Wall Street Sees Pikers Sting Amid Exchange Reform Debate
Yale economist Henry Emery testified before the Senate on banking and currency arguing regulation would ruin the exchange’s benefits. P Page of New York and Hughes commission member opposed sweeping controls, insisting market forces and existing reforms suffice. Senator Nelson pressed for an 80 percent margin to shield youths, while Judge Milburn called the plan unconstitutional. Horace White defended the exchange as reformed and properly regulated.
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Washingtony
Stock Exchange
Henry Emery
Yale
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Emery
P Page
New York
Hughes Commission
Evita Congress
Congress
New York Stock Exchange
Page
Nelson
Milburn
Exchange
White
Horace White
They
Hughes Stock Exchange Commission
Stop Catarrh Hyomei Inhaler Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement urges treating catarrh with Hyomei direct to the spot using a small inhaler. It promises quick, lasting relief for catarrh, colds, sniffles, or croup in children and markets the complete $1.00 size with inhaler and bottle. Druggists everywhere sell it.
Mr White Accuses Inside Rings of Market Manipulation
In a charged session Mr White claimed the stock exchange rejected four of the New York Commission recommendations and argued speculation sets prices. He cited two alleged inside-ring manipulations the Hocking Valley Pool and a Rock Island boom with a rich buyer whose order allegedly moved 40,000 shares.
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White
New York Exchange
The
Stock Exchange
New York Commission
Hocking Valley
Rock Island
New York
Near beer conflict as judge weighs alcohol content
In Albany Georgia Judge E E Cox heard citizens petition to make permanent injunctions banning thirteen near beer houses. Nahoom’s license was dissolved while others remain barred till Saturday to allow chemists to prove beers contain intoxicating alcohol. Courtroom packed as testimony and affidavits were presented. outcomes hinge on chemical analyses and potential permanent restraining orders.
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Albany
E E Cox
Dougherty Superior Court
Beer 18
Lows Mahoom
Nahoom
Cot
Railroads prep for Shriner meeting in Atlanta
Representatives from Atlanta and West Point Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Central of Georgia and Southern railways met with Potentate Forrest Adair to plan handling 30 000 Shriner Nobles visiting Atlanta for the Imperial Council May 10 to 13. Officials outlined parking baggage posting bulletins and information bureaus to ensure comfort safety and efficient transport with crowd experts in charge.
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Atlanta
West Point
Birmingham
Atlantic Central
Georgia
Southern Railways
Forrest Adair
Yaarab Teipple
Forrest
Adair
Aday
Society Butler Thief Held For $20 000 Theft
Portsmouth New Hampshire February 11 George Gunning known as the society butler thief is held on ten thousand dollars bond on charges of stealing jewelry valued at twenty thousand six from George H Studebaker at his cottage Little Bear Head on June 17 1913 where Gunning was employed as butler He was arrested in Philadelphia after release from prison following a prior diamond theft sentence.
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Portsmouth
George Gunning
Edgar Beach
Aged ‘Society
George H Studebaker
Studebaker
Little Bears Head
Gunning
Philadelphia
Cabaret Benefit Planned for Home for Incurables
A cabaret will be held at the Georgian Terrace on Tuesday evening February 17 at 10 o clock to aid the Home for Incurables. The event promises elaborate entertainment with Atlanta's leading social figures and top dancers from among the city's young men.
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Home For Incurables
Georgian Terrace
Atlanta
Mr. Krank
Savannah Seeks Depot for Carbinston Lighthouse Supply Site
Savannah officials press for a south Atlantic coast lighthouse supply depot at Savannah, arguing a larger site can be secured than first planned. Mayor Kerruni and Assistant Secretary Sweet discussed relocating the depot to Savannah to benefit Charlestown, Brunswick, and other coastal cities.
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Carbinston
Kerruni
Avant
Savannah
Sweet
Department of Commerce
South Atlantic
Charleston
Branswick
Lee
Southern Railway announces Atlanta to Washington round trip sale
The Southern Railway offers round trip tickets from Atlanta to Washington D C for 19 dollars and 35 cents with sales on February 16 17 and 18 1914 and return by February 26 1914 fares from other stations also listed.
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Washington, D.C
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Washington, D. CC
Wife and Sister Search for Husband Missing in Atlanta
Jane Dent arrives at Polos headquarters seeking help from Chief Beavers as an Atlanta chase unfolds. Dent, a Greenville, Texas confectioner, disappeared after a quiet quarrel three weeks ago and has been traced from Dallas to New Orleans then to Atlanta by his wife and sister.
