Woman's wealth claims declared false in court case
Mrs Ela Harrison White, alleged Kentucky Tennessee heiress, faced a city court charge of swindling after she claimed ownership of a multimillion dollar estate, government bonds, and realty in Atlanta. She allegedly obtained 1400 from Dr Amos Fox and borrowed sums from J E Turner while denying ties to Kentucky or Tennessee properties. Her husband, Oliver White, insisted she could be vindicated after investigation.
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J. E. Turner
Kentucky
Tennessee
Atlanta
Ela Harrison White
Chel Ain
White
Te Crerner
Oliver T. White
Turnep
Joseph
Blackburn
White Whitee
Milledgeville
Ang
Harrison
Somerset
Mra White
Turner
Fox
Amos Fox
Edgewood Avenue
Elizabeth Street
Loisville
Populist Vote for Senators Movement Noted
In South Dakota today a debate over direct Senate elections emerges. The Neuse adopted a reform proposal, while Tatiuk recently passed by the senate. both support amending the constitution to allow voters to name their choice by popular vote.
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Populst
Pierra
Begary
South Dakota
Une
United States
Neuse
Senate
Your Child Can Earn Piano at Home Without a Teacher
A Sunday Constitution Magazine Section offers a complete piano course for children. The first lesson appears on the 23rd with weekly installments thereafter. Musicians and teachers endorse the program, claiming any child who can read and understand plain language can learn to play. Subscribe to receive the lessons starting next Sunday.
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Sunday Constitution
The
Constitution
Mayor to reopen fight over city crematory contract
Mayor James G. Woodward plans to revisit the $276,000 crematory project early next week amid opposition from supporters of the plan and critics who accuse the mayor of stalling. He refused to authorize Sunday work, claiming not to need a permit, while the Destructor company presses for progress and mandamus if needed. Ninety men are to work day and night to hasten completion, with electric lights to be installed on site.
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James G. Woodward
Woodward
John Jentzen
Sanitary Department
Tory
New York Destructor Company
Weadors
Jentzon
Trestructor Company
Board of Health
W. E. Dowd Js
Wales
Jose
Kauffman
Elt
Untith
Destructor Company
L. A. Griffin
Mandamus
Griffin
Woman willing but youth balks at marriage knot
In police court Recorder Broyles heard the case of Mrs Lula Melvet who adopted the name and title, and 22 year old TR Pinkston facing disorderly conduct charges. The pair, familiar in court, debated marriage in the courtroom with Pinkston declaring he would not marry any woman. Mrs Melvet, without a husband, claimed she earns honest wages while defending her character amid the courtroom tension. Bonds set at $500 for Mrs Melvet and $400 for Pinkston, with further proceedings scheduled.
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Lula Melvet
Akeen
Mra
Finkstan
Shela
Treaties Ratified By Washington In February
Washington announces a supplementary treaty with France ratified today extending the arbitration pact to 1918. A general treaty with foreign nations on sanitary rules for epidemics including plague yellow fever and cholera was also ratified.
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Washington
Rhe Geneate
France
United States
Peachtree Street repairs urged by county and city
A council and county push to fix dozens of potholes on Peachtree Street from Sixth to Fifteenth. Captain R M Clayton ordered temporary repairs to reduce accident risk and avoid potential damages to the city. County residents press for immediate resurfacing as weather improves, with the work slated to start soon.
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Clayton
Shelby Smith
Atlanta
Desroir
Peachtree Street
T. S
R. M. Clayton
Ching
Construction Department
Peachtree
Nym Hart
Choe
John B. Murphy
Orville H. Hall
Hart
Chlet Clayton
Iassen
Engineer
Udt
Turman
Morning Ads Drive Protective Tenant Inspections
A newspaper note urges placing ads for rentals in morning editions so protective tenants can read and respond before touring properties. It emphasizes that answered ads determine outcomes for landlords and prospective renters seeking timely information.
Fake auto tires firm and scheme halted by court
Five petitioners report they bought stock in the Interstate Automobile Tire and Rubber Co a Delaware corporation with $500000 capital yet only about $125000 of stock was paid for. A temporary receiver is named and officials forbidden to dispose of assets or leave the state. Promoters Falbaum and Strauss allegedly used names of directors without consent and salesmen take 20 percent commissions.
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R. B. Falbaum
AN. Wood
B. L. Hames
J. Miles
James F. Lynch
Crawford & Crawford
Interstate Automobile Tire and Rubber Company
Delaware
Gad
Birminghao
Falbaum
Uquor
Birmingham
Strauss
Falbaums
Milton and
Lakewood Avenues
Atlanta
Moultrie M. Sessions
Marietta
Ggoncera Ia
Ohio River
Florida
Bell
Roland Alston
Ae Tempo
Yader
Atlanta Convicts Thank Taft for Parole Bill Approval
Fifty four federal inmates at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary express enduring gratitude to President Taft for approving last month’s parole law extension. The prisoners, who met with the warden’s permission, sent a formal letter of thanks noting the act would expand their path to freedom and urging divine blessing on the president.
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Atlanta
Taft
Washington
Ufe
Federal
United States
Suffragettes Stage Show in Wilmington Vaudeville
General Rosalie G Jones and her suffragists performed in Wilmington Delaware speaking between acts on women’s vote. The party plans a Delaware tour stopping Newport Newark Elston and Elston near Newark with college students and brass band escort to the towns.
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Wilmington
Del
Rosalie G. Jones
Strees
Newport
John A. Cranston
Delaware Woman's Suffrage Association
Newark
Delaware College
Elston
Mian Morgan
New York
Elizabeth Aldrich
Llyod-George's
Hilzabeth Freeman
England
State transfers two historic Georgia cannons from Grant Park
A Georgia lieutenant and three laborers moved two aging cannons from Grant Park to the capitol today. The weapons, once used by the Georgia Military Institute in Civil War era defenses, will be cleaned and installed on the capitol steps after removal from park moorings 25 years ago. The park crew offered no resistance as the cannons were hauled away.
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Leutenant
Grant Park
State of Georgia
Park Commission
Arthur McCollum
Adjutant General
Seya
State Capitol
Capitol
Identenant McCollum
Mil Sedgeville
Sherman
Debosed Madero and Family Leave Mexico City
Mexico City reports General Victoriano Huerta elected provisional president by Congress. Exiled ex-president Francisco Madero to Vera Cruz with his wife and family, escorted by Captain Federico Montes. Gustavo Madero shot dead while running the gauntlet amid the upheaval.
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Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Congress
Francisco Romero
Romero
Francisco Cosio Robelo
Francisco T. Madero
Vera Cruz
Madero
Fedrico Montes
Aho
Marty
Cruz
Gustavo
Maderops
Francisco Madero
Jose Pino Sumex
Frederico Gonzalea Garza
Federal District
Ernesto Madero
Pus
Francisco
General Huerta
General Ding
Huerta
Henry Lane Wilson
Gustavo Madero
Mexico
Francisca Ma
Weather Prophecy Report
Local weather notice forecasts rain with unsettled conditions on Thursday and Friday. It lists temperatures, rainfall, and departures from normal, noting a mean temperature around 52 and normal 48, with 2.09 inches rainfall since the first of the month and 2.45 inches below normal since January 1.
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Betteiency
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