Cholera tainted meat case hits city pen
In a cholera meat scandal Recorder Broyles fined Charles Witherspoon 100 and costs for selling infected meat. W D Harris faced related charges after inspectors found carcasses and pork pieces from Kreis and Witherspoon's pens sold at Harris's Marietta street shop. Prosecutors described sick hogs, carcasses, and grim details of slaughter practices.
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Charles Witherspoon
Broyles
Witherspoon
Lowry
J Krell
Straton
Sanitary Department
Krels
Jolly
Department
Hiram Bain
Spring
Marietta
W. D. Harris
Maretta Street
Alexander
Harria
Harris
da Jolly
Recorder Broyles
Recorder
Mableton
Georges Burdett
Ron
Inspector Straton
Inspector Straten
Bain
C. G. Love
Kreis
George Burdett
Burdett
Charley
Austin
B Straton
Mr. Kreis
Kreiis
Tennessee
Ain
Barris
Germany
W. D Harris
Krels & Witherspoon
Grape Nuts as a Brain Boosting Food Suggestion
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a superior alternative to white bread for dyspeptics. It claims the product is fully cooked, digestible, and rapidly converts starch to sugar, aiding brain and nerve health, with early retailers in Battle Creek offering Postum Co. products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL First- Grocers
Postum Co
Battie Creek
Central retains branch roads as state loses its contention
Georgia had claimed the Central Railroad violated constitutional provisions by purchasing the Middle Georgia and Atlantic and Eatonton Branch lines. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled the consolidation did not defeat competition, upheld lower court judgment, and allowed continued operation. The decision stressed no universal rule applies to railroad combinations. each case depends on facts and overall public benefit.
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State of Georgia
Central Railroad
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Hart
Ocmulgee Circuit
Middle Georgia and
Avantic
Hatonton
Eatonton
Central
Atlanta
Atlanta Street Railways
The
Middle Georgia
Atlantlc
Seriion
the Central
Raitroad
Atlantic
Eatonton Dranch
Supreme Court adopts two divisions to clear October 1899 docket
The court announces an official order to hear all remaining October term cases in two separate divisions to speed disposal. Only oral arguments will be heard in divisions while the full court will consider cases afterward. Briefs for civil cases due by February 26, criminal docket to be closed by February 9 and moved to March term.
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Supreme Court
Council
Mutual Life Insurance Company Reports 1399 Growth
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York reports rapid growth in 1399 with in force insurance exceeding $1.05 billion. Assets top $201 million, receipts totaled $58.96 million, death claims paid $15.63 million, mature endowments and dividends paid $10.73 million. Policyholders have received $14.12 million since organization, with a contingent guarantee fund of $447,852.08 and 190,000 authorized for dividends.
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Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Mutual Life
Burkhart Details Alleged Green Goods Scheme Connection
Attorney B C Burkhart testified about his involvement with the green goods game allegedly linked to George Davis. He claims Davis proposed a two for one investment, he contributed funds, and profits were shared while Davis pressed for more money. Burkhart says he withdrew after initial profits and Davis continued to pursue funds through intermediaries.
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B .C
Burkhart
Justice Landrum
George Davis
David
Nash
Lavis
Mr. Hamilton
Davis
Hamilton
Disputed dealings and a sales pitch amid legal peril
The excerpt describes failed schemes to obtain money from Davis and Hamilton, including Davis paying $31 and attempting a $10 stake for involvement in a Kimball house plan. Davis accuses Hamilton, while the narrator denies wrongdoing, asserts innocence, and cites offers to settle for $186. The piece shifts to a Washington Star quote and ends with a classified business ad offering a ten thousand dollar opportunity in the General Agency of an established insurance company.
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Davis
Hamilton
Kimball House
Blackmell
Old Line Insurance Company
Care Atlanta Constitution
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Garling Sloy
Jim
Oes
Hera
C. D. Austee
Jane Tesented
T Broyles
Recorder Broytes
Maier & Berkele
Whitehall St
Latey
CRAS
Portant
Tory
B. C. Burkhart
Whitehall Street
Washington Star
Mr Meekton
Henrietta
Universal Meat Chopper
King Hardware CO
Peachtree St
Eiseman Bros
Atlants
Whitehall
Bath
Baltimore
German St
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