Coming of Department of the South Seen To Shape City Future
Rumors swirl over a new Department of the South with a brigadier general in command and officers for each army department. Possible commanders include J Franklin Bell or Barry, with Atlanta as headquarters and changes to existing posts. Two Georgians, A W Butt and Major Fred Hodgson, are named for chief quartermaster roles.
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General Bell
Bell
Bills
Barry
Atlanta
J— Franklin Bell
Jessee M. Lee
Tasker H Bills
Joseph
Fanama
Tell
Philippines
Washington
Department of the South
A. W. Butt
Fred Hodgson
Strange sermon from Rev John Henry at Gillespie death
Rising Sun Indiana on December 13 the Rev John Henry closed funeral services for Elizabeth Gillespie shot at her window. He urged sympathy and asked the public to refrain from rash judgments while calling for prayers for the killer and cautioning sensational reporting.
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Rising Sun
Ind
John Henry
Elizabeth Gillespie
Presbyterian Church
Henry
Bryan and Pope hold private audience in Rome
William J Bryan and his son met the Pope in a private audience in Rome. Mr Bryan was presented by Mr Kennedy of the American College who served as interpreter. The Pope spoke warmly of U S Catholics and Bryan praised the Pope's kindness. He visited historic sites before departing and lunched with Ambassador Meyer.
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Rome
William 3. Bryan
Bryan
Mer. Kennedy
American Collegé
United States
Strategic point in time of war at Atlanta noted by officers
Fort McPherson officers welcomed the establishment of the U.S. Army Department of the South with headquarters in Atlanta. They praised Atlanta as a strategic war hub due to its railroad access and central location for mobilization and troop embarkation, with General Sherman once predicting a major arsenal and barracks here.
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Department of the South
United States Army
Atlanta
Fort McPherson
Butler D Price
United States Ifantry
New Orleans
Sherman
Tme
Barry
Bills
Bell
Bennet
Price
South
Northwest
Waa
Department of the Gulf
Austell
Prudential
Free Medical Books For the Sick Offered by Specialist
A self styled healer advertises cures for chronic illnesses and invites readers to write detailing their ailments. He promises free or charged medical books explaining his method and lists eight titles on diseases of vital organs, female diseases, throat and lungs, nervous debility, stricture, blood poison, rheumatism, and kidney and bladder troubles. He signs as R. J. Newson Hathaway at Inman Building Atlanta Georgia.
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Tio City
R. J. Newson Hathaway
Inman Building
Broad ‘Dlieat
Atliot
Babies Scarce Says Bishop in Indiana Church
Right Rev. Joseph M. Francia, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Indiana, warns of a serious baby shortage among church members. He notes wealthy homes average about one child per family and that infant baptisms have fallen while overall communicants rise. He cites Living Church Almanac data and likens the trend to France’s historical fertility decline.
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Indianapolis
Joseph M. Francia
Episcopal Diocese of
Indiana
Francis
Living Church
Infanta
France
Naval Stores Under Trust in Florida Charter Sought
Tallahassee Fla December 13 The Operators' Tank and Ware House Company with a capital of half a million dollars has applied for a charter. Leading turpentine operators from across the state are among its stockholders. The company aims to own operate lease and maintain warehouses docks wharves elevators and storage facilities for turpentine oils resin naval stores cotton and other products. It will lend money on stored goods and seek to control the naval stores product of the state.
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Tallahaggee
Fla
Tank and Ware House Company
Turpentine
Train Derailed Kills Fourteen Near Cordova
Madrid reports a train derailed by an embankment collapse near Cordova. Fourteen people died and many were injured. Separate from this, Senator Frank Farris of Missouri faces bribery charges over a $1000 payoff tied to defeating a baking powder bill in 1901 Missouri legislature. a circuit court return set after a hung jury in the first trial.
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Madrid
Cordova
Missouri
Jefferson City
Frank Farris
TG Kelly
Savannah Boys Are Honored With Yale Class Day Posts
Savannah holds two residents named to Yale Sheffield Scientific School class day posts. Louis Henry Egan of Savannah is named class day historian and James Johnston Waring of Savannah is named class book historian and appointed to the class book committee.
