CARS HURLED FROM TRACKS NEAR Albany
A southbound Chicago and Florida train derailed half a mile east of Albany Georgia at 3 PM today after rails spread. Four coaches left the track. mail clerk T G Haddon was seriously injured, engineer John Farmer slightly hurt. Engine stayed on rails. track to be cleared by tomorrow.
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Albany
Chicago
Florida
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Atlanta
T. G. Haddon
John Farmer
Winnie Davis Memorial Hall Site Named at State Normal
The Winnie Davis memorial hall location on the State Normal school grounds near the old Rock college building was nearly decided. The land lies west of current buildings, overlooking Jefferson road, with part owned by the University of Georgia to be donated to the Normal school. Miss Rutherford reports strong fundraising momentum, aiming to raise the necessary funds by May 1 to lay the cornerstone on June 3 Jefferson Davis birthday.
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State Normal School
Athens
Winnie. Davis
Aine
Old Rock College
Jefferson Road
University of Georgia
Miss Rutherford
Georgia
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Memorial Hall
Jefferson Davis
New Ten Story Office Building Planned in Birmingham
A contract was let for a ten story steel and pressed brick office building on Third Avenue and Twenty first Street in Birmingham for the Birmingham Loan and Trust Company by 7 C Thompson & Co. The structure will occupy a 100 by 100 foot lot and cost about 160000 dollars. It will serve as a pledge of solvency for the abstract and title guaranty company and be ready for occupancy by October 1.
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Gontract
Birmingham
Ale
Third Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Birmingham Loan and Trust Company
7 C. Thompson & Co
Dedication of New Practice and Observation Building
Invitations issued for the dedication of the new practice and observation building at the State Normal and Industrial School for young women in Greensboro. Dr J L M Curry of the Peabody fund will give the principal address as the building is named for him. Governor Aycock and university leaders will speak.
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North Carolina Normal and Industrial School
Raleigh
N. C
State Normal and Industrial School
Greensboro
J. LM. Curry
Peabody Fund
Curry
Aycock
Fyenable
The
State University
Winston
Walker Elected Commissioner In Hancock County
Sparta Ga February 12 Special John D Walker elected county commissioner to fill unexpired term of the late R A Graves by Hancock county grand jury in Sparta Georgia headlines report and dates.
Advocates of Woman Suffrage Session In Washington
The National Woman's Suffrage convention executive committee met in Washington on February 12 to plan organization and discuss questions of importance. They admitted the Friends' Equal Rights Association as auxiliary members and named Susan B. Anthony as presiding officer with Vida Goldstein as recording secretary. Carr ie Chapman Catt led proposals on universal suffrage expansion including a French style woman’s postage stamp.
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Washington
Woman's Suffrage Convention
Friends’ Equal Rights Association
Susan
Anthony
Vida Goldstein
Australia
Susan B. Anthony
New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anna Shaw
Rachel Foster Avery
Philadelphia
France
Death by Black Hand at Glen Rock Station
Me N C February 12. Conductor Salisbury of the Ville branch of the Southern rail was shot and mortally wounded by a waiter after an insolent reply. The waiter fired four shots following a refused service. Railroad men furious, crowd gathers around the jail as police contend with tensions.
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N. C
Glen Rock
Salisbury
Ville
Southern Rail
WEGRO FUGITIVE IS CAUGHT IN CARROLLTON JAIL RETURNED
Sheriff Merrell recaptured Georges Polston the escaped gro prisoner who broke jail twice last week. Polston was found near town by farmer Will Smith after Smith identified his voice. Merrell tracked the fugitive and returned him to Carrollton jail, missing the $2 reward.
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Carrollton
Merrell
Georges Polston
Megro
Polston
Will Smith
Here
North Carolina Colleges Report Reveals Denominational Schools
A Raleigh special reports eighteen well defined denominational colleges in North Carolina with about 2,700 students, plus the state university and three state colleges with 1,450. It cites private schools with around 20,600 students and notes 250 teachers in private schools who supplement public schooling as funds permit.
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Wilk
Raleigh
N. C
Three-Mast Schooner Jennie Lockwood Towed to Norfolk
The three-masted schooner Jennie Lockwood commanded by Captain Hawthorne was towed into Norfolk Harbor by the Norwegian steamer Linwood after a collision with the Henry B. Fiske. The Lockwood, en route from Brunswick, Ga., to Boston, lost foremast jib boom and bowsprit, and the Linwood diverted from Fernandina to Ghent, Belgium to assist.
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Jennie Lockwood
Norfolk
Hawthorne
Linwood
Stubbs
Lockwood
Tumberladen
Brunswick
Boston
Fernandina
Ghent
Belgium
West Dilamond Shoal
Collsion
Henry B. Fiske
Fiske
Tre Linwood
Norfolk Harbor
Montgomery Oil Talk Sparks Local History Echoes
In Montgomery Alabama on February 12 a local wave of oil speculation follows a Georgia and Florida oil corridor highlighted by The Atlanta Constitution. The piece recalls W. C. Bibb Sr. and prior bore attempts, noting water, oil, or gas at depth, including a 1,400 foot bore and a tainted water well. A syndicate is planned to test oil possibilities along a northward tract from the town.
