San Francisco fire insurance costs and farm debt warning
A broad survey of postquake insurance losses discusses how underwriters may set a common policy, the evolving risk distribution since 1871, and the need for calm, with policyholders urged to stay independent of debt. It notes immigration, labor pressures, and political comments while urging prudent diversification in Southern farming to secure fair cotton prices and local economic strength.
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San Francisco
Ars
Chicago
Southern Cotton Association
Iinauce New Opera
South Carolina
Columbia
Palmetto Commonwealth
South
Georgia
Georgia Folksongs and Doomsday Doings Echo in Verse
A fragmented Georgia flavored page blends dialect poetry with sermons and humor. It recalls mockingbirds in the night, cautions about earthquakes and progress, and rural advice about opportunity, faith, and hard work from Brother Dickey and Brer Williams. The piece mixes aphorisms with regional lore and moral musings.
Allen Escapes from Jail in Americus
Henry Allen a young white man from Columbus escaped from jail in Americus Georgia by finding an unlocked cage door. George Bundrick a Dooly county prisoner sentenced to be hanged was brought to Americus for safekeeping. Allen was not recaptured.
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Bundrick
Americus
Henry Allen
Columbus
George Bundrick
Dooly County
Allen
Gossip at the Capitol on Georgia labor and rail issues
The Georgia labor scene draws attention as the Labor Information Office seeks details on conditions and manpower, with fears of foreign workers entering amid disfranchisement debates. The railroad commission plans a special session to review rate reductions and pending lumber derage cases, while an Arlington bank charter amendment and a rail line inspection near Elberton are noted.
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The
Railroad Commission
Georgia Southern and
Florida
Atlantic and Birmingham
Nes
Central of Georgia
Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Southeastern Car Service Association
Nine of twelve charged with murder captured in Virginia
Roanoke, April 25. Nine of twelve men charged with the murder of railroad contractor G. H. Fitzgerald at Carve Virginia yesterday have been captured and jailed at Pearisburg. Posses scour the mountains for the remaining three. no violence has occurred so far.
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Roanoke
Tillana
G. H. Fitzgerald
Carve
Pearisburg
Frank Farrell Injured In Auto Crash At Aqueduct
Frank Farrell, owner of many thoroughbreds and a New York baseball club, was seriously injured when his car struck a telegraph pole returning from Aqueduct. The chauffeur escaped with minor injuries. Farrell was unconscious and his ankle dislocated.
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New York
Aqueduct Track
Frank Farrell
New York Baseball Club
Mr. Farrell
Populists in Georgia Crossfire Over Primary Rules
The Macon Telegraph notes The Atlanta Journal’s claim that Atlanta leaders will push a resolution to bar former populists who rejoined the Democratic Party from the Democratic primary. The Journal argues against letting in populists republicans and socialists acting only to punish rivals in a so called white primary. The Journal questions the intelligence of the populists and asserts their stance.
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Macon Telegraph
Atlanta Journal
Democrat Executive Committee
Clark Howell
Democrata
Howell
What He Deduced. A Missouri congressman’s Texas bride tale
A misouri representative Benton, famed for shrewdness and plain looks, once pursued a land claim in Texas and won a wife there. In St Joseph he introduced his bride to General Mitchell, who bluntly asked if there were any men to Texas, leaving an odd, humorous impression of the couple.
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American Spectator
House of Representatives
Missouri
Benton
Texas
The Reaping. Constance Johnson Reflections in Harper's Weekly
A fragmentary verse note recalls a husband’s vow to shield his wife from sorrow and pain, praising devotion and concealment of his inner life until the moment of reception and strained endurance reveal a fallen outcome. The language hints at betrayal and worn hearts as the speaker questions the worth of his sacrifices.
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Constance Johnson
Harper's Weekly
Robert Barr Added to Sunday Constitution Contributor List
The Sunday Constitution announces Robert Barr as a new contributor. Barr, editor and chief proprietor of The Idler, Toronto, once worked for The Detroit Free Press, and is known for books such as A Woman Intervenes and The Speculations of John Steele. He is celebrated for wit, photography, and views on American affairs, with a planned novel The Rock Baltic to appear in The Sunday Count by May 4.
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Columbia State
Atlanta
Sprn
San Francisco
John Smith
East
Santa Fe
Sunday Constitution
Robert Bar
R. Robert Barr
Idler
x # Canadian
Detroit Free Pross
America
Barr Waz
Jerome K. Jerome
the Idler
London
The
Henrietta Street
Barr
Bourne
Tekla
John Steele
Mr. Barr
Anthea
Atart
England
Russia
Baltic
Syrian George and sugar hoarding leading to a street brawl
In Decatur Street a Syrian named George, who runs a hash dispensary, clashed with his dish washer Lucile Carter over sugar for coffee. Police arrested both after a chaotic scene with broken dishes and scattered sugar. Additional raids on a Sleepers saloon led to multiple fines for intoxication and unlawful behavior, including Lawless and other offenders.
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Sapp George
Decatur Street
Lucile Carter
George
Recorders Court
Lucila Carter
Lake
Owl Family Holds Quarters in a South High Street Tree
The Owl family has occupied a tree in front of Mrs. Caroline Poste's home at 1218 South High Street for twenty years, with debate over whether a single owl or several reside there. Neighbors report nightly serenades. disappearance recently sparked speculation about marriage and changes in the roost.
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Columbus
Otte
Clapatey
Ctv
Caroline Poste
South High Street
Poste
Owl
Owi
Aleh
Mar
Borhoud
Anne Ane
Lana
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Clare Howell
Rot Robinson
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Atlante
W. H. Overby
C. H. Donnelly
W. W. Blackburn
Charles 8. Moore
C. Rateinbon
E. L. Parker
Millwood
Constitution Publishing CO
Hotaliog
Broadway
Thirty-eighth Street
Atlanta, GA
LaFollette
Oklahoma
Uncle Joe Cannon
Jnge Humphrey
Rockefeller
Funsten
Aquin
Aldo
Carnegie Hero Fund
John Paul Jones
Detroit News
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Supreme Courts
Canada
Roosevelt
M. &. Johnson
Gorky
Free America
Johnson
Corton
Fhi Islands
Kansas City Journal
California
Panama
San Francelles
Eaid
Marie Corelli
Newark News
Datto Bryan
Brother Dickey
Vesuvius
Brer Williams
de Sen
Satan
Meyer Ax
State Department of Agriculture
Labor Information Office
Stallang
New York City
Hudson
Commissioner of Agriculture
John M. Brown
Bainbridge Democrat
Georia
Ttheatete
Phil Cook
Bank of Arlington
Calhoun County
C. 3B. Stevens
KR. &. Wright
A. Copeland
B. I. Thornton
Elberton
Elberton Air Line Railroad
Southern Railway
Philadelphia Bulletin
University of Pennsylvania
Iran
Carnegie
Newberry
James A.B. Scherer
Newberry College
Andrew Carnegie
D. K. Pearson
Taniaccne
Searone Wits
Bery
Robert Barr
John Ateele
Jennie Baxter
Jew Nalist
George’s Sugar
Broyles
T. R. Lawless
Lawless
Wilt Frank
Ile
Tess
W. E. Shiplet
Lon Puckett
saJoon Encozers
Hardie Smith
Vatred
Recorder
Ering
W. &. Dorsey
Tam the River Une
Smith
Tle
Dorsey
Iike
Mrs. Lot
Washington Post
Lot
Gye
Lerell
Td Niewspapee
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