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Louis Egan
Yale
Johnston
New Haven
Conn
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Louis Henry Egan
Savannah
James Johnston Waring
Mayor Howell and Atlanta Leaders Win Military Department Back
Mayor Evan P Howell and Atlanta business leaders celebrate the reestablishment of a military department in Atlanta. The move, praised by President Maddox and former chamber president Orr, is seen as boosting Fort McPherson, local business, and Atlanta as a southern distribution hub.
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Maddox
Chamber of Commerce
Orr
Atlanta
Foster Slain by Anderson in Dallas Georgia
Dallas Ga December 13 Special James Foster telegraph operator was shot and killed at 4 p m by Grover Anderson who was drunk at the time of the killing and has escaped with a posse pursuing him.
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Dallas, Ga
James Foster
Grover Anderson
Anderson
Death of Judge Fletcher Ladd in Boston
The death of Judge Fletcher Ladd, three years 4, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, at a private hospital Saturday was announced tonight. Also, Paul Richter, president of Richter Iron Works in Denver, was accidentally shot and killed by a companion during a hunting trip east of the city.
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Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines
Boston
Fletcher Ladd
The
Supreme Court of the Philippines, At & Private Hospital
Denver
Colo
Paul Richter
Rishter Iron Works Company
Thie City
Cure for Women Aches Promises $500 if Not Helped
The ad capsulizes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription offering $500 to any woman cured of leucorrhea, female weakness, prolapse, or falling of the womb, asserting a century-spanning record of remarkable cures and a trustworthy financial backing. It touts health improvements, beauty restoration, regularity, and relief from inflammatory drains as proof of the remedy's unmatched efficacy. A testimonial from Loretta Webster supports the claim, urging readers to seek this treatment.
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Dr. Pierce
United States
Eden
Ted
Loretta Webster
Virginie Ave
Lexington
Boy Kidnapped by Two Tramps in Florida Store Robbery
John Jones and Albert Lewis were arrested in Pensacola after abducting a 12 year old boy from a Molina store. The boy escaped Monday afternoon and identified the suspects. The men admit the robbery but claim the boy left with them willingly. the sheriff captured them in the woods.
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Pensacola
Fla
John Jones
Albert Lewis
Molina
Here
Fat Molino
Death of Harvey J. Dennis Pioneer Putnam Citizen
Harvey J. Dennis a long time Putnam County farmer and veteran public servant dies after a prolonged illness in Eatonton Ga. He was 85 or 86 and buried at 1 pm from the Baptist church with Masonic rites. He leaves a widow several sons and daughters. Dennis was famed for fox hunting and riding horseback late in life and served as sheriff and county collector after the war.
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Eatonton
Harvey J. Dennis
Putnam
Baptist Church
Mr Singleton
McCleskey
Dennis
Masonic Fraternity
Old Phoenix
Sugar Refinery for Bainbridge Georgia Details
Bainbridge Ga December 3 The first sugar refinery planned for Georgia nears operation on A Cohen Co tobacco plantation The world’s largest in acreage the plantation employs about 2000 workers Cane farming will run in winter with sugar output projected at 1 5 million pounds Daily mill capacity 12 tons Grind 300 tons of cane Overall cane harvest to 9 000 to 10 000 tons with expectations of a profitable dividend after a few years.
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A. Cohen & Co
Warships Painted Black In Far East Dispatch Says
A Telegraph dispatch cites a Far East cor respondent claiming Russian and Japanese warships in Chinese waters have been painted black as their color. No Voë Vremya notes Japan faces a small surplus and difficulty floating another loan, warning that war would ruin Japan if the United States withdraws support.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Far East
Russia
Japan
Peterasourg
Novoe Vremya
United States
Jlhgoca
Americus Eyes Federal Sums for Old Sumter Site
Americus citizens react to two federal bills proposing 100000 for public works. A new military road from Americus to Andersonville National Cemetery would improve access, with support from Congressman E B Lewis and northern grand Army volunteers. The plan aims to ease travel to the cemetery as thousands visit the site and current roads are poor.
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Americus
Andersonville
E B Lewis
Ville
Negro favored by committee in Marianna postmaster race
An executive committee in Marianna Florida recommended Pardee a colored candidate for appointment as postmaster. In Indiana Fort Wayne death noted for James Cheney described as a man of some affairs.
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Marianna. Fla
Sepublican
Arson County
Marianna
Fort Wayne
James Cheney
Indiana
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