Municipal election yields seats for Atlanta councilmen
Citizens voted in a quiet municipal election determining council seats for the first Monday next January. Ward totals show familiar names receiving votes, with a 6,000 registration and top candidate totals around 70 in several wards. The results set the new council roster including John H Harwell and others to replace current members in early January.
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Cg BC Peters
Coles
Atlanta
General Council
John H Harwell
Gorge
Burgess Smith
Patowing
Wirth
Dere BH. Gime
Hifura
Ard
Firth
Quillian
Coureliman
Aixth
Sevy.wirl
HL. Goodwin
Bruce
Yeri
Ffth
N. Howe
Gouncman Ffrom
Ward Vote Totals by Councilmen Sequences Recorded
Details list councilmen from Sixth Seventh and other wards with precinct totals for each. Totals show figures per ward and per councilman alongside citywide tallies and signatures.
Release From Chain Gang Ends in City Court Ruling
Maggie Stevens a Black woman long held on vagrancy on Judge Freeman s chain gang sentence is freed by Judge Hodges in Bibb county city court. Habeas corpus secured release faces potential appeals as numerous others await review.
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Freeman
Macqu. Gao
Maggie Stevens
Hodges
Bibb County
Kent Woman Is Acquitted In Jail Escape Case
Mat Kent, a white Macon woman, was acquitted today by the jury of aiding Jim Jorden Phil Herring and others to escape from the county jail. Sally Tucker, arraigned with Kent, admitted furnishing the laws found in the well and received a two year term on the state farm near Milledgeville. Local women supported Kent and employed Col Cooper and Mr Daly to defend her.
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E. C. Bruffey
Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
Mat Kent
Jim Jorden
Phil Herring
Sally Tucker
Train Hand Ashley Crushed to Death in Georgia Yard
Jim Ashley, a train hand on the Georgia Southern and Florida, was crushed under a box car while attempting a yard coupling. His body was moved to an undertaker's room for relatives to claim. Snow blocks rail service in parts of Spain. Bilbao and Ban Sebastian report nearly 40 inches.
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Macon
Jim Ashley
Florida
Ashley
Spain
Madrid
Oviedo
Leon
Galicia
Bilbao
Ban Sebastian
Massive fire destroys Ottawa university building
Ottawa dec 2 a Roman Catholic university in the city was destroyed by fire early today. About 460 students were housed with 3980 boarders. Many leaped from fourth and fifth story windows into blankets held by firemen, several injured including two priests and Father Boyon who could not escape. Loss pegged at 250000 to 300000 with 200000 insured.
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Ottawa
Ont
Ottawa University
New England
Boyon
Father Fulham
Father McGuerty
Harvey
Brunswick
Cullen
Vaudeville Review At Grand And Bijou
The Grand features a mixed vaudeville bill with Ward and Vokes and Charles Howard, Daley sisters, and two hits The Maiden I Left In Hong Kong and Heuben and Betsy. The Chinese Honeymoon company arrives for three performances, plus Burgomaster opens next week with Oscar L. Figmant as Burgomaster. The Bijou offers Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four with Walter Edwards, and Henry Lee headlining next week with Elfie Foy and others in varied acts.
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Ward
Vokes
Charles Howard
Daley Sisters
Hong Kong
Lucy Daley
Mesars
Shubert
Nixon
Zimmerman
Casino
New York
John E. Henshaw
Toby Claude
William H. Clark
Stella Tracy
Edmund Lawrence
Francis Knight
Ruth White
William Riley Hatch
Thomas Ricketts
R. J Moye
George McKlesock
Louise Brackett
Oscar L. Figmant
Charles Sharp
Helen Dexter
Harriet Sheldon
Josephine Ditt
Bijou
Walter Edwards
Atlanta
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Helmes
Charlee P. Rice
Fts
Edwards
Sherlock Holmes
Henry Lee
Mr. Lee
Elfie Foy
Avenue A
East Side
Miss Foy
Charles BR. Sweet
Mental Dr Miles Restorative Nervine earns trust in nervous cases
Mrs Frances Coffman of Dayton Va recounts rapid relief after starting Dr Miles Restorative Nervine and Tonic for chronic nervous strain sore throat and neuralgia following her husband’s illness. She notes improvements within a week and cites others aided by Miles remedies including paralysis and neuralgia cures, urging continued access.
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Miles
Kay
Ing
Frances Coffman
Dayton
Zorgia Railroad Arrivals and Departures Noted
Train schedule fragment shows arrivals and departures linked to Augusta with a service to Conyers Lithonia Covington and Augusta. Times listed include 5:00 am, 8:45 am, and 8:15 pm. The snippet indicates routes to and from Augusta and neighboring communities.
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Western and Atlantic Railroad
Nashville
Marietta
Nashville Marietta
Nashvill
Zorgia
Augusta
Augus Conyers
iLithoni Covington
Lithonia
Saugusta
Southern Railway Trains Depart Atlanta All Day
Frequent daily schedules list trains to Cincinnati Birmingham Memphis Kansas City Charlotte Danville Richmond Washington New York and more. Includes through sleepers, Pullman cars, dining service, and arrivals in Washington New York Richmond Norfolk and Birmingham. Ticket offices Kimball House and Union Depot.
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Savannah
Macon
Jonesboro
Atlanta
Aleeper
Vienna Contele
Fitzgerald and
Wavcross
Montezuma
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad
Cuthbert
Baintridge
Tallshassee
Pullmans
Cincinnati
Columban
Birmingham
Kaness City
Memphis
Kansas City
Brunewijk
Charlotte
Danville
Richmond
Chattanooga
Washington
Southwestern
Lmited
New York
New York Express
Deg Casches
Norfolk
Fort Valley
Rankineville
Pullman
Mempht Briaingham
Columbus
Fullman Palace
Air Line Belle
Toecor
Chattanoogs
Louteyu Ar
Dail
Florida
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Asheville
Kimball House
Union Depot
City Office
Main
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Pirat
EH. . Peters
E. V. Carter
Atth
Chain Gang
Kent
Train Hand
Tim Ashley
Con
Merrimack Lowell, Mas
T, Cy
Bealers
Cascade
Geo.a.dickel & Co
Wandville, Tena
Lena
Great
Catholic University At
Dr. Miles
Nervine
Ot Ae
Atore & General
West Mitchell Street
OS Whitehall Street
Fhitehall Street
Petee Lynch
The
California Fig Syrup Co
Tommy Ae
Rowal
Drugelats
Eaton Drug Co
Union Af
Atlanta, Ga
Central OF Georgia Railway
Atlanta and
West Point Railroad
Ragranee
Montgomery
LaGranes
Shaboard Air Line Railroad
Norfolk of Strupm
Clinton
iNews Park
Southern Railway
Brewster
Albert Howell
Benders
Hugh M
Arthor Heyman
North Broad Street
P. H. Snook
Bell
J. E. Hunnicutt &Co
North Broad St
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