Morgan presides over biscuit and cracker convention
Brooks Morgan president of Frank F Block Co leads the Twelfth annual Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers Association meeting in New York. Several hundred prominent U S manufacturers attend with open forum sessions for informal discussion of vital topics. Morgan plans to return to Atherton after the event.
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Brooks Morgan
Frank F Block Company
New York
Biscuit and Cracker Manufeturery Association
United States
Mr. Morgan
Official who was shot by woman cannot live ag
A chaotic fragment from a New York Richmond County report describes a shooting at Stapleton. The district attorney, Alberto F., expresses little hope for recovery as the victim, Mrs. Milmunette, suffers torn lungs from a bullet and pneumonia.
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New York
Ugie
Albertof H
Richmond County
Stapleton
Elizabeth A. Monimals
Bothlungs
Milmunetts
Faet
New Insurance Law Attacked in Georgia Case
Frank W Leonard sues in Fulton Superior Court challenging section 20 of a recently passed insurance measure. He seeks to invalidate the law and block enforcement of special contract bans while arguing it violates constitutional protections. The case cites anti rebate and uniform law principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Leonard
American Life and Annuity Company
Fulton County
Bne
Hrown
Mr. Leonard
Leonard
Tustian
Georgia
Taisureance Company
Peru
Hfe Insurance
Secretary of State
Teonard
Crorgia
Wreck Kills One Injures Three in Southern Freight Crash
A Southern railway freight engine derailed at the Pattillo lumber yards on Highland avenue killing switchman J W Adams 22 and injuring conductor Thomas A Pope 26, switchman c L Barrett and fireman F Burroughs. Investigators cited spreading rails or a broken flange as likely causes. Adams died in Atlanta hospital after being trapped two hours. Pope suffered crushed knee but will survive. Barrett and Burroughs escaped with less severe injuries. Adams’s body was sent to Patterson's chapel for the arrival of his parents from Columbus Ga. his widow survives. Adams was 22.
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Southern Railway
Decatur Street
Pattillo
Highland Avenue
J. W. Adams
Atlanta
Pope
Barrett
Burroughs
Patterson
James W. Adams
Columbus, Ga
Adams
Expert Optician Adjusts Eyeglass Frames at Moore & Sons
Only an expert optician should adjust eyeglass frames. The adjustment, not the frame type, matters. Jno. L. Moore & Sons are experts located at 42 North Broad Street. Bring your prescription and let us prove it.
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Jno. L. Moore & Sons
North Broad Street
Leaders Cite High Agricultural Transport Costs in Denver
Denver August 22 A CG Trumbo of Muscogee Oklahoma, president of the Trans MississippI congress, says American farmers lose about 250 million dollars yearly due to transport costs. He calls for better roads and makes it a central issue for the Salt Lake City meeting.
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Denver
CG. Trumbo
Muscogee
Oklo
Salt Lake City
America
Trumbo
Congress
William O Jones Dies Suddenly In Atlanta Home
Atlanta pioneer William O Jones died suddenly at 9 AM at his residence 68 East Fifteenth Street. Though recently ailing, he felt well enough Wednesday to go to work before collapsing Thursday morning. He was a longtime local resident and civic figure.
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Atlanta
Pioneer Citizen
William ©. Jones
East
Fifteenth Street
Local businessman Jones dies of apoplexy in Atlanta
Obituary noting death of 51 year old W. C. Jones a prominent local stables owner and former police commissioner born 1861 in Atlanta. Survived by wife Mrs O H Jones mother Mrs H Jones sister Miss Emma Jones daughter Miss Bessie Jones and brothers Lorenzo F L Jones and O H Jones with funeral expected from residence Saturday at 4 o’clock and interment in Oakland Cemetery.
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Mr. Jones
Atlanta
W. C. Jones
Trinity Methodist Church
O. H. Jones
Tallulah Falls
Emma Jones
Saranac, N. Y
C. H. Jones
Athough
Oakland Cemetery
H. Jones
Bessie Jones
O. HL Jones
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Lorenzo FL Jones
W. Greg
Round Trip Ticket to Chattanooga From Atlanta 1912
W. and Atlantic and Western Railway route offers round trip fares from Atlanta to Chattanooga at 2.50 with departures at 4:50 p m and 8:50 p m August 24 1912. Return must arrive in Atlanta by 7:10 a m August 26 1912. C E Harman General Passenger Agent.
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Chattanooga
Atlanta
Jeweler Mistakes Wife for Burglary Firing Fatal
In Maysville Georgia August 22 a jewelers wife was wounded seriously when her husband H W Meaders fired through a door, mistaking her for a burglar while he lay on a veranda cot. He was awakened by movement and fired, the bullet passing through her body.
