Trains Collide Near Valdosta In Georgia Rail Accident
A southbound passenger train and a northbound freight collided near Bemiss station on the Georgia and Florida Railroad line from Valdosta to Augusta. The freight backtracked onto a side track, brakes failed, and the passenger train could not stop. Baggagemaster Wetherington was seriously injured, while Judge Lankford and C A Tayl or were only slightly bruised.
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Georgia and Fierda
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Augusta
Bemias
Thin By
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Wetherington
Thin Elt
Faror
Judge Lankford
Douglas
C A Tayslor
Million dollar home planned for St Thomas church
New York February 21 and announcement states the Episcopal church on Fifth Avenue will receive a new home costing over 1 million dollars. About 200 000 dollars is in cash with the remainder to be raised. Construction is planned to start in June with French Gothic architecture inspired by three great old world cathedrals.
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Episcopal Church
Fifth Avenue
New York
St Thomas
Time Keeps EEK Kons Ticking For Fans
An odd local item notes time keeping and a quirky cadence by E EK Kons with playful phrasing. The brief suggests a memorable clock or event tied to a figure or brand, inviting readers to watch for clues in upcoming editions.
Bond Election Granted as City Plans $8 Million Issue
The council read a report from bond election managers confirming the $8,000,000 bond issue. An underground wiring ordinance for telegraph lines was adopted with a two year deadline. Carl E Hurst elected city auditor. A boulevard project from Federal Prison to Fort McPherson via Lakewood was proposed for federal funds. Lakewood property to park commission control. Cement contract for sewer work awarded to Sciple Sona at 42 1 2 19 cents per hundred pounds. Term of office for parks superintendent set for one year starting July. Contingent street and bridge fund referred to finance committee to free $100,000 for the pony issue payment. Identification cards required for idlers and looters proposed. Auto headlights ban proposed. An island of safety to be built at Peachtree Marietta Edgewood intersection.
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United States
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Fort McPherson
Lakewood
The
Park Commission
Sciple Sona
Superintendent of Parks
Finance Committee
Chasewood
Alderman Grant
Peachtree Street
Marietta Street
Edgewood Avenue
Pay Rolls of Boston Eating the Taxes Rise
Boston February 21 The city pay rolls have increased two and a half times as much as the population since 1905 and at least one fifth of the laboring force are incapable of a full day’s work due to age. The finance commission will submit this in a report to Major Fitzgerald at the city council today. The report warns that unless payrolls are reduced there will be no relief from heavy tax burden.
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Boston
Finance Commission
Fitzgerald
City Council
Democratic Primary Nominates County Officers in Montgomery
In Montgomery on February 21 special coverage notes a Democratic primary nominating officers for the county including Judge city court Gaston Gunter associate Armstead Brown sheriff Horace Hood solicitor Temple Seibles probate judge J B Gaston Gunter and current mayor Hood, editor of The Montgomery Journal.
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Montgomery
Gaston Gunter
Horace Hood
Ala
Armstead Brown
Temple Seibles
J B Gaston Gunter
Hood
Montgomery Journal
Stole Atlanta Man's Trunk Sentenced in Columbus
In Muscogee Superior Court Walter King, an African American, was sentenced to 10 years for stealing the sample trunk of Atlanta traveling man J A Cook. Robert Howard was found guilty of complicity and received a one year term.
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Atlanta
Columbus
J A. Cook
Walter King
Muscogee Superior Court
Robert Howard
Claimant battles over $750000 Russell estate in Massachusetts
A heated probate fight in Middlesex Court centers on Daniel Russell's $750,000 Melrose estate. A claimant from North Dakota asserts he is Daniel Blake Russell, while William C Russell claims the North Dakotan is James Rousseau of Matone New York backed by gamblers. Both sides allege forged dates and mail tampering, with potential criminal actions if either side prevails. The dispute has cost about $200,100 so far.
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Mass
Daniel Russell
Melrose
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Jarndyce
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Middlesex Probate Court
The
Atate
Daniel Blake Russell
William C
Russell
North
Rousseau
Girl Takes Carbolic Acid to Avoid School
Jesup Georgia February 21 special Misa Julia McMillan 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs J L McMillan drank carbolic acid this morning dying about an hour later She had jogged earlier to avoid school but was told she must go She took the poison after saying see this poison and drank before her sister could intervene The McMillans own Ingleside Hotel in Jesup.
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Jesup, Ga
Misa Julia McMillan
J Lo McMillan
Berg
McMillan
Ingleside
Georgia farmer demonstrators appointed to aid education
The State College of Agriculture has appointed forty farm demonstrators in as many Georgia counties to promote cooperative agricultural education. In a meeting with college officials the group planned field demonstrations, using scientific fertilization and cultivation methods to boost yields with similar labor. The program, in cooperation with Dr Scamann A Knapp of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, aims to spread new ideas across Georgia and the South.
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State of
Georgia
State College of Agriculture
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State College
Scamann A Knapp
National Department of Agriculture
South
Feild Demontraore
Barrette Knapp
Seamann Knapp
National Department of Egrlture
National Department
State College of Aeticulture
State College Whi
Agricultural College
Colony of Divorce Seekers Panic Stricken by Decision
Boise Idaho February 21 A judge in Idaho refused a divorce sought by Valentine Winters of Dayton Ohio from Helen Clege Winters. The ruling held the plaintiff failed to prove residence in Idaho and aimed to bypass the court to marry another woman, with the defendant protected for her good name and that of her children.
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Idaho
Idahn
Fremont Wood
Valentine Winters
Dayton Ohio Traction
Helen Clege Winters
Wood
Preacher Swindler Claims Clergymen Were Easy Targets
San Jose police report Albert Mer, a newcomer with a hard luck plea, swindled twenty local pastors by posing as a needy newcomer. He persuaded clergymen to provide small sums, all within a week, before arrest yesterday.
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Charter Granted for Exposition Company in Columbus
Judge Gilbert granted a charter to the Chattahoochees Valleys Interstate Exposition Company with 24000 capital, formed by Columbus citizens to hold an exposition here next fall. The notice notes the project and mentions KK Flour as a local brand.
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Columbus
Gilbert
Chattahooches Valles
Georgia Railroad Wins Tax Case at U S Supreme Court
Washington February 21 The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company won a partial victory as the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling that the railroad must pay only a state tax of one half of one percent of net earnings on its property and not property or franchise taxes The decision limits taxation for the Washington branch and outlines the charter's exempt status for investments and franchise portions of the railroad Reformulated from lengthy legal history it notes the 1838 charter exemption and 1893 franchise tax act and clarifies the franchise as part of property while the Macon branch remains taxed separately.
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Washington
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
State of
Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
Lurton
Supreme Court
Georgia Railroad Company
United States District Court For
Northern District of
General Assembly
Wright
United States
Newman
United States Supreme Court
Atlantic Road
Georgia Railroad
Tts
Hart
Jo Fon
Macon
Camak
Commission Favors Taft's Interstate Measure
Washington February 21 The Interstate Commerce Commission submitted a formal statement to President Taft and congressional committees. The bill is approved overall and reflects principal recommendations, though it omits railroad property valuation. The commission endorses the bill's general scope and adds a proposed amendment limiting the commerce court's jurisdiction to orders already outside the reach of circuit courts.
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Washington
Taft
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Commerce Court
United States
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