Pension Fund Deficit Leaves Pensioners Status Quo
Pension fund nearly exhausted with 18 900 owed to 315 pensioners in Clarke and Newton counties. State officials say $3 440 remains but will be absorbed by stragglers and pending county payments, creating a projected $20 000 deficit awaiting legislative appropriation at the next session. Veterans and widows in Fulton county also await back payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lindasna
R. Park
Clarke
Newton
Fulton County
Mick Alona
Lst
Wickersham May Decline Nashville Presidency Rumor
News from Atlanta railroading circles centers on A. Wickersham president of the West Point route. Reports say the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis presidency offer was known only through newspapers. Milton H. Smith favors Wickersham but Wickersham avoids publicity and may remain in Atlanta, while Seaboard rumors place Barr’s replacement in play.
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A. Wickersham
West Point
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Thomas
Atlanta Railroan World
Wickersham
Milton H. Smith
Smith
Mr. Wickersham
Pennsylvania
South
J. M. Barr
Bodies of three tramps found near river bridge
Three unidentified white men were found dead this morning beneath the Tennessee River bridge near Knoxville. Railroad and police officials believe they jumped from a railroad car that arrived nearby and were badly bruised. A letter addressed to a man named Lollie Gamble was found among their belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee River
Louisville and
Nash Ville
Lollie Gamble
Maier and Berkeley China showcased for elegance and charm
The article highlights Maier and Berkeley china as distinctive for high quality craftsmanship and graceful style. It notes many beautiful designs available for selection, emphasizing fine porcelain artistry and refined aesthetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maier & Berkele
Viaduct Work Awarded by City Tentative Decision
The Oliver company of Knoxville Tenn bids 76460 for section one and 76360 for section two of the Washington street viaduct total 134720 with city share 87520 15 and railroad 59499 85 The structure to be steel for section one and concrete for section two will take five months ten days to complete The bid was the lowest and awaits ratification by the general council with railroads approval before work starts The bid committee includes Alderman Holland Quil Man Councilman Martin Mayor Woodward and Captain Clayton chief engineer of Atlanta.
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Oliver Company
Knoxville
Tenn
Washington Street
Bridge Committee
Holland
General Council
Collns Street
Decatur Street
Courtland Street
Gilmer Street
Grant Wilkins
Quil- Man
Martin
Woodward
Clayton
Atlanta
Georgia division organizes district organizers for 1906 campaign
President Johnson named district organizers for each Georgia congressional district to boost local organization, reduce acreage, and raise funds for the division. The plan calls for visits to counties and a February 1 meeting in Atlanta with the new finance committee to map the year’s campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Southern Cotton Association
M. I. Johnson
Georgia Division
Iust
C. UW
Adams
Sylvania
R. Green
Fort Gaines
J. J. Eastertin
Montezuma
Copeland
Mewnal
L. L. Middlebrooks
Covington
H. Mays
Jackson
J. Lindsay Johnson
Rome
Claude Tuck
Athens
Mld. Irwin
Winder
J. W. Whitly
Gibson
Melvin Tanner
Douglas
Johnston
Emouire
Atlanta
Johnson
J. R. Mer
Swainsboro
I. A. Bush
Pelham
Dr. G. Hughes
Idx
Danville
W. A. Brannon
Newnan
W. L. Peel
J. T Willams
Hacd
Chas W Moore Burned Hand Heals With Amnica Salve
A machinist in Ford City Pa suffered a severe burn from an electrical furnace. He applied Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, which produced a quick and perfect cure. The ad touts it as the greatest healer for burns wounds sores eczema and piles, 25 cents to 60 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Moore
Fordity
Round Trip to Louisville Special Fare by Rail
The W and A B and N C and St L By will sell round trip tickets to Louisville and return for 13.55 on February 24 25 and 26 with final limit March 4 1906 due to the Department of Superintendence National Educational Association Louisville Ky This rate is open to the public and for best service ensure your ticket reads via W A BR B out of Atlanta Call Bell Phones 169 or 213 for sleeping car reservations SHAS E HARMAN General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C
Cox supporters seek mandamus to force primary seat
Memphis Tenn February 21 Superior Governor John L Cox by his attorneys filed in the Shelby county court a bill asking mandamus to the democratic county committee to authorize the gubernatorial contest in the Shelby county primary on March 5. A mass convention was ordered February 22 to determine the issue. Judge Young granted a temporary injunction returnable next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Memphis
Tenn
John £. Cox
Wit Court
Shelby County
Democratic County Committee
Young
Advertising and quality in consumer demand
The passage warns that inferior goods threaten high grade products unless consumers discern quality. It argues naming brands guarantees quality, easing selling, and reducing costs as demand grows. Advertising shapes preferences, boosts volume, and lowers production costs, citing The Lapiges Home Journal and Curtis Publishing Company as examples.
Desertion of Servants Caused by Cupid's Darts in Atlanta
Justice Walter Ormond on Decatur Street notes a spring surge of marriages in Atlanta driven by high wages for kitchen staff. He likens the trend to a contagion, with grooms and brides emerging from kitchens as employers offer better pay. The piece blends comic tone with social observation.
