure
The obituary notes Colonel Benjamin F. Abbott a prominent Atlanta lawyer and legislator. He helped draft Atlanta’s 1874 city charter on the legislative committee and later served on the executive committee in 1881.
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Benjamin F. Abbott
Abbott
Atlanta
Prominent Atlanta Lawyer Passes After Illness
International Cotton Exposition figure and longtime leader of the Atlanta Bar Association, he was described as of rigid probity and broad citizenship. His death leaves a significant void among friends and the wider community.
Georgia Lyric Blend Reflects Love Dream and Rural Life
A fragmentary column mixes poems and letters from Billville style readers. It includes a Georgia lyric about rain swept fields memories of love and a rural confession from a farmer about plow lessons and life’s work.
Divorce Letter Reveals Wives Infidelity and Departure
In a Pierce versus Pierce divorce case a letter from the wife to George W. Pierce exposes her claim of love for another man and her plan to leave. The jurors heard the admission of infidelity and the desire for independence, while the husband’s lawyers H W Dent and Henry Troutman argued the case.
Prayed Two Years for Rival Then Shot Her to Death
In Fort Worth Texas on April 5 neighbors and women friends testified in a trial at First Methodist Church that Mrs Litsle Brooks a deaconess named Ida Stephens prayed daily for two years for the rival Mrs Mary Lanford. They testified she prayed that the woman Brooks shot to death over her husband might become a better person.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Litsle Brooks
Ida Stephens
Mary Lanford
First Methodist Church
Brooks
Binford
Radical recommendations urged to curb Chicago vice
The Chicago vice commission urged radical steps to reduce social evil including a morals commission and court, stricter policing, and segregation oppose, plus broad reforms such as sex hygiene instruction, better pay for women, and closer parental oversight. The report blames poverty, ignorance, and exploitation for the vice trade and calls for institutional changes and public nuisance laws.
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Chicago
Chicago Vice Commission
Common Council
Vica
Maddison Denies Hiding. Aids Son on Business Trip
W W Maddison of the Philadelphia Casualty Company says he is not in hiding with his 4 year old son, and can be found at business points. Mrs Maddison, who lives at 29 Currier Street, learned of the boy’s whereabouts by telegram and plans to pursue legal action to regain custody, with divorce papers and a restraining order already served on Mr Maddison.
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W. W. Maddison
Philadelphia Casualty Company
Hampton's Secretary Dies in Columbia
Wade Hampton Manning private secretary to Governor Wade Hampton during the dual government era died in Columbia. Manning served as secretary to General Hampton from 1875 to 1880 and to Governors Jeter Hagood, later acting pension agent under Comptroller Verner in the eighties before resigning when the Tilman faction took control.
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Wade Hampton Manning
Wade Hampton
Daniel H Chamberlain
Massachusetts
Chamberlain
Hampton
Manning
Jeter
Hagood
Verner
Tilman
Color line to be drawn in northern colleges
Dr P J Maverity of Chicago for the Freedmen's Aid Society told the Troy conference of the Methodist church that the color line in northern colleges is inevitable. He urged that negroes seek education in southern schools maintained for them.
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P. J. Maverity
Chicago
Freedmen's Aid Society
Carson Heads Trade Body In Savannah
J A G Carson was re elected president of the Savannah Board of Trade with Harvey Granger as vice president at a luncheon hosted by Carson at the Thunderbolt Yacht Club. The year saw record high prices and strong demand for Savannah’s grocery merchants.
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Carson
Savannah
J. A. G. Carson
Savannah Board of Trade
Harvey Granger
Thunderbolt Yacht Club
Democrats Split Over Martin as Senate Leader
Washington April Democrats in the Senate debated whether to back conservative or progressive policy as William J Bryan urged selecting a leader more aligned with his views. About fifteen senators attended the four hour meeting in Senator Stone's committee rooms to discuss Martin of Virginia as potential caucus chairman and the broader legislative program.
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Coca Cola Case Argument Concluded For Day
In Chattanooga Tenn on April 5 Judge Sanford held the Coca Cola case argument on peremptory instructions, the day’s proceedings ending at noon. Both sides debated branding and labeling features, with judgment reserved until tomorrow.
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Chattanoooga
Tenn
Sanford
Atlanta Man Buys 19 600 Acres in Ware County
Waycross April 3 Special A large land deal closed here today transferring 39 600 acres in Ware county to C J Haden of Atlanta The tract lies largely south and southwest of Waycross and is described as one of the largest acreage transfers in Ware in years with potential for milling turpentine and agricultural development.
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Waycross
Ware County
C. J. Haden
Atlanta
Ware
Fly Ordinance Loses By One Vote In Fitzgerald
The Fitzgerald city council failed to pass the fly ordinance by one vote at Monday night’s meeting. Health Officer Dr L S Osborne will be sent to Rome in two weeks for the first state health officers meeting, the eighteenth, with county physician Dr W Dorming also attending.
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Fitzgerald
Atlanta
L. S. Osborne
Rome
W . Dorming
Ben Hill
Why the Birds Sing in Spring According to a Poem
Fragmented verse muses on spring awakening observed in nature. Bees hum, buds swell, birds sing, crickets chirp as elves and fairies inhabit a whimsical landscape. The speaker answers the line Why the birds sing with nature’s renewal and magical imagery.
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