Famous Pinkerton Detective Chief Dies at Sea
Robert Pinkerton head of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency dies aboard the steamship Bremen on August 12. He was en route to Germany for health reasons, survived by Florence Sullivan. Pinkerton, famed for anti crime work, built a nationwide agency with offices in major cities and international reach.
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New York
Robert Pinkerton
Bremen
Germany
Florence Sullivan
Pinkerton
Mr Pinkerton
United States
Europe
William A. Pinkerton
Great
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Allen Pinkerton
Chicago
Pinkertons
Boston
Montreal
Canada
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Louis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Omaha
Denver
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Finkertons
American Barkers’ Association
He Looked Not on the Wine from Harper’s Weekly
A Boston minister and a Kentucky youth share a wine scene. The minister notes the youth’s restraint as a charming daughter taunts him with wine. The youth remains firm, claiming he never drinks fine but jokes he could handle a few fingers of old Courbon.
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Harper'n Weekly
Boston
Kentucky
Warner
Clayton
Monuments in National Parks Funded by State Bill
Governor Comer signed a bill to erect state monuments in national park battlefields with a 28 000 dollar annual appropriation for four years and hopes for at least one monument per park. In Hartwell Georgia the Masonic lodge plans a 15000 dollar temple with stock nearly secured, committee members named.
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Comer
Montgomery
Ala
Friends of the Movement
Hartwell
Masonic Lodge
Jwe D Matheson
Brown
M M. Nomman
Myer Saul
A. N. Alford
Steve Skelton
Georgia Postmasters Elect Officers At Fourth Class Meet
Georgia postmasters of the fourth class, over a hundred strong, met at the Piedmont hotel to elect officers and organize. National Vice President Pope of Buchanan presided, with speeches by Senator Clay and Post Office Inspector Webster, forming a new Georgia division and honoring Atlanta officials and the press for hospitality.
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Georgia
Piedmont Hotel
Assembly Hall
Pope of Buchanan
Blodgett
Atlanta
Ackerman
Clay
Cc. E. Webster
Webster
Geome
Lund
Carnegie Library
Nelson
S. R. Pope
Buchanan
W. T. Kitchens
Mitchell
and Treaurer
Belle Wright
Powder Springs
E. A. Hollis
Reynolds
J. M. H. Fletcher
Chula
J E. Pyatt
Cumming
F. M. Barfield
Pinehurst
J. L. Blackmon
Hamilton
Heague
EB. F. Bidout
Daiy Presse
Atlanta Post Office
S R Pope
J Ed Puatt Cumming
H. M. Wird
Comer
Morne
Ludowic
White
Mansfield
Kitchens
Mrs. Wright
H. M Dobbs
Woodstock
John ¥. Stephens
Draketon
J. Williams
Hull
G. H Bacon
Ebulonia
J. Fincher
Zebulon
I. J. Walker
Spann
P. D B. Stansell
Red Oak
F. M Barfield
T. A. Chastain
Blaine Ga
C. H. Yolbert
Blaine
MJ Meeks
Nichols
A. Hinton
Dacula
M. T. Cliff
Jumps
W. R. Lowe
Jacksonville
M. McAllister
Pitts
Josephine Gant
Duluth
Lizzie Hamilton
Buford
Mary Bagwell
Spring Place
Theodosia Everett
George H. Yarbrough
Vinings
W. H. Smith
Ashland
Emma Manley
Carnesville
C L. Cheek
Dunwoody
Mra. Viela
Winston
J W. Bell
Bethlehem
I. L. Blackmon
J. M. Towns Towns
E. H. Holiis
W . L. Turner
Gabbettville
HE . Moore
Chipley
W. G. Grogan
Crowsville
W. T. Cooper
New Holland
A . Williams
Santee
J. W. Davis
Pope's Ferry
Walter Ackerman
Carteraville
B. F. Blodgett
Cartersville
League
Houston Harper
Postoffice
Senator Clay
G. M. Sutton
J. M. Mallister
Mibs
Lizz Hamilton
F. M. Barfled
Ocilla Gets Court House in Irwin County Seat Move
Ocilla will become the county seat of Irwin county as the house passed the bill transferring the court house from Irwins ville by a vote of 140 to 10. The bill had already cleared the senate and was the first special order of the day. Debate included claims of voting irregularities and an effort to verify counts, with the final aye tally reported 144 to 10. The session adjourned after the decisive vote, and a separate resolution to hire state legal talent to pursue recovery of wartime taxes was approved.
