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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1903

Page

3

Court suits filed against Southern Railway for damages

In Atlanta yesterday Sheppard sued Southern Railway for $25,000 claiming injury on October 8 1801 while fireman at the south yards when a coal shute receptacle weighing about 2000 pounds was dumped onto the tender without signal injuring him. Attorney Hoke Smith and H C Peeples filed the petition. W A Cathey also sued for $25,000 for injuries on January 1 this year while a witchman in Moore street yards when a car jumped the track and overturned. petition says track and car were unfit. Several property transfers were recorded with Deputy Clerk Alex Dittler listing parcels and prices.

Sheppard Southern Railway Company Hoke Smith H.C. Peeples Cathey W. A. Cathey Southern Railway’ Company Moore Street Yar Alex Dittler Superior Court John ‘T. Pope J. Pope Seventeenth District Henry Lewis Ella B. Averill North Boulevard Mary «A. Clarke JW. McWiliams James F. Brown J. F. Hollingsworth Gattrell Street R. Bourne James M. Hendrix Georgia Avenue Bass Street Bass and Ami Streets

Deserted Wife Desperate Straits Prompt Aid Appeal

Mrs. Mattie J. Cooper of 12 Parker street and three young children face destitution after husband Coloper deserted them weeks ago. Captain Jennings notes their need for basic necessities as the family nears starvation. Mrs. Cooper is ill and cannot work.

Mattie Cooper Mattie J. Cooper Parker Street Captain Jennings Coloper

Eleventh Hour Courtroom Tale in Sixteen Days

Special Dispatch to the Inter Ocean reports a Jefferson Market court scene where Ezekiel Esau Young seeks leniency from Magistrate Flammer after being sentenced for a petty crime. The eccentric dialogue mocks law and civics as Young pleads for mercy and questions fate.

Inter Ocean New York Learned Court Ezekiel Esau Young Flammer Jefferson Market Court Beed Ezekiel United States Smith Flam

Through Sleeper and Train Schedules Southward

The timetable lists Southern Railway services between Atlanta and major cities including Richmond and Washington with through sleepers, dining and observation cars, and multiple daily through trains. It notes connections via Birmingham, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Jacksonville, with specific times for departure and arrival, and mentions Pullman accommodations and lack of changes on certain routes.

Atlanta Veee Ain Ailmana Uea Pra PANO Ocal 1Orte Vanville Richmond Baily Chattan Aosta Fo Tine Fila Firat-Ciasa Southern Railway Macon Dees Express Washington Raeiegndeld Norfolk Artive Hichmond I. Norfous Bham Memphis P. J Dail Sleeper Trofnnatt Mieener Guattenobaa T- Louisvile Cincinnati Louie Se JA. m. Uw Barby Chicago Florida Bok Cincinnat Eeinnath L. Pullman Pullman Pittsboro Penna Louisville Pullman Scape Detroit C. H Chattanooga Cleveland Cacnieea Pitteburg Jacksonville Tame Brunt Bbirmingh Pulman Bleener Birmingham New York

Smoot and pension talk mix in era of political cartoons

A collage of 19th century editorials and cartoons lampoon Senator Smoot and the era's pension plans. The Baltimore American, St. Louis Globe-Democrat and other papers joke about a mispronounced name and Smoot's political stance while railing at Hanna's Reconstruction era pension proposals for ex slaves. The items contextualize political humor and racial attitudes of the period.

St. Louis Globe- Democrat Uteh St. Louis Globe-Democrat Apostle Smoot Hanna Washington Star Pittsburg Washington Post J Fittaburg Dispatch Flame Baltimore Herald Cannon The Treasury

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