Citizens Want Mail Service Between Atlanta and Etowah
A Carterville special reports a petition to inaugurate poster mail service on the Louisville and Nashville line between Atlanta and Etowah Tennessee. Citizens argue the star route is slow. a daily two-trip service could deliver and reply to letters the same day, benefiting Carterville and towns along the route. The rail line and post office reportedly dispute compensation levels, delaying the new service while trains move daily.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Atlanta
Etowah
Tenn
Etoweh
Louisville
Etowa
Post Office Department
Carteraville
Fair Mount
Loutaville
Nashville
Louisville and Nashville
At & O'Oboek
Iloclockam
Louisvile and Nashville Railroad
Louieville
Nashvile
Serica
Certereville
Railway Building in 1907 in United States and Canada
Chicago December 24 According to the statistics compiled by The Railway Age railroad construction in the United States has been nearly as heavy in 1907 as in 1908, the heaviest year since 1888. The total miles of new track laid this year amount to 5730, with Louisiana 422 miles and Florida 41, South Dakota 386, Texas 314, and Washington 3. In Canada 723 miles and in Mexico 349 miles. Most new track was laid before financial stringency, little mileage after September. Freight and passenger cars and locomotives orders in 1907 were about 65 percent of the prior seven years.
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Railway Age
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Louisiana
Florida
South Dakota
Texas
Washington
Canada
Mexico
Christmas Gift bicycle to Pastor in Dublin
Special Christmas event at Baptist church in Dublin Ga. members presented Reverend Allen Fort with a handsome bicycle as a Christmas gift. J B Sanderson gave a short speech and Fort responded warmly.
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Liseyele
Dublin
Eat the Baptist Church
Allen Fort
J B Sanderson
Fort
Police Board Prepares to Preserve Order for Christmas
The Police Board met on the fourth National Bank Building’s seventh floor to adopt measures for maintaining city order during the holiday. Chairman Brandon and Commissioners, plus Chief Jennings, reported Christmas Eve calm, with 112 on active duty and 24 in reserve, ready to double on short notice. No saloon closures were decided beyond existing law. liquor routes remain as usual until January 1 under state prohibition. A three-person committee of the mayor, chief, and board chairman is empowered to act in emergencies while the board remains in recess awaiting reconvening.
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Brandon
English
Roberts
Terry
Patillo
Meyer Joyner
Jennings
Police ‘Board
Pretty Girl Held by Police in Columbus
A young girl, daughter of a Chattanooga minister, is held at Columbus police headquarters at the request of authorities in Chattanooga. Attracted by three women of ill character, she was lured from home. Parents sought help from Chattanooga officials, and searches in Atlanta and Birmingham failed before it was learned she had moved to Columbus. She will be sent back to Chattanooga to be turned over to her parents.
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Columbus
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Birmingham
Red Light District
Thig Telly
Young farmer shot in neck near Bartow, dies
Bartow Georgia December 24 Cordy Davis was shot twice in the neck at the residence of William Oxford four miles south of Bartow during a dispute with Donoven Coleman Frank Douton and Furman Douton all white Davis died about 9 this morning. The Dintons and Coleman were treated and held in the guard house on murder charges. Davis leaves a wife who recently married.
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William Oxford
Donoven Coleman
Frank Douton
Furman Douton
Cordy Davis
Dintons
Coleman
Davis
Robbery of Western Union operator in Tennille
Miss Victorine Hall, operator for the Western Union Telegraph Company, was knocked down and robbed of her purse near her home about midnight by an unknown Negro man. The assailant fled, and darkness prevented identification by Miss Hall or a accompanying messenger. She was shaken and unable to resume duties.
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Tennille
Salvation Army Christmas Dinners Feed Thousands in City
Salvation Armies distributed baskets to the needy yesterday and last evening. The two Salvation Armies fed about two thousand people, delivering fowl vegetables bread canned goods and more to create a Christmas dinner for at least five per basket. The American Salvation Army set up at 185 Central avenue while the regular army operated from Marietta street headquarters.
