Atlanta Notes and County Events Highlight December Season
A jumble of local items recounts street work on Peachtree, civic anniversaries in Ethic County, and plans for public exercises. Georgia politics surface with police candidacy, court cases in Cherokee and Fulton counties, and a railroad merger vote in Thomasville.
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Atlanta
Zion City Gets New Policy Amid Bank Shortage
December 3 report describes John Alexander Dowie tightening control in Zion City. Zion guards patrol, trade checks replace money, fuel and food scarce, and Dowie named temporary manager of industrial plants under federal receivers.
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Zion
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Zion Wuards
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Zion City
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Sidney C. Hastman
Kohlfast
Christian Catholic Church
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Currier
Kohlsaat
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Redieske
Serra Ener
Ecerna Redlerke
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Blacks to Lose in Convention
General Charles R Brayton, Rhode Island Republican official, proposes a plan to shift convention representation by reducing southern delegates and adding northern strength. He outlines that each state and territory would have four delegates at large plus one for every 10,000 Republican votes for electors in the prior election, with a Washington D C report due December 11.
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Providence
Charles R Brayton
Republican National Committee
Rhode Island
Brayton
National Committee
Washington D. C
District of Columbia
Mexico House Approves Bill Creating Vice Presidency
The chamber of deputies passed a constitutional amendment to create a vice presidency and extend the presidential term to six years. Debate centered on fears of insurgent factions versus arguments for stability and longer intervals between electoral campaigns. Public opinion and business leaders welcomed the move for political stability.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Mexico
Three Men Die in Waverly Rail Crash Near Sargents
In Waverly Ohio on December 3 a collision between a hand car and a freight train on the Norfolk and Western line at Sargents killed three bridge carpenters and injured four others two seriously and two lightly. The workers were en route to inspect a bridge when the accident occurred as the hand car and freight train failed to see each other in time on a very short crossing.
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Waverly
Ohio
Sargents
Norfolk and Western
Challenger Sets Record at Chicago Live Stock Show
Challenger the champion fat steer at the stock yard show in Chicago set a new record in cattle investments. Nebraska bought him for 66 dollars per unit? he was fed 20 cents daily for six and a half months. Total cost before landing in Chicago exceeded 120 dollars. He won seven prizes and a 450 dollar cash bonus, with public auction planned to net about 700 dollars and an estimated university profit near 1000 dollars. Ceremonious Archer won the grand bulls title, King Edward took the senior, Village Belle and Cora Ramaden claimed junior cows. State Senator Jesse Jewell pled not guilty to bribery tied to baking powder in Jefferson City. bond set at 1000 dollars. arraignment Feb 9.
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Challenger
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Turning Point in Latin America Says English View
Special Correspondent Clifford Smith reports from Kingston Jamaica November 16 that Latin American politics have reached a turning point. An English Archbishop Nutall defends U S policy on the isthmus Panama and predicts American protection or influence over South American affairs to end revolutions and secure canal and regional stability.
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Panama
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American Republic
Washington
Bliss Relinquishe s Michigan Governor Severs Pension
Governor Bliss of Michigan writes from Lansing on December 1 1903 to Commissioner of Pensions in Washington asking to discontinue his US disability pension of $12 a month granted for Civil War service. He cites no longer needing aid and plans to donate funds to the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Widow Wins Record Award Against Southern Pacific
In Los Angeles on December 3, a U S district court jury awarded Mrs Cora Vernon 327 500 for the death of her husband in the Martinez wreck on December 20 1902 marking the largest life loss verdict in the state for the Southern Pacific company.
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They Prayed But He Died Veteran Actor Thompson
George Thompson, veteran actor once among the first to play Uncle Tom, died of heart failure in a First Avenue saloon rear room after his wife and daughter prayed over him and read Christian science texts. He had been ill for several days and chose not to seek further medical help.
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George Thompson
Uncle Tom
Harriet Beecher Stowe
First Avenue
Thompson
Georgia Rocked Passenger Train Near Crawfordville
A Georgia railroad passenger train leaving Atlanta at eight was rocked near Robinson Creek in Crawfordville. A rock smashed a window, narrowly injuring several passengers. Authorities vow strong action to catch the culprits amid prior similar incidents.
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Georgia
Crawfordville
Atlanta
Robinson
Hanna Faces Roosevelt Over Wood Inquiry Clash
Senator Hanna returns from New York with sharp anger at President Roosevelt over the Wood inquiry and Bristow report. He plans a White House conference to press his view that the administration is steering the probe to favor General Wood, with party ramifications and a potential challenge to Roosevelt.
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New York
Roosevelt
Wood Case
Bristow
Jos. Ohl
Washington
Hanna
White House
Briason
Military Affairs Committee
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Runcle
War Department
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Heart Hill
Doling
Watch beer for arsenic and food standards urged
London reports the royal commission recommends prohibiting beer and any food or drink containing arsenic per gallon or per pound. It calls for official standards and a reference board, with parliamentary oversight. Also, Princeton names Walter Foulke captain of the football team. he is from Germantown, Pennsylvania.
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Princeton
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Germantown
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Record Cotton Market Rally After Government Estimate
New York on December 3 saw a frenzied rush to buy as the Agriculture Department pegged the season crop at 9,962,039 bales. Prices shot up and then spiked again after outside buyers and bullish reports, with heavy volume and over 2 million bales moving, closing near the day’s high.
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New York Cotton Exchange
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Bureau
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