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Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Eufaula
Florida
Pensacola
Tifa
W. C. Bibb
Borar
Bibb
Injuries Feared Fatal After Georgia Railroad Wreck
Augusta Ga February 12 Special At the wreck scene on the Georgia railroad Washington branch Section Boss Edward Nunn fell from a trestle onto the wreck briow and is badly injured with death feared His age is 39 and authorities report the situation grave
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Augusta
Georgia
Washington
Edward Nunn
Lanier to Face Hanging After Repeated Escapes
Jackson Mississippi February reports Lanier, Monroe county outlaw and murderer, to be hanged at Aberdeen on March 19 after multiple delays and escapes. Supreme court upheld lower court verdict, with two kin also jailed for related crimes. Another case confirms Tom Self’s manslaughter sentence in Pontotoc, while Abe Williams and Hitl Moore are jailed in Washington for receiving stolen goods linked to a Georgia railroad depot theft.
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Jackson
Miss
Lanier
Monroe County
Aberdeen
Eupréme Court
Biddle Brothers
Supreme Court
Lberty
Tom Self
Pontotec
Washington, Ga
Abe Wiliams
Hitl Moore
John Bowie
Georgia
Senator Blackburn's Son Dead in Kentucky
Jo Black Burn Jr son of United States Senator Joe S C Blackburn died at Colonel Eph Lillard's home in Frankfort Kentucky. He was about 35 and unmarried. He held official positions in Washington for several years. His remains will be entered in the state cemetery here.
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Blackburn
Peankfort
Jo Black Burn, Jr
United States
Joe S. C. Blackburn
Eph Lillard
Washington
His Third Loss by Fire in Washington Georgia
Levi Calloway suffered his third blaze loss in a year when a stable barn fodder corn hay and a mule head were burned in Washington Georgia on February 12. He previously lost his residence and belongings six months ago and was burned out a year earlier. No origin to the fire is known though arson is suspected.
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Washington
Levi Calloway
Mr. Calloway
Calloway
Callowa
Cherry Tree Men Give Bond
Eleven of the Amos Owens Cherry Tree Company were allowed to post bond in ten dollars each for appearance at the next federal court term to face charges of using the mails for swindling. The firm purportedly operated in several counties and claimed various merits and schemes, with one agent reportedly involved among the figures.
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Cherry Tree
Raleigh
N. C
Amos Qwens
Cherry Tree Company
Ieveral
Worthness
Hegre Delivers Himevil to Authorities in Washington
Lindsey Onpia, a wanted suspect nicknamed a necro, surrendered to deputies in Washington Georgia after defying arrest and assaulting Deputy Sheriff Tom Wingfeld. He was freed on a Saw bond.
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Hegre
Washington, Ga
Lindsey Onpia
Tom Wingfeld
Public safety item on attempted robbery near Raleigh
Two Black individuals attempted to rob rural mail carrier B. Utley near Raleigh North Carolina. Utley drew his public safety item and struck one assailant twice then pursued them on horseback. They escaped into woods. Utley was injured by striking trees during the chase.
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Raleigh
N. C
Mrs Davis Greets Thousands in Warm Reception
In Birmingham Alabama on February 12 Mrs Jefferson Davis held a public reception with thousands of attendees. She sat due to old age and feeble health while she received visitors and floral tributes. Local Confederate veteran camps presented badges as Daughters of the Confederacy honored her. She departed by special car for Beauvoir to sell the Davis homestead to Mississippi for 10000 dollars amid reports of a northern syndicate offer of 90900 dollars.
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Birmingham
Als
Jefferson Davis
Morris Notes
Davis
Heauvoir
Mississippi
Beauvoir
Mrs Wallace files suit over husband's death in wreck
McDonough Ga February 12 Special Mrs Eadle B Wallace of Atlanta through attorney C T Lacson sues Southern Railway Company in Henry superior court for 40000 damages for the death of her husband Charles C Wallace engineer of the north bound train in a January 4 wreck near Rex. She claims gross negligence by the McDonough night operator for giving the white board instead of red and asserts the company allowed the south bound train to depart Atlanta without orders. Wallace was an experienced engineer and member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The case will be watched with interest and tried next fall.
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McDonough
Ture
Eadle B. Wallace
Atlanta
C. T. Lacson
Henry Superior Court
Southern Railway Company
Rex
Plaintif
Charles C. Wallace
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Endorsement From Michigan Pencleman
A Grand Rapids pen clerk for a major manufacturing firm reports rapid relief and eventual cure from catarrh after using Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. He notes his son’s hoarseness improved in minutes and that a Detroit lawyer keeps his throat in good shape with the tablets. The testimonial cites antiseptic ingredients and mentions doctors approving the remedy sold by druggists at 50 cents for full treatment.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Stuart
Detroit
F. A. Stuart Metled
Ee Co
Merehall, Mich
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Winnie Davis Hall
Victor Hugo
Stanford University
Caroline Hallowell Miller
Maryland
Harriet Taylor Upton
Henry’ BG. Blackwell
Massachusetts
Antoinette Brown’ Blackwell
Susan ER. Anthons
Vuniuewr
Asheville
Zatter
North Carolina
Oil
Paibore
Uneedié
Biscuh
Mas
Welcor
Caso
É Waaen
Mrs. Wallace
Singa
Wilighs
Peachtree St
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Cys
Limoges
St. Dobbs & Wey Co
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