Marriage Pledge in Elopement Case Headlines San Francisco Trial
In San Francisco on August 14 Lola Nortin and Marsha Warrington testified in the Diggs Caminetti enthralling case. The government seeks to prove seduction, intimidation, and elopement from Sacramento to Reno. Warrington and Lula Norris provided stark, revealing accounts while jurors pressed questions about evidence and state of mind.
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Marsha Warrington
Lola Norris
Diggs
Caminetti
San Francisco
Cal
Lola Nortin
Sacramento
Reno
Maury Diggs
Drew Caminetti
Mannatt
Megs
Bliss
Sacramento County
Heno
van Fleet
Suaves Bis
Has Husband Arrested for Kidnapping Child
Cordele Georgia August 14 charged with deserting wife and kidnapping their two year old son W S Gunn a Milan farmer was arrested by Cordele police chief Sumner He had come from Milan Florida with the child Gunn says the wife’s infidelity caused separation and he intended to keep the child Mrs Gunn pressed the charges and she was taken to Milan this afternoon in custody of an officer.
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Cordele
Bia
Gunn
Milan
Sumner
Militon Fla
Two Fires Hit Savannah In Simultaneous Blazes
Savannah August 14 Special. Two destructive fires swept Savannah tonight, alarms within minutes of each other. The Phosphate Mining Company plant faced potential loss but fire crews limited damage to about 2090, mainly from water soaking the fertilizer store. The Merry Ware Planing mill was completely destroyed, with losses near 12000. Fire response was delayed by the mill’s location and equipment. Causes not yet determined.
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Savannah
Phosphate
Antire Merry Ware
Conductor sues road under liability act in Crisp County
In Crisp county a former Leopard railway conductor sues the road for 4000 dollars damages claiming loss of his right foot after an accident near Birmingham. The suit, filed under the federal Employers Liability Act, names Michael of Jackson and the late John J Hall as relatives of the plaintiff. A second suit by Wook Mathews against the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway seeks 36000 for alleged blocking of several crossings by a freight train hindering a fire department response to a gin house fire.
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Comdele
Crisp County
Mabilty
Bo Wevichael
Jacksin Gag
Leopard Railway
Birmingham
John J Hall
Georgia Soutern Railway
Wook Mathews
Atlinta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
Miss Moore Struck by Lightning Rendered Unconscious
Miss Sadie Moore, daughter of Mrs M J Moore, was struck unconscious by lightning at Bremen on August 14 during an electrical storm. She remains in a precarious condition but is expected to recover. The bolt damaged the Gray home nearby where the family were visiting in Semple as the electric plant nearly went out of commission.
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Bremen
Misa Sadie Moore
M J Moor
Woc Gray
Semple
State Senate Acts on Boll Weevil Quarantine
The Georgia Senate places a quarantine on boll weevil importation to prevent further spread. The measure, introduced by Senator Ford Plate, targets shipments from boll weevil regions and follows House approval.
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Grergla
Senate
House
Wr Ford Plate
Georgia
Three Bales of New Cotton Received Here
Three bales of new cotton were received yesterday by the Widdox Rucker company from the Byracu corporation of Byromville Gavla at Janta Birmingham andtlantic rail road and sold to the Whittier malls at Athinta.
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Widdox Rucker Company
Byracu Corporation
Byromville
Gavla
Janta
Birmingham Andtlantic Railroad
Whittier Malls
Athinta
Reno trial testimony recounts circumstantial affair and threat talk
Witnesses describe promises of marriage and fear of public shaming as Carnefetti and Caminetti face cross examination. The scene centers on two young women linked to the case, the camera menace, and relief at a father's support amid photographers outside the federal building.
Sylvia Pankhurst Freed After Hunger Strike Collapse
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst was released from Holloway jail in London after a hunger and thirst strike. She reportedly collapsed and had been sent back to jail, still suffering the effects of her previous revolt.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Holloway
Man Faces Possible Gallows If Law Passed In Georgia
In Tifton August 14 a young white man Dan Page was arrested on a misdemeanor after a girl claiming 14 alleged to be en route from Waycross to Aragon reported meeting him. The girl and her parents were notified. the case arose amid a proposed Georgia bill setting age of consent at 14. Page pleaded guilty at a committal hearing and was bonded for the next city court term.
