Orville Wright Cross-Country Flight Impresses Military Officials
Orville Wright and Lieut Benjamin Foulois completed a ten mile flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria and back at over 42 mph drawing praise from army and navy officials for potential warfare uses. Wright attributed speed to low flying over rough ground while Miss Katherine Wright celebrated the achievement. The Wright brothers plan Dayton and Europe visits as they prepare to train officers in operating the aircraft.
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Washington DC
Orville Wrights
Benjamin D Foulois
Fort Myer
Alexandria
Army
Navy
Shuter’s Hill
Wilbur Wright
Orville
Katherine Wright
Bishop Wright
Dayton
Reuchi
Orville Wright
Ornula Wright
Europe
WhHbur
Wright
Aeroplane Corps
Delivery Boy Hurt in Macon Auto Crash
John White, a bicycle delivery boy for the Gaston Fish Company, was run down and badly injured by F C Bennett driving automobile No 45 from Hawkinsville at the corner of Plum and First streets in Macon. The driver briefly stopped, lifted him to a city hospital, and his bicycle was wrecked. The youth narrowly escaped death.
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Macon
John White
Gaston Fish Company
F C Bennett
Hawkinavills
Plum
First Streets
Guarantied Whiskies From Potts-Thompson Co Covington Ky
Guaranteed whiskies offered with express prepaid shipping and satisfaction guarantee. Catalog includes Perfection Ryo Golden Seal Ryo and Stone Mt Corn with prices listed. Georgia product Old Piedmont Corn noted. Write for full catalog Potts-Thompson Liquor Co Covington Kentucky.
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Golden Seal
Stone Mt
Old Piedmont Corn
Potts-Thompson Liquor Co
Covington, KY
McLendon faces removal as railroad chairman debate
The Georgia railroad commissioner McLendon faces likely removal by the House with the Senate having already voted to remove. Governor Brown will appoint to fill the vacancy, while McLendon contemplates injunctive action. A fatal awning accident in Hartwell, injuring Dosier A Thornton and injuring Goss and Cash, ties into the ongoing political tension over bonds tied to Athens Street Railway.
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G McLendon
Railroad Commission
Iinally
General Assembly
House
Senate
McLendon
Govrnor
Smith
House of Representatives
Hartwell
A Thornton
Deposit Street
Thornton
Hamilton B
Goss
Robee Cash
Athens Street Railway Company
Hoke Smith
Brown
Chinese Consul Shot to Death in New York Office
Dr Luk Wie Chinese vice consul in New York was mortally wounded in his Broadway office by a man described as undersized with a cropped haircut. The suspect Wong Bow Cheung or Matuda Young said he fired in self defense after a dispute over aid and alleged ejection from the consulate. The shooter, arrested after a street pursuit, claimed insanity. no motive linked to tong wars. Dr Wing died at St. Gregory’s Hospital. his American wife was at his bedside.
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New York
Luk Wie
Lehigh
Lower Broadway
Wing
St Gregory S Hospital
Matuda Young
Philadelphia
Galen Hall
Atlantic City
McDonald
Nub Broadway
Quong Yick Nam
Elsie Sigel
Bilsie Sigel
Dr Wing
Five Model Rooms At Rhodes Wood Furniture Co Attract Attention
Rhodes Wood Furniture Co displays five model rooms in a long window arrangement on Mitchell and Whitehall streets. Under Mr Chase Hart the show features a sterling library room with feathered library apparatus a dining room in mahogany a brass bed room and an oak suite bedroom plus a mahogany parlor. Visitors praise the window dressing and the furniture displays as examples of correct furnishing and good ideas.
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Rhodes-Wood Furniture Co
Mitchell Street
Whitehall Street
Chase Hart
Mshogany
Louisville Herald Sold to Chicago Editor
Louisvill e by July 31 announces John Shaffer of Chicago has purchased a controlling interest in The Louisville Herald. The Herald will support the Taft administration but in local affairs align with the Independent. Myer Shafer announces W K McKay of The Chicago Evening Post as managing editor.
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Louisvile
Herald Tomorrow Morning
John Shaffer
Chicago
Lowsville Herald
Herald
Taft
Myr Shaffer
W K McKay
Chicago Evening, Post
Georgia public official’s removal sparks railroad posturing
The debate over removing Chairman McLendon touches due process and impeachment. Governor Brown reportedly has multiple applicants for the railroad commissioner post, with H Warner Hill seen by some as a likely successor if McLendon is removed. Hill previously served as a chairman before McLendon’s elevation.
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Hoke Smith
Senate
McLendon
Banis
Brown
MacLendons
H Warner Hill
Commissioner Hill
Mr Hirshburg Home Again After National Photo Meet
Mr Wesley Hirshburg, Atlanta’s prominent photographer, returns from Rochester and New York City. He attended the National Convention of Photographers at Rochester, calling it the most successful convention in the association’s history. He spent two weeks leisure time in New York city on his homeward trip.
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Wesley Hirshburg
Rifle Competition Honors Lieutenant Hearn Wins
Lieutenant Roscoa H Hearn of the Ninth United States Infantry, stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas, earns a place on the Fort Sheridan rifle and pistol team after top scores in May and June practice and the Leon Springs competition. He is named battalion adjutant and will travel to Atlanta August 25 with his wife Miss Mary D Woodward for two months leave with Colonel and Mrs Fark Woodward.
