Fierce Wind Storm Delivers Severe Farm Damage Near Brooks
Reports from Montgomery Alabama describe a tornado six miles from J. L. Brooks farm causing a downpour and barn destruction. Brooks and a family in a negro house were injured, with Mrs Brooks noting the attack at 1130 broken roofs and widespread damage to timber and outbuildings. Nearby Cedar Bluff and Shubuta Mississippi areas also report towns destroyed, homes wrecked, and fatalities, with multiple injuries and downed lines complicating communications.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. 1. Brooks
Brooks
Jon Tate
Tate
Debria
Pelaham Anderson
Greemyilia
Miss
Cedar Blut
Mise
Himner
Mary Bilis
Alfred Hills
Frank
Korea
Jane Stevens
Will Aaron
Death of well known Atlanta plumber Alf O Shields
Alf O Shields, a longtime Atlanta plumber aged four plus years, died last night at 10 after pneumonia and complications. He lived at 12 Bant Hunter street and had run his plumbing business for twenty five years. Survived by wife and several siblings in Georgia and Tennessee. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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O Shielde
Hokferness Street
O'Shields
Henry O'Shields
Tom O’shields
John O'Shields
Molla Urgekatt
WI Kilpatrick
Albert Puller
William Fuller
Atlanta
Charles O'Shields
Clifford Teague
Sewanee
Tom Watts
Kirkwood
Yesra
Bant Hunter Street
Buck Foster Skips Bout Forfited Heavyweight Clash Off Card
Buck Foster of Greenville failed to appear for the heavyweight bout against Al Christensen at the arts hall last night, causing the main event to be called off though a strong card remained. Kid Kelly knocked out Kid Logan in round two, Kid Vittur outpointed Kid O Brien over six rounds, and Jack Foy defeated Johnny Woods and Sears in two six round fights. A Columbus delegation heads to Birmingham for the Layman's Missionary Conference.
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Buck Foster
Greenville
al Christensen
Arttory Hall
Kid Kelly
Kid Logan
Milwaukee Bank Robbery Stolen Bag Totals 3800
A thief seized a satchel containing 3000 from a department store and escaped after distracting a messenger at the First National Bank at East Water and Wisconsin streets. The incident occurred as a clerk’s attention was diverted for a moment.
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Aimwaukee
Wis
Feor
First National Bank
East Water
Wisconsin Straats
Back Yard Law Before Council In Atlanta
An ordinance to keep back yards clean is submitted by Alderman Candler. It would place manure in pits away from dwellings, regulate stalls and waste, and require inspectors to enforce sanitation rules. The measure, ready after consultation with city attorneys, will lie over two weeks for council study before voting.
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Tegandal
Candler
Atlanta
Cabdier
Ansanttery
Bec
Moat Ramote
Board Seethes With Politics Over Police Chair Fight
Police Commissioner accuses colleagues of politicizing the vote against Sanford for Detective Sergeant. He says factionalism and power struggles dominate the board as it faces a March chairman election with five candidates and reorganizes on the second Tuesday in March.
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Sanford
HrUuPing
Palles
Amt
Turmail
Fivo
Howerd
Pat
Mason faction in Atlanta police board clash over Sanford case
The vice chairman and Carlos H. Mason urge election of a police board chairman to back reinstatement of detective sergeant Sanford, accusing rival factions of injecting politics. Pattillo claims Mason controls board members and councilmen, while Mason denies politics and vows nonpartisan reform to improve Atlanta police. leadership turmoil continues as board vacancies shift.
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Itte
Carlos H. Mason
Tve
Sanford
Pattillo
Mason
Newport Sanford
Patio
Furthrer
Mrr. Mason
Pollen Board
George E Johns
Steve Glass
Mr. Pattillo
Police ‘Board
Mr. Paraiso
John J. Woodside
Police Board
Water Board
Maron
George Johnson Iis
Glass
Pattille
Chedrmyas
Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is promoted as a non alcoholic, non secret remedy claiming to cure brain weakness irregularity and female weakness without invasive examinations or local treatments. It features professional endorsements and a free medical adviser prospectus plus Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
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Pierce
J. R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Endowment Fund Campaign Opens for Southern Congress
Washington reports the Southern Commercial Congress launches a windfall effort to raise 1 million dollars from 1000 donors for land investments and a lasting Toll of Honor. G Grosvenor Dawe, Montgomery, Ala, says success relies on Southern resources and interstate public cooperation among 1909 era leaders.
