City approves bonus with 66 votes against seven thousand ballots
The ballot tally shows B475 receiving votes for a city bonus proposal and 66 against while 7,046 ballots were cast to secure the needed improvements for the city.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1910
Page
1
Mayor Maddox Uses Car to Escort Voter to Polls
City officials mobilize transport as autos rush citizens to polling places amid a strenuous effort by telephone workers urging delinquents to vote. The mayor dispatches his machine to bring a sick man to the polls as a striking display of campaign logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddox
Cotton Exchanges Threaten Demoralization If Abolished
Vice President A R Marsh of the New York Cotton Exchange warns the agriculture committee that abolishing futures trading in cotton could cause widespread demoralization. He argues no other body can guarantee delivery and prices, notes potential for forfeit penalties, and explains the exchange's role amid a three way contest among producers, lawmakers, and exchange officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh
New York Exchange
John Carrixan, Jr
Washington
Committee On Agriculture
A. R. Marsh
New York Cotton Exchange
Hubbard
George W. Neville
Burleson
Texas
Simis
Tennessee
Marad Flayn
Smith
Herbert Knox Smith
New ‘York Cotton Exchange
State of
New. York
Albany Bribery Inquiry Deepens New York Scandal
Albany February 16. The act of prying open the legislative bribery scandal was announced today as further disclosures justify suspicions about its unsavory nature. Plans for a wider inquiry follow the Senate investigation into Senator Benn Conger and Senator Jotham Pr Allds amid corruption charges involving the American Bridge Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Senate
Benn Con Bers
Jotham Pr. Allds
American Brides Company
New York State
Tonger
Conger
Sean Efcore de
New Tot
America Bridge
Grogon Bridge Company
Frank
Republican Organization
Wainwright
Allds
Soft drink places under hot fire in Nashville
Distress warrants issued against soft drink establishments that sold liquor, issued in Nashville on February 15. Deputies serve the writs, targeting the Jecket club and soft drink stands, aimed at distraint and sale of goods to cover a $1,155 sum. Also reports in Waco, Texas, February 16, that Robert Miller, 27, shot his sweetheart Mamie House and then killed himself with a pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Leonte
Meensee Ag
Waco
Tex
Robert Miller
Mamie
Dormer Sweatheart
Hobby Riders Furnished Fun By Confessi
Washington February 15. Speakers at the National Press Club hobby night include Cannon Willis Moore Wiley Pinchot Peary and Clark with Cannon joking about watching other men's hobbies He praises conservation yet doubts coal and timber limits Roosevelt praised as a great press agent Pinchot defines conservation while noting natural resources must be managed for all Read more on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Speaker Cannon
National Press Club
Willis , Moore
Weather Bureau
Harvey Wiley
Pardfoad
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry of
United States
Henry Hall
Commander Peary
North Pole
Champ Clark
Cannon
Nobby
Dr. Wiley
Peary
Cook
Roosevelt
White House
Troogevelt
Lincoln
Grant
Flo
Ilinoia
Congress
Pinchot
Kia “Hobby
Man May Play the Fiddle in Sabife County Land Case
Reported OCR fragment notes a civil dispute to recover 1,107 acres in Sabife county. Core issue centers on whether John L Aumalty held title at his death. The prose mentions alleged roving behavior and drinking to imply motive to convey land, with later quotes alleging trial testimony about deed validity and evidentiary standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabife
John L Aumalty
Alma
Glatm
Glavis Testimony Dull At Hearing Figures Irritate Attorney
Washington report on John J. Glavis cross examination where Vertrees and Brandeis clash over relevance. Glavis repeats key points, his slow deliberate style emphasized, while subpoenas issue for witnesses about missing twenty four letters. Hearing set to resume tomorrow at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Corrigen, Jr
Washington
John J. Vertrees
Mal Grange
Glavis
Nelson
Vertrees
Baleer
Brandeis
Vertreese
Grand Jury
Federal
Seattle
Cunningham
No Silk Mill Plans Die Hard in Macon
Macon Ga February 15 special Too much money for an enterprise was the Chamber of Commerce verdict when told it would cost 3200000 to start an imitation silk mill here The owner of the right on his material asked 100000 for output The projection suggested a 206000 annual profit but the chamber will not pursue a mill in Macon Gustav Rock Dead Havana February 15 Gustav Bock cigar maker died of pneumonia at 73
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Chamber of Commerces
Chamber of Commerce
Gustav Rock
Havana
Gustav Bock
