Vaudeville Debuts Draw Big Crowds at Forsyth Theater
Theatergoers crowd Forsyth as popular vaudeville expands nationwide. Wells circuit venues in Richmond Norfolk Savannah Birmingham Nashville soon joined by Chattanooga Macon Augusta Knoxville Mobile and others. Forsyth to feature five acts weekly plus two reels of films with matinees at 230, nightly shows 745 and 915. reserved seats available, sales cut off after 820.
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Forsyth
Wells
Richmond
Norfolk
Savannah
Birmingham
Nashville
Chattanoogee
Macon
Augusta
Knox Ulte Mobile
United Booking Offices of America
B S Marchentoss
Jake Wells
Acta
Sears
Obituaries From Many Names In Georgia Lane
A crowded slate of funeral notices from several Georgia towns lists Walter E Hawes age 19 drowned at St Simons while aiding a young woman. Fred S Wilson 28 dies at a private sanitarium. Lilly Sanders 12 dies in Seneca. Fannie J Crenshaw 49 dies at home with funeral at residence. Edna Elizabeth Garner infant. Jesse G Owen funeral at residence with Greenwood interment. Mrs J T Small 31 dies in Alto. Mrs Z G Dennard 83 dies at Whitehall. J J Brock funeral at residence. Mrs R B Price 60 dies near Rome with Pisgah church service and five sons. Mrs M P Davis 74 dies in Valdosta. William Martin Mills 63 prominent Griffin citizen dies of stroke. Mrs Minnie Dodd 18 dies in Rome after marriage. Where listed, funerals set for afternoon or morning at homes or chapels with interment in West View or Oak Hill. The reports note family survivors.
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Walter E. Hawes
At &T. Simons
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Z. G. Dennard
G Dennard
Whitehall Street
J J Brock
West View
R. B. Price
Rome
R B Price
Floyd County
Lavender
Pisgah Church
Griffin
William Martin Milla
Arfl
Orlock
Savannah
T R Mills
Presbyterian Church
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
W A Murray
Oak Huth
Inspector Hayes Demoted Amid Disorderly House Probe
Police Commissioner Waldy dismissed Inspector Cornelius GQ Hayes to captain and suspended him pending trial on charges he lied about orders to avoid evidence and failed to suppress disorderly houses. Waldy warned Hayes that bars operating openly in his district violated the law and that he bore personal responsibility for enforcement failures. Separately, two more Becker accounts were found in Rosenthal case filings, totaling about $73,000. Schepps reached Buffalo after a New York arrival, declining to comment as investigators pressed the Rosenthal murder inquiry. In Rome Ga, Grchange Bank directors elected J A Lover president and T J Simpson as vice president, with Graves named VP of American Bank and Trust.
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Hayes
Waldy
Cornelius GQ Hayes
Waldo
Kla
Walda
Bam Schepps
New York
Rosenthal
Becker
Whitman
Manchester
Schepps
Suffalo
Buffalo
Sam Schepps
New York State
Rubin
Niagara Falls
Rome
Grchange Bank
J A Lover
W P Simpson
T JF Simpson
American Bank and Trust Company
Robert W Graves
T J Simpson
Oil Explosion Damages Seek $181000 in Fulton Suits
John Mayhue and Mrs. John Mayhue of Tucker DeKalb county sue Texas Oil company in Fulton county superior court seeking a total of 181000 in damages for burns Mrs Mayhue suffered while attempting to save her daughter Nora who died August 11 in an oil explosion caused by burning fuel in an unlit stove. The plaintiffs allege the oil was highly inflammable dangerous explosive and not in conformity with Georgia law standards.
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John Mayhue
Tucker
DeKalb County
Texas Oil Company
Fulton County Superior Court
Mayhue
Nora Mayhue
Texas Company
Georgia
Girl water rivals clash again at Piedmont lake event
Jennie Perkerson wins half mile handicap in twenty four minutes at Piedmont Lake amid two thousand spectators. Virg inia Merker, 12, places second while Leone Turner, 8, shines in a wing dive. Tilting contest ends with Sams and Montsalvatee defeating Hinman and Jones in a dramatic lake battle.