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Maysville
H. W. Meaders
Death by own action identified as Yerger of Mobile
New York report confirms Arthur W. Yerger of Mobile Alabama died by his own hand at the Rialto. Francis C. Kelly of a local trust company identified the body at the morgue. Yerger, who used the name Rogers, vanished from Mobile after telling his brother the family would never see him again. He was a traveling salesman.
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New York
Arthur W. Yerger
Mobile
Ala
Francis C. Kelly
Yerger
Rogers
Rialto
Depot Is Burned In Oklahoma City Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad freight depot and fire box cars in Oklahoma City last night. The loss is estimated at 50000 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Silas Godiver to Write Weekly Letters in The Constitution
Information arrives that Silas Godiver of Shin Bone Ridge, longtime Firing Line correspondent, will begin weekly letters in The Constitution next Sunday. He owns the Wrammers Home, describes rural dyings and sayings, and promises future notes on hotel business and love stories. His family includes Mandy, four daughters, an adopted daughter, and a son.
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Silas Godiver
Go-de-ver
Shin Bone Ridge
Dusiness
Cupid
City Campaign Titled to Begin With Executive Meeting
A city executive committee meeting is set for Saturday August 24 at 1 o clock in the council chamber. Chairman John Y Smith issued the call inviting all mayoral candidates to attend and suggest dates for the city primary as the state election has concluded and campaign activity will start.
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John Y. Smith
Council Chamber
Southern Mills Spend 15 Million on New Machinery
David Clark of The Southern Textile Bulletin reports that Southern mills have orders for over 700000 additional spindles. The investment, including buildings, totals 15000000 dollars, setting records and signaling prosperity. About 35 percent of the machinery funds go to expansions, indicating mills are operating at a profitable level.
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Charlotte
N. c
David Clark
Southern Textile Bulletin
Southern Mills
Electrocution in South Carolina Penitentiary
John Cole, a negro, was electrocuted at the State penitentiary this morning at 1 o clock. Cole was convicted of a murder in Charleston county and had been in the death house for some time. This is the third legal electrocution in three weeks.
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South Carolina
Columbia
S.S. C
John Cole
State Penitentiary
Cole
Charleston County
T P A Officials deplore veto mileage measure
Leaders of the Travelers' Protective Association denounce Governor Brown's veto of the mileage bill while pledging to continue the fight. They say the rule would save time and money for traveling men and benefit families, and that the veto misreads public support and industry needs. The group plans further action with Post B and expects a Georgia railroad commission decision next week on mileage for pulling trains.
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Travelers’ Protective Association
Brown
BR. W. Cameron
Little Joe
Iman
Prathean Commission
T. EF. Goodwyn
Post
Horse
Senate
GC. T. A
Georgia Railroad Commission
Candler
Atlanta and Macon Railway Company
Washington
J. Prince Webster
Tragedy Ends Amid Grave For Wife and Husband
In St Louis on August 22 Gustav Keschner died by a bullet wound found on his wife Camilla Keschner's grave. Earlier in July 1911 Rudolph Karlaburg, an Austrian noble, shot Camilla after finding him with her. Karlaburg killed himself and wounded Keschner before dying two days later.
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St. Louis
Gustav Keschner
Camilla Keschner
Rudolph Karlaburg
Keschner
American Dies by Own Action in Antwerp Hotel
An American named A. Daniels, about 26, shot himself at the Grand Hotel Imperial in Antwerp. He left a note stating I am stone broke I have only one dollar left I am suffering from Brights disease and asked to be buried in the potters field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
A. Daniels
Grand Hotel Imperial
Bright
Potters’ Field
Plan to Widen Peachtree Street Change Approved
A meeting of property owners agreed to abandon widening beyond Ellis Street to North Avenue. Widening will proceed only from Ellis Street to North Avenue to avoid removing shade trees. Albert Howell Jr plans a $500,000 apartment building. waivers will be sought before city corner endorsement and project work can begin.
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Peachtree Street
Rrsi
Fifteenth Street
Eliis Street
North Avenue
Albert Howell, Jr
Howell
Ellis Street
Negress Proud of Her Kinky Hair Statement Sparks Rally
Chicago August 22. L H Coleman a negress of Washington told the National Business League convention that ads claiming to “take the kink out of the negro's hair” insult the women of the negro race. Charles Banks of Mound Bayou La advised young negroes to avoid barbershops to protect their luck and hustle.
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Chicago
L H. P. Coleman
Washington
National Business League
Charles Banks
Mound Bayou
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E. L Loop
Om, Tena
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J.B. Hockaoat
Geo'l
Horlick
Ehorlick
Morgan
Atlantan
Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers’ Association
Frank Leonard
Patillo
Short Street
Thomas A. Pope
Augusta Avenue
C. L. Barrett
Lucy Street
B.F. Burroughs
Larkin Street
Egen
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
W. O. Jones
Vy, O. Jones
C. E. Harman
Meaders
Atterbury
Cloud-Stanford Co
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DuBose
Stone
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