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Warne
Aryone
Uy Fanse
Suse
Seswim Marsha Wat
Wain
Nateyan
Adeourt
Tifton
Georgia
Dan Page
Jourdan
Waycross
Aragon GA
Sherif Shaw
Atlantic Coast Line
Union Station
Atlanta
Page
Pages
Price
R M Brumbelow
Aragon
Sellars Page
Blumbelow
Decatur Letter Theft Partly Cleared Up
While rebuilding the Georgia railroad depot in Decatur workmen found missing letters behind plastering tied to Agnes Scott College mail. Letters had been opened and cash orders were taken. The thefts puzzled post office inspectors for three years with a theory of a railway mail clerk aiding a Decatur confederate.
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Georgia Railroad
Decatur
Agnes Scott College
Religious fervor leads Mrs Ives to confess decades-old murder
In Birmingham Alabama, Mrs H Ives confessed to aiding her husband’s murder ten years ago after a holiness meeting. She claimed William King supplied poison that failed, then King killed her husband, and later King killed Thomas Powell. Ivey's skeleton was found during a search. She was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing.
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Hirmingham
Ala
H Ives
Geneva
William King
King
Isev
Thomas Powell
Jalat
Defuntak Springs Fln
Ivey
Asa G Candler Returns From European Trip
Asa G Candler has come home after a European journey and returned to his office to resume work. He described the trip as very pleasant and said he was pleased with the outlook of the claps and observed improvements in general conditions.
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Asa G Candler
Hurage
Vr Candler
Mir Candler
Evey
No Daring Skirts For Stenographers
In New Britain Connecticut on August 14 several hundred women stenographers and clerks employed by a large manufacturing concern receive notes with instructions that daring skirts are not to be tolerated. Each worker is asked to appear in business-like modest attire.
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New Britain
Lighting convention opens in Macon with 200 delegates
More than 200 delegates attend the first annual Southeastern section convention of the National Electric Light Association in Macon at the Hotel Dempsey. Highlights include talks on Hydro Electric Lines and Pole ownership, with future papers on Hotel Load and Electric Truck Sales to Merchants.
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Macon
the Nations
Electric Light Association
Dempsey
E C € Deal
Augusta
Augustin Daly
Deal
Hbp Peck
The
Georgia Railway and Power Company of Atlanta
George Yundt
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Atlanta
A. D Fisher
Westinghouse Electric Company
Pittsburg
C A Callier
Georgia Railway and Power Company of
Noogh
Striker Killed Resisting Arrest at Copper Mine
In Calumet Michigan on August 14 a strike confrontations led to a miner’s death and two deputy sheriffs wounded. The fatality occurred at Sceberville as deputies sought two strikers who blocked guards at Champion mine. Strikers attacked officers with bottles and revolvers near Leatherville. A Friday conference between Judge Alfred J Murphy and mine managers aimed at ending troop presence, with arbitration seen as the goal.
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Calumet
Mich
Sceberville
Derrike
Champion
Copper Range Consolidated Company
Leatherville
Alfred J Murphy
Detroit
Ferris
Star Mines
Four Men Die After Bridge Scaffold Falls
Four men fell about 100 feet to their deaths during bridge repairs on the Mississippi River bridge. The workers were J R McMeen from Springfield Maine, WR Hustler, BM Ingles of Great Falls Montana, and LL W Chaudette of Memphis. They were part of a 100 man crew under Superintendent Majors of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad when scaffolding collapsed without warning.
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Memphis
Mississippi River
J R McMeen
Springfield
Hustler
Ingles
Great
Falla Ventana
Chaudette
Majors
St Louis
Moonshiners battle with deputies along Elk River
Nashville town August 14 deputies in Moore county fought seven alleged moonshiners on Elk river. Deputy Collector Tyler and Deputy Tnsted States Marshal W 4 falgore wounded three men, one fatally. About 106 shots fired. Moonshiners armed with Winchesters and horses. The fatally wounded man left behind by companions, name not given. Two wounded escaped and were carried across the Alabama line. Moonshiners believed to reside in Alabama.
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Nashville
Elk River
Moore County
Tyler
Tnsted
Falgore
Alabama
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Leno
Kigis
Calis
Shivar
Sheldon
J. T. Gault
Brea
Deasthaway & Company
W J Gunn
Florida
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Miss Moore
Bolt
Everson
Byaminetti
Inelti
2St
Lela Norcis
Lela Yorka
Asa G. Candler
Central OF Georgia Railway
Mens and Gerth
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Warren A. Pose
Peichires
Marietta
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