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Ocilia
Irwin County
Court House
Irwinsville
House
Senate
Donalson
Decatur
Secretary of State
Edwards
Habersham
Erwin
Ocila
Blackburn
Fulton
United States
Cntro
Cash at pistol point in two Philadelphia holdups
HC Norman, a self described stranger, and two accomplices robbed a DMW Telman money tender on Chestnut Street, taking $47 from the drawer. They then fled as he held two clerks at gunpoint, later attempting a jewelry store robbery before being stopped by a salesman and a passerby until police arrived. No motive or accomplices named.
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Philadelphia
HC Norman
DMW
Telman
Ino
Chestnut Street
Yung
Tiro
Market Street
Norman
Coast Line May Accept Terms In Alabama Rate Talks
In Montgomery on August 1 a tip suggests the Atlantic Coast Line is likely to accept state terms for freight and passenger rates. A local economist says the line shows strong interest and would avoid litigation. Colonel A A Wiley has been in Washington and may return Monday with expectations of an agreement. There is belief Central of Georgia may also adopt the plan, though less likely due to fewer tracks in the state.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Coast Line
A. A. Wiley
Ecoonac
Washington
Five Million Peddler Rumor Closes in Washington
A mysterious letter from the Brooklyn firm Wycoff Clark Front claims a crippled man named Willan Young may claim nearly 5 million dollars from a Long Island real estate estate in a possible partition of a 20 million property. The note suggests he could be selling pencils or charity on Washington streets.
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Washington
Willan Young
Ufe
Brooklyn
Wycoff, Clark & Front
Atreeta
Long Island
Yoeng
New Haven
Conn
Georgia General Assembly Fails to Fund Cotton Seed Oil Refinery
Georgia lawmakers adjourned without approving a $10,000 appropriation to install a cotton seed oil refinery at the Georgia Tech School of Technology. The measure, backed by Dr. Matheson and supported by Cotton Seed Crushers and Interstate associations, will return next session.
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General Assembly of Georgia
Boyd
Spalding
Georgian School of Technology
South
Matheson
Great Southern
Tec
Tech School of Commercial and Practical Education
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of Georgia
Harper
Atlanta
Interstate Association
Rangom
Southern
State College
Senator Williford Denies Idiotic Legislation Claim
Senator Q L Williford of the Twenty-eighth District rebuts a Caussy letter accusing him of backing idiotic legislation. He says no bill to bar weapon ownership was ever introduced and criticizes Caussy for conjecture. Williford urges readers to dismiss the claim and reaffirms his stance in reply to the Constitution.
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Senator Williford
Q. L. Williford
Twent-Eighth
South Georgia
Georgia
G. N. Caussy
G N Caussy
Hon . A. Way
Caussy
Causey
Causgy
Willeford
Miss Sarah Cooper Dies In Baltimore Tuberculosis Claim
Miss Sarah Francis Cooper daughter of former Mayor Johan Tyler Cooper died suddenly yesterday at Mount Hope Retreat near Baltimore after a five year decline from tuberculosis. Her body will be transported to Atlanta for funeral services at Bar clay Brandon chapel with interment at Oakland Detaite. She leaves her father Hon. Ino Tsler Cooper and brother Sam Marks Cooper of New Orleans.
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Sarah Francis Cooper
Johan Tyler Cooper
Mount Hope
Baltimore
Miex Cooper
Atlanta
Barclay & Brandon
Cisen
Oakland
Cooper
Frank Meyers
Cooper Meser
Savannah
New Orleans
Fix
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Long Island Real Estate
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G. W. Darden Solligitor
Aixteanth Cipcni
General Assembly
Mr. Boyd
Sarah Cooper
Haseen
Mount Hope Retreat
Eiseman Bros
Variety
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