Downfall of Seminole Chief Osceola in Savannah
Savannah police prepare to arraign John Osceola a full blood Seminole chief accused of passing worthless checks in multiple saloons. He sought funds for liquor and claimed descent from Tomichichi fronting a Florida Everglades return. Local priests lent him money and Daytona bank holds no funds.
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Savannah
John Osceola
Osceola
Osseeola
Florida
Daytona
Fla
Caceolas
Moody
Wright ‘Square
Tomichichi
Oglethorpe
Florida Everglades
Milledgeville Touts Watson Rally for Underwood
Milledgeville Georgia April 21 Hon Thomas Watson will speak Thursday night April 25 for Oscar Underwood’s presidential bid. Baldwin County’s shift to the tenth district heightens interest. Watson to be introduced by Col I D Howard and visit Georgia Normal and Industrial College to address students.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Thomas
Watson
Underwood Club
Baldwin County
Oscar Underwood
Tenth
I D Howard
Underwood
Georgia Normal and Industrial College
Parks
Gas and Phone Rates Probe Begins in City
The city council committee on electric lights telegraph and telephones plans a quick, busy probe into gas quality and rates charged by the Southern Bell Telephone Company. An appropriation of 1000 dollars to cover investigation expenses before the railroad commission was referred and forwarded, while aldermanic board non-concurred. The council also discussed a Maddox resolution for a dual probe of Yates telephone charges, with both firms likely to be summoned together, signaling active municipal oversight.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
Council
Railroad Commission Council
Aldermanic Board
Alder- Yaan Maddox
Yates
Railroad Commission
Atlanta Gas Light Company
Important Meetings of Council Committees
City hall hosts several committee sessions this week. Finance eyes resolutions to appropriate 7500 for Dargan Park purchase at Dargan place and Lucile avenue, 2500 for a nurses dormitory at Battle Hill Sanitarium, and 3300 to buy a city auto for the tax assessors. Street panel seeks county action to finish Georgia avenue improvements before further county work on the south side.
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Dargan Park
Dargan Place
Lucile Avenue
Battle Hill
Board of County Commissioners
Georgia Avenue
City Council to Begin Investigations on Rates
Alderman John E McClelland will head a council committee to study electric rate investigations. Other members include Orville H Hall Chambers Mason and Candler. In days, the group will decide whether to tackle the gag or telephone issue first.
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Ratea
John E McClelland
Orville H. Hall
Aldma Chambers and Co
C. Mason
John
Candler
McClelland
Canals finished in Everglades in Florida opening celebration
Tallahassee reports the official opening of Everglades drainage canals to reclaim 4,000,000 acres. A Gulf to Atlantic canal trip for Governor Gilchrist and national visitors marks the dedication with banquets and visits to Jacksonville Fort Myers and Miami. The project aims to drain Lake Okeechobee basin into a productive agricultural region at an estimated cost under $1 per acre.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Everglades
Florida
Gulf To Atlantic Canal
Gilchrist
Lake Okeechobee
United States
Internal Improvement Fund
Extra Session for Alabama's Lawmakers
Montgomery April 21 Special Developments in the state have heightened support for an extra session of the legislature this summer. Various political leaders urge an imperative session as indications point toward action.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Senate To Vote On Cummins Bill In Tobacco Appeal Case
Congress faces Titanic inquiry dominating the week as the Senate schedules a vote on the Cummins bill allowing independent tobacco interests to appeal to the Supreme Court from reorganization plans of the tobacco trust. House duties include postal appropriations and investigative work as debate on steel tariff revisions potentially spills into next week.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
United States Circuit Court
New York
House
Cummins
Post Office
Atlanta's Oldest Savings Bank Promotes Free Mail Boxes
The Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company offers a free mail box with each new depositor. Open an account with $1 to start and earn 6 percent interest compounded semiannually on July 1 and January 1. Bank officers include George M Brown president John W Grant vice president and Joseph E Boston secretary and treasurer.
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Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company
Atlanta
United States Poeta, Savings Funda
George M Brown
John W Grant
Joseph E. Boston
Mulkey predicts extra legislative session this summer
Oscar Mulkey of Geneva county, a former house leader, says Governor O Neal will call a special session this summer. His opinion rests on a large state treasury deficit, a call for a uniform county tax system, proposed cuts to last year’s appropriations, and corrections to errors in the 1911 revenue bill and related measures.
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O'Neal
Oscar Mulkey
Geneva County
Mulkey
House
Indictments Bring Large Legal Battle in Thomasville
In Thomasville Georgia a major superior court action looms next week over indictments by the grand jury against prominent druggists accused of selling whiskey and other intoxicants. Detective Harry Parker, key witness, was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant Friday night but released on $500 bail. The case has sparked wide discussion and is expected to draw a large crowd if tried.
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Thomasville
Spmeine
Harry Parker
Parker
Fitzgerald
Casa
Weather unsettled for week across regions
Washington April 21 The weekly Weather Bureau bulletin says temperatures will average above normal in the southern and eastern states and near or below normal with frosts in the middle west Rock mountains and plateau. Weather will be unsettled with well distributed precipitation as disturbances move eastward and bring general rains across the country with cooler follow up by week’s end.
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Washington
Middle West
Rock Mountain
Plateau
The
Weather Bureau
Plain States
St. Lawrence Valley
Misalesippi River
Battleships New Hampshire and Nebraska Reach Port
Key Wear Fla April 21. The battleships New Hampshire and Nebraska arrived off the port early today. They were to enter the harbor, but instructions directed them to proceed immediately to New Orleans.
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Key Wear
Fla
New Hampshire
Nebraska
New Orleans
Underwood Support Grows in Georgia Counties Says Spiller
Atlanta travel salesman Oscar Underwood R. J Spiller reports strong Underwood sentiment in Putnam Hancock Baldwin Bibb Macon Houston Crawford counties with many farmers backing him. He notes no notable gains for Governor Wilson and criticizes his tour contrasting with Underwood’s active stance. He spoke with influential men in Eatonton Sparta Milledgeville Macon Fort Valley and Montezuma.
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R. J Spiller
Atlanta
Mr. Spiller
Putnam
Hancock
Baldwin
Bibb
Macon
Houston
Crawford
Underwood
Spiller
Eatonton
Sparta
Milledgeville
Fort Valley
Montezuma
Wilson
Cotton goods market steady through week in New York region
New York April 21 cotton goods market held steady with wide print cloths and converts from medium yarns traded moderately. Fall River moved about 175000 print cloths. southern mills booked large contracts into late months. Prices for prints, brown staples, sheetings, and denims remained firm. bleached cottons steady with delayed deliveries. dress ginghams inactive.
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New York
Fall River
Southern Milla
Pepperelli
Standard Drifta Aer
Middle West
Pacific Coast
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Union
M. Hoyt Bhog Cou Mekers
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