Fight for Free Paper May Prompt Tariff Revision
Reportian estimates US paper stock dwindling since Sept 1909 with monthly declines from 52 116 tons to 19 807 tons by March 1910. Mills shipped less than demand, creating pressure to import pulp and seek tariff changes. Washington debate tied to American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Herbert Knox Smith
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
American Paper and Pulp Association
FabHeriers’ Association
Pure is the word when KKK Flour goes in the kitchen
A brief item notes the use of KKK Flour in cooking, calling attention to purity or cleanliness in the kitchen context and hinting at a regional or historical advertising angle. No additional facts or figures are provided.
April Sets City Building Permit Record in Atlanta
The city reports record April building permits totaling 1,058,712, second only to the post office project. First four months of 1910 reach 2,505,067, with large permits for Pendleton building on Pryor Street at 34,000 and Adair McCarty office building at the corner of Walton and Cone streets at 75,000.
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Atlanta
Pendleton
Arachad
Pryor Atrant
Adair & McCarty
Watton and
Cone
K K K One Time Reduces Rival’s Lead In Duel
The K K K team held off a close challenge as K K K gained ground to narrow the lead in a tense matchup. Officials reviewed play by play as the crowd watched the margin shrink late in the fourth period.
Bristow Attacks Railroads Over Rates and Corruption
Senator Bristow condemned railroad rate making as tyrannical and discriminatory while accusing influence over federal judges. He cited Tucson Ariz and El Paso Denver as examples of unequal pricing, showing higher charges for longer hauls and goods including fabrics and meats. He warned against allowing such practices to continue and urged reform.
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Washington
Benatar Bristow
Senate
Brisnow
Tucson
Aris
New York
el Paso
San Francisco
Tuscon
Ariz
Denver
Bristow
Kansas City
New Orléans
Wichita
New Orleans
Canada Posts Record Trade Totals in Fiscal Year
Ottawa reports Canada’s total trade for the year ending March 31 at 3,677,242,1998, up 30 percent from the prior twelve months. The gain tops the previous high and monthly increases run over 16 million, signaling a possible total around 800 million for the current year.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
Man forfeits deposit after beating in theater incident
Buffington forfeited a $25.75 cash bond after a beating by Mrs. R Spivey at a Favorite theater in a disorderly conduct case. Spivey and her witnesses testified that Buffington grabbed her in the 11 Garnett street area and struck her. Patrolman Frey and Recorder Broyles oversaw the proceedings and accepted the forfeit.
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R. Spivey
Garnett Street
RK. B. Buffington
Recorder Brayles
Broyles
Recorder
Buffington
Mrs. Spivey
Fray
Mra. Spivey
Frey
Reputed Texas Cattleman Purportedly Alive in Sabine Pass Case
April 27 reports from Sabine Pass La confirm Texas cattleman J Pureet believed murdered is alive. Letters from Texas say Purlet was seen at several places. his horse found with the bridle cut near the bit. Purlet reportedly owns a ranch near San Antonio.
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J. Pureet
Sabine Pass
Pureet
Texas
Poteet
San Antonio
Two Autos Burned and Negro Is Hurt in Americus
In Americus Georgia last night two cars were partially burned and the Americus Automobile Company garage narrowly escaped destruction. A negro man carrying a lamp and can of gasoline tried to fill a tank when an explosion occurred. The man was severely burned as burning liquid spread over him.
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Americus
Americus Automobie Company
State Teachers Will Meet Today in Georgia Education Session
The annual Georgia Education Association convention opens in Taft Hall Auditorium Armory tonight with hundreds of teachers. A directors and trustees meeting will precede at the state capitol to prepare agenda items including state support for high schools and compulsory education. Atlanta is favored as permanent headquarters to centralize operations, replacing Cumberland Island sessions. Receptions at Piedmont Hotel and Girls High School faculty events are planned.
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Coneition
Georgia Education Alssociation
Taft Bell
Auditorium Armory
J. M. Pound
Capitol
Georgia
Mex
Atlanta
Cumberland Island
Piedmont Hotel
Girls’ High School
Deputy Sheriff Shot From Ambush in Alabama
Deputy H. H. Young was fatally shot this afternoon at Dolomite near Birmingham by Frederick Spencer, a Black man, who had just shot a Black woman. Young, about to arrest him, was ambushed as Spencer hid by the roadside. two bullets struck him, and Spencer escaped.
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Birmingham
Ala
H. H. Young
Frederick Spencer
Dolomite
Spencer
Young
Memorial Tay Parade Showed School Boys In Fine Form
The sixth division of the Memorial Tay parade featured public school boys marching in order with bright costumes and steady formation. William M. Slaton, superintendent of public schools, organized and supported the event as a full holiday boosted turnout. The march included fifth to eighth graders from city schools plus Boys' High and Technological High students led by older pupils, each school preceded by a color bearer and with a drummer boy.
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Tay
William M. Slaton
Mareh
Board of Education
Technological High School
Bedy
Remarkable Civil War reunion at Galena marks Grant birthday
In Galena Illinois April 2 a large Civil War reunion gathered former Confederate and Union soldiers to honor Ulysses S Grant on his eighty seventh birthday. Col James Hemison Lewis, son of a Confederate general who surrendered to Grant, delivered the day’s oration before hundreds of veterans who once supported or opposed Grant.
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Chicago
Galena
Ulysses
Cooy
Grant
General Grant
Auction April 30 Foster and Robson Macon Citizen Sued
Mavon Ga April 27 Special For his wife's Rousseau C 5 Wall was sued in the superior court today and the Dannenberg Company won the verdict. Before the wedding Mrs Wall acted as agent for Wall and secured goods on his account. Later disputes over payment led to a suit and Wall was challenged in justice court where he lost, with 400 due and the couple now liable for the finery the wife enjoyed after the marriage.
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Mavon
Dannenberg Company
Wall
Anheuser-Busch Fire Damages Plant and Endowment Fight
Fire at the Anheuser-Busch Brewing plant in St. Louis causes an estimated 539000 loss with heavy smoke as bottling and storage houses are destroyed. Five hundred thousand bottles of beer perish and paintings and furniture owned by E A Faust are lost. The report also notes ongoing endowment fundraising efforts for Emory College, including subscription drives and campaign updates in Atlanta and nearby committees. Meanwhile in London, a Faloniki dispatch claims about 400 Albanians, mostly women and children, were killed in a Turkish artillery bombardment.
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St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
E. A. Faust
London
Faloniki
Godavata
King Knows Robbers Held After Bank Attack
Robert King, wounded in the Victory bank robbery at McKees Rocks, says he can identify both robbers and was shot to silence. He is detained at the North Side Central Police Station as investigators verify his account.
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King
Pittsburg
Robert King
Victory Bank
McKees Rocks
North Side Central
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Decatur
Country Club
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Foster & Robson
Macon
Trousseau
Anheuser-Busch CO
Emory College Committee
Emory College
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Robeson
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