Judge Martin Links Gambling And Civic Duty In Hawkinsville Charge
Special spring term of Pulaski superior court opened with Judge John H Martin delivering a sweeping charge on duty, integrity, and the fight against gambling. He denounced social card games for valuables, warned against ballot tampering, and urged officers to target vagrancy, cigarette violations, and Sunday rail excursions as threats to republic integrity. Continued on Third Page.
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Hawkinsville
Pulaski
George
Martin
Flinch
Feds
Sen
Mount Sinai
Cotton reports semi monthly in agriculture budget debate
Washington February 13 special. Senate adopted Senator Bacon's amendment to make Department of Agriculture cotton estimates semi monthly instead of monthly. added 50,000 for statistics bureau. Reports to begin August through January. Bacon argued for shorter intervals to protect planters amid late-year developments and fiscal costs.
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Washington
Senate
Bacon
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Statistics of Department
Proctor
South
Department
Benater Bacon
United States
Senator Tillman Not Well Bound for Treatment in Philadelphia
Senator Tillman of South Carolina arrived with Dr J W Babcock in Dover Delaware after saying he has been in poor health and seeks treatment. He declines a sanitarium and says his physician suspects the grip but he fears a more serious condition. The brief report notes no conclusive diagnosis as of February 13.
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Philadelphia
Vrhaadonia
United States
Tillman
South Carollra
J W Babcock
Coluntia
Tilman
Tilwan
Honor Lost Women Yield Their Lives in Jacksonville Courtroom
A tragedy unfolds in a Jacksonville courtroom where passion and illicit love lead to fatal consequences. The case centers on those involved and the courtroom drama reflects the era's moral scrutiny and legal actions.
Seducer Shot Fatality Bystander Shooting in Courtroom
Jacksonville case reports Mrs Joseph H Freeman mortally wounded and her daughter May Brown killed in a courtroom affray. City Detective W B Cahoon wounded as Owen E Landholdtz fires five shots striking both defendants and bystanders. Laodhoitz arrested. Joseph Brown detained briefly.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Joseph H Freeman
May Brown
W B Cahoon
I L. Farris
Freeman
Owen E Landholdtz
Mrn
Dara Freeman
Laudnholdtz
CAPTAIN C. H. ANDREWS DEAD IN MILLEDGEVILLE GA
Captain Charles H. Andrews of Milledgeville died at age 70 after a life of service in Georgia. A Confederate veteran and judge advocate, he aided Dr Longs chloroform testimony that helped award anesthesia credit. Born 1835 in Alabama, he lived most of his life in Georgia and worked in insurance.
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Long
Milledgeville
C H Andrews
Andrews
Dr Long
Athens
Wright
Manassas Gap
Home Guards
Morgan County
Georgia
Lee
Andersons
Charles H Andrews
Montgomery County
Alabama
Florida
Roosevelt seeks $35,1000 to locate John Paul Jones
President Roosevelt transmitted Ambassador Porter’s report to Congress urging funds to conduct the search for Admiral John Paul Jones remains. He also proposes monuments for Paul Jones and John Barry to honor early naval command achievements in the War of Independence. The search centers on an abandoned St Louis cemetery where Jones was likely buried in 1792.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Ambassador Porter
John Paul Jones
Paul Jones
John Barry
St Louis
Baptist Minister Arrested for Raised Bills Scam
Huntington West Virginia February 13 Rev Washington Hager of Hadley a Baptist minister was arrested charged with passing counterfeit $2 bills raised to $10 during a revival at Big Vey creek The arrest caused a sensation as counterfeit and raised bills circulated freely in the area Also note Washington February 13 Senate confirmed Thomas wa Reayer as postmaster at Charlottes Mills Virginia Mae.
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Huntington
Washington Hager
Hadley
Big Vey Creek
Hossee
Washington
Senate
Thomas Wa " Reayer
Charlottes, Mle, Va
Woman to Die Under Berks County Murder Case
Harrisburg pardons board recommends commuting the death sentences of Mrs Kate Edwards and Ramuel Greason, both of Berks County, for the murder of John Edwards. The two are slated for hanging in Reading jail Thursday, after the supreme court refused to reopen Greason’s case. Confessions and arguments fail to alter the verdicts as officials await the pardons decision.
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Jess
Board of Pardons
Harrisburg
Kate Edwards
Ramuel Greason
Berks’ County
Reading
John Edwards
Supreme Court
Greason
Bes Iitiena
Edwards
Philadelphia
Pennpacker
Washington Reading
Samuel Greason
Pennspacker
Gresson
Philadelphia Chemist Arrested for Concealed Weapon
Albert E Leighton of 45 South Nineteenth Street Philadelphia was arrested on a concealed weapons charge after a loaded revolver was found in his pocket. Police note religious melancholia and he had been writing letters to Miss Helen M Gould proposing marriage while claiming vast sums for a new heaven and earth. He is a chemist from Chattanooga with a Newark cousin and was a Young Men's Christian Association member.
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America
Young Men's Christian Association
Albert E Leighton
South Nineteenth Street
Philadelphia
Helen M Gould
Gould
Marriange
Leighton
Ac- New York
Alab
Newark
Young Mens.Christian Association
Hns
New York
President Roosevelt Lincoln Banquet Speech in New York
President Roosevelt spoke at the Lincoln dinner of the Republican Club in New York City. He urged northern support for the south, praised anti lynching work, and urged training the backward race toward true freedom while preserving civilization. The Waldorf Astoria banquet hosted about 1300 guests, including 275 women, with reactions from Senator Dolliver, George Knight, and James Heck.
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New York
Republican Club
Roosevelt
South
Dolliver
Iowa
Abraham Lincoln
George A Knight
California
James M Heck
United States
Waldorf Astoria
Astor Gallery
On icy wings zero weather in town set cold record
The unusually cold day arrives with an all time low in the town. Officials note record low temperatures as residents bundle up and endure frigid conditions across the region.
Georgia Forecast Records Bitter Cold in City
Washington February 13 forecast for Georgia calls for fair but cooler Tuesday and Wednesday with northwest winds. Yesterday saw a 29 degree drop between 3 pm and 11 pm, the day’s high reaching 42 before a drastic cold wave. Atlanta’s seven coldest days list includes February 3 1899 and January 21 1885 among others, with temperatures ranging from 12 to below zero in historic records.
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Georgia
Washington
City
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Zera
Wero
Atlanta Weather Turbulence Drops Thermometer Record
Northwest winds and a chilling drop in temperatures hit Atlanta as noon readings hovered around 13 degrees, slipping to 12 by mid afternoon. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain accompanied fierce gusts up to 44 mph amid downtown canyons, producing a citywide weather scare and record cold for the period.
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Steidlis
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Atlanta
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