Police Kill Hold Up Crooks in Dragnet Chicago August 23
Chicago police killed a hold up man after he robbed a citizen and captured the robbers’ companion Thomas Kelly. Patrols and four squads combed the West Side, listing over twenty thieves and pickpockets in a nightly lineup as part of a broader raid to curb crime.
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Chicago
Khling
Thomas Kelly
Rame
Hia
Patrick J. Fee Kelly
Michael O'Neill
Barker
West Side
Central Bureau
Governor Smith Vetoes Two Bills in Recent Session
Governor Smith completed signing most bills from the recent assembly session. He vetoed two measures, one on ex-officio board membership for the State Normal School chair and another designating Effingham County Bank at Guyton as a state depository. The rest received approval. He indicated a possible extra session depending on state revenues and expenditures, with a final decision likely in the next two weeks.
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Smith
General Assembly
Davison
Greene
State Normal School
Athens
The
State University
Yarlona
Georgia Normal and Industrial
Mitcdmes
Guyton
Effingham
Effingham County Bank
Cornerstone layings mark Bowdon bank and Mason hall event
In Carralston Georgia on August 23 a large crowd attended the cornerstone ceremony for the new bank building and Mason hall at Howden. Dr. J B Warwick presided as district grand master, with Hon W C Adamson as keynote speaker introduced by J O Newell. The program featured remarks on the order’s benefits to humanity, plus contributions from Colonel C E Roop, Harman Reeves and J Q Newell. The Bowdon band provided music and Bowdon Masons prepared barbecue and a basket dinner for visitors.
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W. C. Adamson
Carralston
Bank
Masonis Hall
Ait Howden
Warwick
Masons of
Bowden
W C Adamson
J O Newell
Adamson
Acquitted Man Confronts City Desk Over Defamatory Diagram
An acquitted man storms into the city editor's office claiming innocence after ten weeks of published diagrams showing his revolver and bullet trajectory. The editor dismisses his demand, noting display ads must be handled in the business office.
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Opey Orcorrer
Puck
T Gueas Tse
New railroad commission picks still undecided
Governor Smith has not selected the two new railroad commission members. Savannah interest presses for A B Moore as a choice, while Thomasville’s S G McLendon is expected as chairman. Commissioner Joseph M Brown will not contest the governor’s order and awaits the legislature with a public statement.
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Railroad” Commission
Smith
Tory
Pope Brown
Hawkinsvile
Bevannah
Hoke Smith
Wilameon
B Moora
Savannah
8 G. McLendon
Thomasville
Reorganized Commission
Tte
Joseph M Brown
McLendon
Railroad Commission
Brown
Suit Against Hardware Co. Filed in Texas Anti trust action
A Texas anti trust suit was filed in Austin by the attorney general's department on behalf of the state against the Interstate Harvester Company of America. The petition alleges violations of Texas anti trust law and seeks penalties of 1 100 000. The company is said to have formed an unlawful combine with McCormick Harvester and Machine Company Deer ing Harvester Company Plano Manufacturing Company Warder Bushnell Glessener Company Minneapolia Harvester Company D M Osborne Co and Austman Manufacturing Company.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Austin
Attorney General's Department
Interstate Harvester Company of America
Wisconsin
McCormick Harvester and Machine Company
Deering Harvester Company
Plano Manufacturing Company
Warder, Bushnell & Glessener Company
Minneapolia Harvester Company
D M. Osborne & Co
Austman Manufacturing Company
Famous Bareback Rider Dies in New York
Mme Agnes Leake Passer, famed bareback rider and once a leading circus owner, died in Jersey City at relatives’ home. A Baltimore Sun note credits her with pioneering roles and high-titre walking fame in a career spanning decades.
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Mme
Agnes Leake
New York
Agnes Lake
Jersey City
Judge Chas Roberts a Matrimonial Agent in Ward Eight
A local council member and real estate dealer, Charles M Roberts, acts as judge in a chaotic street court. He officiates marriages for inmates of Devil's Dip, fines and lectures offenders, and jokes about taking a vacation next year. The scene includes a race tainted sentencing and a poem left for The Constitution reporter.
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Charles M Roberts
Tanner
Doe
Jones Street
Wrightsville Youth Improves After Foot Surgery
Millard Daley of Wrightsville Ga, operated on by Dr Westmoreland about ten days ago, remains in danger though an afternoon improvement has given physicians hope for his full recovery. As his condition allowed, the operation on his ankle and foot was to be completed, but had to be postponed due to.health concerns. Daley is the son of Judge A F Daley of Wrightsville and is highly regarded in his hometown.
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Henry Webb
Ed Adkins
Godwin Cummings
Kirkpatrick
Beck & Gregg Hardware
Robert Wynne
Ares Roberts
Constitution
Ation
Ruwkle
Millard Daley
Wrightaville
Westmoreland
Waco Road
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Adolph H Huguet
War Department
Department of the
Navigation Co. Seventeenth Boys Return Charter Granted
The Macon and Birmingham Navigation Company received a twenty year charter from Secretary Philip Cook to operate steamers on the Ocmulgee River between Macon and Brunswick. Principal office will be Macon with capital stock of 910,000, plans to add two steamers to ply the river to the seacoast. Incorporators include A W Osnoth, A L Chappel, B T Adams, M A Merritt, Arthur F Jones, D L McRae, and B E Roughton, all of Macon.
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Semulgee
Maconsmd
Birmingham Navigation Company
Ecretars
Ptate
Philip Cook
Ocmulgee River
Macon
Brunswick
Seacoast
Wosmith
Chappel
Adams
Merritt Arthur F Jones
L McRse
E Roughton
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Alabama
Broad Streets Capital
Horsford
Bowtoon
Maier & Berkele
Tapa
Hardware CO
Baltimore
Germer
Russia
Germany
Chas. Roberts
Charlie Roberts
Actiou
Briles
Wwadelman Roberts
Gordon Noel Hurtel
M. and B. Navigation CO
Pienle
Waycross
Rome Church
Sea Island
All Gresers
Rountree Trunk & Bag Co
Turner, Mgr
Whitehall St
Atlanta
U. S. Depository
Eiseman Bros
Gantly
Itimorer Ad
Washington, D.C
Whitehall
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