Southern Development Plan Spurs H. M. Atkinson
The Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad project, led by H. M. Atkinson, aims to bind Brunswick to Atlanta then Birmingham, Connecting Georgia cotton belts to Alabama iron and coal areas. The plan includes Brunswick and Bee Line steamships, port improvements, and new routes to the Midwest, expanding Georgia Georgia commerce and southern industry.
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Atlanta
Brunswick
Birmingham
Georgia
Alabama
Middle West
Kansas City
Atlantic
New York
Atkinson
Bee Steamship Line
Glynn
South
Southern
H. M. Atkingoh
Southern Industries
Bryan to Succeed Roosevelt Foreseen Democratic Victory in 1908
The article argues Roosevelt will not run again, boosting Bryan as the likely 1908 Democratic nominee. It discusses third term sentiment, Taft and Hughes, and the expectation that bold reforms including tariff revision will catalyze Democratic success under Bryan.
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Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Trusts
Senator Davin
George
Dan
Beersheba
Roosevelt
William Jennings’ Bryan
Hoosevelt
Clayton
Alabama
Grant
Washington
Taft
Hughes
Cannon
Democratic Party
Bryan
Young Roosevelt’s First Composition on The Cow
In The Life of Roosevelt the future president is described as composing early works, with his first youthful piece titled The Cow. The narrative notes he displayed an interest in beef and a budding sense of enterprise from a young age.
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Roosevelt
Beef Trust
New
Largest sweet potato ever seen in south Georgia
A Valdosta Times dispatch reports the largest sweet potato seen in south Georgia, weighing 23.12 pounds and nearly filling a half-bushel, measured 40 inches around. The item inflames regional pride as readers joke about bigger produce.
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Washington Herald
Charleston News and Courier
Houston Post
Louisville Courier Journal
Valdosta
Iga
South Georgia
Valdosta Times
Frank Bradford
Lake Park
Washington
Charleston
Ansnias
Christmas in Billville and Georgia Reflections
A collage of rustic vignettes from Billville and Georgia mood pieces. Poignant scenes show shop talk about spot cotton and economy, a rural postmaster joke, old year to new year reveries, poverty as heaven’s riches, and Christmas weather prompting prayer.
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Billville
Review roundup of novels and histories from Neale list
A batch of literary titles is reviewed including The Parables by Lymony Abbott, Kentuckians in History and Literature by John Wison Townsend, A History of Virginia Banks and Banking Prior to the Civil War by William M. Royal, The Heart of Old Virginia by Alice Maude Ewell, Selected Poems by William J. Grayson, Betty the Bride by Lilian Turner, Muller’s Neue Märchen edited by W F Little, Morning in the College Chapel by Francis Greenwood Peabody, Robert E. Lee by Philip Alexander Bruce, The Book of Elizabethan Verse edited by William Stanley Braithwaite, A Ball of Yarn Its Unwinding by Robert Rudd Whiting, and Songs of the Average Man by Sam Walter Foss. Publication details and illustrators noted for several titles.
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Kentuckians
John Wison Townsend
Filson Club
Kentucky Historical Society
Richard Hickman Menefee
Literacure
Kentucky
Rat Noet
James Lané Allen
John Fox, Jr
Gertrude Atherton
Halie Erminie Rives
Ete Alao
The
Poets
Robert Burns Wilson
W & Wisscher
Cale Young Rice
Neale Publishing Company
New York
Virginia
William &. Royal
Richmond
Woyman
Old Virginia
Alice Maude Ewell
Sue Berkeley Aldrich
Miss Aldrich
Mijas Ewell
William Stanley Braithwaite
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
England
Herbert B Turner & Co
Boston
Mass
Robert Rudd Whiting
Merle Johnson
Ananian
Sapphire
Baron Munchausen
New York Sun
Paul Hitler & Co
Adair Heads Shriners For Ninth Term At Yaarab Temple
Forrest Adair was reelected potentate for the ninth term at the Yaarab Temple annual officers meeting. New and returning officers named include E C Brown as alchemist, John R Wilkinson and others, with five new members added. Delegates to the imperial council for St Paul next July are Woodside, Adair, Henry M Wood, and Rev Thomas Berry. Nat M Wills attended as a guest.
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Yaarab Temple
Forrest Adair
Mlustriong
E C Brown
E.C Brown
Imperial Council
St Paul
John 3
Woodside
Henry M. Wood
Thomas Berry
Galhenville
Nat M. Wills
Temple
Forrest Aleir
John R. Wilkinson
Rabben
Thomas H Jeffries
Rabban
Joseph C
E. c.Brown
J. Ben Roberts
Alchemiate
Hubbard
Pred Miles
A. W. Beappre
Pensrather
P. Stevens
W. OL. Champion
Orang
George W. Westmoreland
W. H. Terrell
J. M. Fuller
Receivership Sought for Mutual Reserve Insurance Company
A petition filed in the district court of the United States seeks Judge Newman to appoint a receiver for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company of New York. The suit, amounting to over 62 million, targets assets in Georgia plus nationwide policyholders. Atlanta office listed with general agent Shreve. The firm previously operated an assessment plan before switching to ordinary life, with Georgia policy holders expected to participate.
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United States
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company of New York
Bill
District Court of the
Newman
Georgia
Mutual Reserve Site Insurance Company
New York City
Reuben O. Leovil
Tinos
J. C. Robinson
Connecticut
Southern District Court of the United Etates
New York State
Scovill and Robinson
Mutual Reserve
Canle
Clifford Anderson
New York
Southern District Court of the United States
Atelanta
Atlanta
Empire Building
TC Shreve
Ireig
Mutual Re
Spectator
Costly Local Phone Talk With Police In Atlanta
W R Brooks of 12 Gray Street faced Judge Broyles after a long distance call to police barracks cost 6078. A drunken man pressed police for his wife, leading officers to arrest a woman named Viola Moore at the car stop and later to Brooks's cell. Brooks admitted guilt, claimed intoxication, and uncertainly identified the woman as his wife.
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Atlanta
W R. Brooks
Gray Street
Judge Broyles
Aweethiarte
United Pair
Viola Moore
Bohbnefeld
Williams
Polles Barracks
Wright
Central
Lloyd and Willams
Railroad and Baggage Men Deny Any Baggage Trust
Testimony before the railroad commission spanned a full day as the Atlanta Terminal Company denied fostering a baggage trust with the Atlanta Baggage and Cab Company. Key figures described baggage handling, leased space, and the proportion of baggage processed by the rival company, while officials argued against alleged anti-competitive rules and noted a Supreme Court decision affecting baggage storage.
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Railroad Commission
Atlanta Terminal Company
Atlanta Baggage and Cab Company
Terminal Company
Hanson Jones
G W. Deckeran
Charles A. Wickersham
Terminal
Wickersham
Southern, Central
Atlanta
West Point
Supreme Court
Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Atlante Baggage and Cab Company
J. R. Johnson
D. F Rembert
M. & Vaughn
Southern
W. C. Wilson
Baggage and Cab Company
Atlanta Bagsgage
Ceb
Atlants
Hillyer
Mo« Lendon
Reeply
Wilson
Closing of Saloons Before City Council
Mercer Ge newspaper item notes ongoing council debate on regulating and closing saloons before Christmas. Mayor may close establishments. several council members push for early or Christmas Eve action. Proposals include delaying till after holidays and adding police presence. details uncertain as mayor not yet returned.
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Mouncilman Huddleston
Coleman Baveral
Macon Ge
Ethietic Council
Mercer
Wil
Aphistics
Cote
Quillisn
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