Superintendent Ashmore Courts School Textbook Choices
Superintendent Otis Ashmore critiques recant lists of state school texts. He praises geography and physiology choices, notes three unnecessary arithmetic titles, questions grammar sequences, and suggests a better writing copy-book. He stresses southern authors and diversity across districts, while supporting civic and history works as satisfactory yet not superior.
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Leo Readigs
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Peterman
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Awihe Commission
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Puestion
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Ita
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Swinton
Foster Killed Before Sister Foster Killed Before Sister
Dallas Ga December 14 Special Grover Atchison fired on James Foster killing him as he left a restaurant After an argument over Atchison cursing Foster, two shots hit Foster in the abdomen and a back wound pierced the heart Mrs Banders and her daughter witnessed the shooting Atchison fled and was not yet arrested Deerun Georgia December 14 Special Election set for January 8 1904 to choose a mayor and five aldermen for the coming year.
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Dallas
Grover Atchison
James Foster
Joseph Atchison
T. J. Foster
Atchison
Fosters
Foster
Fosters Alter
Deerun
Irith
Wood defamed declares Root seeks to clear General Wood
Secretary Root accuses press of distorting Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss testimony to injure General Leonard Wood and urges Senator Proctor to correct public misperceptions. Bliss denies opposing duty-free silver service and asserts he acted under oath and in line with law. Senate inquiry into Wood continues with witnesses including Dr. E Fisher and Havana Post editors.
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Root
Senator Proctor
Etaies
Tasker H. Biles
Wood
Bliss
General Bliss
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Cuba
Senate Committee On
Leonard Wood
E Fisher
Chicago
J © Lafontises
Jacksonville
Fla
General Wood and Bellairs Ties Surface in Cuba Hearings
Testimony detailing General Wood and Bellairs linked to alleged forgery and indiscretions in Havana surfaces. Dr Fisher, Lefontise, and Lafontisee describe efforts to curb publication of a damaging Bellairs story and Wood’s request to keep it from print. General Brooke presents war department orders showing funds in Santiago and conditions on expenditures, while connections to Johnson and a Florida convict camp emerge.
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Havana
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Latontulsee
Fisher
Isle of Pines
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Bellaire
Lafontisca
United States
Pigher
Bellairs. In Addition To His Corroboration of Dr Fishers Testimony, Mr Targntsen
Florida
Bank of England
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Johnson
Kepatient
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Lafontises
Lafonusea
Wool
War Department
Cuba
Grooke
Santiago
Brooke
Airey
Wood
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City of Atlanta Ship To Be Named Ocean Vessel
The Ocean Steamship Company may name its new launch after Atlanta, Georgia. The City of Atlanta would showcase the capital on Atlantic routes, boosting recognition and freight traffic. Local leaders plan to petition President J Hanson to grant the naming, with launch anticipated in February and shipbuilder Roncha yard in Chester, Pennsylvania. The vessel will be about 396 feet long, 40 feet beam, 18 feet depth, displacement 5,280 tons, carrying 4,000 tons of cargo plus passengers.
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Marina Metropolis
Ocean Steamship Company
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Atlantic Coast
New York
Chamber of Commerce
J. Hanson
Thinetty
Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Company
Roncha Yard
Chester
Macon
Memphis
Alabama's 84th Statehood Anniversary Celebrated in Schools
In Birmingham and across Alabama on December 4, schools observed the eighty fourth anniversary of statehood. A program proposed by Superintendent Hull of the state education department was carried out, making the day both instructive and interesting for thousands of students in the Alabama schools.
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Ala
Alabama
Hull
State Department of Education
Thousands Suffering Kidney Trouble From Unnoticed Disease
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney, liver and bladder ailments. It features testimonials from Robert Barner and claims medical endorsements, samples by mail, and hospital usage while urging readers to test the remedy for various urinary symptoms and related illnesses.
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New York
Robert Barner
Motice
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, NY
Atlanta Daily Constitution
Bright
Or Kilmer
Ellmer
Hinghamton NY
Miners Rally at Birmingham Amid Convention
The sixth annual session of the Alabama Mine Workers' Association opens in Birmingham with expected reelection of President Flynn and other officers. Separately at Searles in Tuscaloosa County, 200 to 500 miners strike after a wage reduction notice by Alabama Controlled Coal and Iron Company. The union plans a thorough investigation of the dispute while reports from officers and committee appointments occupy the morning.
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Ala
Bpecal.j
Alabama Mine Workers’ Association
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Flynn
Fathey
Clemo
SOC
Searles
Tuscaloosa County
Alabama Contoll‘lated Coal and Iron Company
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Bush
Alabama Consolidated Company
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