Atlanta Auto Track Planned for November Race Meet
Atlanta Automobile Association and Standard Oil officials, with city engineers, report a meticulously engineered track for speed contests in Atlanta. Curves are semi circular with banking to permit two miles per minute, surface tested with sand clay gravel asphaltum, central timber removed for clear sightlines, and a novel timing system to be installed. Driver Bourque, once killed at Indianapolis, was slated as an attraction.
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Asta Automobile
Edward & Capp
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Atlanta Automobile Association
Standard Oil Company
Atlantas City
Gineer
Grandstand
Candler
Durant
Durant Who Are Now In Inaisnapolig
Bourque
Couple MARRY Twice On Same License In Florida Case
A couple, Lena Chaney of Jacksonville and L Z Toney of Decatur Street, were wed twice on the same license after an oversight by Judge EF Willard of Jacksonville. The ceremony repeated when Toney secured another license weeks earlier from Ordinary Wilkinson of Fulton.
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8 H Lan
Decatur Street
L. Z Toney
Central Avenue
Amrs Lena Chaney
Jacksonville
Fla
EF © Willard
Double ceremony unfolds after license mix up in Georgia
A Georgia couple wed in a courthouse ceremony but a Jackson County license error prompted a second marriage in Atlanta with Justice Landrum performing the ceremony again. The groom works on Marietta Street and the couple plans to reside on Central Avenue. Separately, a report from El Paso notes cooperation between the American and Mexican governments to curb peyote bean sales and eradicate the plant, found in a small area near Nuevo Laredo and a noted smelly zone near Laredo, Texas.
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Justice Willard
Clay Street
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Willard
Jacksonvine
Futton County
Toney
Chaney
Justice Landrum
Ian
Marietta Street
Kla
Central Avenue
el Paso
Exes
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Laredo
Texas
Peachtree Battle Avenue donor plans county road link
Property owners along a Peachtree creek line donate a 59 foot public highway right of way to the county. The route runs from Peachtree road to Howell Mill road, tracing through Collier Felder and Hoke Smith properties and across Hemphill avenue toward the Howell Mill road. The avenue would connect two main city entrances and pass near the historic Peachtree Battle battlefield site.
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Peachtree Creek
Howell Mill
Peachtree Road
Wesley G Collier
Thomas Belder
Collier
Nichols
Felder
Hemphill Avenue
Peachtree Land Company
Hoke Smith
Howell Mill Road
Eas
Robert
Feachtree Creek
Peachtree Battle Avenue
Coller
DuBoa Place
T B Felder Place
Paces Ferry
Buckhead
Guards suspended for Negro's death in Savannah
In Savannah on August 20, Captain Charles Desnoyeurs and Guard Marlin Morrison of convict camp No 3 were suspended pending a secret investigation into the death of Wade Hamilton, a 12 month thief, who died en route to the city after being beaten at the camp. A coroner's jury ruled sunstroke, but further testimony prompted a broader inquiry by County Superintendent Tada T. Newell West.
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Savannah
Wade Hamilton
Board of County Commissioners
Charles Desnoyers
Marlin Morrison
Camn No 3
Hamilton
Augusta
Tada T Newell West
Trains Collision Hurts Many Near Santiago Chile
A terrible railway disaster near Santiago Chile 30 miles north today as two trains collided. Many persons killed or injured. Both trains destroyed. Monetary loss about 156 000.
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Santiago
Chile
Knights of Pythias District Convention Closes in Barnesville
The Tenth District Knights of Pythias held a semi annual convention in Barnesville Ga with about one hundred delegates. Mayor T W Cochran welcomed visitors at a public meeting in the auditorium and Colonel John Clifton Elder spoke for local judges. Rev L H Williams and Judge John P Ress responded. C T Eberhardt of Fort Valley presided at the castle hall with T J Hardin Forsyth and W H Mitchell Barnesville among officers.
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Barnesville
Knights of Pythias
T W Cochran
John Clifton Elder
L. H W Willams
Fort Valley
John P Ress
Macon
Castle Hall
Barnesville Lodge
C T Eberhardt
T J Hardin
Forsyth
W H Mitchell
Mf, Adame
Taronto
Car Thief Apprehended After Break In
Macon Georgia August 30 Special Joe Landers telegraph operator tracked a theft at the Central of Georgia Power site in Butta County. A car breaker was caught, named W M Stanton, with four cars broken into and various items moved. He appeared before the recorder with $200 bond. Patrick McCabe, Irish native and Macon resident, died at city hospital. Funeral held at St Joseph’s Catholic Church with Rev Father Madden officiating.
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Macon
Basfard May
Reid Street
Joe Landers
Central of Georgia Power Company
Diant
Butta County
W. M. Stanton
Patrick Mccabe
Ireland
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Kpong
Father Madden
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Boston
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Leonard Wood
Massachusetts
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United States Army
Cuba
Chatham County
Williams Bay
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