Bond election joy for Harry Schlesinger
Harry L. Schlesinger says he is delighted by Atlanta bond election results. He notes a 30,000 vote majority and credits Mark Howell for his efforts on this day. The first editorial advocating the issue appeared in The Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Schlesinger
Atlanta
Mark Howell
Gal
Idue
Constitution
Sehlesinger
Dancers Evacuate as Fire Breaks in Atlanta Club
About 50 couples at the Atlanta Turn Verein in Atlanta are evacuated when smoke fills a smoking room near 12:30 after a stove pipe defect starts a small fire. Frank Wheat informs dancers, as members extinguish the blaze with a chemical. Minor ceiling damage noted. hall cleared and resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Monument for Parents and Mausoleum for Self in Norfolk Will
Norfolk, February 15. John H. Core, famed Mosby ranger, leaves a will notable for its lavish bequests. He allocates 100000 for a mausoleum modeled after John W Mackay of New York, 90000 for a Cleopatra's needle style monument to his parents, and 6000 to a local hospital with care for the mausoleum. The mayor must certify Core’s body remains undisturbed and safely placed in his tomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
John H. Core
Mosby
Core
John W. Mackay
New York
Vore
Bold burglar youth held by police after daylight theft
Robert Smith an 11 year old Indiana boy is in the juvenile ward awaiting state reformatory placement. He is accused of burglarizing the meat market and grocer W. P Gore on Houston street at Piedmont avenue during broad daylight and rifling the cash drawer. He entered by cutting a wire screen with a chisel then fled as store driver waited, claiming he would exit for the driver. Grandfather Henry C Smith reports attempts to place the boy in the reform school and cites reports he set fire at 269 Retirement street after tenants saw the boy in the basement carrying wood paper and matches prior to the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smith
Ind
State Reformatory
Henry C. Smith
Randolph Street
W. P
Gore
Houston Street
Piedmont Avenue
Mr. Gore
Young Smith
Robert
Cail
Barfield
Posey
Retirrecat
Hom
Senate votes move Kentucky electrocution bill forward
Two measures pass the Kentucky senate with little opposition. One replaces hanging with electrocution, the other creates a safeguard for children left indigent, signaling likely enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Frankfort
Messares
Senate
Persens
LYNCHERS SEEK CONVICTED NEGRO LYNCHERS SEEK CONVICTED NEGRO
Florida governor orders militia ready as Roland Flowers, a black man, is held after being convicted in minutes for assaulting Mrs. Ellerbee. He faces a hanging sentence. Sheriff says militia may not be needed. Nearby Mobile reports four militia companies sent to guard Moseley for assaulting Katie Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellerbee
Tampa
Fla
Gilchrist
Roland Flowere
James Elferbee
Jackson
Flowers
Sherif Jackson
Mobile
Ala
Moseley
Katie Walters
Col Jones Gardiner Dies in Swainsboro
Colonel J Jones Gardiner died suddenly this morning in Swainsboro Augusta Ga February 16 Special report notes his sudden death leaving Augusta and Swainsboro in mourning and marks a quiet passing into the unknown for a noted Army officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
J. Jones Gardiner
Swainsboro
Deputy Given Relief in Alabama for Carrying Weapon
February 15 Montgomery Alabama Special report states Louis Boheman deputy sheriff of Moliffe was fined $60 for carrying a weapon but Governor Bomer remitted the fine Monday. The rule requiring deputies to carry arms at all times places them in peril and in danger of punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ais
Louis* Bohéman
Molifie
Omer
Bond Election Results Show Sweeping Victory Across Bonds
Total votes on sewer water and school bonds plus a hospital and crematory each carried by large margins. Of 10,568 registered, 8,539 voted with 68 opposing any bond issues. Two thirds of registration achieved, majority spread across wards with near-equal support for all bonds. Page Seven继续.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ausfer Crematory
Tenth Ward
Weather Prophecy and Local Report for Georgia
Partly cloudy with rain by Wednesday night, followed by Thursday rain and colder. South winds turn moderate to brisk. Local report notes low and mean temperatures, rainfall, and monthly deficiencies, with figures currently unreadable in parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Ee Ae
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Confessi
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Explorer
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Ballinger
Harry Schlesinger
Florida
Col. Jones Gardiner
Walter
Reath
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Eldy
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