Blind Tiger Agitation Forces Albany Police Chief to Quit
Albany Ga April 11 special one of the greatest political surprises in Albany history was sprung when it became known that Chief of Police R N Westbrook had been placed in the hands of the board of police commissioners Westbrook confirmed the report but said the commission had taken no action He blamed the blind tiger agitation saying at meetings a member raised the issue and complained nothing was done He offered to retire for sixty or ninety days and let another man take a hand He said it is now up to the commission to act with his resignation tendered and awaiting their decision
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Albany
R. N. Westbrook
Board of Police Commissioners
Chlef Westbrook
Police Commission
Birtd
Women raise funds for Bessie Tift College tour
Forsyth Ga April special reports Miss Misa Mattle Morris tours the state to build a 560000 endowment for Bessie Tift College. She speaks vigorously and secures subscriptions while Rev R A Lansdell and Rev Holley accompany. H H Tift of Tifton pledges 20000 toward the 100000 required.
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Forsyth
Avention
Misa Mattle Morris
Bessie Tift College
Old Baptist Girls’ School
Miss Morris
R.A. Lansdell
Mr. Holley
Baptist Church of Georgia
H. H. Tift
Tifton
Good-by for little while Wade Tennent heads to trial
Wade Tennent tells friends goodbye as he boards the Dixie Flyer bound for Marietta for a murder trial. Sheriff G Mischki notes the unrestrained departure and the unhandcuffed surrender, describing the scene as unique in the city. A large group of Tennent's childhood friends sees him off with wishes for his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Tennent
G. Mischki
Ottawa
Dixie Flyer
Wade
Tennent
Marietta
No City Official Hurries in Working Says Alderman
Alderman Warren said no city official hurries while at work at a council meeting. He cited a resolution by Councilman Greer to spend 250 for extra help for the chief of construction through July first. Warren noted men in the chief’s office taking their time and opposed undue delays. TheGreer resolution was referred to the finance committee.
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Warren
Greer
Greee 88S
Finance Committee
Interurban line proposed from Dalton to Chattanooga
Dalton Ga April 11 Interurban line from Dalton to Chattanooga edging toward reality New York capitalists study route and seek franchises by using Oconee Power Co power and Chattanooga Railway rails, with possible entry via Mission Ridge tunnel The plan may cross W A R R tracks above Ringgold head toward Chickamauga Creek and Catoosa Springs with a southward trajectory toward Hamilton Street in north Dalton.
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Dalton
Chattanooga
New York
Oconee Power Company
Chattanooga Railway Company
Chattanoog
Chickamauga Park
Mission Ridge
Ringgold
Chickamauga Ereel
Catoosa Springs
Hamilton Street
We Have Moved Our City Office and Stationery
News item notes the move of the Office and Stationery Department to SIX North Broad Street by Foote and Davies Co. A rainy night drew a fair audience to Rev. Bob Jones at St Pauls Methodist Church where he spoke on The Disease of Sin and the Healing Touch. He argued sin is the most prevalent and damaging disease, likening it to cancer. Services continue daily with morning at 10 and evening at 7:20. Also mentions typewriter rentals by American Writing Machine Company.
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No. Six
Broad ST
Bob Jones
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Ordinance Committee Acts On Many Papers
The ordinance committee of council acted on several papers including a charter amendment to empower the general council to fill vacancies in both the council and aldermanic board, a resolution on ward elections, and an ordinance changing Saturday work hours for city employees, all with varying recommendations and considerations.
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Health Department
General Council
Youth Testifies to Seeing Shooting in Trial
Anniston Alabama April 11 11 year old Leon Dyer testified for the prosecution in the Pearce case. He said he heard Kennedy and Kennedy give the command to shoot and that he saw Dr Pearce fire and Kennedy fall. Cross Pearce and items from the doctor were displayed in court.
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Anniston
Alt
Leon Dyer
John E. Pearce
Sarge Enned
Dyer
Whtennedy
Shear
Dr. Pearce
J. Kennedy
Tie
Cross Pearce
The
Doctor and
Who Argets
Kennedy
Yurt
Johnson to Rest by Henry George Johnson Smiled to End
Former Mayor Tom L. Johnson dies in Cleveland at age and will be interred at Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn. Public tribute planned with state in tomorrow and Thursday services at Greenwood with Rev. Harris R. Cooley officiating. telegrams of condolence flow from Gov Harmon to Mayor Gaynor and national figures. Johnson smiling to the end as chauffeur recalls.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Henry George
Singletoner
Wtcome
Harris R. Cooley
Mr. Johnson
Herman Balher
Judson Harmon
William J. Bryan
Burton
Atlee Pomerene
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
William J. Gaynor
New York
Harmon
Bryan
Gaynor
Misa Louise Graham
Arthur Fuller
Arthur
Amule
Schedule to Washington and New York Shortened
Seaboard announces a shortened schedule effective April 9 leaving Atlanta at 1 p m arriving Washington at 10 1 m and New York at 4 56 p m with through lighted steel sleeping and observation cars and dining cars using the new Pennsylvania RR station in New York.
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Washington
New York
Seaboard
Atlanta
New
Pennsylvania RH. B
Camp Walker to Send Sixty Men to Reunion
Camp W. H. Walker No 925 United Confederate Veterans meets in Little Rock Ark to plan a large delegation of sixty men in full uniform for the reunion. Officers elected include Commander Julius H. Cook and several lieutenant commanders with Mangum as treasurer and Park as sergeant major. Delegates Mangum Martin Shetrutt Adamson. Alternates Aderholt Copeland Park Reams.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. H. Walker
United Confederate Veterans
Julius H. Cook
J. B. Smitt
J.C Wilson
M. J. Darby
Scott L. Baugh
P. Archer
C. W. Mangumi
W. B. Costley
J. Sneed
J. A. Park
J.P. Hell
Dr.m. Martin
R. H. Platt
John Ward
Philadelphia corrupt and contented with it
Cambridge April 11 Reverend Turnick chairing the New England Methodist evangelization board denounces Philadelphia as not only corrupt but contented in corruption and cites civic evils. He notes Boston supports the open Sabbath while San Francisco faces fires and quakes as he condemns three vices in his annual report.
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Cambridge
Philadelphia
Boston
Tr. Turnick
Evangelization Board
The
New England Methodists
Se New England Methodist Conference
Dry Shampoo Better Than Soap and Water
From The New York Graphic. A beauty expert says washing hair with soap and water too often dries and roughens hair. A simple dry shampoo using four ounces of powdered ormy root and four ounces of therex, sprinkled on the head and brushed through once or twice weekly, keeps hair lustrous and tight.
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New York Graphic
Claribel Montague
Weather and world changes tease Easter dates and skies
The piece muses on Easter dating variability, climate shifts, and dramatic global upheavals. It cites celestial and terrestrial changes from early calendars to planetary motions, joking that a purple snowstorm would fit the mood. It mentions Easter alignment with lunar Jewish months and historical upheavals reshaping continents and oceans.
Dustless Dusters and Demonstrators Highlight 1900s Marketing
In a feature on American business women and new products, demonstrators tout Melba Rose Blush cosmetics and OMO dress shields while Frank Howard introduces Dustless Duster. The piece praises capable women, describes cosmetic myths, and extols the dust catching cloth that polishes and sterilizes with hot water and soap.
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Penick & Foro
Tro
Hinch
Piedmont
Davis
Gms
Anderson Hardware Co
North Pryor St
Kimball
North Georgia
American Writing Machine Company
Ordinance Committee
Reunion
Atlante
Mars
Venus
Coosa
OMO
Tropics
F. A. Howard
Howard
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