Taft Defends Press, Urges Economy in Newark Speech
President Taft, addressing Newark business leaders, defended newspapers amid criticism and hypocrisy charges while urging government economy. He outlined efforts to trim appropriations and eyed a budget system to better align expenditures with revenues, highlighting a potential $100,000,000 annual saving.
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Taft
Washington
Jersey City
Beige
New Jersey
Liam
Senator’Lodge
Congress of the United States
Ananee
Buckhead Residents Vote to Form Peachtree Heights Town
Buckhead residents meet to discuss forming a new town under state law to block a proposed Peachtree Hill cemetery. Plans include land lots 61 and 101 and extending toward Roswell and Pace Ferry roads. Thirty five residents sign legal documents as an incorporated town option is approved.
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Bucktho
Atignia
Plastar Bridge
Roswell
Pace Ferry
Rice Place
W.scharr
J.B. Little
Gcretary
Walter Andrey J. Spalding
Buckhead
Spalding
Peachtrea Hill
Suraties Company
Atlanta
Statenvolves
Superior Court
American Sureties Company
John W. Coliier
Ames
Buckhead Heights
Atlanta Heights
Prachtres Heights
Georgia
Peachtree Heights
Conners Set for State Committee Fight Over Leadership
Albany February 23 William J Conners may wield the gavel as Democratic state committee chairman for the last time Opponents plan a noon meeting to oust him The battle pits Tammany leader Charles Murphy against Conners with both sides encamped at the Ten Eyck hotel and a potential party split looming ahead of fall elections
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Albany
William J. Conners
Conners
Charles F. Murphy
Ten Eyck
Murphy
New York
Tammany
Democratic League
Thomas M. Ogborne
Buffalo
Near beer dealers summoned to court
Four beer dealers W A Gresham Jim Hanjaras Paul Smith and A M Hollis were summoned to appear before the recorder to answer charges of selling near beer to minors. The action followed statements by three young men arraigned previously who described how they drank. The recorder ordered further investigation of the near beer cases.
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Recorder
W. A. Gresham
Jim Hanjaras
Paul Smith
A. M. Hollis
Dean
D. J. Ray
A. Vaughn
Speeding Auto Crash Reported by Aides and Police
Fragmentary OCR text notes a speeding auto incident involving fire and police, with mentions of an approaching vehicle and a chauffeur. Hardaway is cited, unclear details describe a rear approach and a mounted stand. Further readable facts are sparse in the fragment.
Mitchell Seeks Commutation For Health Based Sentence
W H Mitchell of Thomasville seeks commutation of a one year Thomas county chain gang sentence to present service citing severe illness. He filed a petition with the prison commission claiming his condition prevents work and requires hospitalization at a sanitarium, and he attaches a route map and statements challenging the guilt in the Linton abduction case.
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Thomasville
W. H. Mitchell
Thomas County
Prison Commission
Mitchell
Hig
Mee
Commission
Linton
Linton Hema
Alan
Misa Linton
Two Boys Seek Home After Hookworm Cure Story
Secretary J C Logan of the Associated Charities seeks homes and work for two young brothers, David and Thoring Bogah ee Gahee, aged fourteen and twelve, from Atlanta, who suffered hookworm infection and are now cured but need a stable home due to poverty.
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J. C."logan
Associated Charities
Grady Dmblete Et Ane
Prisoners to Build Highway From Fort McPherson to Waco Ga
United States prisoners at Atlanta and military prisoners at Fort McPherson will construct a highway between Fort McPherson and the Waco rifle range in Georgia. The project, directed by the secretary of war with aid from the Department of Agriculture road engineers, uses convicts as Georgia seeks to assign labor while providing road materials from donated land and rock.
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Sfaphe Conrigany, Jr
Avastington
Livingston
Adashson
Conanea
United States Penitentiary
Atlanta
Fort McPherson
Fort McPhergo
Waco
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Committee On
Office of Public Roads
Atlante Pen
Department of Justice
Child's Innocent Da Da Lights Courtroom Scene
Bright, a Western and Atlantic rail road switchman, pled guilty to beating his wife with a railroad lantern during a dispute over money at their Travis Street home. Recorder Broyles sentenced him to one week in city prison without a fine as the baby cried Da, reflecting the couple's troubled marriage.
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Travis Street
T. H. Bright
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Broyles
Gullen
Bright
Talk of pigs in clover and hog market notes
Fragmentary OCR reports hog market chatter from Louisville Kentucky dated February with figures showing hogs at 9.65 per hundredweight and parity near ten dollars, reflecting wartime price context and destacar.
Philadelphia Strikers Face State Police Move in Riot Zone
Philadelphia officials conceded they cannot resolve the strike crisis as state police chief John Co. Groome proposed sending 200 troopers here. Rioting declined but car windows were smashed, Market Street disturbance continued, and Baldwin’s plant saw gunfire injure one worker. Girls’ schools closed for safety. clergy including Archbishop Ryan urged peace talks with Taft and Senator Penrose contacted.
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Philadelphia
John Co. Groome
Libertes
Rapid Transit
Frankford
Ardey
Market Street
Baldwin's
Locomotive Works
Board of Education
Archbishop Ryan
Taft
Penrose
Weather Prophecy: Rain And Colder Arrives In Georgia
A weather notice predicts rain and colder conditions across Georgia and nearby areas with a forecast of fair to brisk winds from the north to northwest. The report mentions Thursday and Friday timing and includes fragmented, unreadable station data mixed with garbled text.
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Georgia
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