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Roscoa H Hearn
Ninth
United States Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Texel
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Hearn
Leon Springs
Texas
Heard
Atlanta
Mary D. Woodward
Fark Woodward
Stubbs Brothers Heavy Losers in City Fire
In Macon Georgia on July 31 the Stubbs brothers FR Bartew Stubbs and Keene suffered heavy losses when a blaze destroyed the Tybee hotel and the Pulaski house. The three men owned the Tybee hotel and the Pulaski house, with losses estimated around 350000 above insurance. The Tybee hotel and the Pulaski house were owned and operated by the Stubbs brothers and Keene in Savannah.
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Stubbs
Macon
FR. B. Stubbs
Sidney Stubbs
George Keene
Tibee
F. Bartew Stubbs
Tybee Hotel
Pulaski House
Savannah
Stubbs Brothers
Keene
Seaboard Offers Very Low Rates For August Travel
Washington to and from travel for fifteen dollars and Norfolk round trip twelve dollars offered by Seaboard. Reservations advised. The message appears in a vintage ad style with promotional pricing and locations including 88 Peachtree Street.
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Seaboard
Washington
Return
Richmound
Norfolk
Peachtree Streets
Plenty of Music for This Sunday in Atlanta
A busy Sunday in Atlanta features multiple concerts across Grant Park Ponce De Leon and the Roof Garden. The programs include operatic selections from Lucia di Lammermoor and Faust, marches galops waltzes and a Popeye of tunes across three venues, with corps of performers led by Roman Chase and notable conductors.
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Atlanta
Grant Park
Ponce de Leon
Roof Garden
Boston Commandery
Messrs Roman and
Chase
Stucken
Edwards
Punch
Jody
Clarke Roof Garden
Miss Dixie
Pink Hussars
F Weldteufel
Harts
the Cady' —Ashton
New England
Ernant
Theo
King Neptune
Kregmann Part II
Luppe
Jacinta
Rojyns
Eg ‘Lampe
Herbert March
Anthony
Perryman Urged by Friends to Run for Council
Frank Perryman, Atlanta carrier, returned from a three week trip to find numerous letters from friends urging him to seek the council seat in the eighth ward. He told a Constitution reporter he would consider the race, though he doubts at times. He noted being away much of the time and not keeping pace with all events.
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Frank Perryman
Atlanta
Eighth Ward
Mr Perryman
Constitution
Bain to Face Fulton Grand Jury in August
Donald McBain charged with the killing of E G Williams will go before the Fulton grand jury at the called session on Thursday or Friday this week and will likely stand trial before Judge Roan. The dates were set at a conference with Judge Roan Solicitor General CPD VII Attorney Reuben Arnold and J E McClelland, Bain’s counsel. The grand jury for the coming term includes Forrest Adair Joseph Hirach J Cy Haliman Clark Howell Jr M Mi Welch G T Eubanks R A Donaldson W Day Hugh 4 McDonald Henry Potts Peter F Clarke C EB Harman Joseph Jacoba William J Davis M Le Carrol A J H Nunnally P BW J Peabody Charles C Mayson 4 J Wear A R Colcord S M Taliaferro Porter Langston J F Meador Milton Dargan W W Hulbert W L L Kain WC Mansfield Wilber J Moore.
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Donald McBain
G@ Williams
Fulton Grand Jury
Ite
Roan
Fulton County Superior Criminal Court
CPD VII
Reuben Arnold
J E McClelland
Bain
Forrest Adair
Joseph Hirach
Cy Haliman Clark Howell Jr
Mi Welch
Eubanks
Donaldson
Hugh
McDonald Henry Potts
Peter F Clarke
EB Harman
Joseph Jacoba
William J
Davis M le Carrol
H Nunnally
Peabody Charles C Mayson
J Wear
R Colcord
Taliaferro
Porter Langston
F Meador
Milton Dargan Wow Hulbert
LL Kain
WC Mansfield Wilber J. Moore
City Salesmen Plan Annual Picnic and Labor Day Tie In
The City Salesmen Association met at City Hall and voted to hold its annual picnic. President T N Clyatt formed a committee of Harwell Love Massey Cook and McNair to arrange details and announce time and place next Saturday. The group joined Labor Day organizers for a September celebration and contributed to the Labor Day Fund. Everett serves as secretary and Moore chairs the press committee.
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City Salesmen Association
Ita
T N Clyatt
Clyatt
J . Everett
W. G Afoore
Trading stamps banned by state
State legislators approved a ban on trading stamps redeemable by third parties with Governor Brown signing the measure. Retailers may issue stamps or rebates redeemable only in the merchant’s own store. The law targets third party redemption and faces possible court challenges. Governor also approved various other measures and resolutions including funding, consular appointments, and agricultural inquiries.
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General Assembly
Brown
Richmond
Oglethorpe Monument
Savannah
South
Luther Burbank
Treasury
Georgia
Congréss
Department of Agriculture
House
Senate
University of Georgia
Boll Weevil Report Reaches Dallas County Alabama
Farmers in southern Dallas county announce boll weevil has appeared in Selma Alabama and signals earlier arrival than government projections. Experts note pest infested Texas previously and moved southward, with indicators of impact in nearby cotton fields.
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Selma
Ala
Dallas County
United States
Texas
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Chipman
Louisville Herald
John C. Shaffer
Ife
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MR. Hirshburg
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Donizetti
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