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Washington
Southern Commercial Congress
South
Congress
G. Grosvenor Dawe
Montgomery
Ala
Relar Table
Combiness Charged in Moving Pictures Campaign
About 200 Independent moving picture exhibitors in New York affiliated with the International Producing and Publishing Company plan a campaign against perceived bad practices in the film trade. A resolution protests an proposed increase in import duties on European films and directs copies to the president and to House Ways and Means leaders. In Georgia, work on a dam on the Ocmulgee River is delayed by heavy rains but has since resumed as waters recede.
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New York
Moving Picture
International Projecting and Producing Company
Mothers Today
New York Association
Tral
Europe
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Capitalists Arrive for Macon Chamber Banquet
Capitalists from New York travel in private car to Macon Georgia for the annual Macon Chamber of Commerce banquet. Local business leaders who have been in the east for over a week return with several distinguished visitors expected to attend, drawing broad community interest. W G Sutlive of Savannah reports the event and notes another item: F G Sutlive, city editor of The Savannah Press, fell seriously ill with appendicitis and was operated on.
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Macon
New York
Savannah. Ga
F. G Sutlive
Savannah Press
Ripper style attacks hit Berlin women in February surge
Berlin sees a string of violent assaults on women resembling the Jack the Ripper era. Five working women wounded in street crimes, a merchant’s wife injured, a butcher’s wife stabbed and beaten, and a servant girl attacked by three youths. Police raise rewards and impose guards to protect lone pedestrians.
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Berlin
J Merchant
Moabite
Hohenecheenhauren
Thessirat
Miss Lula Peacock Dies After Prolonged Illness
Miss Lula Peacock 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Peacock of 216 Kennedy street died after a long illness at the family home yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock. She was the niece of Rev FE H Peacock and survived by her parents three brothers O L Peacock and Eagar Peacock of Atlanta Willie Peacock of Ohio and one sister Miss Mary Peacock. The funeral will be held at the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock with interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
Senate kills bill to investigate county dispensary
In Washington on February 6 the Als senate voted 4 to 13 to reject a bill for an investigation of the county dispensary. Opponents argued an investigation was unnecessary with a dispensary auditor already in place and the measure was deemed prohibitional.
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Columbta
D. C
Als Senate
Mate Swept Overboard Near Frying Pan Shoals
Captain Meader of the schooner George A McFadden reports First Mate Helen Cook was swept overboard off Frying Pan Shoals about February 7 while 50 miles northeast of the shoals during the voyage from Norfolk to Jacksonville. The crew located the missing mate after a search.
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Jacksonville
Meader
George A. McFadden
Norfolk
Helen Cook
Maidateht
Frying Pan Shoals
Cooper's New Discovery Gains Backers in New York Crowd
L T Cooper's preparation, blamed for stomach troubles, receives strong endorsement from H A Castle of New York. Castle reports four years of illness, two operations with no relief, and says Cooper's New Discovery improved his health within seven weeks, restoring appetite energy and bowels. It is now sold through leading druggists with information available on request.
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L. T. Cooper
St Drewent
New York
H. A. Castle
West Seventeenth Street
Tugaday
Cooper
New Fork
Castle
Boston
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Taft Goes to Capital in Rainy Bus Ride
President elect Taft traveled through Parkersburg West Virginia February 6 en route to Washington. He toured the city, inspecting the route by rail and meeting crowds at stations despite heavy rain. Mrs Taft joined him with their party and mingled with onlookers as they continued toward Washington.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Mars
Taft
Tn Washington
Mateurel Soldrens
Pipershurss
Wasbin Mir
Land grant bill ties land to Andersonville cemetery
A bill authorizing United States land grant of 960 acres for burial near the Andersonville National Cemetery in Georgia passed the Senate. Reports note a hanging of a Black man in Washington for murder on August 2. President Roosevelt named to address Gregory’s aide.
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Andersonville
Washington
United States
Woman's Belief Corps Auxiliary
Grand Armoy of the
United Bigtnw
Aumnat Bly, Mmt
Williamo “A. Garner
Gisa Fk
Preaidiot Roossvelt
Gregory
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