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Cupid’s
Walter Ormond
Decatur Street
Atlanta
Squire
Open Winter Threatens Georgia Fruit Crops
Temperatures in Atlanta show an unusually mild winter with February below normal overall and yearly warmth inconsistent with recent years. Despite some frosty risk, orchards in Georgia push early bloom as warm spells advance growth, prompting concern that a hard frost could devastate fruit crops statewide.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Mrs Stokely Seeks Divorce After Alleged Abuse
Mrs Billa B Stokely files for total divorce and child custody in Atlanta Superior Court alleging that when she refused to attend a prayer meeting her husband N E W Stokely seized and choked her and threatened to strike her with a hammer. She cites infidelity accusations and abusive language, seeking alimony and custody. Separate petitions from Dora Miller and H Chobin also noted, plus a personal injury suit filed by G Williams against Borgia Railway for $5,000. Property transfers and deeds listed.
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Billa B. Stokely
N. E. W. Stokely
BI. Marietta Street
Roan
Pendleton
Ruter
Dora’ Miller
J. T. Miller
H. Chobin
Chobin
Frank Haralson
Williams
Borgia Railway and Electric Company
Atlanta
Hart Street
DeKalb Avenue
Schley Howard and
Westmoreland Bros
Fifteenth Annual Tuskegee Negro Conference Opens
Negro farmers from every section of Alabama gather in Tuskegee for the fifteenth annual session. Teachers, students, and visitors from across the South and beyond are in attendance as Booker T. Washington presides. The gathering includes delegates from thirty states and the District of Columbia with wide representation.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Negro Conference
District of Columbia
Booker T. Washington
Food and Study College Man's Experience
A student describes poor health from greasy foods, then credits Grape-Nuts with restoring strength, weight, and mental clarity. He cites improvements in his sister and brother, along with other students, and references the book The Road to Wellville.
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Frank
Post Office
Washington City
Fis Ft. Naan
Wellville
Washington's Birthday Observed by Atlanta Schools
On Washington's birthday the Boys and Girls High schools in Atlanta stage exercises. Professor W M Slaten presides at the Boys School with speakers on Washington's life and era. Girls School presents simple ceremonies in Browning hall with a Daughters of the Revolution essay prize and patriotic song.
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Washington
Atlanta
W. M. Slaten
Slaten
John Martin
Yorktown
Benjamin
Roy Carlton
Alex Koplir
Ralph Park
Hils
Abe Schwartz
Browning Hall
Daughters of the Revolution
Blackburn to Stand Trial in Federal Indictments
Asheville February 2. The federal grand jury returned two true bills of indictment against Congressman Spencer Blackburn of North Carolina s eighth district. He is charged with practicing before departments in Washington while congressman and with receiving fees for services. Blackburn allegedly received 500 dollars from Ace Dinks and 100 dollars from A. P. Davis. Each bill has two counts. No arrest has been ordered yet. The bills are long, typewritten sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N.C
Federal Court
Spencer Blackburn
North Carolina
Washington
Blackburn
Ace
A. P. Davis
Sanitary treaty report cited by Senator Morgan
Senator Morgan reported in executive session that a sanitary treaty among American republics should be ratified. The agreement aims to influence national quarantine policy and the disposition of the treaty within the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgan
Senate
National Quarantine
Home Mission Society Plans Annual Meeting
North Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South hosts its largest annual Home Mission Society meeting at Trinity Church March 4 to 20. Prominent leaders include Mrs. Muse Nixon Milam and Hiesinptham, with about 200 delegates expected. An added Institute features Rev Sam Jones Miss Belle Beanet Miss Tucker and Mrs Cranston, plus Dr Strong and the downtown church exhibit for three days.
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Home Mission Society
North Georgia Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Trinity Church
George Muse
Willam Nixon
R. P. Milam
Bam Jones
Hiesinpotham
Sam Jones
Belle Beanet
Tucker
Cranston
Wis
Strong
New York
Cranston Wi
Futrell Known for 45 Years of State Militia Service in Georgia
Griffin resident Ben Futrell of Spalding County has 45 years of continuous state militia service, longer than any other Georgian. He earned a service medal with nine bars plus six, totaling 42 years in state service and three more counting Confederate service. Futrell, 60, is quartermaster sergeant of the Spalding Grays, Company 1, 2nd Infantry, and once kept his unit active during Reconstruction by turning it into a volunteer fire company ready for duty or blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Harris
Ben Futrell
Griffin
Spalding County
Futrell
Georgia
Coleonel T. N. Hopkins
Thomnsville
Fourth
Regiment Infantry
Hopkins
Spalding Grays
Funeral of John A McCall in New York
The funeral was held at the Roman Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament for John A. McCall former president of New York Life Insurance. Crowds lined the street in front of the church and at his home on West Seventy-second Street as the high requiem mass was celebrated by Rev. Matthew Taylor. pallbearers included John R. Hegeman, L. Oakley Vanderpool, Alexander Ort, George W. Perkins, Fenn Whitney, Edmund D. Randolph, M Hazard and George Austin Marsh.
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New York
Isne
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
McCall
West Seventy-second Street
Matthew Taylor
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Maier & Gerkele
Keoville
Ballroats
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Shas
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Lapiges’ Home Journal
THE
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Bodrox
Omzcado
Weather Bureau
Cupid
Remus
Rastus
Chloe
Melindy
Mrs. Stokely
Thomas Goodwin Tors
Ophea Leake
Capitol Avernue
Crumley Street
Mary Black Et al
Charles Vaughn
Hilliard Street
Pagenia Dyer
Mary Black
Adolph Teitlebaum
E.G. Ferkins
Groes
Wen
M. Rich & Bros. CO
M. Rich& Bros. CO
Ital
C. D. Brown & Co
Austell Building
Minneapolig Cereal CO
Dept
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Minnesota
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New York Life
Amour Cage
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