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Regular Army
Marietta Street
American Salvation Army
Central Avenue
Salvation Armiea
Good Samaritans
Prohibition Watch Night at Baptist Tabernacle Ends Old Year
Great watch meeting at the Baptist Tabernacle on New Year’s Eve to celebrate prohibition and the expected demise of intoxicating drinks. Dr Broughton organized the event with Seaborn Wright of Rome and Senator L G Hardman of Commerce delivering addresses. The program includes songs, speeches, and baptismal immersions, aiming to mark a historic shift in the state.
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Baptist Tabernacle
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Leigh in the Fourth District Congressional Race
Former Coweta county representative Mimicking Active canvass for seat in the House Leigh announces candidacy for Congress in the fourth district opposing incumbent W C Adamson. An inadvertent omission in a previous political outlook article is acknowledged.
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Hon & B. Leigh
Congress
W C. Adamson
Leigh
Leigh’s legislative career lauded by allies as he seeks high office
The article notes Mr Leigh had his name on notes but failed to include it in the piece. In the lower house he earned an enviable reputation as a legislator, and friends in the district and state follow his upcoming career with interest and pleasure.
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Leigh
Labor Unions Fight Anti-Boycott Injunction
Washington December 24 labor unions contest Justice Goulds order prohibiting the Buck Stove and Range Company boycott. Defense counsel file objections seeking corrections and a January 3 hearing. They ask the injunction run until further order rather than final decree, arguing it may abridge free speech and press and could bar united actions against plaintiff. Rome Ga December 24 Special. Charles Jones Armour Packing drayman fell from his cart on Broad Street, breaking both legs below the knees. The injury is serious but not fatal.
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Andge Gonta
Washington
Gould
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
St Louia
United States
Drayman
Rome
Charles Jones
Armour Packing Company
Fata
Courts rule rail lines must publish fixed cross tie rates
Washington reports that Holcombe Hayes against Minois Central and Southern Railway won before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Defendants must publish definite rates for at least one year and reimburse the complainant 83.07 for alleged unjust charges on cross ties, with a new rule against expiring rates. The order requires a rate of 19.12 cents per cross tie by January 18, 1908.
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Washington
Holcombe-Hayes Company
Minois+Central Railroad company
Southern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Mallory Laid To Rest In Pensacola Funeral Attended
United States Senator Stephen R Mallory is laid to rest after services in Pensacola Florida. Hundreds filled St Michael's Church for a requiem mass as the deceased requested no formal eulogy. The body then shared burial with the senator's father in Old St Michael's cemetery, honoring a thirty year public career and Civil War service.
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Pensacola
Fla
United States
Stephen R Mallory
Congress
St Michael’s Church
Father Fullerton
Old Big Michaels
United States Senate
City employees must pay fare under Georgia rail board order
The Georgia Railroad Commission reaffirmed that city workers must pay streetcar fares after January 1. Firemen police and other city employees who rode free for years will be charged fare, with no amendments to allow free transit. The board stated no free transportation except interstate under federal Hepburn act, leaving general orders intact.
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Theis
Tate
Board
McLendon
Geof Montgomery
Chattanooga Saloons Closed for Christmas Day
In Chattanooga Tennessee all saloons were closed the night of December 24 and will stay shut on Christmas Day. The move originated with saloon men and is not tied to law or outside pressure. It drew favorable comment from many observers.
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Kress
Chattanooga
Tenn
Macon Saloon Closures End Quiet Christmas Eve
Macon Georgia shuts all saloons for the night after Mayor Miller ordered a 50 percent petition backed closure to maintain peace. Saloon keepers accept the measure and plan stricter enforcement to ensure holiday calm for the city.
Throne Edict Hints at Slow Path to Chinese Constitution
Peking December 24 A long edict from the throne expresses cautious hope that a constitution may come but gives no fixed data It says it is improper to push the people toward greater power yet notes the formation of a government council and provincial assemblies as a first step toward parliament.
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Peking
Nnts
Government Council
Paris Re opens Midnight Masses as Christmas Merriment Returns
Paris observes a festive Christmas Eve with national merrymaking. The theater hosts special performances followed by supper parties as streets glow with illumination. Notable is France-wide resumption of midnight masses, previously barred by the separation law, now back in churches.
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