Cotton Report Theft Alleged By New York Journal
The New York Journal reports that early leaks of the government cotton report favored certain interests. It cites haste before publication, advance figures around 10,417,000 bales, and pre market circulation to a commission house, with the market surge suggesting a leak possibly timed on Wednesday or Thursday.
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New York
Journal Ofmmerce
Agricultural Bureau
Addin
Jesst
Nell
Ernge
Roosevelts referees named for Alabama appointments
December 4 article reports President Roosevelt designating Joseph Ompson C H Scott and William F Inch as referees to recommend men for vacancies in Alabama offices. They are said to be trusted by national leaders and party figures, with Thompson Aldrich and Scott noted as prominent Republicans. The referees oppose the white movement in Alabama.
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Armingham
Ala
Herald
Roosevelt
Joseph Ompson
C. H. Scott
William F.inch
Alabama
Washington
National
Reican
Thompson
Internal Revenue
District of Alabama
Aldrich
Congress
Scott
Repub
Alexander Dies Ex mayor of Augusta Victim of Peritonitis
Alexander Drug Company head and ex mayor of Augusta Georgia dies after weeks with peritonitis. He helped reform city politics, led a businesslike administration, and was active in Confederate veteran circles. Funeral plans to be announced. Mining firm in New Jersey forms to consolidate Royal Flush and Virginia mines with capital of 1.25 million dollars.
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Rmer
Augusta
Ugusta
Nes Hillhouse Alexander
Asta
Alexander Drug Umpany
Alexander
Committee of A Hundred
Broad
United Confederate Veterans
E. P. Alexander
W. F. Alexander
C A Alexander
Washington
Irvin
Hugh Alexander
Mining Properties Consolidated
Yrenton
N. J
Royal Flush and
Virginia Mine Company
Theyal Flush Virginia
Virginia Noaieg
Elk City
D W. Mahoney
H. Carroll
John J. Bowers
J. V. Irisse
J A. Parker
Passaic City
A. McEndie
H. H. Schoonmaker
R D
Kiev
G H. van Houten
A. B. Jeff
Patersan
Wife rejects inventor husband in divorce bid
New York reports Margarita Katherina Spies rejects Peter Spies ultimatum to reunite by Saturday noon and seeks separation. She accuses him of neglect, demands support for eight children, and plans legal action while noting detectives, estranged entries, and alleged letters from Emily Buckey in Liverpool.
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New York
Peter Spies
England
Mt. Vernon
Margarita Katherina Spies
George C. Appell
Spies
Emily Buckey
Great George Square
Liverpool
Suit over Grade Crossing In Cordele Is Denied Injunction
In Cordele Georgia United States court Judge Emory Speer refused to grant the injunction sought against the Seaboard Air Line and allowed the case between Continental Trust Company Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company versus Atlanta and Birmingham Railroad Company and Cordele officials to proceed. The dispute centers on crossing rights and the mayor and city council power to require grade raising near Cordele’s union passenger station. Attorneys J Randolph Anderson BH A Hawking appeared for complainants and Judge Sweat Strozier represented the opposition.
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Seaboard
Cordele
Macon
Emory Speer
United States
Western Division
Southern District of Georgia
Continental Trust Company
Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company
Atlanta and Birmingham Railroad Company
Speer
Court 14
Atlanta and Birmingham Railroad
Seaboard Air Line
Owner of Team Found in Rome Ga After Mysterious Absence
In Rome Georgia on December 4 a special notice reports the owner of a team of horses was found today. The owner is J. W. Weathers who refuses to explain how the team was left as it was.
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Rome
Fourth Ward
J. W. Weathers
Montgomery
Sowell
Shere
Prominent Coffeeville Merchant Ends Life in Suicide
In Coffeeville Mississippi on December 4 F C Daily shot and killed himself at his home. He was a leading local businessman and had been in poor health for months.
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F.C. Daily
Coffeeville
Miss
F. C. Daily
Beaty Fined for Reckless Driving After Crossing Tragedy
E H Beaty faced reckless driving charges after an emergency electric wagon he drove struck and killed George Lamb near the Decatur Piedmont crossing. Beaty was fined 25.76 by Recorder Broyles amid city defense arguments and witnesses on both sides.
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E. H. Beaty
George Lamb
Broyles
Preston S Arkwright
Mayson
Sternt
Ozburn
Shepard
Lamb
Arkwright
Fire Department
Decatur Street
Piedmont Avenue
Beaty
Desolate infant case linked to Atlanta mother in Macon
Five week old white infant found asleep in a Black foster mother’s arms near East Macon. Inspector Jordan suspects the mother, a woman from Atlanta, abandoned the child and may seek custody via habeas corpus. The case centers on a birth reports ordinance and a scar on the mother’s leg as a potential identifying mark.
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Constitution Bureau
Brown House
Macon
Jordan
Board of Health
Judge Freeman
Walnut Creek
East Macon
Mandy Morgan
Gibson
Inspector Morgan
Taig
Atlanta
Tegra
Proposition to unite Indian Territory with Oklahoma approved
December 4 Ardmore Indian Territory towns rejoice as Senate Territories Committee favors a single state bill. A statewide advocacy organization will form to push statehood, and each town will send representatives to Washington to secure Oklahoma’s unification.
