Funerals Delayed by Severe Weather Across City
Postponed services and delayed interments mark a spell of extreme weather with pneumonia deaths rising in the city. Notable delays include H Hughes at McDaniel Street and Mrs. D N Speer at Peachtree Street, among others awaiting conditions for burial in Westview Oakland and Salisbury.
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H. Hughes
McDaniel Street
Hillburn & Poole
D. N. Speer
Resigenes
Peachtree Street
J. C. Adamson
Cherokee Avenue
Westview
Western and Atlantic Railway
A. L. Moore
H. M. Patterson
Frank M Bowen
Kelly Street
Oakland
A. Crymes
Reynoldstown
WB. Webb
Carl Karston
HL. M. Patterson
Salisbury
N. C
Wires Suffered Most Damage in Covington Area
In Covington Georgia on February 9, heavy sunshine after days of trouble helped melt ice. The Southern Bell Company and the local telephone exchange suffered the worst damage with repair work starting. Covington Oxford street millway traffic resumed and merchants report roof leaks across town. In Columbia South Carolina the same date, seven candidates entered the race for the federal judgeship as bar associations weighed endorsements for Brice of Chester and Simpson of Spartanburg.
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Covington
Iee
Southern
Bel) Company
Ie Focal Telephone Exchange
Oxford Street
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Chester County Bar Association
Indorsed
AG. Brice
Chester
Spartanburg
J. Simpson
Miles Denies Implication of Humiliating Davis in 1865 Case
General Nelson A Miles releases a statement defending official actions during the Davis imprisonment at Fort Monroe in 1865 66. He says actions had highest authority approval and were not intended to humiliate Davis or his supporters. He notes the absence of living officials named in the controversy and expresses confidence in their prior good faith.
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Boston
Jefferson Davis
Fortress Monroe
Nelson A. Miles
Congress
Davis
Johnson
Stanton
Dana
Holt
Halleck
Glenn Opposes Divorce Law Push in North Carolina
Governor Glenn declares opposed to any lax divorce law. He cites Presbyterian influence and petitions from a large religious body in Raleigh urging repeal of existing divorce statutes.
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Glenn
Raleigh
See Ng
Funeral cortege passes as Atlanta storm tears streets
A Marietta funeral procession yesterday amid a historic snow and ice siege. Streets and sidewalks were choked with debris, fallen trees, and broken poles. Southern Bell workers cleared the way for the cortege as telephone service lay wrecked with no communication to the outside.
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Atlanta
Marietta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Maretta
Storm Wires Suffer Record Damage Across Region
The report details unprecedented wire damage from two back to back storms. Ice laden lines collapsed under heavy loads stretching from the northwest to southern states, with effects reaching Virginia and toward Washington. General Superintendent Bristol aided repairs, calling the events the worst he has seen in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Bristol
Postal Officials Comment on Storm Damage to Lines
General Superintendent G Paine of the Postal company said heavy losses followed a second storm after a first one disrupted service to Atlanta. Crews work across the storm swept region to reopen lines and restore mail and messenger reports. Repairs aim to restore train orders and relieve passenger and freight delays in Dixieland conditions.
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G. Paine
Postal Company
Prudential
Atlanta
Mall
Messenger
South
Dixieland
Paine
Levin
Montgomery
Weather in Albany Georgia Dips Below Freezing
In Albany Georgia on February 9 sleet and snow plagued the north and central parts of the state while southwest Georgia saw milder temperatures. The thermometer hovered around 40 degrees with substantial rainfall and no severe weather reported in the area.
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Albany
Georgia
Man on Rampage on Jefferson Street in Huntsville
Floyd Jones, a 2-carriage painter, opened a pistol attack on Jefferson Street injuring no one named John Fackler and then aimed at bookkeeper L Lehman. He resisted arrest and was beaten into submission. He faces charges of public drunkenness and assault with intent to murder plus resisting an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Floyd Jones
Jefferson Street
John Fackler
L. Lehman
Lehman
Jones
Agricultural implements. Nordhaven contraband claim denied
In New Orleans on February 9 a Norfolk report claimed contraband of war aboard the Danish steamer Nordhaven en route to Russia. The manager of the clearing agency denied the claim. The ship carried a large cargo of agricultural implements for Russian farmers near the Black Sea and stopped at Norfolk for coal. Cash for creditors in the Plant bankruptcy case in Waycross? Georgia. February reports all checks signed by Trustee N B Corbin and Referee Alexander Preigfit. The first dividend is forthcoming, totaling 48.23 percent for creditors.
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Liedtier Sur Steven
New Orleans
Norfolk
Nordhaven
Russia
Black Sea
Wzton
United States
N. B. Corbin
Alexander Preigfit
Albany Delegation Heads To Atlanta To Fight Depot Fees
Albany leaders Mayor A. T Lappitt Aldermen H L A Turner Joseph Tartich and RL Jones plus chamber of commerce members depart for Atlanta to appear before the railroad commission. This marks the third Albany appearance in the campaign for improved terminal fees as seven rail lines radiating from Albany prepare to contest the case tomorrow.
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Albany
A. T Lappitt
HL A Turner
Joseph Tartich
Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Hight
Atlante
Railroad Commission
Train Wreck Near Melbourne Kills One Injures Many
One man was killed and twenty four injured when eight passenger cars and an engine piled into a wrecked bridge after a broken rail on the Chicago Milwaukee La Salle road near Melbourne. The engineer died in the crash and another man is missing. The overloaded limited train had departed Chicago last night, drawn by two engines.
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Des Moines
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BoEore
Muse
Vici Hid
Whitehall
Miles
Morleys
Mozler
A.keith
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The
Penn Mutual Life
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Penn Mutual
Bagley & Willet
General Agents
Fourth National Bank
Carrie Kirtley
Cantara
Ater Sizbe
Cluett, Peabody & CO
Cluety
Overland Limited
Melbourne
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