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James E Dent
Texas
Atlanta
Jane Dent
Polos
Chief Beavers
Dent
Young Dent
Greenville
Dallas
New Orleans
Mary
Motorcycle Driver Held After Marietta Street Collision
L Hyer Jr a car inspector living at Imman Yards was held on $500 bond after his motorcycle struck Miss Ida Farrar as she stepped from a trolley at Marietta Street and Langley Avenue. Farrar was injured but said to face no serious harm. Hyer jailed for road ordinance violation. case set for police court at 2 PM.
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Marietta Street
Langley Avenue
Ida Farrar
Migs Farrar
Marietta Stret
Hyer, Jr
Imman Yards
Hyer
Evans
Palmer
Gradys Hospital
Hyere
Body of Unknown Young Woman Found Near Columbus
The body of a likely 17 year old white girl was found in the Chattahoochee river two miles south of Columbus on the Alabama side. The corpse was unrecognizable, with plum dress and new shoes, two rings on a left finger. An inquest is planned after the coroner and officers reach the scene. No missing person match is reported in Columbus.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee River
WD Wills
Muscogee County
We City
Unis City
Pittsburg Railways Extends Blanket Life Insurance
Pittsburg Railways announces a blanket life policy covering all employees from president to office boy. Eligible workers include maintenance of way, barns and shops, overhead lines and substations, plus the general office staff and monthly transportation department employees. Benefits pay one year’s wages for two-year service, and one year’s wages for one-year service, with monthly installments not exceeding 208 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Jit D. Callery
Pittsburg Railways Company
Transportation Department
Suffragists Urged to Rally on May 2 3
New York reports the National Woman Suffrage Association calls suffragists nationwide to rally May 3 with open-air mass meetings from Atlantic to Pacific. A trumpet signal will prompt singing a newly written hymn and adoption of a national resolution urging Congress to grant political freedom to American women.
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New York
National Womans Suffrage Association
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Directory press date and contact for changes
The next Bell telephone directory goes to press February 15. Contact the manager for changes and corrections in listings or for advertising rates at Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.
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Bell Telephone
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad Claims Natural Darkening
An old advertisement promotes Sage Tea and Sulphur as a home remedy to darken gray hair, claiming natural color, prevention of dandruff, and thicker, glossier strands. It hawks a small bottle for about five cents and suggests applying with a sponge to a strand at a time.
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Wreth
The Tongues of Men at Atlanta Theaters
Henrietta Crosman stars in The Tongues of Men at the Forsyth with a New York company. Evans presents a varied program including minstrelsy and musical comedy acts, with Lucy Daly and Norman Tackett leading performances at Forsyth and Lyric theaters.
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Henrietta Crosman
Crosman
Yan Me
Eytn
Lucy Daly
Atlanta
Ward & Voices
Mian Daly
Paul Jones
Andy Rice
Perlmutter
Pietro
C H O'Donnell
Beware of Men Melodrama Captivates City Audiences
Or lace crewing and enthusiastic audiences witness the melodrama Beware of Men about a scheming villain who lures a country girl to New York with a marriage promise, abandonment, and rescue by a young minister in charge of a mission. Bad Qie Hlack shines, and the company is well cast.
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Orlace
New York
Chereo
Baes
Export Cotton Policy Abandoned by L. and N.
John Corrigan Jr reports, from Washington, that Louisville and Nashville will abandon its export cotton policy. The decision followed complaints by Mobile Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and Browngville TN association. Rates will be set for ship side delivery with bills of lading, no through bills until cotton is in cars.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Knight & Yanver
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. Walton Moore
W A. Northcutt
The
Road
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
New Orleane [Cotton Exchange
Browngville (Tenn) Commercial Association
Through Bill of Lading Policy Amid Cotton Shipping
The article notes officials denying through bills of lading for compress receipts while cotton is loaded. Northcutt says he is not party to swindling and the railroad site defends the stance. Complainants press for assurances as the cotton season ends.
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Northcutt
la & N
Cotton Seed House Fire in Birmingham Causes Major Loss
Fire destroyed the Farmers and Ginners Cotton Seed Oil Company building in southwest Birmingham Alabama early today, causing damage to the seed house and stock estimated at 140900 dollars. Insurance partially covers the loss.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Mothers value comfort and child welfare with Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children believed to ease colds fevers teething and stomach troubles. Used by mothers for 24 years these powders are sold at drug stores with a free sample trail available by Allen 5 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen 5
Olmsted
le Roy NY
A Street Car Ticket Leads Him To The Constitution
A down on his luck narrator buys a Constitution paper after struggling to find work. He trades a street car ticket for cash, reads the want ads, and quickly lands a factory job with good board and luck tied to the paper.
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Constitution
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Aline
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Mien
BR. Hughes
Atlante
Editor Constitution
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Amybody
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