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Ind. T
Congress
Senated Committee On Territories
Inisian Territory
Washington
Inman Park church hosts reception for new pastor
Community notices report a reception for Rev. JI Ee dames at Inman Park Presbyterian Church this evening at 7 30. Salvation Army plans Christmas dinners for 39 Atlanta families with donations sought at 194 Bagewood avenue. Weslayan chapel hosts two services with Rev. L M McConnell preaching. Local legal and funeral notices follow, including deaths and services for Mrs. Traylor Mrs. Wise Miss Parks and Dr Courtney. Bruce to lecture at Wheat Street Baptist for nursery funding.
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JI Eedames
Atl
Salvation Army
Atlanta
Bagewood Avenue
Weslayan Chapel
Holgewood Avenue
L. M. McConnell
Missouri
McConnell
Claudia B. Wise
W. H. Holcombe
Spring Street
C. W. Byrd
First Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
J. J. Sprenger
Lancaster
Courtland Street
CG. PB. Bridewell
First Presbyterian Church
Roscop C Bruce
Booker Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Wheat Street Baptist Church
Colored
Bruce
South
Colored Woman's Club of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promoted as Indigestion Cure
An old health column extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy for indigestion and related stomach troubles. It cites links between dyspepsia and serious diseases, notes three years of testing, and says tablets are now sold by druggists for 50 cents with no dieting required.
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Bright
Stuart
Zuart
Convict Farm to Be Abandoned and Mills Used Instead
Montgomery reports that the state will exit the convict farming business and transfer convicts to lumber mills and turpentine orchards due to drought and poor returns. The Tallapoosa river farm near Montgomery, once owned by Colonel Tom Williams under a long ago contract, has been a white elephant. The move follows years of overflow destruction and fundraising misfires, with convicts now slated for tire from farming duties to paid labor elsewhere.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tallapoosa River
Houston
O'Neal
Tom Willams
Wetumpka
Williams
Colonel Williams
Cure a Cold in One Day Alert
A dubious medical claim appears in a fragmented ad style warning readers about a laxative product named Broma-Quinine aviey. The text is garbled and reads like an early 20th century patent medicine pitch with missing details and unclear instructions.
Columbus approves 250000 water bond election landslide
Columbus Georgia voters approve 250000 in 4 percent water bonds by 1400 to 7, with 294 turnout. seven against include six whites among 29 2 negroes voting. third water works bond election in city history amid plans to source water from Chattahoochee creeks and Harris county springs.
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Colmbus
Columbus
Columbus Water Works Company
Chattahoochee
Harris County
Sanitary Conference Concludes in Santiago Next Meeting Set
The sanitary conference of American republics ends in Santiago de Chile after sessions begun Tuesday. Santiago is chosen as the site for the next meeting on March 15, 199. Mosquito control receives focus with several infection measures adopted.
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Santiago de Chile
Washington
Sanitary Conference of American Republics
Santiago de Chilie
Roper Elected Furman President as Moore Resigns
In Greeneville South Carolina on December 4 the Furman University board of trustees demanded the resignation of Rev Gordon B Moore and elected Lewis M Roper of Spartanburg First Baptist as president while Montague had tendered his resignation earlier. The decision sparked infighting among Baptists with charges of infidelity against the faculty and countercharges against the president.
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Greeneville
S. C
Furman University
Gordon B. Moore
Lewis M. Roper
First Baptist Church of
Spartanburg
Montague
Furman
Moore
Laurens County
Columbian
Rochester Theological Seminary
Board of Trustees
Dispensary Profits Report in Rome for November
Rome Ga December 4 Special The dispensary commissioners report November gross profits 2779 48 with expenses 635 35 leaving net 2124 13 They paid county 1000 and city 1000 on December 1 and expect about 2000 monthly going forward Some oppose the dispensary though many favor giving it a fair trial and continue monitoring its financial state.
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Rome
Groaa
Hinister Buck Dies in Japan and Mobile Fire
The article reports the death of Colonel Buck in Japan, highlighting his Mobile alderman background and his role as a Republican leader and Georgia delegation chairman at national conventions. It notes his friendship with President McKinley, his wartime duties, and lack of immediate relatives in Mobile. Also covered is a fire at F G Stover’s Courtland Street home, saved from total destruction, with partial insurance and water damage.
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Mobile
Congress
Buck
South
Georgia
Garfield
McKinley
Colonel Buck
Bich
Chins
United States
Culuid Buck
New York
Admiral Rogers
China
Russia
F. G. Stover
Courtland Street
Stover
Hazleton Coal Strike Testimony Describes Harsh Conditions
Father James Hussie testifies that mine workers and families face dire poverty during the strike with crowded churches and minimal wages. He notes children sent to mines and girls to mills while one man paid funeral debt over six years.
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Mr. Darow
James V. Huaste
St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church
Hazelton
Lower Lurerma County
Father Huaste
Hazteton
Hussie
Hazleton
Telmost
Moss
Andrew Mattey
Tt Coxe Mines
Hagleton
Wreenharng
Europe
Coxe
LED SCARLESS KIDS TO SCHOOL IN GAS CITY
Gas City Indiana December 4 1900 mothers with children tried to enter the school building but could not prove vaccination certificates. Police at the doors prevented entry causing excitement as fathers stood outside. Opponents of the portion rule held a meeting and planned injunctions to block the school board from enforcing the ordinance.
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Gas City
Ind
Local Resident W. Sims Dies After Illness In Senola
Senica Ga December 4 Special. W Sims a prominent resident died yesterday after several months illness and was buried today. Bird was a man of lovable character a member of the Methodist church and a 377 Mont Magon. He leaves three daughters and a son.
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Senola
Senica
W. Sims
Bird
Mont Magon
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