Snakes and a haunted cellar on Decatur Street tale
A Decatur Street storefront formerly known as the heart of Atlantan business, rented to "Rikke Swallower," hosted a snake frightening spectacle. A repairman descended a candle lit cellar, faced a writhing black snake and green-snake glare, then fled as the door bound shut. The janitor later killed sixty snakes believed to be housed there since Zulitta released them.
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Decatur Street
Yarbhrough
Decatur Xiraet
Couran
Tim
Morrest
George Adair
Zulitta
228 Young Doctors Get Diplomas During Month
From April 22 the Atlanta schools will hold graduations for 228 candidates. The Atlanta School of Medicine and associated colleges will award 56 degrees at the Grand with remarks by Dr George H Nobly and Dr John Ottnatad. ex Governor Wood Northen to present diplomas. On April 23 the Atlanta Dental College will grant 87 DD degrees with address by Dr Tom Thurmond and diploma by Judge Willian R Hammond. The combined exercises April 24 will place 55 dental and 30 medical graduates at the Grand with reports by Deans W Elkin and W Foster. Governor Hoke Smith will speak. diplomas given by Judge Howard Von Epps. Pearl Harbor station funding noted.
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Atlanta Schoo of Medicine
Atlanta College of Phyestcluna and Surgeons
Southern Dental College
Atlanta Dental Callege
Atlanta Achoal of
Sha
George HO
John
Ottnatad
Gmernor Wood Northen
Board of Trustees
Avanta Dental College
Tom Thurmond
Willan R
Bill Framed To Curb Interstate Liquor Shipments
Washington April 6 The Senate judiciary committee agreed on a bill targeting interstate liquor shipments with fictitious names and requiring clear consignor and consignee details The measure aims to curb railroad and express company agents for liquor houses and limit state police powers while facing constitutional challenges from both sides The report to the Senate will reflect unanimous reporting with minority views preserved for potential future debate
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Washington
Senate
Benator Knox
Mauor House
Eoan
Knox
Taft Speech in Omaha Attacks Bryan on Philippine Policy
Secretary Taft closed his Nebraska trip with a banquet speech at the Auditorium praising McKinley Civic and addressing William Bryan. He accused Bryan of inconsistency re the Philippines and self government, citing Bryan’s prior support for a treaty that placed the Philippines under U S rule.
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Bryan
Omaha
Neb
Taft
Nebraska
McKinley Civic
Tool Neenaion Lonlaht
Wiliam Uryan
Submarine probe hearings highlight veracity and coercion claims
Congress screens Electric Boat link to sub firm Lake Torpedo as Robert G. Skerrett faces questions on submarine writings while Lilley clashes with Washington reporter Woolley over accuracy. Loud denies coercion and influence in submarine vote. hearings adjourn amid conflicting testimonies as committee signals published affidavits lack official status.
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Washington
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Electric Boat Company
House Committee
Robert G. Skerrett
New York
Leake Company
Lake Company
Lilley
R. W. Woolley
Loud
Michigan
Frank Edinborough
W. G. Gordon
India
Mr. Loud
Gordon
Eiectricoat Company
Healan
Edinborough
Laud
Atp
Routell
Tilley
Wooley
Robert Woolley
Woolley
Liey
Mr. Woolley
Naval inquiry reveals Lake Company influence and Skerrett testimony
Witnesses recount attacks on opposing standards of credibility and discuss payments for naval articles. Edward B. Vreeland testifies Loud linked to a prominent district attorney figure while Herbert Skerrett defends his writings as public- arena sources. There is sharp debate over whether the Octopus vessel could rival foreign designs.
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Edward B. Vreeland
New York
Loud
Electric Hoat Company
Herbert G. Ekerratt
Mr. Howard
Lake Company
Berrett
Lake People
Prior
Durin
Scientific American
Torpedo Boat Company
Skerrett
Olmsted
Frederick Whitney
Strernly
Whitney
Bonded Liquor Tax Upheld by U S Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court rules Kentucky law taxing distilled spirits in bonded warehouses does not violate the federal constitution. Justice McKenna delivers the decision in the J. C. Thompson case, affirming Kentucky’s authority to tax whisky under state law. Thompson, owner of a Franklin county warehouse, challenged federal control and equal protection claims under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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United Simton Supreme Court
Kentucky
Washington
Supreme Cour of the
United States
McKenna
J. C. Thompson
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Thompson
Franklin County
Supreme Court’ of
MoiCenne
Pension Plan for Gate City
The Atlanta general council approved a resolution to appoint a committee to study a permanent pension for widows and orphans of firemen and policemen killed in duty and to aid disabled veterans. The council also moved to pursue hosting the next Confederate Veterans reunion in Atlanta, asking committees to coordinate with local veterans and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Commission For
General Council
Aklarman Qullian
Atlanta
Bocra
Board of Police Commie
United Confederate Veterans For Atanta
Quillinn
Auanta
Atents
Chamber of Commerce
Iwn
Army Pay Rise Passes Senate With Major Funding Increase
The Senate approved a $100,000,000 army appropriation with minor amendments. An $80,000 waterworks line for Fort William Henry Harrison in Montana was added. The measure raises pay for officers and enlisted men, and a foraker-backed section seeks names of former Twenty-fifth Infantry soldiers discharged for desertion seeking reentry. The session adjourned after passage.
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Washington
Senate
Fort William Ifunry Starrison
Montana
Foraker
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Hartwell Youth Shot by Pink Thresher In Hurt County
A young white man named McLane, from a leading Hurt county family, was shot in the thigh Friday night by Pink Thresher in Hartwell Georgia. The wound is painful but not life threatening and McLane is expected to recover.
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Hartwell
Waiton
Oppose River Rates In Alabama Railroad Dispute
Selma business men oppose the Alabama railroad commission’s plan to fix rates on the Alabama and Tom Bigbee rivers. They urge leaving the question open while the commission proceeds with a preexisting schedule at a later session. Mobile merchants seek ten days’ free time on bunker coal, decision postponed.
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Selma
Schod
Montgomery
Als
Alabama
Tom Bighes
Mobile
China rejects Japan postal plan over Manchuria rights
Peking declares that Japan’s proposals for a reciprocal postal arrangement in Manchuria threaten China's sovereign rights. Japan sought to have China recognize in postal routes the telegraph stations outside the railroad zone. The government council also orders the department to be guided by the 1903 Chinese-Japanese convention allowing only Chinese carriage on Imperial railways.
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China
Japan
Peking
Chinese Foreign Board
Manchuria
Department of Poate
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Trear Harbor
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Pearl Harbor
Hawait
Antljug
Comgressman
Mam
Quention
Manhattan
Pia Ita
Rogers, Peet & Co. and
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Daniel Brothers Co
L. J. Daniel
Arhivve
Peachtree St
Senna
Elsur
Cauionmia
Louisville, KY
N.Y
Harper's Weekly
Littleton
The
Heat Company
Engilah
Lane Company
Simon Lake
Lake Boat Company
Congress
Mr. Olmsted
Mr. Skerrett
Pension Plan For
Gate City
Kentucky Spray
United Liquor Store
United Liquor Stores Co. Capital
Jacksonville
Fla
Chattanooca
Kew Oristine
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