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Piedmont
Jennie Perkerson
Piedmont Lake
Little Leone Turner
Jennie
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Benjamin Schlomberg
Virginia Merker
Atlanta
R F Sams
Juniper Street
R F
Montsalvatee
Highland Avenue
W. B Hinman
Piedmont Avenue
L C Jones
Washita Avenue
Sams
Hinman
Jones
Tiiter
Almoly
Tennie
Virginia
Withgarma
Surprising feats by local swimmers at Piedmont lake meet
A younger girl earned the judges decision after a superb dive witnessed by the crowd. Other events included two 25 yard dashes for men. Harvey Anderson won the first in 20 seconds with James Photos close behind and Harvey Johnson third. The second dash went to R F Sams of 146 Juniper Street in 17 seconds. Roy Butler acted as referee among a field of three opponents.
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Piedmont Lake
Harvey Anderson
James Photos
Harvey Johnson
R F. Sams
Juniper Street
Roy Butler
Auditing Firms in Atlanta and Tampa Featured
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss auditing and systematizing by Atlanta Audit Co. with references to Atlanta and Tampa. Dialogues label a heroine and villain line, but the text is incomplete and lacks a full narrative or clear event.
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Atlanta Audit Co
Atlanta
Tampa
General Orozco Leaves Juarez Quiet After Evacuation
Juarez Mexico August 16 Pascual Orozco the rebel chief evacuated Juarez today leaving a small rebel guard to preserve order until federal troops arrive. The guards looted the customs house but took no money. American and German consuls organized a citizens committee to protect the city. United States patrols halted traffic from the American side. Orozco said he would not seek peace while Madero remains president and hinted he could accept peace only if Madero cedes power.
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Juarez
Mexico
Pascual Orozco
United States
Orozco
Madero
Aed
Darrow Bribery Trial Closing Arguments End
Los Angeles August 16 District Attorney Fredericks concludes the prosecution’s argument in the Darrow bribery case after four days and a half. Judge Hutton says he will issue jury instructions tomorrow. Fredericks urges a verdict of guilty to end jury bribing, recalling the McNamara cage and alleging $10,000 in corrupt payments. He cites hostile jurors and accuses defense attorneys of padding him with interruptions. He draws a comparison to Major Andre’s death and criticizes defense witnesses for alleged absurdities about pleas.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fredericks
Darrow
Hutton
McNamara
San Francisco
George Washington
Major Andre
George N. Lockwood
Typewriters rented three months five dollars Am. Writing Machine Co.
Typewriters rented for three months at five dollars the Am. Writing Machine Company announces.
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Writing Machine Co
Brown Challenges Blalock to Meet Him at Grand Opera House
Hon A D Blalock is challenged to publicly answer charges about meeting fertilizer manufacturers at the Kimball house and accepting a fund of fifteen to twenty thousand dollars for his campaign. The challenger demands a face to face confrontation in Atlanta to prove or deny the accusations.
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A. D. Blalock
Grand Opera House
Atlanta
General Assembly
Kimball House
EB. Cabanise
Blalock
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Weatt
Missouri Pacific
Colorado
Sam
E. R. Jennings
James Bidg
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fred S. Wilson
Fred Wilson
H M. Patterson & Son
Buford
Lilly Sanders
Lilly
M. Sanders
Seneca
Poole's Chapel
Fannie J. Crenshaw
Fannie T Crenshaw
Ira Street
J W Crenshaw
Edna Elizabeth Garner
Edna Elizabeth
D .A_ Garner
Woodward Avenue
Jesse G. Owen
Jesse G Owen
South Humphreys Street
Greenwood
J. T. Small
YT Small
Alto
Harry G Poole
Jacksonville
Pla
M. P. Davis
Valdosta
M P Davis
Cuthbert
WY Davis
Davis
W. M. Mills, Griffin
Minnie Dodd
Ralph Dodd
Floyd
Pope’sa Ferry
Wzek
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Geo. Moore
Wilma Weston
Sidney Drew & Co
ASK
ICE Rioi
E. H. Gowe, Inc
Whitehall St
Mimball
Rouse Block
R. F Sams
August Lippincott
Jenese
General Orozco
Curatore
Aera
Whitehall
Peck Sons
Atessen Department
Wale
Brown
J. 3. Brown
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